Alumni/ae Chapel & Service of Remembrance
Prelude/Gathering Music
Pianist: Ms. Lydia Arnts, CRCDS MDiv. student
Welcome & Introductions
Rev. Jacqueline J. Nelson, Director for Student Support Services & Coordinator for Spiritual Care
Call to Worship - Psalm 67
Ms. Rebeka Fergusson-Lutz, CRCDS MDiv. student
Leader: May God be gracious to us and bless us and make God’s face to shine upon us.
All: That your way be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations
Leader: Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.
All: Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth
Leader: Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.
All: The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us. May God continue to bless us let all the ends of the earth revere God.
Invocation
Rev'd Padraic M. Collins-Bohrer, CRCDS ‘17
Hymn: “God of Love and God of Power”
Pianist: Ms. Lydia Arnts, CRCDS MDiv. student
Unison Prayer
Rev. Sue Forsyth, CRDS ‘95
You call us to be people of faith, yet we are often people with doubts.
We doubt that love can grow again in relationships where anger and bitterness reign supreme. You know the strength of love and the power of prayer: help us to be faithful lovers.
We doubt that peace can come in the Middle East, in Syria, in Palestine; where hatred and racism reign supreme. You know that peace is growing there: help us to be faithful peacemakers.
We doubt that the hungry can be fed in Africa, where despair and hopelessness reign supreme.
This morning we pray for people here who are filled with doubts, who wonder whether you exist and whether you are listening to our prayers, who wonder what this whole community is about. We pray for people who doubt the purpose of life, who wonder whether to end it all, who face feelings of meaningless and despair. Even when we have that sinking feeling, give us the wisdom to turn to you. Lord we want to believe, help our unbelief!
Written by Carol Penner
You know that there is enough food in the world; help us to be generous and faithful. You specialize in impossibilities; you walked on water, you heal the nations you forgive sins you set the captive free, you set us free from our captivities.
Give us faith, small as a mustard seed, so that we can be your faithful people, believing in your power to save, believing in your power to reign supreme, believing that we can share this good news with everyone we meet. We ask all this in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Scripture Reading
Old Testament: Ezekiel 37:1 - 14
Chaplain Olivene N. Brown, CRCDS ‘20
New Testament: John 13: 15 - 19
Minister RAin Christi, CRCDS ‘20
Hymn: “I Love to Tell A Story”
Pianist: Ms. Lydia Arnts, CRCDS MDiv. student
Sermon
Rev. Edward L. Wheeler, Ph.D., CRDS ‘72
Former President at Interdenominational Theological Center & President Emeritus at Christian Theological Seminary
Hymn: “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Pianist: Ms. Lydia Arnts, CRCDS MDiv. student
A Time of Remembrance
The Litany of Remembrance
Rev. Dr. Michael S. Laver, CRCDS ’17
Leader: Gracious God, from whose heart we come and to which we return, we gather today to remember and give thanks for the women and men of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School who have died these past three years since we last gathered.
People: We pray that, encouraged by their examples and strengthened by their legacies, we may be more deeply aware of the goodness and fragility of human life.
Leader: In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them.
People: In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them.
Leader: In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them.
People: In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer, we remember them.
Leader: In the rustling of leaves and in the beauty of autumn, we remember them.
People: In the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them.
Leader: When we are weary and in need of strength, we remember them.
People: When we are lost and sick at heart, we remember them.
Leader: When we have joys we yearn to share, we remember them.
All: So long as we live, they shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.
Reading of Names
Rev. Jacqueline J. Nelson, Director for Student Support Services & Coordinator for Spiritual Care
Rev. Damond A. Wilson, CRCDS ’19, Director of Recruitment & Alumni/ae Engagement
In Memory of Beloved Alumni/ae, Administrators, Board of Trustees, Faculty, Staff, and Friends
March 1, 2020 – April 15, 2023
2020
Baptist Missionary Training School
Colgate Rochester Divinity School (continued)
Crozer Theological Seminary
Friends of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Missionary Training School
Ms. Geraldine Simpson 1963 5/3/2020 Ms. Doris Frohock 1954 6/30/2020 Ms. Susan K. Soria 1958 7/20/2020 Ms. Beverley St. Clair 1956 11/28/2020 Ms. Margaret Caswell 1959 12/12/2020 Ms. Lois T. Toyama 1951 12/31/2020
Rev. Norman J. Williston 1960 3/2/2020 Rev. Gerald W. Richards 1959 4/6/2020 Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Kutter 1971 5/7/2020 Rev. Marcus G. Wood 1951 5/11/2020 Rev. Clifford L. Davis 1964 5/16/2020 Dr. David E. Daniel 1961 7/23/2020 Rev. John W. Laney 1954 7/28/2020 Rev. Bruce O. Babcock 1973 9/14/2020 Mr. William B. Hitchens 1964 11/14/2020 Rev. Albutt L. Gardner 1955 12/1/2020 Rev. David J. Olson 1963 12/19/2020
Rev. William F. Lincoln 1967 3/1/2020 Rev. William P. Diggs Sr. 1955 4/25/2020 Ms. Sarah V. deBourg 2000 5/26/2020 Rev. Dr. Lowell H. Fewster 1966 5/28/2020 Dr. Bruce R. Pullen 1970 6/18/2020 Rev. Shirley Davidson 1986 6/20/2020 Dr. Donald O'Hair 1961 6/21/2020 Rev. Dr. Duk J. Won 1997 7/14/2020
Chaplain William G. Rafnel 1959 8/2/2020 Dr. Eugene Overton 1968 8/18/2020 Rev. Elaine Cleeton 1985 9/5/2020 Dr. James A. Sanders 1958 10/1/2020 Rev. Osceola W. Wharton 1987 10/20/2020 Rev. Douglas Merchant 1976 11/5/2020
R. Carl Reynolds 1959 11/6/2020
Dr. Granville A. Seward 1967 11/14/2020
Dr. Terence K. Fleming 1987 11/18/2020
Diantha B. Brown 1986 12/6/2020
Dr. Stanley G. Matthews 1953 12/29/2020
John A. Siden 1965 12/31/2020
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Dr. Paul L. Hammer Faculty 5/1/2020 Ms. Sybrnee J. Thompson Surviving spouse 6/8/2020 Mr. George K. Crozer, IV Friend 6/13/2020 Rev. James L. Cherry, Sr. Friend 7/29/2020 Rev. Richard Henshaw, Ph.D. Faculty 10/16/2020 Dr. Alfred O. Ginkel Life Trustee 11/21/2020 Mr. Wendell Discher Friend 11/24/2020 2021 Baptist
Ms. Ethelmae Walter 1949 1/20/2021 Ms. Barbara Haines 1957 4/22/2021 Ms. Georgette Wrobbel 1946 11/19/2021 Dr. Joanna P. Payne-Jones 1958 12/16/2021
In Memory of Beloved Alumni/ae, Administrators, Board of Trustees, Faculty, Staff, and Friends
March 1, 2020 – April 15, 2023
Colgate Rochester Divinity School (continued) Rev.
Friends of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
2022 Baptist Missionary Training School
Crozer Theological Seminary
Rev. Wade D. Hiltabidel 1957 1/4/2021 Rev. J. Kenneth Mart 1955 1/24/2021 Rev. Robert L. Frost 1965 2/2/2021 Dr. Carlysle C. Crank 1960 3/5/2021 Dr. Bennie L. Hildebrand 1962 6/6/2021 Mr. George H. Bause 1957 7/5/2021 Rev. John S. Shortle 1973 11/15/2021
Crozer Theological Seminary
Rev. David L. Higgs 1963 1/2/2021 Rev. Dr. Gam S. Shae 1966 1/2/2021 Rev. Dr. Larry A. LeFeber 1969 1/16/2021 Rev. Dr. Jesse L. Douglas Sr. 1975 2/17/2021 Rev. Bruce E. Billman 1959 3/1/2021 Rev. Virginia Murray 1987 3/1/2021 Mr. Emmitte L. Myrick, Jr. 1998 3/1/2021 Rev. Marc G. Stauffer 1983 3/19/2021 Rev. Richard A. White 1966 3/29/2021 Dr. Paul Walaskay 1965 4/9/2021 Rev. W. Roy Bulkley 1970 6/5/2021 Rev. Betty L. Cloen 1977 7/21/2021 Rev. Paul A. McDaniel 1955 8/22/2021 Rev. C. Burtis Crooks, Jr. 1958 9/23/2021 Rev. Barbara K. Tobin 1994 10/18/2021 Dr. W. Hugh Tucker 1962 10/19/2021 Rev. Charles B. Mercer 1955 10/25/2021 Rev. Kevin J. Butler 1989 11/14/2021 Rev. Sue K. Kaiser 1988 12/3/2021 Dr. Latta R. Thomas 1955 12/10/2021 Rev. Arthur G. Donnelly 1962 12/14/2021 Rev. James H. Middleton 1953 12/17/2021 Rev. Bette J. Poe 1987 12/17/2021
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Harry J. Williamson Jr. 2000 12/27/2021
Mr. Colby H. Chandler Former Trustee 3/4/2021 Dr. W. Kenneth Cauthen Faculty Emeritus 3/19/2021 Ms. Anne Brown Friend 8/4/2021 Ms. Jeanne B. Hutchins Former Trustee 9/7/2021 Ms. Patricia C. Ashbrook Friend 9/24/2021 Mr. Frederick Stahl Friend 10/14/2021 Mr. J. Thomas Raisner Friend 10/17/2021
Ms. Agnes Kelley Roark 1951 4/17/2022 Ms. Joan R. Sayre 1952 8/1/2022 Ms. Dorothy A. Griffith 1956 8/7/2022 Ms. Kathleen Ham 1946 9/5/2022 Ms. Ann Paquin 1952 9/20/2022 Rev. Dr. Janet A. Bentley 1961 10/21/2022 Ms. Tomiko Asano 1949 11/19/2022 Ms. Vivian Ray 1956 12/11/2022 Ms. Barbara Fradenburgh 1950 12/22/2022
Mr. Leslie J. Atkinson 1967 2/1/2022 Mr. Pierce S. Ellis, Jr. 1949 4/5/2022 Rev. Clark L. Harter 1963 5/21/2022 Mr. G. William Huckabone 1958 6/12/2022 Rev. Howard E. Hockenbury 1966 8/1/2022 Rev. Vernon M. Sorensen 1960 11/27/2022
In Memory of Beloved Alumni/ae, Administrators, Board of Trustees, Faculty, Staff, and Friends
March 1, 2020 – April 15, 2023
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Rev. Robert F. Cramer 1957 1/2/2022 Mr. Edward L. Odell 2000 1/4/2022 Rev. Richard G. Parker 1965 1/9/2022 Rev. James A. Fishbaugh 1968 1/17/2022 Rev. Edward Willingham, Jr. 1960 1/18/2022 Rev. Lee E. Prong 1980 1/19/2022 Dr. Flora K. Willett 1993 2/6/2022 Rev. Barbara A. Freiert 1957 3/7/2022 Rev. Kenneth E. Peterson 1952 3/14/2022 Rev. Thomas Troeger 1970 4/3/2022 Rev. Clifford M. Gilson 1954 4/4/2022 Rev. James. W. Landrum 1964 4/6/2022 Rev. Thomas Guerdat 1961 5/9/2022 Dr. Hans W. Florin 1954 5/16/2022 Dr. John D. Martin, Jr. 1967 7/7/2022 Rev. Seth J. Duell 1953 7/8/2022 Rev. Donald A. Stivers 1972 7/16/2022 Rev. Kathryn G. Merrifield 1999 7/28/2022 Ms. Carol Kolsti 1964 8/13/2022 Mr. Alfred Neelands 1950 8/19/2022 Rev. Don R. Sherwood 1967 9/14/2022 Dr. Fredrick H. Hoffmann 1948 9/17/2022 Rev. Elmo Pascale 1946 9/21/2022 Rev. Patrick C. Finleon 1959 11/2/2022 Dr. Edward C. Hook 1976 11/2/2022 Rev. Charles V. Excell 1981 11/11/2022 Rev. Richard H. Scheffler 1967 11/22/2022 Rev. Jay C. Lesher 1973 12/4/2022 Ms. Carol M. Wilson 2001 12/14/2022 Ms. Annie R. Johnson 1994 12/15/2022 Rev. David E. Roe, Jr. 1975 12/15/2022 Rev. Dr. John S. Walker 1969 12/28/2022 Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Rev. Vonda J. Fossitt 2007 5/11/2022 Mr. G. Paul Lombardo-Fox 2012 12/12/2022 Friends of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Dr. Henry H. Mitchell Faculty 1/15/2022 Mr. William B. Storey Surviving Spouse 1/19/2022 Mr. David N. Canady Staff 7/19/2022 Ms. Edna B. Pierce Friend 7/22/2022 Dr. James H. Evans, Jr. Former President, 8/25/2022 Faculty Emeritus Mr. Louis A. Langie, Jr. Friend 9/8/2022 Rev. William H. Brackney Faculty 11/13/2022
Ms. Eleanor M. W. Friberg 1954 3/10/2023 Colgate Rochester Divinity School 1982 2/5/2023 Rev. John W. Howell Rev. David M. Evans Rev. Karen S. Sundland 1953 2/20/2023 Colgate Rochester
Divinity School 2007 2/8/2023 Rev. David Van Brakle Rev. Richard Honeywell 1997 2/13/2023
School Rev. Dr. Ted Weeden Faculty 4/2/2023 1994 2/09/2023
2023 Baptist Missionary Training School
Crozer
Friends of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity
Pastoral Prayer
Rev. Jacqueline J. Nelson, God of us all, your love never ends. When all else fails, you still are God. We pray to you for one another in our need, and for all, anywhere, who mourn with us this day. To those who doubt, give light; to those who are weak, strength; to all who have sinned, mercy; to all who sorrow, your peace. Keep true in us the love with which we hold one another. In all our ways we trust you. And to you, with your Church on earth and in heaven, we offer honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
Hymn: “I Need Thee Every Hour”
Pianist: Ms. Lydia Arnts, CRCDS MDiv. student
Benediction
Rev. Edward L. Wheeler, Ph.D., CRDS ‘72
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