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Welcome to the
Commencement of
the Class of 1992
Today is a day of beginnings.
Together, as parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, pastors, teachers, and college
family, we have had the privilege of building into the lives of these very special young
people for the past four years. Now we send them forth to minister for Jesus Christ in the
many avenues where He will lead them.
In 1887, five godly men were led to found Cedarville College. They envisioned the need
to train preachers and lay people for the work of God at home and abroad. Today their
purpose lives on at Cedarville. Our theme for this year has been "Seizing a World of
Opportunity." Our opportunities for Christ are phenomenal. Together, we must seize
them for our Lord's glory.
The hand of God has been on this institution. Cedarville has achieved a balance that is
distinctive-quality academics in harmony with a strong spiritual emphasis. The
heartbeat of every Christian school is what happens in Chapel. As the Chapel is the
center of our campus, so God is central in all that transpires here.
It
is our prayer that you might have the joy of knowing Jesus Christ as your personal
Savior. Consider what the Bible says: "For God demonstrates his own love for us in
this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." "...for all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God...." "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life
in
Christ Jesus our Lord." "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his
name, he gave the right to become children of God....
"*
This is a day of beginnings. Our graduates are beginning a new phase of their lives, and
you can begin your new life in Christ.
If
you do not know our Lord, won't you consider the claims of Christ and make a
commitment to Him today? You, too, can make a difference for Jesus Christ!
President
Cedarville College
*Romans 5 :8; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; John 1:12
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