Graduation Celebration 2022
NationsUniversity wants to express how proud we are to you and your friends and family!
NationsUniversity wants to express how proud we are to you and your friends and family!
This is your “online ceremony”. Please direct your loved ones to this page to share the experience. Listen a warm commencement message from NationsUniversity President John Baxter from the Areopagus in Athens, pray with our Dean of Faculty, Richard Youngblood, and go forward with encouragement from the Alumni of the Year 2021, Marc Gresset, and Gladys Williams. We celebrate YOU!
This Graduation Celebration Page is a yearlong “rolling ceremony” in keeping with the nature of NationsU to be there for you, no matter the time of day or year. Find your name and your classmates’ names in the corresponding Voice of Nations, that come after each of the May 1st, September 1st and December 1st graduations.
The verse ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things” (Mat. 25:21) may characterize my service in God’s kingdom. My life hasn’t been marked by great achievements but by faithfully serving and ministering to others, witnessing to individuals, and helping those in need. I would almost feel ashamed by looking at what I have done compared to the greatness of Christ’s love and giving to me. In this predominantly Buddhist country, I was privileged in 2021 to lead to the Lord two of my English students and to start having regular Bible classes with them. I relish the thought that God specializes in using small things and small people to bring growth in his own time and place. NationsU and its education and formation have been instrumental in helping me discover, teach the Bible, and discipling others. Pray that He will open doors in the city I just moved to preach the Gospel effectively.
To complete the NationsU Theological Studies’ Master has been challenging in many ways: learning to formulate and write my thoughts and express beliefs in essays, (I dropped out of education at 18 years old and went back at 60) From re-assessing my beliefs and way of living in light of the scriptures to encountering new ideas, thoughts, and ways to engage the scriptures and learning critical thinking.
I am very grateful for the opportunity to study with NationsU. It has been a life-changing journey, giving me a new start in my older age. May He prosper and empower all the students and faculty at NationsU to equip, train many, and bring God’s love and salvation to the world.
I do not come with a compelling story about my background, struggles, or achievements in my Kingdom service. I will not amplify my experience in the name of favour, as I am sure there are far more deserving students than I.
So here it is: I became born-again at the age of 7, but only really grasped its meaning after my undergraduate studies. After briefly flirting with the possibility of a life with no God, I quickly realized my life had a great purpose in Christ, and I chose to follow Him fully. I’ve since served as a Sunday school teacher. I’m an active member of a ministry that has a sole focus on evangelism, missions, and preparing the world for the second coming of Christ.
One thing has been constant throughout my ministry: my perpetual desire to know my Maker better. So in 2018, I made a commitment to study Theology, but life and work got in the way, and I lagged. Yet, in March 2020, the UK instituted a national lockdown following the global pandemic. It was then the Holy Spirit reminded me: “Gladys, what about that course in Theology you committed to doing?” So I heeded, I researched, and I located Nations, and this has been the best decision I have made to date.
For me, my experience simply boils down to this: Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart (Psa. 37:4). I am neither the brightest nor the most knowledgeable person in any room, by far. However, I am an example of what God can do through anyone who diligently seeks Him. God gave me the desire to do this course. He granted me my heart’s desire to complete the course, and my prayer now is that as Nations has impacted my life, I will in turn, impact others and be the light everywhere I go.
Find your name and your classmates. Read The Voice of Nations.
Now that you are a part of the NationsUniversity Alumni Association, join us for the next big virtual meeting on Friday, January 21st of 2023. Learn more about the NUAA and click at the bottom of the NUAA page to sign up for the LinkedIn group page.
At NationsU we are still here to help our alumni achieve their goals. If you are needing official transcripts for any reason, the Registrar is ready to fill your order.
If you have a question or you just want to know more about any of our studies, just complete the form and we’ll be in touch with you with the required information!