Trustee Officers and Standing Committees
President Rev. Dr. Aliya F. Browne
Vice President Heidi Bryan
Secretary Stephanie Parker
Treasurer Kamla Branche
Ministerial
Aliya F. Browne, Louise Johnson, Richard L. Taylor, Michael Teiger, Ed Trayes, Sabrina Williams
Music Advisory Lois Jean White, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Rachelle Browne
Communication
Jeanna Petersen Shepard, Heidi
Bryan, Kathleen McGheeAnderson, Ann Stewart
Nominating Committee
Bulletin
Budget and Finance
Diane Welburn, Louise Johnson, Andrew Skeen, Ed Trayes
Renee Nolan, Cynthia Carter, Stephanie Parker
Kamla Branche, Renee Nolan, Diane Welburn
Audit Alvin R. Johnson, Louise Johnson
By-Laws
Aliya F. Browne, Rachelle
Browne, Kevin Myatt, Stephanie
Parker, Diane Welburn
Sunday Sponsorship Heidi Bryan, Brenda Bryan
Sexton
Robert Jennings
Community Support Heidi Bryan, Andrew Skeen
Trustees Emeriti: Joann Kidd, and Anne H. Parsons
Interdenominational
“as a place of worship for the summer community ”
Union Chapel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
55 Narragansett Avenue, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
www.unionchapelmv.org
508-338-7089 | contact@unionchapelmv.org
August 27, 2023
Rev. Dr. D. Darrell Griffin
Celebration of Life for Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III
55 Narragansett Avenue, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
www.unionchapelmv.org
Welcoming Our 2023 Season Guests
June 18 Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
July 2 Professor Sara Bleich, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
July 9 Bishop Donald Hilliard, Cathedral International Church, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
July 16 Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale, Ray of Hope Christian Church, Decatur, Georgia
July 23 Rev. Susan Sparks, Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New York, New York
July 30 Rev. Arthur Jones, St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Plano, Texas
August 6 Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, Illinois
August 13 Rev. Dr. Howard John Wesley, Alfred Street Baptist Church,
Alexandria, Virginia
August 20 Rev. Leslie Callahan PhD., St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 27 Rev. Dr. D. Darrell Griffin, Oakdale Covenant Church of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
September 3 Rev. Dr. Aliya F. Browne, President of the Union Chapel Board of Trustees, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Services will be streamed and available for watching on Facebook, YouTube and through our website www.UnionChapelMV.org
Order of Service
PRELUDE: Prière (from Four Pieces for Organ) Joseph Jongen
INTROIT: Everyone Prays in Their Own Language Duke Ellington
TRUSTEE GREETINGS Rev. Dr. Aliya Browne
Special Tribute in honor of the late Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III.
RECOGNITION: Richard L. Taylor
ABYSSINIAN GREETINGS Stephen R. Johnson
*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: #68 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Nettleton
ANTHEM: Kyrie (from Jazz Mass) Alcée Chriss III
PRAYER
PRAYER RESPONSE O Thou That Hearest Prayer J. Burton, Wm. Peek
OFFERTORY Sanctus (from Jazz Mass) Alcée Chriss III
OFFERTORY PRAYER
*DOXOLOGY #34 Old Hundreth
*HYMN #504 Just a Closer Walk with Thee Closer Walk
SCRIPTURE Samuel 9:1-13 John 10:11-16
SERMON “Keep Your Word”
Rev. Dr. D. Darrell Griffin
Union Chapel Choir
Jessica Sanseverino, soprano Martha Hudson, alto
David Behnke, tenor Brad Austin, bass
William D. Peek Jr., Union Chapel Music Director and Organist
*HYMN: #729 Lift Every Voice and Sing BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Epilogue Rachel Laurin
*Please stand if you are able
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Dr. D. Darrell Griffin, D.Min. is a Senior Pastor, Spiritual Director, Certified Ministry Coach, and Certified Enneagram Trainer. He travels nationwide, teaching congregations and Non-Profits the Building a Better TEAM! System (Using the Enneagram).
Since January 2000, Dr. Griffin has served as the Senior Pastor of the Oakdale Covenant Church of Chicago, Illinois. His commitment to a holistic ministry has manifested itself through the tremendous growth of Oakdale to well over 2500 disciples, the expansion of Oakdale Christian Academy and Child Care Center, and the establishment of the Oakdale Community Development Corporation to impact the needs of the Brainerd/Washington Heights community. Oakdale Christian Academy specializes in educating underserved and frequently at-risk students. This unique environment utilizes the human resources of the congregation to ensure that the students and their families are equipped to succeed mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Dr. Griffin graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Griffin’s outstanding ministerial experience extends back to his years of service as the Assistant Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem, New York, pastored by Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III.
In November 2014, Dr. Griffin was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and served for serval terms as one of the seven Trustees of City Colleges of Chicago. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of North Park University, where he served as Chair of the Seminary Committee. Dr. Griffin was the former Chair of the Executive Board, the decision-making body of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America. Dr. Griffin was appointed Illinois Chair of Choose Healthy Life, partnered with Chicago Black Clergy and the United Way of Metro Chicago to promote COVID-19 Education and increase vaccinations in the local Black Community. Dr. Griffin served as a Fellow in the inaugural class of the Marty Center’s Black Church Leadership Program at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Griffin is the author of Navigating Pastoral Leadership in the Transition Zone: “Arriving in the Middle of the Movie” (Chicago: MMGI Books, 2012). It has become a resource to assist congregations and pastors through the challenging maze of a transition in pastoral leadership. Dr. Griffin is also the author of Building a Better YOU: Using the Enneagram to find Purpose, Healing, and Success in Relationships (Louisville: Valiant Publishing, 2021). It is one of the best tools for understanding one’s purpose, maintaining personal growth, and ensuring effective team building in any professional or relational setting.
He is currently serving as an Adjunct Professor at North Park University, North Park Theological Seminary, and serving on the Teaching team for Sustaining Pastoral Excellence (SPE) of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Announcements
Today’s floral arrangements on the altar are placed ... by Union Chapel Education and Cultural Institute in salute to the Abyssinian Church and the Butts family.
In loving memory of William and Elizabeth Barnes, Clarence and Doreen Barnes, Thomas K Barnes, Samuel and Joy Barnes, Peter M Barnes, Rosalee and David McCullough From Margot Goodwin
By John and Candi Jenkins and the West
and
Comzer
Insurance Agencies family.
By Clinee Hedspeth in honor of the life and legacy of Dorothy West, Louis Mailou Jones and Harry Burleigh
In loving memory of our son, brother and Uncle Randall Edward Taylor. We miss your examples and cherish your memories. Richard and Kathy Taylor, Caroline Taylor Ellerson, Brian Ellerson, Tyler Logan Ellerson
To sponsor a Sunday Service in the Chapel please visit www.unionchapelmv.org, contact Heidi Bryan 214-549-7235/508-687-9725 or email contact@unionchapelmv.org for more information.
Reverend Dr. D. Darrell Griffin, D.Min.
Musical Notes
This morning we welcome organist and composer Alcée Chriss III. Tomorrow evening at 7:30, Dr. Chriss will offer a concert here in Union Chapel that will include his complete Jazz Mass (featuring guest saxophonist Griffin Ross), works for organ, and a special organ improvisation on a submitted theme.
A featured star in the PBS documentary Pipe Dreams (2019), Dr. Chriss is the winner of the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition and the Firmin Swinnen Silver Medal at the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. He has been celebrated for his “grace, skill, and abundant proficiency” by the Journal Assist News (Albuquerque, NM), and of his most recent solo recording at Montreal Symphony Hall, Art et Rhapsodie, the American Record Guide wrote that “he plays with clarity imagination, musicality, virtuosity, and yes, personality.” Dr. Chriss has performed widely throughout North America and Europe. He is University organist and Artist in Residence at Wesleyan University and organist at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City.
o day, ugus 8, 0 3 7:30 PM
Alcée Chriss III
Organ works of Duruflé, Fauré, Dudley Buck, George Shearing plus Jazz Mass by Alcee Chriss III and an improvisation on a submitted theme.
All are welcome | Free will offering 55 Narragansett Avenue, Oak Bluffs
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