Goshen College worship team, Parables, leads with songs and stories about grace

GOSHEN, Ind. – The Goshen College student-led worship team, Parables, will use music and drama to worship in congregations and other venues throughout the Midwest this year on the topic of grace.

Parables is directed by Professor of Music Debra Brubaker and includes Molly Kellogg, a sophomore music major from Candor, N.Y.; Scott Kempf, a sophomore peace, justice and conflict studies major from Libertyville, Ill.; Andrea Kraybill, a sophomore art and interdisciplinary major from Elkhart, Ind.; Patrick Ressler, a sophomore music major from Lititz, Pa.; Adriel Santiago, a sophomore communication and theater double major from Souderton, Pa.; Karla Santiago, a junior music education major from Lancaster, Pa.; Allen Shenk, a junior music major from Findlay, Ohio; and Ana Yoder, a sophomore music and Spanish double major from Elkhart, Ind.

"Through our sharing of personal stories, song and creative expression of familiar Bible parables, we hope to invite people into closer relationship with God," said Kraybill.

The program this year will also include an original drama and a unique performance that includes chimes, saxophone, piano, French horn and interpretive movement.

"Besides the joy of creating music and drama with such a fun collection of people, the actual performances really seem worshipful to me," Kraybill said. "At every instance, I will hear the message we tell and the message that God speaks to us all, in a fresh way."

The 2008-09 schedule for Parables:

Nov. 8 – 10 a.m., Family Weekend worship, Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College

Nov. 23 – 9:30 a.m., Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Ind.

Jan. 11 – 4 p.m., Greencroft Vesper Service, Goshen, Ind.

Jan. 18 – 9:30 a.m., College Mennonite Church, Goshen

Jan. 29 – 6 p.m., Pastors Dinner and Dialogue, Goshen College

Feb. 1 – 9:30 a.m., North Suburban Mennonite Church, Libertyville, Ill.

Feb. 8 – 10:15 a.m., First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, Ohio

Feb. 11 – TBA, Goshen area youth groups, Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College

Feb. 15 – 10:30 a.m., Howard-Miami Mennonite Church, Kokomo, Ind.

Feb. 20 – 10 a.m., Chapel, Goshen College Church-Chapel

March 8 – 9:15 and 11 a.m., "The Bridge" at First Presbyterian Church, Elkhart, Ind.

Performances for the year are still being confirmed and more will be added throughout the year. For more information about Parables, contact Bethany Swope at 574-535-7119 or e-mail churchrelations@goshen.edu.

-By Tyler Falk

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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