Rev. Matthew Laney, senior minister of Asylum Congregational Church in Hartford, Conn., is the guest preacher at Union Chapel on Sunday, July 27.

A native New Englander, Rev. Laney graduated from Kenyon College in 1993. After college, Rev. Laney worked in Atlanta, Ga. with organizations serving the homeless and emotionally disturbed adolescents. In 2001, he enrolled at Andover Newton Theological School near Boston. Before serving the Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Rev. Laney served churches in Manchester, Vermont, and Kalamazoo, Mich.

Union Chapel is located at the end of Circuit avenue, at the intersection of Narragansett and Kennebec avenues. The organ prelude begins at 9:30 a.m. with worship beginning at 10 a.m.