Nancy Ferree-Clark - "In Search of a Roundtable" (June 16, 1985)

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	(lively organ music)	0:03
-	Grace and peace to you	16:22
	in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.	16:23
	We welcome you to this hour of worship	16:26
	at Duke University Chapel	16:28
	and trust that you can be with us again very soon.	16:30
	We extend especially warm greetings	16:33
	to all of the fathers in our congregation today,	16:35
	wishing you a very happy Father's Day.	16:38
	I would draw your attention to the announcements	16:41
	as they are printed in the bulletin.	16:43
	One additional announcement is that tomorrow	16:46
	at 12 o'clock noon,	16:48
	a vigil will be held at the downtown post office	16:50
	in opposition to Apartheid in South Africa.	16:54
	We would also remind you	16:58
	that the service of holy communion	16:59
	will be celebrated in the memorial chapel	17:01
	immediately after the service this morning.	17:04
	And now let us prepare ourselves to worship God.	17:07
	♪ Surely the Lord is in this place ♪	17:15
	♪ For it is none other ♪	17:23
	♪ Than the house of God ♪	17:29
	♪ And this is the gate of heaven ♪	17:36
	(lively organ and choral music)	17:52
-	Let us pray.	21:25
	Oh mighty God,	21:27
	to you our hearts are open,	21:28
	all desires known,	21:31
	and from you, no secrets are hid.	21:33
	Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts	21:36
	by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit	21:38
	that we may perfectly love you	21:41
	and worthily praise your holy name	21:44
	through Christ our Lord, amen.	21:46
-	Let us pray.	22:06
	Open our hearts and minds oh God	22:09
	by the power of your Holy Spirit	22:12
	so that as the word is read	22:15
	we might hear with joy	22:19
	what you say to us this day, amen.	22:21
	The first lesson is taken from the second book of Samuel.	22:26
	After the death of Saul when David had returned	22:31
	from the slaughter of the Amalekites,	22:35
	David remained two days in Ziklag.	22:38
	And David lamented with this lamentation	22:42
	over Saul and Jonathan his son.	22:46
	And he said it should be taught to the people of Judah.	22:49
	Behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.	22:53
	He said, thy glory oh Israel	22:56
	is slain upon thy high places.	23:00
	How are the mighty fallen?	23:03
	Tell it not in Gath,	23:06
	publish it not in the streets of Askelon	23:08
	lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,	23:11
	lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exalt.	23:15
	Ye mountains of Gilboa,	23:20
	let there be no dew or rain upon you,	23:22
	nor upsurging of the deep.	23:25
	For there the shield of the mighty was defiled.	23:28
	The shield of Saul not anointed with oil.	23:32
	From the blood of the slain,	23:36
	from the fat of the mighty,	23:38
	the bow of Jonathan turned not back.	23:40
	And the sword of Saul returned not empty.	23:44
	Saul and Jonathan be loved and lovely.	23:48
	In life, in death, they were not divided.	23:51
	They were swifter than eagles.	23:56
	They were stronger than lions.	23:58
	Ye daughters of Israel,	24:02
	weep over Saul who clothed you daintily in scarlet,	24:04
	who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.	24:09
	How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle.	24:13
	Jonathan lies slain upon thy high places.	24:18
	I am distressed for you my brother Jonathan.	24:22
	Very pleasant have you been to me.	24:26
	Your love to me was wonderful	24:29
	passing the love of women.	24:32
	How are the mighty fallen	24:34
	and the weapons of war perished.	24:36
	This ends the reading of the first lesson.	24:39
	(energetic organ and choral music)	24:44
	The second lesson is taken from Paul's letter	28:43
	to the Corinthians.	28:46
	So we are always of good courage.	28:49
	We know that while we are at home in the body,	28:51
	we are away from the Lord.	28:55
	For we walk by faith, not by sight.	28:57
	We are of good courage	29:01
	and we would rather be away from the body	29:03
	and at home with the Lord.	29:06
	So whether we are at home or away,	29:08
	we make it our aim to please him	29:11
	for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ	29:14
	so that each one may receive good or evil	29:19
	according to what he has done in the body.	29:22
	For the love of Christ controls us	29:26
	because we are convinced that one has died for all.	29:29
	Therefore all have died.	29:33
	And he died for all	29:36
	that those who live might live no longer for themselves	29:39
	but for him	29:44
	who for their sake died and was raised.	29:46
	From now on therefore,	29:50
	we regard no one from a human point of view,	29:52
	even though we once regarded Christ	29:56
	from a human point of view.	29:58
	We regard him thus no longer.	30:00
	Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,	30:04
	he is a new creation.	30:07
	The old has passed away.	30:09
	Behold, the new has come.	30:11
	(light choral music)	30:46
-	A reading from the gospel according to Saint Mark.	36:05
	And Jesus said,	36:11
	the kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed	36:14
	upon the ground	36:18
	and should sleep and rise night and day,	36:20
	and the seed should sprout and grow.	36:24
	He knows not how.	36:27
	The earth produces of itself first the blade,	36:30
	then the ear,	36:34
	then the full grain in the ear.	36:36
	But when the grain is ripe,	36:39
	at once, he puts in the sickle	36:41
	because the harvest has come.	36:44
	And he said,	36:47
	with what can we compare the kingdom of God,	36:49
	or what parable shall we use for it?	36:52
	It is like a grain of mustard seed	36:57
	which when sown upon the ground	37:00
	is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.	37:02
	Yet when it is sown,	37:06
	it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs	37:07
	and puts forth large branches	37:12
	so that the birds of the air can make nest in its shade.	37:15
	With many such parables he spoke the word to them	37:21
	as they were able to hear it.	37:24
	He did not speak to them without a parable.	37:27
	But privately to his own disciples,	37:30
	he explained everything.	37:34
	Here ends the reading of the gospel.	37:37
	It seems like it's usually right about this time of year	37:45
	that we find ourselves dusting off the picnic paraphernalia	37:50
	ready to strike out for the annual family reunion.	37:55
	Carrying boxes and baskets packed to the brim	37:59
	with country ham biscuits,	38:02
	deviled eggs,	38:05
	and old family recipes.	38:06
	Some of us head for the beach.	38:09
	Some of us to the church grounds.	38:11
	Some of us to the old home place	38:14
	to commune with the kin folks, rain or shine.	38:16
	It's usually a matter of tradition	38:21
	that determines where this familial convention will be held,	38:23
	how long it will last,	38:27
	what the agenda will be,	38:29
	and exactly who will be there.	38:31
	If for instance you happen to come	38:34
	from a small town in the south,	38:36
	chances are the entire town will be invited,	38:38
	usually because they really are related to one another.	38:42
	Of course, the food provides	38:46
	much of the incentive for gathering.	38:48
	On what other occasion does overindulgence	38:51
	seem so forgivable?	38:53
	Yet it's not just the sharing of the food	38:55
	but the sharing of stories	38:59
	that makes it all so memorable.	39:01
	Whether by reviewing old family movies,	39:05
	which if we've seen once, we've seen a thousand times,	39:07
	or by retelling familiar tales under a shade tree,	39:10
	a family remembers who they are in such a gathering.	39:15
	Even as stories of new birth	39:21
	are intertwined with those of grief and loss	39:23
	year in and year out.	39:27
	The act of simply coming together	39:30
	is a renewing one for many families.	39:33
	In a similar vein,	39:37
	I believe that our gathering on Sunday morning	39:38
	has a related function.	39:41
	As Christians assembled in this place	39:43
	from around the community, the country,	39:45
	and even from around the world,	39:47
	we gather to remember who we are	39:50
	in the most profound sense.	39:52
	A forgiven people	39:56
	reconciled to God and to one another,	39:58
	here to glorify God and to thank God.	40:01
	But unlike the kind of remembering	40:05
	we associate with looking back wistfully	40:08
	on the good ole days at a family reunion,	40:10
	the memory we lift up,	40:13
	specifically as Christians,	40:15
	points us toward the future,	40:18
	not simply toward the past.	40:20
	Saint Paul reminds us in today's epistle lesson,	40:23
	Christ died for all	40:27
	that those who live might live no longer for themselves,	40:30
	but for him who for their sake died and was raised.	40:34
	Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,	40:39
	he or she is a new creation.	40:43
	As the gathered body of Christ,	40:49
	we are called this morning	40:50
	to reflect both on the newness	40:53
	and the creativity of Christ,	40:55
	and to embody what we see,	40:58
	not just to acknowledge or to affirm it.	41:01
	Now this we know can be very difficult.	41:04
	For as creatures of habit,	41:06
	most of us find comfort in routine and sameness.	41:08
	Certainly not in newness and change.	41:12
	But there are those times when the end result	41:16
	makes change worth the temporary threat it can pose.	41:18
	Hopefully we all have a few such stories in our repertoire.	41:23
	I find that as a clergywoman,	41:28
	my presence in certain situations	41:31
	provokes reactions to the changes	41:33
	that increasing members of women in ministry	41:35
	represents within the church.	41:39
	As an example,	41:41
	for my first year out of seminary,	41:44
	I worked as a hospital chaplain	41:45
	where evening on-call responsibilities	41:48
	were always a source of unexpected occurrences.	41:50
	It had been a fairly slow evening compared to some.	41:55
	Only four or five calls.	41:58
	When one of the nurses asked me to check in	42:01
	on a patient scheduled for surgery the next day.	42:03
	She explained that he was facing a serious back operation	42:07
	and that his anxiety was about to get the best of him.	42:11
	But you might want to tread lightly at first,	42:16
	she forewarned me,	42:18
	he's a minister.	42:19
	Not knowing exactly what to make of that comment,	42:22
	I knocked on the door and I heard a faint, come in.	42:24
	I entered the room intending to stay	42:29
	for only a few minutes	42:31
	and introduced myself as the chaplain on-call	42:33
	and asked if I could be of any assistance.	42:36
	No sooner were the words out of my mouth	42:39
	than the patient, back problems notwithstanding,	42:41
	sat straight up in his bed to respond,	42:45
	I beg your pardon?	42:47
	I'm the hospital chaplain	42:50
	and I understand you're having surgery tomorrow,	42:52
	my anxieties and defenses already coming to the fore.	42:55
	What ensued from that point forward	42:59
	was an enlightening study for me	43:02
	in what I now call	43:04
	watching the patient's anxiety decrease	43:06
	as the chaplain's anxiety increases.	43:08
	(congregation laughing)	43:11
	For I had never been quizzed so aggressively	43:13
	about the legitimacy of my call into the ministry	43:16
	outside my own ordination exams.	43:19
	We covered everything,	43:22
	from the biblical basis, or lack thereof,	43:23
	for the ordination of women.	43:27
	To my own understanding of how God calls a person,	43:29
	male or female, into the ministry.	43:32
	Well, after a half hour or so of this type of interrogation,	43:35
	the patient chose to move on to other things,	43:39
	including his own tearful confession of shame and regret	43:42
	over having pushed himself	43:46
	to the point of physical breakdown	43:49
	while preaching 11 straight weeks of revival	43:51
	as he felt more and more distant from God	43:55
	the entire time.	43:57
	He asked if we could have a time of prayer, which we did.	43:59
	Afterwards, he looked at me and he said,	44:03
	I'm happy to be reminded God is not through with me yet.	44:07
	Young lady, up until this very hour,	44:12
	I had done everything within my power	44:14
	to oppose ordaining the likes of you.	44:16
	And here I am confessing my sins,	44:19
	something I never did in front of anybody before.	44:22
	The Lord has used you in a mighty way	44:26
	to touch a broken man like me.	44:28
	Would you be willing to appear on my radio talk show	44:31
	back in West Virginia?	44:35
	Well to have only been ordained for three months,	44:38
	I decided I couldn't be doing	44:40
	as many things wrong as my supervisors were telling me.	44:42
	But far more significant,	44:46
	I was made aware in this instance	44:48
	of the surprising and the powerful ways	44:51
	in which God enables us to connect	44:54
	across the widest chasms in this new creation,	44:56
	both with God and with one another.	45:00
	It is in this connection of love and reconciliation	45:04
	that healing and forgiveness can occur.	45:07
	Not just in the past, but in the present,	45:10
	where newness becomes not a threatening reality,	45:14
	but a life-giving one.	45:18
	Are we willing to be made new creatures	45:21
	through God's love again, and again, and again?	45:24
	It isn't only newness however	45:32
	that touches all of our anxieties	45:34
	and makes us all a little nervous.	45:36
	The whole notion of creating, or being creative,	45:38
	so basic to God's own nature,	45:42
	conjures up for many people	45:45
	the images of frivolity or tip-toeing through the tulips.	45:46
	This is not the sense in which I'm referring to our part	45:51
	in the new creation.	45:54
	Creativity is a way of life,	45:56
	Jesus himself being the master exemplar,	46:00
	that considers birthing to be holy,	46:03
	and puts trusting ahead of controlling,	46:07
	fruitfulness ahead of passivity,	46:10
	reconciliation ahead of separation,	46:14
	celebration and thanksgiving ahead of skepticism	46:18
	and defensiveness.	46:21
	Creativity is a form of discipline	46:23
	which makes demands on one's self and one's potential.	46:26
	There is no birth without labor.	46:30
	But it is also the most fulfilling way of life.	46:33
	And as Jesus demonstrated,	46:36
	the pain of birthing has transcended	46:38
	when the ecstasy of birthing is so great.	46:40
	Jesus pointed out time and again	46:45
	that trust is the essential component of faith	46:48
	in this new creation.	46:51
	A willingness to let go of the old	46:54
	in order to bring forth the new.	46:56
	Often to meet with God's mysterious intervention	46:59
	in the form of paradox, surprise, even humor.	47:02
	Sarah laughed to hear that she would become	47:07
	the mother of nations.	47:10
	And I've often wondered about Mary's reaction	47:12
	when Gabriel announced the Messiah's birth.	47:14
	Where would we be today	47:17
	without her willingness to trust in God	47:18
	to make good on his promises,	47:21
	to birth the new creation through her own womb?	47:23
	Mary, through her example of discipleship,	47:28
	even if under unlikely circumstances,	47:31
	lasting all the way from the stable to the early church	47:34
	shows us the way to the new creation,	47:38
	entrusting, and birthing,	47:40
	and answering God's call.	47:43
	Whereas God made the first creation in solitude,	47:46
	God now creates in partnership with Christ,	47:50
	with the Holy Spirit,	47:54
	and with humankind in this new creation.	47:56
	As co-creators with God through Christ,	48:00
	we the church, like Mary,	48:03
	have been entrusted by God with.	48:06

-	the ability to create.	0:03
	In our gospel lesson this morning,	0:06
	we heard a reading of the Parable of the Mustard Seed.	0:09
	Here, we see Christ, the storyteller par excellence,	0:13
	utilizing His creativity	0:18
	while trusting His listeners to use their own.	0:19
	In a non-elitist manner of teaching,	0:23
	which is rooted not so much	0:26
	in the authority of the teacher,	0:28
	as in the experience of the listener.	0:30
	Jesus called His followers	0:33
	to make connections between the Kingdom of God	0:35
	and their own world.	0:38
	The paradoxical image of a tiny mustard seed	0:41
	which grows into a shrub large enough	0:44
	that the birds of the air can make it a nesting place,	0:46
	must've caused a ripple of laughter among His listeners.	0:50
	But what more appropriate way	0:54
	to tell about the Kingdom of God	0:55
	than through the use of humor?	0:57
	A way of life so new as to transcend	0:59
	all the old categories for describing faith.	1:02
	As Schopenhauer, the German philosopher,	1:06
	said, "Laughter is the sudden perception of incongruity	1:08
	"between our ideals and the actualities that are before us."	1:13
	Why do we chuckle at a minister	1:18
	that stands up too early in the service?	1:20
	At the idea of the Archbishop of Canterbury	1:23
	slipping on a banana peel?	1:25
	Or of an uninvited four-legged creature	1:28
	joining the processional into Duke Chapel?	1:30
	Which reportedly did happen	1:33
	in the days before air conditioning.	1:35
	We keep hoping to elevate the holy to a place	1:37
	far beyond our earthly habitat.	1:40
	Yet, God has revealed to us that	1:44
	the Kingdom of Heaven is a place	1:46
	where royalty are the poor,	1:48
	where grown men and women become as children,	1:52
	where enemies become best friends,	1:55
	where holiness is hospitality,	1:59
	both human and divine,	2:01
	right in our very own midst.	2:03
	God's joke is on us	2:07
	but He explains the punchline ahead of time.	2:09
	God loves us in spite of ourselves.	2:13
	The essence of paradox as well as humor and creativity	2:17
	is that of making a connection.	2:22
	And Jesus did everything He could	2:24
	to help us make a connection	2:26
	to the One who made us,	2:28
	even unto death on a cross.	2:30
	It's not the image of a tiny seed	2:33
	which grows into a shrub large enough	2:36
	to provide all the birds of the air with a nesting place.	2:38
	An apt description of the unlikely,	2:43
	yet absolutely miraculous,	2:46
	connections within this new creation.	2:48
	Breaking down the barriers	2:51
	that formerly divided the world into us and them.	2:53
	Christ reveals God's truly creative power	2:57
	as that of reconciliation.	3:00
	The connection has been made once and for all	3:03
	through Christ between God and the people of God.	3:06
	Clearly, the old paradigms have passed away.	3:12
	Behold trusting, birthing, reconciling in love.	3:15
	All herald the inbreaking of this new creation.	3:20
	An American poet by the name of Chuck Lathrop	3:26
	successfully captures this holistic image	3:29
	of the new creation and what it means for the Church	3:31
	in a poem entitled, In Search of a Round Table.	3:35
	Concerning the why and what and how and who of ministry,	3:41
	one image keeps surfacing.	3:46
	A table that is round.	3:49
	It will take some sawing to be round-tabled,	3:52
	some redefining and redesigning.	3:57
	Such redoing and rebirthing of narrow, long Churching	4:00
	can painful be for people and tables.	4:05
	But so was the cross.	4:10
	A painful too table of giving and yes.	4:12
	And from such death comes life.	4:18
	From such dying comes rising.	4:20
	In search of round tabling.	4:23
	Our mutual search for round table	4:27
	brings us together this morning	4:30
	specifically in the celebration of Holy Communion.	4:32
	It is here that we encounter the hospitality of God,	4:36
	the great lover of banquets,	4:40
	and servant of humankind	4:42
	as she receives us, nurtures us,	4:45
	and envelops us in an all-embracing love.	4:48
	A nesting place for all who will come.	4:52
	A family reunion for all times.	4:56
	Here, we learn to be guest	4:59
	in order that we may become host and hostesses in the world.	5:01
	For as God is both host and guest to us	5:07
	in the incarnation,	5:10
	so we, as God's guest,	5:12
	are called to embody God's hospitality.	5:14
	Going forth in the world to love and to be loved.	5:17
	Sowing seeds of justice and peace,	5:22
	nurturing them to fullness of growth.	5:25
	And how do we respond to such a feast of blessings	5:29
	as those that God has spread before us?	5:32
	By praying the deepest prayer there is: Thank you.	5:36
	By being still with God's gifts.	5:41
	By savoring it for all it's worth to us and all humanity.	5:44
	The poet Lathrop continues in search of a round table.	5:52
	For God has called a people,	5:57
	not them and us.	6:00
	And all are invited to wholeness and to food.	6:02
	Round tabling means being with,	6:07
	a part of, together, and one.	6:10
	It means room for the Spirit,	6:15
	and gifts, and disturbing, profound peace for all.	6:18
	And it is we in the present who are mixing	6:24
	and kneading the dough for the future.	6:27
	We can no longer prepare for the past.	6:30
	I invite you to celebrate with joy this day,	6:36
	the new creation which is our home.	6:40
	Gathering at the round table of Christ	6:43
	which nurtures and sustains us through all things,	6:45
	even the powers of sin and death.	6:49
	We remember the past	6:52
	as we prepare for the surprising future.	6:54
	The old has passed away.	6:58
	Behold, the new has come!	7:01
	Thanks be to God.	7:06
	(dramatic organ music)	7:16
	(congregation singing a hymn)	7:54
	(dramatic violin and organ music)	9:15
	(congregation singing a hymn)	9:20
-	Let us confess our faith	9:48
	in the words of the Apostle's Creed.	10:46
	I believe in God, the Father Almighty,	10:51
	maker of heaven and earth.	10:55
	And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord	10:57
	who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,	11:01
	born of the Virgin Mary,	11:04
	suffered under Pontius Pilate.	11:06
	Was crucified, dead, and buried.	11:09
	The third day, He rose from the dead.	11:12
	He ascended into heaven	11:15
	and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.	11:17
	From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.	11:21
	I believe in the Holy Spirit,	11:25
	the holy Catholic Church,	11:28
	the communion of saints,	11:30
	the forgiveness of sins,	11:32
	the resurrection of the body,	11:34
	and the life everlasting, amen.	11:36
	The Lord be with you.	11:41
-	And also with you.	11:42
-	Let us pray.	11:44
	(congregation shuffling)	11:46
	Almighty and ever living God,	11:54
	who in Your holy Word has taught us	11:56
	to make prayers and supplications,	12:00
	and to give thanks for all people,	12:03
	receive these, our prayers, which we offer.	12:06
	Pray that You will inspire continually	12:11
	the Universal Church with the Spirit of truth,	12:14
	unity, and concord.	12:18
	And grant that all those who confess Your holy name,	12:22
	may agree in the truth of your holy Word	12:26
	and live in unity and godly love.	12:29
	Give grace, O Heavenly Father, to all ministers.	12:34
	That they may, by their life and doctrine,	12:38
	set forth Your true and living Word.	12:41
	And rightly and duly administer Your holy sacraments.	12:44
	And to all Your people, give Your heavenly grace	12:50
	and especially to this congregation.	12:54
	That with meek heart and due reverence	12:57
	we may hear and receive Your holy Word.	12:59
	Truly serving You in holiness and righteousness	13:03
	all the days of our lives.	13:06
	We pray You also to rule the hearts of those	13:11
	that bear the authority of government	13:14
	in this and every land.	13:16
	That they may be lead to wise decisions and right actions	13:19
	for the welfare and peace of the world.	13:23
	Open, O Lord, the eyes of all people	13:28
	to behold Your gracious hand in all Your works.	13:31
	That rejoicing in Your whole creation,	13:35
	they may honor You with their substance	13:37
	and be faithful stewards of your bounty.	13:40
	And we pray You of Your goodness, O Lord,	13:46
	to comfort all those who in this transitory life are in	13:48
	trouble, sorrow, need, sickness,	13:52
	or any other adversity.	13:57
	And we bless Your holy name,	14:04
	for all Your servants departed this life	14:05
	in Your faith and fear.	14:08
	Pray that You will grant them continual growth	14:11
	in Your love and service.	14:14
	And to give us grace to follow	14:16
	the good example of all Your saints.	14:18
	That with them, we may be partakers	14:21
	of Your heavenly kingdom.	14:24
	Grant these our prayers, O Father,	14:27
	for Jesus Christ sake.	14:30
	Our only mediator and advocate.	14:33
	Amen.	14:37
	Let us with gladness present the offerings and oblations	14:40
	of our life and labor unto the Lord.	14:44
	(mournful organ music)	15:07
	(choir singing a reverent song)	16:17
	(dramatic organ music)	19:12
	♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪	20:26
	♪ Praise Him all creatures here below ♪	20:31
	♪ Alleluia ♪	20:37
	♪ Alleluia ♪	20:41
	♪ Praise Him above, ye heavenly host ♪	20:45
	♪ Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ♪	20:52
	♪ Alleluia ♪	20:58
	♪ Alleluia ♪	21:02
	♪ Alleluia ♪	21:05
	♪ Alleluia ♪	21:08
	♪ Alleluia ♪	21:12
	♪ Amen ♪	21:20
-	Let us pray.	21:31
	Almighty God, Father of all mercies,	21:34
	we give You humble and hearty thanks	21:38
	for all Your goodness and loving kindness	21:40
	to us and to all whom You have made.	21:43
	We bless You for our creation,	21:47
	preservation, and all the blessings of this life.	21:49
	But above all, for Your immeasurable love	21:54
	and the redemption of the world	21:56
	by our Lord Jesus Christ.	21:58
	For the means of grace and for the hope of glory.	22:01
	And we pray You give us a due sense	22:05
	of all Your mercies.	22:08
	That our hearts may be truly thankful.	22:10
	And that we show forth Your praise,	22:13
	not only with our lips,	22:15
	but in our lives by giving up ourselves to Your service.	22:16
	And by walking before You in holiness	22:21
	and righteousness all our days,	22:24
	through Jesus Christ our Lord.	22:27
	To whom with You and the Holy Spirit	22:29
	be all honor and glory.	22:31
	World without end.	22:32
	Our Father, who art in heaven,	22:38
	hallowed be Thy name.	22:41
	Thy kingdom come,	22:43
	Thy will be done,	22:45
	on earth as it is in heaven.	22:46
	Give us this day our daily bread.	22:49
	And forgive us our trespasses	22:51
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	22:54
	And lead us not into temptation,	22:57
	but deliver us from evil.	23:00
	For thine is the kingdom,	23:02
	the power and the glory forever, amen.	23:04
	(dramatic organ music)	23:10
	(congregation singing reverent hymn)	24:06
	(dramatic violin and organ music)	26:00
	(congregation singing reverent hymn)	26:03
-	Go forth in peace and be of good courage.	28:03
	Hold fast to that which is good,	28:07
	rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.	28:09
	And may the blessing of God,	28:13
	Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit,	28:15
	be with you and remain with you forever.	28:18
	♪ Amen ♪	28:25
	♪ Amen ♪	28:28
	♪ Amen ♪	28:31
	♪ Amen ♪	28:34
	♪ Amen ♪	28:40
	♪ Amen ♪	28:43
	♪ Amen ♪	28:44
	♪ Amen ♪	28:47
	♪ Amen ♪	28:52
	♪ Amen ♪	28:55
	(dramatic and joyful organ music)	29:07
	(congregation murmuring)	30:21
	(dramatic and mysterious organ music)	30:25
	(congregation murmuring)	31:34
	(dramatic and mysterious organ music)	31:39
	(congregation applauds)	35:31
	(congregation shuffling)	35:40
	(footsteps)	35:59
	(congregation murmuring and laughing)	36:25
-	There she is!	37:08
	Hi!	37:09
-	Hi.	37:10
	(congregation murmuring)	37:10
	(clanging and banging)	38:23
	(congregation murmuring)	38:27

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Nancy Ferree-Clark - "In Search of a Roundtable" (June 16, 1985)

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Sermon start time: (Part 1): 37:45. Sermon end time: (Part 2) 07:09.
As the church, we gather together to remember who we are as a community. This rememberance, however, does not simply stay in the past, but pushes us toward the future, in which God is making us into new creations. It is our calling to be co-creators with God of this new future. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “Whereas God made the first creation in solitude, God now creates in partnership with Christ, with the Holy Spirit, and with humankind in this new creation. As co-creators with God through Christ, we the church, like Mary, have been entrusted by God with the ability to create.”

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June 16, 1985

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Ferree-Clark, Nancy

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