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I invite you to consult the Termbook, The Memorial Church website, or The Harvard University Gazette for the roster of guest speakers. You won’t want to miss these gemlike fifteen-minute services at the start of the day. The Faith & Life Forum is conducted every Sunday during Term by my colleague, The Reverend Dr. Dorothy A. Austin, Sedgwick Associate Minister and Chaplain to the University, and Co-Master of Lowell House. She not only runs this popular program, but she schedules the speakers for our daily service of Morning Prayer, provides pastoral care and counseling, teaches psychology and religion in the Divinity School, and coordinates our annual William Belden Noble Lectures, which will be given this year by The Most Reverend and Right Honorable Dr. John Sentamu, Ninetyseventh Archbishop of York and The Lord Runcie of Cuddeston Distinguished Visiting Preacher in The Memorial Church. Dr. Austin and the Faith & Life Forum are also hosting a series of evening lectures to be given at seven o’clock on the evenings of October 27th, when Professor Jeffrey F. Hamburger will discuss “Why Mysticism Matters to Me;” November 1st, when Professor Richard Parker will give insights into “Faith and Politics: Notes of a (Hopeful) Cynic;” December 8th, when The Reverend Rosemary Bray McNatt will reflect on the qualities that have helped shape her life, and January 14th, when our friend and international best-selling author Karen Armstrong will enlighten us on the “Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.” We said good-bye this summer to Justin P. Schoolmaster, who as Director of Development and Administration served the church for several years and is now enrolled in The Yale School of Management, where we wish him well; we are in the process of finding his replacement. We are blessed with a new seminarian, Michael J. Nilon MDiv ’10, and with a new Epps Fellow, Nathaniel Peter Katz MDiv ’10, able successor to The Reverend Jonathan Conant Page, who has left us to teach in The Groton School. Mr. Katz directs the weekly Undergraduate Fellowship program and Sunday evening services, The Reverend Robert Mark, McDonald Fellow, offers a Graduate Fellowship program on Wednesdays, and Bridget Haile ’11, serves as president of the Appleton Club, while Helen Bradshaw ’11, organizes the Sunday school. The business of the church is in the hands of a wonderful staff to whom I am indebted. While my greatest happiness lies in the smooth running of The Memorial Church and my own preaching opportunities within it, I thoroughly enjoy invitations extended to me to preach or speak elsewhere where I can bring the message of God and news of Harvard and The Memorial Church. I enjoy my committee assignments here at Harvard, and delight in my preaching course with students in the Divinity School. The Memorial Church, as you know, is a busy, teeming place and a significant unit of the University that as ever hosts baptisms, marriages, funerals, memorial services, services of Harvard’s many faith traditions, and myriad vital programs. Speaking of money in some circles is considered vulgar; I, however, never hesitate, because I believe that we all want to support the on-going ministry of this dynamic church in the middle of Harvard Yard. We pray for you constantly, those of you customarily in the pews and those in our larger community whom we reach through the magic of radio and the Internet. Please be with us whenever you are able; the church breathes through the joy of its faithful people. Faithfully yours, Peter J. Gomes Professor Gomes’s Fall Term Speaking Engagements September 25 The 2010 Alexandria Forum Alexandria, Virginia lecturer September 26 The Asylum Hill Congregational Church Hartford, Connecticut preacher October 3 Princeton University Chapel Princeton, New Jersey preacher October 10 Christ’s Church Longwood Brookline, Massachusetts preacher October 25 Weinstein-Rosenthal Lectures 2010 University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia lecturer October 31 Duke University Chapel Durham, North Carolina preacher November 28 Two Hundredth Anniversary of Baptist Witness in Westwood First Baptist Church Westwood, Massachusetts preacher December 5 Retirement Service for The Reverend Gary L. Marks Church of the Pilgrimage Plymouth, Massachusetts preacher Fall 2010 3
4 Epps Fellow Nathaniel P. Katz It is a great honor to join The Memorial Church staff as the Epps Fellow for the coming academic year. For the last three years, The Memorial Church has occupied a special place in my heart as the place I chose to worship during my time as a student in the Master of Divinity program at Harvard Divinity School. As a student, I found The Memorial Church to be the perfect place to worship God and develop my spiritual life in the context of life at Harvard. We, as a church community, are blessed with an extraordinary space and the fellowship of clergy, musicians, students and parishioners who all come together to make this place a focal point for the exploration of meaning in this most extraordinary of universities. My hope for this year is that we will continue to build upon the solid foundation that was left by my predecessor, The Reverend Jonathan C. Page, for undergraduate ministry. We will continue to make the Sunday Night Student Service in Appleton Chapel an intimate and meaningful space for both undergraduate and graduate students to worship together. We will continue to grow the Appleton Club as an undergraduate student organization that supports student exploration of what it means to be faithful in the context of life at Harvard College. Lastly, we will seek to develop programming that invites the entire undergraduate community at Harvard College to reflect on the great questions of meaning in life. I look forward to getting to know the students, faculty, staff, and congregants who make up The Memorial Church community over the coming year. I ask for your prayers as we carry this vital ministry forward and I warmly invite anyone with an interest in undergraduate ministry at The Memorial Church to be in touch so that we can include you in our life together this year. Fall 2010 Our Seminarian Michael J. Nilon Dear Friends, I am very pleased to be the seminarian for The Memorial Church for this academic year. We will certainly have the chance to get to know each other better, but I would like to tell you a little about myself to start the process. I am an alumnus of Harvard Divinity School, having graduated last year with a Master of Divinity. Currently, I am also the Youth and Christian Education Director of United Parish of Auburndale, a federated United Church of Christ and United Methodist Church parish. Although nothing can replace the practice of religious disciplines in the life of a follower of Christ, my own spiritual life has benefited greatly from my study and experimentation at HDS. My time as a student afforded me the resources and opportunities to study religion comparatively, learn the argot of social sciences such as anthropology, and experience religious practices such as mediation in the Tibetan and Zen traditions of Buddhism. Praise be to God for such periods of growth and renewal. I come to you now prepared to bring the skills that I have learned in graduate school to a vibrant and inclusive community. Thank you for the opportunity. Sunday Night Student Service Join us every Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. in Appleton Chapel for our weekly student-focused service. The forty-five minute service embraces a progressive Christian theology and welcomes all students, both graduate and undergraduate, regardless of where you are in your faith journey. Following worship all are invited to a hearty time of food and fellowship. For more information contact Epps Fellow Nathaniel Katz at nathaniel_katz@harvard.edu.
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