- 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)

The Parish House, and parsonage apartment, are hot this week. Most of the staff, and many of you, are away. The dog pants balefully at me while I look through commentaries, and the cat has taken to spending all day sprawled out on the cool tiles of the shower.

 Into these lazy, muggy days burst   Psalm 45 (1-2, 6-9)  and Song of Songs ( 2: 8-13),  sensual, vibrant texts of courtship and desire. Full of energy and vitality, they spring off the page, asking us to rekindle our love of God, love of the world. Perhaps the compilers of the Revised Common Lectionary knew that, at this point of summer, we would need the reminder to be thankful for God's gifts to us. Come this Sunday to hear these passionate texts, and forget the heat of the sun for a moment in the sizzling fire of these ancient words of love. 

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

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!

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.