There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
AU 2021 Baccalaureate
Saturday, May 08, 2021
Opening Voluntary
“Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!”
Kenneth Logan
Praises to Our Creator *9:00 AM; **11:45 AM
Hymn of Praise
“Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart” • No. 27
Prayer
*Bordes Henry-Saturne, **Anthony Bosman
Worship in Music
“Nocturne, Op. 51, No. 3” Sibelius/Press
Stephanie Guimarães, violin, Jeremy Ahn, BA, piano
Introduction of Speaker
Andrea Luxton
Hymn of Meditation
“Be Thou My Vision” • No. 547
Baccalaureate Sermon
“An Enduring Mystery”
Wintley A. Phipps
Vocal Artist, Composer Senior Pastor, Palm Bay SDA Church, Palm Bay, Florida Founder/CEO/President, U.S. Dream Academy
Hymn of Commissioning
“Go Forth, Go Forth With Christ” • No. 377
Benediction
*Kimberly Pichot, **Paulette McLean Johnson
Closing Voluntary
“Go Forth, Go Forth With Christ”
Kenneth Logan
*9 a.m.; **11:45 a.m.
Organist: Kenneth D. Logan
Choristers: Stephen and Susan Zork
*Vocalists: Annelise Burghardt, BA; Marcus Carter, BA; Abel Siamubi; Instrumentalists: Stephanie Guimarães, violin; Max Keller, trumpet, Kaija Perry, MA, violin; Kristii Rasmussen, MMus, viola
**Vocalists: William Dos Reis, Darius Bridges, BBA; Annelise Burghardt, BA; Adriana Santana; Instrumentalists: Jacob Knowlton, BSN, acoustic guitar; Christian Sanchez, BS, electric guitar; Jeremy Ahn, BA, keyboard; Fitz-Earl Andrew McKenzie II, BBA, French horn; David Dunham, BA, cajon
Fellowship Dinner
Pioneer Commons
Offering for January 10, 2026
Religious Liberty
Seventh-day Adventists have stood firmly for religious liberty—for everyone—for more than 150 years. But do you know the reason why? Part of the reason is that, when our church was founded, almost every American state had Sunday-keeping laws on the books. Adventist pastors, farmers, laborers, and others were arrested, jailed, or fined for doing “secular work” on Sunday. Even Wille White, son of James and Ellen, was arrested in Oakland, California, in 1882 for keeping the Pacific Press Publishing presses operating on a Sunday! But that’s not the full story. The deeper reason why we continue to stand for religious liberty—in the courts, before legislatures, and through the pages of Liberty magazine—is because we want to reflect the character of the God we serve. He’s a God who created us in His image and who has given each one of us the freedom to choose whom we will worship. He’s a God who, in the words of Ellen White, “desires only the service of love,” which “cannot be won by force or authority” (The Desire of Ages, 22).
Today, please help support this vital ministry of religious liberty. It’s a ministry that defends not only the rights of individual conscience, but also the ability of our church to continue to do its mission. And as we face uncertain days ahead, your prayers and support are needed now, more than ever.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries