Welcoming Our 2024 Season Guests
June 30 Rev. Deborah Finley-Jackson, Ph.D.
Family of Faith AME Church, St. Thomas, USVI
July 7 Daniel J. Allen, Ph.D. La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 14 Rev. Shannon Kershner
Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia
July 21 Rev. Dr. Leslie Callahan
St. Pauls Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 28 Rev. Dr. Brandon Thomas Crowley
Myrtle Baptist Church, West Newton, Massachusetts
August 4 Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, Illinois
August 11 Rev. Dr.Howard John Wesley
Alfred Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia
August 18 Rev. Dante Quick, Ph.D.
First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, Somerset, New Jersey
August 25 Rev. Dana Allen Walsh
South Church, Andover, Massachussetts
September 1 Rev. Dr. Aliya Browne
President, Union Chapel Board of Trustees, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Union Chapel Board of Trustees
Rev. Dr. Aliya F. Browne, President
Heidi Bryan, Vice President
Stephanie Parker, Secretary
Kamla Branche, Treasurer
Robert Jennings, Sexton
Rachelle Browne
Brenda Bryan
Cindy Carter
Alvin R Johnson
Louise Johnson
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson
Ginny McIntosh
Roger Morris
Kevin Myatt
Jeanna Shepard
Andrew Skeen
Ann Stewart
Ed Trayes
Diane Welburn
Lois Jean White
Sabrina Williams
Trustees Emeriti:
William Adams
Joann Kidd
Anne H. Parsons
Richard Taylor, President Emeritis
Interdenominational “as a place of worship for the summer community ” The Union Chapel building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is owned and managed by the Vineyard Preservation Trust
August 25, 2024
Reverend Dana Allen Walsh
Services will be streamed and available for watching on Facebook, YouTube and through our website www.UnionChapelMV.org
A nnouncements
Today’s floral arrangements on the altar are placed ...
This gift is given by the Gill family for the enhancement of worship and community at Union Chapel and is given in the spirit of love for our MV family.
In memory of our beloved friends Rita and Joel Peed, and their daughter Claire Peed Whitaker on what would have been the week of Rita’s 77th Birthday. From Marquetta Drakes and Bill Peek
The altar flowers are given in loving memory of Gloria Wong, who was the true embodiment of light and love. With love from Polly and Brad Simpkins
To sponsor a Sunday Service in the Chapel please visit www.unionchapelmv.org, or contact Heidi Bryan at 214-549-2735/508-687-9725.
Help conserve! Share the bulletin with your neighbors, and let them scan the code!
Order of Service
PRELUDES: Traditional Swedish Tunes
Paul Woodiel, violin and nyckelharpa; William Peek, hammered dulcimer and organ
INTROIT: This Little Light of Mine African American Spiritual (arr. William Farley Smith)
TRUSTEE GREETINGS Brenda Bryan
*INVOCATION
“God of hope, we have sensed your spirit walking with us as we open a new door in our lives, felt your urging when we were reluctant to say yes to a new adventure. Come among us today. Open our eyes to truth wherever it may be found. Allow us to hear the siren song of knowledge and understanding.”
LORDS PRAYER
*HYMN: #137 Worthy of Worship Judson
ANTHEM Domine Deus (from Gloria, RV 589)
Jessica Sanseverino, soprano PRAYER
Antonio Vivaldi
PRAYER RESPONSE O Thou That Hearest Prayer J. Burton, Wm. Peek
OFFERTORY Deep River setting by Harry T. Burleigh Scherzo (from Sonatina, Op. 100) Antonín Dvořák
Paul Woodiel, violin; William Peek, piano
*DOXOLOGY #34 Old Hundredth
OFFERTORY PRAYER
*HYMN: #589 O Master Let Me Walk with Thee Maryton
SCRIPTURE Luke 5:1-11
SERMON Unimaginable to Unstoppable: Embracing God’s Innovation Reverend Dana Allen Walsh
*HYMN: #59 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee Hymn to Joy
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Fugue in C Major Dieterich Buxtehude
*Please stand if you are able | Music Director: William Peek, Jr.
