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Friends of Duke Chapel | First Quarter 2011

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Go, and do thou likewise Friends of Duke Chapel Friends newsletter First Quarter 2011

Vision, Trust, Investment Make All Things New ANNUAL REPORT

President

By Sam Wells, Dean of Duke Chapel

Patricia Philipps

Vice President Gina Harrison

secretary Karen rhodes, t ’92

immediate Past President Janet Gwyer, Phd

adVisory Board Jean e. carr wc ’61 G. Paul carr leigh edwards, t ’09, d ’11 Gus Grant, md steve Harper nancy l. Jirtle anna r. Jones annelise mesler, e ’12 nan schiebel, wc ’53, P ’92 anthony sease, e ’91 ella Jean shore, d ’56

emeritus memBer william e. King, Phd, t ’61, G ’63, G ’70

inside uganda reflection ......................... 2 dialogue with chief lopez ........... 6 Financial summary ......................... 7 where the offering Goes ............. 9 the Friends of duke chapel .........10 Gifts in memory of.........................21 Gifts in Honor of.............................22 chapel changes and events.........23

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the Scholars community, and this is hank you for being a Friend of exactly what he has done. Duke Chapel. Your vision, your Developing this vibrant community of trust, and your investment make intelligent, servant-hearted, and our mission and ministry possible. impressionable Christian students is I want to tell you about one exciting central to the future mission of Duke day at the Chapel this last November. Chapel. PathWays, under the overall After the sermon, 37 students stood up to direction of the Rev. Keith Daniel, seeks make a commitment and receive a to offer such students intense experiences blessing to join the Chapel’s PathWays through shared residency (in the year long Scholars community. The PathWays Fellows and two-month summer intern Scholars community has existed for programs), mission trips, courses, several years, but recently it has grown mentoring and discernment groups. We enormously: currently there are 64 are all proud of our Sunday morning students under the care of Dr. Adam worship service, and the musical, liturgical Hollowell, who directs the Chapel and preaching traditions that go to Scholars program. Chapel Scholars make it what it is. But our ministry participate in discernment groups, Why has to continue to connect with take courses such as my Public should I give to undergraduate students in Policy “Ethics in an Unjust PathWays rather significant numbers if we are to World” course, go on mission than send my continue to think of ourselves trips and are eligible to apply money to as being at the forefront of for grants towards discernment university chapels nationwide. programs. Earlier in November the poor? Recently one person asked, we had a gathering at my house for “Why would I give to PathWays rather the 37 new scholars and many of the 27 continuing scholars (several were away on than send my money to the poor?” My answer was, “Supporting PathWays means Study Abroad). shaping the faith and character of some The development of the scholars’ people who may go on to spend their community represents a number of key whole lives working with and being with elements in Duke Chapel’s emerging the poor – isn’t that a way of doubling approach to undergraduate student your investment?” ministry. Some time ago we realized we Thank you for investing in our needed to be proactive – going to meet tradition, and thank you for investing in students where they are, especially in the our vision. Duke Chapel has always been a undergraduate classroom; we could no place of faith, of mission, and of God longer wait and hope for students to find making all things new. With your support, us. When we hired Adam in 2009 we that’s what it continues to be. charged him with growing and deepening


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