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credit: Life Magazine, December 1994, p. 60
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
June 28, 2020 at 9 a.m.
Join us on Facebook at 9 a.m. to watch our live service.
You can watch on our website as well.
Missed last Sunday's sermon, want to read it, or re-watch the service?
You can by clicking here.
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COLLECT FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
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lmighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Please
click here
for this
week's readings.
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CHRIST CHURCH'S 1st WATCH PARTY! TONIGHT AT 6:15 P.M.!
Join other parishioners
TONIGHT
to watch the award-winning document
13th
an exploration of how a politically expedient loophole in the 13
th
Amendment (1865) of the US Constitution ending chattel slavery conveniently paved the way for Jim Crow, segregation, and the prison industrial complex.
This documentary is an important exploration of the legal underpinnings of racism.
Read reviews
here
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Join us for a discussion following the viewing around 8 p.m.
Please email the
office
for the link.
Another in an
ongoing series of opportunities
for the Parish to engage the holy work of
unlearning the sin of racism.
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B-LOVE FOR B-SAFE: FEED KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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Thank you to all who have signed up to shop for B-Safe We are blessed with a robust budget because of the generosity of the members of Christ Church. We do need shoppers-- we have committed to 50 bags and have 20, and we need them on or before July 13th. If you have someone in need of an activity, send them shopping! A trip to the store could be an outing and a gift to a family in need. If you have any questions, you can reach Kathleen at (781) 449-4635. Thank you, you are the BEST!!!
Click
here
to see the shopping list and
here
to sign up.
Jesus was always feeding people.
Thank you for loving your neighbor in this way!
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BELOVED SPACES:
THE TE DEUM WINDOW OVER HIGHLAND AVENUE
Learn a bit about the glorious window high above our Highland Street entrance, and how it points us to loving our neighbors.
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LECTIO DIVINA: Wednesdays 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Join us Wednesday evenings 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
for very simple and comforting form of spiritual reflection known as "Lectio Divina". P
lease email
Heidi
for the Zoom link.
Learn more about Lectio Divina here.
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NEW RECORDING FROM OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR
Enjoy a new recording from our Music Director Pam Goody and her husband Bruce Goody. Listen
here (in the right column "Music Highlights").
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SUMMER CHOOSE-A-HYMN
There are only 4 weeks left available to choose your summer hymn! Now is your chance to hear your favorite hymn on a Sunday morning, and you can also support a summer accompanist with a donation.
Please click
here to sign up, and to enter your requested hymn. Please mail a check to Christ Church ($100/week, made payable to Christ Church and note "summer music" in the memo line). We will recognize donors in the weekly bulletin.
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ORGAN NOTES: National Debt and an Organ Treasure
By Linnea Wren
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The Jordi Bosch Organ
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The medieval sepulcher of Emengol X (1274-1314), a Spanish count, now rests in the Cloisters Museum in New York City. Two additional tombs of his family members and three walls of the family burial chapel, which he erected, are also there. And just how did the family chapel and its tombs make that trans-Atlantic journey, we might ask.
The answer is debt. Big time.
Nineteenth century Spain struggled with financial decline and political turmoil. Between 1808 and 1814, the Spanish people fought against the French occupation army, which responded with unspeakable brutality against guerilla forces and civilian populations alike. Trade, industry, agriculture and animal husbandry had all been devastated. The population had been decimated. When French forces withdrew in 1814, the Spanish government was nearly bankrupt. A seven year civil war erupted in 1833, the same year that the three-year old child, Isabella, was named monarch.
Overseeing a country plagued by constant insurrections and deep poverty, Isabella II (1830-1904) was known as She of the Sad Destinies.
Isabella's government immediately addressed the enormous national debt that had been accumulating since the late 18th century. By the 1830's, national debt securities had declined to less than 15% of their nominal value. To raise revenues, Isabella continued the policy of her father and earlier monarchs. She abolished wealthy monasteries, and seized and sold their lands and properties.
Both the Jordi Bosch organ and Emangol's sepulcher and chapel were among those resold goods. The Jordi Bosch organ had originally been installed in monastery of Santo Domingo in Palma de Mallorca.
Its lands were appropriated in 1836 and sold to the wealthy class. Before their demolishment, the monastic buildings were scavenged for decorative elements. The monastic organ, along with the altarpiece, was sold to the parish church of Sant Andreu, thirty five miles away.
Moving the massive organ across Mallorca was arduous. One leg of its journey was by donkey and cart. In the process, the organ lost its third keyboard. Once it arrived, the organ proved to be too large for its space and pipes were sc
attered in church corners. In 1984, the organ was fully restored.
Emengol was Catalonian. His sepulcher was originally installed in a monastic church, close to his family home. It was purchased by the expatriate American sculptor, George Grey Barnard (1863-1938), who took advantage of the low prices and excessive availability of privatized church goods both in France and Spain to buy a huge art collection. Barnard's collection, in turn, was purchased by John D. Rockefeller who financed the Cloisters Museum.
In Christ Church, Needham, we will be able to hear the splendid tones of Jordi Bosch's monastic organ. We can also hope that Emengol, after his unplanned travels in the 19th and 20th centuries is now resting in peace.
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Click
here to read the minutes from the June vestry meeting, also available in
QuickLinks section below.
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Please email the
office with your prayers for inclusion in Sunday worship.
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SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY
Christ Church has deep ties to these organizations that continue to offer services and support to those in need during the pandemic.
Donations
in any amount are truly appreciated. It is one way to keep loving our neighbor as Jesus teaches.
MANNA has expanded their
mission to be a place of solace, peace, and nourishment for those who have nowhere else to go just now, and the new costs are significant. Donate online
here
. Scroll down on the options drop-down menu to Monday Lunch.
The Needham Community Council is keeping the Food Pantry open and will continue to provide food supplies to Needham residents. Click here to learn how you can donate.
Circle of Hope is offering contactless emergency deliveries to partner shelters. C
lick here to
link
directly Emergency Response Wish List.
B-Safe continues to offer virtual and financial support to the young people it serves and their communities. Donate to the SSYP Pandemic Relief fund here.
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Health Links: Gun Safety, Domestic Violence and Food Support
GUN SAFETY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FOOD SUPPORT
Sign up to shop at the Food Pantry
here
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THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday, June 29
11:00 a.m. Virtual Staff Meeting
Tuesday, June 30
8:00 a.m. Men's Prayer (via Zoom, email
Nick for the invitation)
9:30 a.m. Pastoral Response
Wednesday, July 1
7:00 p.m.
Lectio Divina (via Zoom, email
Heidi
for the invitation)
Sunday, July 5
10:00 a.m. Coffee hour (via Zoom, link in Friday's email)
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