Between Sundays
Keeping the Parish Community Connected
Thursday, January 27, 2022
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Message from the Minister |
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My Dear Friends—
Have you taken a look at our Gospel reading from Luke yet? You’ll see that it’s actually the second half of the story we started to hear last week. Joy and I enjoyed a moment of fun as we were planning our preaching schedule a few weeks ago: it turns out that when you’re the senior minister, you get to preach on Jesus proclaiming the good news to the people—and when you’re the junior minister, you get to preach on those same people attempting to throw Jesus over a cliff! Not exactly a “loaves and fishes” Sunday!
Indeed, there’s much to puzzle us in this scene from Luke’s Gospel. Why the sudden turning of the people against Jesus? Weren’t they just praising his “gracious words”? And what’s he trying to tell them with those stories of Elijah and Elisha, his invocation of the widow from Sidon and the general from Syria? Are you up for a bit of sleuthing? Take some time with Jeremiah and Psalm 71—there’s an image given to us by both the prophet and the psalmist that may provide a clue. And then there’s 1 Corinthians, with that bit about love so familiar to us from wedding ceremonies. Can we begin to assemble a picture from these fragments?
As we travel through this season after Epiphany, we are reminded of the way Jesus reveals himself to us millennia after the first wise ones encountered him in the flesh. We are reminded that an “epiphany” is often not a single moment, but a series of encounters—perhaps a bit like a puzzle being assembled from fragments we find along the way. This Sunday, two of the pieces we’ll hear about are truth and love. We’ll explore how they’re revealed to us in our sacred scripture, and we’ll ponder their meaning for us as we endeavor to follow Jesus on the Way.
In faith and love,
David
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Worship With Us | Sunday, January 30
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Scripture Readings:
Psalm 71: 1-6
First Lesson: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13
Gospel: Luke 4: 21-30
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Morning Light Worship Service | 9:00 AM
We'll open up Zoom at 8:50 for greetings, start the service promptly at 9:00, and a short "coffee hour" will follow the service. There will be no in-person Morning Light service through February 6th.
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Morning Prayer Worship Service | 11:00 AM
In-person at 58 Tremont Street and live-streamed
Doors open at 10:30 AM. Masks (double-masking or K/N95 masks) and proof of vaccination required (for those eligible). Worshippers will be asked to sign in for contact tracing purposes. Prelude and live-streaming starts at 10:50 AM.
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From the Bench
Our service this Sunday opens with Valediction, composed by Carson Cooman in memory of our recently departed former choir member Howard Chadwick. You will also hear two organ pieces by Florence Price who graduated from New England Conservatory in 1906 and holds the distinction of being the first female African-American composer to have her music performed by a major orchestra (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).
The choir will sing love songs all morning. Bairstow’s I Sat Down Under His Shadow, John Bell’s Many Waters Cannot Quench Love, and Norwegian Ola Gjeilo’s Ubi Caritas.
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****Reminder: Proof of COVID Vaccination Required for Services***
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King's Chapel Annual Budget Meeting
Sunday, January 30 at 7:00 PM on Zoom
The Annual Budget Meeting for the Society of King's Chapel will be held via Zoom on Sunday January 30 at 7:00 PM. Materials have been sent separately to all members.
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Tuesday Recital
Tuesday, February 1, at 12:15 PM
Next week’s recital marks the beginning of a series. On the first Tuesday of every other month, violist Peter Sulski will present the Bach Suites and Telemann Fantasias. Join us from the beginning and collect the complete set!
Recitals are now live-streamed directly from the Tuesday Recitals page on our website where they then wander down to a playlist where you will be able to catch a past recital if you missed it, but you can also still find them on our YouTube channel if that is your preferred medium.
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Weekly Bible Study
Wednesdays at 6:15 PM on Zoom
Join members on Wednesday evenings as we gather on Zoom for a discussion on the weekly lectionary readings. Check out the online calendar for details of each week's focus.
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Weekly Thursday Coffee
Thursdays at 10:00 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. A great way to get to know each other a bit better. Drop in for any part of the hour.
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SAVE THE DATE
Shrove Pancake Breakfast, Sunday February 27
Join the church school families for the annual Pancake Breakfast! Details to follow!
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Interested in touring King's Chapel this week?
We will be open for regular winter History Program hours (10am-4pm) on Friday January 28.
Due to the impending snowstorm, the History Program will be closed to the public on Saturday January 29.
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From the Membership Committee |
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On Sunday, we joyfully welcomed seven new members to King’s Chapel. Four joined at the Zoom Morning Light service at 9 AM, and 3 joined in person at our Morning Prayer service at 11 AM. Each has been worshipping with us for some time, made possible by our virtual services, and by our decision to reopen Morning Prayer for in-person service last September. Welcome to all! We’ll share more with you over the next several weeks, but for now here are their names: Catherine Collishaw, Heather Fraser-Fawcett, Elizabeth Foster, Michelle Gaudet, Frank Kearns, Felicia Kisselburg, and Kelly Murphy Mason. What good news that we continue to grow, even in the midst of this pandemic.
We will be introducing them to you here over the next several weeks! Please join us in welcoming them!
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Elizabeth Foster is a third-year UU seminarian at the Boston University School of Theology, specializing in denominational history and interfaith work. She is passionate about disability justice and serves on the Leadership Circle for EqUUal Access and chairs the Rider’s Transit Access Group for the MBTA. She also enjoys cooking, writing, and during more usual times, English Country Dancing. She lives in Cambridge with her cat, Jade. |
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Felicia Kisselburg attends the Morning Light service from North Carolina, via Zoom. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from Grand View University and Iowa State University. While there, she worshiped in Des Moines at a Presbyterian church and sang in the choir. She then moved to Atlanta, Georgia and became involved with music and missions at Sugar Hill United Methodist for 11 years. She met her husband, Joe, in Georgia, married, and lived there for 18 years. She, Joe, and their son Nathan, 13, reside in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. Felicia works for the North Carolina
Administrative Office of the Courts and Joe is vice president of operations at Capital Ready Mix. The family enjoys boating, fishing, and gardening.
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We rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Romans 12:15
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Congratulations go to one of our former seminarian's, and current Director of the Minns Committee, Marc Loustau and his wife Amy, who are celebrating the birth of their son Sebastian John Tamás Loustau. All are doing fine at home, resting, nursing, and settling in. A meal train has been set up by one of their friends to help during this time as they settle in. If you would like to know more about this, please contact Parish Administrator, Gretchen Horton.
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Please consider a stewardship offering in a spirit of thanksgiving to help us through this challenging time. Every single gift in any amount is equally valued and helps enormously. Visit our webpage to learn more about ways to give: |
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The King's Chapel Prayer Circle, led by Cynthia Perkins, stands ready to pray for any who request it, in complete confidence.
To request prayers email Joy (joy@kings-chapel.org) or Cynthia Perkins
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In the love of truth, and the spirit of Jesus Christ,
we unite for the worship of God
and the service of all.
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