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Kings Chapel Memorial Project: Final Community Conversation Prior To Annual Meeting
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Please join the King's Chapel Memorial Project next Thursday, April 29, at 5:00PM via Zoom for the next and final community conversation regarding the project prior to the Annual Meeting.
Over the last five years, King's Chapel has gathered significant insight into our connections with slavery throughout our church's history. These difficult truths include discoveries about our ministers and parishioners as enslavers and active participants in the Atlantic slave trade, uncovering the extent of racial segregation within the church building, the complicity of church leaders in upholding the Fugitive Slave Act and opposing the promise of the Underground Railroad, and silence among congregants and clergy on the crucial issue of abolition leading up to the Civil War. Central to the work proposed by the Memorial Project, this time of research and reflection has uncovered the names of over 200 Black and Indigenous women, children, and men who were enslaved by our pew holders and clergy, as evidenced by our church vital records and the will and probate papers of historical members.
To register for the discussion on the 29th, click here.
To review the materials click here to visit our central web portal where you will find presentations and reports as well as sermons and video presentations. Contact David to listen to the previous discussion held on April 15. A brief on the results of these discussions will be shared with the reports at the Annual Meeting on May 16 th at noon via Zoom.
We hope to see you next Thursday and look forward to your participation.
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"Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action." (1 John 3:18). Those biblical words were written 2000 years ago. They also could be spoken this week, after the jury verdict in the murder of George Floyd.
On Tuesday, much of the nation collectively sighed in relief as Derek Chauvin was convicted for the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, arrested because of an alleged $20 counterfeit bill. Good, many of us said: justice was done; our court system worked; we'll avoid convulsing riots.
But thoughtful voices cried, Wait! Derek Chauvin was held "accountable", but true "justice" would mean George Floyd was still alive, father to his daughter, brother to his siblings, beloved to his girlfriend. Wait! Don't say "justice is color blind" based on this one case, when most police killings of unarmed Black and Brown men are not prosecuted, or do not lead to convictions. Wait! Our work ahead remains great. It's time to step up, not sit down.
The author of this week's scripture is clear: Christians can't simply say that God loves all Her children of every race. Christians show it by their actions. What one action will that be for you and me this week?
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Happening TONIGHT: Virtual History Program for Patriot's Day
at 5:30 PM
Patriot's Day - the third Monday each April - commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. The same week also holds the anniversary of James Freeman being installed as King's Chapel's permanent pastor in 1783, and James Freeman's 1759 birthday.
Join the History Program in commemorating all these dates in one virtual program on Thursday April 22 at 5:30 PM, which will explore the impact of the American Revolution on King's Chapel and the church's religious revolution in the 1780s. This program will dive deeper into the 1780s at King's Chapel, exploring the revolutionary changes that took place at King's Chapel under James Freeman's leadership during this decade, ranging from the creation of the King's Chapel Book of Common Prayer to Freeman's lay ordination.
Please register in advance here to attend this week's program.
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King's Chapel Community Partner's Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Mother's Day Walk for Peace: Walk with us, Share with us, Give with us
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 We continue to celebrate the 25 Days of Walking, to commemorate 25 years of work by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute to commemorate the lives lost to violence, and work to interrupt the cycles and systems of violence that afflict our city.
Join our King's Chapel team and walk with us, and help us reach our team goal of $10,000! Remember that to help the Peace Institute reach their $600,000 goal, the CAC is MATCHING all donations up to $2000 dollars through May 7th. Please consider donating in honor of a loved one, and asking family and friends to donate.
This week, our team is promoting the April 30th event from the 25 Days of Walking Calendar, "Love languages": think about someone in your life you desire to express love to, think about the way you give and the way that individual receives love. It might even be worth it to ask them. Once you have identified these questions, go ahead and devise a way you will express love to that person.
And get ready to walk by sending us your signs! Our team slogan is "King's Chapel Walks in Peace," please take a picture of you holding a sign with this or a similar message, and send it to Jennifer Roesch to be featured on our Facebook page and sent to the Peace Institute.
Then tune in to the virtual event May 9th, as the Peace Institute celebrates community and commemorates those lost.
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 Upcoming Minns Spring 2021 Lecture Series
The Minns Lectures is a series of talks on liberal religion held annually since 1941. King's Chapel and First Church in Boston (Unitarian Universalist) organize the lectures jointly according to an endowment left by Susan Minns in honor of her brother Thomas Minns (1833-1913), member of King's Chapel.
This year's lectures are by Anthony Pinn, PhD. Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities at Rice University and a renowned scholar of African American religious thought. His series is called, "Overlooked and Despised: Lectures on a Humanist Re-Thinking of Biblical Outsiders."
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Sunday Services
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Skip Lewan, Pianist
- Paula O'Keeffe, Lector
April 25, Morning Prayer | Available to watch all day on YouTube
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
- Emily Bieber-Harris & Sudeep Agarwala, Soloists
- Gregg Sorensen, Lector
Scripture: 1 John 3:16-24
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| We continue our Homilius series with this week's prelude and postlude, two different settings of the chorale Jesu, meine Zuversicht, both quite lively and with a definite spring in their step.
The anthem is John Goss' God So Loved the World, set to our gospel reading from John.
The hymns are Come Forth, O Love Divine, usually sung for Pentecost, and a closing contemporary hymn that Joy found online, Jesus, We Know Your Love in This, by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
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History Talk TONIGHT on American Independence & King's Chapel's Theological Revolution
Thursday, April 22 | 5:30 PM
Environmental Action Initiative Open Meeting
Tuesday, April 27 | 3:00 PM
Bible Study
Wednesday, April 28 | 6:15 PM
Coffee with Clergy
Thursday, April 29 | 10:00 AM
Memorial Project Community Conversation Thursday, April 29 | 5:00 PM
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New Online History Exhibit
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Giving to King's Chapel
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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Prayer Circle
The King's Chapel Prayer Circle, led by Cynthia Perkins, stands ready to pray for any who request it, in complete confidence.
To request prayers, contact one of the clergy: Joy or David
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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. 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
Our e-newsletter is sent each Thursday afternoon. Want something in Between Sundays? Feel free to email Communications Coordinator Jennifer Roesch with a written piece and/or pictures before Wednesday at 5:00 PM.
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Celebrate the Earth Virtual Art Show
Monday's Earth Day Cleanup 
