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Rewriting History, Part I of III

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Sermon by Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church of Harvard University, for the Memorial Church's Sunday Worship Service. --- “Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.” Exodus 1...

Rewriting History, Part III of III

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Sermon by Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church of Harvard University, for the Memorial Church's Sunday Worship Service. --- "But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt...

Rewriting History, Part II of III

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Sermon by Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church of Harvard University, for the Memorial Church's Sunday Worship Service. “Now a new King arose over Egypt, who knew not of Joseph.” Exodus 1:8 We...

Morning Prayers: Black History Week

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Sherri Ann Charleston, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Harvard University, speaks at Morning Prayers during Black History Week. Photos by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications. Sherri Ann Charleston Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer...

Morning Prayers: Black History Week 2026

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Each February, the Church hosts a special week of Morning Prayers to lift and honor the stories, struggles, voices, and theologies of African Americans across campus. The Rev. Aric Fleming MDiv '19 Assistant Director, Office of Doctoral Programs at...

History

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“In grateful memory of the Harvard men who died in the World War we have built this Church.” — inscription over the South entrance to the Memorial Room The Memorial Church is the church for Harvard University, dedicated on Armistice Day 1932 in memory of...

Morning Prayers: Black History Week 2024

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Morning Prayers in Appleton Chapel with speaker the Rev. Aric Fleming MDiv '19, Assistant Director, Office of Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School, and former Memorial Church seminarian, Feb. 7, 2024. The Rev. Taylon E. Lancaster MDiv. II Harvard...

Emmanuel K. Akyeampong

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Emmanuel Akyeampong is the Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He was appointed a Loeb Harvard College Professor from July 2005 through June 2010.

Akyeampong is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy...

Veterans Day

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In honor of Veterans Day and sanctuary and Memorial Room will be open on Nov. 11, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about the history of the church memorials go to History page.

Morning Prayers: Black History Week 2025

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“And if ever we feel like we no longer have the strength to speak, when the weight of injustice feels too heavy to bear. I invite you to listen with me to the moans of the church mothers. The moans of Mother Raulston. The moans of Mother Maddox. And the...

Gospel Explosion Night at MemChurch

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By Jeffrey Blackwell Memorial Church Communications The Southern University Gospel Choir from Baton Rouge, La. will fill the Memorial Church Sanctuary on Feb. 17 with a chorus of 50 powerful voices singing traditional spiritual music in celebration of...

Morning Prayers (Black History Week): Tracy K. Smith

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Speaker: Tracy K. Smith, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric & Oratory; Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University. The daily Morning Prayers service is conducted each weekday morning from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. in Appleton Chapel during...