Christmas might seem far away, but come prepare your hearts and minds for Advent through singing and scripture as students from Professor Deb Brubaker’s Song Leading class lead us in worship.

Students who will speak: Becca Augsburger, Ellie Hershberger, Madi Ouedraogo, and Daisy Gaspar

Student coordinators: Andrea Detweiler, Josh Hertzler, Katie Gencay. Faculty leaders: Ron & Sally Jo Milne

Senior Ross Weaver will introduce Sanyatha Thawalanthanne, a Buddhist monk. San and English professor Ann Hostetler will both speak about meditation practices.San will also lead a meditation and Q & A session at 4:30 p.m. in NC 19. Buddhist monk Sanyatha Thawalanthanne will follow up on his morning convocation talk with this opportunity for practicing some meditation exercises and a question/answer period.

This first Core Values Forum will explore fresh ways to view the “Christ-centered-ness” of Goshen College. After President Brenneman’s address, Bible and religion professor Jo-Ann Brant and biology professor Ryan Sensenig will respond.

Anton Flores, our special 3-day campus ministries guest speaker, shares again.

Anton Flores, our special 3-day campus ministries guest speaker, will share part of his personal faith journey.

An interactive convocation with Ross Peterson-Veatch, Associate Academic Dean.

Where and how have you experienced God on this campus? Students Yolo Lopez-Perez and Matt Nafziger will share their “God-sightings” in this chapel. Also, all students will have opportunity to name their “God-sightings” on poster paper.

Goshen College alum Esther Kern will speak about her recent time on CPT’s (Christian Peacemaker Team) Al-Khalil project in the West Bank city of Hebron. She will speak from Micah 6:8 and engage the audience through story-telling and photos.