Concert Series: Esther | Sunday, March 24 | 5 PM | 58 Tremont St.
The 61st season of our Concert Series closes next Sunday, March 24, at 5 pm with Handel's splendid oratorio Esther. Generally considered the first English-language oratorio, Esther tells the dramatic story
of a
Jewish orphan, married to the Persian King Ahasuerus, who finds herself tasked with saving her people when the devious Prime Minister Haman orders the extermination of all Jews in the kingdom. Soprano Mary Sullivan will take the title role, with Brian Church as the wicked Haman, Tevan Goldberg as the noble King Ahasuerus, and Andy Troska as Esther's cousin Mordecai. They will be backed up by a choir of 21 singers and an orchestra with added trumpet, harp, and horns in addition to the more usual strings, oboe, and bassoons. This concert is presented by the Schochet family in memory of Jay Schochet, longtime member and faithful supporter of King's Chapel. Note that Esther will be performed with an intermission, with a total running time of approximately 2 hours.
|
|
My first job out of college was working as a Head Start teacher. Armed with an economics and policy degree, I signed up with a program that placed recent graduates in school systems that had trouble recruiting teachers (i.e. no one wanted the job). I found myself in a trailer in Arizona, surrounded by 35
four- and five-year-olds. The learning curve was steep. I immersed myself in learning about learning, what would my young students need to excel in their academic future?
One of the most important mindsets for academic success, I discovered, was a belief in malleable intelligence; the idea that people are not inherently smart, gifted at birth, but that through working hard we can change our brains and increase our intelligence. My kiddos learned songs about how to "grow their brains" and we chanted "Work Hard! Get Smart!"
I think of those classroom slogans and songs when Lent rolls around. Lent, as a season, teaches the malleability of our spirits; we may not be inherently kind or generous, patient or self-controlled, but we can take on practices and habits that allow us to cultivate these qualities. While Lent is often portrayed as a season of deprivation, it is actually based on a profound hope for change and growth, and a belief that through working on our spirits, we can become better versions of ourselves. In this Lenten season, I hope we will "grow our spirits" and "Work hard! Get kind!"
Amelia
|
King's Chapel Easter Flower Donations
If you would like to contribute lilies for the Easter Services as a memorial to a loved one, please send name of person being remembered, along with your name and contact and a check for $50, to the Parish House at 64 Beacon St. Boston, MA 02108, with memo Easter Flowers. The deadline for ordering is April 5.
- Anne Sexton, Chair of Chancel Committee
|
(Re)Introducing the Rev. Rali Weaver as Sabbatical Minister | Greet Her on Palm Sunday after Worship |April 14, 12:30 PM | Parish House
As we announced in late January, we are blessed that the Rev. Rali Weaver has agreed to serve as our Sabbatical Minister for June-August this summer while Joy is away on her Sabbatical in Europe. Many of you know Rali from her service here at King's Chapel as our Assistant Minister from 2005-2007.
Read more.
|
Bistro 64: Greek Easter Luncheon
Sunday, April 14 | 12:15 pm
Parish House
Eat, Discover and Celebrate!
After Morning Prayer on Palm Sunday, venture up to the Parish House for a festive luncheon featuring the rich and distinctive cuisine of Greece. Enjoy such beloved favorites as spanakopita, moussaka and baklava. Four King's Chapel members will briefly preview the upcoming Holy Week services, including the moving "Easter Vigil" service, based on Greek Orthodox traditions and created in the 1970's especially for our church. Food and beverages will be provided. If you'd like to contribute an item, please contact Hospitality Chair Gregg Sorensen [
gds1960@yahoo.com].
Also, meet special guest Rali Weaver, who has generously agreed to serve as Sabbatical Minister this summer, while Joy is away on her sabbatical.
We look forward to welcoming you to this event. Opa!
|
|
Mother's Day Walk For Peace | May 12
Walkers Get Ready! Mother's Day Walk for Peace: May 12, 2019
This year King's Chapel has pledged to be a Peace Advocate, and donate $5,000 to the Louis D Brown Peace Institute. The Community Action Committee will match all donations made up to $2000. This is the main fundraiser for the Peace Institute, who works with
families and communities impacted by murder, trauma, grief and loss to support
healing, teaching, and learning.
|
|
Lenten Book Group: The Cross and The Lynching Tree | Wednesdays | 6:15 PM | March 6- April 10| Following Contemplative Communion, in the Vestry
This Lenten season, join Rev. Joy Fallon in reading and discussing James Cone's book The Cross and The Lynching Tree. The group will meet following contemplative communion on Wednesdays from March 6 to April 10. RSVP to Gretchen Horton at gretchen@kings-chapel.org. Read more.
|
Sandwich Making for common cathedral
Members of King's Chapel made food for and then joined to worship with the common cathedral community last Sunday. Some of us gathered at the Parish House to make sandwiches at 10, and after Morning Prayer we met our unhoused neighbors on the Boston Common over lunch, bonding over commonalities like pets, colorful earrings, and the joy of cupcakes and hot chocolate. We then worshiped and sang together, finishing the service holding hands and singing "Come by Here, My Lord, Come by Here!" We will make food for and worship with common cathedral again on June 9th. All are invited to join us. |
Join the History Program this month in celebrating Women's History Month. During March, visitors can experience a new self-guided tour, focused on the women of King's Chapel.
While women did not have a voice in King's Chapel's leadership until the 1920s, they have played many roles in the church's history since its founding in 1686. Uncover the stories of these notable women -- from queens to musicians to businesswomen and more -- connected to King's Chapel over the past 333 years. Visit the front desk during History Program hours throughout the month to borrow a copy of this guide. Please contact
faye@kings-chapel.org with any questions.
|
|
Church School:
It has been an exciting time in the Church School. This Sunday, we were blessed to have Eleanor Score and Carol Genovese lead David and Joseph in a creative art project. The boys had a great time painting and mixing paint. We appreciate our church school volunteers greatly!
Confirmation:
In the confirmation curriculum, we went on our second field trip to the Beacon Hill Friends Meeting on Chestnut Street. It was a new experience to sit in silence during the "Waiting Worship" and it was great to hear one of the participants explain her understanding of this time of centering prayer and the process of discerning messages from the Holy Spirit from thoughts and feelings that arise from the ego. It was a beautiful but challenging experience!
Upcoming:
Saturday, March 16 Will and George will venture to Roxbury to assist one of our partner ministries, the UUUM, with a food fair they are hosting. We are looking forward to this service opportunity as it is an important part of both the confirmation curriculum and developing and sustaining a healthy faith.
|
|
Weep/Rejoice
"We Rejoice with Those Who Rejoice, and Weep with Those Who Weep"
~ Romans 12:15
|
|
We hold in prayer longtime member Leo Johnson,
his wife Dorothy, and their son
Tim after Leo's heart attack this week. He is on life support in the ICU.
|
|
We rejoice with Betty Lykins that she is home and resting comfortably after her surgery last week.
|
On March 17th at his home church, St Peter's, Horns
by, Australia, the Revd Dr John Bunyan, the
most dista
nt member of King's, will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of his
or
dination as deacon.
It will be a simple St
Patrick's Day "shamrock" occasion - hymn fest cum poetry reading cum Evening Prayer. And it will include a little launch of "Sing High Down Under" (60 of his hymns) and "God in the Golden Evening" (60 or more of his sonnets including one honouring King's Chapel). Copies of the books can be freely sent as Word attachments. Contact John at bunyanj@tpg.com.au.
|
We rejoice with Karen and Dan Taylor, whose 28-year old Eritrean guest, Biniam Samuel Yesfayesus, was granted asylum on Feb. 13 and this week received his social security card, which enables him to work. Biniam is smart, ambitious and gracious. His story of escape from Eritrea to the California border illustrates his persistence and resourcefulness. He is looking for a steady job with regular hours that will allow him to take classes in Information Technology, which is the industry in which he would eventually like to prosper. We hope someone in the King's Chapel family has a lead for him.
Here is his resume.
|
|
We continue to hold in prayer Cliff Allen, whose surgery to remove parathyroid glands is next Wednesday, March 30. The heart procedure done earlier this year has helped him regain strength, for which we give thanks.
|
|
We mourn with John Bowman, whose father died last month in Florida. John gives thanks for the full life lived by his father, John C. Bowman, Jr., a delightful raconteur who shared many stories.
|
|
We also mourn with Judy and Paul Luca. Judy's younger brother, Anthony Giacomozzi, died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, after being hospitalized for the last several weeks. Hold the Lucas in your prayers as Judy continues to minister to her extended family while they grieve.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last week's sermon by Rev. Joy Fallon
|
Morning Light | 9 AM
- Rev. Amelia Edson, preaching
- Skip Lewan, piano
The Readings:
- Psalm 27: 1-4, 7-9, 13-14
- Old Testament, Genesis 15: 1-12, 17-18
- New Testament, Luke 13: 31-35
There are no flowers on the chancel during Lent.
At the communion rail following the service, Todd Lee will greet those interested in learning more about King's Chapel.
After the service all are invited to Coffee Hour hosted by Cathy Price.
Each Sunday, 10% of the plate collection will go to our Community Action strategic partners:
common cathedral, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, and the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministries, to do works of mercy, justice, and healing. All cash and checks not specially designated will be considered a plate offering.
|
|
As we approach Bach's 334th birthday coming up on 3/21, our service this Sunday opens with his Partita on the chorale Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig. Emily Bieber-Harris will sing Poulenc's heartfelt prayer for peace, Priez pour paix, echoed by the choir in Tomkins' O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. The anthems are Carson Coomans One Thing, based on Psalm 27, and Poulenc's tortured Timor et Tremor from his Motets for a Time of Penitence. As a gentle nod to Saint Patrick, we will sing the Irish hymn tune Slane (Be Thou My Vision), and the postlude is Daniel Pinkham's setting of that tune.
|
|
Tuesday Recitals
March 19 | 12:15 PM
Orkestra Marhaba Trio
"Imaginations for the Modes"
Huseyni, Nihavend, Hicaz
|
Tuesday Morning Meditation | Tuesdays 7:30 AM| Little Chapel
An early Tuesday Morning Meditation meets in our beautiful Little Chapel at 7:30 to 8:30 AM each Tuesday, including approximately a 20 minute meditation. We explore and experiment a bit, so if you have some ideas or are a little adventurous, this brief coming side by side with others in your church community may bring some welcome fun, joy and/or peace to your day. This is for "drop-in" participation - no long term obligations. Never meditated before? Drop by and give it a try. Feel free to contact Gary Riccio at
gary.riccio@me.com, or Stephen Courtney at scourtney@scixstudio.com for more details.
|
|
Upcoming Meetings
Ad Hoc Committee Meeting- March 19, 6 PM
Vestry- March 26, 6 PM
|
|
Update: Work at the Parsonage
In the next two months you may notice work being completed at the parsonage. The Fallon family is temporarily living nearby, at 90 Pinckney Street during a process of lead paint abatement. Joy's hours and activities continue to be the same during this time.
|
|
Want to know
what's going on at
King's Chapel?
Click
HERE
to view the King's
Chapel Schedule at our website:
|
Volunteer: Sign up for Hospitality
Anyone can help!
Enter your email address and select a spot to fill. New volunteers may choose to co-host with a buddy.
Questions? email hospitality@kings-chapel.org
|
|
Contributing to Between Sundays
Our e-newsletter is sent each Thursday afternoon. Want something in Between Sundays? Feel free to email administrative.assistant@kings-chapel.org with a written piece and/or pictures before Wednesday at 5 PM.
|
|
Accessibility Assists
Our beautiful Georgian sanctuary designed by Peter Harrison and completed in 1754, has been lovingly maintained by the congregation since its completion. One of the box pews has been made wheel-chair accessible. Ushers are available to assist those who are wheelchair-bound to that pew.
A sound system has been installed in the sanctuary of The Chapel to amplify the sound during worship services. Hearing assistance devices are available for your use. Please see an Usher for assistance.
|
|
|
|
