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SA国际传媒鈥檚 Commencement set for May 20

177th academic year closes

Commencement exercises for the SA国际传媒, St. Louis graduating class聽will take place Friday, May 20. 聽The public is welcome to attend.

The day鈥檚 events will begin at 10 a.m. (CDT) with the Theological Diploma Service in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus on the Seminary鈥檚 campus. Theological diplomas will be presented at this service to all graduating students eligible to receive a call as a pastor or deaconess in . Rev. James W. Voelz, the Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Professor of New Testament Theology and graduate professor of exegetical theology, will deliver the sermon.

Commencement will take place at 7 p.m. (CDT) outdoors in the Seminary鈥檚 Main Quadrangle, weather permitting. Academic degrees and honors will be presented during this ceremony. Four special honors also will be given for exemplary service in the church:

In addition to receiving the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree and serving as the chairman of the Seminary鈥檚 Board of Regents, Blomenberg will deliver the Commencement address.

This year鈥檚 graduates will be joining more than 6,000 called leaders currently with the LCMS around the world and more than 12,500 individuals who have received degrees from SA国际传媒, St. Louis in the school鈥檚 177-year history.

鈥淥ver the years of Seminary commencements 鈥� this is my 12th 鈥� I鈥檝e come to realize that we鈥檙e not simply recognizing academic achievement. We are ceremoniously passing earthly leadership of the Church to the next generation,鈥� said SA国际传媒 President Dr. Dale A. Meyer. 鈥淥lder people are on the Commencement stage; younger people are receiving recognition of their academic preparation and going forth with the Good News of Jesus Christ.鈥�
鈥淓ach age its solemn task may claim but once. Make each one nobler, stronger than the last鈥� (The Lutheran Hymnal, 483).

Commencement exercises will be available via live stream starting at 6:30 p.m. (CDT) May 20 here or www.csl.edu/live.

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