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Thursday, November 03, 2022

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Worship With Us | Sunday, November 06

Scripture Readings: Psalm 145: 1-5

                     First Lesson:  Job 19: 23-27a Second Lesson: Luke 6: 20-31

Morning Light Worship 9:00 AM

In person at 64 Beacon Street and on Zoom at 9:00 AM.

Doors open at 8:45 

Morning Prayer Worship 11:00 AM

In-person at 58 Tremont St. and live-streamed. Doors open at 10:30 AM.

From the Minister

All Saints and All Souls Sunday

This Sunday we celebrate one of the most moving worship services we hold all year: All Saints and All Souls. I hadn’t realized this day’s special quality when I first arrived at King’s Chapel. My previous churches never slowed enough to so carefully honor those who have gone on before us: name by name, and candle by candle.

Somehow, when we gather together on this day, we gentle into gratitude for those who have died. We’re not ignoring painful parts of our lives with them, but in our sanctuary spaces on this day, I sense a sacred, more generous remembrance of our beloveds; an awareness of their whole lives; a compassionate look from this side of the grave at those who’ve already passed over.

Is it the hushed line we join, slowly walking forward to pause and quietly light a candle on the communion table? Is it seeing faces of other congregants moving forward up the aisle, and noticing their grief, familiar in our lives, too? Is it the Brahms Requiem sung by our choir, with its message of hope, faith, and consolation? It’s all these. Join us Sunday, as we gather in this special way. Remembrances will take place at both the 9 AM and 11 AM services. Services can be joined in person, on zoom (9 AM) or on live-stream (11

AM). ~Joy

From the Bench

For All Saints and All Souls, we begin by remembering the bicentennial of César Franck (1822-1890), in many ways the Belgian/French counterpart to Johannes Brahms, with one of his last compositions, the Chorale in b minor. 



Throughout the rest of the service, you will hear echoes from last weeks concert version of the Brahms Requiem with its message of consolation and hope. Emily Bieber-Harris and Brian Church are our soloists.

Don't Forget: Fall Back!

Remember to set your clocks back on Saturday evening! Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 AM on Sunday November 6.

All Saints All Souls, Sunday November 6

On Sunday November 6, King’s Chapel will celebrate All Saints and All Souls Sunday, on which we invite congregants to come forward to the communion table to light candles in memory of those who have died, this year or in the past. We want to surround you with our love as you remember these beloveds. During the service, we begin with honoring our members who have died since November 2021, and members whose close family have died this year.

Everyone else in the congregation is invited forward to remember any who have died in previous years. Our many candles together will light our space. This year, because we are also worshipping virtually, it is possible for the clergy or fellow parishioners to light candles for those viewing our livestream at 11 AM or our Zoom service at 9 AM. We’d be pleased to include you at either service. 

Memorial Project Presentation to Members and Friends

Monday, November 7, at 5PM

We are excited to present a proposal for the physical component of the Memorial. We’ve been informed by your feedback from our Conversations this past year, and the expertise of our architectural consultants, MASS Design. We hope you find it as visionary as we do.

We hope to hear your ideas and get your reactions so that the Memorial Committee can consider our next steps forward. Our shared goal is a "Memorial that will serve as a site for reflection, a catalyst for conversation, an inspiration for activism, and a beacon of hope."

We hope that everyone in our congregation will make every effort to attend. Click HERE to register for this meeting. 

EAI Conversation Series: Investing and Climate Change-Part 2, Divestment vs Engagement: The great debate on how we create social or environmental change through stock ownership

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 5:00 pm via Zoom.

At our September Conversation, Scott spoke about the ways in which many banks use our money to contribute to the climate crisis by investing in fossil fuels.

This session will look at how your investments are connected to climate change through the stock ownership of fossil fuel and related companies. It will cover the two major strategies for creating change through stock investing: divesting versus corporate engagement. It will also cover some proactive options for where you can invest to positively impact the environment. There will be time for discussion and Q & A.

Scott Budde is President and CEO of the Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union – the first deposit-taking institution to focus on building a local sustainable food system—and has done extensive work on responsible investing, He is also a member of King’s Chapel.

Click HERE to register.

Get Out the Vote!!

The collaborative efforts of the Environmental Action and Community Action Committees rallied members, including some champion letter writers, to send letters and postcards to Georgia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as making calls, and financially supporting the far reaching efforts of “UU the VOTE”. With the intention to reach voters who support environmental sustainability and social justice, King's Chapel members took time to send a personal hand-written message affirming one of the cornerstones of our democracy ~ the right, responsibility and privilege to vote! There is still time to encourage voters to get to the polls. Thanks to all and especially to Elizabeth Foster, Carol Genovese, and Kathe German.  ~ Cynthia Perkins

Three Paths, One Way: Pentecostalism, Unitarian Universalism, and Intimations of Liberation

Sponsored by the Minns Committee, Fridays November 11 & 18 at First Church Boston and King's Chapel Parish House

The Great Awakenings, the Cane Ridge Revival, Azusa Street. Nowadays, millions in the United States and hundreds of millions in the larger world embrace charismatic movements, while liberal religious and post-Christian movements wither. Is “a great gulf fixed” between them, or might liberal traditions be missing something hidden in plain sight? Rev. Dr. David Breeden is Senior Minister at First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis. Raised Pentecostal, he discovered humanism as an adult. More information, along with registration, can be found HERE

Looking Back!!

On Sunday, October 30, Maestro Heinrich Christensen and the King’s Chapel Choir partnered with the Sounds on the Hill Concert Series and the choir of the Church on the Hill, Music Director Andrew David Mattfeld, in a splendid performance of the Brahms, “A German Requiem.” Heinrich played the organ, and Maestro Mattfield conducted the double chorus. This program was generously sponsored by Holly J. Gower Boots in memory of her sister, Ellen C. Gower, a multitalented scientist and longtime member of the KC choir under Daniel Pinkham. The large audience loved it, particularly commending the splendid soloists, soprano Nina Anderson and baritone Juan Suarez.  

The next performance in the KC Concert Series is on Sunday, November 27 at 5 p.m. Our Maestro will lead a program of “Counterpoint,” contrasting Bach pieces with modern works by Larry Bell, James Woodman, and Florence Price. If you’re goingto travel on the Thanksgiving weekend, please plan to come back in time for this! 

Stewardship Campaign 2022

Stewardship is the outward sign of our love for and commitment to King’s Chapel and each other. Your generous support of the church during the Covid-19 pandemic allowed our beloved community to innovate, grow, and thrive despite external challenges. We need to continue to come together to build upon that success as we define King’s Chapel’s next chapter.

Our responsibility as members and friends is to raise $250,000 but we can only do this with everyone's participation. The campaign closes on December 31st, just over two months away. Last year we succeeded our goal, and with your help we can do the same this year. To contribute to our Stewardship Campaign this year, please go HERE.

Theology on Tap — now in-person and via Zoom!

Join us on Wednesday, 11/16, at 6pm for for a reflection on remembrance and thanksgiving! Reflecting on the Memorial Committee’s proposal for the physical component of our Memorial to Enslaved Persons at King’s Chapel, we’ll think together about the theological underpinnings of that work. Having talked last month about individual memories and loved ones, this month we’ll consider collective remembrance: the communal remembering of our Memorial Project, the civic remembering of Thanksgiving, the religious remembering of Advent and Christmas. Join us as we ponder what it means to gather together in remembrance and thanksgiving.

You can attend in person at the Parish House at 64 Beacon St., or virtually by Zoom- click here to register for the Zoom link.

New History Program Hours

Starting this week the History Program will be adjusting our hours as we head towards winter. In November and December, King's Chapel will be open for visitors on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 AM-4 PM. We will still have our popular Bell and Bones and Express Crypt tours on the hour and half-hour and General Admission available during open hours. We are happy to schedule private tours of the building throughout the week including days that the site is not usually open for the general public. 

Set in Stone: Quotation and Innovation in King’s Chapel’s Architecture- Specialty Tour and Talk



Join Educator Roslie Wilbur to learn the language of 18th-century architecture with a tour of King’s Chapel’s 1754 building on Sunday, November 6th or November 13th at 1:30 pm. A structure inspired by London’s churches but built of New England materials, the Stone Chapel represents how colonial Boston saw itself within the Atlantic World. Stepping into a Georgian building was like entering into a conversation between architect and viewer, a language we’ve forgotten how to read. Join us in learning how to read an 18th century building as it was meant to be understood. 12 tickets per tour available: purchase them via Eventbrite here.

Tuesday Recital

Tuesday, November 08| 12:15 PM at King's Chapel

Next week’s Tuesday Recital features organist Steven Young playing an all Bach program. 

Virtual Bible Study

Wednesdays at 6:15 PM on Zoom

Join us for our weekly lectionary based bible study, beginning at 6:15 PM. Contact Tim Nelson Hoy to register.

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. Drop in for any part of the hour. Register here to join.

"We Weep With Those Who Weep,

And Rejoice With Those Who Rejoice."

                               ~Romans 12:15 

We rejoice with our former verger, Simon Pilecki, who has happily completed his move to Hong Kong, where he will continue his career with the federal government.

We rejoice with Karen Dalton and her husband Todd Lee on the upcoming celebration honoring Karen’s life work of 35 years, the multivolume publication of The Image of the Black in Art, released by Harvard University Press. Festivities will be on Tuesday, November 15, sponsored by Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research. The fete will coincide with the release of the twelfth volume in this impressive series, testimony to Karen’s vast scope of work as a major editor of the series, and her passion for this subject. Well done, Karen!