OSLC Ministry Tour

Sang at Hillcrest… walked around Franklin Street near UNC… saw the Duke Chapel (sang in it)

Thursday was a really cool day! We got to give our concert at Hillcrest Convalescent Home in Durham, NC. We had a chance to talk with some of the residents there and they were really happy to have us! One lady exclaimed, “You keep singing!”

Then we made our way to Chapel Hill, NC and walked up and down Franklin street by UNC. There was a lot of light blue going on around there… you’d think they won a championship back in April or something?!?! The campus was very nice looking and very large. If you ever get the chance… go to the UNC campus and visit Franklin Street. There are a ton of cool little shops there and we were able to spend a few hours walking around. Us mentors found a Mexican restaurant in an ally that was very similar to Potter’s Place in downtown Naperville. I had an excellent taco. The picture to the right is of the library (I think) on the UNC campus. There are more pictures of UNC in the slideshow below.

After UNC we made our way across town to Duke. Yeah… we hit up both rival schools in the same day! We didn’t have a lot of time at Duke before we had to leave. But we did get to see the Duke chapel! We walked around the chapel for a little while and found out that we get to do an impromptu choir concert!!! There happened to be another choir group touring the chapel too… they were from Orange Park United Methodist Church from Orange Park, FL which is near Jacksonville, FL and Lynn Panosh has been friends with their choir director Mark for over 20 years!!! Crazy coincidence!!!

It was just so cool to run into another youth choir and to see the kids get so excited to sing for their peers. Not only did they get to experience the acoustics and the incredible singing venue of a chapel but they got to sing for peers that they had never met and then appreciate what each other were doing. And the coolest thing was that they found they had songs in common that they could sing together!

-Lynn Panosh

Here’s some pictures from the day!

I’ve typed up some fun facts about the Duke University Chapel after the jump. (after the jump means after you click the below link… if you’re looking at this specific post and not just the blog home page you can disreguard this message)

Duke University Chapel Fun Facts

Construction Facts

• Years built: In the early 1930’s, dedicated in 1935
• Cost: $2,287,742.54
• Style: English Gothic
• Exterior: Duke bluestone from NC quarry and Indiana limestone
• Interior: Lined with Guastavino tile

Dimensions

• Bell Tower: 210 ft. high
• Interior: 291 ft. long and 63 ft. wide
• Nave: 73 ft. high and 39 ft. wide
• Transept: 121 ft. long

Exterior Figures

• On the facade: Methodists who spread methodism in the Colonies in the 18th century, Thomas Coke, Fancis Asbury, and George Whitfield
• Left of Doors: Girolamo Savonarola, Martin Luther and John Wycliffe
• Right of Doors: Sidney Lanier, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas Jefferson
• Over the Front Doors: John Wesley

Other 411

• Seating: 1500 main Chapel, 50 Memorial Chapel, 150 Choir
• The Crypt: Mrs. James B. Duke and University presidents and their wives are buried here. It is used for small religious group meetings
• Worship: Sunday mornings at 11:00am, Morning prayer daily at 8:00am, Academic year services include Tuesday Prayer and Holy Communion at 5:15pm and Thursday Choral Vespers at 5:15pm
• Downstairs: Parlor, staff and Religious Life Offices, lounge,a nd kitchen
• Website: www.chapel.duke.edu

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