On Sunday our guest preacher will be Lee Hittner-Cunningham, a graduate of Harvard College from Interlocken, Michigan, who has studied the English mystic, Julian of Norwich. Lee worshipped with us before graduating and agreed to return this spring to share insights about Julian with us, at my request. Lee has received numerous awards for writing - poetry, short stories, and at Harvard was  Winner of the Setchkarev Memorial Prize for Best Undergraduate Paper, "A Family of Accomplices and an Isolated Killer: Models of Responsibility in The Brothers Karamazov and Crime & Punishment." At college Lee was also active in theater and opera productions, from stage managing a production at the ART, to singing and creating costumes in both Harvard Opera and Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Lee also advocated for moral issues embedded in labor negotiations.   

 

Join us for a thoughtful day - both music and spoken words about one of the great mystics.

 

-- Joy

                         

The Minns Lectures | Saturday May 5 | 6:30 PM | King's Chapel Parish House | "Beyond Chrismukkah."

The Religiously Complex Congregation in the Religiously Complex World.  Americans are more likely to develop religious lives that pull from multiple religious traditions. What do these changes mean for how Americans experience their lives? This year's lecturer, Professor Samira K. Mehta is a scholar of religion and the politics of the American family. She studies families' practices and how families create meaning. Lecture 3 of 3: Saturday, May 5, 6:30 PM.

                         

Julian of Norwich: British Mystic - A Sunday of Music and Learning | Sunday, May 6 | Both Services | King's Chapel

 

On Sunday, May 6, we welcome guest preacher Lee Hittner-Cunningham to preach about one of their favorite mystics, Julian of Norwich, a 14th century author and the first known woman to publish a book in English. Special music based on Julian's writings will be performed at both services, at 9 AM by Dean Denniston and at 11 AM by our full choir.

Join us!  "Special orders don't upset us. Have it your way" at Bistro 64 in the Parish House. 

King's Chapel Remembers Herman Woerner during the Mother's Day Walk | Sunday May 13

 

This year, as members of King's Chapel gather in support of the work of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, we also want to remember and honor a dear member of our congregation who passed away this past winter. Herman Woerner walked in the Mother's Day Walk for Peace with us for two years .

 

Herman was in his eighties, and walked into our church, and into our lives, in 2016. When he called me to say he wanted to sign up for the walk, I wondered to myself if this was a good idea, aware of his frailty.  However, HE did not have any ambivalence; he fully committed to it.  I explained the route, and that there was a bus behind walkers if he needed to get a ride to our destination. He walked at his own pace, frequently stopping to catch his breath. He was committed to being there: with the people who had experienced the loss of their children through murder and with his new King's Chapel friends, amid the changing architecture of the city. He was next to last to enter the sanctuary after the walk (I was last).

 

The next day he called and told me he had never done anything like this before, not really given much thought to people in our city who had experienced the loss of their children to murder. He said that it meant a lot to him to have walked. He sent me articles about peace making. He said his eyes were opened. His heart was open too. 

 

He came with us last summer to visit and learn more about the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute and how we could involve ourselves in their work. Herman took some exquisite photos.

 

Thanks are to God for the gift of Herman - for his courage in the midst of his frailty, for his willingness to open his heart and mind and risk trying new things, for his humility and love, and for his example to us of how to live.

 

He died in January 2018 but he walks on with us in love in our hearts and memories. In addition, we will remember him especially on May 13th.

 - Carol Genovese

A service of thanksgiving and celebration of pets!   If you cannot bring your animal, we will gladly bless photos and even stuffed animals. We welcome all.

Coming in May: Art & Architecture Tours

Join the History Program beginning this May on an Art and Architecture Tour.  Explore the sanctuary from new perspectives, focusing on themes of continuity and change throughout King's Chapel's 332 year history. On this tour, guests explore both floors of the sanctuary to experience the stories the building itself can tell us about the church's history. From what we know about the first wooden chapel to why the church is no longer painted pink like it was 200 years ago, there is so much to learn about the architecture and material culture that construct how people experience the space today.

Daily Tour Times:

Mondays through Saturdays: 10:15 AM and 4 PM

Sundays: 4 PM

$5 per person

We hold in prayer our member Pam Bergeron whose father passed away peacefully last week. Pam and her husband Michael were blessed to be with him at the time.