WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DIVINITY September 1, 2015, 11:00 a. m., Wait Chapel FA L L C O N V O C A T I O N 1999
fall convocation PRELUDE: In Thee is gladness...johann Sebastian Bach Adagio E Major.... Frank Bridge Donald L. Armitage, University Organist * PROCESSIONAL HYMN: God is here (see pages 3-4)... ABBOT S LEIGH Brian Roberts, trumpet OPENING PRAYER.... Michelle Voss Roberts Associate Dean Academic Affairs Associate Pressor Theology PSALM 104 LITANY....Derek S. Hicks Assistant Pressor Religion Culture Sal Ann Morris Musician Residence Leader: People: Leader: Bless Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. We Will Bless You, God Strength Might............... A DAY LATE (see page 5) We will s praise Lord as long as live; We will s praise God while have be. Bless Lord, O my soul. Praise Lord! SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Timothy 2:15, Ephesians 4:11-16... Sunggu Yang Louisville Postdocral Fellow Preach Worship Elizabeth O Donnell Golfo Earley Assistant Pressor Catholic Lat American Studies INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER.... Gail R. O Day Dean Pressor New Testament Preach CONVOCATION ADDRESS: Why Theology Matters.... E. Frank Tupper Pressor Systematic Theology 1
* CLOSING HYMN: Ho Presence, Ho Teacher (see page 6) RUSTINGTON * BLESSING AND BENEDICTION...................................... Kare A. Shaner Assistant Pressor New Testament POSTLUDE AND RECESSION: Voluntary D Major....................................................... John Stanley Follow service, School Divity will host a luncheon Lor Audirium Wate Hall. * Everyone is vited st. It is simple, but true say ology has on one, sle problem: God. We are ologians sake God. God is dignity. God is agony. God is hope.... For me ology sprs from a dive passion: is open wound God one s own life rmented men, women, children this world. But me ology also sprs from God s love life, love life which experience presence life-giv Spirit, which enables us move beyond resignation, beg love here now. There are also Christ s two experiences God, because y are foundation ology: God s delight God s pa. jurgen moltmann 3
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about e. frank tupper Pressor Tupper is one found faculty School Divity. A ll-known lecturer author, late 2013 he published new edition A Scalous Providence: The Jesus Sry Compassion God after more than tnty-five years research. Though itial edition appeared 1995, it remaed a work progress, because he had not yet achieved his ultimate goal: produce a critical re-construction hisric doctre providence. A Scalous Providence is first modern re-mulation ology providence on basis a non-doctraire hisrical critical terpretation Scriptures beyond established structures best traditional ology. Pressor Tupper is current complet an ecclesiology on Contemporary Metaphors Models Church. He is an ordaed Baptist mister. about school divity The Wake Forest University School Divity is a grow, dynamic ecumenical ological stitution prepares men women be religious leaders a chang world. The School current fers Master Divity degree several dual degrees law, bioethics, counsel, education, sustaability fered jot or schools University. Through imagative cses diverse programs community engagement, students are equipped be agents justice, reconciliation, compassion Christian churches or mistries. All music is reprted permission under OneLicense.net License #A-701691 unless orwise noted. divity.wfu.edu 8 @wakediv #wakediv