Weekly Chaplain Sermon Collections 2021
Follow the narrative threads contained within a series of six sermons by each of the 2021 Summer Assembly's weekly chaplains-in-residence: Rev. Zina Jacque, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Dr. Robert W. Henderson, Rev. Frank A. Thomas, Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Lisa Sharon Harper, Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper, & Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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Six Sermons by Rev. Zina Jacque
This series of six sermons by Rev. Zina Jacque originally aired during week two of the 2021 summer assembly.
Zina Jacque is the Lead Pastor at the Community Church of Barrington in Illinois. She has served on the staffs of multicultural, urban, and suburban churches, and has done extensive work ...
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Six Sermons by Rabbi Jonah Pesner
This series of six sermons by Rabbi Jonah Pesner originally aired during week three of the 2021 summer assembly.
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner serves as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, which he has led since 2015. Rabbi Pesner also serves as Senior Vice President of the U...
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Six Sermons by Dr. Robert W. Henderson
This series of six sermons by Dr. Robert W. Henderson originally aired during week four of the 2021 summer assembly.
Dr. Robert W. Henderson ("Bob") is senior minister and head of staff at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a graduate of Furman University (BA, Econo...
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Six Sermons by Rev. Frank A. Thomas
This series of six sermons by Rev. Frank A. Thomas originally aired during week five of the 2021 summer assembly.
Rev. Frank A. Thomas, PhD., currently serves as the Director of the PhD Program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric and as the Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Profes...
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Six Sermons by Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
This series of six sermons by Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows originally aired during week six of the 2021 summer assembly.
The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows has served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis since 2017. The first black woman to lead an Episcopal diocese...
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Six Sermons by Lisa Sharon Harper
This series of six sermons by Lisa Sharon Harper originally aired during week seven of the 2021 summer assembly.
From Ferguson to New York, and from Germany to South Africa to Australia, Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of...
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Six Sermons by Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper
This series of six sermons by Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper originally aired during week eight of the 2021 summer assembly.
Lynn Casteel Harper is a minister, chaplain, and writer. Author of On Vanishing (Catapult, April 2020), a nonfiction book that explores the dimensions of spirituality, social ju...
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Six Sermons by Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer
This series of six sermons by Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer originally aired during week nine of the 2021 summer assembly.
The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer, author and theologian, currently serves as ninth General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.
John began his ministry serving F...
