Order of Service
Redwood Auditorium
2:00pm, Saturday, Februrary 7th, 2004

Processional
Instrumental Ensemble, Dr. Don Adkins, Director
“Trumpet Tune and Air” (Henry Purcell)

Invocation
Rev. Don Annas, Trustee Emeritus

Welcome
Rev Richard Hopping
Chair of Bethany College Board of Trustees

Inaugural Reading
Rev. William Vickery, Trustee Emeritus
Revelation 5, King James Version

Musical Interlude
Instrumental Ensemble, Dr. Don Adkins, Director
“Hornpipe and Minuet” (G.F. Handel)

Greetings & Introduction of Representatives from other Institutions:
Dr. Richard Israel, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Investiture:
Rev. Richard Hopping, assited by Rev. Glen Cole, Donald Annas, and William Vickery

Presentation of Presidential Medallion
Dr. Murray Dempster
President Vangaurd University

Welcome to the New President:
From the Faculty: Dr. Sharon Anderson, Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee
From the Staff: Charity Walters, Chair, Staff Affairs Committee
From the Students: Shannon Albrecht, President, Alumni Council
From the Senior Adminstrators: Dr. Martin Harris, Vice President for Enrollment, Student Life and Development

Charge to the New President
Dr. Rex Rogers, President, Cornerstone University

Inaugural Address
Dr. Maximo Rossi Jr., President, Bethany College,

Music:
Bethany College Ambassadors, Dr. Mark Hulse, Director “I Can See Clearly Now” (Johnny Nash)
Solo: Micayla Burnes and the Ambassador Band “Never Give Up” (Craig Adams)

Benediction:
Rev. Glen Cole, Superintendent, Northern California and Nevada District, Assemblies of God

Recessional:
Instrumental Ensemble: Dr. Don Adkins, Director “Trumpet Voluntary” (Geremiah Clarke)

 

•Ceremony

•Video Highlights

Inaugural Address

•Photo Album