FA L L C O N V O C A T I O N

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYSCHOOL OF DIVINITY

September 8, 2016, 11:00 a. m., Wait Chapel

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PRELUDE: “NEW BRITAIN” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr . George Shearing

Donald L . Armitage, University Organist

INVOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophia Russell (MDiv ‘18)Sean McClure (MDiv ‘19), alto saxophone

PROCESSIONAL HYMN:“God the Sculptor of the Mountains” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Make Us One Songbook (MUO) #52

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gail R . O’DayDean and Professor of New Testament and Preaching

SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 58:9-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Estrada

Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowin Early and Medieval Christianity

PSALM 147: “Praise the Lord Who Heals” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUO #38Gregory Drumwright (MDiv ‘18), cantor

Sally Ann Morris, Musician in Residence, piano

Please sing the refrain at the direction of the Cantor.

CONVOCATION ADDRESS:“What the World Needs Now: Building Authentic Community” . . . . . . . . . . . . . K . Killian Noe (‘80)

PRAYER FOR THE WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Benjamin Smith (MDiv ‘19)Elizabeth O . Gandolfo

Earley Assistant Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies

Response: “Come, Holy Spirit, reconcile creation”

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about k. killian noe

Following the service, all are invited to a luncheon in theLower Auditorium of Wingate Hall.

In 2003, Killian Noe founded the Recovery Café, a therapeutic community for men and women recovering from homelessness, addiction and other mental health challenges in Seattle, Washington . The Recovery Café Network has helped launch five additional Recovery Café’s in other cities and is helping other groups replicate the model nationwide .

In 1985, Killian co-founded Samaritan Inns, which she directed until 1999 when she moved to Seattle . Samaritan Inns are intensive transitional and longer term healing communities for men and women recovering from homelessness and addiction in Washington, D .C .

Noe is pastor and founder (1999-present) of New Creation Community in Seattle, a ecumenical faith community committed to contemplation and action and in the tradition of Church of the Saviour, D .C . A life-long student of community models, Noe travelled the world to learn from various communities in India, Nicaragua, France, and Asia . Noe was awarded an honorary Doctorate in 2015 from Seattle University and has been honored with Distinguished Alumni awards from Wake Forest University in 2015 and Yale Divinity School in 1998 . She is the author of Finding our Way Home: Addictions and Divine Love (2001) and Descent Into Love (2015) .

She is married and the mother of two adult daughters .

BLESSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth O . Gandolfo

RECESSIONAL: “We Will Walk with God” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUO #117

POSTLUDE: “CONSOLATION” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr . George Shearing

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Thank YouWe gratefully acknowledge all those who have established these funds to benefit

the School of Divinity and its students .

Scholarship FundsA .T . and Kathryn Greene Scholarship

Alice and Harry Baird Endowment FundAlice Pittman Fleming Scholarship

Ann and Robert Brinson Divinity ScholarshipAnnie Jo and Homer W . Brookshire, Sr . Scholarship

Ashley and Whitney Walker ScholarshipBaker Family Divinity ScholarshipBaker-Martin Divinity Scholarship

Bertha Long ScholarshipBill and Judith Moyers Fund

Carl and Linda Tucker Family Divinity ScholarshipCarlton and Miriam Mitchell Scholarship

Courtney S . Johnson ScholarshipDivinity Alumni Memorial Scholarship Fund

D . Swan Haworth Memorial ScholarshipDr . Miles Robert and Jean Batten Cooper Divinity Scholarship

E . Rhodes and Leona B . Carpenter FellowshipEd and Jean Christman Divinity Scholarship Fund

Edith and Joseph Hough, Sr . Divinity School Scholarship FundEdna and Douglas Aldrich ScholarshipEgbert L . Davis, Jr . Divinity Scholarship

Elias Dodson and Nan Trantham Poe ScholarshipElms and Harriet Allen Divinity School Scholarship Fund

First Baptist Church Greensboro ScholarshipHall Family Divinity Endowment Fund

Harriet G . Mast ScholarshipHenry Straughan and Eloise Brown Stokes Memorial Scholarship Fund

Horace N . Francis ScholarshipJ . Allen Easley Fund

James F . Slate ScholarshipJeanette Wallace Hyde Divinity Scholarship

John Cecil Daniel ScholarshipJohn D . and Bertha W . Wagster Scholarship

Joseph Franklin and Florence Sink Roach ScholarshipJoseph Horace and Betty Deans Cheves Scholarship

Lynn and Fredda Durham Scholarship FundMartha Joyce Guthrie Scholarship

Mason-Pittman ScholarshipMaster of Divinity Inaugural Class Scholarship

Michael G . Queen Scholarship

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Ministerial Aid ScholarshipMinnie S . and Fred A . Stone Divinity Scholarship

Mr . and Mrs . Charles R . Council ScholarshipPauline Davis Perry Scholarship

Pearl and Robert Seymour Scholarship FundPhilpott Divinity Scholarship

Priscilla & Aquila Divinity ScholarshipRandall and Lou Lolley Fund

Rev . Dr . Edward Glen Holt Divinity School FundRev . Sumner H . Gill and Lois C . Gill Divinity Scholarship Fund

Rev . Victor Lee Andrews, Sr . ScholarshipRobert Forest Smith III Scholarship

Ruth Storner & George C . Barrett, M .D . Divinity ScholarshipSamuel and Sarah Wait Fellowship

Scott and Anna Larsen Dean’s ScholarshipSiler Family Scholarship

Stephany Williams Sherman ScholarshipSusan Creech Rankin Scholarship

T . B . Maston and Jimmy Allen ScholarshipTamra Wright Thomas Scholarship Fund

The Doug Bailey Urban Ministry ScholarshipThe Sue and Doug Henderson Scholarship

Thomas H . Davis Divinity ScholarshipThomas J . M . and Iris W . Burnett Divinity Scholarship

Wake Forest Divinity School Board of Visitors ScholarshipWare-Davenport Scholarship

Program and Faculty FundsBlackburn Divinity Professorship

Dean and Dorothy Kaufman Urban Ministry Internship in NYCDr . Edward & Mrs . Marian Hairston Textbook Scholarship

Dr . William Kay and Velma Preslar McGee InternshipEdith B . and Arthur E . Earley Chair of Catholic Studies

James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist StudiesM . Kenneth and Lula C . Wilson Internship Fund

Margaret A . Steelman Lectureship FundMargaret Woodford Guthrie Prize

Michael and Barbara Curry Travel FundR . Allan Jessup and Vera Coram Jessup Internship Fund

For information on how you can support the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, please contact Sheila Virgil, Assistant Dean of Development,

336-758-3819 or virgils@wfu .edu .

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community worship

The School of Divinity gathers together for worship on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the academic year at 11:00 a.m. in Davis Chapel (located in Wingate Hall). Community

members are invited to join us. Here’s a preview of our upcoming worship leaders:

Tuesday, September 27James C. Perkins

President, Progressive National Baptist Convention

Tuesday, November 1Lisa R. Schwartz

Pastor, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Winston-Salem

Thursday, November 10Dale P. Andrews

Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice, and Practical TheologyVanderbilt University

Tuesday, December 6Eustacia Moffett Marshall

Pastor, Faith Point Fellowship, GreensboroDirector for Worship and Arts, Grace Presbyterian, Winston-Salem

for the complete fall worship schedule,visit wakediv.school/commworship

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Thursday, September 22, 7:00 p.m., Brendle Recital HallUnderstanding Religious Extremism Among the Children of Abrahamwith Dr. Charles Kimball, former professor and department chair, Wake Forest University

Dr . Kimball will explore the ideological and historical roots of religious extremism within and between the three monotheistic traditions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - that trace their heritage to the prophet Abraham . He will then offer strategies for countering such extremism in our modern globalized world . This lecture is part of the Carlton Mitchell Lecture Series sponsored by Interfaith Winston-Salem with support from several community and Wake Forest University partners .

join us this fall

Friday, October 21 - Saturday, October 22, UNC Asheville, Asheville NCFaith in Literature: A Festival of Contemporary Writers of the Spirit

This two-day event is a gathering of 11 writers whose work deeply engages—by embracing, complicating, or wrestling with—a faith tradition or spiritual practice . The event will feature writers from several faith traditions and will include readings, panel discussions, guided conversations that involve audience members, and two open productions of On Being with Krista Tippett, who is participating thanks to festival partner WCQS – Western North Carolina Public Radio . The festival is sponsored by the School of Divinity, UNC Asheville, North Carolina Arts Council, and WCQS (Western North Carolina Public Radio) .

Monday, November 7 - Thursday, November 10, Wingate HallFestival Week of Prophetic Ministry

The Festival Week is a week-long event when the School of Divinity faculty and students together promote and practice the prophetic spirit of the Divinity community . The festival will include guest lecture and praxis of prophetic ministry in various art forms such as a protest music concert, arts display and preaching . The Festival week is an innovative part of the academic course, Prophetic Ministry: Social Witness, Protest Arts, and Preaching . Art and music contributions from local pastors, lay people, activists, and artists for display and concert are welcome . For more information contact Dr . Sunggu Yang, yangs@wfu .edu .

for more information about these events and others, visit divinity.wfu.edu/events

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The Wake Forest University School of Divinity is a dynamic and ecumenical theological institu-tion that prepares men and women to be religious leaders in a changing world . The School cur-rently offers the Master of Divinity degree and several joint degrees in law, bioethics, counseling, education, and sustainability, and a dual degree pathway in business, offered in partnership with other schools of the University . Through imaginative courses and diverse programs of commu-nity engagement, students are equipped to be agents of justice, reconciliation, and compassion in Christian churches and other ministries .

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