2021 Commencement Program

Prelude Praise to the Lord, The Almighty arr. Landon Cina Brass Choir Chester Jenkins, D.M.A. Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands *Processional Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar Brass Choir *Invocation Thomas Mach, Ph.D. Vice President for Academics and Chief Academic Officer Welcome Address Thomas Mach, Ph.D. Scripture Reading Ephesians 3:14–21 Janice Supplee, Ph.D. Vice President for Marketing and Communications, Dean of Graduate Studies Commencement Address Thomas White, Ph.D. President Recognition of the Class of 2020 Thomas Mach, Ph.D. Friday Convocation In Christ Alone In Christ alone my hope is found He is my light, my strength, my song This cornerstone, this solid ground Firm through the fiercest drought and storm What heights of love, what depths of peace When fears are stilled, when strivings cease My comforter, my all in all Here, in the love of Christ, I stand In Christ alone, who took on flesh Fullness of God in helpless babe This gift of love and righteousness Scorned by the ones He came to save 'Til on that cross, as Jesus died The wrath of God was satisfied For every sin, on Him, was laid Here, in the death of Christ, I live There in the ground, His body lay Light of the world, by darkness, slain Then bursting forth in glorious day Up from the grave, He rose again And as He stands in victory Sin's curse has lost its grip on me For I am His and He is mine Bought with the precious blood of Christ No guilt in life, no fear in death This is the power of Christ in me From life's first cry to final breath Jesus commands my destiny No power of hell, no scheme of man Can ever pluck me from His hand 'Til He returns or calls me home Here, in the power of Christ, I stand No power of hell, no scheme of man Can ever pluck me from His hand 'Til He returns or calls me home Here, in the power of Christ, I stand Keith Getty / Stuart Townend In Christ Alone lyrics © New Spring Publishing Inc. CCLI License #39111