Sunday Services - 11:00 a.m.

During the academic year, Sunday services are broadcast on Harvard's radio station, WHRB 95.3 FM. For those outside the Cambridge area, WHRB provides live Internet streaming from its Web site, at www.whrb.org. Services take place at 11:00 a.m. eastern time.

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November 1
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Commemoration of All Saints and All Souls
Holy Communion
The Reverend Dr. Dorothy A. Austin
Sedgwick Associate Minister and Chaplain to the University, The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Sermon: We Are Not Alone

Text: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…” Hebrews 12:1

Anthems:
Funeral Sentences — Purcell

Sunday's Service (PDF File)

Sunday's Bulletin (PDF File)

In Remembrance (PDF File)

November 8
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Commemoration of Benefactors and of The War Dead
The Reverend Peter J. Gomes
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Sermon: The Gifted Community

Text: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13

Anthems: Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars — Dove
The Risen Sun — Phillips

Sunday's Service (PDF File)

Sunday's Bulletin (PDF File)

November 15
The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Stewardship Sunday
The Reverend Peter J. Gomes
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Sermon: Profiles in Stewardship

Text: "Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common." Acts 4:32

Anthems: “How Lovely Are the Messengers” from
St. PaulMendelssohn
Cantique de Jean Racine — Fauré

Sunday's Service (PDF File)

Sunday's Bulletin (PDF File)

November 22
The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King
The Sunday Next before Advent
Thanksgiving Sunday
The Reverend Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
Director, Department of Religion, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, New York
Sermon: Dangerous Dreams
The dreams of unity and compassion are dangerous dreams in a deeply divided world.

Anthems: The Apple Tree — Ingalls
“The Name Above All Names” from The Acts of the ApostlesCooman ’04

Sunday's Service (PDF File)

Sunday's Bulletin (PDF File)

November 29
The First Sunday of Advent
Holy Communion
The Reverend Jonathan C. Page
Epps Fellow in The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Sermon: The Promise of Christmas

Text: “The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.” Jeremiah 33:14

Anthems: Mass for Four Voices — Byrd
Ave Verum Corpus — Byrd

Chancel Flowers
Flowers in the chancel may be given in celebration of baptisms, weddings, or other occasions of joy, or in thanksgiving for the lives of those who have departed or have given light to our lives. Those interested should send a check for $125, payable to Harvard University, to the attention of Nancy Granert in the Church office. Please include the names of those to be remembered exactly as they should appear in our announcements. For more information, contact the Church office at 617-495-5508.

Ushers
The ushers are undergraduate and graduate members of the University who assist at all of the public services and occasions in The Memorial Church. New ushers are always welcome to serve. For more information please contact the Sexton, Richard D. Campbell, at richard_campbell@harvard.edu, or by phone at 617-496-3195.

Parking for Sunday Services
Parking for Sunday Services is available in the Littauer lot, directly behind Littauer Hall until 2:00 p.m. Access to this lot is from Oxford Street. From the driveway off Oxford Street, continue on through the SEAS Lot; Littauer is at the end. Note that vehicles parked in the assigned spaces of the adjacent lot (AUST) will be towed. Vehicular access to Harvard Yard is severely limited, and is restricted to those with mobility difficulties only. Vehicular access is only available through the Widener Library Gate off of Massachusetts Avenue. Vehicles must not be left on the pathways, where they interfere with the passage of official University and emergency traffic.

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