Marsh Chapel Sunday Services

Easter Sunday Worship Service 2026 | "He has Been Raised" | Marsh Chapel at Boston UniversityJoin us for the Easter Sunday Festival Service of Word and Sacrament from Marsh Chapel at Boston University. The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches on Matthew 28:1–10, "He has Been Raised," celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.The Marsh Chapel Choir, directed by Dr. Scott Allen Jarrett, performs Daniel Moe's "If ye then be risen," Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Hail thee, festival day," and the triumphant "Worthy is the Lamb" from Handel's Messiah. The service features brass quintet Majestic Brass, organist Justin Thomas Blackwell, and the Festival Eucharist with Holy Communion.Hymns include "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today," "Thine Be the Glory," and "Christ Is Alive!" Scripture readings: Acts 10:34–43, Colossians 3:1–4, Psalm 118, and Matthew 28:1–10.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Subscribe to our YouTube channel: @MarshChapelMedia

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on Matthew 21:1–11 “Into the City”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Hosanna to the Son of David” by Thomas Weelkes and "Civitas sancti tui" by William Byrd.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on John 11:17–27, 38–44 Lenten Sermon Series No. 4  “Jose Ortega y Gasset on Politics and Faith”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Rosa mystica (from AMDG, Op. 17) ” by Benjamin Britten and "Agnus Dei (from Requiem)" by John Rutter.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on John 4:5–42 Lenten Sermon Series No. 3  “Jose Ortega y Gasset in Philosophy and Poetry”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Open thou mine eyes” by John Rutter and "Drop, drop, slow tears" by Kenneth Leighton.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on John 4:5–42 Lenten Sermon Series No. 2  “Ortega y Gasset  In Conversation with Catholicism”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Vere languores” by Tomás Luis de Victoria and "Oh come, everyone that thirsteth" by Felix Mendelssohn.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on John 3:1–17  “Communion Meditation”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Lift thine eyes (from Elijah)” by Felix Mendelssohn and "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, SWV 380" by Heinrich Schütz.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on Matthew 4:1–11 Lenten Sermon Series No. 1  “Ortega y Gasset ”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “The truth from above” arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams and "I want Jesus to walk with me" arr. by Moses Hogan.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill and Dr. Scott Allen Jarrett preaches a sermon on Luke 18:31–43 entitled “The Bach Experience”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Sehet! Wir gehen hinauf gen Jerusalem” by J. S. Bach and "Beautiful Savior" by F. Melius Christiansen.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on Matthew 5:13–20 entitled “Let It Snow”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Give almes of thy goods” by Christopher Tye and "Psalm 43: Richte mich, Gott, Op. 78, no. 2" by Felix Mendelssohn.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on Matthew 5:1–12 entitled “Communion Meditation”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Blazhen muzh (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37)” by Sergei Rachmaninoff and "The Beatitudes" by Arvo Pärt.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon on Matthew 4:12–23 entitled “Day One”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Arise, Shine” by Drew Collins and "The Lord is my Light " arranged by Frances Allitsen.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

Prof. Harold Cox (BU School of Public Health)  preaches a sermon on Luke 11: 5-8 entitled “Put your Foot in the Door”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Hark, I hear the harps eternal” arranged by Alice Parker and "I got a home in-a dat rock" arranged by Moses Hogan.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman preaches a sermon on Matthew 3:13–17 entitled “I will, with God’s help”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Come away to the skies” arranged by Alice Parker and "O ye that love the Lord" by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Jessica Chicka  preaches a sermon on Matthew 2:1–12 entitled “Star”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Entry of the Three Kings” by John Gardner and "My Lord has Come" by Will Todd.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill  preaches a sermon on Matthew 2:13–23 entitled “Christmas Reverie”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive” by G. F. Handel and "Wonderful peace" by Gustaf Nordqvist.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill  preaches a sermon on Matthew 1: 18-25 entitled “Finding Your Footing”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “On Jordan’s banks” arr. by Malcom Archer and "O thou, the central orb" by Charles Wood.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

Mr. James Carroll  preaches a sermon on Matthew 11:2–11 entitled “Homily”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Dixit Maria” by Hans Leo Hassler and "E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come" by Paul O. Manz.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

Join the Boston University community for the 52nd Annual Service of Lessons and Carols. The service is modeled after the famous service of the same name from King's College, Cambridge. This service is an annual favorite for the greater university community that helps to usher in the winter holiday season!Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman preaches a sermon on Matthew 24:36–44 entitled “Keep Awake”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Ave Maria” by Robert Parsons and "A Hymn to the Virgin" by Benjamin Britten.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442

The Rev. Dr. Stephen M. Cady preaches a sermon on Luke 23:33–43 entitled “A Matter of Time”. The Marsh Chapel Choir performs “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106” by Johann Sebastian Bach.Subscribe to our YouTube channel:  @MarshChapelMedia  Watch Sunday morning worship services live: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/worship/worship-services-live-stream/Follow our Sermons & Services podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsh-chapel-sunday-services/id1700276339https://open.spotify.com/show/5bnENp6qGJ8TQ5gfriQyAe?si=2a0f9d76729d4442