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The Rev. Dr. Stephen Chapin Garner

Chapin is a native New Yorker, having grown up over the border from New Canaan in Westchester County. His greatest passions in life are being a husband, father, and pastor.
 
Chapin is a graduate of Boston University School of Theology and holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in preaching from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has served as a pastor at the Village Church in Wellesley, MA, and the United Church of Christ in Norwell, MA.
 
Chapin has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Alban Institute, an adjunct faculty member in homiletics at Boston University School of Theology and General Theological Seminary, and a resident preacher at the Church at Point O’Woods on Fire Island and the Cuttyhunk Community Church in Gosnold, MA.  Chapin leads the Raymond Preaching Fellowship program for churches in Connecticut. 
 

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The Rev. Dr. Stephen Chapin Garner
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(203) 966-2651, x101
chapin@godsacre.org

Daily Devotion

Read: Mark 6:1–6a

“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon, and are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him. Mark 6:3

If you look closely at Jesus’ life and ministry, you will see a pattern of rejection. Herod tried to eliminate the baby Jesus by force, the scribes and Pharisees tried to denounce Jesus by utilizing Jewish law and tradition, the people of Jesus’ hometown who knew Him best seemed to doubt Him most, and, of course, in the end, Jesus…

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