2021 Baccalaureate & Commissioning Worship Service Program

BACCALAUREATE & COMMISSIONING WORSHIP SERVICE

MAY 22, 2021 WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY

LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES Astrid Elizabeth Le Roy, Psychology, Class of 2020 Senior Class Coordinator Kathryn Ludlam, Speech Communication & Theatre, Class of 2021 Senior Class Coordinator

Grand Rapids, Michigan Fullerton, California

WELCOME Beck A. Taylor, Ph.D., President

CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.

People: Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing.

Leader: (in Vietnamese) Hãy biết rằng CHÚA, chính Ngài là Đức Chúa Trời. Ngài làm nên chúng ta, chúng ta thuộc về Ngài; [Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his;]

People: We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Leader: (in French) Entrez dans ses portes avec des louanges, Dans ses parvis avec des cantiques! Célébrez-le, bénissez son nom! [Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name!]

People: For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever; his faithfulness to all generations.

Tu Ngoc Hoang, Biology, Class of 2020 Adrienne Diana Dixon, Biology, Class of 2021

Hanoi, Vietnam Magalia, California

HYMN OF PRAISE* Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Robert Robinson, c. 1758

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing; Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise.

Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above.

Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it: Mount of God’s unchanging love!

Here I raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I’m come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood.

O, to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be!

Let that grace now, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee.

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; Prone to leave the God I love.

Here’s my heart, O take and seal it; Seal it for Thy courts above. *Those who are able are invited to stand.

PRAYER OF ADORATION Drew Craddock, Chemistry, Class of 2021 Marni Rae Chua Nazareno, Community Health, Class of 2021

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Spokane, Washington

PRAYER OF CONFESSION Rhosetta R. Rhodes ’99, M.Ed. ’12, Vice President of Student Life & Dean of Students SILENT CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF PARDON Gregor Thuswaldner, Ph.D., Provost & Executive Vice President As Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians, Christ “died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them... If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” Friends, in Christ we are forgiven. With God’s grace, may we live lives worthy of Christ’s infinite gift to us.

People: Amen.

HYMN* Led by Leonard A. Oakland, Ph.D., Professor, English Amazing Grace Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see.

John Newton, 1779

’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved.

How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believed!

Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come. ’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we’d first begun. *Those who are able are invited to stand.

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Emma Kathryn Much, Speech Communication, Class of 2020

Bellingham, Washington

SCRIPTURE READINGS Psalm 139:1-12 (NIV) Jack VanderGriend, English, Class of 2021 Luke 24:36-43 (NIV) Jessica K. Jager, Human Services, Class of 2021 Leader: The Word of the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God.

HOMILY Ron Pyle, Ph.D., Professor, Communication Studies “Jesus in the Messiness of Life”

Bellingham, Washington Spokane, Washington

SONG OF DEDICATION Let Us Be Known Qué la alegría sea nuestro motor: En cada hogar y corazón canta al Señor.

Qué de nuestras vidas, bondad y esperanza. Qué la alegría sea nuestro motor.

[May joy be what moves us: In every home and heart praise the Lord.

May kindness and hope fill our lives. May joy be what moves us.]

Por la gloria del Padre, por la gloria de Jesús.

Por la gloria del Espíritu, qué la alegría sea nuestro motor.

[For the glory of the Father, for the glory of Jesus.

For the glory of the Spirit, may joy be what moves us.]

Let us be known by our love: let every word and ev’ry deed honor the Son. Let our light shine in every eye. Let us be known by our Love!

For the glory of the Father, for the glory of the Son, For the glory of the Spirit, let us be known by our love!

Words and Music: Matt Armstrong, Micah Massey, Nate Moore, and Ryan Flanigan, © 2015 Curb Wordspring Music/SESAC

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Laura Elizabeth Waltar, Peace Studies, Class of 2021

Leavenworth, Washington

God of all creation, we pray for the world… …for this we pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord, hear our prayer.

Daniel Raymond Boaz Roberts, Theology, Class of 2020

Spokane, Washington

Gracious God, we pray for the places where we live… …for this we pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord, hear our prayer.

Alexander Mowery, Political Science, Class of 2020

Broomfield, Colorado

Nurturing and caring Lord, we pray for the Whitworth University community… …for this we pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord, hear our prayer.

Solofua Mapu Grey, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Class of 2021 Loving heavenly Father, we pray for the Whitworth Classes of 2020 and 2021… …for this we pray to the Lord.

Congregation: Lord, hear our prayer.

Waianae, Hawaii

People: These things we ask in the name of Jesus, who taught us to pray, saying, “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.”

RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT The Rev. Forrest H. Buckner, Ph.D., Storm Family Dean of Spiritual Life & Campus Pastor Minister: And now, dear friends, let us with all our hearts renew our part in the covenant that God has made with God’s people, and take the yoke of Christ upon us.

This taking of the yoke of Christ means that we are heartily content that God should appoint us to our place and to our work, and that God alone should be our reward.

Christ has many services to be done. Some are easy; others are difficult. Some bring honor; others bring reproach. Some are suitable to our natural inclinations and temporal interests; others are contrary to both.

In some we may please Christ and please ourselves; in others we cannot please Christ except by denying ourselves. Yet the power to do all these things is assuredly given us in Christ, who strengthens us.

Therefore, let us make the covenant of God our own. Let us dedicate our hearts to the Lord and resolve in God’s strength never to go back. Being thus prepared, let us now, in sincere dependence upon God’s grace and trusting in God’s promises, yield ourselves anew to our Lord.

Members of the senior class stand.

Seniors (led by the senior class coordinators of 2020 and 2021): I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will. Put me to doing; put me to suffering. Let me be employed for you or laid aside for you; exalted for you or brought low for you. Let me be full; let me be empty. Let me have all things; let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to your pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Creator, Son, and Holy Spirit, you are mine, and I am yours. So be it. And the covenant that I have made on Earth, let it be ratified in Heaven. Amen.

Those who are able are invited to stand.

People: O Lord God, loving Redeemer, who has called us through Christ to be partakers in this gracious covenant, we take upon ourselves with joy the yoke of obedience, and engage ourselves, out of our love for you, to seek and do your perfect will. We are no longer our own, but yours.

THE LORD’S SUPPER The Rev. Forrest H. Buckner, Ph.D., Storm Family Dean of Spiritual Life & Campus Pastor The Rev. Lauren E. Taylor, M.Div., Campus Pastor The congregation will be instructed how to partake of the Supper with the individual communion packets by the pastors.

SONG OF THANKSGIVING* Be Thou My Vision

Eleanor Hull, 1912

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art: Thou my best thought, by day or by night; Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word; I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Father, I Thy true child; Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise; Thou mine inheritance, now and always; Thou and Thou only, first in my heart, High King of Heaven, my treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won, May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

SENDING PRAYER* The Rev. Stephaine Y. Nobles-Beans ’03, ’17, Associate Chaplain for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Ministry

BENEDICTION* The Rev. Lauren E. Taylor, M.Div., Campus Pastor *Those who are able are invited to stand.

INFLUENTIAL PROFESSORS As voted by the 2020 graduating class

Candice Correia, Business & Economics David Sloan, Business & Economics Haley Jacob, Theology Jonathan Moo, Theology Kathryn Lee, Political Science Lee Anne Chaney, Biology Lisa Laurier, Education Matt Silvers, Health Sciences Patrick Van Inwegen, Political Science Robin Pickering, Health Sciences Ron Pyle, Communication Studies As voted by the 2021 graduating class

Anne Trefry, Mathematics Elizabeth Campbell, Psychology Dale Soden, History Kamesh Sankaran, Engineering & Physics Keith Wyma, Philosophy Lee Anne Chaney, Biology Lisa Laurier, Education Matt Silvers, Health Sciences Meredith Shimizu, Art Robin Pickering, Health Sciences Ron Pyle, Communication Studies

MUSICIANS Carly Bair, Music, Class of 2020 Isabel Robertson, Psychology, Class of 2021 Kyle Douglas Caldwell, Music Education & Secondary Education, Class of 2021 Samuel Aitken Foss, Business Administration, Class of 2021 Sarah Elizabeth Scott, Speech Communication & Theology, Class of 2021 Sarah Carolynne Sugano, Theology, Class of 2021

Flowers are given in loving memory of Dorothy Dixon by her family.

Lake Stevens, Washington Ellensburg, Washington West Richland, Washington Orinda, California Ojai, California Santa Barbara, California