2025 Season Guests 2025 Season Guests
June 29
Rev. Joanne Hus
United Methodist Church of Martha’s Vineyard
(Note, this is a combined service with United Methodist, held at The Tabernacle)
July 6
Honorable. Ayanna Pressley, U.S. Congresswoman
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
July 13
Rev. Dr. Brandon Thomas Crowley
Myrtle Baptist Church, West Newton, Massachusetts
July 20
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie
President and General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ
July 27
Rev. Frederick Haynes III
Friendship-West Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas
August 3
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, Illinois
August 10
Bishop Donald Hilliard
Cathedral International, Perth Amoy, New Jersey
August 17
Rev. Dante Quick, Ph.D.
First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, Somerset, New Jersey
Aug 24
Rev. Dana Allen Walsh
South Church, Andover, Massachusetts
August 31
Rev. Dr. Aliya Browne
Interdenominational
“as a place of worship for the summer community ” Union Chapel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places 55 Narragansett Avenue, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Union Chapel, Martha’s Vineyard Organ Prelude Begins at 9:50 A.M. Sunday Worship Begins at 10:00 A.M.
Union Chapel Board of Trustees
Union Chapel Board of Trustees
Rev. Dr. Aliya F. Browne, President
Heidi Bryan, Vice President
Stephanie Parker, Secretary
Kamla Branche, Treasurer
Rachelle Browne, Brenda Bryan, Cindy Carter, MD, Alvin R Johnson, Louise Johnson, Robert Jennings, Sexton, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Ginny McIntosh, Roger Morris, Kevin Myatt, Andrew Skeen, Ann Stewart, Ed Trayes, Diane Welburn, Lois Jean White, Sabrina Williams
Trustees Emeriti:
William Adams, Joann Kidd, Anne H. Parsons, Trustee Preident Emeritus Richard Taylor
William D. Peek Jr., Music Director and Organist
55 Narragansett Avenue, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts www.unionchapelmv.org
Rev. Dana Allen Walsh Rev. Dana Allen Walsh
The Reverend Dana Allen Walsh is a pastor, teacher, leadership coach, podcaster, and writer dedicated to helping individuals and communities discover pathways to transformation and flourishing.
As the 18th Senior Pastor and first female Head of Staff in South Church Andover's 300-year history, Dana brings over two decades of experience in spiritual guidance and organizational leadership. Beyond the pulpit, Dana serves as co-host of the "A Life Worth Working" podcast, exploring the intersection of purpose, vocation, and meaning.
She is also a leadership coach with Brook & Branch, where she combines her pastoral wisdom with professional coaching expertise as an ICF Trained Coach. Through her "Art of Flourishing" Substack, Dana shares reflections on finding the sacred in everyday life.
Dana's approach to ministry and coaching emerges from a deep commitment to creating spaces where people feel truly seen and heard. She believes that within each person lies the wisdom and creativity needed for meaningful change – sometimes we just need a partner to help us access it.
With a Master of Divinity and Executive Leadership Certificate from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from the University of Mary Washington, Dana brings both theological depth and practical leadership experience to her work.
A seeker of the sacred in the ordinary, Dana finds traces of the divine in deep conversations, the chaos of parenthood, and the intergenerational joy of church.
Dana resides in Andover, MA with her husband, Sean, and their two children, Leighton and Emerson.
ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today’s floral arrangements on the altar are placed ...
In memory of Greene family members (Lester, Sylvia, Dorothy and Richmond). Their volunteering spirit lives on in this special place. Go with gratitude and serenity.
In memory of Rita and Joel Peed, from their friends at Union Chapel.
Bison on the Vineyard
Union Chapel is so thankful for the service we have received from Donorama’s. They have done a wonderful job with the arrangements.
Our Soloists This Morning
Becky Williams, soprano, sings regularly on Martha’s Vineyard at church and with the Island Community Chorus. She plays keyboard and sings in a jazz duo with her partner Rich Giamo and with the rock band “The Lunarchs.” Becky teaches voice and piano and has run Island Music, Martha’s Vineyard’s only music store, since 2015. She studied music at Marlboro College in Vermont and recently began training operatically with renowned voice coach David Behnke.
Please take home your flower arrangements or tell us where you would like them to go.
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David Behnke, baritone, is a graduate of the Master’s Degree Opera Program at Yale. He was a resident artist with the Tri Cities Opera Company and performed with music festivals across New England. After a career on Wall Street, he moved full time to Martha’s Vineyard in 2013. David has appeared with the Island Theater Workshop (Beast in Beauty and the Beast and Emile in South Pacific), has been an active recitalist performing opera, art song and Broadway, and has appeared as a frequent soloist with various Island organizations. He performs regularly with the Wicked Good Music Revue at the MV Playhouse. Most recently he was a featured soloist in Ariel Ramirez’s Misa Criolla with the Island Community Chorus.
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PRELUDES
ORDER OF SERVICE ORDER OF SERVICE
Time Curve Prelude (Book I, No 1)
William Duckworth
Peace Piece
Bill Evans INTROIT
This is the Day
Les Garrett
TRUSTEE GREETING
Trustee Heidi Bryan
*INVOCATION
“God of hope, we have sensed your spirit walking with us as we open a new door in our lives, felt your urging when we were reluctant to say yes to a new adventure. Come among us today. Open our eyes to truth wherever it may be found. Allow us to hear the siren song of knowledge and understanding.”
LORD’S PRAYER
*HYMN #137
Worthy of Worship | JUDSON
ANTHEM Peace
words: Eric Spruiell
music: Horace Silver
Becky Williams, soprano
PRAYER
PRAYER RESPONSE
O Thou That Hearest Prayer
J. Burton, Wm. Peek
OFFERTORY
Now Heav’n in Fullest Glory Shone (from The Creation)
Joseph Haydn
David Behnke, baritone
*DOXOLOGY
*HYMN #600
In Christ There is No East or West | MCKEE
SCRIPTURE
Luke 18:9-14
SERMON
Holy Curiosity Over Hardened Certainty
Rev. Dana Allen Walsh
*HYMN #496
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms | SHOWALTER
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE: Fanfare
Kenneth Leighton
