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Spotlight On: Till Death Us Do Part Crypt Tours | through the month of February
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If you're dying for something different to do this Valentine's Day, join the King's Chapel History Program on a candlelit crypt tour, exploring the history of love, loss, and laying the dead to rest!
Would you wear jewelry made from your deceased loved one's hair?
Would you consider preparing their body yourself and hosting the wake in your living room?
Uncover the history of American mourning traditions, funeral customs, and burial practices as they relate to the loss of a loved one throughout Boston's history. Discover the memorials within King's Chapel and explore the crypt beneath King's Chapel, walking among the 21 tombs, and experience the stories of the historic people and couples laid to rest within them.
Tours offered at 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM most dates, but are offered at 5:30 PM and 7 PM on Fridays and Saturdays.
February 7-11, 13-17, 21-22, 24, and 28-29.
$15 per person with discounted rates for students, seniors, and congregation members, available by clicking HERE
Enter promo code MEMBER for 50% off your ticket.
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My Dear Friends-
I've been thinking a lot about time this week. This Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of my first visit to King's Chapel. Rev. Paul Sprecher, a UU minister in Bridgewater, had recommended King's Chapel as a community that might appeal to me, and, well... you know the rest of the story!
Our prayerbook also offers us an occasion to meditate on time this week. On Sunday you'll notice a strange-looking Latin word on your order of worship: Septuagesima (SEP-too-ah-JES-i-ma). No doubt by now many of you are acquainted with my predilection for both the linguistically and the liturgically arcane-surely part of what Rev. Paul had in mind when he urged me to make that first visit a year ago! So you'll know that I was especially intrigued by this new term. It turns out that this Sunday, called Septuagesima, marks a turning in our church year. You may recall that for the last month or so, we've been numbering the Sundays after Epiphany. Beginning on Sunday, we start numbering them before Lent. Thus, "Septuagesima, the Third Sunday before Lent." Why the change? The church of old, it seems, had a season for everything. Not content with forty days of Lenten preparation for Easter, they conceived of Shrovetide as a three-week season to-wait for it... prepare to prepare!
By now you might well wonder, "Is all this really necessary? Lent's not exactly a party-do we really need to spend three weeks looking forward to purple-hued gloominess?" Ah, but here the prophet answers with a question of his own: "Is that the fast God wants? Your doom and gloom and sackcloth and ashes? No! Rather here is the fast God desires: loose the bonds of injustice! Break the yoke of the oppressed!" And then? And then, my dear friends, our light shall break forth like the dawn. Oh! If ever we were tempted to think the Gospel writers have a monopoly on the Good News, Isaiah gives us some wonderful news indeed this week!
But shall we turn back to our prayerbook for a moment? So often we're tempted to dismiss the old and the esoteric as irrelevant. But when we blow the dust off our odd-sounding "Septuagesima," do we not find echoes of the prophet's good news? Latin for "seventieth," Septuagesima ultimately looks not only toward the transformative fast that Isaiah depicts, but beyond that fast to the glory of the Easter that follows-seventy days from this third Sunday before Lent.
Good news indeed. What a blessing this year has been-what a blessing you've all been to me in this year. With a heart warm and full, I echo the Psalmist: Of you my heart has spoken.
In faith and love,
David
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Ministers for the Next Two Weeks
Beginning on Monday, February 3, Joy and her husband will be out of town, celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. Joy will not be in church on Sunday, February 9, but will be present on both Sunday February 2 and 16. If you need pastoral care during the time Joy is away, please contact our Minister for Education and Membership,
David Waters or by cell: 217-419-6479.
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Sandwich Making for common cathedral | Sunday, February 9th | 10 AM | at the Parish House
On Sunday, February 9th, we will be blessed to again share food and worship with our neighbors at common cathedral, when they meet at Brewer Fountain on the Boston Common as they have for nearly 30 years, rain or shine. We will make and pack bag lunches at 10 AM at the Parish House, then join them for lunch at 12:30 PM at Brewer Fountain, and then for worship in their church service at 1 PM. Please consider joining us for this opportunity to be in fellowship and community with our unhoused neighbors. Contact Tim Nelson-Hoy for more information or to sign up. |
Join our Community Partner for Winter Walk | Sunday February 9
On Sunday February 9, 2020, King's Chapel is invited to join our neighbors from
common cathedral at the fourth
annual
Winter Walk
which raises awareness and funds to help end homelessness.
The Walk will begin and end in Copley Square, Boston. Registration begins at 8:30 AM, the Walk sets out at 9 AM followed by a community breakfast, and the event ends no later than 11 AM. All are welcome!
Gary Riccio is organizing a team from King's Chapel. If you are interested in joining, please contact him at
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Shrove Sunday Pancake Breakfast | Sunday February 23 | 10 AM | Parish House, 64 Beacon Street
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Did you know that in some traditions Christians used to make pancakes right before Lent to use up all the ingredients in the cupboard that they would be giving up for Lent? Well, you don't have to give up dairy or eggs to join us for our Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, February 23! Children are welcome to participate in pancake making and decorating as we all gather for a festive anticipation of the Lenten Season!
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King's Chapel Concert Series: Sonata | Sunday, February 23 | 5 PM | King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street
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Scaffolding willing, our next Sunday concert is slated for February 23, at 5 PM.
Following last season's program of organ Toccatas, this year we will explore the Sonata.
From the Latin root sonare, to sound, the word Sonata originally was used as a designation for an instrumental, as opposed to vocal, piece.
Over the course of music history, it came to be applied to rather specific forms, but as soon as those were established, inventive composers started experimenting with the form in all conceivable directions.
Join us on a musical journey through the centuries with works from Scarlatti to Woodman!
Following the program, the music committee cordially invites you to raise a cup of sonorous cheer and a crackling cookie in the vestibule.
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Bistro 64: Mardi Gras| Tuesday, February 25 | 6:30 pm | Parish House, 64 Beacon Street
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Bistro 64 in 2020 kicks off with a festive "Mardi Gras" dinner on Tuesday, February 25 at the Parish House. We celebrate this occasion - also known as "Fat Tuesday" - with sumptuous cuisine. Don your favorite mask and get ready for a fun evening.
Please select a dish to bring, either an appetizer, salad, or side dish. Or, you may provide a beverage of your choosing. Prepare your dish at home or make it in the Parish House kitchen starting at 5 pm. To RSVP, send an email to co-chairs
Anne Sexton or
Gregg Sorensen .
We look forward to getting together with you!
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Safety and Emergency Training for Ushers, Vergers, and History Staff | Sunday March 1 | 12:15 PM | King's Chapel
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Following Morning Prayer on Sunday March 1, ushers are required to attend a Safety and Emergency Training of the chapel, led by History Program Director Faye Charpentier and Sexton Clark Aitkins. We will tour the building, discussing locations of first aid kits, fire alarms, fire extinguishers, emergency exits, and more; practice evacuation procedures; issue revised safety maps of the chapel; discuss similarities and differences in protocols when responding to several types of potential emergencies; and provide time for questions and discussion to clarify procedures. This is an important opportunity for ushers, vergers, and staff who all share responsibility for emergency preparedness at King's Chapel to meet each other and learn these policies together. Please RSVP to
Laura Zeugner, Administrative Assistant.
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Forgiveness: Finding Peace by Letting Go | Lenten Retreat | Saturday, March 14, 10 AM - 3 PM |
Parish House, 64 Beacon Street
Joy will lead a one-day retreat on our Lenten Theme, Forgiveness: Finding Peace Through Letting Go. Drawing from the writings of Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama on forgiveness, we'll share a small worship service; have quiet, peaceful opportunities to reflect individually; a shared lunch; and talk with others if you want. We'll have available poetry, scripture, art and cooking as ways to explore forgiveness and letting go. The retreat is $15 to cover costs of materials and food; scholarships are available. Please sign up with Parish Administrative Assistant
Laura Zeugner, or 617-227-2155 x104.
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Pilgrimage Trip to the New National Museum of Peace and Justice, and Other Civil Rights Sites in Montgomery, Alabama | Thursday April 16-Sunday April 19, 2020.
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King's Chapel members have been invited to join a group of church members who are taking a pilgrimage to civil rights sites in Montgomery Alabama. The trip is being led by several clergy, including the Rev. June Cooper, Executive Director of the City Mission Society who has preached at King's Chapel, and by the Rev. Dan Smith, of Cambridge's First Church, where the congregation has been exploring its history of slavery, as we have. The group is limited to 50, and participants are responsible for their own transportation costs and hotel. The fee is $250.
For more information, click HERE. The deadline to register is February 16.
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News from the Adult Religious Education Committee
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Parable Read and Performance
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King's Chapel is reading Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower with New Roots AME Church as part of Boston's citywide reading of Butler's classic Afrofuturist novel. Butler's insights on humanity and the beliefs that shape society encourage conversation about the climate crisis, survival, and ways of deepening our humanity.
On Sunday, February 16, members will gather for a book discussion after Morning Prayer in the vestry. All are invited to attend. On Saturday, February 22, from 12-2 PM, members will join New Roots AME for a book discussion with Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, an activist and organizer for ecological and social justice.
On Friday, March 27, at 8 PM, King's Chapel members will attend
ArtsEmerson's musical stage adaptation of
Parable of the Sower. Lee Glenn will be taking reservations in the vestibule following Morning Prayer on Sunday, Jan 19 and 26, for all those interested in attending. Group discounted tickets are $34; there are scholarships available. For more information or reservations, please contact Lee at
leeglenn@verizon.net
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Sanctuary Ceiling Project (copied from social media post)
It's been another busy work week for
@johncanningco at King's Chapel. They have been working on adding fasteners and mesh to the ceiling in anticipation of installing the plaster later next week. Insulation installation is also in progress. We hope you enjoy some action pictures taken by the John Canning & Co. team!
Did you know...Between 1915 and 1916 another major interior renovation occurred, this time "whitewashing" almost the entire chapel interior. Many of the historic buildings you will find in Boston and other east coast towns that were built during the 18th century underwent a similar interior whitewashing that's now called the Colonial Revival Style. Much of the King's Chapel interior paint-scheme today comes from this period, including painting the box pews white and whitening the walls and ceilings. To learn more about the Colonial Revival period of architecture, and how the church has changed over time, take one of the History Program's Art & Architecture tours offered at 10:15am on Friday, Saturday, and Monday!
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Sunday Services
Sunday, February 9
Third Sunday before Lent
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Morning Light | 9 AM
David Waters Preaching
- Skip Lewan, piano
- Emilia Filippone, Verger
- Michelle Gaudet, Nursery
Morning Prayer | 11 AM
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
- Miguel Gomez-Ibanez, Lay Reader
- Michael Bergeron, Head Usher
- Stephen Courtney, Usher in Charge
- Bob Fitzgerald and Julie Hyde, Ushers
- Simon Pilecki, Verger
The Readings:
Psalm 112: 1-9
Isaiah 58: 1-9a
Matthew 5: 13-20
The flowers on the Communion table are given by Louise Perkins in loving memory of her father Arthur Wellington Perkins, her brother Peter Palfrey Perkins, and her grandnephew Joshua Seth Dempsey.
At the communion rail following the service Jim Power will greet those
interested in learning more about King's Chapel.
After the service, please join us for coffee and refreshments in the vestibule, hosted by Barbara Fay.
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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Did you miss last week's sermon or want to hear it again? Listen
HERE
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The Sonata practice continues, this week Sonata 3 by German romantic composer August Ritter. The choir will sing Wesley's
Lead Me, Lord
, featuring soloist Karen Gardner. You will also hear Graham Ramsay's beautiful
If You Love Me
, and Claudio Monteverdi's setting of the Psalm for the day, Psalm 112.
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February 11, 12:15 PM
Meghan Jacoby, flute
Daniel Acsadi, guitar
Assad, Bartok, Beaser, Piazzolla
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Ongoing in February: Valentine Crypt Tours at King's Chapel, 5:30 and 6:30 PM or 7 PM
February 9: Sandwich making for common cathedral, 10 AM, then worship at the Brewer Fountain, 1 PM
February 9: Winter Walk for common cathedral, 8:30 AM
February 16: Book Discussion, 12:15 PM
February 19: Theology on Tap: Beauty and the Theological Imagination, 6:15 PM
February 23: Concert: Sonata, 5 PM
March 1: Safety Training for All Ushers, 12:15 PM
March 27: ArtsEmerson Parable of the Sower, 8 PM
March 29: Concert: Alexander's Feast, 5 PM
Lenten Activities and Services
February 23: Shrove Pancake Breakfast, 10 AM
February 25: Mardis Gras dinner party, 6 PM
February 26: Ash Wednesday, Imposition of Ashes, 8 AM - 6 PM
February 26: Mid-day service, 12:15 PM, Evening service, 5:30 PM
March 14: Lenten Retreat, 10 AM - 3 PM
April 5: Palm Sunday
April 9: Maundy Thursday service, 5:30 PM
April 10: Good Friday services, 12:15 and 8 PM
April 11: Decorate the Church, 10 AM
April 11: Easter Crafts
April 11: Easter Vigil service, 8 PM
April 12: Easter service, 11 AM
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Monday February 24: Vestry, 6 PM
Thursday February 27, Parish Council, 6 PM
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Tuesday Meditation Group
Weekly at 7:30 am | Parish House, 64 Beacon Street
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Lectio Divina
Wednesdays at 2:00 PM | Parish House, 64 Beacon Street
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Want to know what's
going on at
King's Chapel?
Click
HERE
to view the King's
Chapel Calendar at our website
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Volunteer: Sign up for Hospitality
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Anyone can help!
Enter your email address and select a spot to fill. New volunteers may choose to co-host with a buddy.
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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
administrator@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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