Sandwiches and Worship with common cathedral | Sunday, October 6 | 10 AM Sandwich Making and 12:30 PM Worship with common cathedral | Brewer Fountain, Boston Common |
Join the Community Action Committee on October 6 as we volunteer with common cathedral, the church for the unhoused that meets on Boston Common. During Communion at our Morning Prayer service we will present the sandwiches to be blessed by Rev. Joy Fallon and the congregation in preparation for a shared meal at 12:30 PM with our unhoused neighbors.
What's it like to share in food and fellowship with common cathedral? Gary Riccio, who volunteers regularly, says, "..the expectation is that there are no expectations ...almost everyone in the congregation is welcoming when you approach them with a smile, a handshake, standing close to them for worship or, dare I say, eye contact. There are so many ways to make a human connection at common cathedral and, in this way, it provides an opportunity to practice or rekindle skills that seem to be increasingly lost in the fractured business of postmodern life. The experience is the simple humanity of it. Perhaps that, ultimately, is the point of it all."
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My Dear Friends-
In this week's Gospel lesson, Luke gives us apostles who demand of Jesus "Increase our faith!" to which the Lord replies rather cryptically with a mustard seed, a mulberry tree and a disturbing invocation of slavery. The point seems to be that faith is something we should have more of, but how? Where does it come from? What does it look like? If Jesus' answers are puzzling and unsatisfying, we might turn to Paul's second letter to Timothy. Here Paul gives us a more resonant answer in his description of the faith Timothy inherits from his mother Eunice and his grandmother Lois. Carl R. Holladay describes this faith:
Faith is what is handed down from mother to daughter to son, but not merely as a package passed from one generation to another, but as "a faith which was alive" in mother and daughter and which now lives in the child of the third generation.
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October 20 | Sunday Gathering | Tim Nelson-Hoy on Calligraphy | 12:30 - 1:45 PM | Parish House, 64 Beacon Street
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The Adult Religous Education Committee presents its latest entry in the speaker series entitled "Gatherings: The Search for Meaning." Tim Nelson-Hoy will give a 30-minute presentation on his experiences with calligraphy, which include hand-scribed and illustrated versions of the King's Chapel prayer book, the Gospel of Mark, and the Book of Ruth. He will cover their design, their making, and how working on them influenced his spiritual journey. After the presentation, he will lead an optional workship on making decorated initials in the style of calligraphic manuscripts.
Please RSVP to
laura@kings-chapel.org
for either lecture only (unlimited seats), or lecture + practical lesson (limit 10 seats). If you are interested in the optional practical lesson, please bring a printed or handwritten copy of a meaningful text you would like to decorate.
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A Fall Retreat led by Rev. Fallon | Saturday October 26 | 10 AM - 7 PM | Petersham, MA
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Watch for the Holy on a one-day retreat amidst the quiet forests, lakes and hills of central Massachusetts, based on this theme: "Could A Fresh Metaphor for God Restore Your Soul?"
We'll gather at John Natoli's refinished barn in Petersham and participate in different ways of understanding ourselves and God - through nature, the arts, quiet contemplation and conversation. We'll drink in the scenery at the Swift River conservation land (three options: a stationary observation point, a short flat hike, or a longer 1.4 mile hike with elevation). Back at the barn, we'll respond to what we've seen through art, writing or contemplative prayer and song. We'll share conversation and a festive fall dinner before heading back to Boston. A light lunch and full dinner included. Cost: $30. Scholarships available for those needing them.
Location: 170 Hardwick Rd., Petersham, MA
Limited to first 25 who sign up: contact
Laura@kings-chapel.org ASAP. Rides will be coordinated by Carol Genovese; if you can give a ride or need a ride, let Laura know. The drive is approximately 90 minutes.
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King's Chapel Concert Series 62nd Season | Mortal Musings | Sunday, October 27 | 5 PM | King's Chapel
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The first choir concert of the season is fast approaching: on October 27, we will present Mortal Musings. Tickets are already on sale
HERE as always, you save $5 by buying tickets ahead of time, but they will be available at the door as well.
If you love the Requiems by Fauré and Duruflé, Alfred Desenclos's setting is just waiting for you to discover it. First published in the 1960s and described as "highly expressive and atmospheric, yet rooted in rigorous compositional technique", it is in fact so gorgeous that an American fraudster composer tried to pass it off as his own work in the 1990s!
Hubert Parry wrote his Songs of Farewell during World War I, a war that profoundly affected this composer who had great affection for all things Germanic. Parry chose to set English poetry from the 16th and 17th centuries, by Henry Vaughan, John Davies, and Thomas Campion.
William Schuman was a fascinating character in American music life. He started out as a composer of popular song, and went on to serve as president of the Juilliard School and Lincoln Center. Carols of Death are set to the haunting Civil War Poetry of Walt Whitman.
Following the performance, the music committee invites everyone to a splendid reception at the Parish House - we hope to see you all there!
With this triple entente of musings on mortality, we hope to echo last season's Armistice program, Dona Nobis Pacem.
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First Wednesday Series: Reflection on Immigration - Asylum and After | Wednesday November 6 | 6:30 PM | Parish House
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As part of the the First Wednesday Series, hosted by the Adult Religious Education committee, members Dan and Karen Taylor and Hugh Scott will talk about their experiences in working with asylum seekers here in Boston.
Dan and Karen Taylor have since last February been hosting a refugee granted legal asylum in the US. Come hear about their generosity, the practicalities of their three lives together, and how difficult it is for their guest-whom they describe as "intelligent, resourceful and engaging"- to make his way in a new world.
Hugh Scott has recently been doing pro bono work of counsel for those seeking asylum.
RSVP to Laura Zeugner, administrative assistant, at laura@kings-chapel.org by Monday November 4.
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November 3 | All Saints All Souls Morning Prayer service | 11 AM | King's Chapel
Our annual service honoring ones we have lost during the past year.
November 17 | Lecture on Christianity and Slavery | Dr. Catherine Brekus | 12:15 PM | King's Chapel
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Partner Church Update |A Centennial Upcoming | 2021-2022
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King's Chapel -- the oldest Unitarian church in the US -- is a "partner church" with the First Unitarian Church of Kolozsvár, Romania -- the original Unitarian church in Europe. Our connection with this historic Transylvanian Unitarian Church began in 1921-22 after WW I's devastation of that land, and became one of the earliest partnerships between international Unitarian churches, a model now replicated hundreds of times.
In 2021-22, we hope to celebrate the Centennial of this historic partnership. Last year, First Unitarian's minister, the Rev. Norbert Rácz, invited us to plan this centennial with him. The Rev. Joy Fallon and Denton Crews, Chair of our Denominational Affairs Committee, had three phone conferences in the winter and spring this year with Rev. Rácz and his colleague, the Rev. Júlia Jobbágy. One early suggestion made by our partners is that King's Chapel members travel to Transylvania in 2021 and Kolozsvrar church members travel to Boston in 2022. We're delighted to have just begun further conversations to flesh out this preliminary schedule. For more information
CLICK HERE .
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Join the History Program throughout October for our annual Tales from the Crypt!
This Halloween season, descend beneath the church to discover the darker side of King's Chapel on a candlelit guided tour of our 18th-Century crypt.
Walk among the 21 tombs to learn about historic burial customs and the people laid to rest under the chapel!
Tours offered at 5:30pm and 6:30pm. (Tours last about 40 minutes)
Advance Tickets required. CLICK HERE for tickets.
Please contact faye@kings-chapel.org for more information.
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Athenaeum Exhibit for King's Chapel
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On October 29 after the morning service, approximately 50 King's Chapel members and friends took a short walk up the hill to partake in a private tour of a new Athenaeum exhibit featuring the King's Chapel Library. The library was given to the ministers of King's Chapel in 1698 through the efforts of Reverend Thomas Bray of London, who secured funding from Queen Mary and King William. After the Revolutionary War, the library was deposited in the Athenaeum for safe keeping. In 1883, a special cabinet (the "Ark") was commissioned by King's Chapel that houses the collection today. In 1911, ownership of the library and its cabinet was transferred to the Athenaeum. It is the oldest private library in the U.S. that is still intact today.
John Buchtel, curator of the exhibit, gave an initial talk to the King's Chapel visitors about the library and the exhibit, titled "Essential Reading." Following were visits to the two parts of the exhibit. The main gallery houses a replica of the Ark and contains cases featuring the contents of the library. The Ark replica is split open to reveal books that are contributions from community organizations, including King's Chapel, that illustrate their response to essential reading in today's world. In a second exhibit space, Jeff Altpeter of the North Bennett Street School explained the craft of bookbinding in the 17th century. The North Bennett Street School was engaged to craft book bindings in the original style and also to construct the Ark replica.
The exhibit runs through March 2020. It is open to the public. Watch this space for continuing activities involving King's Chapel. What are your thoughts about a modern correlate of the King's Chapel Library that would encapsulate essential knowledge in today's world?
See today's Boston Globe
for more information about the exhibit.
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Weep/ Rejoice
"We Rejoice with Those Who Rejoice, and Weep with Those Who Weep"
~ Romans 12:15
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We rejoice with Ray Hardin who had surgery last Friday and is in rehab at the Charlestown Spaulding Rehab Center. Visitors are welcome but you are urged to call in advance to be sure he's still there. Ray's hope is to return home when rehab is completed.
We hold in our prayers Mike and Pam Bergeron, with the death of Pam's mother. Pam had a wonderful visit with her mother in Rochester, NY just before leaving with Mike for Europe, where they have been traveling. Her mother died peacefully, surrounded by the love that has long bound Pam's family together.
We also hold in prayer Gregg Sorenson and his husband Heinrich Christensen, as Gregg cares for his father in Michigan after heart problems. His father's health seems to be improving, for which we give thanks.
We also mourn with Joyce Mannis on the death of her husband and our member, the Rev. Jedediah Mannis, founder of the Outdoor Church, which serves the unhoused in Cambridge. Jed's memorial service will be at King's Chapel on Wednesday, October 23 at 2 PM, with a reception to follow at the Parish House. All are welcome.
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Morning Light | 9 AM
David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership, preaching.
- Skip Lewan, piano
- Emilia Filippone, Verger
- Michelle Gaudet, Nursery
Morning Prayer with Holy Communion | 11 AM
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
- Lector
- Jaya Lakshminarayanan, Soloist
- Mike Bergeron, Head Usher
- Cathy Price, Usher in Charge
- Stephen Courtney, Julie Hyde and Gregg Sorensen, Ushers
- Clark Aitkins, Verger
The Readings:
Psalm 37: 1-9
Habakkuk 1: 1-4, 2: 1-4
2 Timothy 1: 1-14
The flowers on the Chancel are given in loving memory of Dr. Hunter Sweaney and Frances Foushee Sweaney by their daughter Betty Sweaney Lykins.
At the communion rail following the service, Bill Kuttner will greet those
interested in learning more about King's Chapel.
After the service, please join us for coffee hour in the vestibule hosted by Amy Meyer.
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.
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David's sermon from last week can be heard HERE
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The choral music this Sunday is intended to get you excited about the fall parish retreat, coming up in beautiful Petersham on Saturday, October 26. So allow your mind to wander west, and as you do, you will pass Walden Pond and listen to Kevin Siegfried's setting of Thoreau's
Nature, originally commissioned for our Concert Series 50th anniversary season in 2008.
We continue west to Concord proper with Carson Cooman's take on Emerson's
Give All To Love, written for the memorial service of Harry Huff, Old South Church's beloved music director who passed away suddenly in 2016. You will also hear Carson's
Fantasy Variations on Two Themes; one theme is a fragment by Danish composer Carl Nielsen, the other the traditional American tune
Angel Band, a great favorite of Harry Huff. The variations were written as a birthday present for Heinrich in 2017.
The communion music is by Portuguese Renaissance composer Estêvão de Brito. This
Missa Brevissimis was a parting gift from choir member David Hughes before he left us this summer. David knew that it was of essence that communion musical offerings be brief at King's Chapel!
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October 8 | 12: 15 PM
Karen Beaumont
plays the C.B.Fisk Organ
Early Dance Music for the Organ
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Described as "a stunning soprano...moving and charismatic" by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jaya Lakshminarayanan has appeared in concert series and dramatic productions throughout New England and in Pennsylvania, Portugal and Italy. Her stage credits extend from the twelfth century to the twenty-first, and include Procris in Jacquet de la Guerre's Cephale et Procris
, Pirithous in Conradi's Die schöne und getreue Ariadne
, and Castitas and Misericordia in Hildegard of Bingen's Ordo Virtutum
. She has appeared as a soloist with the Philharmonic Society of Arlington, Seven Times Salt, and the Andover Choral society, and as a chorister has sung with the Handel and Haydn Society and the Choir of the Church of the Advent. As a harpist, she has performed with the Boston Christmas Revels and the Wellesley Collegium, and as a Jeopardy!
contestant she lost, but still effected what may be the first ever mention of a vielle on syndicated television. She holds degrees from Chatham College and the Longy School of Music.
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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. 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.
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Lectio Divina | Quiet Reflection with Bible Passage| Wednesdays 1PM | Joy's Office in the Parish House, 3rd Floor
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The Rev. Joy Fallon brings a short bible passage, often one that will be read on the following Sunday; the small group reflects in quiet on it for 10-20 minutes; then group members may offer thoughts. People are not required to say anything. This ancient practice may lead to a deeper understanding of scripture, or a glimpse of how God may be present in your own life. It is a small, open group for anyone interested. Drop in once or weekly; no experience needed.
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Volunteer: Sign up for Hospitality
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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
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We are grateful to those who provide for flowers each week, during our Morning Prayer service.
If you would like to give flowers in honor of a loved one, please contact Anne Sexton, chair of our Chancel Committee at annewsexton1@gmail.com . The cost for an arrangement is $85; a check can be mailed to the Parish House, indicating the date you have chosen and the inscription you would like.
We have the following dates open for the remainder of the year:
DECEMBER 1ST, 8TH, 15, 22ND, 29TH
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Contributing to Between Sundays
Our e-newsletter is sent each Thursday afternoon. Want something in Between Sundays? Feel free to email administrator@kings-chapel.org with a written piece and/or pictures before Wednesday at 5 PM.
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Accessibility Assists
Our beautiful Georgian sanctuary was designed by Peter Harrison and completed in 1754. To make our services and programs more accessible, one of the box pews has been made wheel-chair accessible. Ushers are available to assist those wheelchair users to that pew. Additionally, we have installed an accessible bathroom on our main floor. An usher can direct you to the vestry.
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.
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