WATERLOO LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
for
WATERLOO LUTHERAN SEMINARY
and
WATERLOO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
WATERLOO, ONTARIO
- Pastors The Reverend Arnold L. Conrad
- The Reverend Henry A. Fischer
The Reverend Clifford S. Roberts, D.D., Pastor Emeritus
SUNDAY, MAY 19th, 1965
11:00 A.M.
The Order of Service
THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN
1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation;
o my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation:
All ye who hear
Now to his temple draw near;
Joining in glad adoration.
2. Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shelters thee under his wings, yea, so gently sustaineth:
Hast thou not seen?
All that is needful hath been
Granted in what he ordaineth.
3. Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
Surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
If with his love he befriend thee!
4. Praise to the Lord, 0 let all that is in me adore him;
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him!
Let the Amen
Sound from his people again;
Gladly for aye we adore him. Amen.
THE INVOCATION: In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Response: Amen.
THE CONFESSION OF SINS: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart, and
confess our sins unto God our Father, beseeching him, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
to grant us forgiveness. (The congregation kneels).
Our help is in the Name of the Lord.
Response: Who made heaven and earth.
I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord.
Response: And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Almighty God, our Maker and Redeemer, we poor sinners confess unto Thee, that we are by
nature sinful and unclean, and that we have sinned against thee by thought, word and deed.
Wherefore we flee for refuge to thine infinite mercy, seeking and imploring thy grace, for the
sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Response: 0 most merciful God, who has given thine only-begotten Son to die for us, have
mercy upon us, and for his sake grant us remission of all our sins: and by thy Holy Spirit
increase in us true knowledge of thee and of thy will and true obedience to thy Word, that
by thy grace we may come to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE DECLARATION OF GRACE: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, hath had mercy upon
us, and hath given his only Son to die for us, and for his sake forgiveth us all our sins. To
them that believe on his Name, he giveth power to become the sons of God, and bestoweth upon
them his Holy Spirit. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved. Grant this, 0 Lord,
unto us all.
Response: Amen.
DEGREES IN COURSE
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
Bachelor of Divinity
Leander John Ecola, B.A.
Roland Jigi Payne, B.A., B.S.
Delbert Elwin Resmer, B.A.
Harvey Frank Southcott, B.A.
Diploma in Theology
Keith Albert Crouse, B.A.
Certificate in Theology
Arne Geoffrey Lund-Teigen
Waterloo University College
Bachelor of Arts
HONORS PROGRAMS
Mark Daniel Davids - Business
Administration
Carol Ann Dietrich - French and
Latin
Geraldine Louise Duquette English and Philosophy
Sky Flotron - Business
Administration
Gerhard Kurt Friesen - French
and German
Brenda Jane Good - English
and Philosophy
Ronald Matheson Haston - History
Janice Arlene Inglis - History
Patricia Ellen Jackson - Business
Administration and Secretarial
Science
Magdalene Marie Kumm Philosophy
Bruce Wallace Loker - Geography
Richard Albert Mende - English
and Philosophy
Bruce Frederick Schmidt - History
Paul Edward Barton
John Frederick Bateman
David Carl Bender
Peter Warren Billingsley
Robert George Bisbee
Rhoda Iris Blum
Hersh Eric Bogomolny
Gordon William Brandstadt
Roy Clifford Bretzlaff
Harold Allen Brewer
Donald Absalom Brown
Nina Butska
Vincent Joseph Cascone
Nora Catherine Cavanagh
Carol Anne Childerson
William Glenn Clemens
Michael Edward Connell
Gary William Cox
Charles Douglas Drynan
Paul Johann Fast
David Gordon Ferguson
Donna Hilda Finch
David William Foster
Howard Larry Fromkin
Richard Gordon Fry
Peter Charles Gage
Roxanna Sharon Hampel
William Ross Heacock
Harry Edward Heidebrecht (B.Th.)
Cheryl Beverley Hill
Kenneth Bernard Hills
Marietta Eunice Holliday
Henry Peter Michael Homenuck
Robert William Horton
James Chowen Kent
Gordon Allan Kipfer
Katherine Dorothy Koerber
David Winston Lindsay
James David Marini
Dennis Kim Marsland
Willibald Marx (R.T.)
James William Franklin Meade
Paul Merrick
Ronald Paul Milrod
Arthur David Minister
Donald Douglas McClure
David Lawson McColl
Murray McGee
Eric Douglas MacLean
Karen Ann Naylor
John Samuel Oestreicher
Ernest Okell
Karen Ruth Pahl
Gary Stuart Slimmon - French
and Spanish
William Harvey Stauffer - History
Gunars Subins - Geography
Joanne Emilie Thompson - History
Ronald Reid Woods - Business
Administration
Priscilla Mary Yantha - English
and History
GENERAL PROGRAM
William Mitchell Paterson
Irene Posluszny
David Allan Ralph
Philip Frederick Schaus
Leonard William Schaefer
Leonard Henry Schroeder
Sven Sheen
Arnold Winston Sheil
Richard Roman Solwicki
Gustav Sonnenberg
John Henry Spier
Michael Stankowitsch
Margaret Lou Steinke
Judith Elizabeth Stubbs
Lawrence Richard John Sugden
Dennis Daniel Joseph Tascona
Glenn Calvin Taylor (B.Th.)
Charles Brent Thomas
Harold Richard Toivonen
Joan Willa Tribble
Juri Wallner
Marilyn Louise Way
Mark Abraham Weber
Maryanne Weiler
Leila May Whitcombe
Arthur Takao Yamamura
Colin Alexander Young
GENERAL PRE-THEOLOGICAL PROGRAM
Walter Oscar Boetticher
John Stephen Henry Bonham
Judith Ernestine Carse
Thomas Dow
Ian Cameron Glass
Albert John Hiebert
Douglas Hall Kaufman
Elizabeth Anne Keffer
Margaret Barbara KreHer
James David Liles
Theodore Milton Losch
Peter Ross Martin Mogk
Maurice Bruce McIntyre
U do Petersoo
AWARDS TO THE GRADUATING CLASS
Faculty of Theology
The George and Matilda Kiehl
Liturgical Arts Award
Leander Ecola
The Herbert Kohls Memorial
Senior Proficiency A ward
Leander Ecola
The Seminary Alumni Award for Greek
Keith Crouse
The Rev. Howard N. Bream Award for Hebrew
Keith Crouse
and Old Testament Studies
The Marie Rahn Kalbfleisch Senior
Proficiency A ward
Leander Ecola
Twin City Kiwanis Club Systematic
Theology A ward
Leander Ecola
St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School, Erbsville,
A wards
Delmer Resmer
Faculty of Arts
His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor's
Medal for Proficiency in the
General Program
Carol Ann Childers on
University Gold Medals:
Honors English and
Philosophy
Honors French and German
Richard Albert Mende
Gerhard Kurt Friesen
Honors French and Latin
Honors French and Spanish
Carol Ann Dietrich
Gary Stuart Slimmon
Honors Geography
Gunars Subins
Honors Philosophy
Magdalene Marie Kumm
The J. G. Brown Memorial
Scholarship
Ronald Reid Woods
Dean's Honor Roll
John Stephen Henry Bonham
Marietta Eunice Holliday
Nina Butska
Magdalene Marie Kumm
Judith Ernestine Carse
Richard Albert Mende
Carol Anne Childerson
Karen Ann Naylor
Carol Ann Dietrich
Philip Frederick Schaus
Geraldine Louise Duquette
Gary Stuart Slimmon
Gerhard Kurt Friesen
Gunars Subins
Brenda Jane Good
Leila May Whitcombe
Albert John Hiebert
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THE INTROIT for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
THE GLORIA PATRI
THE KYRIE
THE GLORIA IN EXCELSIS: Glory be to God on high!
Response: And on earth peace, good will toward men. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we
worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory, 0 Lord God,
heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.
o Lord, the Only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; 0 Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of
the Father, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest
away the sin of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God
the Father, have mercy upon us.
For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; Thou only, 0 Christ, with the
Holy Ghost, art most high in the Glory of God the Father. Amen.
The Lord be with you.
Response: And with thy Spirit.
THE COLLECT
THE LESSON
Isaiah 55: 6 - 11
THE EPISTLE
James 1: 22 - 27
THE GOSPEL
John 16: 23b - 30
THE APOSTLES CREED: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the
Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified and buried; He descended into hell;
The third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right
hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Christian Church, the Communion of Saints; the Forgiveness of sins; the Resurrection of the body; and the Life everlasting. Amen.
THE ANTHEM
THE ANNOUNCEMENTS
"With a Voice of Singing" (Shaw)
THE HYMN
1. Thine forever! God of love,
Hear us from thy throne above;
Thine forever may we be
Here and in eternity.
2. Thine forever! 0 how blest
They who find in thee their rest!
Saviour, Guardian, heavenly Friend,
o defend us to the end.
THE BACCALAUREATE SERMON
THE OFFERING
3. Thine forever! Lord of life,
Shield us through our earthly strife;
Thou, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Guide us to the realms of day.
4. Thine forever! Thou our Guide,
All our wants by thee supplied,
All our sins by thee forgiven,
Lead us, Lord, from earth to heaven.
Amen.
The Reverend Herbert W. Gastmeier,
Board of Governors, Waterloo Lutheran University
*.
THE OFFERTORY
Create in me a clean heart, 0 God: and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not
away from thy presence: and take not thy holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of
thy salvation: and uphold me with thy free Spirit.
THE GENERAL PRAYER, THE LORD'S PRAYER
THE BENEDICTION
THE RECESSIONAL HYMN
1. Rise, ye children of salvation,
All who cleave to Christ the Head;
Wake, awake, 0 mighty nation,
Ere the foe on Zion tread;
He draws nigh, and would defy
All the hosts of God most high.
2. Saints and martyrs long before us
Firmly on this ground have stood;
See their banner waving o'er us,
Conquerors through the Saviour's Blood.
Ground we hold, whereon of old
Fought the faithful and the bold.
3. Fighting, we shall be victorious
By the Blood of Christ our Lord;
On our foreheads, bright and glorious,
Shines the witness of his word;
Spear and shield on battlefield,
His great Name; we cannot yield.
4. When his servants stand before him
Each receiving his reward,
When his saints in light adore him,
Giving glory to the Lord;
'Victory!' our song shall be
Like the thunder of the sea. Amen.
The Liturgist for the Baccalaureate Service will be the Reverend Arnold L. Conrad, Pastor of
St. John's Lutheran Church. The Lessons will be read by the Reverend Henry A. Fischer, Assistant Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, the Reverend Clifford S. Roberts, D.D., Pastor
Emeritus of St. John's Lutheran Church and the Reverend Lloyd H. Schaus, D.D., Dean of
Waterloo University College. The Reverend J. Ray Houser, D.D., President of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary will offer the General Prayer. The Benediction will be pronounced by the
Reverend William J. Villaume, Ph.D., President and Vice-Chancellor of the University. The
choir of St. John's Lutheran Church will sing under the direction of Mr. Douglas Campbell,
Organist and Choir Director.
*
For the National Development Fund of Waterloo University College.