Keeping the heart of the University listening to the heart of God

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1 DUKE UNIVERSITY CHAPEL Service of Worship Third Sunday of Easter April 6, 2008 Eleven o clock in the morning Keeping the heart of the University listening to the heart of God The Emmaus Wanderers, by Eric de Saussure, 1968 Today's sermon draws together two influences. The gospel of the day is the story of the risen Jesus meeting two forlorn disciples on the road to Emmaus, and being made known to them in the breaking of the bread. Meanwhile the Hope for Our World textile art exhibit adorns the nave of the Chapel. Today's worship seeks more specifically than usual to identify how the liberation brought by Jesus transforms conventional notions of the spiritual and the political, and thus brings true hope for our world.

2 DUKE UNIVERSITY CHAPEL Duke Chapel is a grand building, suitable for hosting major events in the life of the University and its members; it acts as a moderator for the diversity of religious identity and expression on campus; and it is a Christian church of an unusually interdenominational character, with a tradition of stirring music, preaching, and liturgy. We welcome you to our life of worship, learning, dialogue, and service. Box 90974, Durham, NC FOR WORSHIPERS & VISITORS Prayer requests may be placed in the prayer box located by the Memorial Chapel. Because of the Easter holiday, there will not be a tour of the Chapel after services today. Hearing assist units and a Braille hymnal are available at the attendant s desk at the entry way of the Chapel. See the Chapel attendant if you would like to use one of our large-print Bibles or hymnals for the worship service this morning. FOR FAMILIES & CHILDREN Children 4 and younger are welcome to visit the nursery (capacity limited), located in the Chapel basement, beginning at 10:50 a.m. each week. Pagers are available for parents to keep with them during worship. Parents needing a place to feed, quiet, or change infants are also welcome. Activity Bags are available at the rear of the Chapel for children 5 or younger. Please return the bags at the end of the service. Children s bulletins are available from the ushers. We invite you to consider joining the Congregation at Duke Chapel.The Congregation is an interdenominational church with a variety of vibrant ministries, including discipleship and spiritual formation (for children, youth, and adults), mission and outreach, and pastoral care. If you are interested in making Duke Chapel your home church, contact the Rev. Nancy Ferree-Clark at < STAFF OF DUKE UNIVERSITY CHAPEL The Rev. Canon Dr. Samuel Wells Dean of the Chapel Student Ministry and Chapel Worship The Rev. Craig Kocher Associate Dean of the Chapel and Director of Religious Life The Rev. Meghan Feldmeyer Director of Worship The Rev. Patrick Thompson Director of Black Campus Ministries Ms. Mollie Keel Chapel Events Coordinator and Wedding Coordinator Chapel Music Dr. Rodney Wynkoop Director of Chapel Music Dr. Robert Parkins University Organist Dr. David Arcus Chapel Organist and Associate University Organist Dr. Allan Friedman Assistant Conductor and Administrative Coordinator of Chapel Music Mr. John Santoianni Curator of Organs and Harpsichords Mr. J. Samuel Hammond University Carillonneur Ms. Meredith Hawley Administrative Secretary for Chapel Music Community Engagement The Rev. Gaston Warner Director of University and Community Relations The Rev. Abby Kocher Community Minister Ms. Mandie Sellars Manager of Chapel Communications Ms. Layne Baker Visitor and University Relations Specialist PathWays Program The Rev. Keith Daniel Director of Duke Chapel PathWays Ms. Becky Smith Staff Assistant to PathWays Chapel Administration Ms. Lucy Worth Director of Development and Administration Ms. Emily Wilson-Hauger Staff Assistant to the Deans and Faith Council Coordinator Ms. Bonnie McWilliams Staff Assistant to the Director of Development and Administration Mr. Oscar Dantzler and Mr. William Earl Housekeepers Staff of the Congregation at Duke University Chapel The Rev. Nancy Ferree-Clark Pastor Ms. Elizabeth Clift Director of Children s Ministry Mr. McKennon Shea Director of Youth Ministry

3 At the close of today s service, the Lord s Supper will be celebrated in the Memorial Chapel, located to the left of the chancel. Immediately following the Lord s Supper, a Service of Healing will be held in the Memorial Chapel. The service consists of prayers for healing and wholeness, with anointing and laying on of hands. All are invited. GATHERING CARILLON The congregation is asked to remain silent during the prelude as a time of prayer and meditation. ORGAN PRELUDE Four Versets from the Gloria (Mass, 1699) Nicolas de Grigny ( ) Et in terra Pax à 5 Fugue Récit de Tierce en taille Dialogue GREETING *PROCESSIONAL HYMN 324 Hail Thee, Festival Day : Hail thee, festival day! Blest day to be hallowed forever; day when our Lord was raised, breaking the kingdom of death. SALVE FESTA DIES All the fair beauty of earth, from the death of the winter arising! Every good gift of the year now with its Master returns: Rise from the grave now, O Lord, the author of life and creation. Treading the pathway of death, new life you give to us all: God the Almighty, the Lord, the ruler of earth and the heavens, Guard us from harm without: cleanse us from evil within: Jesus, the health of the world, enlighten our minds, Great Redeemer, Son of the Father supreme, only begotten of God. Spirit of life and of power, now flow in us, fount of our being, light that enlightens us all, life that in all may abide: Praise to the giver of good! O lover and author of concord, pour out your balm on our days; order our ways in your peace.

4 *PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND WORDS OF ASSURANCE (in unison) The minister offers words of confession in three biddings, to which the congregation responds as follows: Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. The minister speaks words of assurance. *PEACE (All exchange signs and words of God s peace.) PROCLAMATION PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION (in unison) Risen Christ, you filled your disciples with boldness and fresh hope: as we hear your word today, strengthen us to proclaim your risen life and fill us with your peace, to the glory of God the Father. Amen. FIRST LESSON Acts 2:14a, (page in the pew Bible) Lector: This is the word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. ANTHEM O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem Herbert Howells ( ) O pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls and plenteousness within thy palaces. Psalm 122:6-7 SECOND LESSON 1 Peter 1:17-23 (pages ) Lector: This is the word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. *GRADUAL HYMN 309 (stanzas 1-3) On the Day of Resurrection (All turn to face the Gospel Procession.) *GOSPEL LESSON Luke 24:13-35 (page 84) Lector: This is the word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. *GRADUAL HYMN 309 (stanzas 4-6) On the Day of Resurrection EMMAUS EMMAUS

5 SERMON Food is Politics RESPONSE *THE APOSTLES CREED I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. MISSION ANNOUNCEMENT CALL TO PRAYER Minister: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Minister: Let us pray. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE (The congregation responds to each petition: Hear our prayer. ) OFFERTORY ANTHEM Nation Shall Not Lift Up a Sword Against Nation (from Dona nobis pacem) Ralph Vaughan Williams ( ) Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. And none shall make them afraid, neither shall the sword go through their land. Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will go into them. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled; and let them hear, and say, it is truth. And it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see my glory. And I will set a sign among them, and they shall declare my glory among the nations. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, so shall your seed and your name remain for ever. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men. Adapted from Micah 4:3, Leviticus 26:6, Psalms 85: 10 and 118:19, Isaiah 43:9 and 66:18-22, Luke 2:14

6 *DOXOLOGY Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Alleluia, Alleluia! Praise God above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. LASST UNS ERFREUEN THANKSGIVING This morning we give thanks for the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. We celebrate the way they shape the imaginations of students in the ordering of public space and the questions of sustainable development. A representative brings a hard hat to the altar. In Durham, we lift up those volunteers within our community who work to help recently released prisoners adjust to newly directed life. A representative brings a photo of the Duke Chapel reconciliation and reentry team to the altar. *PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING *THE LORD S PRAYER (number 895 in the hymnal) SENDING FORTH *BENEDICTION *RECESSIONAL HYMN 308 Thine Be the Glory JUDAS MACCABEUS *CHORAL BLESSING God Be in My Head John Rutter (b. 1945) God be in my head and in my understanding. God be in mine eyes and in my looking. God be in my mouth and in my speaking. God be in my heart and in my thinking. God be at my end and in my departing. POSTLUDE Tocata IV Juan Cabanilles ( ) CARILLON MUSIC *All who are able may stand. FOLLOW-UP TO TODAY S SERMON If you would like to pursue further some of the possibilities of good eating addressed in today s sermon, you may wish to visit a new part of the Chapel s website where you will find relevant suggestions and addresses.

7 Presiding Ministers Preacher Lectors Choral Director Soloist Organists Guest Musicians Head Ushers Presiding Minister in Memorial Chapel MINISTRY OF WORSHIP The Rev. Nancy Ferree-Clark The Rev. Craig Kocher The Rev. Canon Dr. Samuel Wells Ms. Christina Booth Trinity 10 Mr. Bruce Reaves Trinity 10 Dr. Rodney Wynkoop Ms. Patty Phillips Dr. Robert Parkins Dr. David Arcus Amalgam Brass and Percussion Ensemble Dr. James Ferguson, Jr., and Ms. Sara Brandt The Rev. Meghan Feldmeyer THIS WEEK AT DUKE CHAPEL SUNDAY NIGHT WORSHIP - No Sunday Night Worship tonight MORNING PRAYER - Weekdays at 8:15 a.m. in the Memorial Chapel COMMUNION AND HEALING - Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel CHORAL VESPERS - Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. in the Chancel THE CONGREGATION AT DUKE UNIVERSITY CHAPEL The following Congregation opportunities are open to all. SECOND SUNDAY COFFEE HOUR Join congregation members for coffee and fellowship in the Chapel kitchen on April 13 at 9:45 a.m. There will be no Adult Forum on April 13. GRADUATE STUDENTS/YOUNG ADULTS The Student Outreach Committee will host its final luncheon of the semester next Sunday following worship in the Chapel basement. It is a perfect opportunity for good food and great Christian fellowship. Please join us. READING THE BIBLE THROUGH AGRARIAN EYES On Sunday, April 13, Dr. Ellen Davis, Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School, will present a talk titled Reading the Bible Through Agrarian Eyes in room 0012 Westbrook Building at 1:00 p.m. At 12:30 p.m. a simple meal will be shared by all participants at no cost. Dr. Davis will explore the themes of land, creation, and stewardship. This event is sponsored by the Environmental Stewardship Committee, and all are invited.

8 DUKE VESPERS ENSEMBLE CONCERT Today at 4:00 p.m., the Duke Vespers Ensemble will be presenting their spring concert, conducted by Dr. Allan Friedman. William Byrd s powerful Mass for Four Voices and motets by Schütz, Lasso, and Palestrina will be featured. Free admission. CHAPEL ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY S FLOWERS The flowers for today s worship service are provided by the Erlenbach Family Trust for the glory of God. TODAY S OFFERING Today s mission of the month offering will go to the Reconciliation and Reentry Ministry. The Reconciliation and Reentry Ministry is a covenantal partnership between individuals recently released from prison and congregational faith teams of 5-10 members who join with former prisoners reconnecting to their communities. Since 2004, faith teams representing sixteen congregations throughout Durham have partnered with twenty-one prisoners. Duke Chapel currently sponsors a team. Please contact the Rev. Abby Kocher for more information at abby.kocher@duke.edu or WHAT DO RELIGIONS HAVE TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER? On April 8, 2008, a 7:30 p.m., all are invited to panel discussion entitled Living Faiths: What Do Religions Have to Learn from Each Other? at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life. The panel will include three religious leaders, W. Deen Mohammed, an American Muslim leader and director of The Mosque Cares, Peter Ochs, professor of modern Judaic studies at the University of Virginia, and Ronald Sider, professor at Palmer Theological Seminary and founder of Evangelicals for Social Action. The discussion will be moderated by Duke Chapel Dean Sam Wells. Following the discussion there will be break-out groups with each of the speakers. DEANS DIALOGUE The Deans' Dialogue series continues with Duke Chapel Dean Sam Wells in conversation with Dr. David Levi, Dean of the Duke School of Law, on Wednesday, April 9, in Room 3041 of the Law School. Wells and Levi will discuss the question: "What would you do with $100 million?" The noon event is free and the public is invited to attend. 75 YEARS OF WEDDINGS AT DUKE CHAPEL On Friday, April 11, from 11:30-1:00 p.m., the Chapel will celebrate seventy-five years of weddings. The service will include a recital of select wedding music by Chapel organist, David Arcus, as well as an opportunity to view photos of the many Chapel weddings from Light refreshments will be served. All are invited to attend. A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT WORSHIP ON MAY 11 Sunday May 11 is Duke s graduation weekend, and the Chapel will not be worshipping at its regular 11:00 a.m. time. Instead, the worship service will be at 5:00 p.m. It is Pentecost Sunday, which will be marked with a colorful procession, baptisms, and confirmation of youth from the Congregation. The Rev. Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister at Harvard, will be preaching.

9 The Duke Chapel Choir, The Choral Society of Durham, The Duke Chorale, with the Durham Children's Choir with orchestra Rodney Wynkoop, conductor Esther Hardenbergh, soprano William Hite, tenor Christopheren Nomura, baritone Saturday, April 19 at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 20 at 4:00 p.m. Duke University Chapel Admission: $20 adults, free for full-tme Duke students For tickets, call or visit tickets.duke.edu The War Requiem was written for the 1962 consecration of the new cathedral in Coventry, replacing the one destroyed by bombing raids during World War II. Britten, who was a pacifist, brought together in this piece chilling World War I poetry by Wilfred Owen and the words of the Requiem Mass for the Dead. Conductor Rodney Wynkoop says, Heard in conjunction with each other, these powerful texts decry the brutality of war even while lamenting and offering prayers on behalf of those whose lives have been sacrificed in war. In addition to the concerts, the Chapel will be sponsoring several lectures during the week leading up to the concert: An Evening with Wilfred Owen: Life and Poetry Dr. George D. Gopen, Professor of the Practice of Rhetoric, Duke University Tuesday, April 15, 6:00 p.m., 0016 Westbrook Building Britten and Pacifism Dr. Philip Rupprecht, Assc. Professor of Music, Duke University Friday, April 18, 4:00 p.m., Biddle Music Building, Room 104 War and Reconciliation The Rev. Dr. Justin Welby, former Sub-Dean and Canon for Reconciliation Ministry, Coventry Cathedral Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19 at 6:00 pm, 0016 Westbrook Building