Using Psalm 30 as a theme Scripture, Pamela will share about her journey to find recovery and hope from anorexia and depression that she experienced for several years in her twenties. She will share of God’s healing presence and power in her physical, emotional and spiritual struggle to find her voice and new health.

David Cortright is an international expert on using sanctions and other diplomatic tools as alternatives to war. Fourth Freedom Forum is headquartered here in Goshen. Its name originates from the fourth freedom that U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed for all people everywhere: freedom from fear. Cortright also teaches at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. After the convocation, Cortright’s latest book, Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence in an Age of Terrorism, will be for sale at the discounted price of in the west lobby of the church-chapel building.

The music of a hymn grows out of a specific time and place and speaks best for those people who created and use it. But a group of worshipers can move beyond its own “sound pool” of favorites to embrace the treasures of other cultures. The result can deepen and enrich its understanding of worship at home and abroad. Join us for chapel today as retired faculty member Mary Oyer leads us in worship of God by engaging us in a variety of hymns.

Dwight N. Hopkins, Univ. of Chicago Theology Prof. on “Martin Luther King and the Future of Multicultural America”

Voices-n-Harmony & AfriCaribe Song and Dance

Together, eight Goshen College students will use their musical, theatrical and spiritual talents to present worship services this year rich with a blend of music and drama reaching back from 16th century Britain and moving forward to current day Africa. With a program titled “God is Here Among Us,” the 2007-2008 Goshen College worship team, Parables, will offer a circuit of performances at churches and schools around the country to share not only their experiences in faith but also the impact these stories and songs have. This year’s Parables team is directed by Debra Brubaker, professor of music at Goshen College, and includes junior music majors Nathan Swartzendruber (Kalona, Iowa), Josh Tyson (Harrisonburg, Va.) and Greg Yoder (Perkasie, Pa.). Other juniors include Dara Joy Jaworowicz (Kenwood, Mich.), a music and Bible and religion double major, Jesse Landis-Eigsti (Lakewood, Colo.), a music major, and Emily Swora (Shoreview, Minn.), a theater and music double major. Sophomores include Vanessa Hershberger (Cedar Falls, Iowa), a peace, justice and conflict studies major, and Anna Showalter (Waynesboro, Pa.), a music and history double major.

The Germany 2007 SST unit and leaders Prof. Jo-Ann Brant and Mennonite Historical Library curator Joe Springer will plan and present this convocation.

Welcome to our first chapel of the second semester! Join us as we begin our semester in worship. President Jim Brenneman will share on “Choice Points” from Deuteronomy 30:15-20. There are those critical choices we all face, some of which are mundane without much consequence, others that seem routine, but are of great consequence. Let us learn to “listen to our lives” in the “quiet places” via our conscience, God’s discernable voice, and other places as well.

This Advent service of scriptures and hymns will be led by Profesor Deb Brubaker and members of her hymn leading class.

Political science professor Lee Roy Berry was born into a family of migrant farm workers in Florida. He has earned a B.A. from Eastern Mennonite University, a M.A. and Ph.D. from Notre Dame and a J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law. For many years Berry has split his time between teaching courses here at GC and practicing law in his downtown office. In this convocation, he will give us a brief glimpse of his vocational journey.

Kevin Gary, assistant professor of education, shares his faculty faith story with the campus community

Alain Epp Weaver was a long-term volunteer with Mennonite Central Committee in Israel-Palestine. He is currently a doctoral student at University of Chicago.

Hear stories of summer service experiences and be led in worship by several GC students who participated in Service Inquiry Program this past summer. The 9 SIPers and the service site locations include: Anna Hade – Emmaus House, GA, Emily Swora – Urban Ventures, MN, Isaac Beachy – Samaritan Ministry, Washington, D.C., Krista Ehst – Franconia Mennonite Conference, PA, Lindsy Glick – Mennonite Central Committee Nicaragua, Matt Harms – Habitat for Humanity, Dominican Republic, Sarah Buskirk – DOOR San Antonia, TX, Sarah Zwier – Mennonite Mission Network, IN, James Weber – Mennonite Central Committee Honduras/Akron

The last two SST units to travel to the Dominican Republic will share their experiences in and knowledge of this country.

An ensemble of members of the Voices-n-Harmony gospel choir will lead us in a time of praise and worship through the theme of “Sing unto the Lord a new Song.”

Carter is the 2007 Eric Yake Kenagy artist in residence.

Brokenness is all around us and pervades our souls. This chapel service will pause to recognize those parts of ourselves and engage in singing, worship, prayers in ways that may foster a sense of hope and healing. There will also be a time of anointing.

In this convocation, Goshen Student Women’s Association (GSWA) and the Campus Health and Wellness (CHAW) committee will introduce a week-long emphasis on awareness of domestic and sexual violence. The Clothesline Project displayed in Schrock Plaza is a visual reminder of the many stories that touch our campus.

In this chapel worship service, we will pause from our busy lives by singing, praying, and hearing from several students upon their reflections of this year’s Campus Ministries theme – “In Stillness…God.” They will share moments of how they connected with God in times of stillness, but also share of frustrating experiences as well.