We’ve invited a diverse lineup of Preachers of the Week for the 2025 season. Join them during Chautauqua Community Worship Services, Faith for Living and Vespers next summer.
May 25 (Memorial Day Weekend) | Bishop Hee-Soo Jung — Resident Bishop, Ohio Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church — Supported by Jeanne Maxwell Vaughan
June 1 | Rev. Dr. Jason Byassee — Senior Pastor, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, Ontario (United Church of Canada) — Supported by the Hottenroth Family
June 8 | 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 | 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 | Rev. Dr. Michael Adam Beck — Director, Fresh Expressions House of Studies, United Theological Seminary, & Co-Pastor, Wildwood United Methodist Church, Wildwood, Florida — Supported by the Norman E. & Shirley DeWire Endowment
June 29 | Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli — Senior Pastor, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington, D.C. — Supported by the Ruth C. Shannon Endowment
July 6 | To be announced
July 13 | Rev. Traci Blackmon — Preacher, Teacher, Writer & Public Theologian, Cleveland, Ohio — Supported by Gretchen A. Curtis Endowment
July 20 | Father Gregory Boyle — Founder of Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, California
July 27 | To be announced
Aug. 3 | Rev. Zac Hess — Senior Pastor, Grace Polaris Church, Columbus, Ohio — Supported by Jim & Betty Jane Young
Aug. 10 | To be announced
Aug. 17 | Father Thomas Wray — Parochial Vicar, St. Vincent Ferrer Church & Chaplain of the Cincinnati Bengals — Supported by Jim & Susan Hackbarth
Aug. 24 | To be announced
Aug. 31 (Labor Day Weekend) | To be announced
Other weekly sponsors will be announced at a later date.
