 We are pleased this afternoon to present the 20 individuals who comprise the 2019 graduating class of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Four candidates will receive graduate certificates in Theological Studies. Two candidates will receive the Master of Arts Peace Studies degree, and one, the Master of Arts Theological Studies degree. The first of our new Master of Arts Theology and Peace Studies degree will be conferred today. Twelve candidates will receive the Master of Divinity degree. Three candidates are graduating in absentia. They are Jeremiah Buller, Barbara Crabel-Garing, and Joel Ray Schroeder. Thank you, our soon-to-be graduates, for choosing AMBS as a place to learn and continue your preparation for ministry. Our community has been enriched by your presence among us. 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. At this time, I invite President Sarah Wenger-Shank to come to the podium to confer the degrees. Twenty candidates have followed courses of study prescribed by the Faculty of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. By action of the faculty and the AMBS Board of Directors, they are hereby recommended for certificates and degrees as follows. Will the candidate for the Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies please stand? Upon recommendation of the faculty and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the AMBS Seminary Board, I confer upon you, Yukino, the Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies, with all the rights, privileges, and obligations pertaining thereto, of which the certificate you receive shall 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. Will the candidates for the Master of Arts Peace Studies degree, the candidate for Master of Arts Theological Studies degree, and the candidate for the Master of Arts Theology and Peace Studies degree please stand? Upon recommendation of the faculty and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the AMBS Board of Directors, I confer upon you, Naun and Tespaye, the Master of Arts Peace Studies degree, and upon you, Pratik, the Master of Arts Theological Studies degree, and upon you, Peter, the Master of Arts Theology and Peace Studies degree, with all the rights, privileges, and obligations pertaining thereto, of which the diploma you receive shall be a written testimony. May you use the 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 Divinity degree please stand? Upon the recommendation of the faculty and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the AMBS Board of Directors, 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. You may be seated. In a moment, the graduates will come forward as their names are called. I ask you to please hold your applause until all graduates have returned to their seats. At that time, we will stand and create an exuberant and joyous ruckus for our graduates. Graduates, please come forward. Yukino Oyama. Naun Sarato Garcia. Tasfaya Robel. Pratik Bag. Peter Allen Anderson. Margaret Catherine Dion. Dustin B. Finch. Suzanne Engel Ford. Benjamin Johannes Isaac Kraus. Sungbin Bart Kim. Scott M. Litwiler. Jim Longley. Grant S. Miller. Ann Perkins Munley. Brian Andrew Miller O'Leary. Renee Epp Reimer. And Nell Warkentine. And now, let's celebrate and congratulate the graduating class of 2019.