Date Change: Because of the pandemic around the world, BGU has made the decision to move the June 6, 2020 graduation ceremony to December 5, 2020, the normal date for our mid-year graduation…only this time, that’s when we’ll have the ceremony. We have done this because the safety of our students and staff is of paramount importance to us. Some of you have already been working toward a December graduation, but this way, you can actually participate in the ceremony when you do!Deadlines: The deadlines for a December graduation are easily … [Read more...]
Graduation Ceremony Moved to December
BGU Prayers in the Current Global Crisis
BGU graduates are serving in public and pastoral roles in Wuhan, Milan, Paris and other cities that have early experiences with the coronavirus. Some members of the BGU family have already been serving as SHALOM leaders in this COVID-19 pandemic for over two months. Yet now, almost all the BGU global family are directly affected.There are many of us who are scared, yet called to be brave. There are many of us confused, but called to provide direction. There are many of us who hurt, but called to be healers and comforters. We seek to rely … [Read more...]
Prayer Request – January 2020
1 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.Psalm 103 - NIVPraise the Lord for answers to prayers to close the calendar year in a good financial … [Read more...]
Financial Update – End of the Year 2019
Please celebrate with us that God stirred the hearts of board members, students, faculty, alumni, staff, friends and other donors to meet the matching gifts that were provided last October and November.BGU is grateful to God for His generosity and the way He creates generosity in each of us for our money, heart, time, work, and gifts to display His goodness. … [Read more...]
President’s Note – January 2020
Anytime we use a map app on our telephone, it takes at least three global positioning satellites for the phone to find and display where we are, where we want to go, and the route to get there. The irony is that we cannot find our way unless we are viewed from at least three different positions that are not where we currently are. The further away those three positions are from us and from each other the more accurately the map can locate us.BGU has discovered the same principle applies for finding our way in our spiritual and educational … [Read more...]
