This Week’s Chapel theme was “Baggage & Barricades”…

2012-13 Praise Band: Cody Miller, Anne Buckwalter, Kaylin Brokaw, Jorey Conrad, Anya Slabaugh, Camila Segar, Shay Durflinger, Lee Ebersole (not pictured: Keilah Brokaw)

Monday: Pam Gerig-Unruh shared the story of Balaam and his donkey from Numbers 22 as it was re-enacted by Chance Miller, Liza Brenneman, and Rex Yoder. In this story, students were reminded that when we choose to ignore God’s voice and go our own way, we usually just make things worse.  To end chapel, students were asked several questions to ponder and to help them begin to recognize things that may be keeping them from a deeper relationship with God.

Tuesday: Small Groups

Wednesday: A video was shown from The Skit Guys called “Baggage” you can view it here!

Thursday: Praise Band led worship, making their debut this year in chapel!

Friday: In combination with Clergy Appreciation Day, music and a reading about encouraging and supporting one another as pastors and students in a community were shared and a video was shown of different students describing what they appreciated about their pastor or church. Students were also able to talk with their own pastor before returning to class.