Dear Friends,
Grace and peace to you.
After 18 months of virtual worship, painstakingly and attentively administered by our staff leadership, we are now open for public in-person worship, commencing at 11:00 am on August 22. Our Matriculation service, the traditional opening of the autumn semester, follows on August 29 at 11:00 a.m. We warmly and happily invite you to join us for one or both of these services, and we look forward to greeting you! Welcome home Marsh Chapel!
Protocols and procedures for public worship are described here, masking required and vaccination expected. At this time we can offer no childcare or indoor refreshment. Autumn worship highlights tentatively include Matriculation on August 29, Eucharist on September 5, outdoor catered Luncheon and the Ordination of Dr. Jessica Chicka on the afternoon of September 12, the pursuit of the fall sermon series on ‘Questions of Faith’ on September 19, our first of three autumn Bach Sundays September 26, and a full University Leadership with Majestic Brass, President and Provost, and the Class of 2020 Baccalaureate Speaker on October 3. Various weddings, memorials, special liturgies (including a remembrance of ‘9/11’ on the morning of 9/11/21), and other services are also planned for the fall. Please see the website in the near future for further details.
All this and more must of course be described with our ever-present favorite adverb, ‘tentatively’, given current conditions and potential changes thereof. Yet, as of late August 2021, and right now and for now, ‘the doors of the church are open’! I could not be happier!
Blessings,
Bob
Dean, Marsh Chapel
Professor, New Testament and Pastoral Theology
Chaplain to the University, Office of Religious Life
Boston University
