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Spotlight On: Habitat for Humanity Build 
Habitat Build | Saturday June 29
This coming Saturday a team of volunteers from King's Chapel will work with Habitat for Humanity Boston on a build site. This is one of the ways in which King's Chapel helps our neighbors, and all who have participated in the past have felt a great connection to the community when finished.  Our team support also helps to support the work of Habitat for Humanity|Boston.  If you would like more information, or would like to sign up to help, contact Emanuel Genovese at (617) 738-6367 or emanuelg1@verizon.net. 
From the Sabbatical Minister 

I will be away from the 24th - July 6th on a spiritual retreat in Iona Scotland lead by The Rev. Tricia Brennan who has a long connection with King's Chapel. I will be back in the pulpit on July 7th.  My office hours from July 7- Labor Day will be Thursday afternoon - Monday afternoon.   If you want to make an appointment with me you can do so easily by going  to  https://revaliweaver.youcanbook.me  or call my cell at 617-459-5979.
Rali
From the Bench
 
The music this Sunday is a preview of Monday's special service for the Association of Anglican Musicians which is holding its annual conference in Boston this week. For this occasion, we have planned an entire service with music by Boston composers connected to King's Chapel.

Below are the program notes written for the AAM program book.

James Woodman writes:
"An Extravagance of Toccatas was commissioned by Janis Milroy in celebration of the 60th birthday of her wife, concert  organist and recording artist Christa Rakich. The first performance was given by Christa Rakich on May 4, 2014, at Heilig- Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin.
"While the word toccata is most frequently associated with works calling for a virtuostic display of technique, the form's  long history encompasses a variety of characteristic traits. Each of the three movements in this collection looks to a  distinct tradition for its inspiration. The first, pro Organo pleno, is in the manner of the organ toccata of 
17th-century  Protestant north Germany. In this type of toccata, it is the performer's esprit which is on display in free, quasi-improvised  gestures which alternate with passages of imitative counterpoint. The second movement, pro Organo aetherio, looks to
the Elevation toccatas of Girolamo Frescobaldi, mystical works distinguished by the use of numerous suspensions and  dissonances. It is only with the final movement, pro Organo flagrante, that the idea of the toccata as a knuckle-busting  barn-burner comes into play.
"If there exists a collective noun for a group of toccatas, I am unaware of it; "extravagance" is of my own coinage. All three  toccatas are unified by use of a single motif in various transformations.
"Finally, Christa Rakich's birthday falls on November 11, the Feast of St. Martin. The Liber Usualis informs us that the  appointed hymn for the day is Iste Confessor, and that hymn is heard as the second theme in the final movement.
"I count myself most fortunate in my history of organ teachers - George Whitney, James Litton, and William Porter among  them - but certainly never more so than from 1980 to 1983 when, as a completely at-sea graduate student at New England
Conservatory, Christa Rakich came to my artistic, intellectual, and emotional rescue in teaching me to hear, touch, breathe,  and focus in ways I never knew existed. This work was written expressly for her with as much gratitude and affection as it is
possible to put into a score."

How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (2011) is one of Carson Cooman's numerous scriptural motets and was written for Stephen  Layton and Trinity College, Cambridge. It is published by Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. Carson Cooman has had a  long, friendly association with King's Chapel, beginning in the final years of the tenure of Daniel Pinkham (who was of great  encouragement to Cooman when writing some of his earliest works) and continuing with many performances and new  pieces under his successor  Heinrich  Christensen.

Daniel Pinkham's Thou Hast Turned My Laments Into Dancing was published by Edition Peters in 1975 as no. 9 in Pinkham's  series of Psalm-Motets.

Thomas Gregg, professor of voice at the Boston Conservatory/Berklee and long-time member of the King's Chapel Choir,  has set the Great Litany to music especially for today's service.

William Selby's anthem Behold, He is My Salvation, set to texts from Isaiah 12, Amos 9, and Revelation 19, was written  for the rededication of the Old South Church (now known as the Old South Meetinghouse, located on Washington Street  one block from King's Chapel) on March 2, 1783. It was published by E.C. Schirmer in 1974 as part of the King's Chapel
Series, selected and edited by Pinkham and a testament to Pinkham's important work as a pioneer in the emerging field of  Early Music.

The Forman Benediction, set to a text by beloved Affiliate Minister of King's Chapel, Charles Forman, was commissioned for  the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston in 2001, honoring outgoing Association president
John Buehrens.
Upcoming


Happy July 4th!

King's Chapel offices and the Parish House will be closed on Thursday and Friday, July 4 and 5, to observe the Independence Day holiday. 

King's Chapel will be open during regular hours, 10 AM- 5 PM Monday - Saturday, Sunday 1:30 - 5 PM.

Between Sundays will NOT be published next week.  You'll hear from us on the 11th!

Summer Barbecues | July 17 and August 14 |   6 PM | In the Parish House Garden

Mark your calendars!  Join us in July and August as we celebrate together the joys of summer.  Come and see friends old and new, and join the summer fun!

The July gathering will be hosted by the Hospitality and Membership committees; the  August by the ARE and CAC committees. 

Main dish and beverages are provided.  Guests are asked to bring side dish, salad or dessert. RSVP to laura @kings-chapel.org if you can attend, and let us know what you will bring. 
Save the Dates

Saturday, June 29                    
Habitat Build

Saturday, July 13
 1-5 PM |Makanda Project, UUUM (10 Putnam Street, Roxbury)

Wednesday, July 17
6 PM | All Parish BBQ at the Parish House, hosted by Hospitality and Membership Committees

Saturday, August 10
 1-2 PM|  UUUM Roxbury History Tour 10 Putnam Street. (Tours are every Saturday in August. CAC Chair Amanda Pickett is attending the August 10 1:00 PM Tour. To join her on this occasion or to register for a different Saturday in Aug, please register here:    
1-5 PM | UUUM Makanda Jazz Project
 
Wednesday, August 14
6 PM |  All Parish BBQ at the Parish House, hosted by the Adult Religious Education and Community Action Committees

Sunday, August 18
10-11 AM | Sandwich making for common cathedral
12:30 PM | Worship on the common with common cathedral

Saturday, September 14
1-5 PM | UUUM Makanda Jazz Project

Sunday, September 15
Homecoming

Sunday, September 29
12:30 - 2 PM | Boston Athenaeum
Special tour for Kings Chapel of the Kings Chapel Library Exhibition 
Looking back


Labyrinth Walk 

On Saturday, June 22, Cynthia and Dick Perkins hosted a gathering of 17 King's Chapel members for a labyrinth walk at their home in Stow, MA,  The morning began with Cynthia and Dick explaining the history and the process of labyrinth walks and sharing some of their own experiences, which led to the construction of a labyrinth by their house.  The labyrinth sits on a gorgeous property with mature trees and gardens and a pond at the edge of the yard.  After the walk, participants reconvened to talk about their experiences.  A delicious pot luck lunch followed.  It was a wonderful, memorable day for all.  As the pictures show, the day couldn't have been better. Thank you Dick and Cynthia!

Here are a few of the comments from the participants:

There we were between earth and sky, on earth as it is in heaven, surrounded by rustling trees and shadows, in silence.

The labyrinth begins where it ends with many turns in between--much like life. Turning, turning, wondering where the exit is.  The suddenly it's there.  Too soon.

We were a collection of unique individuals yet all on the same path together. 

There is a delightful paradox inherent in a "community of faith": that our experience of the spiritual is such a personal thing, yet so often made richer by being shared.

It was possible to step off the path and make one's own way, at one's own pace.

The sounds of wind and birds became very close.

Ants weeds owl/dove hawk a path that leads us to lose us to open us this world these clouds wind in the trees a teeming pond tadpoles rhythm dragonflies a bee around your head shoes off dirt beneath.
From the Community Action Committee
The Community Action Committee invites you to engage with the UU Urban Ministry this summer:
  • The annual Makanda jazz concerts on the Roxbury green are 1 to 5 pm July 13, August 10, September 14 (all Saturdays). They are seeking volunteers to offer children's games and other activities. If you are interested in helping, please contact Monique Marshall-Veale at MVeale@uuum.org  And also, please just come and enjoy the music under the trees!
  • Take a youth-led tour from the UUUM young Boston historians! Please look up the tour dates here. Summer tours will take place in August on Saturdays. (Join CAC Chair Amanda Pickett for the 8/10 tour!.) If you have questions about the tour program, please contact tours@uuum.org
The UU Urban Ministry is one of King's Chapels three Community Action Partners. Learn more about the UU Urban Ministry at www.uuum.org
From The History Program
Join the King's Chapel History Program in celebrating the 4th of July during Boston Harborfest 2019! Discover the history that sparked American Independence by visiting one of the oldest historic sites in Boston! 

Tour our crypt, visit our 1816 Paul Revere bell, and explore the architecture. In addition to tours and special talks about our Revolutionary-era history, we will also have scavenger hunts and a bell-making craft.

Please contact  faye@kings-chapel.org with questions.
More information on Facebook.
In This Issue
Sunday Services 
Morning Prayer | 11 AM
  • The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
  • The Rev. Rali Weaver, Sabbatical Minister
  • David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership 
  • Heinrich Christensen, Music Director 
  • The Rev. Don Wells, Guest Preacher
  • Michael Bergeron, Head Usher
  • Anne Sexton, Usher in Charge
  • Cathy Price, Stephen Courtney, Becky Wittenburg, Ushers
  • Clark Aitkins, Verger
The Readings:
  • Psalm 30
  • I Samuel 10: 17-24
  • John 11: 1-44
The flowers are given by the Chancel Committee for all children living in danger around the world.

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 punch on the bricks, hosted by Anne Sexton.

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.
Tuesday Recitals
12:15 PM,  58 Tremont St. 

July 2
Young Organists Initiative Showcase Recital
Bach, Buxtehude, and more
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.
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Chancel Flowers
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:

JULY 21ST

SEPTEMBER 8TH, 29TH

OCTOBER 20TH

DECEMBER 1ST, 8TH, 15, 22ND, 29TH
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.

We will not publish on Thursday July 4. We will resume publications on Thursday July 11.
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.