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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
Senior Minister

(203) 966-2651, x101
chapin@godsacre.org

Daily Devotion

Read: Acts 4:23–31

Lord, look at their threats, and grant to Your servants to speak Your word with all boldness. Acts 4:29

It is scary to feel threatened. When we feel as though we are in danger, we often back off and look for a safe haven. After Peter and John’s first altercation with the religious authorities in Jerusalem, they must have been tempted to tone down the rhetoric. While the story doesn’t directly indicate a willingness to retreat, the fact that the church was praying for holy boldness in the midst of the threatening…

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