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New York City. There's no place
quite like it. Even if you think
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you know New York City well,
the world-class museums, iconic
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buildings, the subway and
Unforgetable views, there's
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always something new and
exciting to discover. New York
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City. It's the world center for
media, culture, food, fashion,
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entertainment, art, research,
finance and trade. Many consider
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it the most important and
influential city in the world.
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It's simply got it all. Yet for
millions of people, it's not the
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view, the buildings, the
entertainment or razzle-dazzle
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glitz and glamour that attracted
them to New York. For millions
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New York is the greatest city
in the world because it offered
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them hope, freedom and an
opportunity to start a new life.
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And that hope and freedom is
symbolized by the world famous
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Statue of Liberty that stands
at the gateway to New York. This
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monument has welcomed some of
the most desperate and destitute
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people on the planet. Survivors
of torture, refugees fleeing
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violence and persecution into
the safety and freedom of New
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York City where their hopes were
realized by the opportunity to
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rebuild their lives and start
again. One of them, a lonely and
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heartbroken woman fleeing
the horrors of the world's most
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terrible war found hope and more
She found the lost and treasured
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golden ivy tablecloth here in
New York and that discovery led
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to an incredible reunion with
the love of her life. You just
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must hear her inspiring story
that could well bring hope and
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freedom to your life as
well. Join me as we follow her
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incredible journey.
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For the first time in the
history of this human race more
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people live in cities than
in the countryside. Cities are
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growing at a faster rate than
any other habitat on earth. More
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and more people want to
visit, live, or work in the
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world's cities.
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By 2030 there will be 41
mega cities in the world with
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populations over 10 million. And
some of these cities are more
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popular than others. There's a
hand full of super brain cities
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that are particularly desirable.
This list of cities includes
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London, Paris, Dubai, Singapore,
Barcelona, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
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But the clear leader and by
far the most popular of all the
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world's cities is New York. It's
the global hub for international
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finance, politics, communication
media, fashion and culture.
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This is the city where
most people want to visit, do
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business or live. It's home
to many world class museums,
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art galleries and theaters. Many
of the largest corporations have
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their headquarters here.
The headquarters of the United
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Nations is in New York and most
countries have a consulate here.
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It's the most important and
influential city on earth. New
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York's influence on the globe
and all its inhabitants is hard
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to overstate. Decisions made
within this city's boundaries
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often have impacts and
ramifications across the world.
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It's a global power city.
But that's not all. With its
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fabulous shopping, Broadway's
thrilling shows, amazing food
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and first rate sports events
New York is considered the
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entertainment capital of
the world and draws 60 million
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visitors from around the globe
each year. New York to New York,
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the city that never sleeps, the
city that throbs with endless
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energy. And then New York's got
awesome architecture and parks
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plus a magnificent skyline
and you can take in its grandeur
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from observations decks at icons
like the Empire State Building,
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and the top of Rock.
The observatory on top of
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the Rockefeller
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Center or on a stroll across
the Brooklyn Bridge. The new One
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World Trade Center, the
tallest building in the western
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hemisphere was just named the
world's best new attraction. A
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60 second elevator ride whisks
you up to the observatory at the
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top. Surrounded by 360 degree
panoramic views it feels like it
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can see forever. There it is.
New York City. It consists of
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five Burroughs, Brooklyn,
Queens Manhattan, The Bronx and
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Statton Island. It's all one
city but a thousand worlds. New
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York's a real melting pot.
Over three and a half million
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immigrants and their descendants
from over 180 countries live
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here making it the most
cosmopolitan city in the world
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giving it the largest foreign
born population of any city in
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the world. As many as 800
languages are spoken in New York
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making it linguistically the
most diverse city in the world.
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This is a city of immigrants.
New York has been the largest
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point of entry into the United
States by immigrants. It's been
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the gateway to the American
dream. New York has served as a
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sanctuary for diverse groups of
immigrants from around the world
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including millions of refugees,
survivors of the holocaust, the
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homeless, the persecuted and
tortured, the desperate and the
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destitute. It's offered the most
vulnerable people on earth hope
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freedom and an opportunity
to start a new life. And nothing
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symbolizes this hope and freedom
more than the Statue of Liberty.
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It represents America as the
land of the free. It's the first
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thing most of the immigrants saw
when they arrived in America by
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boat and what an imposing
and impressive sight it is. The
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Statue of Liberty stands
93 meters high and weighs 204
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metric tons. When it was
first erected in 1886 it was the
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tallest structure in New York
and the tallest statue in the
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world. It was a gift from the
people of France to the people
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of America celebrating
the centennial of the American
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Declaration of Independence and
the friendship between the two
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nations. The Statues full
name is Liberty Enlightening the
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World. The torch that she holds
up high is covered with 24 karat
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gold leaf and represents liberty
and enlightenment. The seven
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spikes on her crown represent
the seven continents and the
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seven seas across which freedom
should be spread. The broken
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chains and shackles at her feet
represent complete victory over
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tyranny. Etched on the bronze
plaque on the inner wall of the
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statue's pedestal are the famous
words of the Jewish immigrant
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poet Emma Lazarus. Give me your
tired, your poor, your huddled
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masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your
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teeming shore. Send these, the
homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
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I lift my lamp beside the golden
door. As the immigrant ships
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passed under the torch
and shining face this is the
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welcoming message of hope the
statue brought to the outcast
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and downtrodden of the world
as they made their way to the
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immigration processing station
at nearby Ellis Island located
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only a kilometer further on
in New York Harbor. For 52 years
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Ellis Island served as the
nation's biggest and busiest
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immigration station. Before its
closure in 1954, more than 12
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million immigrants arriving
by ship were processed here as
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their first stop on their way
to a new life in America. Today
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more than 40 percent of the
population of over 100 million
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people living in the United
States can trace their family
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history to a relative who came
through the station at Ellis
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Island. For the large majority
of the immigrants entry process
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on Ellis Island took only
three to five hours. They were
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registered, medically cleared
and then taken by ferry boat to
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New York City. Some of the
immigrants who passed through
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Ellis Island became
famous household names including
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Albert Einstein, Bob Hope,
Irving Berlin, Isaac Asimov and
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Cary Grant. But most of the
12 million immigrants that the
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ferry delivered to New York were
people whose names we'll never
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know. However, many of them had
poignant moving stories to tell
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of how they had to leave their
homes and flee to American to
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escape war, drought,
famine, poverty and religious
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persecution. One of those
nameless unknown immigrants
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was a refugee from
Vienna, Austria. She came from a
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prominent and prosperous family.
When World War II broke out she
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and her husband opposed the
Nazis. Persecution followed and
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their lives were in danger. They
soon realized that the only way
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to survive was to leave their
home and flee the country. They
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were advised to go separately
and so her long and arduous
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journey to America began when
her husband put her on a train
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for Switzerland. They planned
that he would join her soon
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afterwards. But she never saw
her husband or her home again.
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He was arrested trying to escape
and sent to a concentration camp
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Later she'd heard that he
died there. After arriving in
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Switzerland alone and vulnerable
she tried for days to reach a
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seaport. When she arrived at the
coast she boarded a steamship.
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The trip across the Atlantic
lasted two weeks. She spent most
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of the time underneath the
ship's deck in an open area that
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accommodated large numbers
of refugees. The conditions were
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terrible. The place was over
crowded, unsanitary and prone
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to disease because of the
uncleanliness but she refused
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to despair and never gave
up hope. Her first glimpse of
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America was the Statue of
Liberty. After clearing Ellis
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Island the ferry took her to
New York City. She settled on
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Statton Island, the
southern most of New York's five
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burroughs. The view across the
bay to the Statue of Liberty and
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Ellis Island kept the flame
of hope burning in her heart.
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Although it was December and
Christmas was approaching she
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continued looking for work
to get money and the ease her
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loneliness. She had another
job interview the morning before
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Christmas. It was for a
governess position looking after
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the children of one of the
wealthy families in the city.
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Because Statton Island is
the only New York borough not
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connected to the subway,
she caught the ferry to her
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appointment. There'd been a lot
of rain that winter in New York
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and the weather was cold and
stormy, but it didn't deter her.
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She dressed warmly and went to
the appointment. Unfortunately
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her interview wasn't successful.
As a war refugee her English was
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imperfect and she didn't get the
job. Disappointed and despondent
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she walked slowly back to the
bus stop fighting the cold and
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wind as well as fighting
back her tears. To make matters
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worse she just missed the bus
so she stood cold and alone at
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the bus stop in front of an
old stone church the very church
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where a young pastor and
his wife has just experienced a
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disaster. It was a grand
old church. Once long ago it had
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flourished but now the good old
days had passed but the pastor
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and his young wife believed
in the dilapidated church. They
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worked hard repairing pews,
plastering walls, painting doors
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and scrubbing floors. Soon they
were ahead of schedule and well
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on their way to being finished.
But late in December just before
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Christmas the severe winter
storms and driving rain took
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their toll and the worst blow
fell on the old church. The roof
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leaked and a large chunk of
rain-soaked plaster fell out of
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the inside wall just behind the
pulpit. Christmas was only two
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days away and now all their hard
work was in vain. The dispirited
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couple headed home. On the
way they noticed that a local
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business was having an auction
for charity and so stopped in to
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offer their support. One of
the items up for sale caught the
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the pastor's attention, a golden
ivory lace tablecloth. It was a
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magnificent item nearly 5 m.
long. It was old fashioned and
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outdated. There were a few half
hearted bids. Then the pastor
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was struck by a bright idea. He
bid for the unwanted tablecloth
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and purchased it for $6.50. He
and his wife hurried back to the
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church and hung the tablecloth
up on the wall behind the pulpit
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as a wall tapestry. It
completely covered the hole. It
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was just perfect and the
extraordinary beauty of the
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shimmering handwork cast a
soft glow over the front of the
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church. The couple was delighted
and returned home with a spring
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in their step. Their plans were
back on track and now they could
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proceed with their Christmas Eve
service. Just after noon on the
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day of Christmas Eve as the
pastor was opening the church
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he noticed the refugee woman
standing cold and alone at the
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bus stop. He called out to her
that the bus wouldn't be here
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for another 40 minutes and
invited her into the church to
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get warm. The woman came in and
sat down in a pew and rested.
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After a while she dropped her
head in prayer. She looked as
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the pastor began to adjust the
great golden ivory tablecloth
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across the hole. She rose
suddenly and walked up the steps
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to the pulpit. She looked at the
tablecloth. The pastor smiled
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and started to tell her about
the storm damage but she didn't
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seem to listen. She took out the
fold of the cloth and rubbed it
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between her fingers. It's mine
she said. It's my banquet cloth.
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She lifted up the corner and
showed the surprised pastor that
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there were initials embroidered
on it. She explained how her
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husband had the cloth made
especially for her in Brussels.
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There couldn't be another like
it. For the next 10 minutes the
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woman and the pastor talked
together. She shared her story
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with him. The pastor tried
to comfort her and urged her to
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take the tablecloth. She refused
She wanted the pastor to keep it
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for the church. Then she went
out into the cold on her way
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home. As the church began
to fill on Christmas Eve it was
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clear that the tablecloth was
going to be a great success. It
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had been skillfully designed to
look its best in the soft candle
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light. After the service
the pastor stood at the doorway.
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Many people told him that
the church looked beautiful. One
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gentle faced man, he was the
local clock and watch repair man
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looked rather puzzled. After
sitting in one of the pews for
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some time, he asked the pastor
where he got the tablecloth on
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the front wall from. In a soft
accent, he said that it looked
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identical to the one he gave his
wife many years ago in Vienna.
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The pastor suddenly became very
excited. He told the jeweler
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about the woman who had been in
the church earlier in the day.
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The startled jeweler clutched
the pastor's arm. Could it be?
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Was his wife still
alive? Together the two drove to
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Statton Island. The Christmas
Eve the jeweler and his wife,
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two lonely refugees in New York
City who had been separated for
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so many sad years were reunited.
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And how fitting that this moving
reunion occurred at the time of
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the year when people are
thinking about and celebrating
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the birth of Jesus because his
birth brought about an even more
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moving and miraculous reunion.
Yes the birth of Jesus brings
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people together, it brings
families and friends together,
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but even more importantly
it brings people and God back
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together. Heaven and earth were
united by the birth of Jesus.
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That's why Jesus came. He came
to reunite heaven and earth and
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that's why his birth is such
wonderful news. Listen to how
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the angels shared this
good news with the shepherds in
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Luke chapter 2 verses 10 and 11:
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To understand why the birth of
Jesus is such good news, we've
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got to recognize that it's one
episode of a much bigger story
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that goes all the way back to
the beginning of human existence
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This is a story that goes all
the way back to the garden of
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Eden when God created our first
parents. They were perfect and
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lived in a perfect world and
they had a perfect relationship
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with God. There was the closest
relationship between God and
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people, between heaven and
earth. But sadly this perfect
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environment and relationship was
shattered when our first parents
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rebelled against God and
went their own sinful way. Their
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actions had serious consequences
Their disobedience separated
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them from God and that resulted
in destruction and death. They
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had no ability to fix the
situation so the human race was
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doomed. But God is love and
he just couldn't stand being
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separated from us, the people
he loves. He couldn't bear the
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thought of us perishing
all alone. He had a plan. He
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decided that he would come
to earth himself and pay the
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penalty for our sins and
mistakes. He would die so that
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we could live. And so on the
silent night, a holy night Jesus
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was born in Bethlehem.
Immanuel, God is with us.
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Notice the details and
significance of Jesus' birth;
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he was born away from home
so he understands our separation
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and loneliness. He was born
on journey so he understands our
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restless and wandering nature.
He was born in the insecurity of
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a barn so he understands our
insecurity and lack of spiritual
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comfort and inner peace. He
roamed the roads and towns of
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his day so he understands our
endless search for fulfillment
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and contentment. Whatever
problem you may be facing,
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Jesus understands what you're
going through. You are not alone
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In other words, and here's the
good news, Jesus came because
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God loves us and didn't want to
be separated from us. There is
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hope. Because of Jesus every
one of us can be reunited with
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God. In Jesus heaven and earth
are joined together. We are no
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longer alone. We are no longer
separated. Jesus has rescued us
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from separation and loneliness.
And now nothing can separate us
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from God's love.
Notice what the Bible says in
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Romans chapter 8
verses 38 and 39:
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Did you get that? Now nothing
can separate us from God's love
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and so we can be assured today
that God is with us. He provides
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security, comfort and
fulfillment. He's here to give
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us hope, to forgive our sins,
to give us a new song, to give
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us peace and happiness. All we
have to do is ask him. Why not
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do that right now as we pray.
Give him the gift that he wants,
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your heart, your
soul, your life. Let's pray.
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Our dear Heavenly Father, thank
you for Jesus, the greatest gift
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of all, our Savior and our
Deliverer. We thank you for
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taking our place and paying
the penalty for our sins and
00:24:31.00\00:24:33.94
mistakes. We're so glad that we
are no longer separated from you
00:24:33.97\00:24:38.81
We're so grateful that you're
a loving God. Thank you for the
00:24:38.84\00:24:43.41
peace and happiness you give us.
You are our refuge and our place
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of safety. We commit our
lives to you and pray for your
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continued blessing and guidance.
We ask this in Jesus' name, Amen
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greatest city our world has ever
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Yet for some people it's not
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the entertainment or the glamour
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York. For some New York is the
00:25:13.01\00:25:17.55
greatest city in the world
because it offered them hope,
00:25:17.58\00:25:20.95
freedom and an opportunity to
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a lonely and heartbroken woman
fleeing the horrors of war found
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hope and more. She found her
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and that discovery led to an
00:25:36.67\00:25:41.64
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of her life. They were reunited
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by the Christmas event and the
tablecloth. Their separation and
00:25:46.21\00:25:52.08
loneliness was over. Jesus
offers to end our loneliness and
00:25:52.11\00:25:57.05
separation as well. So if
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Now I saw a new heaven and a new
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