Sunday Sermons

The Rev. Matthew Potts, preaching Aug. 28, 2022

The Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in the Faculty of Divinity, and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church preaches from the pulpit. Sunday worship services at the Memorial Church are known for engaging sermons given by preachers from Harvard and around the world. Listen to previous sermons on a wide range of topics on YouTube or on SoundCloud. 

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Blessed Are Those Who Love: The Grace of All Saints

Sermon for All Saints Sunday By the Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Ph.D ’13 Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in the Faculty of Divinity Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church (The following is a transcript of the service audio, Nov. 1, 2026) May the...
The Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts in a white robe speaking at church pulpit with hymnal numbers displayed nearby.

Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost Sermon

By The Rt. Rev. Allen K. Shin Bishop Suffragan, The Episcopal Diocese of New York (The following is a transcript of the service audio, Oct. 18, 2026) Let me begin by expressing my gratitude to Dr. Matthew Potts for inviting me to preach this morning, and...
The Rt. Rev. Allen K. Shin, Bishop Suffragan, The Episcopal Diocese of New York, in white robe and black stole speaking at a wooden pulpit with a microphone and green cloth covering.

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Sermon

By The Rev. Emmanuel Akyeampong Minister for Worship and Foundation, the Memorial Church, and the Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University (The following is a transcript of the service audio, Oct...
Smiling pastor, the Rev. Emmanuel Akyeampong, in white robe and green stole delivering sermon at church pulpit with hymn numbers displayed on board.

Twentieth Sunday of Pentecost Sermon

By Elizabeth Propst MDiv '26 Ministry Fellow, the Memorial Church (The following is a transcript of the service audio, Oct. 11, 2026) Morning. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God, our rock...
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Nineteenth Sunday of Pentecost Sermon

By Professor Glen Pettigrove Chair of Philosophy, University of Glasgow (The following is a transcript of the service audio, Oct. 4, 2026) The website where almost every academic job in the United Kingdom is posted is called jobs.ac.uk. I sometimes dream...
Professor Glen Pettigrove preaches from the MemChurch pulpit Oct. 4, 2026