The 2011 Legacy Banquet

Distinguished Service Award Bryan Waggoner ’77 While a student at Cedarville University, Bryan began his lifetime involvement in student ministries. As a youth pastor in Brownsburg, Indiana, Bryan began bringing students in his youth group to visit Cedarville College, a yearly practice that continued for 25 years. As a result, dozens of students from Brownsburg, Indiana, enrolled at Cedarville. In 1979, while an intern at Bethesda Baptist Church, he helped coordinate a new training retreat for Cedarville’s Christian ministry teams. This retreat has continued for 32 years as Bryan now serves as executive pastor at Bethesda. The partnership has saved the University thousands of dollars and influenced hundreds of Cedarville students. Bryan is enthusiastic about Cedarville students and regularly makes the trip from Indiana to Cedarville to attend HeartSong events. “I thoroughly enjoy meeting the students, praying for and with them, and encouraging them in any way possible. It’s my way to pay forward for the investment Cedarville has made in my life.” Jim Cato, executive director of Heartsong, is grateful for Bryan’s personal investment in students’ lives. In his nearly 30 years of working with Cedarville ministry teams, he said, “I have never met anyone more committed to prayer.” Bryan and his wife, Sheri (Levin) ’80, have four children: Jess ’06, JB ’09, Korinna ’14, and Caleb.