Charlene P. Kammerer - "In Search of Living Water" (July 6, 1980)

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	(soft organ music)	0:02
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	(soft organ music)	5:08
	(soft dramatic organ music)	6:35
	(soft organ music)	6:55
	(bright organ music)	8:22
	(soft bright organ music)	9:37
	(soft organ music)	14:08
	(bright organ music)	15:42
-	The Lord is good to all	18:10
	and his compassion is over all that he has made.	18:14
	Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,	18:19
	who alone does wondrous things.	18:24
	Blessed be his glorious name forever.	18:29
	May his glory fill the whole earth.	18:34
	Let us pray.	18:39
	Almighty and everlasting God,	18:46
	in whom we live and move and have our being,	18:51
	who hast created us for thyself	18:57
	so that our hearts are restless	19:01
	until they find rest in thee.	19:05
	Grant unto us such purity of heart	19:09
	and strength of purpose	19:14
	that no selfish passion may hinder us from knowing thy will	19:17
	and no weakness from doing it.	19:23
	In thy light, may we see life clearly	19:27
	and in thy service find perfect freedom	19:32
	through Jesus Christ our Lord,	19:38
	amen.	19:42
	(bright organ music)	19:46
	(organ music drowns out lyrics)	20:06
	When we gather to praise God,	22:27
	we remember that we are the people of God	22:29
	who have preferred our wills to the divine will	22:33
	accepting the power God offers us	22:39
	to become new persons in Christ.	22:42
	Let us confess our sin	22:45
	before God and one another.	22:48
	Let us pray.	23:01
	Most merciful God,	23:05
	we confess that we have sinned against you	23:07
	in thought, word, and deed.	23:11
	We have not loved you with our whole heart.	23:15
	We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.	23:20
	We pray you of your mercy.	23:25
	Forgive what we have been.	23:29
	Amend what we are,	23:32
	direct what we shall be	23:35
	that we may delight in your will	23:38
	and walk in your ways	23:42
	through Jesus Christ our Lord,	23:45
	amen.	23:49
	Hear the good news,	23:52
	Christ died for us while we were yet sinners.	23:54
	That is God's own proof of his love toward us.	24:00
	In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.	24:06
	Glory to God, amen.	24:18
-	Let us pray.	24:41
	Prepare our hearts, oh, Lord, to accept your word.	24:46
	Silence in us any voice but your own	24:50
	that hearing we may also obey your will	24:54
	through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.	24:57
	Will the congregation please stand	25:04
	for the reading of the Gospel lesson?	25:06
	The Gospel lesson is from John chapter four,	25:14
	versus seven through 26.	25:18
	"There came a woman of Samaria to draw water.	25:22
	"Jesus said to her, give me a drink.	25:26
	"For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.	25:30
	"The Samaritan woman said to him,	25:35
	"How is it that you a Jew, ask a drink of me,	25:38
	"a woman of Samaria?	25:42
	"For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.	25:45
	"Jesus answered her, if you knew the gift of God,	25:49
	"and who it is that is saying to you, Give me a drink,	25:54
	"you would have asked him,	25:58
	"and he would have given you living water.	26:00
	"The woman said to him, Sir,	26:04
	"you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep.	26:06
	"Where do you get that living water?	26:11
	"Are you greater than our father Jacob	26:14
	"who gave us the well and drank from it himself,	26:17
	"and his sons, and his cattle?	26:21
	"Jesus said to her, Everyone who drinks	26:25
	"of this water will thirst again.	26:28
	"But whoever drinks of the water	26:31
	"that I shall give him will never thirst.	26:33
	"The water that I shall give him will become	26:37
	"in him a spring of water, welling up to eternal life.	26:40
	"The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water	26:46
	"that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.	26:50
	"Jesus said to her, go, call your husband and come here.	26:55
	"The woman answered him, I have no husband.	27:01
	"Jesus said to her, you are right in saying,	27:05
	"I have no husband, for you have had five husbands	27:09
	"and he whom you now have is not your husband.	27:14
	"This you said truly.	27:18
	"The woman said to him, sir,	27:21
	"I perceive that you are a prophet.	27:23
	"Our father's worshiped on this mountain	27:27
	"and you say that in Jerusalem is the place	27:30
	"where men ought to worship.	27:33
	"Jesus said to her, woman, believe me,	27:36
	"the hour is coming when neither on this mountain	27:40
	"nor in Jerusalem will you worship the father."	27:44
	"You worship what you do not know.	27:48
	"We worship what we know for salvation is from the Jews.	27:51
	"but the hour is coming and now is	27:56
	"when the true worshipers will worship the father	28:00
	"in spirit and truth	28:03
	"for such the father seeks to worship him.	28:05
	"God is spirit and those who worship him must worship	28:09
	"in spirit and truth.	28:14
	"The woman said to him,	28:16
	"I know that messiah is coming,	28:18
	"he who is called The Christ.	28:21
	"When he comes, he will show us all things.	28:24
	"Jesus said to her,	28:29
	"I who speak to you am he."	28:32
	Be seated.	28:36
	I rejoice in the opportunity to be with you this morning.	28:47
	I have been dreaming about being here	28:51
	at Duke for many months now.	28:54
	It is a joy to be here	28:56
	on this my first Sunday worshiping with all of you.	28:58
	And I look forward to many times ahead of us	29:02
	for we will rejoice and celebrate together	29:06
	in our common faith and in the love	29:09
	and spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord	29:12
	which binds us all together.	29:15
	I am aware that many of our neighbors	29:20
	in the southwest and northern plains	29:24
	on this day are suffering and thirsty people.	29:27
	After long periods of soaring temperatures and no rain,	29:32
	an official drought has been declared.	29:37
	Some Texas communities have already begun to ration water.	29:41
	Suddenly, the importance of this life-giving liquid	29:47
	becomes grasped by all of us.	29:51
	Crops are being burned out	29:56
	because there is no water available for irrigation.	29:58
	Livestock are being sold or destroyed	30:03
	because pasture lands are not grassy and green	30:07
	as they have been in the past.	30:10
	And I am told that people are actually dying	30:13
	of heatstroke and dehydration.	30:17
	We think we're warm here this morning.	30:20
	I suppose we're fortunate.	30:23
	Without water, my friends,	30:26
	there can be no ongoing life.	30:29
	Water is crucial,	30:33
	water is precious	30:36
	for those of us who know its value.	30:38
	In a time of drought,	30:43
	the search for water always intensifies.	30:45
	But here in Durham, we take for granted	30:50
	that water will be always available to us	30:54
	forthcoming from the tap in our homes.	30:58
	The daily routines of showers and bath,	31:02
	of cooking and cleaning, of washing dishes,	31:05
	sprinkling our lawns and even going swimming continues.	31:09
	And I know that at some of our parties,	31:14
	I catch ourselves raving about the sparkling goodness	31:17
	of the champagne of water, Perrier.	31:22
	Hopefully, in spite of all this,	31:27
	we are still intentional about our own understanding	31:31
	and need to conserve our use of water,	31:35
	even if we do take it for granted.	31:39
	But my guess is that basically,	31:42
	we just believe that water will be there for us	31:45
	as we turn our wrists.	31:49
	I grew up in Florida, a state literally surrounded by water.	31:53
	Sometimes the power of water became present	31:59
	to us there in hurricanes.	32:03
	During hurricane watches while I was growing up,	32:07
	my family always prepared for emergency procedures.	32:11
	And one of my responsibilities as a little girl was to go	32:16
	and fill up the bathtub full of water	32:21
	before the hurricane came,	32:24
	just in case the water supply got cut off.	32:27
	And on one occasion, which I do remember,	32:31
	we did have to use some water from the bathtub	32:34
	before the storm ended.	32:38
	That early experience in my life began to teach me	32:41
	the mysteries of this gift	32:46
	of creation called water.	32:49
	In Jesus's day,	32:53
	water was valued as a gift of life.	32:55
	Without it, there simply was no source of life.	32:59
	Jesus knew the powerful impact of water in daily life.	33:04
	He knew that thirst,	33:10
	that cleansing and healing all came from water.	33:13
	And on that day when a woman of Samaria came to the well	33:18
	to draw her daily supply of water, Jesus was there.	33:23
	He was thirsty and he made a simple request for a drink	33:29
	from a woman who had a dipper and a bucket in hand.	33:34
	Jesus's own thirst and the rather startling encounter	33:39
	that develops by the well focuses	33:44
	on the life-giving nature of water.	33:47
	No matter that he was a stranger and a Jew	33:52
	whom her people despised,	33:56
	no matter that he was conversing with a woman,	33:59
	a custom which was not allowed,	34:03
	this woman must have surely stumbled uncertainly	34:07
	to the well, wondering what to do.	34:11
	To the woman of Samaria who had come here,	34:15
	water was a necessity.	34:18
	She laboriously carried it from the well each day.	34:20
	She must have the water to survive.	34:25
	And here she found herself standing face to face	34:28
	with a man who asked, even commanded her,	34:33
	to give him a drink of water.	34:37
	As they shared this moment,	34:40
	Jesus began to speak to her of living water	34:43
	and it became apparent that he had more	34:48
	than a creature comfort in mind.	34:52
	In the hot noonday sun,	34:56
	this odd pair began to confront one another.	34:58
	They began to argue about religious history,	35:04
	recalling the gift of the well	35:08
	that their ancestor Jacob had dug for this town.	35:10
	This woman was also amazed to know	35:16
	that this man knew her personal history as well.	35:19
	In a very straightforward manner,	35:24
	Jesus named her past and he named her present.	35:27
	The woman of Samaria then became defensive	35:33
	and accused him of being a prophet.	35:36
	She was afraid to receive this gift	35:40
	that he offered called living water.	35:44
	She didn't even know what Jesus was talking about	35:49
	but she began to realize that she was thirsty.	35:53
	I see that out of Jesus's own thirst for a drink	35:59
	and out of a Samaritan woman's thirst for life	36:04
	came the possibility of a water that would satisfy.	36:08
	When Jesus revealed himself	36:14
	to be that living water,	36:17
	the messiah, the well of life and hope,	36:19
	she came and drank.	36:24
	She drank of the knowledge that her life did have meaning.	36:27
	She drank of the knowledge that her past	36:32
	and present sins were forgiven.	36:36
	She drank because she had a thirst for life.	36:39
	It was her longing thirst	36:44
	and her drinking of faith that cleansed her,	36:47
	just as Jesus knew it could.	36:51
	With a clean spirit then and suddenly a hopeful outlook,	36:56
	her own healing would come	37:01
	as she would be able	37:05
	to remember the taste and the power of this water.	37:06
	Her satisfaction at meeting Jesus	37:11
	and discovering herself	37:15
	in the process was deep for her.	37:17
	She straightway left her water jars and went into the city,	37:22
	telling the story of the marvelous living water.	37:27
	Today, I proclaim to you	37:32
	that Jesus is still our living water.	37:35
	The messiah, the Christ.	37:40
	The spirit of Christ stands ready even now	37:44
	to satisfy our own thirst of life.	37:48
	As we come and gather around this table today,	37:53
	let us come to a place where the well,	37:59
	the water, the living water runs deep for our spirits	38:03
	and let us come remembering these words	38:09
	of our Lord, Jesus the Christ.	38:13
	"Whoever drinks the water I will give	38:17
	"will never be thirsty again.	38:21
	"The water I will give will become a spring	38:24
	"which will provide you with life-giving water	38:28
	"and give you eternal life."	38:32
	Amen.	38:36
	(soft organ music)	38:40
	(dramatic organ music)	41:06
-	We welcome you today to this service	43:03
	of worship in Duke Chapel.	43:06
	We hope that it will be for all of us	43:09
	a time of spiritual renewal	43:13
	and genuine richness	43:16
	in the corporate community	43:19
	of the followers of Jesus Christ.	43:23
	As Chairman of the Duke University	43:27
	Council and Religious Life,	43:29
	it's a special joy for us in this chapel	43:32
	and in this community to welcome	43:37
	to the staff of Duke Chapel, Charlene Kammerer.	43:40
	This is her first Sunday	43:46
	as Assistant Minister to the university.	43:48
	After many months of careful search and deliberation,	43:52
	the Council and the Central Administration of the University	43:58
	asked that she be appointed as Assistant Minister	44:04
	and she comes to us this year under appointment	44:10
	from her bishop who is in Florida	44:14
	where she has served two parish churches	44:17
	before coming to be with us.	44:21
	And she and her husband, Leigh,	44:23
	and their small son, Christopher, are now in our midst	44:25
	and we are delighted to have them with us.	44:31
	It is customary in Duke Chapel	44:35
	at the reception of the holy communion	44:38
	for those who come to come by the center aisle	44:41
	and to form a large circle here in the crossing	44:46
	and we commune together that way	44:50
	and then return to the pews by the side aisles.	44:53
	We begin the liturgy for the Eucharist	45:00
	with prayers for others, let us pray...	45:03
	That the world may live in peace	45:10
	and that the church may achieve unity,	45:13
	fulfilling its service here and everywhere.	45:16
	That all ministers and teachers in the church	45:23
	may be faithful servants of the Gospel,	45:27
	leading others into its way of life	45:31
	and strengthening their faith.	45:34
	That the leaders of this nation	45:40
	and of the world may govern with justice and mercy.	45:43
	That all our work may be done for the common good,	45:52
	that it be done in safety,	45:56
	and that all may be spared from grinding toil	46:00
	which destroys fullness of life.	46:03
	That those who work on frontiers of truth	46:10
	and those who enrich our lives with beauty and joy	46:13
	may be free to follow their vocations.	46:18
	That those who suffer disease, or poverty,	46:24
	or loneliness, or grief,	46:28
	may be healed and comforted.	46:31
	That those who are oppressed or persecuted	46:35
	may be strengthened and delivered.	46:38
	That those whom we have known and loved	46:45
	who have died in the faith may be a glorious memory to us	46:48
	and a source of renewed fellowship with all the saints.	46:53
	Let us stand for the invitation to the Lord's holy table.	47:05
	Christ Our Lord invites to his table all who love him	47:12
	and who desire to live in peace with one another,	47:18
	the peace of the Lord is with you always.	47:22
	As forgiven and reconciled people,	47:28
	let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God.	47:33
	(soft organ hymn music)	47:40
	(soft dramatic organ music)	51:03
	(soft organ hymn music)	51:19
	(bright organ music)	52:50
	(music drowns out lyrics)	53:10
	Be seated, please.	54:38
	The Lord is with you.	54:44
	Lift up your hearts,	54:49
	let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.	54:53
	Oh, God, it is right that we should always	55:02
	and everywhere give you thanks and praise.	55:05
	We thank you, oh, Lord, our God,	55:09
	that you love the world so much	55:12
	that you sent your only son to be our savior.	55:16
	We remember that on the night	55:21
	in which he gave himself up for us,	55:23
	our Lord Jesus took bread.	55:27
	After giving you thanks, he broke the bread,	55:30
	gave it to his disciples and said, "Take, eat,	55:34
	"this is my body which is given for you."	55:40
	When supper was over, he took the cup,	55:46
	again he returned thanks to you,	55:49
	gave the cup to his disciples and said,	55:53
	"Drink from this all of you.	55:57
	"This is the cup of the New Covenant in my blood	56:00
	"poured out for you and for many	56:05
	"for the forgiveness of sins."	56:08
	When we eat this bread and drink this cup,	56:12
	we experience anew in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ	56:17
	and look forward to his coming in final victory.	56:21
	Help us to know in the breaking of this bread	56:27
	the presence of Christ who gave his body	56:31
	and blood for us and for all people.	56:36
	Make us one with Christ,	56:41
	one with each other,	56:44
	and one in service to all people.	56:47
	Through Jesus Christ Our Lord,	56:52
	with the Holy Spirit in your holy church,	56:56
	all glory and honor is yours,	56:59
	oh, Lord, our God, amen.	57:03
	Our father, who art in heaven,	57:08
	hallowed be thy name,	57:12
	thy kingdom come, thy will be done	57:15
	on earth as it is in heaven.	57:19
	Give us this day our daily bread	57:22
	and forgive us our trespasses	57:25
	as we forgive those who trespass against us	57:29
	and lead us not into temptation	57:34
	but deliver us from evil	57:37
	for thine is the kingdom, and the power,	57:39
	and the glory forever and ever, amen.	57:44
	Because there is one loaf,	58:00
	we, many as we are,	58:03
	are one body.	58:06
	For it is one loaf of which we all partake.	58:09
	When we break the bread, is it not a means	58:14
	of sharing in the body of Christ?	58:18
	When we give thanks over the cup,	58:22
	is it not a means	58:29
	of sharing in the blood of Christ?	58:32
	(soft organ music)	58:49
	Will now from this table in peace	1:04:12
	and with the assurance that you have been visited	1:04:15
	with God's grace, which is eternal, amen.	1:04:19
	(soft symphonic organ music)	1:04:32
	(bright symphonic organ music)	1:09:30
	(soft symphonic organ music)	1:09:43
	Now depart from this holy table in peace	1:10:50
	with the assurance that you have been visited	1:10:55
	by God's grace,	1:10:57
	and that grace is eternal, amen.	1:11:00
	(soft organ music)	1:11:18
	(bright organ music)	1:11:40
	(soft organ music)	1:12:35
	Depart now from this holy table	1:15:44
	with the assurance that you have been visited	1:15:47
	with God's grace.	1:15:51
	A grace that is sure,	1:15:53
	and a grace that is eternal.	1:15:56
	Amen.	1:16:00
	Let us stand and let us pray	1:16:55
	in thanksgiving unto God for all that he has done for us.	1:16:58
	You have given yourself to us, oh, Lord.	1:17:04
-	Now we give ourselves for others.	1:17:09
-	Your love has made us a new people.	1:17:11
-	As the people of love, we will serve you with joy.	1:17:14
-	Your glory has filled our hearts.	1:17:18
-	Help us to glorify you in all things,	1:17:22
	amen.	1:17:26
-	Amen.
	(bright organ music)	1:17:27
	(music drowns out lyrics)	1:17:49
	Go out now in peace to serve God and your neighbor	1:19:36
	in all that you do.	1:19:39
	The blessing of God Almighty,	1:19:45
	the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,	1:19:48
	be with us all both now and forevermore, amen.	1:19:52
	(bright organ music)	1:19:59

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Title:

Charlene P. Kammerer - "In Search of Living Water" (July 6, 1980)

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Sermon start time: (Part 1) 28:47. Sermon end time: (Part 1) 38:39.
The search for water intensifies in periods of drought and Jesus provides the water of life for all of us which provides eternal life. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: "Today I proclaim to you that Jesus is still living water. The spirit of Christ stands ready even now to satisfy our own thirst for life.”

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July 6, 1980

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Kammerer, Charlene P.

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Ordinary Time

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John

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John 4:7-26

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