Stanford University Office for Religious & Spiritual Life

05/06/2026

08/10/2025

TODAY at 11:00 am PST
Join us Live or later
at Stanford Memorial Church.
The Summer Sacred Music Series Continues.
Featuring Maestro Stars Academy.
Dean Tiffany Steinwert, Liturgist.

University Public Worship gathers weekly for the religious, spiritual, ethical, and moral formation of the Stanford community. Rooted in the history and prog...

08/03/2025

Join in Live or Later TODAY
at Stanford Memorial Church
11 am University Public Worship with the special guests, the SPARC Choir!

University Public Worship gathers weekly for the religious, spiritual, ethical, and moral formation of the Stanford community. Rooted in the history and prog...

06/19/2025

Juneteenth Worship

Sunday, June 22, 11:00 am
Stanford Memorial Church

Juneteenth Worship will launch the Summer Series will feature the Oakland Jazz Choir.

The Oakland Jazz Choir, (OJC) a non-profit, has been an East Bay institution for over 30+ years. During this span the group has taken many shapes, sizes and forms but the common denominator has always been the same: Joy of expression, using the voice to communicate the triumphs, as well as the turbulence, of the human spirit. They are committed to bringing vocal jazz performance and education to under served audiences in the Bay Area and beyond.

06/18/2025

💒🎶☀️University Public Worship: Summer Sacred Music Series ☀️🎶💒

Sundays, June 22 - September 14
11:00 am
Stanford Memorial Church

The Summer Sacred Music Series invites choirs from around the Bay Area to Stanford Memorial Church each year to share their gifts and talents in a town and gown worship that celebrates the rich cultural heritages of the Bay Area. Each week we will host a different choir with sacred readings and prayers in worship and rejoice together in our Summer of Sacred Joy!

June 22: Oakland Jazz Choir

The Oakland Jazz Choir, (OJC) a non-profit, has been an East Bay institution for over 30+ years. During this span the group has taken many shapes, sizes and forms but the common denominator has always been the same: Joy of expression, using the voice to communicate the triumphs, as well as the turbulence, of the human spirit. They are committed to bringing vocal jazz performance and education to under served audiences in the Bay Area and beyond.



June 29: A-Sharp Chorus

A-Sharp Chorus is one of the largest Chinese choral groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was established in 2000 and now has over 70 members. They come together every week to practice singing under the training and guidance of professional conductors and vocal singing artists. The Chorus is dedicated to facilitate American and Chinese cultural exchange and linking Chinese and Western cultures through music.

06/14/2025

Prof. Alexander Nemerov and senior Noah Hao-Lin Tan addressed graduates at this morning’s Baccalaureate ceremony in Frost Amphitheater.

“If you want to innovate, seek out places that languish in the routine: there will be a place for you there,” Tan told his classmates. “If you want to have purpose, seek out places that lack direction: there will be a place for you there. And lastly, when you open new doors, hold them open for the people behind you. As our friends and mentors have created a place for us here, my wish is for us to go out and do that for others.”

📸: Andrew Brodhead

06/11/2025

❤️🌲🎓Baccalaureate🎓🌲❤️

Saturday, June 14, 10:00 am
Frost Amphitheater

Baccalaureate (pronounced “bak-uh-lawr-ee-it”) at Stanford is a celebratory gathering for graduating seniors, graduate students, and professional students, as well as their families and friends. This gathering is part of Commencement weekend and is a bookend to the Opening Convocation held four years earlier.

Tickets are required for both the Baccalaureate Celebration and Commencement Ceremony. Graduating students must register in advance to receive tickets for themselves and their guests.

06/10/2025

Commencement Organ Recital: Johann Sebastian Bach The Leipzig Years

Friday, June 13, 7:30 pm
Stanford Memorial Church

The annual Commencement recital, performed by University Organist Dr. Robert Huw Morgan, will feature the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

All are invited to attend, admission is free.

06/06/2025

Meeting the Moment 2025 🪐✨🌱