Surrounded by garland, wreaths and glowing candles, hundreds of visitors sat in the pews of Duke Chapel Thursday afternoon and listened to holiday organ music during the annual Christmas Open House. Outside the chapel, the Vespers Ensemble sang carols such as “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” and “Deck the Halls” while staff helped themselves to cookies and hot spiced cider. Families also looked at puppies and dogs playing in pens; the pets were up for adoption through the Hope Animal Rescue, based in Durham. Above, Hettie Eason (on left), a clinic service coordinator with LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee wellness program, takes a break and grabs a treat with LIVE FOR LIFE staff nurse Renee Gorby, right.
Babs, a Yorkshire terrier mix, trots around in her pen outside of Duke Chapel. She is up for adoption through the Hope Animal Rescue, which was holding a pet adoption event on campus that afternoon. The Vespers Ensemble, one of Duke Chapel’s choirs, sings carols for the crowd forming outside of Duke Chapel Thursday.
