Garrettrevangelical THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

158 th Commencement

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Friday, the Fifteenth of May Two Thousand Fifteen Ten o’clock in the morning First United Methodist Church Evanston, Illinois

The Seminary

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary is a graduate professional school of theology related to The United Methodist Church. Degree programs offered by the seminary are: master of divinity (M.Div.), four master of arts (M.A.) degrees, master of theological studies (M.T.S.), doctor of ministry (D.Min.), and doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.), as well as programs to prepare United Methodist candidates for certification and for ordination as deacons.

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary is the result of the interweaving of three institutions: Garrett Biblical Institute (1853) in Evanston, Illinois; Chicago Training School (1885) in Chicago, Illinois; and Evangelical Theological Seminary (1873) in Naperville, Illinois.

Garrett Biblical Institute was founded by Mrs. Eliza Garrett, widow of real estate tycoon and former mayor of Chicago, Augustus Garrett. Mrs. Garrett’s desire to invest her inheritance in the founding of a theological school stemmed from her opinion that the Methodist preachers of her day were “equaled by none as to zeal, but surpassed by many as to training.”

The Chicago Training School, established in 1885, was an important force for women in ministry and for developing service agencies throughout Chicago. The school merged with Garrett Biblical Institute in 1934. The integration of the two schools meant that the scope of Garrett’s vision for training Christian leaders expanded to include significant numbers of women and leaders of church-based institutions for the betterment of social conditions.

Evangelical Theological Seminary was founded in 1873 by the Evangelical United Brethren Church. One of its founders, in fact, was a Garrett graduate, I. W. Heidner. As a result of the union of the Methodist Church with the Evangelical United Brethren Church by action of the United Methodist General Conference in 1968, Evangelical Theological Seminary merged with Garrett Theological Seminary (formerly Garrett Biblical Institute) in 1974. Now, as Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, it is the second oldest United Methodist seminary in the country and the oldest in the Midwest. The 158th Commencement of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

PRELUDE...... Millar Brass Ensemble

* PROCESSIONAL: Rigaudon...... André Campra

* INVOCATION Lisl Michelle Heymans Paul, Doctor of Ministry Ornella Umubyeyi, Master of Arts in Pastoral Care and Counseling

* HYMN: God, Whose Love Is Reigning O’er Us...... LAUDA ANIMA

1. God, whose love is reigning o’er us, 3. Covenant, new again in Jesus, source of all, the ending true; Starchild born to set us free; hear the universal chorus sent to heal us, sent to teach us raised in joyful praise to you: how love’s children we might be. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, worship ancient, worship new. risen Christ, our Savior he! (Interlude) 2. Holy God of ancient glory, 4. Lift we then our human voices choosing man and woman, too; in the songs that faith would bring; Abr’am’s faith and Sarah’s story live we then in human choices formed a people bound to you. lives that, like our music, sing: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, to your covenant keep us true. joined in love our praises ring!

WORDS: William Boyd Grove, 1980

* COLLECT Reader: Fernando Rivera, Master of Divinity

Merciful and gracious God, by your Spirit you grace your church with diverse gifts and in Christ you make it one body. May your gifts to this community make your church more fully a place of welcome and hospitality, strengthen it in hope, patience, and perseverance, and contribute to its unity and well-being, that our work, our worship, and our witness may be always holy and acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit, be all glory and honor, now and forever. Amen.

* Please stand as you are able. GREETING AND INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Lallene J. Rector, President

RECOGNITION OF ARRIVALS, LEAVE-TAKINGS, AND DISTINCTIONS

RECOGNITION OF MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1965

BLESSING OF MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1965 Linda Lee, United Methodist Bishop and Bishop-in-Residence

PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS Franz S. Rigert, Master of Divinity, 1992, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, presented by Michelle Cobb, Board of Trustees, and Ruth Duck, Emeritus Professor of Worship

Samuel Phillips, Master of Divinity, 1958, Garrett Biblical Institute, presented by Sharon Zimmerman Rader, Board of Trustees, Rob Phillips, Board of Trustees and son of Samuel Phillips, Amy Phillips, daughter of Samuel Phillips and Tim Eberhart, Assistant Professor of Theology and Ecology

CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Jerre M. Stead, Chair, Board of Trustees; Lallene J. Rector, President; and Luis R. Rivera, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean, presiding

Doctor of Humane Letters conferred upon Alex Kotlowtiz, Award-Winning Journalist and Best-Selling Author, Presented by Anne Driscoll, Board of Trustees, and Angela Cowser, Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Religion

THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS “Tell Me a Story” Alex Kotlowitz, Award-Winning Journalist and Best-Selling Author

*HYMN: Creating God, Your Fingers Trace...... LASST UNS ERFREUEN

1. Creating God, your fingers trace 3. Redeeming God, your arms embrace the bold designs of farthest space; all now despised for creed or race; Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia! Let sun and moon and stars and light Let peace descending like a dove and what lies hidden praise your might. make known on earth your healing love. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia!

2. Sustaining God, your hands uphold 4. Indwelling God, your gospel claims earth’s myst’ries known or yet untold; one family with a billion names; Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia! Let water’s fragile blend with air, Let every life be touched by grace enabling life, proclaim your care. until we praise you face to face. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia, Alleluia!

* Please stand as you are able. Presentation of Degrees

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES Luis R. Rivera, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean

AUTHORIZATION Jerre M. Stead, Chair, Board of Trustees

HOODING David A. Hogue, Director, Doctor of Philosophy Program Mark R. Teasdale, Director, Doctor of Ministry Program

CONFERRING OF DEGREES Lallene J. Rector, President Doctor of Philosophy Master of Arts in Pastoral Care and Counseling Doctor of Ministry Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Evangelism Master of Arts in Christian Education Master of Theological Studies Master of Arts in Music Ministry Master of Divinity

RECOGNITION OF RECORDS OF COMPLETION Deacon Studies (Basic Graduate Theological Studies) Advanced Course of Study

BLESSING OF GRADUATES Sally Dyck, United Methodist Bishop, Northern Illinois Conference

* LITANY Reader: AHyun Lee, Doctor of Philosophy, and Young Tae Lee, Doctor of Ministry

Holy one,

You call us together and gift us by your Spirit;

unite us by your grace so that in Christ we may be one with each other.

You inspire our vision and order our lives through faith and prayer;

open our eyes so that we might see you in every person.

You empower us to teach and lead with honor and mutual affection;

guide us so that we may care for others with love and generosity.

You direct our service through prophetic words of wisdom and call us to live as the beloved community;

move us to acts of mercy and compassion, and help us, in our life together, and in the world, to show hospitality to friend and stranger.

Bless us and use us to the glory of God, in Christ’s name we pray.

Amen.

* BENEDICTION Carmen C. Manalac-Scheuerman, Doctor of Philosophy Jake M. Ohlemiller, Master of Divinity

* Please stand as you are able. * RECESSIONAL HYMN: Hope of the World...... VICAR

1. Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion, 3. Hope of the world, afoot on dusty highways, speak to our fearful hearts by conflict rent. showing to wandering souls the path of light, Save us, thy people, from consuming passion, walk thou beside us lest the tempting byways who by our own false hopes and aims are spent. lure us away from thee to endless night.

2. Hope of the world, God’s gift from highest heaven, 4. Hope of the world, who by thy cross didst save us bringing to hungry souls the bread of life, from death and dark despair, from sin and guilt, still let thy spirit unto us be given, we render back the love thy mercy gave us; to heal earth’s wounds and end all bitter strife. take thou our lives, and use them as thou wilt.

(Interlude) 5. Hope of the world, O Christ o’er death victorious, who by this sign didst conquer grief and pain, we would be faithful to thy gospel glorious; thou art our Lord! Thou dost forever reign.

* POSTLUDE: Trumpet Tune...... Henry Purcell

Marshals Reginald Blount, Assistant Professor of Formation, Youth, and Culture Osvaldo Vena, Professor of New Testament Interpretation Brent P. Waters, Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Professor of Christian Social Ethics

Registrar W. Vincent McGlothin-Eller, Director of Academic Studies and Registrar

Director of Music E. Byron Anderson, Ernest and Bernice Styberg Professor of Worship

Music Kathleen K. Heetland, Seminary Organist Millar Brass Ensemble

Collect and Litany E. Byron Anderson, Ernest and Bernice Styberg Professor of Worship Gennifer Brooks, Ernest and Bernice Styberg Professor of Preaching Ruth Duck, Emeritus Professor of Worship

A reception will follow immediately in the Great Hall.

* Please stand as you are able. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary 2015 Graduates

Doctor of Philosophy

Walter S. Augustine III Carmen C. Manalac-Scheuerman Towards a Christological Economic Ethic of Investment Pamilamu-lamu: Scripture of the Indigenous, Pathway to Indigenous Filipino Christian Education Marc Jonathan Boswell God in White Face: White Supremacy, Salvific Myths, and James Donald McLeod, Jr. Ironic Redemption Dignity Denied: A Theological Anthropology of Whiteness

Tanya Marie Eustace William Edward Miller Experiencing God Together: A Practical Theology for A Christian Practice Theory for Christian Moral Education: Ministry with Children Changing the Stake and Issues in The Valparaiso Project Literature Barbara Annette Fears A Liberatory Pedagogy: The Underground Railroad as a William Paul Russell Model for Christian Education The God That Died: The Counterculture and the Rise of the God of Love in the 1960s American Protestant Church Gene L. Lankford The Immigrant as ‘Other’: A Critical, Theological, and Amihan Robin Valdez Barker Ethical Analysis of Immigrants as a Perceived Threat to Spiritual Generativity: The Ecology of Faith Formation in American National Identity the Wesleyan Tradition

AHyun Lee Eric Arden Weed Narrative Therapy, Postcolonial and Transcultural Pastoral The American Image: The Specter of Theology and Race in Care and Counseling: Perspectives on the Experience of the History of the United States Korean Clergy Women Bernard Kwok-Wai Wong Annie A. Lockhart-Gilroy Beginning from Man and Woman: Witnessing Christ’s Love A Way Forward: Nurturing Imagination at the Intersection in the Family of Race, Class, Gender and Age

Doctor of Ministry

Listowel Ayensu-Mensah Young Tae Lee Becoming an Effective Preacher in a Cross-Cultural Setting Abiding in God: The Response to Contemplative Prayer in Korean Methodist Churches Dorothy Clare Biedenharn A Study of Critical Care Nurses’ Listening Behavior through Lisl Michelle Heymans Paul the Application of the Quaker Listening Model Doing Justice: Collaborative Inquiry, Laity in a Local Church and the Biblical Imperative to do Justice Patricia A. Efiom Can a Theology of Table Bring Healing and Reconciliation Eric Zinna Sayonkon in a Wounded African American Congregation? Measuring Local Congregation’s Community Outreach as a Result of Participating in the Healthy Church Initiative in Heather Heinzman Lear The Iowa Conference of The United Methodist Church Reclaiming Evangelism: Evaluating the Effect of Evangelism in Selected United Methodist Congregations on Patrick W. Schultz Fulfilling the Denominational Mission to Make Disciples Preaching for Healing in the Broken Church

Mi Hyeon Lee The Effectiveness of a Collaborative Leadership Style for Lead Associate Pastors during the Transition of the Lead Pastors: A Focus on the Process of Vision Development

Master of Arts in Christian Education

Sherry Sheffer Brady Brian Walter Fenwick Robert Daniel Smith

Peter Constantine Capoyianes Sarah Kathryn Gregory Maria Kenney Wilcox

This program does not constitute an official certification of graduation. Master of Arts in Music Ministry

Seongae Kim

Master of Arts in Pastoral Care and Counseling

Geoffrey Daniel Ashmun Deidre Evell Hines Clinical Licensing Track Clinical Licensing Track

John Micah Baker-Streevy Ornella Umubyeyi

Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation and Evangelism

Tanya Geffrard Angela K. Kidd

Master of Theological Studies

Shanna Terese Bude Hyewon Sophia Hyon History of Christianity Theology & Ethics

Dwayne Craig Ji-Tae Park Theology & Ethics Liturgy

Master of Divinity

Joseph E. Boggs Wallace G. Kelley Kyle Edwin Reynolds

J. Paige Robinson Boyer Hogun Kim Fernando M. Rivera

Caitlyn Butler Kookho Kim Tina N. Shelton

Kihwan Choi Amy Kiray Erin Michelle Simmons

Douglas Kenneth Clement Annie Jeanne MacNeal Brian E. Smith, Sr.

Edward Crise TiShaunda R. McPherson Scott Phares Sumner

James W. Denton Mallory Ray Moore Tiggs Eugene Washington

Natalie Virginia Ferguson Jacob M. Ohlemiller Jeremy David Westrick

Calvin B. Haines, Jr. Gwang Hyun Jacob Park Ellen Williams-Masson

Laura McVetty Harris-Adam Pamela Lee Pirtle Daegyu Yim

Julia R. Humenik Mary Stenzel Rawlinson Lance R. Zaerr, Jr.

Deacon Studies (Basic Graduate Theological Studies)

Kendra D. Swartzendruber

Advanced Course of Study

Rafael Antonio Cubilette Sánchez

This program does not constitute an official certification of graduation. Distinguished Alum Award Recipients

Annually, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary presents a distinguished alum award to two persons who have rendered extraordinary service in their ministries. One award is given to an alum who graduated 25 years ago or less and another is presented to one who graduated more than 25 years ago.

Franz S. Rigert Master of Divinity, 1992 Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Franz S. Rigert grew up the son of a United Church of Christ pastor. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1989 where he studied pre-law and religion. After receiving a master of divinity degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in 1992, Rigert served as associate pastor at Kingswood United Methodist Church in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. In 1995, he received a call to Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Grafton, Wisconsin, where he served until being called to be conference minister for the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ in January 2015.

The pastoral, spiritual, and relational gifts that Rigert brings to ministry empower laity to take seriously their call from God to be Christian leaders. He encourages members to take ownership and lead many ministries within the church. Under his leadership, the Pilgrim congregation grew from 300 to more than 700 active members. The members undertook 25 mission trips, participated in several Habitat for Humanity projects, and sponsored a refugee resettlement family. The congregation also passed an “Open and Affirming” resolution stating that all people will be welcomed at Pilgrim. Rigert was also instrumental in founding Common Ground, a group of 40,000 members dedicated to identifying pressing social problems and responding with creative solutions.

Rigert’s wife, Trinn, has taught early childhood special education for 19 years. They have two sons and a daughter: Mitchell, a college student in Colorado; Jordan, a high school senior; and Marianna, a high school freshman.

Samuel Phillips Master of Divinity, 1958 Garrett Biblical Institute

Samuel Phillips graduated from Garrett Biblical Institute with a master of divinity degree and was ordained an elder in the Northwest Indiana Conference in 1958. Prior to studying for the ministry, he worked in business and industry and served in the U.S. Army in World War II. Phillips has served as a pastor to numerous congregations including LaPorte Methodist Church; Lakeville Methodist Church; Monticello Methodist Church; and senior pastor to Methodist Temple United Methodist Church. Phillips was among the first in the 1960s and 1970s in Indiana to publicly endorse and support civil rights, gay rights, women’s rights, and the peace movement.

He served as a district superintendent and director of missions and church extension for the South Indiana Conference. He has also been a board member on the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the General Board of Global Ministries, Committee on the Status and Role of Women, the United Methodist Children’s Home, and DePauw University Board of Trustees, among many others. Phillips embodies the work of the church in his various mission and outreach efforts, which have taken place both at home and abroad. He organized a “Mission Motorcycle” tour group for motorcycle enthusiasts to tour regional United Methodist mission sites. Internationally, Phillips has spent decades leading outreach and relief work in numerous countries including: Bolivia, Zimbabwe, Belize, the Soviet Union, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo, Philippines, Nepal, Honduras, Vietnam, and Bosnia.

Although Phillips retired from professional ministry in 1993, he never stopped his love of and commitment to missions, justice, and peace. After moving to San Francisco following the passing of his beloved wife, Marie in 1998, Phillips joined Glide Memorial United Methodist Church and became very active in local causes. In 1999, he mastered accounting and became, and still is, the Chief Financial Officer at his son’s law firm as well as spearheading the firm’s zeal for public service, which includes funding three minority scholarships at universities, funding for veteran’s organizations, providing scholarships for women in Africa, among others. He has never forgotten the reason behind his call to ministry, which is shaped by God’s justice and compassion.

Amy and Robert, Marie and Samuel’s two children, were born in Evanston, Illinois when Samuel attended Garrett. The Commencement Speaker and Recipient of the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree

Alex Kotlowitz Award-Winning Journalist and Best-Selling Author

Alex Kotlowitz has devoted over twenty years of his life to the exploration of race and poverty issues in the United States. His most recent documentary film,The Interrupters, offers an examination of pervasive urban violence, while also remaining “heroically life-affirming,” according to Time Magazine. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, and was considered one of the best films of the year by The New Yorker, The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, and Entertainment Weekly. The Interrupters received an Emmy Award in 2013 for Outstanding Informational Programming – Long Form, and the Independent Spirit Award in 2012 for Best Documentary.

Kotlowitz grew up in New York City and is a graduate of Wesleyan University. He has served as visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, and as a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College. He is currently a writer-in-residence at Northwestern University. He has given lectures on social work, education, social policy, urban affairs, and race at hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation, and has received seven honorary degrees.

Among Kotlowitz’s many titles, There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, was selected by The New York Public Library as one of the 150 Most Important Books of the 20th Century. It has sold 700,000 copies since its initial publication in 1991, and continues to be taught in high schools and colleges, selling over 15,000 copies each year. In 2004, Kotlowitz published Never a City So Real, about the heart, soul, and beauty of the city of Chicago.

Kotlowitz is a prolific journalist, having published articles inThe Wall Street Journal, where he was a staff writer from 1984 to 1993, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and others. His awards for writing include a George Foster Peabody Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the George Polk Award. Kotlowitz also received The Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for Nonfiction for his book, The Other Side of the River, about the death of a black teenager in the mostly white town of St. Joseph, Michigan, across the river from the teen’s mostly black hometown of Benton Harbor.

Kotlowitz is married to Maria Woltjen, director of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. They live outside Chicago with their children, Mattie and Lucas. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

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