Join us this Sunday at 10 am for
Holy Eucharist
in the Lindsey Chapel


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Sunday Parking - the Back Bay Garage on Clarendon Street – address: 500 Boylston St., Boston 02116. 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.
Important note for this Sunday!

The 1st of three occurrences of “Open Newbury Street” begins this Sunday 

This a series of three retail events on Sundays in the summer, wherein Newbury will be closed to vehicular traffic. The other dates are August 13 and September 10. The street will be closed from Arlington St. to Massachusetts Ave. 

For parishioners with mobility challenges: The city will grant access through the barrier at the corner of Arlington and Newbury and allow cars of such parishioners to park in front of the church during the service between 9:30 and 11:30. Typical “handicapped tags” for cars are not needed for you to gain access to this service. Our Sunday sexton that day will confirm that city security stationed at the barrier is aware of this arrangement. When those cars exit by 11:30 they will be required to take a right onto Berkeley St, as the rest of Newbury will be closed.
Sunday’s Chapel Camp - Organ Tour

Have you ever been curious about the organ? Join Kevin for a demonstration of three organs at Emmanuel (Chapel, Sanctuary, and Emmanuel Music's continuo organ) as well as an easy field trip to hear First Lutheran's Richards Fowkes Op. 10 organ, a mechanical-action instrument modeled after instruments of Bach's day. You'll have a chance to listen, play, and ask questions about these four instruments! This Chapel Camp activity will run until approximately 12:45pm.
 
 
 

Next week’s Chapel Camp will be the second of a two-part discussion of Michael Eric Dyson’s new book, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America. Dyson’s call for change continues in the tradition of James Baldwin. His book is organized in a liturgical framework, from a Call to Worship to a Closing Prayer. Led by Garrett Garborcauskas, Paddy Cavanaugh, and Pam Werntz, this week we will focus our attention on sections I-V.3.   Please read this important book whether or not you are able to join the discussion! 
  When Newbury Street Will Be Closed to Cars this Summer - begins this Sunday

Boston has announced the dates for  Open Newbury Street  this summer, wherein the retail-heavy drag in Back Bay will be closed to vehicular traffic. The dates—all Sundays—are July 23, August 13, and September 10.

A Our first Mission Hub House is a go!
  Mission Hub House news
For the past two years, we've been collaborating with four neighboring congregations to start new intentional communities in Boston and Cambridge. On Sept 1, our first community will launch in a six-bedroom house on the Stony Brook stop of the Orange Line.
If you, or someone you know, feels called to live, love, pray, and grow in community, let us know! We're currently accepting applications on a rolling basis, and you can apply at  bostoncambridgemissionhub.org .
News from our neighborhood...
Newbury Street Will Be Closed to Cars this Summer - begins this Sunday

Boston has announced the dates for  Open Newbury Street  this summer, wherein the retail-heavy drag in Back Bay will be closed to vehicular traffic. The dates—all Sundays—are July 23, August 13, and September 10.


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Rector's Bible Study
  Tuesday morning Bible Study has resumed this month! This study meets from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Emmanuel Room during in odd-numbered months.) Come whenever you are able to join us for this lively conversation with the Rector.
Red Sox with the Rector

Emmanuel Church has a block of 26 grandstand seats (1st base line under cover) for Saturday, September 9, 7:10 pm to watch the Red Sox play the Rays.  If you'd like to join the baseball fun, contact Amanda March to reserve your seat.  Limit 2 reservations per person, please.  As with all of our parish events, we ask that you contribute what you are able.  (There is no fixed per person charge.) Let Amanda know at parishadmin.emmanuel@gmail.com or call 617-536-3355, ext. 10. 

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Read above for a hopeful message from Kelly Turley
Associate Director
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
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!
Becoming Beloved Community -
the Episcopal Church's Long-Term Commitment
Becoming Beloved Community : Introducing the Episcopal Church’s Long-Term Commitment to Racial Healing, Reconciliation and Justice. Churchwide discussion and webinars have begun. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and House of Deputies President the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings and officers of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies are inviting Episcopalians to study and commit to using Becoming Beloved Community: The Episcopal Church’s Long-term Commitment to Racial Healing, Reconciliation and Justice.  Leaders say Becoming Beloved Community is designed as a strategic path through distinct phases that lead to personal and structural change.

  • Telling the Truth about the Church and Race, via a census to determine church demographics and a Racial Justice Audit to study the impact of racism on the Church’s leadership, organizations and bodies
  • Proclaiming the Dream of Beloved Community, via a series of regional public listening and learning engagements, starting with a partnership at Washington National Cathedral
  • Practicing the Way of Love, via a churchwide Beloved Community story-sharing campaign, multilingual and multigenerational formation and training, pilgrimages and liturgical resources
  • Repairing the Breach in Institutions and Society, via advocacy for criminal justice reform, re-entry collaboratives shaped by people moving from prison back to community, and partnership with Saint Augustine’s University and Voorhees College (the historically black university and college associated with the Episcopal Church)

For more information go to www.episcopalchurch.org.    

  A new way to support Ecclesia Ministries and common cathedral’s programs : Click on the link below that will take you to a new way to support the programs. Please consider checking out our wish list by clicking the button below. Click on an item and help out! 

Thank you!
Amanda Grant-Rose
  Central Reform Temple has a monthly e-newsletter, Kol Nefesh (Every Voice). To keep abreast of their upcoming events you can read it by clicking the button below to visit their website . If you are interested in receiving CRT's monthly bulletin, Kol Nefesh, please send an email request to:  info@centralreformtemple.org 

At Emmanuel - 

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.

Small Wonders! This is our program for young children and meets the 1st Sunday of each month during the sermon and prayers of the 10:00 service. We are using the Godly Play curriculum, based on Montessori principles. Children have an innate sense of the presence of God. The Godly Play approach helps them to explore their faith through story, gain religious language and enhance their spiritual experience though wonder and play. A simple seasonal/ lectionary appropriate story will be told. Curiosity and imagination will be encouraged as the children experience the mystery, joy, and love of God! The program is led by Jaime Bonney and Linnea Massie. Please escort children to the back of the chapel during the end of the Gospel hymn. From there they will follow Jaime and Linnea into the Sanctuary for Small Wonders.

Emmanuel Church Photography and Social Media   Communicating through social media helps our efforts to build community and expand our reach to people who are new to Emmanuel, as well as to Emmanuelites around the world. Volunteers help spread the Word by taking photos before, during and after services, posting and sharing online. We value the sanctity of our worship and aim to strike a balance between sharing life at Emmanuel and creating a sacred space for all, filled with wonder, love, thanksgiving and praise. No one will be tagged or identified by name in a photo without their permission and other privacy wishes will be respected on request. If you are interested in helping in these efforts or have concerns please see a vestry member after the service.

Care Commission If you can write notes or make visits, we would love to have your help. Do you know someone who is in the hospital, or confined at home? Know someone who needs a ride to or from a medical appointment, or would just appreciate a visit? The Care Commission wants to help. Contact Pauline Ratta (617-469-2232) or Walter Jonas (617-696-8020) and we will see that a pastoral response is provided.
Reminder of Sanctuary
 In a typical week, Emmanuel Church provides sanctuary and hospitality for as many as 1500 people who are living on the various margins of our society because of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, disability, addiction, immigration status, religion, and so on.  Coming together to help lift heavy hearts and carry heavy burdens is what we do, and many hands make light work.  Every single one of us has some capacity to join in this vital mission, thanks to Love. – plw

Emmanuel Church supports the mission of religious, social service, and artistic organizations by providing space and some staff support for meetings, concerts, events and functions. As our mission states, Emmanuel Church strives for justice and peace. Your financial contributions help us continue to support these organizations vital to the health and spiritual wellness of the City of Boston. We are proud to support the mission of: 


  • AA and Al-Anon Meetings
  • Artists-in-Residence: Sara Peattie, Puppeteer & Ted Southwick, Woodcarver
  • Back Alley Puppet Theater & Free Lending Library
  • Back Bay Chorale: weekly rehearsals
  • Boston Gay Men’s Chorus: weekly rehearsals
  • Boston Early Music Festival
  • BostonWarm (see Ecclesia Ministries below)
  • Calliope: weekly rehearsals
  • Central Reform Temple
  • Ecclesia Ministries: BostonWarm day center for people without shelter; and the common art studio program for unhoused and marginally housed people
  • Eliot Center: Safe Haven, a shelter for women
  • Emmanuel Music, Inc.
  • Ethos: weekly GLBT Senior luncheon
  • Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
  • New England Watercolor Society gallery
  • Onnuri I:um Chapel Korean Presbyterian Campus Ministry
  • Universal Worship in Boston: A Celebration of One Human Family
  The Episcopal Church welcomes you! Come and see...
watch the video below and learn more.   

Contact:  The Rev. Amanda March,
Parish Operations Manager
at parishadmin.emmanuel@gmail.com
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