What is the worship life like at Berkeley?
Berkeley’s life is centered on the Daily Office from the Book of Common Prayer, and students are expected to be active participants both in attending and leading worship. The daily services are held in St. Luke’s Chapel at the Berkeley Center, and often include student sermons and music. In addition, a Community Eucharist on Wednesday evenings is held at YDS’s Marquand Chapel, offering an opportunity to explore the great riches of the wider Anglican liturgical tradition, frequently with guest preachers from around the Anglican Communion. A team of four sacristans takes the lead in planning and executing these services. In addition, Berkeley students participate in the daily ecumenical worship at Marquand Chapel. There they are exposed to a wide variety of worship traditions, learning to appreciate the diversity of Christian worship and encountering an extraordinary breadth of musical and liturgical styles.
