A Search for Meaning: King's Chapel Thursday Night Gatherings
King's Chapel introduces a Thursday Night Gatherings series featuring speakers from the congregation and the ministry sharing meaningful aspects of their life's work and experiences. The gatherings will consist of a presentation followed by opportunities for discussion. Light refreshments will be served. See more on the first two events in the series below and look for a poetry reading event in November.
The series will be at the Parish House at 64 Beacon Street, and is free and open to the public.
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Todd Lee on Sacred Spaces: "Do We Need a Place to Worship God?" | Thursday, October 25 | 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Parish House
Architect Todd Lee will kick off this year's member series, sponsored by the Adult Religious Education Committee (A.R.E.), on Thursday, October 25, at the Parish House. Join Todd for a slide presentation and discussion on the subject of places of worship and sanctuary. He will present photographs from his travels in more than 40 countries, drawing upon his 60 years of architectural practice and designs for more than a dozen spiritual locations. He will share more than a hundred images of religious spaces and places, asking the question "What is it about this particular culture and time that was needed to develop this form?" All are welcome.
Please RSVP to gretchen@kings-chapel.org to let us know you're coming.
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A Search for Meaning: King's Chapel Thursday Night Gatherings | November 8: Joy Fallon on the Holy Land - Past and Present | A Photo Journey | 6:30 - 8 PM
Using many pictures from her ten-day sojourn to Israel this summer, Rev. Fallon will describe the life-changing experience she had with other Boston clergy: young and old; black, white and brown; all guests of Boston's Jewish Community Relations Council. Her group toured the Christian religious sites of Galilee and Jerusalem, and many interfaith efforts to bring peace and reconciliation to ongoing conflicts today. "Wading in the Jordan, looking over the Sea of Galilee, listening to stories of many Muslims and Jews, forced new insights about my faith, myself, and my fellow travelers in this world, of other races, nations, and faiths. Conflict and hope there provided lessons for conflict and hope here."
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From the Minister: Peace - Our Focus for the Next Month
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Last Sunday we sang Dona Nobis Pachem (Grant Us Peace), led by our choir. We'll be singing it every Sunday through November 11, the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day, when WW I ended and peace was known across the globe.
As we approach November 11, imagine the relief people living a century ago on that date felt - the "war to end all wars" finally at an end. Imagine also their grief or anger at the enormous cost to achieve that peace -- how much bloodshed it had taken and the enduring scars that remained. Recall their weary resignation when peace evaporated quickly, another world war begun so soon..
Can peace be more lasting within our lives? Dona Nobis Pachem is a prayer to God: Grant us peace, not only between our warring governments, but also deep within our own souls, in my own little life.
If the peace you discovered were internal, what relief would you feel? Would you have grief or anger because of the steep cost of acquiring that soul-deep peace: the old ways of living you had to give up, attitudes you had to discard, new priorities you need to follow to keep the peace within your soul alive? Or would the peace be so astounding, such a drink of cold water to a thirsty child, that the "costs" melt away....? I wonder.
Joy
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Weekly Small Group Lectio Divina | Quiet Reflection With a Bible Passage | Every Wednesday through November | 1-2 PM | Joy's Office at the King's Chapel Parish House | 64 Beacon Street
The Rev. Joy Fallon is offering a weekly small group time for reflecting on a Bible passage. Would you like to join us? Once a week, we meet for an hour, read a short Bible passage together and then sit together in silence reflecting - each person quietly choosing a word or a phrase that struck her or him. At the end of the quiet time, those who wish may share a thought. This is called lectio divina or divine reading. Joy will teach us different ways to do this. Participants are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible, although we understand that this may not be possible. Try it out some Wednesday. We will begin and end promptly.
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Register to Vote!
The KC Community Action Committee is dedicated to social justice here in Boston and in the wider world. Right now you can show up for social justice by exercising the right to vote and having your voice counted in local and national decision-making for a better world, one in which we show up for our neighbors and ourselves. Register to vote (by 10/17) and then head to the polls on Nov. 6th.
Amanda
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Sunday Concert: Dona Nobis Pacem | October 28 |
5 PM
Our 61st concert season begins on Sunday October 28 at 5 PM with a program in observance of the approaching World War I armistice centennial. The title, one could almost say mantra, of the program is Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace). These words from the Latin Mass have inspired composers throughout music history, both in mass settings of the Agnus Dei which will be heard in versions by Frank Martin and Samuel Barber, and as inspiration for Ralph Vaughan William's extended work Dona Nobis Pacem, set to the haunting Civil War texts by Walt Whitman.You will also hear the beautiful Lux Aeterna, a text from the Requiem Mass superimposed on the famous Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations. Also included is Keith Hampton's arrangement of the Vietnam era Where Have All The Flowers Gone, and of course a setting of perhaps the most famous WWI poem:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae
Following the concert, the music committee invites all parishioners and friends to a reception at the Parish House.
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All Saints and All Souls | Sunday November 4 | Lighting Candles for Those Who Have Died
On November 4 we will remember those members who have died in the last year, including Joy Natoli, Howard Woerner, Elsie Wilmerding, Jarmila Vogel and Ellen Kimball. If you know of other members of the congregation we should honor, please let us know:
gretchen@kings-chapel.org.
In addition to these special one-year candles, all worshipers will have an opportunity to light candles for those who have gone on to God's glory before us.
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First Wednesdays: A New Series at 6:15 PM
Next: Wednesday, November 7 | 6:15 -7:30 PM | Book Discussion | NYT Bestseller "Tattoos on the Heart" | Rev. Fallon and Emanuel Genovese
Rev. Fallon recommended for summer reading Tattoos on the Heart, calling it the best book she'd read this year. A New York Times Bestseller, Jesuit priest Father Greg Boyle describes with humor and poignancy God's compassion for all of us, including for those who find that unlikely - the gang members with whom he works in Los Angeles. The young people Boyle describes give us hope for ourselves, as well as for our world. We'll provide samples from the book, and excerpts from Boyle himself speaking, so come whether you've read it or not.
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Join the History Program to experience Tales from the Crypt, candlelit Halloween tours at King's
Chapel, home to one of the few surviving church crypts in New England. This is one of our most popular programs we host throughout the year.
Descend beneath the church to discover the darker side of King's Chapel in our 18th-Century crypt on this special seasonal tour.
Walk among the 21 tombs to learn about historic burial customs and the people laid to rest beneath the chapel!
Tours offered at 5:30 PM and 6:15 PM
October 19-23, 25-27, 29-31
$10 per person.
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This week at church school the children continue to contemplate what it means to be a "servant." We read and acted out the story of the rich man from Mark 10. We unpacked the story with a true or false game, and then practiced our aim as we pretended to "give away money." Each child made a plan for a way to practice sharing this week. To end, we practiced a song about taking care of each other - "Hold us together" by Matt Maher.
In our discussion, both Eleanor and Augie shared some observations about faith and doubt. Eleanor pointed out that you can't see or feel God, and Carol Genovese made the point that we also can't see the wind. It was a great conversation starter! Thanks, Carol, for volunteering! And great job, Joseph and David, for helping with the music ministry!
In the confirmation group, Will and George dove head first into the topic of heresies. Inspired by the reading from Mark 10: 17-27, they also touched upon capitalism and consumerism. Thanks to George for leading the young men in this difficult but important conversation!
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Bistro 64: Oktoberfest!
23 enthusiastic guests gathered at the Parish House last Saturday, October 13 for an Oktoberfest celebration, the first Bistro 64 dinner of the season. Dean Lynch generously prepared the main meal, and the talented members of King's Chapel contributed delectable German food and drink. Bistro 64 co-chairs Anne Sexton and
Gregg
Sorensen thank everyone who helped set up, decorate, chop, cook, serve, and clean up. This festive event was indeed Wunderbar!
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Theology on Tap: The Ethics of Money
Last night 15 members of Kings Chapel gathered in the Vestry to discuss the Ethics of Money, the October Theology on Tap topic. We had a good time talking about this hard topic and how it shows up in the Scriptures and in our lives.
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We celebrated Rev. Amelia and Jake Edson's recent marriage with a reception last Sunday.
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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 Carl Scovel, who says: "
Mary Minifie entered her portrait of me to the International Salon Competition, sponsored by the Arts Renewal Council which received thousands of submissions from all over the world for this event. Her portrait won an Honorable Mention and was given a full page in the competition's publication, International Realism. "
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Last Week's Sermon by Rev. Joy Fallon
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Morning Light | 9 AM
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Preaching
- Skip Lewan on Piano
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- The Rev. Amelia Nugent Edson, Assistant Minister
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
- Paul Luca, Head Usher
- Sylvia Soderberg, Usher in Charge
- Betsy Peterson, Usher
- Anne Sexton, Verger
The Readings:
- Psalm 104: 1-9, 24, 35
- Old Testament, Job 38: 1-7, 34-41
- New Testament, Mark 10: 35-45
This Sunday's flowers are given by the Chancel Committee for the victims of the latest storms.
At the communion rail following the service, Christopher LaRoche will greet those interested in learning more about King's Chapel.
After the service all are invited to coffee hour, hosted by the Carol and Emmanuel Genovese.
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Written in 1885, Gerard Manley Hopkins' extraordinary poem "The Soldier" is very much open to interpretation:
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. Why do we áll, seeing of a soldier, bless him? bless,
Our redcoats, our tars? Both these being, the greater part,
But frail clay, nay but foul clay. Here it is: the heart,
Since, proud, it calls the calling manly, gives a guess,
That, hopes that, makesbelieve, the men must be no less;
It fancies, feigns, deems, dears the artist after his art;
And fain will find as sterling all as all is smart,
And scarlet wear the spirit of wár thére express.
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Mark Christ our King. He knows war, served this soldiering through;
He of all can handle a rope best. There he bides in bliss,
Now, and séeing somewhére some mán do all that man can do,
For love he leans forth, needs his neck must fall on, kiss,
And cry 'O Christ-done deed! So God-made-flesh does too;
Were I come o'er again' cries Christ 'it should be this'.
Benjamin Britten set it to music in Woodstock, NY, just two weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. So it seems fair to presume that the poem carried special resonance to Britten as Europe was on the cusp of the outbreak of yet another devastating war.
Our Motet has a text from to Book of Job, also the source of our Old Testament reading:
Why has light been given to the weary of soul,
And life to the troubled hearts? Why?
They who wait for death, and it doesn't come;
They who dig for it even out of secret places;
Those who almost rejoice and are happy
That they achieve the grave. Why?
And to the man whose way is hidden,
And from whom God himself has been concealed?
Why?
Brahms gives the answer to all those questions by choosing to follow up with this passage from the Book of Lamentations (heard for the Introit):
Let us lift up our hearts, together with our hands, to God in heaven.
The organ voluntaries are by Camille Saint-Saëns who, in a sense, is one of the most prominent composers for the organ, as his "Organ" Symphony No. 3 is one of the most frequently programmed pieces for orchestra and organ. However, his output for organ solo is surprisingly small and not heard too often. For our service, you will hear the gentle Prelude and slightly jauntier Fugue in B Major.
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Tuesday Recitals
October 23 | 12:15 PM
Timothy Macri, flute
"Fall Flute Festival"
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"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."
Chancel Flower Donations
Someone once said that life is more beautiful with flowers. They make us smile; they calm us; they invoke memories.
Would you like to offer flowers for our Morning Prayer service? Each Sunday members or friends provide flowers for our chancel. If you would like to contribute to honor a loved one, please contact Anne Sexton, chair of Chancel Committee, at
annewsexton1@gmail.com
to make arrangements.
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Sat. October 20
Peacing It Together Training, Hosted by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, at the Parish House
Tues. October 23
6 PM - Vestry Meeting
Thurs. October 25
6 PM- Presentation: Sacred Spaces, with
Todd Lee
Sun. October 28
5 PM- Concert Series: Dona Nobis Pacem, in observance of the centennial of the WWI Armistice
Wed. October 31
Halloween at the Parish House!
Thurs. November 1
6:00 PM- History Program Lecture
"Tales from the Crypt" - Annual Candlelit Halloween Crypt Tours
5:30 PM and 6:15 on October 14, 19-23, 25-27, 29&30 (Not October 28)
6:15 PM on October 31
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Questions? email hospitality@kings-chapel.org
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Contributing to Between Sundays
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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.
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