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Chapel – “Wholly Created in God’s Image,” connections to GSWA’s Healthy Bodies Week

As part of GSWA-sponsored Healthy Bodies Week, join us for chapel as we focus on the goodness of our bodies and the truth that we are beloved by God and created in the image of God, no matter what we look like, what pain our body has endured, etc.

Convocation – “Creating a Healthy Community” – Valerie Staples, Coordinator of Eating Disorders Resources and therapist from Notre Dame

Sponsored by CHAW: Campus Health and Wellness committee. This event launches a week-long special emphasis.

Chapel – “The ‘Aha!’ of story: Living with scripture on the way,” by Jane Stoltzfus Buller, local pastor

Jane Stoltzfus Buller, a local pastor at Walnut Hill Mennonite Church and mother of a current GC student and two recent graduates, will share parts of her faith journey as well as how she works at interpreting scripture. The way a story can change reflects change in ourselves. We see something new and are shaken out of the familiar into the unfamiliar. As our life continues, the unfamiliar becomes the familiar and we are shaken again. It is the presence of God in the story.

Convocation – “From the Wilderness to Goshen College” – David Ostergren

Dr. David Ostergren is director of the masters program in environmental education, based at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center. In this convocation he will tell us about his vocational journey and about the graduate program that he directs. See his website for more information about him.

Chapel: 10 Things They Never Told Me about Jesus – John Bell, guest speaker from Iona Community

Join us as John Bell, campus ministries guest speaker, preaches on the theme of “10 Things they Never Told Me about Jesus.” We welcome John Bell to Goshen College. John is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and a Member of the Iona Community. After a period in the Netherlands and two posts in church youth work, he became employed full time in the areas of music and worship with the Wild Goose Resource Group. He is a past convenor of the Church of Scotland’s Panel on Worship and presently convenes the Committee revising the Church Hymnary.John has produced (some in collaboration with Graham Maule), many collections of original hymns and songs and two collections of songs of the World Church. These are published by the Iona Community in Scotland and by G.I.A. Publications (Chicago) in N. America. He is an occasional broadcaster, lectures in theological colleges in Britain and U.S., but is primarily concerned with the renewal of congregational worship at grass roots level.

SPECIAL Chapel: Songs of Iona – John Bell, guest speaker from Iona Community in Scotland

Join us for a special music Wednesday chapel service as our campus ministries guest speaker, John Bell, leads us in singing songs from his faith community of Iona Community.We welcome John Bell to Goshen College. He will speak in two chapels and interact with students and faculty in other settings as well. John is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and a Member of the Iona Community. After a period in the Netherlands and two posts in church youth work, he became employed full time in the areas of music and worship with the Wild Goose Resource Group. He is a past convenor of the Church of Scotland’s Panel on Worship and presently convenes the Committee revising the Church Hymnary.John has produced (some in collaboration with Graham Maule), many collections of original hymns and songs and two collections of songs of the World Church. These are published by the Iona Community in Scotland and by G.I.A. Publications (Chicago) in N. America. He is an occasional broadcaster, lectures in theological colleges in Britain and U.S., but is primarily concerned with the renewal of congregational worship at grass roots level.

Chapel: A Summer of Camping Inquiry – 2009 student CIP participants

The 2009 Camping Inquiry Program participants will lead our chapel service this morning sharing faith stories, fun songs, and other interesting tidbits about their ventures. Also on hand will be a number of Mennonite camp directors encouraging you to explore a possible job with them this summer.

BONUS Convocation: “Different Shades, One People: African-American Experiences @ GC”

Emcee – Nate West Jr. History of African-American students at GC – Dominique Burgunder-Johnson (’06)Personal Story – Arvis Dawson (’76) Personal Story – Anne Berry (’99)Closing – Nate West, Jeremy Pope, and Carl SteenThis event will kick-off the release of “Black, White, Mennonite: African American Students at Goshen College 1968-1983” a booklet drawn from Dominique’s 2006 history thesis.At 10:40 faculty, staff, and students are invited to the CITL lobby for a reception. Come greet the convo speakers and pick up a copy of Dominique’s booklet!

Convocation: Voices-n-Harmony, Baritone Tony Brown and Poet Brenda Cardenas

Features GC students in a program of poetry, readings, recitations and story-telling. Ends at 9:45 a.m. Earns a convocation credit. This year’s theme is “The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: The Art of Peace.” Convocation will feature music and poetry performances. Ends at 10:55.

Chapel: “Getting to Yes and Amen! The New ‘GC School'”- President Jim Brenneman

President Jim Brenneman preaches on “Getting to Yes and Amen! The New ‘GC School'” based on II Corinthians 1:20-22 from The Message: “Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus. In Jesus, this is what we preach and pray, the great Amen, God’s Yes and our Yes together, gloriously evident. God affirms us, making us a sure thing in Christ, putting God’s Yes within us. By the Spirit, God has stamped us with an eternal pledge-a sure beginning of what God is destined to complete.”