REED GIVES COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS; RECEIVES DOCTORATE
Delivering the address at GBS commencement exercises, May 25, was the Rev. Thomas Reed, veteran Chicago pastor, church executive, IHC leader, and former member of the GBS Board of Trustees. President Michael Avery, who presided over the service, noted Reed’s example of faithful and exemplary ministry and presented him with the college’s highest award, the honorary degree Doctor of Divinity. Dr. Avery also honored former GBS student Beulah Haggard with a Christian Worker’s Diploma, the first awarded at GBS in decades. Haggard, a retired Cincinnati bank teller and enthusiastic GBS supporter, was unable to complete the original two-year course of study in the early 1950’s because of illness.
Conferring college degrees was Dr. Leonard Sankey, president of the board of trustees. Dr. Ken Farmer, Vice President for Academic Affairs, presented the candidates for college degrees; and Paul Clemens, retiring high school principal, presented high school honors and diplomas. Prayers were offered by the Rev. Greg Makcen and the Rev. Tim Bender, and the scripture lesson was read by the Rev. Joseph Smith. Special music was provided by Heritage, the college men’s quartet, and by Mrs. Martha Miller, organist.
Honors presented by the various academic divisions of the college were presented by the appropriate chairs. These honors included the following: Christian Teacher Education, Christopher Lee Ryan; Ministerial Education; Raymond Bruce Campbell; David Troy Fry; Stephen Bryce Smith; and Music Education, Lisa Emmalee Burton. Lisa Burton, valedictorian, and Myra Brown, salutatorian, were honored with membership in Delta Epsilon Chi, prestigious honor society of the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges. Ms. Brown is the production manager and secretary for the Revivalist Press.
Baccalaureate services were held May 19 with the Rev. Ben Durr, Jr., presenting the sermon.

MULLINS, HEDDEN, AND REIMANN STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
The following have been named “Student of the Month” in honor of their Christian testimony and exemplary character:
1. Mark Mullins, March, who has graduated with the degree Associate of Arts in General Business at the spring commencement. Converted in a camp meeting service four years ago, he says that coming to GBS was “one of the best choices I ever made.” He describes his time on the Hilltop as “awesome, because of lifelong friends made,” but most importantly, “because of the growing I did spiritually, academically, mentally, and socially.” He plans to enroll at LeTourneau University this fall.
2. Elisha Hedden, April, a 2002 graduate with a BA in Church and Family Ministry with cognates in counseling and missions. She will marry GBS student Luis McLaughlin in June, and they plan to live in Cincinnati while he finishes college. She says that her “time at GBS was the greatest learning experience of her life.” Eventually she plans to start a home for troubled youth.
3. Joseph Reimann, May, a sophomore ministerial student, was saved as a child. He is currently leader of the personal witnessing team and a faithful worker at Laurel Homes mission. Joe, who advises, “Seek the Lord, because He will give you the abundant life mentioned in John 10:10,” intends eventually to become a pastor. He believes God led him to GBS. “He has helped me to grow and change while here.” He adds that he loves his friends, teachers, and Bible classes.

JOHN LUM DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
The Rev. John W. Lum, who attended GBS 1977–1980, has been named the school’s new Director of Facilities Management. His wife Julia, also a GBS alumna, will work closely with him as director of campus housekeeping operations. They are the parents of two children, Wesley, a college student at GBS; and Becky, who with her husband Don Hallenbeck, reside in Pennsylvania with their daughter Meghan.
Lum is an ordained minister of the Pilgrim Holiness Church of New York and has pastored the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Sayre, Pennsylvania, for six years. Other denominational duties have included service as a member of the conference examining board and as supervisor of the Binghamton camp.
His qualifications include work in general construction for 13 years. He was elected three times a town supervisor, serving as chairman of the town board and as town financial officer. He also served three years in the U.S. Army as a chaplain assistant with the 101st Airbourne Division, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. For six years he was senior chaplain assistant in the New York Army National Guard, 42nd Infantry Division.

POSITION AVAILABLE
God’s Bible School is always interested in quality people in a wide range of fields, including teaching at various levels, office work, etc. We need the following position filled for fall 2002.
History/Social Studies. Preferably a graduate degree in history, social studies, or political science. Will accept a candidate with a bachelor’s degree if there is a willingness to pursue a master’s degree. Suggested assignment for each semester would be to teach several high school classes with the possibility of an occasional college class. All interested parties are encouraged to send a resume as soon as possible to Dr. Ken Farmer, 1810 Young St., Cincinnati, OH 45210.

BRIEFLY NOTED: GBS-related marriages scheduled for this summer include the following: (1) Susanna Marie McCasland to Matthew Glen Redcay, June 1, Roxbury, Pennsylvania; (2) Elisha Hedden to Luis McLaughlin, June 1, Norwood, Ohio; (3) Tara Joyce Powell to Matthew Carl McCasland, June 8, Massena, New York; and (4) Elizabeth Schenck to Darrell L. Stetler II, June 15, Parsons, Kansas, the Rev. Darrell L. Stetler I, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Melvin Schaper.…GBS alumni are reminded that the annual alumni association meeting and the annual GBS Corporation meeting, formerly held during camp meeting, will be held during Homecoming 2002. This is a permanent move authorized by the Board of Trustees and the the Alumni Council.…The following have been elected to serve on the student council next year: President, Jon Ayars; Vice President, Pat Murray; Vice President, Aaron Terry; Secretary, Kim Easley; Treasurer, Eric Englund.