Marsh Chapel Sunday Services

Rev. Dr. Regina L. Walton preaches this week's sermon on The Beloved Community. The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Jesus Christ the apple tree" by Elizabeth Poston and "We shall walk through the valley in peace" arranged by Moses Hogan along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Personal Faith and the Beloved Community". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Miserere mei Deus" and "Venite comedite" by William Byrd along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Stephen Chapin Garner preaches a sermon entitled "The Beloved Community in a Wild and Crazy World!". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" arranged by Scott Allen Jarrett and "Oh come, everyone that thirsteth" from Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Stephen Chapin Garner preaches a sermon entitled "The Beloved Community of a Wild and Crazy God!". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" arranged by Scott Allen Jarrett and "Justitiae Domini" by G. P. da Palestrina along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Intimations of a Beloved Community". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Life up your heads" by Orlando Gibbons and "Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlig stirbt" by Johann Christian Bach along with service music and hymns.

Br. Lawrence A. Whitney, LC+, University Chaplain for Community Life at Boston University, preaches a sermon entitled "Contra Ecclesia: Beloved Communities". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings selections from Tomás Luis de Victoria's Missa "Quam pulchri sunt" along with service music and hymns.

Rev. David F. Romanik, Associate Rector at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, preaches a sermon entitled "The Unimportance of being Earnest". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Jesu, dulcis memoria" by Tomás Luis de Victoria and "So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ, SWV 379" by Heinrich Schütz, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Still Point". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Almighty and everlasting God" by Orlando Gibbons and "When David heard" by Thomas Tomkins, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "A Grain of Mustard Seed". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Quam pulchri sunt" by Tomás Luis de Victoria and "My soul, there is a country" by C. Hubert H. Parry, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "We Are Family". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Gaudent in caelis" by Tomás Luis de Victoria and "Accepit Jesus panes" by Cristóbal de Morales, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Sweet Spirit". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Come let's rejoice" by John Amner and Sanctus from Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, Op. 9, along with service music and hymns.

Br. Lawrence A. Whitney, LC+, University Chaplain for Community Life, preaches a sermon entitled "The Gospel According to Elmo". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "If ye love me" by Thomas Tallis and "Veni sancte Spiritus" by Hans Leo Hassler, along with service music and hymns.

Mr. Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO of the NAACP, gives this year's Baccalaureate Address. The Marsh Chapel Choir and Majestic Brass perform "The Road Home" by Stephen Paulus and "O clap your hands" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, along with service music and hymns.

Selected members of the Graduating Class of 2015 express their faith as a part of the "This I Believe" service; an annual Marsh Chapel Tradition. The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Geistliches Lied", Op. 30 by Jonannes Brahms and "I saw the Lord" by John Stainer, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "The Marsh Spirit". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings the Kyrie from Missa Salve and "O sacrum convivium" by Tomás Luis de Victoria, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Easter Remembrance". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Rise up, my love, my fair one" by Healey Willan and "Like as the hart" by Herbert Howells, along with service music and hymns.

Ms. Jessica Chicka, Chapel Associate for Lutheran Ministry, preaches a sermon entitled "Paralyzing Paradoxes". The Innter Strength Gospel Choir performs "With Christ" by Herbert S. Jones and "Great Day, a traditional Spiritual arranged by Herbert S. Jones, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "The Bach Experience". The Marsh Chapel Choir and Collegium performs Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata 'Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ', along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Whence Benevolence?". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Ecce vicit Leo" by Peter Philips and "Ye choirs of new Jerusalem" by C.V. Stanford, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches The Liturgy of the Palms - The Liturgy of the Passion. The service includes a reading of the Passion Gospel interspersed with service music and hymns sung by the Marsh Chapel Choir.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Finding Our Way". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings the Kyrie from Missa 'Selva morale e spirituale' by Claudio Monteverdi and "Song of the Passion" by George Oldroyd, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Religious Affections". Guest choir In Choro Novo Choir, conducted by Dr. Thérèse Provenzano, sings "Set me as a seal" by René Clausen and "The Battle of Jericho" arranged by Moses Hogan, along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Sweet Chariot". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Kyrie, from Missa 'Selva morale e spirituale'" by Claudio Monteverdi and "Hear my prayer" by Felix Mendelssohn along with service music and hymns. The soprano soloist is Ms. Jacquelyn Stucker.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "The Marsh Spirit". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Kyrie, from Missa 'Ecce Sacerdos Magnus'" by Francisco Guerrero and "Hear my prayer" by Henry Purcell along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Liz Douglass preaches a sermon entitled "Hope in the Wilderness". The Inner Strength Gospel Choir sings "A Follower of Christ " by J. W. Harris and "Gabi, Gabi", a Namibian Folk Song, along with the Marsh Chapel Choir singing service music and hymns.