Celebrating our Graduates
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students are spread across the USA/Canada region, already ministering in churches and communities well before they graduate, and many prefer not to travel for a graduation ceremony.
So Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ now travels to them!
Already this year, faculty and board members have traveled as far away as the Nazarene church Westlock, Alberta, Canada.
Each celebration is a coordinated effort between the local church and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s President’s office. The ceremony is short enough to be added to the regular service, allowing the congregation to celebrate their own graduate. Many churches have also chosen to host a reception.
An Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ representative travels to the graduate’s local church for a Sunday service. The Bible college provides a personalized slideshow (including the graduation march music!), announcing all the important details: program completed, certificate or degree earned, and personal ministry vision.
“It is always encouraging for me when I facilitate one of these graduation celebrations,” says Dr. Daniel Powers, director of Pastoral Ministries Program, “because it reminds me of why we do what we do at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.”
Each celebration is a real-life example of the partnership between Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and the local churches of the Nazarene. District Superintendents, pastors, and congregations have all expressed their excitement “that someone from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ actually traveled all the way to their church to celebrate.”
Published: 05/21/2026
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