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Between Sundays
Keeping the Parish Community Connected
Thursday, Sept 14, 2023
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Worship With Us | Sunday, September 17 | |
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Scripture Readings: Psalm 103: (1- 7)
First Lesson: Genesis 50: 15- 21 Second Lesson: Matthew 18: 21- 35
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Morning Light
Worship 9:00 AM
Sunday
In-person at 64 Beacon St. and on Zoom at 9:00 AM.
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Morning Prayer
Worship 11:00 AM Sunday
In-person at 58 Tremont St. and live-streamed. Doors open at 10:30 AM. No coffee hour this week. Instead, please join us at the 12:30 PM Homecoming Luncheon.
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From the Minister
“Interbeing.” The wise Zen Buddhist teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, uses that word to describe our inextricable one-ness with all in the cosmos – no one of us separate and apart, all connected, all part of the same Oneness in our Cosmos, from the past and into the future. From that insight -- our one-ness with other people across the globe, our children to come, and the globe itself – he teaches us the spiritual necessity to care for one another and the environment.
Jesus teaches something related this week – about forgiveness. For the good of any community, including the early church that he knows his crazy, very human band of disciples are about to found, Jesus commands us to show unlimited, endless forgiveness. Why? It’s not just for how much more fully we as individuals we may live when we forgive others or are forgiven. But more broadly, for the health of all those to whom we’re connected will live. For the life of a healthy community.
It’s hard to give up the sense of “self” that this. Zen practice, or Jesus’ teaching requires. But perhaps this Sunday, when we gather again as One community, we can see again how joyous a connected and gathered community is. We all thrive. Come yourselves to. Homecoming Sunday and bring a friend. It will be so good to gather again.
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From the Bench
For Homecoming, the choir will be back, so Handel’s Swell the Full Chorus from Solomon shall once again resound from the rafters. They will also sing Duruflé’s classic Ubi Caritas and Carol Barnett’s Come, We who Love the Lord, based on an ancient shape note hymn. Mindy Hinkel will also offer a little preview of her upcoming Tuesday recital with Absence from Berlioz’ Les nuits d’été. The organ voluntaries are perky: Emma Lou Diemer’s Fiesta and Derek Bourgeois’ Serenade.
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Homecoming Week at King's Chapel | |
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Homecoming Sunday, September 17
Morning Light 9:00 AM (in-person and on Zoom)
Morning Prayer 11:00 AM
Luncheon, after Morning Prayer, at the Parish House
September 17 is Homecoming Sunday, a time for us to gather back together as a church after the summer.
Join us for Morning Light at 9:00 AM, held both in person in the Little Chapel at the Parish House and via Zoom, and for Morning Prayer at 11:00 AM, in-person at the Church or livestreamed on our website and Youtube.
Following Morning Prayer, you are cordially invited to the Parish House to help kick off the new church year. Enjoy a sumptuous feast with full lunch and homemade desserts prepared by members of the church. Catch up with old friends and meet new King’s Chapel members and new Assistant Minister Sam Holland and their wife Libby. If you would like to volunteer at the luncheon, please email Gregg Sorensen. We look forward to welcoming you on September 17!
Please RSVP to Laura.
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Parish House Fall Hours
Beginning Monday, September 18, the Parish House and offices will be open on the fall schedule: Monday thru Thursday, 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM.
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2023-2024 Environmental Conversations Series
First Meeting: Spirituality and the Environmental Crisis: An Interfaith Exploration via Zoom
Monday, Sept 18, 5:00- 6:15 PM
We kick off our new Environmental Conversations series on spirituality and the environmental crisis. Please join us via Zoom for a discussion of the book from Thich Nhat Hanh titled Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet. You are welcome to read the entire book of course, but we will focus only on Part 1, and it will be distributed by email a week before the meeting. If anyone would like a paper copy of the section mailed to them, please email Reception@kings-chapel.org. You need to register for the meeting in order to receive the Zoom link as well as the section emailed to you. Register here.
This first meeting will explore an interfaith Buddhist perspective on the environmental crisis. We encourage everyone to highlight passages they would like to discuss. With support from the ministers, subsequent meetings will compare Christian and indigenous perspectives on this fundamental question of our times. For questions, contact Kent Wittenburg.
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Tuesday Recital
September 19, 12:15 PM at King's Chapel
In person and livestreamed
Next week’s Tuesday recital features contralto Mindy Hinkel accompanied by Brett Hinkel on keyboard in Hector Berlioz’ Les nuits d’été.
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Workshop on Gender, Theology & Pronouns
Wednesday, Sept 20, 6:00- 7:30 PM, on Zoom.
How can we make sure we, as a community, are welcoming to trans and gender-nonconforming people? How do our ideas of gender affect our faith? On Wednesdays August 30 and September 20, the Adult Religious Education Committee is hosting "Gender, Theology, and Pronouns" a two-part workshop from 6:00- 7:30 PM on Zoom. Amanda Pickett and Tim Nelson-Hoy will share information and hold space for discussion about the use of pronouns, and how ideas of gender affect our relationship with each other, and with God.
For further information, contact Tim Nelson-Hoy at tim.c.nh@gmail.com. Please register in advance with either Tim or Laura Zeugner, laura@kings-chapel.org.
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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 the start-time change to 11:00 AM!
Register here to join.
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Beacon Hill Civic Association's Fall HillFest
Sunday, Sept 24, 12:00- 4:00 PM
We invite you to join us at the Fall Hill Fest 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. Details about where our table will be located will be published soon, but please save the date!
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First Sunday Concert
Sept 24, 5:00 PM at the Church
Our Sunday concert series starts early this year with a very special event on September 24 at 5:00 PM: Members of the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will play works by Daniel Pinkham in our ongoing celebration of Dan’s centennial.
Admission for this concert will be free, as it also serves as the opening service of the guild’s season. The rest of our season is now up on our website, and if you are on the concert series mailing list, a brochure should be arriving on your doorstep very soon!
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Parish News and Upcoming Events | |
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Living Memorial Update
Our Living Memorial is a natural extension of our Physical Memorial. We acknowledge the harm to the enslaved persons who were connected to our church, and we seek to repair that history as we move forward. Our intent is to work closely with communities that have been impacted by the history of slavery and be guided by them. We hope to transform lives by bringing fundamental change to people, relationships, and communities.
As to determining who our community partners might be we have received suggestions from members of our congregation in their responses to our congregational inquiry, as well as from individual conversations and emails. Currently, potential partners fall into five categories: housing, education, environmental justice, criminal justice, and culture/art. Research has been done into the work of all the potential partners.
Click here to read more about the upcoming report from the Memorial Committee and about supporting the Memorial Project.
Please direct any questions to Cliff Allen.
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From Sam: Children & Youth Programs
Dear KC community,
Hello from 64 Beacon! As many of you have heard, one of my primary roles in our beloved community is to renew and restore our children and youth programming. As you likely know, this endeavor is one of community. As such, I want to reach out to let you know I am working to get a group of those who might be interested in programming for children and youth (adults to help me with conceptualization). If you are interested in assisting me with planning, coordinating, and preparing for those youngest at KC, please let me know. This work will be best done with just a little community buy-in/guidance; after all, I'm still learning about KC!
Similarly, while I'm working to get in touch with families currently, I realize there might be a possibility that names or contact information has fallen through the cracks. If you have ideas, opinions, or thoughts as a parent or guardian of a youth or child, and you think you have missed my outreach, please do email or call.
I can be reached at assistant.minister@kings-chapel.org. My work cell is 336-485-5618.
Grace and peace,
Sam
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September open hours are 10:00 AM- 5:00 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Guided tours continue at their usual schedule and ticket prices, with self-guided Sanctuary tours available throughout those days.
We're looking forward to welcoming new staff this month, and to getting ready for another busy October with candlelit Tales from the Crypt. A favorite with visitors, this evening tour explores customs and changes in burial practices through history.
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We rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep ~ Romans 12:15 | |
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We mourn with our member, Eleanor Score, the death of her husband Stephen Score. Stephen always added much to our 9 AM Morning Light service, offering compelling and poetic prayers when those present were invited to offer their own prayers. Stephen and Eleanor lived on Beacon Hill for many years, and as gifted artists, added much to our community and the wider one. We hold Eleanor in our hearts and prayers, praying she will know the comforting presence of both the Holy and her friends at King’s Chapel and beyond. The memorial service for Stephen will be held at King’s Chapel on Saturday, October 21st.
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We also pray with Faith and Carl Scovel as they mourn the loss of their niece, Corey Martin, who died recently while awaiting a liver transplant. May they and all of Corey’s friends and family be upheld with love during this hard time. | |
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We rejoice with the Metcalf family in the birth of their son Clifford Felix Metcalf. We look forward to enlisting baby Clifford as baby Jesus in our Christmas pageant this year- a family tradition!
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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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