Union Chapel Board of Trustees
Rev. Dr. Aliya F. Browne, President
Heidi Bryan, Vice President
Stephanie Parker, Secretary
Kamla Branche, Treasurer
Robert Jennings, Sexton
Rachele Browne
Brenda Bryan
Cynthia 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
civic leadership organization in Philadelphia, and the transition subcommittee on education for Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker as well as inducted as a fellow into The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Announcements
Today’s floral arrangements on the altar are placed ...
In loving memory of Charles and Kit Sanders and Jim and Louise Sanders from their children and grandchildren.
Thomas K Barnes, Samuel and Joy Barnes, Peter M Barnes, Rosalee and David McCullough From Margot Goodwin
To sponsor a Sunday Service in the Chapel please visit www.unionchapelmv.org, or contact Heidi Bryan 214-549-7235/508-687-9725.
Music Notes
We are delighted to welcome members of the Island Community Chorus to our service this morning. The chorus presented its final concert of the year, “America in Song”, last night at the Tabernacle under the direction of William Peek. The Island Community Chorus, founded in 1996, is a beloved cultural institution on Martha’s Vineyard – in the words of the Vineyard Gazette, “one of the joys, and certainly the pride, of its community.” Chorus highlights of the past year included their annual Holiday Concert in December and performance of the Vivaldi Gloria with chamber orchestra in April.
Learn more at www.islandcommunitychorus.com
June 30
Welcoming Our 2024 Season Guests
Rev. Deborah Finley-Jackson, Ph.D. Family of Faith AME Church, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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. Charles Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 28 Rev. Dr. Brandon Thomas, Myrtle Baptist Church, West Newton, Massachusetts
August 4
August 11
August 18
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, Illinois
Rev. Dr. Howard John Wesley, Alfred Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia
Rev. Dante Quick, Ph.D., First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, Somerset, New Jersey
August 25 Rev. Dana Allen Walsh, South Church, Andover, Massachusetts
September 1
Rev. Dr. Aliya Browne, President, Union Chapel Board of Trustees, Oak Bluffs, Massachussetts
Services will be streamed and available for watching on Facebook, YouTube and through our website www.UnionChapelMV.org
PRELUDES: Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound setting by Kenton Coe Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland (arr. Thomas R. Vozzella)
INTROIT: Blessed Are the Peacemakers words: from the Beatitudes music: William Peek Island Community Chorus
TRUSTEE GREETINGS Ginny McIntosh
*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: #727 America, the Beautiful Materna ANTHEM I Sing! words: Robert Herrick music: Emma Lou Diemer Island Community Chorus
PRAYER
PRAYER RESPONSE O Thou That Hearest Prayer J. Burton, Wm. Peek
OFFERTORY Hold Fast to Dreams words: Langston Hughes music: Susan LaBarr Island Community Chorus
*DOXOLOGY #34 OLD HUNDREDTH OFFERTORY PRAYER
*HYMN #621 For the Healing of the Nations Regent Square
SCRIPTURE 2 Samuel 6:1-5
SPEAKER “The Higher Education Hot Seat”
Daniel J. Allen, Ph.D.
*HYMN: #731 My Country, ‘Tis of Thee America
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE New England Guard’s March James Hewitt (c. 1815)
*Please stand if you are able
