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Rev. Bruce Puckett to Serve as Duke Chapel Assistant Dean

Dean Luke Powery announces staff additions, changes at Chapel

Clockwise from left, Rev. Bruce Puckett, Rev. Joshua Lazard, Rev. Breana van Velzen and Philip Cave
Clockwise from left, Rev. Bruce Puckett, Rev. Joshua Lazard, Rev. Breana van Velzen and Philip Cave
James Todd, Duke Chapel @DukeChapel

Duke Chapel Dean Luke A. Powery announced that the Rev. Bruce Puckett will take on a new role of assistant dean of Duke University Chapel. In this new role, Puckett will continue to direct worship and community ministry at the chapel while also leading the chapel’s ministry team.

“Many people at the chapel, on campus, and in the community have experienced Bruce’s warmth and wisdom firsthand as a presiding minister, pastor, and colleague,” Powery said. “While continuing to direct our worship life and community ministry, Bruce will bring those gifts to bear as the head of the Ministry Team and a representative for me in various university and ministerial situations.”

The other ministry team members are the Rev. Joshua Lazard, the chapel’s C. Eric Lincoln Minister for Student Engagement and interim director of religious life, and the Rev. Breana van Velzen, the chapel’s community minister. 

In addition to announcing the ministry team, Dean Powery, said the operational aspects of the chapel’s music program will be overseen this year by Amanda Hughes, the chapel’s director of development and strategy. Philip Cave will serve as the interim director of Duke Chapel Choir while continuing with his regular responsibilities with the chapel’s Vespers Ensemble.