Interdenominational “as a place of worship for the summer community,” Union Chapel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Organ Prelude Begins at 9:50 A.M. Sunday Worship Begins at 10:00 A.M.
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2026 Season Guests 2026 Season Guests
Rev. Joanne Hus
United Methodist Church of Martha’s Vineyard
(Note, this is a combined service with United Methodist, held at 40 Trinity Park, OB)
July 5
Claire Seguin, DNP, RN
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
President & COO
July 12
Rev. Shannon Kershner
Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA
July 19
Rev. Dr. Gina M. Stewart
Christ Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis, TN
July 26
Bishop William J. Barber, II
Repairers of the Breach
President & Senior Lecturer
August 2
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL
August 9
Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley
Alfred Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA
August 16
Rev. Dr. Kevin R. Johnson
The Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York, NY
August 23
Rev. Maureen Gerald
First Baptist Church of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
August 30
Rev. Jennie Salas
Iglesia Presbiteriana en San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
September 6
Pastor Kevin Wayne Johnson
Celebration Church at Columbia, Columbia, MD
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, Lynette Glover, Alvin R. Johnson, Rev. Kevin Wayne Johnson, Louise Johnson, Robert Jennings, Sexton, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Roger Morris, Kevin Myatt, Haywood L. Perry III, Andrew
Skeen, Ann Stewart, Ed Trayes, Diane Welburn, Lois Jean White, Sabrina Williams
Trustees Emeriti: William Adams, Joann Kidd, Anne H. Parsons, Trustee President Emeritus Richard Taylor
William D. Peek Jr., Music Director and Organist
Rev. Shannon Rev. Shannon Kershner Kershner
Reverend Shannon Johnson Kershner is the current pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Kershner has previously worked as pastor at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois; Black Mountain Presbyterian Church in Black Mountain, North Carolina; and Woodhaven Presbyterian Church in Irving, Texas.
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She graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a Bachelor of Arts degree before earning a Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary. While studying at Columbia, Kershner served as a Pastoral Intern in Texas and Georgia, most prominently at Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, where she is now the pastor. Shannon has a husband named Greg Kershner and two children, Hannah and Ryan. Greg is a Financial Advisor at Raymond James Financial and attended Baylor University before attending Columbia Theological Seminary.
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PRELUDES
Kyrie and Offertoire (from Messe pour les Convents)
by François Couperin
INTROIT
This is the Day Les Garrett
TRUSTEE GREETING
Heidi Bryan, Union Chapel Board of Trustees Vice President
*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
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
*HYMN # 136 Holy, Holy, Holy! Nicaea
ANTHEM
I Waited for the Lord
Felix Mendelssohn
Becky Williams, soprano; David Behnke, baritone
PRAYER
PRAYER RESPONSE
O Thou That Hearest Prayer
J. Burton, Wm. Peek
OFFERTORY
The Woodcutter’s Song words: John Bunyan
music: R. Vaughan Williams
Becky Williams, soprano
*DOXOLOGY
*Hymn #669
O Word of God Incarnate MUNICH
SPEAKER
Reverend Shannon Kershner
Central Presbyterian Church - Atlanta, GA
*Hymn #501
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
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BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE:
Dialogue and Deo Gratias
François Couperin
Today’s floral arrangements on the altar are placed ...
by the Union Chapel Trustees in honor of our newly elected Trustees Emeriti Louise Johnson, Ed Trayes, and Diane Welburn. Thank you for your years of hard work and dedication to the chapel.
In loving memory of Mr. & Mrs. James W. Sanders and Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Sanders, from their children, Heidi & Will Bryan, Debbie Lewis, Lynn Pizzirusso, Bruce Sanders, and all their grandchildren.
In loving memory of our sister, Gloria Patricia Gorringe, from the Branche Family
To sponsor a Sunday Service in the Chapel, please visit www.unionchapelmv.org/sundaysponsor-request
Union Chapel is so thankful for the service we have received from Donaroma’s.
Please take home your flower arrangements or tell us where you would like them to go.
Union Chapel Ministers’ Fund
The Union Chapel Board of Trustees gratefully acknowledges the Walter Edison Lowe Estate, under the direction of Executor Stephen Ross Johnson, for generously sponsoring the 2026 Summer Ministers Program through the Minister's Sponsor Fund.
To learn about supporting the 2027 Minister's Sponsor Fund, please contact Al Johnson at retiredjohnson47@yahoo.com.
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Becky Williams, soprano, is a singer, pianist, songwriter, and music teacher living on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. She performs in different styles, from jazz and pop with partner Rich Giaimo in their group “Beach Plum Jam,” to rock with local band “the Lunarchs.” She performs opera, classical and choral music with the Island Community Chorus and as a frequent soloist at West Tisbury Congregational Church. She’s thrilled to sing at the historic and beautiful Union Chapel, which she has attended since childhood.
David Behnke, baritone, is a graduate of the Master’s Degree Opera Program at Yale. He has performed in opera and chamber music across the Northeast. After a career on Wall Street, he moved full time to Martha’s Vineyard in 2013. Since then he has been an active recitalist performing opera, art song and Broadway, and has appeared as a frequent soloist with various Island organizations. Most recently he was a featured soloist in Ariel Ramirez’s Misa Criolla and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs with the Island Community Chorus. He has just completed a survey of the great nineteenth century song cycles of Schumann and Schubert with the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society.
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Join us after church!
After the service on July 26 , th Union Chapel Board of Trustees hosts Bishop William J. Barber, II President & Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach for a special conversation from 12:00-2:00 p.m.
All are welcome.
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