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The
Rev. Greg Bezilla, Chaplain
bezilla@rci.rutgers.edu
Greetings!
I've always lived on or around an academic
campus. I have been a student at the Johns Hopkins University, Columbia
University, and Emory University. I grew up in a university town and
still live there. I'm married to Jacqueline Lapsley, a seminary
professor. I'm very excited to be at Rutgers!
At a university God is glorified in the
laboratories, libraries and classrooms, where science and learning are
advanced. In the film Chariots of Fire, Eric Liddell, who ran for Great
Britain in the 1924 Olympics, declares "God made me fast," and "when I
run, I feel his pleasure." I believe that God also takes pleasure in us
when we delight in our intellectual gifts and use them in service to
the world.
At Rutgers students are discovering their
gifts and vocations---a sense of purpose that comes from enjoying our
gifts and using them in service to God and our world. The church is
present on and around the campus to be a community where vocations may
be discerned through worship, prayer, service and fellowship.
We all are seekers on the campus (and off).
We are seeking understanding of God, and we are seeking knowledge of
our world. We are seeking wisdom, the integration of faith and
knowledge. We want to be known, even as we desire to know God. Our
hearts desire friendship and companionship. I believe that we find what
we are seeking and satisfy our deepest desires when we gather as a
church for worship, prayer, service and fellowship.
Yours in Christ,
Greg+
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