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Copyright license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Citation: Ontario Bible College. “Baccalaureate Service, April 28, 1978 and Graduation Service, April 29, 1978.” (1978) ***** Begin Content ****** [Page One] [OBC logo] [ Heading 1 ] Ontario Bible College [ Heading 2 ] APRIL 28, 1978 BAYVIEW GLEN ALLIANCE CHURCH [ Heading 2b ] APRIL 29, 1978 VARSITY ARENA [ Heading 2c ] GRADUATING CLASS MOTTO: “Christ Our Life” (Colossians 3:4) [Page Two] [ Heading 3 ] Baccalaureate Service Friday, April 28, 1978,8:00 p.m. BAYVIEW GLEN ALLIANCE CHURCH (Steeles Avenue at Bayview Avenue) Chairman: Robert C. Duez, Academic Dean Mrs. Sharon Bell, B.S.M., A.R.C.T. (Organ) Mrs. Rose Bruno (Piano) Organ Prelude . . . “Thanks Be To Thee” — George Frederic Handel Processional . . . “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” — Ludwig Von Beethoven Hymn . . . “Rejoice, the Lord Is King,” — Charles Wesley Invocation . . . Dr. Donald Leggett, B.A., Th.D. Scripture Reading . . . Eric Bruce Cook Musical Ministry . . . “With A Voice Of Singing” — M. Shaw (Choir) “Psalm 100” — Schutz (Choir) Prayer . . . Daniel Milton Words of Witness . . . Debra Lee Bousfield, Gary William Spencer Musical Ministry . . . “May the Mind of Christ My Saviour” (Senior Class) Arr. by J. Evans, Dir. by M. Wright Sermon . . . Dr. Harold John Ockenga, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., D.Litt. President, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Hymn . . . “O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee” — Washington Gladden Benediction . . . Rev. Glen Taylor, B.A., Th.M. Recessional . . . “Lead On O King Eternal” — Henry Smart Organ Postlude . . . “Now Thank We All Our God” — Johann Cruger [ Heading 3a ] CLASS HYMN [ Verse 1 ] May The Mind Of Christ, My Saviour May the mind of Christ, my Saviour, Live in me from day to day, By His love and pow’r controlling All I do and say. [ Verse 2 ] May the Word of God dwell richly In my heart from hour to hour, So that all may see I triumph Only through His pow’r. [ Verse 3 ] May the peace of God, my Father, Rule my life in everything, That I may be calm to comfort Sick and sorrowing. [ Verse 4 ] May the love of Jesus fill me, As the waters fill the sea; Him exalting, self abasing, This is victory. [ Verse 5 ] May I run the race before me, Strong and brave to face the foe, Looking only unto Jesus As I onward go. [ Verse 6 ] May His beauty rest upon me As I seek the lost to win, And may they forget the channel, Seeing only Him. Amen. [Page Three] [ Heading 4 ] Graduation Service Saturday, April 29,1978, 7:45 p.m. VARSITY ARENA Chairman: Dr. Victor Adrian, President Instrumental Prelude . . . Mr. Kerry Skinner (Organ) Miss Joan Evans (Piano) Mr. Kevin Metcalf (Cornet) Mr. Ian Leaver (Transivox) Processional . . . "Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven" (Psalm 103) — Henry F. Lyte (The audience will remain seated) O Canada Invocation and Scripture . . . Rev. William J. Wallace, B.A., M.A. Hymn . . . "Praise Him! Praise Him!" — Fanny J. Crosby President’s Welcome and Remarks . . . Dr. V. Adrian, B.A., Th.D. Musical Ministry . . . "Praise to the Lord" — F. M. Christiansen (Choir) Witness By Graduating Student . . . Marcia Wright Musical Ministry . . . "If Thou But Suffer God To Guide Thee" — Neumark (Choir) Witness By Graduating Student . . . Walter De Sousa Announcements and Offering Offertory . . . Selected Keswick Doxology . . . Student Choir The College Hymn Presentation of Graduation Honours . . . Rev. Glenn C. Taylor, B.A., Th.M. Musical Ministry . . . "Go Ye Into All the World" — Butler (Choir) Presentation of Graduating Class . . . Rev. Robert C. Duez, B.A., B.D. Prayer of Dedication . . . Dr. Stewart L. Boehmer, D.D. Choral Benedication . . . "Jude 23 and 24" — W. Adams [ Heading 4a ] THE COLLEGE HYMN [ Verse 1 ] Jesus our Lord, our Light and our Salvation, Inspire our lips to sing Thy worthy fame, Spreading abroad to every tribe and nation, The saving knowledge of Thy glorious Name. [ Verse 2 ] Help us O Lord, to keep our pledge unbroken, Guard Thou our ways, our thoughts, our tongues, our hearts; Help us to trust the Word which Thou has spoken, That from Thy paths, our feet may ne’er depart. [ Verse 3 ] Here in these halls of learning and devotion Let mind and heart be taught Thy holy will; Then lead us forth, amid this world’s commotion. Our high and sacred calling to fulfill. [ Verse 4 ] Help us O Lord! Our strength is only weakness: Thine, Thine the power by which alone we live; Help us each day to bear the cross with meekness, Till Thou at last the promised crown shalt give. [Page Four] [ Heading 5 ] Graduates 1978 [ Heading 5a ] DIPLOMA COURSE Lorraine T. MacGregor . . . Willowdale, Ont. Sandra Carol Nichols . . . Virgina Beach, Va. Kirsten Pellmann . . . Rothsay, Ont. Linda Smitherman . . . Mississauga, Ont. [ Heading 5b ] BACHELOR OF SACRED MUSIC [ Heading 5b.1 ] Applied music Joan Marie Evans . . . Uxbridge, Ont. Sharon Ann Schurman . . . Cambridge, Ont. Kerry R. Skinner . . . Longlac, Ont. Marcia Lee Wright . . . Thornton, Ont. [ Heading 5b.2 ] Church Music Gary McNaughton . . . Willowdale, Ont. Debra Jane Oliver . . . Midland, Ont. Dwight Eugene Wideman . . . Gormley, Ont. [ Heading 5c ] BACHELOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [ Heading 5c.1 ] Christian Education Robert E. Atkins . . . Thornhill, Ont. Bruce Philip Bolton . . . Richmond Hill, Ont. Karen Kathleen Bonisteel . . . Wainfleet, Ont. Debra Lee Bousfield . . . Guelph, Ont. Douglas A. Boyd . . . Gravenhurst, Ont. Kevin Donald Calhoun . . . Fredericton, N.B. Ruth Elizabeth Collett . . . Willowdale, Ont. Janice Elizabeth Currie . . . Barrie, Ont. Patricia Bernice Cushnie . . . Vineland, Ont. Jessie-Dale Davis . . . Toronto, Ont. Alan B. Davy . . . Lake Wilcox, Ont. Janet Lynne Ellis . . . Scarborough, Ont. Jennifer L. Frew . . . Nairobi, Kenya Ruth Elizabeth Gentry . . . Haley Station, Ont. Patricia Ann Gerrard . . . Tide Head, N.B. Barbara Susan Gibbons . . . Hepworth, Ont. Mabel Jean Gower . . . Stouffville, Ont. Dorothy Ruth Hogenbirk . . . Toronto, Ont. Beverly Ann Hooper . . . Oshawa, Ont. Daniel A. Jamer . . . Perth-Andover, N.B. John Phillip Krueger . . . Windsor, Ont Katherine Eileen Leith . . . Mallorytown, Ont. Catharyn Elizabeth Lloyd . . . Montreal, P.Q. Esther Alice McAuley . . . Scarborough, Ont. Sherril Yvonne Martin . . . Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Nkiru Elizabeth Ngewa . . . Nnewi, Nigeria Lois Elizabeth Snider . . . Newmarket, Ont. Annette Marie Verkuyl . . . Edmonton, Alta. Hendrine C. Vermeulen . . . Midland, Ont. Loretta Kay Wisler . . . Marilla, N.Y. Mary Elizabeth Wood . . . Toronto, Ont [ Heading 5c.2 ] Christian Education-Secretarial Donna Soucoup . . . Moncton, N.B [ Heading 5c.3 ] Missions Dianne Barbour . . . Weston, Ont. Beverley Ann Metcalfe . . . Stratford, Ont. [ Heading 5c.4 ] Pastoral Studies Robert William John Barlow . . . Hamilton, Ont. John Alfred Bell . . . Orillia, Ont. John R. Ford . . . Toronto, Ont. Robert Eric Graham . . . Rochester, Michigan Paul Allan Olmstead . . . Huntsville, Ont. [ Heading 5d ] BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY [ Heading 5d.1 ] Christian Education Theodore Leavitt Garrison . . . Toronto, Ont. Gerald Andrew Hogenbirk . . . Toronto, Ont. David William Munnings . . . Fenelon Falls, Ont. Lois Elaine Ryan . . . Scarborough, Ont. Murray Gordon Stephenson . . . Sarnia, Ont. [ Heading 5d.2 ] Missions Ronald Gumbley . . . Verdun, P.Q. Timothy Medhurst . . . St. George, Ont. Marilyn Joan Schulkins . . . Toronto, Ont. [ Heading 5d.3 ] Pastoral Studies Robert Kenneth Abbott . . . Scarborough, Ont. Douglas Anderson . . . Lasalle, P.Q. Garry Alan Blinch . . . London, Ont. Donald E. Boyd . . . Gravenhurst, Ont. Joseph D. Bull . . . Orillia, Ont. Bryan Charles Coker . . . Huntsville, Ont. Alphonse W. Daigle . . . Norton, N.B. Walter David De Sousa . . . Boisbriand, P.Q. Dwight L. Holditch . . . Caistor Centre, Ont. Evans A. Laryea . . . Accra Ghana, Africa Paul McLorinan . . . Toronto, Ont. Daniel Milton . . . Montreal, P Q. Kelvin Frederick Mutter . . . Lansdowne, Ont. Douglas Richard Sadler . . . Toronto, Ont. John William Scorgie . . . Scarborough, Ont. Gary William Spencer . . . Stoney Creek, Ont. Gary Keith Waite . . . Toronto, Ont. Douglas Winstanley . . . Cambridge, Ont [ Heading 5d.4 ] Pre Seminary Studies Richard Norman Eby . . . Cambridge, Ont Jonathan Paul Hele . . . East Bernard, Texas John Allen Kessler . . . Toronto, Ont. Kevin James Metcalf . . . Orillia, Ont. Richard Howard Praino . . Newtonville, Mass. Dennis Raymond Quin . . . Richmond Hill, Ont. Brian D. Tucker . . . Agincourt, Ont. Paul Lawrence Zweep . . . Hamilton, Ont. [ Heading 5d.5 ] Pre-University Studies Beverley Elizabeth Andrews . . . Toronto, Ont. Eric Bruce Cook . . . Richmond Hill, Ont Joyce Marianne Gregersen . . . Toronto,Ont Paul Gordon Holmes . . . Mississauga, Ont Patricia Lynn Hugli . . . Scarborough, Ont Roderick A. Martin . . . Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Marguerite Stella Moniz . . . Grimsby, Ont Terrence B. Wigmore . . . Toronto, Ont. Helen Louise Wyse . . . Toronto, Ont. Joyce Ruth von Keitz . . . Dunville, Ont. [last name added in pen] [Page Five] [ Heading 6 ] REJOICE, THE LORD IS KING [ Verse 1 ] Rejoice, the Lord is King: Your Lord and King adore! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing, And triumph evermore! Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice! [ Verse 2 ] Jesus, The Saviour, reigns, The God of truth and love; When He had purged our stains, He took His seat above! Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice! [ Verse 3 ] His Kingdom cannot fail. He rules o’er earth and heav’n; The keys of death and hell Are to our Jesus giv’n Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice! [ Verse 4 ] Rejoice, in glorious hope! Our Lord the Judge shall come, And take his servants up To their eternal home. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice! Amen [ Heading 6a ] O MASTER, LET ME WALK WITH THEE [ Verse 1 ] O Master, let me walk with Thee In lowly paths of service free; Tell me Thy secret; help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care. [ Verse 2 ] Help me the slow of heart to move By some clear, winning word of love; Teach me the wayward feet to stay, And guide them in the homeward way. [ Verse 3 ] Teach me Thy patience! still with Thee In closer, dearer company, In work that keeps faith sweet and strong, In trust that triumphs over wrong; [ Verse 4 ] In hope that sends a shining ray far down the future’s broad’ning way, In peace that only Thou canst give, With Thee, O Master, let me live. Amen [ Heading 6b ] PRAISE HIM! PRAISE HIM! [ Verse 1 ] Praise Him! praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! Sing, O Earth. His wonderful love proclaim! Hail Him! hail Him! highest archangels in glory; Strength and honor give to His holy name! Like a shepherd Jesus will guard His children, In His arms He carries them all day long: Refrain: Praise Him! praise Him! tell of His excellent greatness; Praise Him! praise Him! ever in joyful song! [ Verse 2 ] Praise Him! praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! For our sins He suffered, and bled and died; He our Rock, our hope of eternal salvation, Hail Him! hail Him! Jesus the Crucified. Sound His praises! Jesus who bore our sorrows; Love unbounded, wonderful, deep and strong: [ Verse 3 ] Praise Him! praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer! Heavenly portals loud with hosannas ring! Jesus, Saviour, reigneth forever and ever; Crown Him! crown Him! Prophet and Priest and king! Christ is coming! over the world victorious, Power and glory unto the Lord belong: [Page Five] [ Heading 7 ] GRADUATION HONOURS [ Heading 7a ] Scholarships: The John McNicol Scholarship The E. G. Baker Scholarship The Merlin Grove Memorial Missionary Scholarship Alumni Scholarships (three) Cameron Orr Memorial Scholarships (three) F. V. Ellis Scholarship Betty Percy Music Scholarship [ Heading 7b ] Bursaries: The Arthur Alloway Missionary Bursary The Arthur Alloway Bursary for Advanced Studies [ Heading 7c ] Academic Awards: [ Heading 7c.1 ] PROFICIENCY AWARD The R. J. Koffend Graduate General Proficiency Award [ Heading 7d ] Departmental Awards: John McNicoI Memorial Award in Biblical Studies J. B. Rhodes Memorial Award in Theological Studies Percy H. Harris Memorial Award in Pastoral Studies William R. Quinn Award in Missions Lester Lankin Memorial Award in Christian Education Joseph C. Macaulay Award in Music Jean C. Scott Memorial Award in General Arts [ Heading 7e ] General Awards: The Emma Heffer Memorial Award for Scripture Reading The Ex-Rabbi Henry Bregman Memorial Award The John Honeyman Greek Proficiency Award The Canadian Bible Society Award The Blackthorn Award [ Heading 7f ] Delta Epsilon Chi: (Honour Society A.A.B.C.) [ Heading 7g ] Pi Alpha Mu: (Honour Society A.C.B.C.) [ Heading 7h ] COLLEGE PERSONNEL [Heading 7h.1 ] Executive Officers — Board of Governors Robert McClintock . . . Honorary Chairman L. Claude Simmonds . . . Chairman James T. Rawson . . . Vice-Chairman Victor Adrian . . . President Stewart L. Boehmer . . . Chancellor [ Heading 7h.2 ] Administration and Faculty V. Adrian, B.A., Th.D. . . . President, Theology Dept. D. A. Bell, B.Th., Th.M. . . . Administrative Assistant to the President, Chairman of Christian Education Dept. J. A. Bell, B.S.M., A.R.C.T., M.Mus . . . Director of Ministries, Music Dept. D. G. Benner, M.A., Ph.D. . . . Director of Counselling Services, Community Life Dept. MISS N. E. Black, B.R.E. . . . Director of Admissions, Christian Education Dept. S. L. Boehmer, D.D. . . . Chancellor Mrs. E. A. Davey, B.A., M.A. . . . General Arts Dept. A. E. Davidson . . . Comptroller-Treasurer M. Di Gangi, B.A., D.D. . . . Pastoral Studies Dept. G. W. Dorey, B.Th., M.A. . . . Registrar, Chapel Co-ordinator, Chairman of Pastoral Studies Dept. R. C. Duez, M.A., B.D. . . . Academic Dean of O.B.C., Chairman of Theology Dept. W. R. Foster, B.A., Th.D. . . . Theology Dept. J. R. Franklin, B.A., M.A. . . . General Arts Dept., Theology Dept. M. D. Jordan, B.M.E., Mus.D. . . . Music Dept. D. A. Leggett, B.A., Th.D. . . . Acting Chairman of Biblical Studies Dept. B. L. Martin, B.A., Ph.D. . . . Biblical Studies Dept. R. R. Matheson, B.Th., Th.D. . . . Dean of O.T.S., Biblical Studies Dept. Mrs. G. E. Miller, B.A., B.L.S. . . . Librarian D. C. Percy . . . Director of Public Relations, Missions Dept. B. F. Polman, B.A., M.A. . . . Acting Chairman of Music Dept. B. E. Roe, M.A., M. of Rel. . . . Director of Evening School, Biblical Miss L. M. Scobie, B.R.E., M.A. . . . Christian Education Dept. E. L. Simmonds, M.A., B.D. . . . Biblical Studies Dept. M. L. Steinmann . . . Director and Consultant of Stewardship G. F. Stephens, B.A., B.D. . . . Community Life Dept. G. C. Taylor, B.A., M.Th. . . . Dean of Students, Pastoral Studies Dept. C. A. Tipp, M.A., M.Div. . . . Director of Christian Service, Missions Dept. W. J. Wallace, M.Ed., M.A. . . . Chairman of Missions Dept. J. H. Wilkinson, B.A., M.A. . . . Co-Chairman of Christian Education Dept. and Audio-Visuals B. G. Wright, B.A., Th.M. . . . Chairman of General Arts Dept. G. A. Wyper, B.A., Th.M. . . . Biblical Studies Dept. Miss J. Colquhoun, B.R.E. . . . Community Life Dept. Mrs. L. Kho, L.R.A.M., M.A., M.Ed. . . . Music Dept. Miss G. A. Thompson, B.Sc. . . . Community Life Dept. ***** This is the end of the e-text. 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