Watchers at the Gate: 2024 Service of Matriculation Sermon

“Like watchers at the gate, we are called…to be active witnesses to the power of a vision of a just world that is not a utopian pipe dream or the mumblings of hopeless romantics.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies Emilie Townes was the celebrated preacher during the 2024 Matriculation Service of Worship on September 25, 2024. She charged incoming and seasoned students alike with becoming “watchers at the gate” and taking up the mantle of doing the hard work ahead during their seminary journey.