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SPIRITUAL LIFE
Sunday Services
MVCMA Sunday Services are held 9:30AM June 29th-August 24th.
​Services are interdenominational and all are welcome!
Want to watch, but not on island? A LIVE stream is also available and accessible below.
https://www.youtube.com/@MVCMA​
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We traditionally pass a collection basket, but are also making online donations available for your convenience. We appreciate your contributions! Monthly options are available.
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We hope you will join us!
Bible Study Schedule
July 1, July 3
Rev. Ross Allen​
"Understanding the lifecycles of a Church"
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Tuesday and Thursday: No Specified Readings
July 8, July 10
Rev. John Tamilio III
Tuesday: "Creation"
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Thursday: "The End Times"
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Supplemental Reading Articles are available in the MVCMA Office, and will be supplied Day of
July 15, July 17
Rev. Vicki Kemper
Tuesday: "The Jesus Hermeneutic"
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Thursday: "Consider The Women"
July 22, July 24
Rev. Don Bliss
​Tuesday: A Plumb Line, Amos 7:7-17
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Thursday: A Wife of Harlotry, Hosea 1:2-20
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July 29, July 31
Fr. Augustine Gimia Bangalie
Tuesday: "Courage in the Face of Adversity"
Mark 2:1-12 - Healing of a Paralytic
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Thursday: "Template For Adult Faith Development"
​Luke 24:13-35 - Road to Emmaus
August 5, August 7
Rev. Randy Thames
Topic: "Rise!"
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Scriptures for Tuesday and Thursday TBA
August 12, August 14
Dr. Brian Jefferson Mosley
Tuesday: TBA​
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Thursday: TBA
August 19, August 21
Rev. Timothy Dooner
Topic: "Faith + Inclusion + Love in Action = Kingdom Christianity"
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Scriptures: Acts 2, 10
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August 26, August 28
Rev. Sean McMahon
Topic: "Behold! I make all things new!"
A Study of the New Creation In Christ
Scriptures for Tuesday and Thursday TBA​
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Guest Preachers
Summer 2025
June 29th
Sunday Service - Guest Preacher
Rev. Joanne Hus
United Methodist Church of Martha's Vineyard
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Reverend Joanne Hus worked for over forty years as a visual artist, illustrator, and graphic designer before earning her Masters of Divinity degree from Boston University’s School of Theology.
In June 2023, she was commissioned as a provisional elder in the New England Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, where she also serves on the Commission on Religion and Race. She was a member of the inaugural cohort of graduate research affiliates at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. She is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry degree at BU STH. Her research centers on developing effective and theologically informed methods of antiracist practice.
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July 1st
& 3rd
Bible Study
Rev. Ross Allen
Transformational Leadership Pastor and Consultant, UCC
Managing Director of the Narrative Project, The Christian Century
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Rev. Ross M. Allen is Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Narrative Project at The Christian Century, the flagship journal of Mainline Protestantism, which focuses on reshaping the narrative of American Christianity through compelling storytelling. An award-winning writer, he received top honors from the Associated Church Press for long-form interview, and has had additional work featured in Religion News Service, Chalice Press, WCC Publications, and elsewhere.
In parallel to his editorial work, Rev. Allen serves as a Transformational Leadership Pastor and Consultant. Certified as an Intentional Interim and Conflict Transformation Specialist, he has worked with over a dozen congregations across denominations, helping groups navigate complex transitions such as mergers, revitalizations, and dissolutions. His leadership includes guiding the successful merger of two historic United Church of Christ congregations near Boston and currently leading Christ Church United (UCC) in Lowell, MA through their Legacy and Dissolution Process.
A graduate of the University of Chicago, Rev. Allen was selected as an emerging theologian delegate to the 2022 World Council of Churches Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany. He also co-founded a rural community development nonprofit and previously served as a Congressional staffer and faith-based community organizer in Washington, D.C.
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June 29th
Sunday Service - Service Leader
Rev. Aliya Browne
Union Chapel​
Reverend Dr. Aliya F. Browne is an ordained minister in the American Baptist church. She currently serves as an associate minister at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset NJ where she leads the Small Group ministry and serves the online church.
She is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary where her focus was on practical theology and spiritual direction. She is a graduate of Oasis Ministries with her certificate as a spiritual director. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Ministry at Gordon Conwell Seminary in spiritual formation.
She teaches Christian meditation and enjoys hosting spiritual retreats for women. She lives the scripture to whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48). She is a board-certified clinical cardiologist and incorporates spiritual practices into her prescription for holistic health.
She is married to her college sweetheart Reggie Browne and they have four adult children.
July 6th
Sunday Service
Rev. Janet Newton
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Rev. Janet Newton is a third-generation Unitarian Universalist, born and raised in the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, New Mexico. After many years teaching high school English and philosophy, she followed a call to ministry, serving First Parish Church of Berlin and the UU Society of Martha’s Vineyard. Realizing that she missed working with teenagers she returned to the classroom — and she now works to braid both worlds. Her ministry also finds expression in public poetry (Poems for a Kinder World) and music.
Theologically rooted in Religious Naturalism, Rev. Janet sees in religion a shared invitation to seek, nourish, and honor the spark of the sacred all around us, that we might live and connect more authentically. Her work centers on creativity, contemplation, deep listening and service as tools to grow the soul, build community, and mend the world.
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She lives on Martha’s Vineyard with her Islander wife, their two kids, an accidental dog, and a flock of chickens. As a high-desert to ocean transplant, she maintains a passion for green chile at breakfast and head-clearing beach walks in high winds.
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July 8th
& 10th
Bible Study
Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III
Congregational Church of Canton, MA | NACCC
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The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III is the Pastor of the Congregational Church of Canton and a Professor of Philosophy at Salem State University. He has published numerous articles and books related to philosophy, theology, and literary studies. He also writes extensively on classical music. A professional guitarist and avid Red Sox fan, John and his wife Cindy live in Beverly, Massachusetts with their fur baby Lizzie.
July 13th
Sunday Service, Bible Study
Rev. Vicki Kemper
First Church Amherst | UCC
A former journalist for the Los Angeles Times and other publications, Vicki Kemper was ordained to Christian ministry in the United Church of Christ in2008. Since then she has served as pastor of First Church Amherst, a progressive faith community long active in movements for LGBTQIA+, racial,
and immigration justice, creation care, and peace.
She is a writer for the UCC’s Stillspeaking Daily Devotional and a certified spiritual director. Rev.
Kemper loves the outdoors, and is an avid rower, traveler, photographer, and doting companion to Scout, her almost-16-year-old rescue pup.
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July 20th
Sunday Service, Bible Study
Rev. Don Bliss
East Freetown Congregational-Christian Church
Reverend Don Bliss has served the East Freetown Congregational-Christian Church since 2001, having formerly served churches in Boston, and Hyannis. He is a lifetime member of the American Congregational Society and has designed and led ministry workshops for many churches, denominations and Christian publishers. Pastor Don is a published author and former theater educator. He teaches Advanced Theology for the Lay Ministry Training Program of the National Association of Congregational-Christian Churches, lectures on Polity at the Boston Seminar, and consults on the Call/Ordination/Installation process in continuing Congregational churches. He lives with his wife Lori, who is a retired teacher, his foster-daughter Eloise , his grandchild Robin, and his fur-baby Penelope in a country parsonage that is so quiet that, at night, you can hear the fish laugh, in the stream across the street.
July 27th
Sunday Service
Rabbi Caryn Broitman
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
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Rabbi Caryn Broitman began her tenure as Rabbi of the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center (MVHC) in 2003. Her goal is always to create a welcoming community of Jewish learning, spiritual growth, community connection, and local and global social action.
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Rabbi Broitman graduated from Harvard University in the Comparative Study of Religion, and received her Rabbinical Ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She has been a Senior Educators Fellow at the Melton Center of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellow at the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University.​
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Rabbi Broitman is an active member of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. She is also a member of the Island Clergy Association of Martha’s Vineyard.
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Rabbi Broitman loves to spend time with her family, read literature and poetry, cook and eat Middle Eastern Food, and walk, bike, and swim around Martha’s Vineyard. She regularly contributes to Moment Magazine, the Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, and the MV Times.
July 29th and 31st
Bible Study
Fr. Augustine Gimia Bangalie
Community Superior and Chaplain
St. Mary’s College in Dublin, Ireland.
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Fr. Augustine Bangalie, CSSp. is a native of Sierra Leone, West Africa; studied for the priesthood in Ireland and ordained in 2004.
He first visited Martha’s Vineyard In the summer of 2009 from Duquesne University where he was pursuing graduate studies in philosophy. He has returned to the Vineyard for subsequent summers; initially serving in the Good Shepherd Parish during his visits.
He has previously served in various capacities: in school ministry in Ireland and as Provincial Superior of the Holy Ghost Fathers in his home Province of Sierra Leone and Liberia.
He is passionate about creatively making Christian spirituality accessible to people with little or no theological background.
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August 3rd
Sunday Service, Bible Study
Rev. Randy Thames
Executive Pastor
Inspirit Institute, Inspire Ministries
Pastor Randy is a nationally recognized preacher, professional speaker, author, group facilitator, adjunct instructor, and certified Master Executive Coach and CEO Advisor. With over two decades of dedicated leadership in church ministry, he has faithfully served as Deputy Pastor at Celebration Church at Columbia and as Associate Pastor at The People’s Community Baptist Church.
As Executive Pastor of the Inspirit Institute, Pastor Randy leads with a divine mandate to equip and empower individuals through biblical preaching, instruction, coaching, training, and spiritual assessment. His signature framework—the Super Purpose Power Model—is rooted in deep biblical principles and designed to foster cognitive renewal and spiritual transformation. This model challenges individuals to Discover, Develop, and Display™ their inner spirit, leading to the Inevitable Outcomes™ of what God has already ordained in their lives.
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Through the Inspirit Institute, Pastor Randy continues to ignite purpose-driven living and leadership, guiding others to align their spiritual identity with their divine destiny. His work stands as a powerful testament to the impact of faith, intentional growth, and the living Word of God in action.
Introducing MVCMA's inaugural
Revival Week
August 10th
Sunday Service
Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant
Senior Pastor| New Birth Missionary Baptist Church
Biography Visionary. Civil Rights Activist. Community Organizer. Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient. 2X Grammy Award Winning Artist; Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant combines sound biblical teaching, business acumen, and political insight to propel the Body of Christ to action and greater levels of faith.
Since his youth, Dr. Bryant has prevailed against the odds – rising from a G.E.D. to a Ph.D. Before pastoring, he served as the National Youth and College Director of the NAACP for six years, where he helped to mobilize over
70,000 youth worldwide in non-violent campaigns.
Dr. Bryant, a third-generation minister, was the founding pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore, Maryland, acclaimed as the fastest-growing African Methodist Episcopal church in the denomination’s 200-year history.
With an undeniable gift to bridge generations from the Civil Rights movement to the Black Lives Matter era, Dr. Bryant incites change in the faith community. His ability to reach across social, economic, and political barriers has helped
people experience the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ and activate success in their everyday lives. His ministry has become an incubator for entrepreneurs, homeowners, and the like. Additionally, programs under his guidance
have aimed to spread the gospel, develop strong leaders, empower the economically disadvantaged, and challenge social injustices.
In December 2018, Dr. Bryant was appointed as the Senior Pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia. His leadership efforts have strengthened the multi- generational bond among members,
cultivated families, and expanded community outreach as well as the church’s cultural significance.
August 10-17th
Music Ministry
Lauren Riley
Title - Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon
August 12th & 14th
Bible Study
Dr. Brian Jefferson Mosley
Senior Minister | Bread of Life Ministries
Dr. Brian Jefferson Mosley is the founder and senior minister of Bread of Life Ministries, based in Newark, New Jersey, and Atlanta, Georgia. With over 26 years of global ministry, Dr. Mosley answered God's call at the age of fifteen and has since devoted his life to preaching the gospel, equipping believers, and delivering the message of spiritual authority, healing, and freedom from sin and sickness.
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Raised in the Congregational Church, Dr. Mosley was converted at 13 at St. Matthews Baptist Church. His faith journey deepened as he received the Holy Spirit at the Miracle Temple C.O.G.I.C., and he was later licensed under Bishop Wilson of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Churches of Jesus Christ. Ordained in 1977, Dr. Mosley holds a Doctor of Sacred Letters from Southwestern University and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity.
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In 1982, he was consecrated Bishop of the Original Pentecostal Churches, Inc., and he pastored Greater Bethlehem Healing Temple in Newark for twelve years. During this time, he founded the School of the Prophets at Essex County College, inspiring others to establish similar programs.
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Dr. Mosley is a Prophet and Teacher in the Body of Christ, operating under the gifts of the Holy Spirit. His ministry has taken him worldwide, preaching to a wide spectrum of denominations, including Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, and Apostolic. He has ministered in South Africa and to the Royal Family of Swaziland. His prophetic ministry, which includes healing and restoration, is renowned for transcending cultural and denominational barriers. Dr. Mosley continues to travel extensively, proclaiming the gospel with a powerful message of hope and divine transformation.
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August 17th
Sunday Service
Rev. Marrissa Farrow
Title - Coming Soon
Rev. Marissa R. Farrow, a native of Baltimore, MD, was born on June 19 1989, to Bishop Robert E. Farrow and Evangelist Jacqueline Farrow, Pastors of Mt. Calvary Church and Ministries, where she was launched into ministry.
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On March 4, 2007, Marissa began her public ministry. Rev. farrow earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Livingstone College in Salisbury NC. as well as a M.Div. from the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. She is also a proud Spring 2015 initiative of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority INC.
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Since her ordination in 2013, Elder Farrow has served under the tutelage of Rev. Drs. Floyd and Elaine Flake at the Greater Allen A.M.E Cathedral of New York as a Preaching Assistant, Special Outreach project Coordinator, and Social Media Director.
She is the author of three books: "Delivered from Dysfunction: a 7-step Guide to a Better You," "The Amazing Weight, " and most recently "The Morning Cup: A 21-Day Prayer Devotional," inspired by the #Viralprayercommunity, reaching over 1.1million views monthly. She is also the owner of Brown By Melissa, a Christ cultured fashion brand.
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She is a Praiser, Prayer Warrior, Preacher, Podcast host, Producer, and the proud BFF to her "God Gift" Shamol-Ali, and she is just getting started!
August 19th
& 21st
August 17 Celebrant,
August 19 and 21 Bible Study
Rev. Timothy Dooner
Pastor, Valley Forge Presbyterian Church
Reverend Tim Dooner is husband to Blair and father to three daughters (15, 13, 11) and a shaggy dog named Dobby. Tim and his family live in King of Prussia, PA, which is a suburb of Philadelphia.
Rev. Dooner has been a minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 2008, serving churches in Malvern, Emmaus, and King of Prussia.
Tim enjoys traveling with family to National Parks for hiking and beauty, rooting for Philly sports teams, live music (especially Pearl Jam), and various building and tinkering projects.
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August 24th
Sunday Service
Bishop Rodney Sampson
Title - Coming Soon
Bishop Rodney Sampson is a consecrated suffragan bishop and member of the College of Bishops of The International Bishops Conference USA; and along with his wife, Dr. Shanterria Sampson are distinguished graduates of the historic Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University.
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Sampson’s more than twenty-five year career at the intersection of innovation, finance and faith is best captured in his doctoral dissertation, “Streaming Faith: Building Black Wealth Ecosystems via Clergy Investment Education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution & Beyond” and his best-selling economics book, “Kingonomics: Twelve Innovative Currencies to Transform Your Business and Life, Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
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In 2000, Sampson innovated linear streaming via Multicast Media Technologies (today Piksel) and Streaming Faith; and in 2013 with his wife, co-founded Opportunity Hub [OHUB], the nation’s leading inclusive technology, startup and venture ecosystem building platform created to ensure that everyone, everyone has equitable opportunities in the future of work, fourth industrial revolution and beyond as definitive paths to new multi-generational wealth with no reliance on past multi-generational wealth. To date, they have trained thousands for their first tech careers, incubated hundreds of new startups and invested in over 23 venture capital funds and hundreds of startups that have created thousands of net new American jobs.
Sampson is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution; and has held professorships at Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Duke University and The University of North Carolina Kenan Flagler School of Business as a Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor where he created the Black Technology Ecosystem Investment and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Solutions Certificates. Sampson is a life member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
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As natives of Atlanta, Georgia, Drs. Rodney and Shanterria Sampson are excited about the home and life they are building with their family in the Campground and Martha’s Vineyard.
August 26th
& 28th
BIble Study
Rev. Sean McMahon
Theological Scholar
Seán McMahon has been in Christian ministry since 2011. He received pastoral ordination in 2020 and served at the Community Baptist Church of Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard until 2023, when he joined the Good Shepherd Parish of Martha’s Vineyard.
He continues to use his musical, preaching, and teaching gifts to build up the Body of Christ locally in New England, throughout America, as well as online through his podcast and voluminous catalogue of recorded music. His ministry is guided by a broad ecumenical vision and as a self-described “folk theologian” he has the unusual ability to simplify and connect complex Biblical ideas in his theological studies.