SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Baccalaureate Matins Kramer Chapel 10:00 a.m. Page 2 Organ Recital Kramer Chapel 2:00 p.m. Page 11 Graduation Exercises Kramer Chapel 4:00 p.m. Page 12 BACCALAUREATE MATINS The Sixth Week of Easter T In Nomine Jesu T 2 Venite 3 First Reading Genesis 8:9–17 After the reading: L O Lord, have mercy on us. C Thanks be to God. Choral Response Psalm 8 Heinrich Schütz Setting by Jonathan Kohrs O Lord, in all creation, When I observe the heavens, Majestic is Your name! The works Your hands have made, The mouths of babes and children The moon in its progression, Your majesty proclaim. The sky in stars arrayed, Their praises still each foe Your awesome pow’r I see; By making known the story It’s great design I ponder, Of Your surpassing glory, But greater still I wonder Beheld by all below. That You consider me. Below the hosts of heaven You made our human race On earth to have dominion, As stewards of Your grace. You crown our earthly frame; How glorious our vocation! O Lord, in all creation, Majestic is Your name! Second Reading John 16:16–24 After the reading: L O Lord, have mercy on us. C Thanks be to God. Responsory for Easter Office Hymn Christ High-Ascended, Now in Glory Seated (LSB 840) Sermon 5 Canticle We Praise You, and Acknowledge You, O God (LSB 941) The choir sings stanza 3. Kyrie 6 Lord’s Prayer C Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. Salutation Collects After each collect: Benedicamus Benediction 7 Greetings T Soli Deo Gloria T Participants Officiant Lectors The Reverend Professor Paul J. Grime The Reverend Professor Charles A. Gieschen Dean of the Chapel Academic Dean The Reverend Professor Lawrence R. Rast Jr. Preacher President The Reverend Martin E. Keller St. Paul Lutheran Church Organist Brownstown, Indiana Mr. Kevin J. Hildebrand Kantor Acknowledgments Matins from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted with permission. Psalm 8 Text © 2008 Concordia Publishing House. One License A-728163. Reprinted with permission. Christ High-Ascended Text: © 1984 Hope Publishing Co. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100010029. We Praise You (LSB 941) Text: © 1999 Stephen P. Starke. Used by permission: LSBHymnLicense.NET, no. 100010029. Service folder prepared using Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. 8 ORGAN RECITAL Paul J. Grime Prelude on “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” Max Reger 1873–1916 Best known for his large-scale chorale fantasias for organ, a sizeable collection of shorter preludes (Opus 67) by Reger are often overlooked. The rich, chromatic harmonies so characteristic of Reger’s music are still on full display. The hymn melody is presented only once, here in the pedal. Chorale Prelude on “Kyrie, God Father” J. S. Bach 1685–1750 Bach composed six organ settings of the medieval Kyrie melody, three large-scale pre- ludes as well as three very short preludes that only hint at the chorale melody. In this setting, the first of the three large works, Bach crafts a motif based on the first phrase of the chorale that he uses fourteen times in the course of the prelude, plus an additional seven times in inversion, meaning that the melody is turned upside down. Two Preludes on “All Glory Be to God on High” J. S. Bach Bach wrote more settings on this hymn tune than any other, thus testifying to the importance in the Lutheran service of the Gloria in Excelsis. The first prelude heard today comes from the collection of Eighteen Great Chorales. Written in the French style, the melody is highly ornamented; though the first phrase of the hymn tune consists of only eight notes, Bach increases that number to thirty-one with his rich ornamentation (and that doesn’t even count the trills). The accompanying voices feature a unique Baroque ornament, the coulé, a two-note descending pattern with a rhythmic snap. The second setting of this hymn is a short fughetta, using a theme that barely hints at the hymn tune. Its spritely nature simply invites one to ponder the rejoicing of the angels over the fields of Bethlehem as they sang: “Glory to God in the highest!” Choral No. 2 in b minor César Franck 1822–1890 Considered the most important organ composer after Bach, César Franck wrote a dozen major works for the instrument. Born in Belgium, Franck resided in Paris for over thirty years, serving as organist in one of the large churches and teaching at the conservatory. Among his most important compositions are his last, the Three Chorales. He uses the term “choral” not in the sense of a hymn, but of a melody written in a choral style. Choral No. 2 in b minor is built upon two important musical forms that Bach also used, the passacaglia and fugue. The basic structure of the work is as follows: The passacaglia melody is first heard in the bass, then in the soprano and then again in the bass with fiery flourishes above. The second theme appears twice in the choral style, with rhapsodic flourishes following after each. An ethereal conclusion to the first half of the piece leads into a dramatic fantasia. In the second half, the first theme returns, now in the form of a fugue. The choral melody is heard twice, now combined with the first theme in the pedal. A building turbulence leads to a final, grand statement of the original theme, concluding with a repetition of the ethereal music that was heard earlier. 9 GRADUATION EXERCISES Invocation and Prayer President’s Welcome Graduation Address Presentation of the Miles Christi Awards Presentation of the Alumnus of the Year Award Those in academic apparel put on their caps for the conferring of degrees and the conclusion. Presentation of the Candidates and the Conferring of the Degrees Master of Arts Master of Arts in Deaconess Studies Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies Master of Divinity Master of Sacred Theology Doctor of Ministry Doctor of Philosophy (Missiology) Doctor of Divinity—Honoris Causa Closing of the Academic Year Hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (LSB 656) 1 A mighty Fortress is our God, 3 Though devils all the world should fill, A trusty Shield and Weapon; All eager to devour us, He helps us free from ev’ry need We tremble not, we fear no ill, That hath us now o’ertaken. They shall not overpow’r us. The old evil Foe This world’s prince may still Now means deadly woe; Scowl fierce as he will, Deep guile and great might He can harm us none. Are his dread arms in fight; He’s judged; the deed is done; On earth is not his equal. One little word can fell him. 2 With might of ours can naught be done, 4 The Word they still shall let remain Soon were our loss effected; Nor any thanks have for it; But for us fights the Valiant One, He’s by our side upon the plain Whom God Himself elected. With His good gifts and Spirit. Ask ye, Who is this? And take they our life, Jesus Christ it is, Goods, fame, child, and wife, Of Sabaoth Lord, Though these all be gone, And there’s none other God; Our vict’ry has been won; He holds the field forever. The Kingdom ours remaineth. 10 Participants President of the Seminary Speaker The Reverend Professor Lawrence R. Rast Jr. The Reverend Thomas L. Olson Trinity Lutheran Church Academic Dean Tryon, North Carolina The Reverend Professor Charles A. Gieschen Organist Dean of Graduate Studies Mr. Matthew A. Machemer The Reverend Professor Klaus D. Schulz Associate Kantor Chaplain The Reverend Professor Paul J. Grime Dean of the Chapel 11 Faculty, Instructors, and Student Services Professors Assistant Professors (continued) Carl C. Fickenscher II, M.B.A., M.Div., Ph.D. Ryan M. Tietz, M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. Pastoral Ministry and Missions Exegetical Theology Charles A. Gieschen, M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D. Don C. Wiley, M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. Exegetical Theology Pastoral Ministry and Missions Paul J. Grime, M.Mus., M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. Gary W. Zieroth, M.Div, D.Min. Pastoral Ministry and Missions Pastoral Ministry and Missions Arthur A. Just Jr., M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. Exegetical Theology Guest Professors Cameron A. MacKenzie, M.A., S.T.M., Ph.D. Robert H. Bennett, M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. Historical Theology; The Forrest E. and Frances H. Ellis David Coles, M.A., M.Phil., M.Div., Ph.D. Professor of German Reformation Studies Walter A. Maier III, M.Div., M.A., Ph.D. Adjunct Professors for 2019–2020 Exegetical Theology James Baneck, M.Div., D.Min. Naomichi Masaki, M.A., M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. Paul L. Beisel, M.Div., S.T.M. Systematic Theology Geoffrey Boyle, M.Div., Ph.D. John G. Nordling, M.A., M.Div., Ph.D. Mark P. Braden, M.Div., S.T.M. Exegetical Theology Peter J. Brock, M.Div. Jeffrey H. Pulse, M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. Donald V. Engebretson, M.Div., S.T.M.