On Sunday, July 24 the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. will be the guest preacher at the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs. Reverend Forbes is Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church and is founder and president of the Healing of the Nations Foundation. In national and international religious circles, Reverend Forbes is known as the preacher’s preacher because of his extensive preaching career and his charismatic style.

Born in 1935 in Burgaw, North Carolina, Dr. Forbes is married to Bettye Franks Forbes, formerly of San Antonio, Tex. They are the proud parents of one son, James A. Forbes, 3rd. The Union Chapel is a nondenominational church and is located at the intersection of Circuit, Kennebec and Narragansett avenues. The organ prelude by Garrett Brown begins at 9:40 a.m. and the service begins at 10 a.m. All are welcome!