Jane Louise Campbell served as the liturgist for the Sunday 5 p.m. Vespers and promised the congregation that she would provide answers to questions about her mother, the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, that they might not even think of asking.
The Right Rev. John Chane is a speed demon. Who knew?
The Rev. Daisy Machado has a powerful inner compass that helps her navigate the world and allows her to tell stories that build bridges between people. At the 5 p.m. Sunday Vespers in the Hall of Philosophy, Machado shared what the power of social location meant for her. She invited the congregation to go through the looking glass with her and see the world as curiouser and curiouser.
Bishop Vashti McKenzie grew up in a family of journalists. Her great-great-grandfather established a newspaper when only one-half of 1 percent of black Americans could read, she said. The Baltimore Afro-American is still run by her family.
“My first 30 years were utterly happy and completely normal,” the Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad said at the 5 p.m. Vespers in the Hall of Philosophy on Sunday. She was sharing parts of her faith journey as the chaplain in residence for Week Five.
“May all who worship here … find God is at the centre” might well be the motto for the worship services at Chautauqua.
“My mother introduced me to Jesus,” said the Rev. Tony Campolo at the 5 p.m. Sunday Vespers in the Hall of Philosophy. “I found out that he was a lot nicer than my mother told me. From her, I learned to trust Scripture and have a personal relationship with him.”
The Rev. Joel Hunter, senior pastor at Northland, A Church Distributed, will be the Chautauqua chaplain for Week Nine. Hunter will preach at the 10:45 a.m. Sunday Service of Worship and Sermon in the Amphitheater and will speak about his faith journey at the 5 p.m. Vespers in the Hall of Philosophy. He will preach at the weekday 9:15 a.m. Devotional Hour in the Amphitheater.
The title of Sunday’s sermon is “Searching for Complements,” and the sermon text is Genesis 2:15, 18-23.
Serendipity, an eight-woman a capella ensemble, will perform during the pre-Vespers service at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hall of Philosophy. The group’s repertoire includes sacred, popular, Motown, and classical pieces. Performances have included the Unitarian Salon, Vespers at Chautauqua Institution and the Findley Lake Summer Music series.
Members are Melanie Gritters, director of Children’s Music Studio; Gail Grundstrom, teacher with Children’s Music Studio; Leslie Hallock, kindergarten teacher at Lincoln School, Jamestown; Laura Hotchkiss, music teacher at Bethel Baptist Academy, Jamestown; Susan Huther, choral director at Southwestern High School; Cyndi Lorenc, speech therapist; Lissa VanDewark, general manager, Community Music Project, Inc.; and Carolyn Taft Whitehead, retired English teacher.
The Very Rev. Tracey Lind will be the Chautauqua chaplain for Week Eight. She will speak at the 10:45 a.m. Sunday Service of Worship and Sermon in the Amphitheater, on the topic “When God Pitches a Tent.” Later on Sunday, Lind will share her faith journey at the 5 p.m. Vespers in the Hall of Philosophy, and then will preach at 9:15 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Devotional Hour. Her topics will include “Busting the Myths of Scarcity,” “Family Values,” “Love Your Enemies,” “Was Jesus a Radical?” and “Keeping Sabbath.”
Since 2000, Lind has served as dean of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and her Master of Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati.
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