University of Redlands Chaplain's Office

04/13/2023

The Baccalaureate Service at the University of Redlands is a broadly ecumenical, multi-faith worship celebration to honor members of the graduating class and their families.

The procession to the Baccalaureate service for graduation candidates of the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business & Society, and School of Education begins outside the Hall of Letters and proceeds across Colton Avenue, the Quad and into the Memorial Chapel. Caps and gowns are required for participation. Only School of Education Master's and Doctoral candidates wear hoods at this event.

Friday, April 21, 11 a.m., Memorial Chapel - Baccalaureate Service
The procession begins promptly at 10:45 a.m., and the service lasts approximately one hour. Baccalaureate is an ecumenical ceremony of worship in celebration of and thanksgiving for lives dedicated to learning and wisdom. Family and friends should go directly to the Memorial Chapel. Seating is limited, so guests are advised to be seated early.

04/17/2022

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05/21/2021

Join us to celebrate the Office of Compline on Sunday, May 23, at 6 p.m. PDT via https://vimeo.com/event/642980.

Service music will include works by composers Bruckner, Belkin, Rutter, Byrd, Vivaldi, and many more. We will sing the world premiere of “Ubi Caritas” by composition student Jamison Stevens ’22, composed and recorded during the pandemic.

The Office of Compline is rooted in the daily cycle of prayer observed by the early Christian monastic communities. By the 6th century, St. Benedict had codified the rule for his followers, setting forth a formula for the recitation of psalms, hymns, prayers, and readings seven times a day. Compline was the final prayer hour before retiring for the evening.

The service incorporates plainsong and diverse choral styles and genres, creating a unique blend of new and older musical traditions. As was customary in medieval chapels, Compline is offered by candlelight, and much of the music is unaccompanied. The unifying thread throughout the Compline service is quiet meditation and reflection led and inspired by music.

Compline 2021

01/06/2021

06/23/2020

Join us for "Healing Racism in Redlands", a discussion with local pastors and law enforcement on Saturday, July 11. We will be offering three sessions beginning at 9am. All are welcome!

Please RSVP at [email protected] for the Zoom info.

04/14/2020

Mayor Paul Foster invites Redlands residents to join the City of Redlands and a host of local churches in a “Moment at 7,” honoring health care workers, first responders, grocery store employees and other helpers, beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 12, and continuing each Sunday at 7 p.m. through the end of May.

Partnering with the Redlands Area Interfaith Council and the Redlands Service Club Council, the City of Redlands encourages residents to take a moment at 7 p.m. each Sunday through the end of May to go outside and ring bells, sound gongs, play instruments, bang on pots and pans or give a cheer for those caring for the people of our community, the nation and the world during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Local churches will be ringing their bells for one minute, the Redlands Fire Department will ring the bell outside Fire Station 261 in downtown Redlands and Police and Firefighters will flash their lights and sound their sirens in appreciation.

02/11/2020

"How do you lift up the oppressed? On Racial Justice Sunday, we stand in solidarity with all the marginalized identities that people of color carry: immigrant, refugee, asylum-seeker, first-nation, female, gender-nonconforming, birthing parent, LGBTQ, low-income, disabled, unemployed, HIV+, drug-user, s*x worker, incarcerated, and so many more. If there isn't justice for folk of all identities and intersections, there is no justice."

- Redlands United Church of Christ

Reflection of the week from the RUCC racial justice team:

How do you lift up the oppressed? On Racial Justice Sunday, we stand in solidarity with all the marginalized identities that people of color carry: immigrant, refugee, asylum-seeker, first-nation, female, gender-nonconforming, birthing parent, LGBTQ, low-income, disabled, unemployed, HIV+, drug-user, s*x worker, incarcerated, and so many more. If there isn't justice for folk of all identities and intersections, there is no justice.
- United Church of Christ via Instagram

01/27/2020

Our Multi-Faith Student Organization on the UofR Campus is hosting this great interfaith event. There will be music, dancing, and refreshments. All are welcome!

Sunday, Feb. 16th, 6pm-8pm @ University Hall.

01/22/2020

If you're a graduating senior and are still figuring out what to do after April, please check out this awesome 10-month residency program that is fully committed to a solid foundation of anti-racism and anti-oppression work.

If you have further questions, please see Peter Tupou in CDI.

NBA XPLOR provides 10-months of leadership development and vocational discernment for young adults to live simply in community and engage in direct service and justice work.

10/22/2019

Join us this Sunday at 7:30 PM.

05/28/2019

Ensemble XXI – A Redlands Camerata directed by Jeffrey H. Rickard – will present A Concert of Sacred and Secular Choral Works at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, 2019, at Redlands United Church of Christ, 168 Bellevue (Corner of Bellevue and Olive.)

This concert will include anthems and special choral settings by William Byrd, Elaine Hagenberg, Michael Horvit, Daniel Kantor, Kinley Lange, Ralph Manuel, Tim Osiek, Giovanni de la Palestrina, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, Jeffrey H. Rickard, Charles Villiers Stanford, Philip W. J. Stopford, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

A robust vocal setting of J. S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E minor (Eight Little Preludes and Fugues for Organ) made by Mr. Rickard in the style of the Swingle Singers will conclude the program.
Ensemble XXI is a choral ensemble of over twenty-five voices who specialize in the presentation of the sacred choral literature associated with Choral Evensong as well as branching out into the more secular idioms of madrigals and contemporary jazz.

A free-will offering will be received in support of Ensemble XXI.