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Between Sundays
Keeping the Parish Community Connected
Thursday, Sept 28, 2023
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Worship With Us | Sunday, October 1 | |
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Scripture Readings: Psalm 78: 1- 4, 12- 16
First Lesson: Exodus 17: 1- 7 Second Lesson: Matthew 21: 23- 32
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Morning Light with Holy Communion
Worship 9:00 AM
Sunday
In-person at 64 Beacon St. and on Zoom at 9:00 AM.
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Morning Prayer with Holy Communion
Worship 11:00 AM Sunday
In-person at 58 Tremont St. and live-streamed. Doors open at 10:30 AM. Coffee hour to follow, kindly hosted by Michael Bergeron.
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From the Minister
About thirty years ago I was given a cassette tape – do you remember those? It was the recording of a bishop in Rochester, NY invited to lead a retreat for church members like me. I hadn’t been able to attend, and was new to the church, so was curious.
I remember quite a bit of it, because I listened to that cassette over and over, driving to and from work. The best anecdote was about air travel: why do we pull our window shades firmly closed when outside is an astonishing, absorbing view, unimaginable to our parents. Why did we grumble with each other about the food when it is a miracle that a long, heavy metal tube could even fly?
We can choose an outlook on life – of scarcity or abundance. With a scarcity mindset, we’re fearful and hoard what we have. With a mindset of abundance, we rejoice that we have enough and then generously share with others.
If our needs are desperate, or injustices real, cry out and do not suffer in silence. But do we prayerfully distinguish the truth? The Israelites in the desert with Moses were so thirsty. What is our deepest thirst for?
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From the Bench
This Sunday, we invite you on a musical visit to the Italian Renaissance. We open with Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Recercar chromaticho, followed immediately by György Ligeti’s decidedly 20th-century dodecaphonic Ricercare, written in homage of Frescobaldi. The choir will sing selections from Messa a 4 voci by Claudio Monteverdi, and we close with a dance, Frescobaldi’s Bergamasca.
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Parish News and Upcoming Events | |
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Parish House Fall Hours
The Parish House and offices are now open on the fall schedule: Monday- Thursday, 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM.
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Beacon Hill Civic Association's Fall HillFest
Sunday, October 1, 12:00- 4:00 PM
(rain date)
We invite you to join us at the Fall HillFest this year! At the fall festival we will be promoting our programming, offering face painting, and spreading the word about the beloved community we work to create at King's Chapel. Please find us on Mt. Vernon Street, and we will be so delighted to say hello.
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Lunch and Worship With Our Unhoused Neighbors
Sunday, Oct 1, 12:30- 2:00 PM at Brewer Fountain, Boston Common
The CAC welcomes KC members and friends to join us on Boston Common, to be in community with our unhoused neighbors for a bagged lunch, made by KC volunteers that morning, followed by the 1:00 PM worship service. common cathedral holds a worship service by Brewer Fountain, to which we are always welcome, every Sunday of the year. On Oct 1, however, there is the opportunity to distribute and enjoy bagged lunches made by KC parishioners, and then to join in the worship service, in community across economic divides.
This opportunity to show up for community-building, bread-breaking, and praise has been meaningful to and transformative for KC members and friends. Please join us this Sunday, October 1st.
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Meet & Greets with new Assistant Minister, Rev. Sam Holland via Zoom
Sunday, Oct 1, 5:00- 5:45 PM
Tuesday, Oct 3, 5:30- 6:15 PM
If you would like to get to know Sam, please attend either or both of these upcoming meet and greet sessions.
Register here for the October 1st session, and register here for the October 3rd.
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Parish House Open House
Saturday, Oct 14, 10:00- 11:30 AM, 64 Beacon Street
Please join us for an Open House at our Parish House at 64 Beacon Street. While this invitation is an effort to get folks into our community who maybe have wondered what goes on at the Parish House, you are also invited as a KC member! We plan to have our refinished nursery set up by that day, and we'll also have pumpkins to carve.
If you would like to volunteer to greet, give tours, or help with pumpkin-carving, please email Sam. We hope to see you!
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Memorial Service for Stephen Score at King’s Chapel
Saturday, October 21, 2:00 PM
All are invited to the memorial service for Stephen Score, husband of our beloved member Eleanor Score, to be held at King’s Chapel on Saturday, October 21 at 2 PM. Stephen and Eleanor have been frequent worshippers at the 9 AM Morning Light service and both have added richly to the arts world. Stephen's obituary is here and some of the tributes to him can be found here and here.
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Environmental Committee: A New Banner
Some of you may have noticed that we have a new banner flying at the chapel.
It’s been almost 4 years since the first meeting of what was initially called the Environmental Action Initiative at King’s Chapel. Our ad hoc group engaged with the congregation and, among other things, organized a get-out-the-vote initiative and celebrated Earth Day with an art show and group cleanups on the Charles. Recordings from our series of speakers on climate change are available on our web page, where you can also read about the environmental work that so many of our members are doing through our member action initiative.
This year we became an official committee at King’s Chapel, and, with the senior minister, we are hosting a monthly discussion series on spirituality and the environmental crisis. Our first reading is from Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet.
It's time we had a banner on our church, don’t you think?
Why “Heal the Earth”? Click here to read more.
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October Schedule and Exhibits
This October, visit the History Program Mondays and Wednesdays- Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Sundays from 1:30- 5:00 PM.
We have a new temporary exhibit, Messages for the Living, created by King's Chapel Educator, and mortuary archaeologist, Emily Willis! This exhibit explores burial symbols seen on graves around Boston.
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Tales from the Crypt
Join the History Program every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening in October to walk among the 21 tombs beneath the chapel in our popular seasonal candlelit crypt tour. Learn about historic burial customs and congregation members of the past laid to rest at King's Chapel.
Purchase tickets here, and use code "KCmember" to receive 50% off your tickets. Please email the History Program with any questions.
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Auspicious concert series season launch
Approximately 80 fearless folks trudged through the Sunday afternoon downpour to catch the last installment in our Pinkham Centennial Celebrations. The crowd was warmly welcomed by Rev. Sam Holland.
The Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presented four emerging artists: Jennifer Hsiao, Jerrick Cavagnaro, David von Behren, and Mary-Katherine Fletcher-- the next generation of organists playing Pinkham!
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Update from the Memorial Committee
This past Monday, members of the KC Memorial Project, the MASS Design Group, and several members of the KC buildings and grounds committee joined Harmonia Rosales, the artist who created our memorial, for an extensive tour of the church sanctuary and grounds.
Ms. Rosales, who is based in California, came to Boston specifically to visit and spend time in our building, and to meet in person with the KC and MASS Design teams.
Much time and discussion was given to questions related to the location and dimensions of the outside sculpture, the size of the ceiling mural, time lines, and a host of other relevant concerns.
At the end of the day KC and MASS Design co-hosted a reception at the MASS Design’s offices where members of the KC leadership team (Church Council members, Vestry members, the Trustees, the Building Committee, Memorial Committee members, and all those on the Living and Physical Memorials Committees), along with staff from MASS Design had an opportunity to meet informally with one another and also with the artist.
It is anticipated that Ms. Rosales will be returning to Boston in the future to assist in fund raising activities.
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Parish Events This Coming Week | |
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Tuesday Recital
October 3, 12:15 PM at King's Chapel
In person and livestreamed
Next week’s Tuesday recital features Australian bassoonist Ben Hoadley. Ben was a student at New England Conservatory approximately 20 years ago, and he and Heinrich played Daniel Pinkham’s Humoresques together back then. So they will repeat that effort, along with some delightful early music selections.
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Virtual Bible Study
Wednesdays, 6:15 PM on Zoom
Join us for our weekly lectionary-based Bible study, beginning at 6:15 PM.
Contact Tim to register.
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Weekly Thursday Coffee
Thursdays, 11:00 AM on Zoom
Bring your cup of coffee or tea and join other King's Chapel folks for an informal conversation by Zoom every Thursday morning. Drop in for any part of the hour. Please note new start-time: 11:00 AM!
Register here to join.
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We rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep ~ Romans 12:15 | |
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We hold in prayer our members who recently experienced the death of their beloved or are themselves ill. O God, who is able to fully heal us even if we are not medically cured, and who remains with us through it all, grant unto us, we pray, knowledge of this amazing truth: that nothing can separate us from your love.
We mourn with our member James Bockmeir, holding him our hearts as he grieves Ethan Lewis, James’ supporter and mentor in poetry writing.
We grieve with the Scovels and our whole congregation, on the recent death in Maine of our former member, Rosemary Brigham, fondly remembered.
We pray for Christopher and Jessica Schmidt, as they mourn Chris’s grandmother, Josephine Schmidt.
We also pray that those who are suffering from COVID may heal and recover well: Carol and Emanuel Genovese, and Felicia Kisselberg, her father and rest of their family. May God’s blessings be with them bountifully.
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King's Chapel Prayer Circle | |
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The King's Chapel Prayer Circle is a group of individuals including our ministers, who offer prayers for any who request it, and always in complete confidence. The group is facilitated by Cynthia Perkins. To request prayers please contact Joy (joy@kings-chapel.org) or Cynthia (prayerrequest@kings-chapel.org).
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King's Chapel Stewardship | |
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You are invited to show your love for King's Chapel with a gift to the 2023 Stewardship campaign! Every gift ensures that King's Chapel can continue to meet the spiritual needs of our beloved community and is greatly appreciated. Visit kings-chapel.org/stewardship for more information and to make your gift or pledge today - thank you!
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In the love of truth and in the spirit of Jesus Christ,
we unite for the worship of God
and the service of all.
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