80th Anniversary Service of Rededication

MEMORIAL CHAPEL

Octogintennial Anniversary Legacy of Service Pillar for the Future Sundy, December 12, 2021 12:00 P.M University Memorial Chapel 4307 Hillen Road Baltimore, MD 21239 Reverend Dr. Bernard Keels, Dean

“80 Years of Service...”

MEMORIAL CHAPEL

80th Anniversary Celebration Legacy of Service Pillar for the Future

1941-2021

Morgan State University Memorial Chapel

OCTOGINTENNIAL CELEBRATION

"A Legacy of Service; A Pillar for the Future"

ORDER OF SERVICE

Presiding

Mr. Warren Howze Centennial Class of 1967 Co-Chair, Friends of the Chapel

Prelude

Mrs. JoyAnne Amani, Pianist

Anthem

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing

Welcome/ Historical Reflections

Mr. Dale Glenwood Green

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Planning

Rev. Dr. Bernard Keels: Presentation of his letter

Dr. Douglas Gwynn

Director - Office of Residence Life & Housing Interim Associate Vice President for Student Affairs

Greetings from the Friends of the Chapel

Mr. Warren Howze

Musical Presentation: The Lord is My Light

Ms. Dorothy F. Williams Soprano

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OCTOGINTENNIAL CELEBRATION

A LITANY FOR MY PEOPLE: Leader:

For my people everywhere singing their slave songs repeatedly: their dirges and their ditties and their blues and jubilees, praying their prayers nightly, bending their knees humbly to an unseen power;

People:

Show us your tender mercies Lord.

Leader:

For my people lending their strength to the years; to the gone years and the now years and the maybe years, washing, ironing, cooking, scrubbing, sewing, mending, hoeing, plowing, digging, planting, pruning, patching, dragging along, never gaining, never reaping, never knowing, and never understanding.

People:

Show us your tender mercies Lord.

Leader:

For the cramped bewildered years we went to school to learn to know the reasons why and the answers to and the people who and the places where and the days when, in memory of the bitter hours when we discovered we were black and poor and small and different and nobody wondered and nobody understood;

People:

Show us your tender mercies Lord.

Leader:

For my people walking blindly, spreading joy, losing time being lazy, sleeping when hungry, shouting when burdened, drinking when hopeless, tied and shackled and tangled among ourselves by the unseen creatures who tower over omnisciently and laugh;

People:

Show us your tender mercies Lord.

Leader:

For my people blundering and groping and floundering in the dark of churches and schools and clubs and societies, associations and councils and committees and conventions, distressed and disturbed and deceived and devoured by money-hungry, glory-craving leeches, preyed on by facile forces of state and fad, novelty by false prophet and holy believer;

People:

Show us your tender mercies Lord.

Leader:

For my people standing staring trying to fashion a better way from confusion from hypocrisy and misunderstanding, trying to fashion a world that will hold all the people all the faces all the Adams and Eves and their countless generations;

People:

Bless us and let us continue to turn to thee O Lord, our strength and peace.

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Response to the Welcome

OCTOGINTENNIAL CELEBRATION Min. Clarence Wayman University Methodist Chapel

Passing of the Peace: Min. Clarence Wayman I see the Christ in you and I pray you see the Christ in me.

Dr. David K Wilson Proclamation Reading

Dr. Kevin Bank Vice President for Student Affairs

Musical Selection: Give Me Jesus

Ms. Simone Paulwell, Soprano

Visionary Founders of the Centenary Biblical Institute Dr. Jaqueline Holland Chaplain, University memorial Chapel Historical Reading: A Legacy of Service Clergy Alumni Students

Min. Clarence Wayman Mrs. Jacqueline Lawson Ms. Jada Prater, /senior Class President

Musical Selection: O Glory

Ms. Simone Paulwell

Historical Reading: A Pillar for the Future Jewish Muslim Christian

Ms. Shelly Mintz Imam Derrick Amin Rev. Neva Brown

Presentation and Acknowledgements

Dr. Douglas Gwynn

Offering

(If donating by check, please make your check payable to: Morgan State University Foundation. On the bottom line, please write MSU Chapel. If mailing please send your offering/donation to: Morgan State University Memorial Chapel 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251 Thank you!

Offertory Selection: Every Praise Doxology Musical Presentation

The MSU Chapel Praise Singers

The Choirs

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A LITANY OF REDEDICATION: Leader:

Dearly beloved brethren: Forasmuch as it pleased Almighty God to put into the heart of his servants to build this House for His worship, let us now fulfill the godly purpose for which we are assembled of rededicating it to the honor of God’s most holy name. To the glory of God the Father, who has called us by His grace; To the honor of His Son, who loved us and gave himself for us; To the praise of the Holy Spirit, Who illumines and sanctifies us;

People:

WE REDEDICATE THIS HOUSE

Leader:

For the worship of God in praise and prayer, For the preaching of the everlasting gospel, For the celebration of the holy sacraments;

People:

WE REDEDICATE THIS HOUSE

Leader:

For the comfort of all who mourn, For the strength of those who are tempted, For the light to those who seek the way;

People:

WE REDEDICATE THIS HOUSE

Leader:

For the conversion of sinners, For the promotion of righteousness; For the extension of the kingdom of God;

People:

WE REDEDICATE THIS HOUSE

Leader:

In loving memory of those who have gone from us, whose hearts and hands have served in this House; with gratitude for all whose faith and consecrated gifts make this House possible; In gratitude for the labors of all who love and serve this House and with prayer for all who shall worship in this house in years to come;

People:

WE REDEDICATE THIS HOUSE

Leader:

And now, as a people in the household of God, in the unity of faith, in the communion of saints, in love and good will to all, in gratitude for the gift of this house to be an habitation of God through the Spirit;

People:

WE REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE WORSHIP OF GOD, AND THE SERVICE OF HIS KINGDOM, FOR THE MINISTRY OF THE OPEN BIBLE, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.

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Alma Mater Closing Recitation/Benediction

Minister Clarence Wayman

Dr. Howard L. Cornish, Jr. REcording

Minister Clarence Wayman

Blessing of the Fellowship Meal

Rabbi Etan Mintz

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LIFT EVERY VOICE Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the list'ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast'ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.

We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land.

James Weldon Johnson

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OCTOGINTENNIAL CELEBRATION

THE ALMA MATER I.

Fair Morgan, we love thee, so tried and so true, Our hearts at thy name thrill with pride; We owe thee allegiance, we pledge thee our faith, A faith which shall never abide.

CHORUS We pledge thee our love, we pledge thee our faith, Whatever the future may bring, And thus our devotion, fidelity too, And homage we pay as we sing.

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Fair Morgan, as onward the years quickly fly, And thou livest in memory sweet.

We bring thee our laurels whatever they be, And lay them with joy at thy feet.

CHORUS

Author: Flora E. Strout

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MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL CHAPEL DIRECTORS OF THE MORGAN CHRISTIAN CENTER 1941-2008

Reverend John Jarvis Seabrook

1941-1945

Reverend Howard Lee Cornish

1945-1976

Reverend Quincy Darnell Cooper

1976-1980

Dr. Richard I. Mckinney

1980-1981

Reverend Robert Douglas Force

1981-1983

Bishop Edward G. Carroll

1983-1984

Reverend Richard Ross Hicks

1985-1987

Reverend Donald Matthews

1987-1987

Reverend Frank Leviticus Williams

1987-1990

Reverend Frank Ellis Drumwright

1990-1991

Reverend Herbert O. Edwards

1992-1994

Reverend Douglas B. Sands

1995-1997

Reverend Marion Bascom

1997-2001

Reverend Richard T. Adams

2001-2003

Reverend John Carter

2003-2005

Reverend Pauline Wilkins

2005-2008

DIRECTOR OF THE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL CHAPEL Reverend Dr. Bernard Keels, Dean of the Chapel. B.A.,M.Div., D.Div

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MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL CHAPEL CAMPUS CHAPLAINS AND MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATES 2008-2021 Reverend Dr. Bernard Keels, Dean of the Chapel

Ms. Marsha Price, Chapel Administrative Assistant Imam Derrick Amin

Campus Muslim Association

Imam Montaserbillah Badawi

Campus Muslim Association

Deacon Wardell Barksdale Reverend Neva Brown Mrs. Tambra E. Chisolm Ms. Alexis Garrett Intervarsity

Roman Catholic Ministry Episcopal/Anglican Ministry Pastoral Care Intern Intervarsity Campus Ministries

Mr. Josh Goodman

Young Life Ministry

Dr. Jacqueline Holland

Navigators Ministry

Reverend Walter Jones

Ministerial Associate

Reverend D. Stewart Mott Reverend Dr. Daniel Murray Father Joseph Muth Minister Carla A. Nealy Dr. Oludare Owolabi Elder Jacqueline Pressey Mr. Reggie Price Mr. Abnet Shiferaw

Apostolic Ministry Ministerial Associate Roman Catholic Club Ministerial Associate Apostolic Faith Ministry Ministerial Associate Lutheran Campus Ministries Intervarsity Campus Ministries

Ms. Vickie Stewart

Baptist Student Club

Minister Clarence A. Wayman

Ministerial Associate

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OUR DEAN

Morgan State University Memorial Chapel

REV. DR. BERNARD KEELS Reverend Dr. Bernard “Skip” Keels is a native of Birmingham, Alabama, and is married to Christine Dean Keels. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honors) from Haverford College, awarded the Master of Divinity Degree from Yale University, and was the recipient of the Rockefeller Theological Fellowship. He received the Doctor of Ministry Degree from the McKendree School of Religion. In 2008, Keels was appointed Director of Morgan State University’s Memorial Chapel. ​Prior to his appointment to Newark United Methodist Church, Reverend Keels served as senior pastor of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He also served for six years as district superintendent of the Baltimore West District of the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Before becoming a district superintendent, he served as pastor of the A.P. Shaw United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. Reverend Keels has served as a delegate to the 1992, 1996 and 2000 General Conferences of the United Methodist Church. At the 1995 Annual Conference, he was nominated to lead a delegation to the 1996 General and Jurisdictional Conference in Denver, Colorado.

He currently serves on the General Commission on Communications, chairs the Northeastern Jurisdiction Committee of Appeals, is a member of the Northeast Jurisdiction Episcopacy (uh.pi.skuh.puh.see) Committee, and serves on the boards of the United Methodist Publishing House, Yale Divinity School, Goodwill Industries, and the Addict Referral Organization.

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OUR CURRENT CHAPLAINS

CARLA NEALS

MR. REGGIE PRICE

IMAM DERRICK AMIN

Chapel Liturgist

Lutheran Chaplain

Muslim Chaplain

DR JACQUELINE HOLLAND

MINISTER CLARENCE A WAYMAN

REVEREND NEVA BROWN

DR. OLUDARE OWOLABI

Navigators Ministry

Episcopal/Anglican Ministry

Methodist Chaplain

Apostolic Faith Ministry

WARREN HOWZE

WARDELL BARKSDALE

Morgan State Friends of the Chapel

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MEMORIAL CHAPEL

Octogintennial Anniversary Legacy of Service Pillar for the Future 1941-2021

80 Years

MEMORIAL CHAPEL Sundy, December 12, 2021 University Memorial Chapel 4307 Hillen Road Baltimore, MD 21239