SSW Matriculation Evensong Bulletin 2023.pdf.webloc
2023_OpeningService_FINAL.pdf.webloc
Blessed Lord, you have given us your Holy Scriptures for our learning. May we so hear them, read, learn, and take them to heart that, being strengthened and comforted by your holy Word, we may cling to the blessed hope of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
Blessing The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace. Amen.
O God of truth and love, always calling us to loftier understanding and deeper wisdom, we seek your will and implore your grace for all who share the life of this seminary, knowing that unless you build among us, we who teach and learn will labor in vain.
Silence For the men who teach here that with a love for your gospel and for all your people they may together bring fire and vision to our common task, knowing their own fields, yet eager to relate them to all others; persistent in their academic demands, yet seeing each student as a child of God; prepared to teach not only by great learning but also by child-like faith in you, their God: In them and in us, O God, kindle your saving truth.
For those who attend to business and finance, for boards that govern our doings, and development officers who encourage gifts of love, that their concern may be not only budgets and buildings, but the men who are here roused to serve you and your Church: In them and in us, O God, kindle your saving truth.
For janitors and secretaries, for cooks and keepers of the grounds, for those who prepare our food and wash our dishes, and for the many other workers and suppliers whose faithfulness serves our common good: In them and in us, O God, kindle your saving truth.
For parents and those who give gifts for student assistance, who send and support seminary students, that they may not desire for them more income or social acceptance or glory for family or donor, but rather that they grow in intelligence, maturity, and devotion for service to Christ: In them and in us, O God, kindle your saving truth.
For the students themselves, that their confusion may be brief, their perspective constantly enlarged, and their minds and spirits alert to all that chapel and classroom, library and fieldwork can mean in their lives and ministry: In them and in us, O God, kindle your saving truth. For all in this community of learning and service, that they may realise the Holy Spirit is leading them into all truth and may grasp your intention for all their effort and striving. In them and in us, O God, kindle your saving truth.
Academic Dean:
Dear People of God, we are all called by the one Spirit into one Body and given gifts for a variety of ministries for the common good. Our purpose here is to commission the new faculty of this seminary to the special ministry to which they are called.
Sponsors:
We present to you Dr. Gustavo Bárcenas as Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and the Rev. Dr. Benjamin King as the Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History. Please join us in welcoming them to the faculty of this seminary.
The Academic Dean asks the sponsors:
Do Gustavo and Benjamin display the lively faith, commitment to worship, and knowledge of their duties necessary to exercise their ministry to the honor of God and the well-being of this seminary?