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Keeping King's Chapel's members and friends connected each week while we are Physically Closed but Spiritually Open.
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King's Chapel Engaged in the World, In the Pressing Issues of our Time
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I am enormously grateful for the wave of energy that uplifted so many King's Chapel members leading up to the election, a grassroots effort that began with a few people wanting to ensure that the voice of every beloved child of God might be heard on November 3.
You reached out, organized, planned, and most important, came together weekly on a Zoom meeting to share information, support one another, educate yourselves, and ground this effort in our shared spiritual life.
For those who participated, real church community developed. You met new members and developed new friendships (even those of you who've been here a long time). You built trust, sharing both frustrations or excitement. You proved that in the time of COVID, a meaningful new church group can develop through Zoom. You put your faith into action, convinced that what we say and pray on Sunday connects directly with how we act during the week. You used non-partisan resources, so all were included.
Kudos to Dorie Seavey, Kent Wittenburg, Julie Hyde and Gary Riccio who initiated the group and kept it organized. Many thanks to the more than thirty of you who joined and built momentum, from our Wardens Kathe German and Lee Glenn, longtime members Dan & Karen Taylor, Cathy Price, Charles Dietrich, Betsy Peterson, Carol & Emanuel Genovese, Anne and Peter Sexton, and Cynthia Perkins, to those newer to our community, including Emma Healy, Rita Horgan, Tim Nelson-Hoy, Beverly and John Wand, Jennifer Kronstain, and many others.
The results speak for themselves:
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My Dear Friends--
As many of you know, I've recently returned from spending time with my family in Georgia, near Atlanta. The weather was beautiful, and I spent a lot of time with my mom in her new garden. (Some of you may recall that my last trip to Georgia involved the relocation of Mom's sizeable compost pile-it was especially rewarding to see the fruits of that labor!) As we toured Mom's garden, I marveled at her industry and struggled to remember the names of myriad plants while she told me their stories. At one point she chuckled, acknowledging that there were "no end of lessons" to be learned in the garden-plenty of fodder for the sermon writer!
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Environmental Action Initiative Update
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 The Environmental Action Initiative will be taking a well-deserved break for the next few weeks! Their weekly Tuesday at 3:00 PM meetings will resume on November 24th. |
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"After Church" Coffee Hours on Zoom
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 After our successful noontime virtual coffee hour on All Saints All Souls Sunday, we've decided make these gatherings a monthly thing! Once a month we will hold an "after church" coffee hour, with a rotating schedule of hosts. Mark your calendars for the first Sunday of every month for a noon time coffee hour! Next one is December 6th! |
| Music in the Time of COVID Series Wrap-Up |
Theology on Tap: Politics, Prayer, and the Public Square
Wednesday, November 18 at 6:15 PM
How do we live out our roles as citizens and church members? Are these separate roles? Are there conflicts between the two? Was Jesus apolitical? In this post-election moment, we take time to reflect on how our faith lives influence our civic lives.
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 Uncovering and Confronting Our History: King's Chapel, Slavery, and the Atlantic World Thursday, November 19 at 5:30 PM
On Thursday November 19, King's Chapel History Program Director Faye Charpentier will discuss King's Chapel, Slavery, and the Atlantic World. Members of colonial King's Chapel navigated a complex series of economic and social networks spanning across the Atlantic, including not only England, but many members with intimate ties to centers of the 18th century slave trade including Jamaica and Barbados. This program will share the lesser known histories of King's Chapel as a global community inextricably linked with the Atlantic slave trade, with members and supporters ranging from merchants deeply involved in Boston's maritime economy to owners of brutal sugar plantations throughout the Caribbean worked by enslaved laborers. This program will also explore the sources of wealth that contributed to the construction of King's Chapel's 1754 stone building, which still stands in the heart of Boston today.
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| Thanksgiving Save-the-Date |
Save the date for our up-coming Thanksgiving services! More details to come in next week's Between Sundays:
Thanksgiving Sunday Services
Sunday, November 22
9AM Morning Light Service on Zoom
11AM Morning Prayer Service on YouTube
Thanksgiving Day Service
Thursday, November 26
10AM Service on Zoom |
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Virtual Flute and Organ Recital
Sunday, November 29 at 5:00 PM
Please join us for a live YouTube premiere on the King's Chapel YouTube channel on Sunday, November 29 at 5 pm for our latest adventure in online music making. Alison La Rosa and Heinrich will present a program entitled "French Competition". Most of the pieces featured were commissioned for the annual flute competition at the Conservatoire National in Paris. You will hear works by Georges Hüe, Pierre Sancan, Eugène Bozza, and Jacques Ibert.
The recital will be pre-recorded in hopes of avoiding any technical glitches, and premiered on YouTube in hopes that you will enjoy better sound quality than we typically experience for the musical components at our zoom events.
After we watch the video together, we will post a Zoom link in the YouTube chat/comments for everybody to switch to so we can have a talkback and answer any questions you have about the program. Feel free to open your favorite French bottle of wine, crack open a brie or triple cream cheese - or contact Sylvia Soderberg for her trout dip recipe if you'd like to recreate the special atmosphere of a King's Chapel Concert Series post-concert reception right in your own home! More details on how to join will be available in next week's Between Sundays.
The recital is being offered free of charge; as always we encourage you to make a donation if you can, either to King's Chapel or one of our community partners: Common Cathedral, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, or the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry. |
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Sunday Services
November 12, Morning Light via Zoom
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Skip Lewan, Piano
- Wendy Almquist, Lector
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November 8, Morning Prayer | 11 AM on YouTube
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
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Hannah McMeans, Sean Lair, Soloists
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Bob Gulick, lector
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Sylvia Soderberg, Lucyanna Burke, Timothy Nelson-Hoy, Lay Readers
Scripture: Matthew 25: 14-30
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Did you miss last Sunday's service? If so, click here to see the full service. |
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We are gently easing into the musical season of Thanksgiving, as we realized there are so many wonderful hymns of giving thanks, and not enough time to sing them all. So this Sunday, we will sing We Plow the Fields, as well as perennial favorite Amazing Grace, with all the verses in our Prayerbook!
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This past Monday's Meditation was a companion piece to our Sunday anthem, the first movement of Carol Barnett's "An American Thanksgiving." |
We also released a special Veterans Day video from our 2018 Dona Nobis Pacem, Canadian composer Eleanor Daley's setting of the famous WWI poem In Flanders Fields. |
Next Tuesday's Talk About Music features Daniel Gundlach. the producer of the podcast Countermelody, celebrating the great voices of the past. Daniel enjoyed a long and successful career as a professional countertenor in New York City, but moved to Berlin a few years ago and is continuing to reinvent himself in his musical life.
If you missed any of our past talks, they can be found on our YouTube channel. |
Giving to King's Chapel
During this difficult time of COVID-19, King's Chapel continues to offer weekly worship services online, provide spiritual guidance, host zoom gatherings on various topics, and support our community partners. The statement "the more things change, the more they stay the same" is strangely true.
What this message does not state is that while most of the normal costs of operating our church continue-- salaries, overhead expenses, physical maintenance, etc.-- our income streams do not. Significant income from visitors to our History Program, rentals, and our Sunday offering are gone right now. Your support now is more essential than ever.
Please consider a stewardship offering in a spirit of thanksgiving to help us through this challenging time. Every single gift in any amount is equally valued and helps enormously.
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Staying Connected with King's Chapel
While we are physically closed we are spiritually open and are working to find ways to continue our connection with you, our beloved members and friends.
Worship Morning Light Worship via Zoom, 9-9:30 AM each Sunday. Contact Laura Zeugner for login information.
Morning Prayer services are posted each Sunday at 11 AM on our website.
Prayer Connection King's Chapel is a praying church and we have added a new link to our website page to make easy any request you may have: prayerrequest@kings-chapel.org . Requests sent here will be received by Joy Fallon, David Waters, and Cynthia Perkins, Prayer Circle Chair. If you prefer, also know that you can always reach out to any of us individually.
Coffee with Clergy Join Joy and David each week at 10 AM on Thursdays for an informal coffee hour via Zoom. See old friends and meet new ones! Contact Laura for login access. |
Internet Fraud - Protect Yourself
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, churches across the nation have seen a steep rise in incidents of internet fraud and scams, especially using ministers' names and targeting church members. Please watch out for these. I promise, we will never ask you to send us gift cards. We will never ask for your personal identifying information or bank account info. If we ever purport to say that we can't be reached by phone, be suspicious.
Some other hints to protect yourselves: Double check the "from" address to see who really has sent it, and double check the email of the person to whom you're supposedly replying. Verify suspicious emails by phone, especially if the email says not to call. Click the link below for more information on how to protect yourself and your family from internet crime.
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Contributing to Between Sundays
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Ongoing Events and Activities
All events below held via Zoom. Click HERE to find more information.
Tuesdays at noon: Talk about Music! - a weekly conversation with Heinrich Christensen on musical topics
Thursdays at 10 AM: Coffee with the Clergy - Join Joy and David for an informal coffee hour
PLEASE NOTE: The Tuesday Environmental Action Initiative meeting and Thursday History Conversation will NOT take place next week. |
Planning For The End: Part of the Living Well Series
On Tuesday our own Rev. Joy Fallon, alongside Rabbi Laura J. Abrasley, gave a virtual presentation on planning for funerals and memorial services during the pandemic. The event was presented as part of Beacon Hill Village's Living Well/ Ending Well series, in partnership with the Boston Public Library. Click here to watch.
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We rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. ~Romans 12:15
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We mourn with Stephen Weber's daughter, Caroline Weber, on the unexpected death of her father on October 27. Caroline was a child in the King's Chapel Sunday School, an active participant in the annual Christmas Pageant. Stephen served as the Treasurer of King's Chapel prior to his stroke in 2008. His small service at King's Chapel was private. The obituary for Steve can be found here.
We rejoice with our member Katherine Hall Page on the 90th birthday today of her husband, and longtime friend of King's Chapel, Alan Hein, a former professor of Psychology at MIT. Katherine and Alan were married in 1975 by King's Chapel Minister Emeritus the Rev. Dr. Carl Scovel. May Alan always know the blessing of God, whose steadfast love endures forever. Amen
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