 We are pleased this afternoon to present 14 women and seven men who comprise the 2018 graduating class of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Three candidates will receive graduate certificates in Theological Studies, one candidate will receive the Master of Arts Peace Studies degree, five candidates will receive the Master of Arts Christian Formation degree, and 12 candidates will receive the Master of Divinity degree. We have one candidate for graduation who's graduating in absentia. Thank you to our soon-to-be graduates for having chosen AMBS as a place to learn and to continue your preparation for ministry. Our community has been enriched by your presence among us and we send you forth with God's blessing and pray that God's Spirit will empower you for the ministries to which you are being sent. And at this time I invite President Sarah Winger-Shank to come to the podium to confer the degrees. 21 candidates have followed courses of study prescribed by the faculty of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. By the action of the faculty and the AMBS Board of Directors, they are hereby recommended for certificates and degrees as follows. Will the candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies please stand? Upon the recommendation of the faculty and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the AMBS Board, I confer upon you the Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies with all the rights, privileges, and obligations pertaining thereto, of which the certificate you receive will be a written testimony. May you use these rights and privileges as befits disciples of Jesus Christ, servants of God, and ministers of the Church in the power of the Holy Spirit. Congratulations, you may be seated. Will the candidates for the Master of Arts Christian Formation degree please stand? Upon recommendation of the faculty and by the authority vested in me by the AMBS Board, I confer upon you the Master of Arts Christian Formation degree with all the rights, privileges, and obligations pertaining thereto, of which the diploma you receive shall be a written testimony. May you use these rights and privileges as befits disciples of Jesus Christ, servants of God, and ministers of the Church in the power of the Holy Spirit. Congratulations. Will the candidates for the Master of Arts Peace Studies degree please stand? By virtue of the power vested in me by the AMBS Board and on the recommendation of the faculty, I confer upon you, Rebecca York, the Master of Arts Peace Studies degree with all the rights, privileges, and obligations pertaining thereto, of which the diploma you receive will be a written testimony. May you use these rights and privileges as befits a disciple of Jesus Christ, a servant of God, and a minister of the Church in the power of the Holy Spirit. Congratulations. May be seated. Will the candidates for the Master of Divinity degree please stand? Upon the recommendation of the faculty and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the AMBS Board, I confer upon you the Master of Divinity degree with all the rights, privileges, and obligations pertaining thereto, of which the diploma you receive shall be a written testimony. May you use these rights and privileges as befits disciples of Jesus Christ, servants of God, and ministers of the Church in the power of the Holy Spirit. Congratulations. May be seated. At this time, the graduates will come forward as their names are called. I will ask you please to hold all of your applause until all of the graduates have returned to their seats. After that, we will all stand and we will whip up a holy ruckus. Stand up. Karen Fagan Moscow. Daniel L. Yoder. Jeffrey N. Baer. K. J. Schrader. Jonah Chersai Yang. Miriam R. Zaire. Rebecca M. York. Matthew Cordella Bontrager. Michelle Lindsay Curtis. Jeanette Joy Lindacher Gallagher. Beth Ann Gehrig. Sophia Marie Lap-Jost. Rachelle Ann Luchens. Mariah K. Martin. Ronald Lisway Moyo. Sarah Alicia Slagle. Julia Nicole Schmidt. Dylan David Stillman. Sharon Whitmer Yoder. And let the ruckus begin.