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	(soft organ music)	0:05
-	Good morning and welcome to this service of worship	1:28
	here at Duke University Chapel.	1:31
	Summer provides us a time to greet lots of visitors	1:33
	and friends here at the chapel.	1:37
	And if you're visiting today, we welcome you.	1:39
	Our guest organists today,	1:42
	are Dr. Thomas Lee Clarke, Assistant State Pathologist.	1:44
	And Sam Hammond, our university carillonneur.	1:49
	Tomorrow at 5:00, Sam Hammond will be giving a carillon	1:54
	demonstration here at the chapel.	1:59
	This will provide you a rare opportunity to go up and see	2:01
	the chapel carillon and hear and see it played.	2:04
	And then tomorrow night at 7:30 the Bisnobruker Youth Choir	2:10
	will be giving a concert here in the chapel,	2:15
	and you're cordially invited.	2:19
	Our preacher today is the assistant Dean of the Chapel	2:24
	and Director of Religious Life here at Duke,	2:27
	the Reverend Debra Brazzel.	2:30
	And assisting in the leadership of the service today	2:34
	is the Reverend Dr. Paula Gilbert.	2:37
	Let us stand for the greeting.	2:40
	Come together disciples of Jesus,	2:46
	who dwell in the shadow of the most high.	2:47
	(congregation responds)	2:51
-	God promises to keep you wherever you go.	2:57
	There is nowhere you can go that God is not.	3:00
	(congregation responds)	3:04
	When God calls us we will answer.	3:12
	With our whole lives we will serve God.	3:16
	(organ)	3:20
	♪ God the Spirit, guide and guardian, ♪	4:25
	♪ wind-sped flame and hovering dove, ♪	4:33
	♪ breath of life and voice of prophets, ♪	4:42
	♪ sign of blessing, power of love: ♪	4:50
	♪ Give to those who lead your people ♪	4:59
	♪ fresh anointing of your grace. ♪	5:07
	♪ Send them forth as bold apostles ♪	5:16
	♪ to your church in every place. ♪	5:24
	♪ Christ our Savior, sovereign, shepherd, ♪	5:36
	♪ Word made flesh, Love crucified, ♪	5:44
	♪ teacher, healer, suffering servant, ♪	5:54
	♪ friend of sinners, foe of pride: ♪	6:02
	♪ in your tending may all pastors ♪	6:11
	♪ learn and live a shepherd's care; ♪	6:20
	♪ grant them courage and compassion ♪	6:29
	♪ shown through word and deed and prayer. ♪	6:38
	♪ Great Creator, life-bestower, ♪	6:50
	♪ truth beyond all thought's recall, ♪	6:58
	♪ fount of wisdom, womb of mercy, ♪	7:07
	♪ giving and forgiving all: ♪	7:16
	♪ as you know our strength and weakness, ♪	7:25
	♪ so may those the church exalts ♪	7:34
	♪ oversee its life steadfastly, ♪	7:42
	♪ yet not overlook its faults. ♪	7:51
	♪ Triune God, mysterious being, ♪	8:02
	♪ undivided and diverse, ♪	8:11
	♪ deeper than our minds can fathom, ♪	8:20
	♪ greater than our creeds rehearse: ♪	8:28
	♪ help us in our varied callings ♪	8:37
	♪ your full image to proclaim, ♪	8:45
	♪ that our ministries uniting ♪	8:55
	♪ may give glory to your name. ♪	9:03
-	When we gather in God's presence,	9:27
	we realize that we are a people of unclean lips	9:29
	and unclean hands.	9:33
	Therefore let us join together in	9:35
	the prayer of confession, #890.	9:37
	Let us pray.	9:41
	Most merciful God, we confess that we have	9:45
	sinned against you in thought, word and deed.	9:49
	By what we have done, and by what we have left undone.	9:53
	We have not loved you with our whole heart.	9:59
	We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.	10:02
	We are truly sorry and we humbly repent,	10:06
	for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,	10:11
	have mercy on us and forgive us.	10:14
	So that we may delight in your will	10:18
	and walk in your ways,	10:20
	to the glory of your name.	10:23
	Amen	10:26
	(silence)	10:29
	Almighty God, have mercy on you,	10:43
	forgive all your sins through our Lord, Jesus Christ.	10:46
	Strengthen you in all goodness,	10:50
	and by the power of the Holy Spirit,	10:53
	keep you in eternal love.	10:56
	Amen.	10:59
-	Let us pray together, the prayer for illumination.	11:13
	Open our hearts and minds, O God,	11:18
	by the power of Your Holy Spirit,	11:22
	so that as the Word is read and proclaimed,	11:25
	we may hear Your message with joy this day.	11:28
	Amen.	11:33
	This reading is taken from the 28th chapter of the	11:36
	Book of Genesis, starting with verse 10.	11:39
	Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.	11:44
	He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night,	11:48
	because the sun had set.	11:53
	Taking one of the stones of the place,	11:56
	he put it under his head and lay down in that place.	11:58
	And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth,	12:03
	the top of it reaching to heaven;	12:07
	and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.	12:10
	And the Lord stood beside him and said,	12:14
	"I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father	12:17
	and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie	12:21
	I will give to you and to your offspring;	12:25
	and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth,	12:29
	and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east	12:32
	and to the north and to the south;	12:36
	and all families of the earth shall be blessed in you	12:40
	and in your offspring.	12:43
	Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go,	12:46
	and will bring you back to this land;	12:49
	for I will not leave you until I have done	12:53
	what I have promised you.	12:56
	Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said,	12:59
	"Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it!"	13:01
	And he was afraid, and said, "How awesome is this place!	13:06
	This is none other than the house of God,	13:11
	and this is the gate of heaven."	13:13
	So Jacob rose early in the morning,	13:17
	and he took the stone that he had put under his head and	13:19
	he set it up for a pillar and poured oil on top of it.	13:22
	He called that place Bethel;	13:27
	but the name of the city was Luz at the first.	13:30
	Then Jacob made a vow, saying,	13:34
	"If God will be with me, and will keep me	13:37
	in this way that I go,	13:40
	and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,	13:42
	so that I come again to my father's house in peace,	13:46
	then the Lord shall be my God,	13:50
	and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar,	13:53
	shall be God's house; and of all that you give me	13:55
	I will surely give one-tenth to you.	14:00
	This is the Word of the Lord.	14:05
Congregation	Thanks be to God.	14:08
-	This reading is from the Gospel according to St. Matthew,	14:12
	Chapter 13, beginning with the 24th verse.	14:16
	He put before them another parable:	14:22
	"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone	14:25
	who sowed good seed in his field;	14:29
	but while everybody was asleep,	14:32
	an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat,	14:35
	and then went away.	14:38
	So when the plants came up and bore grain,	14:41
	then the weeds appeared as well.	14:45
	And the slaves of the householder came and said to him,	14:48
	'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?	14:50
	Where, then, did these weeds come from?'	14:55
	He answered, 'An enemy has done this.'	14:58
	The slaves said to him, 'Then do you want us	15:01
	to go and gather them?' But he replied,	15:05
	'No; for in gathering the weeds you would	15:08
	uproot the wheat along with them.	15:12
	Let both of them grow together until the harvest;	15:15
	and at harvest time I will tell the reapers,	15:19
	"Collect the weeds first and bind them	15:21
	in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.	15:24
	Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house.	15:29
	And his disciples approached him, saying,	15:33
	"Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."	15:36
	He answered, "The one who sows the good seed	15:41
	is the Son of Man; the field is the world,	15:46
	and the good seed are the children of the kingdom;	15:51
	the weeds are the children of the evil one,	15:54
	and the enemy who sowed them is the devil;	15:57
	the harvest is the end of the age,	16:01
	and the reapers are angels.	16:03
	Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire,	16:06
	so will it be at the end of the age.	16:09
	The Son of Man will send his angels,	16:12
	and they will collect out of his kingdom	16:15
	all causes of sin and all evildoers,	16:17
	and they will throw them into the furnace of fire,	16:20
	where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.	16:22
	Then the righteous will shine like the sun	16:26
	in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!	16:28
	This is the Word of the Lord.	16:34
Congregation	Praise be to God.	16:38
-	I'll never forget the first time I saw Duke Chapel.	16:49
	I had flown in from Dallas to be interviewed for the	16:53
	position of Assistant Dean.	16:56
	And when I walked into the Chapel my eyes were	16:59
	drawn up in awe as I looked around at the beauty	17:02
	of this place.	17:06
	I was moved by the gracefulness of the arches.	17:09
	The intricate stonework, the elaborate wood carvings,	17:14
	and beautiful stained glass.	17:19
	It was an awe-filled moment for me, and I knew that	17:22
	this was a special place, a holy place.	17:27
	Now they say that familiarity breeds contempt,	17:32
	but in the two years that I have been here, I have come	17:36
	to experience this as an even more special place.	17:40
	For at the beginning, I was awed and impressed by the	17:44
	beauty of Duke Chapel.	17:47
	But now my memories and my experience of this place	17:49
	are also filled with the worship of God.	17:52
	Truly Duke Chapel is a holy place.	17:57
	I think it's hard to come and worship here without being	18:01
	aware of the glory and the majesty of God.	18:04
	This is a holy place.	18:09
	As religious people, we are drawn to holy places.	18:13
	Every year millions of pilgrims travel long distances	18:18
	to visit holy places around the world.	18:23
	Mecca, Jerusalem, Lourdes, the Vatican.	18:26
	Each of these has been set aside as a place that is	18:32
	special, unique, holy.	18:36
	This past winter, the Duke Chapel choir and the	18:41
	Duke chorale had the opportunity to travel to	18:44
	Jasna Gora, one of the world's holy places in Poland.	18:47
	In spite of the brutal cold, there were bus loads of	18:52
	pilgrims there, and we were amazed by the lines of	18:56
	the faithful, processing on their knees around the	19:00
	Chapel to get a glimpse of the Black Madonna.	19:02
	And none of us will ever forget the faithful lying	19:07
	prostrate on the floor in that cold stone building.	19:11
	Jasna Gora is a holy place.	19:17
	In our scripture from Genesis,	19:22
	Jacob also found himself in a holy place,	19:25
	a place he called Bethel.	19:30
	Historically, Bethel was one of the most important	19:33
	centers of Israel's worship; mentioned in the	19:36
	Old Testament more often than any other cities	19:39
	except Jerusalem and Samaria.	19:42
	It is believed that at one time, Bethel rivaled	19:44
	Jerusalem in it's significance as a religious center.	19:48
	But when Jacob first arrived at that place,	19:53
	he had no idea he was standing on holy ground.	19:56
	In fact, the only reason he stopped there was	20:00
	because the sun was setting, so he tethered his camel,	20:02
	found a nice comfortable rock, and laid down for a rest.	20:07
	Jacob didn't sleep well that night. Have you ever tried	20:13
	using a pillow for a rock?	20:17
	It certainly didn't measure up to the standards	20:20
	Jacob was used to.	20:22
	But Jacob was on the run, and he hadn't had much time	20:24
	to prepare for the journey.	20:28
	You see he had stolen the birthright and	20:30
	the blessing from his brother,	20:32
	and when Esau found out, he was killing mad.	20:34
	So Jacob was on the run.	20:39
	Running for his life.	20:41
	Not certain how close his brother might be behind him,	20:42
	or what might lie ahead of him.	20:46
	As he tossed and turned in his sleep, he had a dream,	20:50
	in which he saw a ladder reaching from heaven to earth,	20:54
	with angels ascending and descending upon it.	20:58
	Then God stood beside him; the same God he had	21:02
	always heard about but never experienced.	21:05
	And God promised to him the same thing that He had promised	21:09
	to his grandfather Abraham, and his father, Isaac.	21:13
	He promised him land and descendants, and protection.	21:18
	But He also made to Jacob one promise that was unique.	21:23
	He promised to bring him back safely to the	21:27
	land that he was fleeing.	21:30
	And when Jacob woke up from the dream he was amazed.	21:32
	"Surely the Lord was in this place, and I did not know it."	21:36
	And he was afraid, and he said, "How awesome is this place!"	21:43
	This is none other than the house of God,	21:48
	and this is the gate of Heaven.	21:52
	As soon as he got up he took the stone	21:57
	that had been his pillow and he turned it on it's	21:59
	end for a pillar, and he poured oil over the top of it.	22:02
	And he called that place Bethel, which means house of God.	22:07
	Then he made a vow that if God would do with him everything	22:13
	He had promised, and if God would bring him back safely,	22:17
	that he would worship God in that place,	22:22
	and give tithes of all the God gave him.	22:25
	God was indeed faithful to Jacob,	22:30
	and years later he returned to Bethel	22:33
	and built a sanctuary in that place.	22:35
	And this place was revered in the history of Israel	22:38
	as a holy place.	22:42
	What is it that makes a place holy?	22:46
	Is there something sacred about the place?	22:50
	Is it that we build a chapel or sanctuary	22:54
	on that place and set it aside?	22:56
	What is it that makes a place holy?	23:00
	When Jacob stopped to rest for the night,	23:06
	he had no idea that the place where he was standing	23:09
	was holy ground.	23:14
	In fact, there was nothing special about it at all.	23:15
	It looked like the land around him,	23:19
	it was hilly, and rocky and desolate.	23:21
	And yet for him, that everyday, common place,	23:25
	that place he encountered on the run became a holy place.	23:30
	It became holy for Jacob because he knew that in that	23:36
	place he had been encountered by nothing	23:41
	and no one less than Almighty God.	23:43
	Naming it Bethel, house of God, was Jacob's way	23:48
	of acknowledging that though he had not recognized it,	23:53
	God was in that place all along, and it was a holy place.	23:56
	Holy places are places where	24:03
	heaven has come close to earth.	24:06
	Places where the divine has touched the profane.	24:09
	Places where human beings have been encountered	24:12
	by Almighty God.	24:16
	An encounter with God is an awe-filled experience.	24:19
	Anyone who has been touched by the divine is moved	24:25
	like Jacob to reverence and worship.	24:29
	Throughout history human beings have honored the places	24:33
	where God has been encountered as holy places.	24:36
	And when a place is named holy, like Bethel,	24:41
	it's only natural that others will come to that place	24:44
	and revere it	24:47
	because they too desire to touch holiness.	24:49
	So it is that millions of pilgrims flock every year	24:54
	to our holy places around the world,	24:57
	hoping for an encounter with holiness.	25:00
	They stand in long lines, get herded through quick tours,	25:03
	buy the cheap souvenirs hoping for a brush with the divine.	25:07
	It is amazing what importance we have attached	25:15
	to holy places.	25:19
	How many wars have been fought to determine	25:22
	who would control holy places?	25:25
	And yet, there is power in controlling holy places.	25:30
	If you have control you can build a beautiful	25:35
	chapel, or a temple, or a mosque there, and	25:37
	go to it as often as you desire.	25:41
	Even Jacob tried to regain control of the holy place where	25:44
	he encountered God, by vowing to worship God in that place	25:48
	only if God would fulfill the vows he made to him.	25:53
	Even then, Jacob was bargaining with God,	25:58
	vying for control.	26:02
	When you have control over holy places, then you get	26:06
	to say who goes in and who is kept out.	26:10
	You have access to the holy place anytime that you desire,	26:14
	and you can petition the holy one to work for you	26:18
	and against your enemies.	26:23
	When you have control of holy places	26:25
	they also don't demand very much of you.	26:29
	You can go there to enjoy the beautiful art,	26:31
	be inspired by the lovely music, worship,	26:35
	but go home without being changed.	26:41
	As much as we might want to think that access	26:45
	to holy places guarantees access to holy ones,	26:49
	we are wrong.	26:53
	God is not controlled or limited by our holy places.	26:55
	Jacob's encounter with God was not something	27:00
	he had any control over.	27:02
	Jacob, more than any other biblical character,	27:04
	was known for planning and scheming to get ahead	27:07
	and get what he wanted, but he had nothing to do with	27:10
	God's appearance to him.	27:14
	In fact it came when he was most out of control,	27:16
	on the run, exiled from his homeland,	27:19
	with no assurance of his future.	27:22
	God also came to this schemer in his sleep,	27:26
	when he was most vulnerable.	27:30
	Through holy places we hope to encounter the divine	27:34
	in predictable and controllable ways.	27:37
	But God just doesn't operate that way.	27:40
	Jacob was in between home and an uncertain future	27:44
	when God came to him in a dream.	27:49
	Moses was tending his flock on the mountainside	27:52
	when God appeared to him in a burning bush.	27:56
	The Samaritan woman was at the well when	28:00
	she was encountered by the one who knew all about her.	28:03
	Lazarus was in the tomb when the Holy One	28:08
	called him forth from death to life.	28:11
	And Paul was on the road to Damascus when	28:16
	he was blinded by the light of the Holy.	28:18
	You see, God never acts in predictable,	28:24
	controllable ways.	28:28
	God can come to us at any place at any time.	28:30
	And God rarely appears on demand.	28:37
	God can't be controlled or limited by our holy places.	28:42
	Now I'm not saying that we shouldn't have holy places.	28:49
	Any place that moves us to worship in reverence of God	28:53
	is indeed holy, and we need such places for they remind us	28:57
	of God's power to bring heaven close to earth.	29:02
	They cause us to look up in awe and reverence.	29:07
	But when we begin to think we have control over God	29:12
	in the holy place, or when we begin to revere the holy place	29:16
	more than the Holy One, then we have missed the point.	29:20
	The amazing thing is that the world is a place where	29:26
	God takes the initiative	29:30
	to intrude into human life.	29:33
	Jacob saw it as a ladder connecting heaven and earth.	29:38
	He experienced it as a direct encounter with the Holy One	29:42
	who called him to a new future	29:47
	that he had not even imagined.	29:49
	He experienced it as promise, blessing and hope.	29:53
	Indeed you and I should be encouraged that	30:00
	the initiative lies with God, and that God refuses	30:04
	to be limited to holy places.	30:07
	After all, we don't always have access to holy places,	30:11
	but God always has access to us.	30:15
	God can come to us at any time and any place.	30:21
	And through Christ our Lord, God has come closer	30:27
	to us than ever before.	30:30
	Jacob saw a ladder joining heaven and earth,	30:33
	and in Christ this ladder is fixed.	30:37
	Heaven and earth are forever joined in Christ.	30:41
	John 1:51 quotes Jesus as saying,	30:45
	"Very truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened,	30:49
	and angels of God ascending and descending	30:53
	upon the Son of Man."	30:57
	In Christ, God has access decisively	31:01
	to intrude into human life.	31:05
	In Christ, God has acted to connect heaven and earth	31:08
	and to call us forth to a new future of promise,	31:12
	and blessing and hope.	31:16
	The experience of God's intrusion into life is always	31:19
	unexpected and transformative.	31:23
	As Walter Brueggemann describes God's coming to Jacob,	31:25
	a non-place was transformed by the coming of God into	31:29
	a crucial place, and a non-crucial person who was	31:33
	exiled and threatened was transformed by the coming of God	31:35
	into a person crucial for the promise of God.	31:40
	An encounter with the God who intrudes is always unexpected,	31:44
	awe-inspiring, and life changing.	31:50
	I remember well a hotel room when I traveled	31:58
	as a sales person in the oil industry.	32:01
	I was in prayer one night as I had been other times,	32:04
	asking for all things that I wanted in life.	32:08
	And suddenly I knew that I was not alone.	32:12
	And suddenly what I ask for and what I wanted	32:17
	had been redefined.	32:22
	And in that moment for me, that hotel room,	32:25
	room 205 at the Ramada Inn, became a holy place.	32:29
	Margaret sat in the pew where she has sat	32:37
	for the last twenty years.	32:40
	Weekly worship was a comforting ritual,	32:42
	but she had learned not to expect very much.	32:45
	Then suddenly, something was different.	32:50
	She felt an almost tangible presence get hold of her,	32:54
	shattering her complacency.	32:59
	And for Margaret,	33:04
	that pew had become a holy place.	33:05
	John sat in the family room waiting to hear	33:13
	whether his son would live or die.	33:16
	And the assurance came to him,	33:20
	"I am with you."	33:23
	And for John, that waiting room	33:28
	became a holy place.	33:32
	As we come forward to receive communion	33:37
	in this holy place,	33:40
	let us remember that in Jesus Christ, heaven has	33:45
	come close to earth, and through the transforming	33:48
	power of God in Christ,	33:52
	anyplace can become a holy place.	33:54
	And when it does, we will know that surely the Lord	33:59
	was in this place, and we did not know it.	34:04
	And this is the house of God,	34:07
	and this is none other than the gate of heaven.	34:12
	Thanks be to God.	34:17
-	The Lord be with you.	34:39
Congregation	And also with you.	34:40
-	Let us pray.	34:42
	O Lord our God, you hear our prayers before we speak,	34:46
	and you answer our prayers before we know our needs.	34:51
	May your Holy Spirit pray in us, drawing us to you and	34:55
	toward our neighbors in this community and around the world.	35:00
	Lord, in your mercy,	35:04
Congregation	Hear our prayer.	35:06
-	We pray for all people whose lives have been changed	35:09
	forever by floods and drought and earthquakes and fire.	35:13
	May they, in the midst of these events that threaten to	35:19
	overwhelm, find you and be found by you,	35:22
	that they may be sustained.	35:27
	Lord, in your mercy,	35:30
Congregation	Hear our prayer.	35:32
-	We pray for all people who suffer pain of body,	35:35
	or struggle with demons of the mind.	35:39
	Who cry out aloud or who cry silently	35:42
	for healing and release.	35:46
	Grant healing where that is your will,	35:49
	and may you give to all your grace to sustain	35:52
	and to give courage and trust.	35:54
	Lord, in your mercy,	35:59
Congregation	Hear our prayer.	36:01
-	We pray for all people who are alone, or who are lonely.	36:04
	We pray for people whose tears flow for their loss.	36:08
	May those who are alone or lonely be remembered,	36:13
	and befriended, and know your care for them.	36:17
	And may those who know loss, be kept mindful	36:21
	of your promises in Jesus Christ.	36:24
	Lord, in your mercy,	36:27
Congregation	Hear our prayer.	36:29
-	We pray for peace in our world, in South Africa,	36:32
	and northern Ireland, and in Somalia and in Bosnia	36:38
	and India, and in this, our own country.	36:41
	Disarm our weapons, silence our guns, quiet the fear	36:45
	and extinguish the hate that smolders in our hearts.	36:50
	Lord, in your mercy,	36:55
Congregation	Hear our prayer.	36:57
-	We pray for your church that it may be lively and	37:00
	faithful and bold in it's mission.	37:03
	And we pray for Christian educators and for ministers, and	37:06
	for those who witness to Christ in ministries of service.	37:10
	Grant to your church and to these who serve within it,	37:14
	insights from your holy wisdom,	37:19
	and power from your Holy Spirit.	37:21
	Lord, in your mercy,	37:25
Congregation	Hear our prayer.	37:27
-	We pray for all who are named by Christ's name,	37:30
	and we pray for ourselves.	37:34
	May we all be strengthened in faith, sustained and heard,	37:37
	and made perfect in your love made known to us	37:42
	through Jesus Christ our Lord.	37:45
	Lord, in your mercy,	37:48
Congregation	Hear our prayer.	37:50
-	Holy Lord, you make yourself known to us in prayer,	37:52
	and in your Holy Word, and at this holy table.	37:57
	Help us to receive you in all your fullness, and grant us	38:02
	your grace that in the world, we might be good seed,	38:06
	growing toward the final harvest.	38:11
	We ask this in the name of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.	38:14
	Amen.	38:18
	Christ our Lord invites to His table all who love Him,	38:24
	and who desire to live in peace with one another.	38:27
	Let us stand and greet one another in the name of Christ,	38:31
	and offer to each other these words,	38:34
	"The peace of Christ be with you."	38:36
	(congregation members greeting each other)	38:39
-	Let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God.	38:58
	(soft organ music)	39:03
	(choir singing)	40:52
	(organ)	45:09
	♪ Praise God from Whom all blessing flow. ♪	45:19
	♪ Praise Him all creatures here below. ♪	45:24
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia. ♪	45:31
	♪ Praise Him above ye heav'nly host, ♪	45:39
	♪ Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. ♪	45:46
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ♪	45:53
-	Please join me in the great thanksgiving.	46:20
	The Lord be with you.	46:25
Congregation	And also with you.	46:26
-	Lift up your hearts.	46:28
Congregation	We lift them unto You.	46:29
-	Give thanks to the Lord our God.	46:31
Congregation	It is right to give Him thanks and praise.	46:33
-	It is right and a good and joyful thing, always,	46:37
	everywhere to give thanks to you, Father almighty,	46:39
	creator of heaven and earth.	46:42
	By your appointment the seasons come and go.	46:44
	You bring forth bread from the earth	46:47
	and create fruit from the vine.	46:49
	You made us in Your image, and gave us dominion	46:52
	over the world.	46:54
	Earth has yielded it's treasure and from Your hand	46:56
	we have received blessing.	46:59
	And so with your people on earth and all the company	47:01
	of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:	47:03
	♪ Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of pow'r and might; ♪	47:18
	♪ Heaven and earth are full of Your glory, ♪	47:29
	♪ Hosanna in the highest. ♪	47:35
	♪ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, ♪	47:40
	♪ Hosanna in the highest. ♪	47:47
-	Holy are You and blessed is Your Son Jesus Christ,	48:00
	though he was rich, for our sake he became poor.	48:02
	When hungry and tempted he refused to make bread for himself	48:08
	that he might be the bread of life for all.	48:10
	He broke bread with the outcast and drove the greedy	48:15
	from the temple.	48:18
	By a baptism of his suffering death and resurrection	48:20
	you gave birth to your church, and delivered us from	48:22
	slavery, sin and death.	48:25
	On the night in which he gave himself up for us,	48:28
	he took bread, gave thanks, broke the bread,	48:30
	gave it to his disciples, and said:	48:33
	"Take, eat; this is my body given for you.	48:35
	Do this in remembrance of me.	48:38
	And when the supper was over, he took the cup,	48:41
	gave thanks, gave it to his disciples, and said:	48:43
	"Drink from this, all of you;	48:46
	this is the blood of the new covenant,	48:47
	poured out for you and many for the forgiveness of sins.	48:49
	Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.	48:52
	In remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,	48:56
	we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving	49:00
	as a holy and living sacrifice,	49:02
	as we proclaim the mystery of faith.	49:04
	♪ Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again. ♪	49:15
	Pour out your Holy Spirit on us,	49:29
	and on these gifts of bread and wine.	49:30
	Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ,	49:33
	that we may be for the world the body of Christ.	49:35
	By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other,	49:39
	and one in ministry to all the world,	49:43
	until Christ comes in final victory	49:45
	and we feast at his heavenly banquet.	49:47
	Through your Son, Jesus Christ, and with the Holy Spirit	49:50
	and Your holy church, honor, glory is Yours,	49:53
	Almighty Father, now and forever.	49:56
	♪ Amen. ♪	50:05
-	Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name,	50:17
	thy kingdom come, thy will be done,	50:21
	on earth as it is in heaven.	50:23
	Give us this day our daily bread.	50:26
	And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those	50:28
	who trespass against us.	50:32
	Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.	50:33
	For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,	50:37
	for ever.	50:41
	Amen.	50:43
	Because there is one loaf, we many though we are,	50:44
	become one, for it is one loaf of which we all partake.	50:46
	When we break the bread is it not a means of sharing	50:50
	in the body of Christ.	50:53
	When we give thanks over the cup, is it not a means	50:55
	of sharing in the blood of Christ.	50:58
	Come to the Lord's table.	51:01
	(melodic organ music)	51:09
	(choir singing)	56:01
-	Most loving God, you have given us a share in the	1:00:44
	one bread and the one cup.	1:00:47
	And You make us one in Jesus Christ our Lord.	1:00:50
	Help us to bring Your salvation	1:00:53
	and Your joy to all the world.	1:00:56
	We ask this in the name of Christ our Lord.	1:00:59
	Amen.	1:01:02
	♪ Rejoice, O pure in heart, ♪	1:01:42
	♪ rejoice, give thanks, and sing; ♪	1:01:47
	♪ your festal banner wave on high, ♪	1:01:52
	♪ the cross of Christ your King. ♪	1:01:58
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks, and sing! ♪	1:02:04
	♪ Bright youth and snow-crowned age, ♪	1:02:17
	♪ both men and women, raise ♪	1:02:23
	♪ on high your free, exulting song, ♪	1:02:29
	♪ declare God's wondrous praise. ♪	1:02:35
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks, and sing! ♪	1:02:42
	♪ Still lift your standard high, ♪	1:02:55
	♪ still chanting as you go, ♪	1:03:02
	♪ from youth to age, by night and day, ♪	1:03:07
	♪ in gladness and in woe. ♪	1:03:13
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks, and sing! ♪	1:03:20
	♪ At last the march shall end; ♪	1:03:34
	♪ the wearied ones shall rest, ♪	1:03:40
	♪ the pilgrims reach their home at last, ♪	1:03:46
	♪ Jerusalem the blest. ♪	1:03:53
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks, and sing! ♪	1:03:59
	♪ Praise God, who reigns on high, the Lord whom we adore: ♪	1:04:15
	♪ the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God forevermore. ♪	1:04:27
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks, and sing! ♪	1:04:40
-	The grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,	1:04:57
	the love of God and the fellowship of Holy Spirit,	1:05:00
	be with you now and always.	1:05:03
	Amen.	1:05:07
	♪ Alleluia, amen. ♪	1:05:09
	(uplifting organ music)	1:05:22

Item Info

Title:

Debra K. Brazzel - Sermon Untitled (July 18, 1993)

Description:

Sermon start time: (Part 1) 16:49. Sermon end time: (Part 1) 34:20.
God is there all along, even if we do not recognize it initially. God also does not act in predictable or controllable ways, so we should always be open to the possibility of God’s presence. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “God refuses to be limited to holy places. We don’t always have access to holy places, but God always has access to us.”

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Date:

July 18, 1993

Speaker:

Brazzel, Debra K.

Liturgical Calendar:

Ordinary Time

Biblical Book:

Matthew

Chapter and Verse:

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

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Contributor:

Duke University. Chapel

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