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Join the King's Chapel History Program following Morning Prayer THIS SUNDAY, September 9, for a FREE Bell & Bones tour.
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12:20pm, worshipers are invited to experience King's Chapel's history from top to bottom, exploring the 18th-century crypt to learn about burial customs and the stories of those who rest beneath the church and climbing the bell tower to visit our Paul Revere bell. Those who do not have time for a full tour are encouraged to explore the sanctuary, reading our History signs and talking with a history educator.
Free tours are offered again on
Sunday September 23, when we will offer both Bell & Bones tours and Art & Architecture tours.
We hope to see you there!
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Now I know more about the geography. After travelling to Israel this summer, I know that Jesus headed down into present-day Syria, in this Sunday's lesson from Mark. That area was not an easy place to be, either now or then. But it's in that uncomfortable place that Jesus uses the words, "Be opened." Be open, not closed up. In the very place we might feel most guarded, on the topics about which we're most closed-mouth, we hear "Be open." Unloosen the knots. Release what entangles you.
What would opening up look like for you?
This Sunday right after Anne Sexton reads this scripture lesson from Mark, I'll talk about different ways to "be open" in my sermon. You might notice it's the same sequence we follow on Communion Sundays: the sermon immediately after the lessons rather than at the very end of the service. Several of you last week volunteered to Amelia that you preferred that format. Our prayer book doesn't specify where the sermon goes, since Morning Prayer initially was a daily, short service read each weekday morning, often at home; it therefore had no sermon, offering, announcements, or hymns, all of which King's Chapel added long ago. After a few months, let us know what you think about this pacing.
I'm so glad to be back worshipping with you again after my summer hiatus. I look forward to seeing you soon.
Joy
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Homecoming Sunday | September 16
It's hard to believe that fall is just around the corner and we will be resuming all of our regular programming.
We hope that you will be able to join us for our Annual Homecoming Day, when friends old and new return, and we celebrate the beginning of the year.
9 AM - Morning Light
10 AM - Church School Kick-off
11 AM - Morning Prayer with full choir
12:30 PM- Luncheon at the Parish House
We welcome all!
Please RSVP to Laura Zeugner at administrative.assistant@kings-chapel.org or (617) 227-2155
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Sandwich-Making for common cathedral | Sunday September 9 | 10 AM
This Sunday, September 9th, King's Chapel will once again share food and worship with
common cathedral, a congregation on Boston Common for those experiencing homelessness, their friends, and kindred in faith, and one of our Community Action partners.
We need people to help for some/all of the following:
- 10 AM: Sandwich-making at the Parish House (need 4-6 people)
- 11:45 AM: Carrying the sandwiches from the Parish House to common cathedral's location on Boston Common (need 2-3 people)
- 12:25 PM: serving sandwiches and taking lunch-line prayer requests (4-5 people)
- 1 PM: Worship with
common cathedral
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New Group to Study King's Chapel History of Slavery
The Senior Warden and Senior Minister
have called
together
a special ad hoc committee for the pur
pose of recommending to the Vestry and congregation a plan to hono
r and memorialize the enslaved persons who appear on the rolls of Kings Chapel
,
and those enslaved persons known and unknown
whose labor and personhood were exploited
to accumulate the wealth that
built and maintained our building and congregational life.
To inform their recommendation, the committee
will study and report to the congregation on the history of slavery at Kings Chapel
developed by the Kings Chapel
history staff, and the range of actions undertaken by other institutions
which have addressed the legacy and scars o
f their slavery past.
As a committee
of this church, this
committee will ground its work
in the words of our covenant to which we all ascribe, as
well as to historic fact, and to the mission of Kings Chapel
at this time in our history.
The committee, which will begin its work in early September
, will
p
resent
its
report to the congregation
at the next Annual Meeting on May 19,
2019.
Further updates will be available as the Committee begins its work.
Dean K. Denniston,
Jr.
Ad hoc Committee Chair
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Makanda Jazz | Saturday September 15
King's Chapel will be sponsoring the next Makanda Jazz Concert, an ongoing series presented by Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministries, one of our Community Action partners. Please join us on
September 15th for a community picnic as we grill hot dogs, serve lemonade, meet the UUUM community, and enjoy music on their historic green. We would like many hands to help serve and mingle-- please let Amanda Pickett know if you can help out.
amanda.e.pickett@gmail.com
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Choral Evensong | September 23
After Homecoming, we kick off the choir season with a festive Choral Evensong on Sunday, September
23. Heinrich will play a prelude recital at 4:30 and the service starts at 5.
This service will also serve as the opening service for the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, so for this special occasion we will offer "A Boston Evensong" - meaning all the composers featured are local or have ties to Boston. In addition to our own Daniel Pinkham, they include Everett Titcomb (who was the organist at our neighboring church St. John's on Bowdoin Street), perennial KC favorites James Woodman and Carson Cooman, as well as Hillary Tann, Megan Henderson, Louise Mundinger, and Marc Hoffeditz. The King's Chapel Choir will be joined for the occasion by two guest choir who will join in for various parts of the service: Magnificat Boston, directed by AGO Boston dean Louise Mundinger, and the choir of First United Methodist Church in Melrose, directed by Andrew David Mattfeld. Patrick Walker has written a new organ piece just for this occasion; it will be premiered as part of the prelude recital.
The service will be followed by a festive reception at the Parish House - please join us to greet friends old and new!
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Sun. September 9
10:00 AM - Sandwich Making at the Parish House for
common cathedral
11:00- Morning Prayer, Rev. Joy Fallon preaching
12:30 PM - Free History Tours for Worshippers
12:30 - Usher Training for All Ushers
1:00 - Worship at
common cathedral (12:30 arrival for those bringing sandwiches)
Tues. September 11
6 PM - Many Meetings (multiple committees meet simultaneously, share dinner)
Fri. September 14
10:30 AM - Memorial Service for Elsie Wilmerding
Sat. September 15
1-5 PM- Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry (UUUM)
Makanda Jazz Concert & Community Picnic
Sun.September 16
Homecoming!
9 AM - Morning Light service resumes
10:00 - Church School kickoff!
11:00 -Morning Prayer with Full Choir
12:30 PM- Homecoming Luncheon at the Parish House
Wed. September 19
5:30 PM - Evening Worship
with Holy Communion
resumes
6:15 - Theology on Tap
Sun. September 23
12:00 PM- Beacon Hill Fall Fest - Parish House Open House
12:30 - Free History Tours for Worshippers
4:30 - Choral Evensong with American Guild of Organists
Tues. September 25
6 PM - Vestry Meeting
Sat. September 29
8:30 AM - Leadership Retreat
Sat. October 20
Peacing It Together Training, Hosted by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
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Church School Kickoff September 16!
September 16th
is right around the corner and we're looking forward to seeing all the shining faces of our parish's youth at
10 AM!
There will be cake, games, and a little learning! For September 16th only, we will be located in the garden.
We hope many will stop by, say hello, and perhaps even sign-up as a volunteer to join us one week. Volunteers should relax in the knowledge that volunteering does NOT mean you need to plan any activities or lessons. All you need to do is show up - your presence is all we need to guarantee a safe and happy Church School year.
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Confirmation
This year our congregation is using the Confirm not Conform program, a confirmation program that emphasizes that youth have a voice in our church. Our "Seekers" group from last year will be taking part in this year long Confirmation class, along as their teachers, parents, and members of the KC staff. Thank you to our Senior Warden Miguel Gomez-Ibanez, Christopher Barnett, Cliff Allen, and Emmanuel Genovese , who will be serving as our Confirmation Teachers, and to George Boitano, Chair of the Church School Committee, and Allen and Hallie Speight, who helped us both to select the curriculum and to edit it to meet the needs of the KC community. Please email assistant.minister@kings-chapel.org with any question
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We rejoice with our Assistant Minister, the Reverend Amelia Nugent, who turned 30 at the end of August. She celebrated by heading to Camden, Maine, and running in a half marathon to support 4-H summer camps that allow children to spend the summer outdoors learning about agriculture and the environment.
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This week we hold in our prayers our member and former choir bass singer, Howard Chadwick, who suffered a bad fall on Nantucket and was flown to Mass General Hospital where he has been recovering in the ICU for over a week. He's beginning to show Amelia and me a bit of his wonderful wit again, keeping us smiling.
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We rejoice with Kent and Becky Wittenburg whose daughter Natalie was married to Dr. Maximllian Kueckelhaus on August 24 at the Great House at Crane's Beach, with a crowd of well-wishers ranging from Texas to Germany. The couple met in Boston when he was a post-doctoral fellow, preparing for his career in research and new methods of organ transplantation. Natalie works in information technology, and both will make their home in Germany. Kent wrote and delivered a poem for the special occasion!
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Last Week's Sermon by Rev. Amelia Nugent
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Sunday Services September 6
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The Readings:
- Psalm 146
- Old Testament, Isaiah 35: 1-6a
- New Testament, Mark 7: 31-36
The flowers on the Chancel are given to remind us of the weak, poor and helpless among us
At the communion rail following the service, Chris LaRoche will greet those interested in learning more about King's Chapel.
After the service all are invited to Punch on the Bricks, hosted by Sarah Graber and friends of the Hospitality Committee.
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Our composer of the week is Georg Philipp Telemann. Soprano Denise Konicek and recorder player Mahrya Dakubu will present the 3-movement cantata Deine Toten werden leben, as well as a lovely recorder sonata. The postlude is our own Daniel Pinkham's setting of Lord of All Hopefulness from his collection Music for a Quiet
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Tuesday, September 11
12:15 PM
Dorisiya Yosifova, violin
Bach & Hindemith
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Summer Vacation Schedules
Walter Bruggemann, Old Testament scholar and modern-day prophet, writes about the meaning of sabbath, "the one commandment no one follows." He argues that God called the people to observe weekly sabbath, not so that they could be more productive after they rested, but so that God could free us from that mindset -- from always measuring our worth by our production. As God freed the Israelites from Pharaoh, God continues to seek our liberation from a world of endless, anxious production and consumption. On our Sabbath we reclaim the primacy of relationships.
We hope you all are able to claim your sabbath this summer! Your staff will do so as follows:
August 28 - September 7: Heinrich away
September 1 - 16: Gretchen away
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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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what's going on at
King's Chapel?
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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 noon!
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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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