Duke University Chapel

10/03/2026

ICYMI, about 150 people came out to our outdoor carillon recital on September 20. Duke Chapel carillonneurs Aaron Colston and Mitchell Eithun performed at the concert, part of the J. Samuel Hammond Carillon Recital Series.

Watch a recording of the recital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcKfc11IwZI

Photos by Duke senior Shankul Lohakare.

10/03/2026

🎶 Listen and learn

🎼 This video clip from last Sunday's Bach Cantata concert is of the beginning of G. F. Handel's Italian duet “Nò, di voi non vuo fidarmi." In it, you can hear the music that Handel later transforms into the movement "For unto us a Child is Born" in his oratorio "Messiah."

🔗 Watch the recording of the entire concert (available through October 11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6s1xdmzVak

10/02/2026

10/02/2026

Registration for Flentrop at 50 is open.

Join us on December 12 for a weekend marking fifty years of the Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Organ. Nathan Laube in masterclass and recital.

Register at duke.is/flentrop

10/02/2026

New in the Chapel: "Sacred are the waters," an exhibition of poems by Duke medical student Kiran Masroor. Fourteen poems, framed individually and read as one larger mythology, interweave life and death and build toward a climactic, ecstatic section where the two meet. Presented through the C. Eric Lincoln Theology and Arts Fellowship. On view October 2 through November 5. Come sit with them.

https://duke.is/LincolnFellowship

10/02/2026

Our service of Choral Evensong provides a chance to pause, listen, and reflect as the music and liturgy unfold around you. All are warmly welcome at the service this Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

The opening song in the service, "Hail, Gladdening Light," is by Charles Wood (1866–1926). Wood combines rich harmonic language and careful interpretation of his texts to create works central to the Anglican choral repertoire.

See service details and a link to the livestream: https://chapel.duke.edu/event/choral-evensong-worship-service-10-04-2026/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Evensong

10/01/2026

In our worship service this Sunday at 11:00 a.m., we remember the calling of the church throughout the world to be faithful in following Jesus. Marking World Communion Sunday, we will sing hymns and songs from various Christian traditions across the globe. Chapel Dean Luke Powery will preach a sermon titled "When Love is Lament."

See service details and a link to the livestream: https://chapel.duke.edu/event/university-worship-world-communion-sunday-10-04-2026/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Sunday+Service

10/01/2026

We welcome to the Chapel staff our new Director of Community Ministry, Dr. Craig Glover Hines.

In this role, he will guide Duke Chapel’s commitment to community engagement, with a focus on justice-oriented, faith-based initiatives and student service in Durham. He will also act as a faith ambassador through Duke Community Affairs.

“Craig has the heart of a minister to relate to people in all kinds of circumstances, and the mind of a scholar to understand the complex social, historical, and spiritual forces that shape our community,” Duke Chapel Dean Luke Powery says. “We look forward to his leadership in recognizing and participating in the enormous opportunities for ministry, discovery, relationship, and witness at the interface between Duke, Durham, and beyond.”

Read more about Dr. Hines: https://chapel.duke.edu/news/new-director-community-ministry-duke-chapel/