Proposed Program for W. L.

Porter Bible & Leadership

Training Institute (Memphis)
Inaugural Commencement
Ceremony
Cameron Cooley & Lula Knox
Site Coordinators

Sunday, July 26, 2009

 Proposed Order of Service
Call to Order………………………………………….…………………………………………Elder Billy Pippins
Hymn of Praise………………………………………………………..…….Memphis District Praise Team
Prayer*…………………………………….…………………………………………….Elder Eugene Kendricks
Old Testament Scripture*…………………………………….…………Superintendent Albert Clark
New Testament Scripture*…………………………………………………….Missionary Ellen Garner
Procession of Clergy and Faculty*
Procession of Graduates*
Commencement Hymn*…”Doxology”
(This version-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1uzbKBP2uM).....Choir and Assembly
The Founder, the Foundation, & the Future……….……………………….Elder Cameron Cooley
Selection………”This is the Day of Jubilee”………………………………Memphis District Choir
Student Testimonies…….Darius Clay & Breanda J. Myers
Presentation of the Chancellor………………………………… …………Elder Monterrieo Dunlap
Ministry of Giving
Introduction of the Speaker………………………………Bishop-Designate Brandon B. Porter
Sermonic Selection……………………………………………..______(Suggestions?)__________
Commencement Address……………………………….Dr. Perry Little, All Saints Bible College
Introduction of Faculty………………………………………………………..……Elder Douglass Smith
Awarding of Certificates
Bishop’s Charge & Presentation of the Graduates
Benediction………………………………………………………………………………Pastor Bennie Lockett
Recession of Clergy and Faculty*
Recession of Graduates*
*Please Stand Where Indicated
Procession
of Bishop’s
Staff and
Faculty
A=Adjutant
Procession
of the
Graduates
M=Missionary/Min
ister
E=Elder
Recession of
Bishop’s
Staff and
Faculty
A=Adjutant
Recession of
the
Graduates
M=Missionary/Min
ister
E=Elder