Duke University Chapel

06/01/2026

Listen live to the daily recital from the bells of the Duke Chapel carillon.

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, then a bell tolls five times to mark the hour, and then the carillonneur plays a selection of hymns and other songs appropriate for the day.

05/31/2026

Join us in worship that offers stirring preaching, inspiring sacred music, and faithful prayer. Held year-round amid the beautiful, soaring architecture of Duke Chapel, this interdenominational Christian service is characterized by vibrant faith, intellectual depth, diverse cultural expressions, and a welcoming community.

* Make an offering online: https://duke.is/y/7ktj

* View an online version of the hymnal here: https://hymnary.org/hymnal/UMH

A national leader in the theological study of the art of preaching, Chapel Dean Luke A. Powery preaches regularly at this service, along with a rotation of other Chapel ministers and renowned guest preachers. The acclaimed Duke Chapel Choir and Chapel organists lead the music, supplemented by student chamber groups, professional instrumentalists, and visiting artists.

Services are streamed live on YouTube and broadcast live on channel 12 of the Duke Hospital TV system and on the radio on 620 AM WDNC. Subscribe to the Duke Chapel Sermons podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Find an archive of Chapel sermons on our website and a more extensive digital archive in the Duke Chapel Recordings collection on the Duke Libraries website.

For a listing of Christian education offerings held before the service, see the Duke Chapel website calendar.

05/31/2026

Watch the livestream of this morning's worship service at 11:00 a.m.:

Join us in worship that offers stirring preaching, inspiring sacred music, and faithful prayer. Held year-round amid the beautiful, soaring architecture of D...

05/29/2026

Dean of Duke University Chapel, the Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery, will lead and preach in the 2026 National Preaching Clinic at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana.

Schedule
• 9:00 a.m. — Conference I: The Preaching Task
• 11:00 a.m. — The Preaching Panel
• 7:00 p.m. — Tuesday Evening Service: Reconciliation and Hope

📍 Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana
📅 Tuesday, June 2, 2026
See Schedule here:https://anderson.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026-NPC-Schedule-final-1.pdf

05/29/2026

🎶 Called "Il Divino" (the divine), the seventeenth-century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi is the author of the monumental collection of sacred music "Vespro della Beata Vergine," published in 1610. This summer, two dozen singers with Chorworks Choral Workshops present celebrated works by Monteverdi and his contemporaries at two free concerts and a worship service.

🔹 Sacred Concertos and Motets — Friday, June 19, at 7:00 p.m. in Goodson Chapel in Duke Divinity School

🔹 Venetian Vespers Music — Saturday, June 20, at 8:00 p.m. in Duke Chapel

🔹 Sunday Morning Worship Service — Sunday, June 21, at 11:00 a.m. in Duke Chapel

🔗 Read more about this summer's Chorworks program: https://chapel.duke.edu/news/summer-concerts-feature-celebrated-early-music-works-monteverdi/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Chorworks

05/28/2026

05/28/2026

Our worship service this Sunday at 11:00 a.m. celebrates the Holy Trinity, a deep mystery that has been contemplated by the church since its inception.

The guest preacher is the Rev. Dr. Stephen B. Chapman, professor of Old Testament and biblical interpretation at Duke Divinity School and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Theological Interpretation. Rev. Dr. Chapman’s work focuses on the formation of the biblical canon, the nature of the Old Testament as Scripture, the literary dynamics of biblical narrative, the challenge of biblical violence, and the history and use of the Old Testament within the Christian tradition and Western culture.

See service details and a link to the livestream: https://chapel.duke.edu/event/university-worship-05-31-2026/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Sunday+Service

05/27/2026

"God, the source of our healing, the scars you revealed in Jesus's hands and side lead us to believe that in you no wound is beyond restoration." — Agetta Awijaya,
Duke Divinity School student and Chapel Scholar, in the Prayers of the People during Sunday's service