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The Rev. Samuel T. Clover will preach at Union Chapel’s Choir Sunday.
The Union Chapel summer choir has performed on the first Sunday in August for more than 20 years. Members of the Shelter Island community are invited to participate. The rehearsal will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at Union Chapel. This year the Choir will perform “God, We Praise You” by Haydn under the direction of Linda Shelton Betjeman, chapel organist and music director.
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Jeanne Merkel at home on Shelter Island.
Jeanne Merkel was 23 years old with three children under five when her husband left their marriage. It was an early lesson in how to navigate crisis and transition. (more…)
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The interior of Shelter Island’s Union Chapel.
On Sunday, August 19, Reverend Galen Guengerich, Senior Minister of All Souls Unitarian Church in New York City, will speak at the historic Union Chapel in the Grove. His sermon is titled, “The Feast of Your Life.” This service, at 10:30 a.m., marks Sylvester Manor Harvest Sunday.
They were here, nearly from the founding of Southold Town in the mid-17th century. Their presence has not been widely discussed or been part of the conversation in either Southold or Riverhead towns, where the stories of the founding English families have dominated the narrative for generations as if theirs were the only stories worth telling. (more…)
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Author John Rousmaniere will speak at Union Chapel Sunday about sea disasters
Best-selling author, historian and accomplished sailor John Rousmaniere will give a talk entitled “How to Write About Shipwrecks Without Becoming a Wreck Yourself” at Union Chapel on Sunday, August 20 at 10:30 a.m. (more…)