This Week at 
Emmanuel Church 
May 25 - June 1

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Join us on Sunday for
Holy Eucharist at 10:00 am
 in the
 Lindsey Chapel
 
SUNDAY PARKING  - the Back Bay Garage on Clarendon Street - address: 500 Boylston St., Boston 02116. Pink tickets are available during coffee hour. Your ticket is good for a 3 hour period on Sunday between 8:00am to 8:00pm. The price for 3 hours is $5. Beyond that the regular rate applies.   
On Sunday at 1:00 pm in the Lindsey Chapel we will hold a memorial service, giving thanks for the life of Robert Gordon, brother of Ann Carlson and brother-in-law of Elliott Carlson. Please join us if you are able. 

Chapel Camp begins next Sunday, June 5th!
Look for our new Chapel Camp brochures for details. They will be available this Sunday.

       
Upcoming Events & 
Important Information:
 
 
 Upcoming Ordination of Deacons 
 Prayers and presence are requested for the ordination of deacons on Saturday,  June 4, 10:30 a.m., at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (138 Tremont Street)  in Boston. Bishop Alan M. Gates will preside. Those being ordained to the  diaconate are: Thomas A. Bartlett (sponsored by Emmanuel Church in  Boston); Philip J. Flaherty (St. Stephen's Church in Cohasset); Robert Charles  Greiner (Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston); Kristine Marie Holmes  (Christ Church in Plymouth); and Elizabeth Joy Jordan (St. John's Church in  Charlestown).

 Those being ordained as transitional deacons are: Zachary David Brooks  (Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill); Marisa Egerstrom (Cathedral  Church of St. Paul in Boston); Isaac Everett (The Crossing/Cathedral Church  of St. Paul in Boston); Christopher William Whiteman (St. Mary's Church in  Dorchester); and Charles Allen Wynder Jr. (Church of the Holy Spirit in  Mattapan).

 A reception follows the service. All are welcome! 

 Of special note: In addition to sponsoring Tom Bartlett for ordination,  Robert "Bob" Greiner will be coming to Emmanuel to serve as our deacon.  Also,  Isaac Everett is the husband of Emmanuel staff member, Katie Everett.
 
B-SAFE News - the latest!

To benefit our B-SAFE program, Gail Abbey, Margaret Johnson, and Shannon Larkin will present us with a concert on Sunday June 19 after our worship. This is a special honor and a wonderful musical treat. Please join us and show your appreciation for the fabulous talent among us and support our mission. Your donation will provide for the lunches and snacks we serve at St. Mary's Church in Dorchester in early July and the wonderful support given to summer reading, learning, and shared joy through B-SAFE, the  B ishop's  S ummer  A cademic,  F un &  E nrichment Program. We will be taking the kids to the Stoneham Zoo this year - would you be able to help us with entry fees and supplying a tent for the day? Or, would you care to come along and read to the kids? Ask Peggy your questions at coffee hour or by email - margaretkbradley@icloud.com .
Thanks to all who purchased raffle tickets, and congratulations to Milly Wells who was the lucky winner of the knitted afghan! 
Make plans now for our Emmanuel Talent Show - July 3rd!

That Sunday, following the worship service, Emmanuelites will have the opportunity to entertain and be entertained by their fellow parishioners with song, skits, poems, juggling, or wherever your talents lie! Each act should be 10 minutes or less in duration. All performers please contact Amanda March at parishadmin.emmanuel@gmail.com. 

Mark your calendars!
Emmanuel Church will be marching with the Diocese of Massachusetts in the Boston Pride Parade on Saturday, June 11th. The parade begins at 12 noon and is approximately 3 miles in distance - The DioMass Pride contingent will be meeting on the steps of Trinity Copley at 10:30 am and will walk to the staging area from there. Look for large signs that have the Episcopal Church shield on them. Signs will be available. All are welcome to bring your own signs as well.

After the parade is over we will be heading over to Old West Church where Bishop Gates will preside over the Eucharist at an Ecumenical worship service that is welcoming to all. We look forward to seeing you there! 
For information email Garrett Garborcauskas at garbog2@gmail.com 


Tuesday morning Bible Study has resumed on Tuesday mornings from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Emmanuel Room (through the kitchen of the Parish House). Come whenever you are able to join us for this lively conversation with the Rector. This Bible Study meets in odd-numbered months.
Join the Chapel Choir!
The Chapel Choir is a non-auditioned group that sings for Emmanuel's Chapel services during the summer months. Singers should have some experience with choral music and be able to read music and match pitch. Rehearsals are before the 10am service. Please let Chapel Choir Director Kevin Neel (kevin.w.neel@gmail.com) know if you plan to sing!
BOSTON WARM is hiring
Part-time Operations Manager is being hired for the day center for people who are experiencing homelessness, BostonWarm at Emmanuel on Mondays and Fridays. This position reports to the Executive Director of ecclesia ministries, inc (common cathedral)., Amanda Grant-Rose. Time commitment: 7 hours/day, one or two days/week, plus another 2-3 hours (weekly or biweekly) for outreach or staff gatherings. For more information, contact Amanda Grant-Rose at amanda@commoncathedral.org.

A Night of Witness, Worship and Celebration 
Tuesday, June 14, 6 - 9 pm. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St.,Boston. On this night we will celebrate justice-based movement leadership across generations and welcome our new Executive Director, the Reverend Arrington Chambliss (see picture below). Come meet our current parish and organizational grantees. Be with us for this worship service as we look to our future together: deepening our social, economic, racial and eco-justice witness in our community and the world. For more information and to RSVP visit www.EpiscopalCityMission.org.  

You are cordially invited to attend A Universal Worship Service: A Celebration of the UNITY of Religious Ideals. 

The service will be held in the Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel on Saturday, June 11, at 3:00PM.  We will share in prayers, chants, readings and silence honoring the different major religions. The goal is to unite the followers of different religions in harmony and mutual respect, while strengthening the faith of each in their own tradition. In this way, we bring God's family together and nourish the roots of peace.
Readings for this service will focus on the theme of REMEMBRANCE. The service will be conducted by Hermione Garland, a Cherag or Minister of the Sufi Order/Inayati Order of Greater Boston.
The service is about an hour long, followed by refreshments. Please come and bring a friend. All are welcome! Donations will be accepted to cover costs. Local classes and further information may be found at :
www.gardenlight.org; www.inayatiorder.org; www.pirzia.org; www.universalworship.org 
Fruit of the Vine at Communion 
Our trial use of adding grape  juice at communion has been declared a success!  Both grape juice  and wine will be served at the communion station in front of the baptismal font.  The grape juice will be in the ceramic chalice.  Only wine is available at the rail. Our offering of non-alcoholic fruit of the vine is in response to recent calls within the Episcopal Church for Episcopalians to re-examine our relationship with alcohol, and because of our heritage of the Emmanuel Movement (forebear of AA).  As a matter of theology, the Episcopal Church teaches that receiving only bread or only wine constitutes full communion.  However, just as we began to offer gluten-free bread, we add non-fermented grape juice to our sacramental offering to extend the hospitality of the sacrament. 
Name Tags for All 
Because it's always nice to be able to attach a name to a face, we encourage you to wear a name tag. You may find them along the wall in the Parish Hall, alphabetized by FIRST name. And in our efforts to make Emmanuel Church a more welcoming and inclusive community for all, we invite you to put your pronouns (he/him, she/her, etc.) on your name tag. By doing this, we help make Emmanuel Church a more welcoming place for transgender worshippers. If you don't see a name tag along the wall in the Parish Hall, and would like to have one, please find Penny Lane at coffee hour or email her at  penelopelane77@gmail.com with your name and pronouns.
Tours at Emmanuel
Have you ever wondered about the stories behind Emmanuel's beautiful building? Today, it is home to thriving communities from Emmanuel Church and Central Reform Temple, to Twelve-Step programs and ministries to the homeless, and to dozens of music and performing arts events from Emmanuel Music and others every year. We are excited to announce that Emmanuel Church is starting to offer free, guided tours of its historic Sanctuary and Leslie Lindsey Chapel. For a taste of Boston's 19th century history and an eyeful of Boston's best architecture in the oldest building on Newbury Street, call Christen Mills at (617) 536-3355 x21 or email at parishassist.emmanuel@gmail.com to schedule a tour.  


"This Week at Emmanuel" E-News & Updates
"This Week at Emmanuel" is a weekly e-mail digest of announcements and upcoming events at Emmanuel. If you'd like to receive these, simply e-mail Amanda March at parishadmin.emmanuel@gmail.com.

Musings from the Margins...

In keeping with Briana's theme from last week I too looked back upon this year's internship. This past year has been a tremendous experience for which I am extremely grateful. I have learned a lot from Pam as well as from my Lesley Graduate School classes. Perhaps what seems most relevant to me at this time is having learned that it truly is not what you say but how you say it. More to the point, how you don't say it.  It's how you listen.
As interns, we are instructed in advance to not ask the incarcerated women in the Art and Spirituality program questions. As was pointed out, human nature is such that people may respond to questions, even if they are uncomfortable in doing so as an act of compliance. This is especially true in a situation where the questioner is free and the questioned is not free. In providing a respectful experience, and a space to be held emotionally. We avoid behaviors that may jeopardize the atmosphere of a safe environment, including interrogation of any kind. This is in direct contrast to being taught since childhood to ask questions of people you may have just met with the intent of putting them at ease.  I have learned over the past year to practice reflective listening skills as described in an earlier post. I listen to what a group of incarcerated women are discussing, and I participate in the conversation only when I can do so with sincerity and relevance.  If they are quiet, I also remain quiet.  In other words, I let them take the lead.
I am always careful during the common art to do the same. However, because of the more dynamic aspect of the activities I'm not always successful. My role is to hold what I hear from the artists and affirm their feelings and experiences. Café Emmanuel is less of a deliberate exercise, conversationally. I find that guests of Café Emmanuel seem to derive pleasure from sharing their experiences and are not necessarily looking for feedback, but for an opportunity to be heard.
Heartfelt thanks to Pam and all the others who have taught me about the art of listening and so much more over this past year.
 
-- Brianna Babick

Amanda March,
Parish Operations Manager
617-536-3355, x 10
parishadmin.emmanuel@gmail.com