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Spotlight On: Labyrinth Walk
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Labyrinth Walk and Potluck Lunch | June 22 | 10 AM - 1 PM
Proceed, [the] Way will open. ~ Quaker Saying
We hope you'll join us! ~ a gathering of King's Chapel friends at the home of Dick and Cynthia Perkins at 333 Red Acre Road, Stow, MA. We'll discuss the nature and history of the labyrinth through the ages and in different countries, then review the simple guidelines for this walking meditation. After we walk, we'll take time to share reflections and thoughts before our luncheon.
If this is new for you, please join us; if you've walked a labyrinth before, please join us! Unlike a maze, you cannot get lost, you follow the one path inward to the center, rest there, then follow the same path out. People often bring a question, offer a silent prayer, or find a new insight into the journey.
Please contact Cynthia Perkins if you have questions and to coordinate the potluck lunch at
cbhperkins@earthlink.net . Contact Laura if you'd like to come -
Laura@kings-chapel.org and mention whether you can offer a ride or need one. More information and directions will be sent when you sign up.
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From the Sabbatical Minister
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It has been lovely to reconnect with so many of you. I am so glad to be with you this summer. 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.
June 21st I share my birthday with the venerable King's Chapel icon Charles Perry. I remember Charles well as a member of the search committee that hired me. His infectious smile and kindness is what drew me to King's Chapel from the start. I see that smile in so many of you now and see those smiling eyes and faces reflected in so many of you still. I fondly remember Charles and feel fortunate to share a birthday with him. I will be in the office all day Friday this week - If you have time stop by to see me.
I look forward to seeing you in church.
Rali
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Habitat Build | Saturday June 29
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King's Chapel is looking for a group of volunteers to help build a house with Habitat for Humanity. The build will take place in the Boston area (likely Dorchester) on Saturday, June 29th from 9:30 AM to 3 PM. There is a suggested $40 donation to Habitat, but anyone is welcome. Contact Emmanuel Genovese for more information or to sign up- (617) 738-6367 or emanuelg1@verizon.net.
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Summer Barbecues | July 17 and August 14 | 6 PM | In the Parish House Garden
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 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.
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Saturday, June 22
10 AM
| Labyrinth Walk at Perkins' Home in Stow
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
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 Sunday June 16th
Last Sunday we celebrated not only our 333rd birthday, but the end of the Morning Light service for the season and the end of the Church School year (both resume in September). Thank you to Julie, Michelle and everyone who made our church school a wonderful experience this past year!
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This week Stephen Courtney led a session of forest bathing in the public garden, joined by Gary Riccio and Kent Wittenburg, who took the above pictures and wrote the following poem based on the experience:
Bark
So simple not
cover for the core
protector of soft flesh
granted not taken
Converging diverging
oozing sap
channeling ants
sporting bugs
sheltering not just an own center
Oak birch maple pine
redwood linden ash cedar
willow weeping
English hawthorn with its lumpen warts
suffering beech with lovers' carvings
tattoos of others' choosing
This skin of bark
holds you firm, unmoving
your arms held high
effortlessly
fingers grasping the sky
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Pentecost Sermon
Charles Skold was our guest preacher on June 9th, Pentecost Sunday. If you were unable to attend or would simply like to read the sermon again, please
click here.
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From the Community Action Committee
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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.
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This June marks King's Chapel's 333rd Birthday! Throughout the month of June, the History Program will highlight key moments and people who shaped the church over the past 3 1/3 centuries. Special talks and drop-in programming will explore historical "3s," and staff will share how King's Chapel has celebrated major milestones over the years, including the 1886 bicentennial and the church's 250th birthday in 1936.
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| We hold in our prayers Simon Pilecki and his family as they mourn the death of his grandmother. She passed on Tuesday, peacefully with family at her side. The wake will be on Sunday, June 23rd 11am to 2pm at Solimine Funeral Home, 426 Broadway, Lynn MA. |
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Morning Light | 9 AM
- Rev. Rali Weaver, preaching
- Skip Lewan, piano
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- The Rev. Rali Weaver, Sabbatical Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
- Emily Bieber-Harris, Soloist
- Michael Bergeron, Head Usher
- Chris Allen, Usher in Charge
- Dorothy Waldron, Amanda Pickett, Joan Hunt, Ushers
- Clark Aitkins, Verger
The Readings:
- Psalm 22: 19-28
- Isaiah 65: 1-9
- Galatians 3: 23-29
The flowers on the Chancel table are given in loving memory of Charles Perry by his wife Adelaide and children Nicholas, Mark, and Laura.
At the communion rail following the service, Christopher LaRoche
will greet those interested in learning more about King's Chapel.
After the service, please join us for punch on the bricks, 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.
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This Sunday, soloist Emily Bieber-Harris will sing arias from Mendelssohn's Elijah and Bach Cantata 68. You will also hear Mendelssohn's 4th Organ Sonata.
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12:15 PM, 58 Tremont St.
June 25
Fairfield County Children's Choir
Jon Noyes, Director
Biebl, Vivaldi and much more
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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, 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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Want to know
what's going on at
King's Chapel?
Click
HERE
to view the King's
Chapel Schedule at our website:
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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
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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:
JUNE 30TH
JULY 21ST
SEPTEMBER 8TH, 29TH
OCTOBER 20TH
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 administrative.assistant@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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