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Tyndale University College & Seminary. “2017 Spring Convocation, Seminary.” (2017) TYNDALE • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE & SEMINARY* 2017 SPRING CONVOCATION SEMINARY Saturday, May 13, 2017 10:00 a.m. Richmond Hill Christian Community Church 9670 Bayview Avenue, Richmond Hill, ON L4C 9X9 2017 SPRING CONVOCATION Musical Prelude WiLLiam Jones Pianist Call to Worship (please stand) Dr. Rebecca Idestrom Associate Professor of Old Testament Processional (please remain standing) Dr. Ken MicheLL Instructor, Music and Worship Arts WiLLiam Jones All Creatures of Our God And King ALL creatures of our God and King Lift up your voice and with us sing ALLeLuia, aLLeLuia Thou burning sun with goLden beam Thou silver moon with softer gLeam 0 praise him, 0 praise him ALLeLuia, aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia Thou rushing wind that art so strong Ye cLouds that sail in heaven along 0 praise him, alleluia Thou rising morn in praise rejoice Ye Lights of evening find a voice 0 praise him, 0 praise him ALLeLuia, aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia 2 CooL Rowing water, pure and clear, make music for your Lord to hear aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia Fierce fire, so masterful and bright, providing us with warmth and Light. 0 praise him, 0 praise him, aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia Earth ever fertiLe, day by day bring forth your bLessings on our way; aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia ALL fLowers and fruits that in you grow, Let them his gLory aLso show 0 praise him, 0 praise him, aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia! Let all things their Creator bless And worship Him in humbLeness 0 praise Him aLLeLuia Praise praise the Father praise the Son And praise the Spirit Three in One 0 praise Him, 0 praise Him ALLeLuia, aLLeLuia, aLLeLuia Invocation (please remain standing) Dr. John WiLkinson Chancellor Welcome Dr. Gary NeLson President and Vice Chancellor Valedictorian Address Leah Vetro, MDiv Introduced by Dr. Ian Scott, Associate Professor of New Testament 3 Scripture Reading: Ephesian 4:1-6 Dr. James PedLar Assistant Professor of Wesley Studies and Theology Conferring of the Honorary Doctorate Bishop Keith ELford Presented by Dr. Gary Nelson Convocation Address "A Life Worthy of Your Calling” Dr. Keith ELford Congregational Hymn (please stand) Dr. Ken MicheLL WiLLiam Jones Cornerstone My hope is built on nothing Less Than Jesus’ bLood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame But whoLLy trust in Jesus’ name But whoLLy trust in Jesus’ name Chorus Christ alone cornerstone Weak made strong in the Saviour’s Love Through the storm He is Lord Lord of all When darkness seems to hide His face I rest on His unchanging grace In every high and stormy gale My anchor hoLds within the veil My anchor hoLds within the veil When He shaLL come with trumpet sound Oh may I then in Him be found Dressed in His righteousness alone Faultless to stand before the throne 4 Conferring of Degrees and Awarding of Diplomas and Certificates Dr. John WiLkinson Dr. Gary NeLson Dr. Janet CLark Prayer of Dedication Dr. PauL Bramer Director of Doctor of Ministry & Professor of Christian Formation and Leadership Congratulations from the Board of Governors Steven Holmes Chair, Tyndale Board of Governors Welcome to the Alumni Association Kevin Kirk Vice President, External Relations & Enrollment Management Closing Remarks & Benediction Dr. Gary NeLson Recessional (please stand) Dr. Ken MicheLL WiLLiam Jones 5 Be Thou My Vision Be thou my vision, 0 Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art - thou my best thought, by day or by night; waking or steeping, thy presence my Light. Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord. Thou my great Father; thine own may I be, thou in me dweLLing and I one with thee. Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise; thou mine inheritance, now and aLways; thou and thou onLy first in my heart, high King of heaven, my treasure thou art. High King of heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven’s joys, 0 bright heaven’s sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befaLL, still be my vision, O Ruler of all. Reception to follow in the Gymnasium. All Creatures Of Our God And King: St. Francis of Assisi/William Henry Draper. Public domain. Cornerstone: Edward Mote, Eric LiLjero, Jonas Myrin, Reuben Morgan, William Batchelder Bradbury. CCLI License No. 140653. Be Thou My Vision: Eleanor Hull, Mary, Elizabeth Byrne. Public domain. 6 SEMINARY GRADUATES DOCTOR OF MINISTRY Basma Dabbour Jaballah Online Discipling of North African Isolated Christians of Muslim Background Joshua Livingston Refinement and Implementation of A Christian Leadership Development Model at Pickering Pentecostal Church PauLo Noivo Pascoal Connecting the Local Church with the Community Through a Service Learning Project: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Endeavour to Increase Gormley Church's Engagement in Community Service and Personal Development Wesley Wong Development and Delivery of a Course on Selected Management Principles and Practices for Pastors in Canadian Chinese Alliance Churches POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ADVANCED MINISTRY STUDIES John Vanderstoep MASTER OF THEOLOGY Tak Hang Chan MichaeL KeLvin Young-Yong Lee Chen Quan MASTER OF DIVINITY Biblical Studies Mark Broadus Didier Fourny Krista-Lynn Mast Kai Ng Simon Pan Leah Vetro Allan Wallace Christian Education & Formation Joanne Lee Victoria Mabie Sarah Mair Church in the City (In-Ministry) Josiah Bokma Ava Ha Counselling Jennifer Boldt Petra Brearley Elaine Chan Catherine Coolidge Vivien Gam Brittany Hill Kristina Jagassar Elizabeth James Dianne Johnston Susan Koshie Adam Kostiw Rosemary Lai Megan Lawrence Grace Li Erica Lush Sarah Mahimwala Brian Martin Diane Naduriak Chanmi Park 7 Counselling continued ALyssa Penalosa Paige Richardson Rebecca Roberts Kathrynn Ryzebol Maria Serrano Jamie Shockley Sarah Stowell Donald Sutherland Nathan Szeto Gloria Tam Ambrose Ty Tena Vanderheyden Hanneke Verbeek Jie Wang Ivan Wong Johnson Wong Maggie Yim Sharon Yu Global Mission & Intercultural Studies Mark Wahba Pastoral Ministry Jaewon Choi Shannon Cook lain Davis Debra Fleming-Jerom Darren Hoogendoorn Jarvis Jacobs Nupur James Geoffrey Lyn Daniel Park William Petrie Christopher Pignatiello Omari Rhoden Gilbert Tong Pastoral & Chinese Ministry Jiade Chen Indrek Jarve Spiritual Formation Jessica Lao Theological Studies Jiade Chen Vijay Henry Hye Kyun Kim Samuel Kim Curtis Lai Gary Tong Jenny Wells Youth & Family Ministry Scott Davis Duane Jukema Manson Mak Karen Miu Liwei Zhang CCST Global Mission (Chinese Language) Weifeng Cao Lan Fan Shigin Hong Tzyh Shing Lee Deng Pan CCST Pastoral Ministry (Chinese Language) Hon Ping Cheung Hong Liu 8 MASTER OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES Christian Foundations CaLeb Abas Alvardo AdderLey Harriet Amani Sylvia Buchanan Darlene Burt Conrad Chan Paula Chan Andrea Chang Danielle Charlton Secina Ching Charlotte Chung Alanna Dixon Rafael Duerksen Gary Dupuis Frederick Duquette Edna Eade Mario Ferlanti Michael Finnie Carol Franck Raymond Fung Jonathan Gould Melissa Graham Kenneth Keomany Heidi Konig Laura Laframboise Deborah Laginskie Hong Chuen Lee Su Young Lee Eric Leung Daniel Mack Raymond Perley Barbara Peterson Neena Saloiya Paul Standring Noel Sterne Andrew Stockley Alexander Street Lydia Summerville Andrew Walter Josiah Warren Lee Watson Rosanne Wong CaLeb Yeung Garland Young-Cheng Modular Wondewosson Baheru Bradley Clark Anthony Kelly Kin Bun Ng Patrick Ng Pentecostal Studies CaLeb Courtney Isaac De-Graft Takyi Joyce Kandiah Cody Lush Jonathan Manu Wilson Potter Nneka Thompson Aaron WaIsh Tonia Wickramatheesan CCST (Chinese Language) Juzhi Chen Yan Ma Zili Ouyang Qing Yang Yafei Yang GRADUATE DIPLOMA Christian Studies Josie Beylerian Joyce Fok Matthew Knox Glenna Nixon Scott Pearson Peter Pun Aaron White 9 Christian Studies (Modular) Ruth Sangalang Global Mission & Intercultural Studies Justina Ho Pentecostal Studies Samuel Mills AWARDS Alice & Russell Self Mission Scholarship Lan Fan Alvah Sargeant Morse Scholarship Tak Hang Chan Association of Christian Evangelical Ministries Scholarship in Missions Tzyh Shing Lee, Mark Wahba Centre for Mentorship and Theological Reflection Scholarship Charlotte Chung Doris and Harold E. P. Warren Scholarship for Missions Weifeng Cao Dr. Ross and Carol Bailey Theology Award Caleb Courtney Dr. Vincent Poon Gold Medal Award Vivien Gam, Qing Yang Ezra Award in Christian Education Victoria Mabie Hyoung Sik and Young Mu Kim Award in Biblical Studies Leah Vetro Mariano Di Gangi Scholarship Shigin Hong Seminary Faculty Award Leah Vetro Shirley and John Chu Award in Hebrew and Old Testament Simon Pan 10 BOARD OF GOVERNORS Reg Allatt CLarence BuckLe Sawyer BuLLock Ross CLark Kim Evans Steven Holmes, Chair Larry Law WaLLace Leung Irene Loewen Geoffrey Moore Gary Nelson Date Patterson, Vice Chair Benjamin Reynolds David Sherbino Harriet Thornhill Aileen Van Ginkel Andrew Williams Honorary Member Beverley Muir SENIOR ADMINISTRATION Dr. John Wilkinson, DD Chancellor Gary Nelson, DMin President & Vice Chancellor Janet Clark, PhD Senior Vice President Academic & Dean of the Seminary Barry Smith, PhD Senior Vice President Academic & Dean of the University College Randy Henderson, BComm, GA Senior Vice President Finance & Chief Operating Officer Kevin Kirk, MBA Vice President, External Relations & Enrollment Management PRESIDENTS EMERITI William McRae, DMin Brian Stiller, DMin STUDENT SERVICES Brenda Ho, BBA Registrar George Sweetman, MGS Dean of Student Life 11 SEMINARY FACULTY James BeverLey, PhD Paul Bramer, PhD Mark Chapman, PhD Susan Ellfeldt, DMin DonaLd Goertz, MDiv Rebecca Idestrom, PhD John KessLer, Docteur de L’ Universite MichaeL Krause, DMin Ron Kydd, PhD Kevin Livingston, PhD ArnoLd NeufeLdt-Fast, PhD Dennis Ngien, PhD HeLen Noh, PhD James PedLar, PhD Hugh RendLe, MLS Ian Scott, PhD PauL Scuse, DMin Victor Shepherd, ThD David Sherbino, DMin Yau Man Siew, PhD Wafik Wahba, PhD RESEARCH Rupen Das, DMin Wing-Hung Lam, PhD Barbara Leung Lai, PhD DonaLd MacLeod, DD EMERITUS Brian Cunnington, EdD Roy Matheson, ThD Vincent Poon, MD ADJUNCT SamueL Chan, DMin Robert Dean, PhD Van Johnson, ThD Warren Lai, ThM Terry LeBLanc, PhD David OverhoLt, EdD Fred Penney, DMin Duncan Reid, PhD Robert Shaughnessy, DMin Minho Song, PhD Kern Stanberry, MDiv Rick Tobias, DD WiLLiam Webb, PhD CCST ADJUNCT Peter Au, PhD Anthony Chow, PhD Rocky Fong, PhD Grace Ko, PhD 12 VALEDICTORIAN Leah Vetro, MDiv Leah Vetro was born and raised in Brampton on her Grandfather’s farm, the oldest in a family of five children. In 2006 she moved to Waterloo and obtained a BA in History and English from Wilfrid Laurier University before coming to Tyndale Seminary, where she has majored in Biblical Studies. The Tyndale community has opened many doors for Leah since she began her studies. She has worked as an Academic Tutor in the Centre for Academic Excellence and has been privileged to hold a number of positions within the J. William Horsey Library. Her work at the Library has granted her the opportunity to meet and get to know many of the students, staff and faculty at Tyndale, which she considers an unspeakable blessing. She has also volunteered with other Tyndale students and alumni at Shepherd Village Retirement Centre, working with seniors and residents in Long term care. Leah is immensely grateful to God for bringing her to Tyndale, and for everything that she has Learned over the Last six years. In the fall she will begin her Masters of Information in Library and Information Science at the University of Toronto. 13 HONORARY DOCTORATE Bishop Keith ELford This year, Keith ELford is compLeting a twenty-year tenure as Bishop of the Free Methodist Church in Canada. During this time Bishop ELford has Led the church with integrity and deep pastoraL sensitivity, earning him the respect of church Leaders from across the country. He is aLso recognized as an important Leader in the gLobal Free Methodist church, serving on the Executive Committee of the Free Methodist WorLd Conference. Before he became bishop in 1997, Keith served as a Free Methodist pastor for 24 years. His pastoraL experience incLudes service in CaLgary, ALberta; Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Whitby, Ontario; and a church pLant in WiLLowdaLe, Ontario. Rev. ELford earned a B.A. from Spring Arbor University in Michigan and an M.A. from Canadian Theological Seminary [now Ambrose). He has aLso served on TyndaLe’s WesLey Studies Committee throughout his time as bishop, and has been a member of TyndaLe’s Board of Governors. Keith has been married to Donna for 43 years, and they have two aduLt chiLdren. Rebecca and Adam SchneLL and their chiLdren, Abby and Levi, Live in CaLgary, ALberta. Their son Greg and his wife Erin, are parents to Obi and Eden. They Live in Mission, British CoLumbia where Greg is Lead Pastor of New Heights Free Methodist Church. 14 ABOUT TYNDALE TYNDALE’S HISTORY TyndaLe University CoLLege & Seminary was founded in 1894 as the Toronto BibLe Training School, the first school of its kind in Canada. Later known as Toronto BibLe CoLLege, it merged in 1968 with the London CoLLege of BibLe and Missions to become Ontario BibLe CoLLege. The Seminary was estabLished in 1976 to provide theoLogicaL education at the graduate LeveL. In 1998, the name TyndaLe was adopted, honouring WiLLiam TyndaLe [1494- 1536), the earLy EngLish reformer whose commitment to making Scripture more widely accessible Led him to undertake the first EngLish transLation of the BibLe, at the cost of his own Life. In 2003, TyndaLe University CoLLege & Seminary was Legislated by the Province of Ontario as a degree-granting post-secondary institution of higher Learning. In 2007, TyndaLe purchased the Morrow Park property from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto and in 2014, the move to the new 56-acre campus on Bayview Avenue was compLeted. TyndaLe continues to buiLd on its historic tradition as a vibrant, muLtidenominationaL institution of faith and Learning. Tyndale's diverse student body is engaged in comprehensive post-secondary education programs taught from a faith perspective. TyndaLe University CoLLege provides undergraduate degree programs that prepare students for professionaL vocations and graduate studies. TyndaLe Seminary, accredited by the Association of TheoLogicaL SchooLs in the United States and Canada, offers graduate theoLogicaL education at the master’s and doctoraL LeveLs. TyndaLe presentLy has over 1,600 students representing more than 40 denominations and 60 ethnic backgrounds and over 12,500 aLumni. THE MISSION TyndaLe is dedicated to the pursuit of truth, to exceLLence in teaching, Learning and research, for the enriching of mind, heart and character, to serve the church and the worLd for the gLory of God. 15 TYNDALE ■ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE & SEMINARY ■ 3377 Bayview Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M2M 3S4 Telephone: 416.226.6620 Fax: 416.226.6746 www.tyndaLe.ca