{"id":23609,"date":"2022-08-30T09:57:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=23609"},"modified":"2022-08-30T09:57:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:57:59","slug":"bu26s-unique-class-hymn-captures-the-new-beginning-that-is-the-college-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2022\/08\/bu26s-unique-class-hymn-captures-the-new-beginning-that-is-the-college-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"#BU26’s unique class hymn captures the ‘new beginning’ that is the college experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Students<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s common for incoming freshmen to be welcomed to college by campus leaders, it\u2019s not so common for that encouragement to come in the form of a hymn — but that\u2019s what we do here at Baylor.<\/p>\n

Since 2008, each incoming class has been welcomed with its own unique hymn, each capturing an aspect of this moment of excitement, possibility and transition in a student\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s hymn, \u201cLord, We are Here<\/a>,\u201d was written expressly for the Class of 2026, with lyrics by University Chaplain Burt Burleson (BA ’80), music by Kathy Johnson (BM ’76), lead vocals by Mackenzie Rock Jentsch (MDiv ’19), and with sound engineering by Stephen Bolech (BM ’02). The lyrics speak to the unique time of life in which these incoming freshmen find themselves — a time of wonder, awe, and openness to God doing new things in their lives — and the music video features snapshot images of this special time (from Line Camp to Move2BU to Welcome Week):<\/p>\n