Nautilus News January 2, 2020
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A House of Prayer for all People.
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My family traveled this week to
Mass MoCA
, the extraordinary center for contemporary art in North Adam, Massachusetts. I was deeply moved by an exhibit by Annie Lennox, whose voice as lead singer of the Eurythmics was part of the soundtrack of my youth. Lennox is a legendary singer, a noted visual artist, and also the mother of two daughters, now adults. In the exhibit, she placed artifacts from all of these vocations within a huge mound of dirt, with her piano at the top. The original MTV video of “Sweet Dreams are Made of This” plays backwards and in slow motion on the wall. The photo above shows one of her dozens of Gold Record awards in the pile.
The exhibit is a powerful meditation on memory, legacy, mortality, and relationships. What do the things we surround ourselves with say about us? What endures? When do we need to divest ourselves of a memento, or a custom, or an assumption about ourselves, for love’s sake? What is the measure of our days?
As we begin a new year and a new decade, I hold these questions in my heart regarding the work of the church. How should I, as the dean of a cathedral, measure my ministry? What should we, as a community, be building up, archiving, celebrating, and what should we release or recycle? What does it mean that, in the wake of more heart-rending violence in places of worship in our country, with the Jewish community increasingly afraid to even gather together, a lot of Episcopal priests spent the last day of the year on Facebook judging one another’s decisions about celebrating Epiphany?
God has brought us to the beginning of a new year and calls us to make the most of it. May God “teach us to number our days” and make the most of each one, letting go of what prevents us from whole-hearted discipleship and showing up for those under threat.
Please consider joining your cathedral clergy by adding your name to this
statement
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created by the Rev. Nancy Taylor of Old South Church, “Decrying Violence Against Jews,” and reaching out to Jewish friends and neighbors personally.
Amy
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Our Cathedral at a Glance...
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10 AM Eucharist -
Sanctuary
Epiphany celebration
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The Rev. Jennifer McCracken
Pastor to the MANNA Community
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Missed the latest sermon?
Here you go!
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We are in need of a new grand piano in the sanctuary. If you or someone you know is willing to donate one, please contact
Louise Mundinger.
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January 2nd - Join the Crossing for Christmas Caroling, Dinner, and Prayers. Add your song requests to
this form.
Jan. 9th - Epiphany Pageant! (come in costume if you want)
Check The Crossing
website
for addition information.
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Contemplative Prayer service
at the Paulist Center, January 22 at 7 pm. The cathedral is again partnering with our friends at the Paulist Center to sponsor a service during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The theme this year is “They showed us unusual kindness” (Acts 23: 2). Deacon Cynthia Pape and Sunday congregation member Anne Moore are helping plan this service. Please join us for a night of prayer and fellowship with our neighbors at the
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Evensong and Anthem Give-away
The Cathedral Church of St Paul will host an anthem exchange and Evensong
Sunday, January 12
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Rehearsal at 3:30 pm
Break 4:30 pm
Evensong 5 pm - The C.V. Stanford Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B Flat
Come join singers from around the diocese. Reception in the church and anthems to be exchanges in Lower Sproat Hall.
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Join God’s Movement for Justice...
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The Sunday Congregation of the cathedral will be focusing on creation care and climate justice work throughout the Season after Epiphany. Join them for a series of FaithMatters discussions on topics each Sunday after worship, and to welcome guest preacher Jim Antal on January 19th. Jim is a UCC minister, climate activist, and author of Climate Church, Climate World. You can also join in a diocesan-wide discussion of Jim’s book on Wednesday, March 25 from 7 to 8 p.m.
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Voter Registration
Our cathedral is preparing to do voter registration and voting rights work this year, leading up to the November elections. Please contact
Dean Amy
if you could like to help plan this effort. An initial planning meeting will be scheduled for later in January.
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Volunteers needed for Citizenship Clinic:
ProGente Connections
, a mission hub organization in the Diocese of Massachusetts, is partnering with
Jewish Family Services of MetroWest
to offer a Citizenship Clinic on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at
475 Franklin Street
, Suite 101 in Framingham, in order to help newcomers to the U.S.A. fill out their citizenship applications. Volunteers are needed to help in this effort. Volunteer training will be offered on Tuesday, Jan. 14 (7-8 p.m.) or Saturday, Jan. 18 (10-11 a.m.) or by appointment. For more information or to volunteer, contact the
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Host your next event here at the Cathedral. We offer competitive rates and have multiple spaces available. For more information click
here
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NEW/OLD
Love’s lost leaves
turned to brilliant collage
withered, fallen
laying bare
all that remains
A billion tiny angels
laden with secret intention
fallen, gathered
divine drifts
singing silent praises
Hidden vital promises
breaking through
making way
mocking death’s weak embrace
Cycle, return
going round, turning back
crossing the river twice
confounding the fates
locked in the eternal dance
Anonymous
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Our cathedral serves as administrative, event and liturgical host to the
To stay up-to-date on what's happening in The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts:
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Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
This week we pray for
Parishes of the Boston Harbor Deanery
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Our Sunday congregation welcomes you to beautiful worship and life-giving fellowship. Our motto is
“When in doubt, we choose love.”
Join us Sundays at 10 a.m.!
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The Crossing is our grassroots, justice-focused, do-it-yourself church community of hipsters, heretics, homeless, and other unlikely pilgrims. In August we do house church. Visit the Crossing website, or check their newsletter each week for more information.
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MANNA (Many Angels Needed Now and Always) is a ministry of and with the homeless community in downtown Boston. We need each other. And this is why we gather each week to serve, to pray, and to create together. Join MANNA throughout the week for any number of our programs!
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Our Episcopal Boston Chinese Ministry (EBCM) serves the Chinese-speaking community in Downtown Boston, hosting both traditional and contemporary worship services in Mandarin and Cantonese. We invite you to join us Sundays at 12:30pm.
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