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Opening Convocation 2023

Presider
Gregory E. Sterling
The Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean
Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament

Readers
Andre Gilford ’24 M.Div.
Jamal Davis Neal, Jr. ’24 M.Div.

Opening Prayer
Bo Kyung Blenda Im
Assistance Professor, Sacred Music and Divinity

Speaker
Teresa Morgan
McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity

Benediction
Adrián Emmanuel Hernández-Acosta
Assistant Professor of Religion and Literature

Faculty Marshal
Tisa Wenger
Professor American Religious History

Organist
A. Nathaniel Gumbs ’11 M.M.
Director of Chapel Music

August 29, 2023
Yale Divinity School