Boston University Marsh Chapel
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Dear Marsh Chapel Community,
Grace and peace to one and all. While this season has been one of challenges over the last several months, it has also been a time of faithfulness and growth on your part. For that I am fully thankful. With our staff I send each of you a word of encouragement and a look to the future.
One such word, one of encouragement and future possibility, regards our Wednesday evening service. Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman and a team of leaders and students offer this mid-week service by Zoom every Wednesday. This is an offering in addition to your own daily prayer, and in addition to our broadcast Sunday 11am NPR service, and in addition to other fellowship and study gatherings throughout the week. Here is the website description of the service: Join us for a mid-week virtual service of reflection and prayer as well as a chance to catch up with others on Wednesdays at 5:30pm. To receive the weekly Zoom link, contact The Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman. Friends, I commend the Wednesday service to you! Over the years, it has become a central, significant part of my own devotional life, week by week. Come and join us, when and as you are able!
Another is a simple thanksgiving for the forms of community among us. Whether by note, or telephone, or email, you are staying in connection in creative ways, and that is a real blessing. Our website gives all the detail you may need for future connection. This week I am glad for the various religious and spiritual offerings in our midst, from virtual worship to book study, to advisory board, to tai chi and yoga, to global dinner club, to Marsh fellows, to Marsh writers, and others. The leadership brought to these groups has been a great gift as well, and for that I am thankful in a particular way.
Yet another comes this Sunday, October 4, 2020. I will lead a brief morning prayer service on Marsh Plaza, from 8am to 8:40am. If you would like to attend in person, please contact our Chapel Director Mr. Bouchard (or by phone: 617-358-3394). We have some limitation on numbers, so will need to have your rsvp by noon on October 2. Parking is available on Commonwealth and Bay State Road (the CAS lot is not available for Sunday). Masks and social distancing are required for all. Please note as well if you would like or need a chair. You are also welcome from home simply to be in a time and attitude of quiet and prayer, joining us in spirit that morning.
Please take a moment to see the other opportunities available this autumn through Marsh Chapel, as described in the newsletter. As ever, we appreciate your steady and faithful support, in prayers and gifts for the work of ministry here.
Grace and peace,
Bob
Dean, Marsh Chapel
Professor, New Testament and Pastoral Theology
Chaplain to the University, Office of Religious Life
Boston University
617-358-3394
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Social Justice Bible Study
Mondays beginning October 19th, 5:15-6:15pm
Join us for a weekly bible study at 5:15pm on Monday evenings starting September 28th. This semester we will be using the Social Justice Bible Challenge by Forward Movement to guide our discussion of scripture and how it can apply to our lives. Gatherings via Zoom. All are welcome! Contact: The Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman or Dr. Jessica Chicka for more information.
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Wednesday Evening Prayer
Every Wednesday at 5:30pm
Join us for a mid-week virtual service of reflection and prayer as well as a chance to catch up with others on Wednesdays at 5:30pm. To receive the weekly Zoom link, contact The Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman.
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Check out all of the exciting weekly VIRTUAL programming happening at Marsh. Also, check out our Instagram for additional engagement opportunities.
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Abolitionist Chapel Today is a study/program/advocacy group in the domestic and international resistance to human trafficking and modern-day slavery. This Fall 2020 semester we will meet on the fourth Sunday of the month through Zoom in October and November from 12:30-2ish. Please contact Rev. Dr. Victoria Hart Gaskell at vgaskell@bu.edu for more information and to be included on the call.
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Meetings this Fall Semester will be held on Sundays 9:00-9:45a.m. by Zoom.
Dates of Book Group Meetings:
October 4, 18, 25
November 1, 15, 29
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This Fall Semester 2020 the Marsh Chapel Sunday Study Group will be reading "A Strange Freedom: The Best of Howard Thurman on Religious Experience and Public Life" edited by BU STH's, Dr. Walter E. Fluker. We will be meeting by Zoom. The study officially began on September 27th, but it is not too late to join us! This semester we are unable to purchase the books for pickup at Marsh Chapel. The book is available on Amazon (follow this link) or at your local library.
Our featured guests will included Ms. Katherine Kennedy, Director, Howard Thurman Center and Nick Bates, Assistant Director, Howard Thurman Center. Our Marsh Chapel Interns: Alec Vaughn MDiv.I and Mahalia Damm MDiv.III will be assisting.
Please email The Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman at revkaren@bu.edu if you wish to be included on our weekly gathering.
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Boston University Marsh Chapel
735 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
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