A word about chapels and forums
- Chapel
- Chapels are planned by the Campus Pastor to accomplish one or more of the following: build Christ-centered community, provide worship opportunities, inform students about Christian mission, and assist with the integration of faith and life.
- Forum
- Forums are planned by faculty and staff to create dialogue about a specific topic or idea.
February
- CHAPEL - Mon., Feb. 1 - David Gass, "Cheap grace vs. the whole Gospel: Have we made it too easy to become a Christian?"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Feb. 3 - Caley Ortman, "What's hell got to do with it?"
- FORUM - Fri., Feb. 5 - Kevin Wilder interviews students
- CHAPEL - Mon., Feb. 8 - Jason Harrison and Eric Martin, Camp Friedenswald, "Cloud of witnesses: Sharing stories - finding faith"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Feb. 10 - Carmalita Miller, Rosedale Mennonite Missions, "Identity + purpose = mission"
- FORUM - Fri., Feb. 19 - Music Department
January
- CHAPEL - Wed., Jan. 13 - Spring Semester Opening Chapel
- CHAPEL - Mon., Jan. 18 - John Sharp, history faculty, "A charge to keep"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Jan. 20 - Kevin King, Mennonite Disaster Service executive director, "A charge to serve"
- FORUM - Fri., Jan. 22 - an intergenerational panel of African-American Hesston College alumni and students reflects on Dr. King
- CHAPEL - Mon., Jan. 25 - Hymn sing
- CHAPEL - Wed., Jan. 27 - President Howard Keim, "Looking in the rearview mirror"
- FORUM - Fri., Jan. 29 - Music Department
December
- CHAPEL - Wed., Dec. 2 - Dustin Galyon, "Cleaning house"
- FORUM - Fri., Dec. 4 - Fall semester speech contest
- CHAPEL - Mon., Dec. 7 - Todd Lehman, "Celebrating the Hesston College mosaic"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Dec. 9 - Christmas candlelight service
November
- CHAPEL - Mon., Nov. 2 - Christian Peacemaker Teams, "Working with partners for social justice," Mission and Service Days
- CHAPEL - Wed., Nov. 4 - Maria Day, Spanish faculty, and Kate Alison, Amanda Smith, and Kendra Alison, students, "And you welcomed me"
- CHAPEL - Mon., Nov. 9 - Campus Ministry Assistants, "I am not..."
- CHAPEL - Wed., Nov. 11 - "Taking a Risk"
- CHAPEL - Mon., Nov. 16 - John C. Murray, Dave Osborn, Hussein Abtidon, and Todd Lehman, "Connections of Islam and Christianity"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Nov. 18 - African-American history students, "Stories of the Underground Railroad"
- FORUM - Fri., Nov. 20 - Music Department
- CHAPEL - Mon., Nov. 23 - Doug Dirks, Ten Thousand Villages public relations, "Fair trade for all - Extending Mrs. Byler's dream"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Nov. 25 - Rickey Vick, DaLonna Schroeder, and Karl Brubaker, "Reflections on Gratitude"
- CHAPEL - Mon., Nov. 30 - John Sharp, "Stories from A School on the Prairie"
October
- FORUM - Fri., Oct. 2 - "Telling the story of Steinway 131073"
- CHAPEL - Mon., Oct. 5 - Immanuel Sila, church leader in residence, "Regime change"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Oct. 7 - Immanuel Sila, church leader in residence, "Good? No one's good!"
- FORUM - Fri., Oct. 9 - Campus safety day
- CHAPEL - Mon., Oct. 12 - Dave Greiser, Pastoral Ministries Program director, "Grace makes beauty out of ugly things"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Oct. 14 - Bel Canto Singers and Wind Ensemble fall tour preview
- CHAPEL - Wed., Oct. 21 - Sandi Richard, Campus Facilities staff, "Seeking God's Truth, Finding Freedom"
- FORUM - Fri., Oct. 23 - Music Department
- CHAPEL - Mon., Oct. 26 - Tony Brown, artist in residence, "Uganda: A place of hope"
- FORUM - Wed., Oct. 28 - Peace and Service Club, "The story of stuff"
- CHAPEL - Fri., Oct. 30 - Michele Hershberger, Bible faculty, "Lithuania reflections"
September
- CHAPEL - Wed., Sept. 2 - Hymn Singing 101
- FORUM - Fri., Sept. 4 - Service opportunities
- CHAPEL - Mon., Sept. 7 - Dale Schrag, Bethel College campus pastor, "Pilgrim Marpeck: A visit from a departed anabaptist"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Sept. 9 - sophomore Disaster Management students, Reflections of Dulzura, California
- FORUM - Fri., Sept. 11 - Russ Gaeddert, Disaster Management Program director, "Partnership Home Project"
- CHAPEL - Mon., Sept. 14 - Joanna Hiebert Bergen, Mennonite Central Committee, "Called to be people of compassion: A christian response to those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Sept. 16 - Music department, "Welcome home, 131073"
- FORUM - Fri., Sept. 18 - International Students at Hesston College
- CHAPEL - Wed., Sept. 23 - John Sharp, history prof, "Stories from A School on the Prairie: A Centennial History of Hesston College 1909-2009"
- CHAPEL - Fri., Sept. 25 - Centennial Homecoming Chapel
- CHAPEL - Mon., Sept. 28 - Bertha Bontrager Rhodes, Hesston College alumna, "My Story"
- CHAPEL - Wed., Sept. 30 - 2009-2010 RAs
August
- CHAPEL - Mon., Aug. 24 - Gathering the community - Why do we have chapel?
- CHAPEL - Wed., Aug. 26 - Academic Dean Sandee Zerger and faculty, Academic Heritage chapel
- CHAPEL - Mon., Aug. 31 - President Howard Keim, President's address
All chapels and forums begin at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Chapel takes place in the Hesston Mennonite Church Worship Center.
DVD and CD recordings of most chapel services are available for purchase ($5 for campus delivery, $7 for shipped copies) from Gary Oyer, director Media and Instructional Technology Services.
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