Union Chapel

Union Chapel Speaker Series Continues

Thursday July 19, 2018

On Sunday, July 22, Union Chapel welcomes back Rev. Kenneth Kieffer.

Rev. Susan Sparks at Union Chapel

Thursday July 12, 2018

Rev. Susan Sparks returns to Union Chapel this Sunday, July 15, for her sixth time.

Not Just Talking About Bridging the Divide

Tuesday July 10, 2018

Katherine Gianni

David Blankenhorn, president and founder of Better Angels, was the keynote speaker for a symposium entitled Keeping Democracy Alive: Understanding What Divides Us and What Binds Us.

Union Chapel Speaker

Thursday July 5, 2018

Union Chapel presents Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman, Ph.D., this Sunday, July 8.

Lawrence O'Donnell Trades Television Studio for Pulpit

Monday July 2, 2018

As the nation’s birthday nears, the congregation at the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs reflected on what it was like to live in America 50 years ago.

Union Chapel Summer Speakers Define Passion in the Pulpit

Thursday June 28, 2018

Normally viewers have to wait until midnight for Lawrence O’Donnell to get in his “last word.” But on Sunday in Oak Bluffs, he’ll be finished by noon sharp.

Union Chapel Announces Summer Season

Thursday June 21, 2018

Union Chapel opens its doors for the summer season this Sunday, June 24.

The Early Days of the Chapel on the Bluffs

Friday June 25, 1971

The story of the building of Union Chapel just 100 years ago was told in the Invitation edition of the Gazette. Never in recorded history has there been so much change during a century as has occurred during the existence of this chapel.

During the eventful year of 1871 there had been bi-centennial celebrations for both Edgartown and Tisbury, a new post office had been established on the Methodist camp ground, and a new steamboat - the first Martha’s Vineyard - plied the sounds. Also, in that year, the Vineyard Gazette celebrated its first quarter century.

Union Chapel is Celebrating Its 100th Birthday This Year

Friday May 7, 1971

Mabel Gillespie

It was just 100 years ago that Union Chapel raised a spire 96 feet into the air. There was nothing else higher in the rapidly growing community of Oak Bluffs at the time, but a year later the Sea View Hotel was built opposite the new steamboat wharf, and one of its towers was 100 feet high with a flagstaff on its peak adding an additional 16 feet to the overall height. It stood on the bluffs, while the Union Chapel was built on lower ground. The Chapel Hill on which it was built was little more than a mound of slight elevation.

Editorial: Item of History

Friday August 8, 1958

Vineyard Gazette

The Union Chapel was dedicated on Sunday, Aug. 20, 1871, and it had its first christening on Sunday, Aug. 3, 1958. We do not mean to imply that the years between these two dates were lost or without event, but only that the christening adds to a long history rather more than newer generations might suppose. The early builders and supporters of Union Chapel, and those who followed them, would be particularly proud of that christening, id they could know.

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