We’ve invited a diverse lineup of Preachers of the Week for the 2025 season! View the list of preachers below and join us during Community Worship Services, Faith for Living Hour and Vespers by the Lake next summer. Worship music for the season is supported by James E. Beardsley & Doris F. Beardsley.
May 25 (Memorial Day Weekend) | Bishop Hee-Soo Jung — Resident Bishop, Ohio Area of The United Methodist Church, Columbus — Supported by Jeanne Maxwell Vaughan

June 1-5 | Rev. Dr. Jason Byassee — Senior Pastor, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, Ontario (United Church of Canada) — Supported by the Hottenroth Family
June 8-12 | Rev. Scott Chrostek — Executive Director of Ministries & Programs, The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas — Supported by Rev. Dr. T. Mac & Susan Hood
June 15-20 | 105th Annual Lutheran Chautauqua: Rev. Dr. Karoline Lewis — Marbury S. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota — Supported by Bill & Linda Smith & the Lutheran Chautauqua

June 22-26 | Rev. Dr. Michael Adam Beck — Director, Fresh Expressions House of Studies, United Theological Seminary, & Co-Pastor, Compassion & St. Mark’s United Methodist Churches, Ocala, Florida — Supported by the Norman E. & Shirley Dewire Endowment
June 29-July 3 | Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli — Senior Pastor, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington, D.C. — Supported by the Ruth C. Shannon Endowment
July 6-10 | Rev. Dr. Owen Ross — Director for the Center of Church Development for the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, Irving, Texas — Supported by the Knobel Family Endowment

July 13-17 | Rev. Traci Blackmon — Founder & Lead Consultant, HopeBuilds, Florissant, Missouri — Supported by Gretchen A. Curtis Endowment
July 20-24 | Fr. Gregory Boyle — Founder of Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, California — Supported by Bill & Nancy Carlson and Bob & Becky Brymer
July 27-31 | Rev. Jack Sullivan — Executive Director, Ohio Council of Churches, Columbus, Ohio — Supported by the Rev. Dr. Charles & Barbara Yoost Endowment
Aug. 3-7 | Rev. Zac Hess — Lead Pastor, Grace Polaris Church, Columbus, Ohio — Supported by Jim & Betty Jane Young

Aug. 10-14 | Bishop David Wilson — Resident Bishop, Great Plains Area of the United Methodist Church, Topeka, Kansas — Supported by the Rev. Dr. Bud Cox Endowment
Aug. 17-21 | Fr. Thomas Wray — Priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, All Saints & St. Vincent Ferrer Parishes, Catholic Chaplain for the Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati, Ohio — Supported by Jim & Susan Hackbarth
Aug. 24 | Rev. Sarah Kientz — Minister to Youth &Camp Akita, First Community Church, Columbus, Ohio — Supported by Richard & Marcia Sinclair
Aug. 31 (Labor Day Weekend) | Rev. Henry Curtis, IV, Pastor, St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Ohio — Supported by an Anonymous Donor