Selected Stories of Memorial Church
News & Announcements
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...
Selected Stories
Students Discovering an Oasis in the Center of Harvard Yard
Sunday School Tradition at Memorial Church Thrives at 60
Honoring Service and Sacrifice in Celebration of Memorial Church Anniversary
MemChurch Documentary: “The Chorus Line,” an inside look at Harvard University Choir auditions
Seminarians Speak from Their Hearts and Minds
Meet David von Behren, the New Artist at the Keyboards of Memorial Church
Annual Christmas Carols Service Collection Benefits Local Youth Homeless Shelter
Harvard Memorial Church: A look back at 2017-2018
A peek backstage at the Harvard University Choir
Holy Week at Memorial Church
Selected Concert Videos
Joseph Haydn: The Creation (April 2017)
Remembering: A Concert Commemorating the Centennial of the End of World War I (Nov 2018)
Music Of Haydn, Mozart & C.P.E. Bach (Nov 2019)
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Oct 2017)
George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, Oratorio in Three Parts (April 2019)
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) (April 2018)
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Oct 2018)
Latest Posts
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...
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...
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...
MemChurch Prison Ministry: Lessons Beyond the Walls
Richard Johnson holds a copy of his book, Turn Little Wins Into Big Wins: Ignite the Light Within You, at Clark University in Worcester. Johnson is a student in Clark University's Liberal Arts for Returning Citizens program. Photos by Jeffrey Blackwell...
Students Discovering an Oasis in the Center of Harvard Yard
By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications For freshman Wassim Marrakchi, the Student Oasis on the ground level of the Memorial Church is a secret sanctuary for study, for quiet socializing and for making slatetblankit, a dish from his Tunisian...
Sunday School Tradition at Memorial Church Thrives at 60
By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications On a sunny fall morning, the bell in the steeple of Harvard’s Memorial Church calls worshippers to Sunday services and a flock of sleepy undergraduates, hurried graduate students and long-time...
Honoring Service and Sacrifice in Celebration of Memorial Church Anniversary
By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications Four men, uniquely connected to Harvard University, sacrificed their lives in a tragic moment on the high seas during World War II, but their names are not among the nearly 1,100 carved in stone on the...
MemChurch Documentary: “The Chorus Line,” an inside look at Harvard University Choir auditions
Harvard University is an institution cultivated, in part, on the foundation of long-standing traditions that inhabit nearly every corner of the institution. The Harvard University Choir is one of those traditions. For the past 189 years, the student choir...
Seminarians Speak from Their Hearts and Minds
Memorial Church Seminarian KMarie Tejeda MDiv III speaks at Morning Prayers in Appleton Chapel on Sept. 25. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications Morning Prayers at the Memorial Church often features the thoughtful voices of our...
Meet David von Behren, the New Artist at the Keyboards of Memorial Church
David von Behren is the latest addition to the acclaimed music department at the Memorial Church. Video and photos by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications If the two organs at the Memorial...
Annual Christmas Carols Service Collection Benefits Local Youth Homeless Shelter
Y2Y student volunteers Grace O'Brian '19 (front) and Andrew Lewis '21 clean up the youth shelter after clients leave for the day. The shelter on Church Street provides services for nearly 30 homeless youth a night. Photo Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church...
Harvard Memorial Church: A look back at 2017-2018
It was an extraordinary academic year at the Memorial Church. This multimedia review is a glimpse into the sights and sounds of the past year. Multimedia presentation by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications.
A peek backstage at the Harvard University Choir
Follow the Harvard University Choir as they prepare for a performance of Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers (1610) at the Memorial Church of Harvard University, April 28, 2018. The choir, soloists and members of the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra invested...
Holy Week at Memorial Church
Hundreds of people from across the Harvard community and beyond attended Holy Week services at the Memorial Church. Captured in still makes and video, this montage recounds the moments of Palm Sunday and Easter services. Video by Jeffrey Blackwell/...
