Each Wednesday, students, faculty & staff gather for Chapel and Community Supper.
CHAPEL 4:30pm
Grebels chapel progam exists to nurture and support students in their faith journey while at university. There is one weekly chapel service and many informal opportunities to connect. While chapel services reflect the faith and values of the Mennonite tradition, a wide variety of faith backgrounds are welcome in our gatherings.
The Chaplain, Jessie Reesor Rempel, leads a student Chapel Team in planning the weekly service. The Chapel Choir usually accompanies the Wednesday service in Fall and Winter. This service is open to all. If you would like to be on the Chapel team, contact Jessie!
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Date |
Theme |
Speaker |
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Sept. 14 |
Wild Hope Theme Intro |
Jessie RR |
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Sept. 21 |
Faith, Climate, Justice |
Faith, Climate, Justice WR |
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Sept. 28 |
A Hopeful Global Communion |
Jessie RR |
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Oct. 5 |
Grebel Green Team |
Dorothy Isaac and Student Rep |
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Oct. 12 |
READING WEEK |
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Oct. 19 |
Jesus and (Food) Justice |
Jessie RR |
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Oct. 26 |
Natural Resources: How do we stay hopeful when the current state of the world leads us to despair? |
Rev. Peter Boullatta (Shalom Counselling) |
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Nov. 2 |
Creation and Creativity |
Jessie RR |
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Nov. 9 |
Hope Through History |
Dr. David Neufeld |
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Nov. 16 |
Lament and Active Hope |
Rev. Michiko Bown-Kai |
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Nov. 23 |
Advent Longing for Hope |
Jessie RR |
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Nov. 30 |
Music and Hopeful Activism |
Laura Enns |
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Dec. 7 |
Lessons and Carols |
N/A |
COMMUNITY SUPPER 5:30pm
Central to community life at Grebelis this one-hour weekly Wednesday dinner. It is a time for residents, associates, faculty and staff to gather for delicious food, announcements about upcoming events and a short program that varies from week to week. Students are expected to put this time into their calendar and attend each week. If you have a conflict, email grebelstudentservices@uwaterloo.ca.
| Date | Title | Speaker |
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Sept. 14 |
Student Council Election Speeches | |
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Sept. 21 |
MEDA: Business Solutions to Poverty | Hannah Hill and Paul Heidebrecht |
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Sept. 28 |
My Career as a Content Creator | Katie Steckly |
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Oct. 5 |
Pope's Apology | Jeremy Bergen |
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Oct. 12 |
Reading Week - No Community Supper | |
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Oct. 19 |
Factfulness - Ten reasons we are wrong about the world and why things are better than you think. | Dorothy Nyambi |
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Oct. 26 |
Francie's Got a Gun | Carrie Snyder |
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Nov. 2 |
Government Sponsored Refugees | Gideon Prins |
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Nov. 9 |
Project Ploughshares | |
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Nov. 16 |
Trans Day of Remembrance | Rev Michiko Bown-Kai |
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Nov. 23 |
UW President Address |
Dr. Vivek Goel |
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Nov. 30 |
Fertile Ground | Angie Koch |
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Dec. 7 |
Banquet |