 Silence is subversive, often undermining our staid attitudes, both personal and societal. Our guest minister,
Rev. Dr.
Donald
Wells, will invite us to explore the power of silence. Currently he is the Theologian in Residence at Old South Church, Boston, and Executive Director, Emeritus, of the Massachusetts Bible Society. He has just returned from Cranberry Isle, ME, where he vacations and also preaches in the Island Church.
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Get an organist for your very own home!
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Sixteen inspirational young players are coming to participate in the first-ever Boston Bach International Organ Competition
from September 2nd through 9th. They will arrive on August 28th to prepare for the three competition rounds, hailing from across Europe, Korea and the midwestern US. During the competition week, King's Chapel is the site of one of several concerts by members of the jury. If you would be interested in hosting one of these young artists during their stay in Boston, free tickets to the jury concerts are one of the perks! Please contact the competition headquarters at First Lutheran Church for more information,
617-536-8851
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secretariat@bbioc.org
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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!
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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 2
11:00 AM- Morning Prayer with Holy Communion, Rev. Amelia Nugent preaching
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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| King's Chapel Community Action |
Sandwich-Making for common cathedral | Sunday September 9 | 10 AM
On 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.
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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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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Free History Tours for Worshippers | Sunday September 9 and 23 | 12:30 PM
Join the History Program staff for a free tour of King's Chapel following Morning Prayer. Whether you have
toured the chapel before or are interested in learning more, we hope you will join in to dive deeper into King's Chapel's 330+ year history. Several tour options will be available, including the Bell & Bones tour and a guided tour of the sanctuary. Please note that the Bell & Bones tour navigates several levels of the building, including the uneven flooring in the crypt and the steep, narrow stairs to the bell tower. Scavenger hunts and self-guided tours will also be available, and History Program staff are happy to answer questions and share their knowledge.
All are welcome.
We hope you'll join us.
Please contact History Program Director Faye Charpentier at faye@kings-chapel.org with any questions or for additional details.
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From Julie Relyea, Church School Director:
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Julie Relyea at CPR training
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This week was my first full week at the King's Chapel Church School Director! It has been a delight to meet with Rev. Amelia and design a curriculum that will follow some of the key teachings of the lectionary this year. By having the Church School lessons follow sermons topics we hope to give families a common ground to start conversations and keep a dialogue going about stories from church!
We also had a great turn out for the CPR Certification course by the Red Cross this past
Sunday
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from left: Janet Chessler, Leicle Chessler, Stephen Courtney, Bill Kuttner, Kent Wittenburg, Cathy Price, Lauren Bergnes Sell, Jennifer Kronstain, Sylvia Soderberg, Faye Charpentier, Amanda Pickett, Christopher Allen, Tour Guide Amelia Benstead, Carol Genovese, Amanda Cegielski, Gary Riccio, Todd Lee, KC Dalton and Elizabeth Barnett
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Black Heritage Trail Tour | Last Wednesday
Last Wednesday evening a group from King's Chapel enjoyed a tour of the Black Heritage Trail. The tour was given by a very knowledgeable woman working for the National Park Service. The tour started at the 54th Regiment Memorial on Beacon Street and walked through the neighborhoods of the North Slope of Beacon Hill linking many pre-Civil War structures and historic sites, including the 1806 African Meeting House, the oldest black church in the United States. The north face of Beacon Hill was a strong abolitionist community. The tour was extremely interesting and enlightening for all of us.
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CPE/AED Training Last Sunday
Last Sunday after Morning Prayer some of our ushers and staff gathered for a Red Cross CPR/ AED Training. In the unlikely event of an emergency we now have trained community members who can help respond until emergency personnel arrive.
Thank you to Ushers Paul Luca, Cathy Price, Chris Allen, and Stephen Courtney, our Sexton Clark Aitkins, Educators Faye Chapentier, Rosalie Wilbur, Lin Nulman, Christina Rewinski, and Lauren Burgnes Sell, Reverend Amelia, and our new Church School Director, Julie Relyea, for taking time from their busy weekends to do this important work! |
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Cathy Price and Chris Allen and others practicing their CPR skills
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UUUM Summer Program Tour at King's Chapel
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King's Chapel welcomed students from the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministries (UUUM) summer program for a special history tour last week. Rev. Amelia, History Program Director Faye and History Guide Jennifer gave the students the Bells and Bones tour and answered questions about history, the intricacies of being a tour guide, and religious life at King's Chapel. The youth are preparing to become tour guides in their own right, giving historic tours of their neighborhood in Roxbury. They invited members of King Chapel to come for a tour when the program gets up and running.
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Beth and Walter on the QE2
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We rejoice with long time members Walter and Beth Chapin who celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 24. They were married in King's Chapel with Dan Pinkham on organ, and The Rev. Carl Scovel officiating.
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Last Week's Sermon by Charles Skold, Guest Preacher
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Sunday Services August 26
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- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- The Rev. Amelia Nugent, Assistant Minister
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
- The Rev. Dr. Donald Wells, Guest Preacher
- Cynthia Perkins, Lector
- Gregg Sorensen, Lay Reader
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Thomas Gregg, Soloist
- Paul Luca, Head Usher
- Christopher Allen, Usher in Charge
- Stephen Courtney, Dorothy Waldron and Betsy Peterson, Ushers
- Clark Aitkins, Verger
The Readings:
- Psalm 46
- Old Testament, 1 Kings 8: 22-23, 41-43
- New Testament, Ephesians: 6:10-20
The flowers on the Chancel are given in memory of their aunts Rose Allen Whittier and Geraldine Speight Knight, by Allen and Hallie Speight.
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 Punch on the Bricks, hosted by Amy Meyer and friends of the Hospitality Committee.
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Thomas Gregg will make a triumphant return this week and offer beautiful music by
Elinor Remick Warren, Hyman Reznick, and Keith Crosby Brown. The organ voluntaries are by Chapman and Reger, based on our hymns
Morning Has Broken and
A Mighty Fortress.
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Tuesday, August 28
12:15 PM
Hiro Honshuku & Yuka Kido Project
"Love to Brasil"
Brazilian/Jazz Fusion
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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 19 - September 2: Joy away
August 26-27: Amelia away
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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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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