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CARILLON PRELUDE: Fantasia on a Theme of Wake Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Whittington (’14) Raymond Ebert (’60), University Carillonneur Adam Garrett McDuffie (’15), Student Carillonneur ORGAN PRELUDE: P  salm XIX: “The heavens declare the glory of God”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benedetto Marcello “We all believe in one true God”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in G Minor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dietrich Buxtehude Donald L. Armitage, University Organist PROCESSIONAL: Trumpet Tune in A Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David N. Johnson Trumpet Voluntary in D Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Stanley WELCOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan O. Hatch President INVOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Monet Rice-Jalloh Associate University Chaplain HYMN: “Joyful, Joyful We Adore You”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HYMN TO JOY SCRIPTURE READING: Proverbs 4:20-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam McDuffie (’15) LITANY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Towles. Baptist Campus Minister Laura Jurotich (’15) Maeghan Livingston (’15) Shoshanna Goldin (’15) ANTHEM: Th  e Beatitudes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip W. J. Stopford Concert Choir Brian Gorelick, conductor INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Hatch SERMON: “Thinking With Your Heart” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan L. Walton. Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and Pusey Minister at Harvard’s Memorial Church PRAYER FOR THE CLASS OF 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy L. Auman University Chaplain HYMN: “Be Thou My Vision”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SLANE BENEDICTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Johnson Orr Director of Catholic Programming RECESSIONAL: Toccata (from Symphony V for Organ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles-Marie Widor CARILLON POSTLUDE: Be Thou My Vision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irish Melody

JOYFUL, JOYFUL WE AD ORE YOU

BE THOU MY VISION

T O D AY ’ S S P E A K E R Jonathan L. Walton is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and Pusey Minister in Harvard’s Memorial Church. He is also a professor of religion and society on the faculty of Harvard Divinity School. Walton’s academic interests address the intersections of religion, politics and media culture. In 2010, he taught a class at Wake Forest’s School of Divinity on gender politics and the public ministries of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X during the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Walton is the author of “Watch This! The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism.” He has also published widely in scholarly journals such as Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation and Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. Walton’s work has been featured in national and international news outlets including The New York Times, CNN and the BBC. The Atlanta native graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A. in political science and earned his Ph.D. and master of divinity degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of California, Riverside prior to joining the faculty of Harvard Divinity School.

MEMBERS OF THE CONCERT CHOIR David Boone Ali Buckman Josh Carlson Jordan Conerly Annike Dirkse Brant Dixon

Riana Freedman John Gorelick Virginia Hare Ade Ilesanmi Emma Izard Megan Jarrell

Helen Kemeny Emma Northcott Connor Pendergrass Thomas Poston Rachel Reed Samantha Sells

Lawrence Snipes Heather Sullivan Elizabeth Wineinger Yiming Xu Grace Young