Worship Service - April 14, 2007 --- Columbia Union College Alumni Weekend
New England Youth Ensemble - Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, director
Deborah Szasz, '75, Organist
Columbia Collegiate Chorale, James Bingham, Director
Church Life: Otis Coutsoumpos, Jr., '03, Columbia Union College Chaplain
Welcome: Lee Marie Wisel, '74, President Alumni Association; Randal Wisbey, President of Columbia Union College
Members of the Honor Classes are asked to stand. Pictured are members of the class of '47. Standing in the center is Alumnus of the Year, George Akers.
Invocation: Arlene Diaz-Dortch, '97
Invitation to Give: Jean Warden, CUC Vice President for Student Life and Retention
Prayer: Ismael Gama, '97
CUC President Randal Wisbey introduced the speaker.
Dr. Samuel Betances, '65,
with the message entitled:
"Cultural Competencies for the 21st Century Christian"
Photos courtesy of: Cheerie Lou Capman & Gary Lunsford
Benediction: Juanita Gurubatham, '74, CUC Associate Vice President for Academic Administration
James Bingham, Director of the Columbia Collegiate Chorale
Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, Director of the New England Youth Ensemble
Scripture Lesson: (Isaiah 58:6-12) read by Cynthia Poole Gibson, '67