Spiritual Services at Peabody

The Peabody Memorial Chapel, with its original working pipe organ, hosts many of the spiritual activities on campus. Led by our staff Director of Spiritual Life Services or one of numerous community religious leaders, services are held on a regular schedule and conducted in the tradition of various denominations. Because our primary in-house worship service is conducted on Sunday afternoon, many residents enjoy returning to their home congregation for morning worship.

Peabody staff and resident families routinely join the congregation of any given service.  Please join us on Sunday at 2PM.  Worship service lasts an average of 1 hour.

A mid-week worship service affectionately called "Devotions" is held on Thursday mornings at 9 O'clock.  The focus of the service is the Job and Shawchuck book A Guide to Prayer.

The Chapel is available to any congregation or organization wishing to hold a worship service for the residents of Peabody or the North Manchester area. The Manchester Bible Church meets the first Sunday evening of the month.  Almond Branch Ministries offers the health center residents an evangelical praise service on sunday mornings.  St. Robert's Catholic Church holds a full mass on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month.  Please contact the Peabody Director of Spiritual Life Services for more information on our religious services and availability of the Chapel.

Bible reading and study is a favorite activity at Peabody Retirement Community.  Every Monday morning, a local community member holds a Bible study for independent and assisted living residents.  This class runs from September through May and lasts about one hour.  Additionally, our "Bible in Depth" program for residents of health care is held every Tuesday and as the name suggests, is an in-depth study of a single topic using various resources, books and literature from renowned scholars.  On Thursdays, a more traditional Bible study is held where we progress through the books of the Bible verse by verse.

Our Director of Spiritual Life Services is available for family and religious counseling and will gladly contact the minister of your choice for additional support.  Our director is available whenever needed for rapid changes in health, to celebrate a life milestone, or when a member of our family goes home to be with the Lord.  Often, residents come to view Peabody as their home, and our congregation as their home church.  In time of passing, our spiritual leader is available to conduct funeral services.  Peabody policy prohibits our staff ministers from accepting a stipend or honorarium  If giving is an important part of your grieving, please consider instead a gift to one of our campus ministries.

For more information about the Spiritual Life Services available to residents of Peabody Retirement Community and the North Manchester community at large, please phone our main switchboard and ask for the Director of Spiritual Life Services.