Baccalaureate
Guidelines for Inspirational Worship Services to Honor Graduates
Pamela D. Williams

Graduation is a time of new beginnings. The old chapter has come to an end, and the time has come to turn the page. The Baccalaureate service offers loved ones a time to pray a blessing over graduates of high school and university and to send them on their way. It reminds them to seek guidance from the Lord as they start down a new path.

This resource contains everything needed to get a Baccalaureate service up and running. It includes:

• A time line for preparation (part of the FREE excerpt -- click to download)
• Sample letters and press releases to churches, schools, and local media
• An order of worship (with music suggestions)
• Sample bulletin
• 4 sample sermons
• Reception guidelines
• much more
• Download FREE excerpt (includes FREE "Time Line For Baccalaureate Preparations")

The components of this resource book will ensure that your service is a success. Baccalaureate: Guidelines for Inspirational Worship Services to Honor Graduates is essential to reviving the Baccalaureate service tradition in your community. With this volume you'll be covering your new graduates in prayer and blessings as they spread their wings and take flight.

Table of Contents
Preface	7
Introduction	9
Time Line For Baccalaureate Preparations	11
Student Participation	15
Sample Informational Letter To Local Pastors	17
Sample Letter Of Invitation To Faculty And Administrators	19
Sample Informational Letter To Seniors	21
Sample Formal Invitation	23
Sample Press Release For Local Newspapers	25
Sample Public Service Announcements For Radio And Television	27
Order Of Worship With Explanations	29
About The Bulletins	33
Sample Bulletin	35
Music For Baccalaureate	37
Bouquet Of Thanks	41
Scripture Challenge	43
About The Meditations	45
Sample Meditation: Dispelling The Darkness	47
Sample Meditation: The Clean Slate	49
Sample Meditation: Light For Our World	51
Sample Meditation: Becoming A Follower	53
Gifts For The Seniors	55
Reception Guidelines	57
Funding For Baccalaureate	59
References	61

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Pamela D. Williams has been a pastor's wife for over thirty years. A mother and grandmother, she has a B.A. in English from Shippensburg University. She facilitates First Writes, a Christian inspiration and feedback group in in Chambersburg, PA. Williams is a contributor to three of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books: Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul, Chicken Soup: What I Learned from the Cat, and Chicken Soup: Stories for a Better World. She has also had stories published in a variety of publications, including Traveling Calvary's Road: From Ash Wednesday Through Easter (CSS), Decision, and Upper Room.