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2022 Colleague Christmas Celebration: Employee Recognition & President’s Christmas Reception

Dec 19 2022

On December 16, 2022, Goshen College employees gathered to celebrate Christmas and recognize those who reached years of service milestones. Read more about it here.

Photos by Julian Gonzalez

  • Navy Peace on Earth banner with an embroidered dove and snowflakes on a stand in the campus chapel

     

  • Close-up of a Christmas centerpiece with white flowers, greenery and blue and silver glass ornaments

     

  • Two Goshen College employees, one in a Santa hat, speak at a podium beside a lit Christmas tree

     

  • Wide view of the chapel with a purple 'love' slide on screen as two hosts speak at the front podium

     

  • A staff member in a Santa hat holds a microphone while leading the program at the front of the room

     

  • Employees seated in long wooden pews watch the celebration, one holding a blue gift bag on her lap

     

  • Wide chapel view with a colorful slide on the screen and a staff member speaking in the aisle below

     

  • A colleague in a purple Santa hat passes a gift bag to coworkers seated in the crowded chapel pews

     

  • A staff member kneels on the floor to cut and fold gold wrapping paper for a team decorating game

     

  • A staff member laughs as a green pine garland is draped around his neck during a holiday team game

     

  • Two employees tie a bright blue ribbon around a garland-covered colleague in the human tree game

     

  • Colleagues wrap a coworker in shiny gold paper as part of a human Christmas tree decorating contest

     

  • A staff member wrapped in gold paper and a leafy headband is helped by a laughing coworker nearby

     

  • Coworkers applaud as an employee costumed as a Christmas tree walks down the chapel stage steps

     

  • An employee dressed as a Christmas tree with garland and gold trim poses on the lit purple stage

     

  • A colleague covered in pine garland and a star headpiece stands on stage in the human tree contest

     

  • Close-up of an employee decorated with garland, a blue bow and a toy nutcracker crown on her head

     

  • Employees cheer on stage as a colleague wrapped in garland and gold shows off her tree costume

     

  • Three coworkers laugh together on stage, one still wearing her garland and gold holiday tree costume

     

  • A group of Goshen College employees smile for a photo, one wearing a cap and college sweatshirt

     

  • Four employees pose together after receiving years-of-service recognition at the Christmas event

     

  • Six Goshen College colleagues pose in front of holiday decorations after the recognition program

     

  • Three honored employees smile side by side beneath a garland arch lit with purple stage lighting

     

  • A Goshen College employee in a red sweater smiles for a portrait at the annual Christmas celebration

     

  • A purple 'love' slide glows on the chapel screen as employees gather near a Christmas tree below

     

  • Employees stand in the pews singing Christmas carols from open hymnals during the chapel gathering

     

  • Wide view of the round chapel sanctuary with a speaker at the front and 'love' shown on screen

     

  • Rows of Goshen College employees hold songbooks and sing together during the Christmas program

     

  • A speaker in a green jacket gestures while reading from an open book on the purple-lit chapel stage

     

  • Colleagues stand among the pews with hymnals as they sing at the colleague Christmas celebration

     

  • Employees in winter sweaters sing from printed programs while standing close together in the pews

     

  • A man in a red blazer sings from a songbook alongside coworkers in the chapel during the program

     

  • Employees serve themselves from a red-draped buffet table at the president's Christmas reception

     

  • A tall glass jar filled with rolled cookie treats sits on a dessert table at the holiday reception

     

  • Guests move along a buffet line of chafing dishes at the president's Christmas reception on campus

     

  • Decorated holiday cookies and pastries arranged on white risers above a red reception tablecloth

     

  • A staff member carries a full plate away from the buffet line in the crowded holiday reception room

     

  • Reception tables with red cloths and candles in front of a screen showing a warm fireplace scene

     

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