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Before we proceed further
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with the service of worship
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so that you may follow the service orderly
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and as it is supposed to be,
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let me just mention that the bulletins,
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some of them were folded incorrectly
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so that the inner sheets may need to be folded backward
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from what you may have yours now.
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As you insert it at the top of the right,
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page 3 should begin with the Affirmation of faith.
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If you would check and fold if necessary,
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then we can all follow together.
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When we gather to praise God,
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we remember that we are people of God,
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and who have preferred our wills to the divine will,
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accepting the power that God offers to us
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to become new creatures in Christ.
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Let us all corporately confess our sin before God
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and one another, let us pray.
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"Most merciful God,
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"we confess that we have sinned against You
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"in thought, word, and deed.
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"We have not loved You with our whole heart.
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"We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
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"We pray You of Your mercy.
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"Forgive what we have been, amend what we are,
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"direct what we shall be,
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"that we may delight in Your will
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"and walk in Your ways through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen."
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Hear the good news,
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Christ died for us while we were yet sinners.
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That is God's own proof of His love toward us.
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In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
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In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
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Amen.
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Let us affirm our faith.
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We believe in God who has created and is creating,
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who has come in the true man, Jesus,
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to reconcile and make new,
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who works in us and others by His Spirit.
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We trust Him.
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He calls us to be His church, to celebrate His presence,
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to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil,
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to proclaim Jesus crucified and risen,
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our judge and our hope.
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In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us.
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We are not alone.
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Thanks thee to God.
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Let us pray,
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"Lord, open our hearts and our minds
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"by the power of Your Holy Spirit,
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"that as the scriptures are read and the word proclaimed,
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"we may hear with joy what You say to us today," amen.
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The Old Testament lesson is from Psalm 95:1-7.
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"Oh come, let us sing to the Lord.
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"Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
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"Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving.
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"Let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise,
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"for the Lord is a great God
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"and a great king above all gods.
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"In His hand are the depths of the earth,
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"the heights of the mountains are His also,
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"the sea is His for He made it,
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"and His hands formed the dry land.
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"Oh come, let us worship and bow down.
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"Let us kneel before the Lord, our maker.
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"For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture
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"and the sheep of His hand,
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"owe that today you would harken to His voice."
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Stand for the reading of the gospel.
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The gospel reading is from John 17:15-23.
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Jesus is praying to God, His father.
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"I do not pray that thou should take them out of the world,
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"but that thou should keep them from the evil one.
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"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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"Sanctify them in the truth, thy word is the truth.
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"As thou did send me into the world,
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"so I have sent them into the world.
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"And for their sake, I consecrate myself,
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"that they also may be consecrated in truth.
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"I do not pray for these only, but also for those
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"who are to believe in me through their word,
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"that they may all be one,
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"even as thou, father, art in me, and I in thee.
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"That they also may be in us
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"so that the world may believe that thou has sent me.
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"The glory which thou has given me,
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"I give also to them,
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"that they may be one even as we are one.
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"I in them, and they in me,
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"that they may become perfectly one
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"so that the world may know that thou has sent me
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"and has loved them, even as thou has loved me."
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May God add His blessing to this reading of His holy word.
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The farthest places of the earth
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are in His hands.
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In the long span of human history,
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global consciousness is a very recent experience.
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Less than five centuries ago,
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Columbus ventured westward to reach the east.
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Three decades later,
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Magellan's crew confirmed that we live on a sphere.
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In recent days, astronauts have looked down in wonder
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on this beautiful planet earth.
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Two years ago, the United Methodist Church
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created a board of Global Ministries.
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Now, instantaneous satellite relays bring us pictures
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of the other side of this tiny ball in space.
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Whether we like it or not,
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we know that we are together in one world,
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but that realization has not yet affected our hearts,
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our values, our ways of living.
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Oh, we may jet around the circumference of this globe.
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Many of us in the last few months,
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have traveled to places literally as well as figuratively
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beyond our horizons.
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For a while, last winter,
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we shivered because we actually felt
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that the nations of the world are interdependent.
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Though today, our business' usual speeds
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and our efforts to solve economic problems
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through greater and greater industrial production,
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suggest that we did not really learn very much.
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We trot out tired cliches,
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"United we stand, divided we fall,"
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"We must hang together, or we shall hang separately."
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Morality, in the words of Herbert Spencer,
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knows nothing of geographical boundaries
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or distinctions of race.
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Yet, even Christians have made very little advance
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toward a genuine global morality.
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In 1974, World Population Year,
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a few more politicians and scientists
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have discovered global consciousness.
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They have talked about control of the seas,
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though the sea is His and He made it.
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They have managed to reduce
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one of the greatest threats to mankind,
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the population explosion, to a political shuttlecock.
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They will meet next month to discuss world food supplies,
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while literally millions are starving.
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Obviously, nuclear and ecological problems
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are global in scope and consequence.
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For the moment, we may be able to isolate mass starvation
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and chronic poverty,
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the exponential birth rates and epidemics,
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but does anyone really doubt that their social
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and political and economic effects will devastate the world?
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No wonder a thoughtful, professionally trained woman
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is quoted as saying,
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"Global consciousness is what I really hate.
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"It's spoiling my whole life.
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"I can't stand to have all the misery, violence,
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"and injustice of the world dumped into my living room
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"through the television tube."
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Solving the problems of the whole world
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is more than any single human being can do.
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So what does global consciousness
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have to do with this campus, this church?
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It was my privilege
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to spend the past academic year in Tokyo, Japan,
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at International Christian University,
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known to residents and a few taxi drivers as ICU,
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unique as an embodiment of post-war reconciliation,
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unique in its spacious campus amid the world's largest city,
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unique in possessing the only open stack college library
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in Japan, unique above all
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in attempting to live up to its name.
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In fact, as I sat on the chapel platform last Christmas Eve
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and looked out over the sea of flickering candles,
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I began formulating a sermon for this congregation,
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entitled ICU, from ICU.
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But when Bob Young invited me for World Communion Sunday,
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I decided that that title
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was too flippant public announcement,
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but the intention remains.
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International Christian University
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endeavors to be just that.
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I hope and believe
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that Duke University holds a similar goal.
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It is interesting to note that Mr. Duke's indenture
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lists the individual, the state, the nation, and the church,
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but not the world.
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Yet, I trust he would be proud of the extent
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to which Duke University's service and influence
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has reached global proportions in the past 50 years.
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This is not the place for a discourse on the academic
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or institutional definitions of a university.
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Some of you may prefer
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to emphasize the pluralism of American society,
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the diversity of interests and aims, the variety essential
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in a successful educational enterprise.
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Yet, I would insist that a university
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must maintain and periodically reaffirm
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its explicit unity of purpose.
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Mr. Duke did that in two imperishable phrases,
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the eternal union of knowledge and religion
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set forth in the teachings of Jesus Christ,
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and sane and practical education
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as opposed to dogmatic and theoretical lines
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as next to religion, the greatest civilizing influence.
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But what does it mean to be an international university?
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Not merely to include
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every geographical area in the curriculum,
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not a faculty familiar with the ruins of (indistinct),
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Zimbabwe, or Borobudur,
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not an inscription on a stone bench,
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above all nations is humanity.
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A recent study book declares
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that education for global living is person-oriented,
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and goes on to assert,
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"A culturally deprived person is any person
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"who has not experienced a meaningful encounter
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"with persons of another lifestyle or culture."
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Not how many students are enrolled from abroad,
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but whether our attitudes toward them are condescending.
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Not how much should we teach them,
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but how much we learn from them.
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Not how many languages we speak, but whether they enable us
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to understand people, including ourselves,
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in the broad context of human history and global living.
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And a Christian University,
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a current hit song by Lynn Kellogg
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says to this kind of global citizen,
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"You're a thorn in my side,
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you're keeping my eyes open wide."
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Instead of amassing possessions at home,
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you're thinking of others, while I think of me.
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We do not, cannot have a Christian university,
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not in the sense of perfect fidelity
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to our Lord Jesus Christ,
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any more than when we refer to a Christian nation
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or a Christian family or a Christian person,
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not in the sense of demeaning or excluding others,
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quite the contrary.
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In a society like Japan's,
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where 75% of all young people deny any faith whatsoever,
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there are still valid though often ambiguous reasons
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for requiring that all full-time tenured faculty of ICU
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should be Christian,
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a restriction most of us would not tolerate here.
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But Duke University was founded and should be maintained
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on the basis of a common commitment.
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Despite our differences, we gather in this chapel
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especially on World Communion Sunday,
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to reaffirm that purpose.
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For Christianity is a global faith,
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geographically the most extensive, creation is global.
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The world's destruction by God or human selfishness
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will be global.
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The kingdom of God, for which we pray and strive,
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is global, or it is meaningless.
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The Christian view of human history
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and of mans relationship to nature is inescapably global.
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The call of the church to service and sharing is global.
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For a monopoly on the gospel is a contradiction in terms.
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Whatever our understanding
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of the nature of salvation may be,
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individual conversion or human liberation,
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eschatological judgment or a community of love,
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its possibility as a gift of God offered to all His children
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must be global.
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Thus, Christ's invitation to His table is to all of you.
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My memory reaches out this morning
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to an incredibly ramshackle Batak Chapel
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in the remote jungles of Sumatra,
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to a congregation of black Rhodesians
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singing, "God bless Africa,"
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to an imposing university chapel in Japan.
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I hope that many of you have similar pictures in mind.
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For today, on every continent,
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millions of Christians are holding out their hands,
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yellow and brown, black and white and red,
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for the the covenant of sacrifice and service.
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It is an empty symbol
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if it does not transform our interpersonal relations,
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our consumer values, our vocational priorities.
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On this day, in this temple,
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in fellowship with disciples everywhere,
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let us pledge ourselves to the creation
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of an international Christian university, and a world
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where we may not only acquire global consciousness,
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but practice global living.
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In the Name and Spirit of Jesus Christ,
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our global Lord, amen.
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It is appropriate that we pray for others.
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Let us pray that the world may live in peace
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and that the church may achieve unity,
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fulfilling its service here and everywhere.
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That all ministers and teachers in the church
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may be faithful servants of the gospel,
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leading others into its way of life
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and strengthening their faith.
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(audience praying)
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That the leaders of this nation and of the world
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may govern with justice and mercy.
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(audience praying)
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That all our work may be done for the common good,
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that it be done in safety,
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and that all may be spared from grinding toil
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which destroys fullness of life.
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(audience praying)
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That those who work on frontiers of truth
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and those who enrich our lives with beauty and joy
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may be free to follow their vocations.
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That those who suffer disease or poverty
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or loneliness or grief, may be healed and comforted.
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That those who are oppressed or persecuted
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may be strengthened and delivered.
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That those whom we have known and loved
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who have died in the faith,
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may be a glorious memory to us
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and a source of renewed fellowship with all the saints.
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Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer
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through Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.
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Christ, our Lord, invites to His table,
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all who love him
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and who desire to live in peace with one another.
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May the peace of the Lord be with you, always.
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And also with you.
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Last Sunday,
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we received the offering in its entirety
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and dedicated it to relief in hurricane-ravaged Honduras.
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The administrative committee of the chapel
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feeling that it was appropriate
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not only to receive that special offering last Sunday,
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but also today, on Worldwide Communion Sunday,
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agreed that the offering in its entirety today also
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would go for that purpose.
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I have no way of knowing
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how much money you have in your pockets,
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but having read the newspaper accounts
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and seen on television,
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I do have some idea of the very desperate needs
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of our brothers and sisters in Honduras.
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And so, as we celebrate this sacrament of the Lord's Supper
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on this Worldwide Communion Sunday,
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let me urge you to give
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and to give generously in the name of Christ.
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And I can assure you that every penny given this day
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will go for relief of those who now suffer.
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Let us worship God.
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As forgiven and reconciled people,
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let us now offer ourselves and our gifts to God.
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(spiritual music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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(spiritual hymn)
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(spiritual hymn)
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(spiritual hymn)
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(spiritual hymn)
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(spiritual music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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♪ Hallelujah ♪
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♪ Hallelujah ♪
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(spiritual hymn)
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♪ Hallelujah hallelujah ♪
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♪ Hallelujah hallelujah ♪
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♪ Hallelujah ♪
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(spiritual music)
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Eternal God,
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giver of every good and perfect gift,
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the source of all our comfort and joy,
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receive us and these our gifts
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as we dedicate them and ourselves unto You,
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grant that with these token gifts of our hands,
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we may more fully give ourselves
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in joyous obedience and service,
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through Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.
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The Lord is with you.
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(audience praying)
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Lift up your hearts.
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(audience praying)
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Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
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Father, it is right that we should always and everywhere
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give You thanks and praise only You, our God.
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You created all things and called them good.
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You made us in Your own image.
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Even when we rebel against Your love, You did not desert us.
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You delivered us from captivity,
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made covenant to be our God and king,
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and spoke to us through Your prophets.
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Therefore, we joined the entire company of heaven
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and all Your people now on earth
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in worshiping and glorifying You.
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Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might,
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heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
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Hosanna in the highest.
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Less it is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
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Hosanna in the highest.
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We thank you, father, that You love the world so much,
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you sent Your only son to be our savior.
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The Lord of all life came to live among us.
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He healed and taught people, ate with sinners,
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and won for you and new people by water and the spirit.
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We saw His glory,
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yet He humbled Himself in obedience to Your will,
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freely accepting death on a cross.
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By dying, He freed us from unending death.
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By rising from the dead, He gave us everlasting life.
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We remember that on the night
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in which He gave him up for us, the Lord, Jesus, took bread,
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after giving You thanks, He broke the bread,
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gave it to His disciples and said, "Take, eat.
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"This is my body which is given for you."
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When the supper was over, He took the cup.
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Again, He returned thanks to You,
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gave the cup to His disciples and said,
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"Drink from this, all of you.
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"This is the cup of the new covenant
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"in my blood poured out for you and many
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"for the forgiveness of sins."
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When we eat this bread and drink this cup,
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we experience a new, the presence of the Lord, Jesus Christ,
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and look forward to His coming in final victory.
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Christ has died,
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Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
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We remember and proclaim with gratitude, Holy God,
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what Your son has done for us in His life and death,
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in His resurrection and ascension.
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Accept our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving
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in union with Christ's offering for us
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as a reasonable and holy surrender of ourselves.
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Send the power of Your Holy Spirit on us,
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gathered here out of love for You and on these gifts.
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Help us know in the breaking of this bread,
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the presence of Christ,
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who gave His body and blood for all people.
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Make us one with Christ, one with each other,
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and one in service to all mankind
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through Your son, Jesus Christ,
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with the Holy Spirit in Your holy church,
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all glory and honor is Yours, God almighty.
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In unity with Christ and with each other, we pray,
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"Our father in heaven, holy be Your name,
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"Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as in heaven.
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"Give us today the bread we need.
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"Forgive us our sins
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"as we forgive those who sinned against us.
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"Save us in the time of trial and deliver us from evil,
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"for the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours,
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"now and forever," amen.
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Because there is one loaf,
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we many as we are a one body,
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or it is one loaf of which we all partake.
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When we break the bread,
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is it not a means of sharing in the body of Christ?
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When we give thanks over the cup,
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is it not a means of sharing in the blood of Christ?
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(gentle music)
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This time, we invite all
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who wish to respond to the invitation
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which you heard earlier, to come and partake
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of the blessed sacrament of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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The choir will come first,
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and then those seated in the transepts,
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and then moving through the main part of the sanctuary.
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The ushers will assist you to and from the communion table.
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As is our custom here,
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we would like to ask you to gather in two concentric circles
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around the altar, the ministers then will serve you.
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You may receive the elements separately or by intention
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taking the bread and dipping it into the wine.
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(gentle music)
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Jesus said, "Blessed are the meek,
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where they shall inherit the earth."
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Rise, dear friends, and go in peace.
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And may your attitude of humility and compassion
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bring joy to you, amen.
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(gentle music)
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As the next table partakes of the sacrament,
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let me suggest that you follow the ushers
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as they ask you to come and stand in the aisle
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ready to take you places around the altar.
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(gentle music)
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(gentle music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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(gentle music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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(gentle music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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Neither death, nor life, nor power,
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nor things present, nor things to come,
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nor heights, nor depths, nor any other creature,
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shall be able to separate us from the love of God.
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Go confident in God's abiding love, amen.
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(spiritual hymn)
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(gentle music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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Jesus said, "Blessed are those
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"who hunger and thirst after righteousness,
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"for they shall be filled."
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Arise, beloved, and go in peace,
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and may God satisfy your hungering and thirsting
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with the food of the soul, which lasts forever, amen.
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(gentle music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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(gentle music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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Jesus said,
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"I have come that they may have life,
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and have it more abundantly."
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Go in peace, and may your abundant life in Christ
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overflow in love and service, amen.
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(spiritual hymn)
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(gentle music)
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(spiritual hymn)
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John writes,
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"For God's so loved the world that He gave His only son,
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"whoever believes in him shall not perish,
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"but have eternal life."
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Arise, beloved of Christ,
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and go in the assurance that God loves you so much
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that He gave himself for you.
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And as you go,
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go willing to give yourself in love to others, amen.
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(spiritual hymn)
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There may be persons sitting in the pews
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who wish to receive communion, where you are?
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If so, would you please indicate that at this moment?
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We'll be very pleased to bring the elements
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where you are seated.
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(gentle music)