Between Sundays
Keeping the Parish Community Connected
Thursday, December 30, 2021
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A New Year's Message from Joy |
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Dear friends,
My favorite passage from the Bible is from Isaiah, about new beginnings and hope ahead. As we enter a new year, I share it with you.
Blessings to you all, this year and next.
Always, Joy
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Do not fear,
for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name,
you are mine.
When you pass
through the waters,
I will be with you;
and through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
When you walk through fire,
you shall not be burned,
and the flame
shall not consume you.
For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
Your Savior.
You are precious in my sight,
and honored,
and I love you.
Do not fear, for I am with you.
Do not remember
the former things,
or consider the things of old.
I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth,
do you not perceive it?
I will make a way
in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
Excerpts from Isaiah 43
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Worship With Us | Sunday, January 2
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Morning Light Worship Service, with Holy Communion | 9:00 AM
Virtual on Zoom (no in-person Morning Light service today)
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 today.
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Morning Prayer Worship Service, with Holy Communion | 11:00 AM
In-person at 58 Tremont Street and virtual on YouTube
Doors open at 10:30 AM. 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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****Reminder: Proof of COVID Vaccination Required for Services***
Please note that starting on December 1, proof of COVID vaccination is required by those eligible for full vaccination to enter any King’s Chapel facilities for worship, concerts, meetings, or rentals. worship services, concerts, meetings or parish house rentals.
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Degreening of the Chapel
Sunday, January 2, following Morning Prayer
Volunteers are needed to de-green the church following Morning Prayer on January 2, 2022! It’s not as exciting as greening the church but it needs to be done. Please consider staying after Morning Prayer to help out. The more volunteers we have the faster we’ll get it done! Especially needed is someone with the courage to climb a tall ladder to remove the highest wreath in the chancel! There is a de-greening opportunity for teens and adults alike. Thank you in advance!
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Lunch and Worship with common cathedral at the Boston Common
Sunday, January 2 at 12:30 PM
Join the Community Action Committee as we gather with our unhoused neighbors at Brewer Fountain (and we will make sandwiches again, of course). We hope you will join us. Please email Tim to sign up for attending service, and Amanda to sign up for sandwich making.
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Tuesday Recital
Tuesday, January 4 at 12:15 PM
Next Tuesday, Giovanni Solinas will play King's Chapel's CB Fisk organ.
If you can’t make it in person, you can check out the livestream here.
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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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Community Action Committee Monthly Meeting
Thursday, January 6 at 3:30 PM on Zoom
All are welcome to join the King's Chapel Community Action Committee's monthly meeting.
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Mary Oliver Poetry Group
Beginning Monday, January 10 at 5:00 PM
Come join us in the new year as we explore the poetry and ideas of Mary Oliver with Kent Wittenberg and David Waters! We’ll meet on Zoom for three Mondays beginning January 10.
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Bell Ringing with the Environmental Action Initiative
Saturday, January 11th at 11:00 AM
Show up at 10:45 AM
The science is clear: climate change is already happening, and unless we reduce carbon emissions and the manufacture and use of plastics, our earth will quite soon be unsustainable. It’s urgent, it’s the 11th Hour. And so, at 11:00 AM on the 11th day of each month, the King’s Chapel Environmental Action Initiative and friends ring our wonderful bell for 11 minutes, to call attention and to invite others to join us in this good work. Questions and replies: Sylvia Soderberg | sylviasoderberg@verizon.net
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New Member Orientation
Tuesday, January 11th at 6:00 PM
Twice a year King's Chapel welcomes new members at both of our Sunday services. This year, we'll welcome you on Sunday, January 23, 2022, and again in June, If you're interested or just curious about what membership entails, please join us for an Orientation session via zoom at 6 PM on Tuesday, January 11. The membership committee, Joy and David will talk about our history, how we governed, the issues on which you'll be able to vote, responsibilities of membership, and ways one can get involved, if you choose. Your questions are welcome!
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A Call to Repair: From Here to Equality: A Webinar to support Inquiry and Action with speakers, Dr. Sandy Darity and Kirsten Muellen
Wednesday, January 12th at 4:00 PM
King’s Chapel is one of many former Anglican churches during the colonial period of Massachusetts, before the American Revolution. Here in New England, all of these churches that began as the Church of England, and today are Episcopal, are beginning to grapple with the history of their churches’ leaders as enslavers of black people, or as slave traders – from wardens to major donors to clergy. There are many historic churches excavating this past: King’s Chapel is not alone.
At the invitation of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, King’s Chapel has been participating in monthly zoom meetings of these present-day Episcopal churches meeting to learn their history, and together consider ways forward. As part of this regular meeting of clergy and laity, the group has received presentations by the King’s Chapel historian, Faye Charpentier; our history website is considered the model for other churches.
On Wednesday January 12, we and they are co-sponsoring a webinar by one of the leading researchers in this field, Dr. Sandy Darity, economist at Duke. He worked with multiple Federal Reserve Banks, including Boston’s, to document and study the wealth gap between people of color and whites, based in great part upon past discriminatory policies, in real estate and employment, that restricted the development and inheritance of wealth from generation to generation.
You are invited to participate in this important webinar, for free, on Wednesday, January 12th, from 4:00-5:30 PM. Please register in advance through Eventbrite:
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Environmental Action Initiative Open Meeting
Tuesday, January 18th at 5:00 PM on Zoom
On Tuesday January 18 at 5PM, the Environmental Action Initiative will host our first open meeting of 2022. We plan to continue our discussion of the energy transition for Massachusetts and, particularly, take note of what significant actions we are taking and might take as a community in light of our responsibilities. Please mark your calendars and join your fellow congregants and friends for an hour of discussion. Details to follow. The Zoom invite link may be found here Reminder that we have an action checklist on our webpage. Please check it out.
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King's Chapel Concert Series: An Alice Parker Portrait
Sunday, January 23 at 5:00 PM
We explore the works of Massachusetts' favorite daughter, a trailblazer in composing, arranging and conducting as a true 20th century Renaissance woman! Presented by the King's Chapel Choir conducted by Heinrich Christensen.
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King's Chapel Budget Meeting
Sunday, January 30, following Morning Prayer
More information to come.
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January Hours and Vaccine Mandate
Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year from the King’s Chapel History Program! Tour hours are currently planned to resume on the winter schedule this Friday, January 7.
At this time, the History Program will begin requiring proof of vaccination for visitors. In accordance with the City of Boston’s upcoming “B Together” initiative, “visitors must have proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter this business. That verification can be done with:
A CDC vaccination card
A digital image of your CDC card
An image of any official immunization record
A City of Boston app or any other COVID vaccine verification app”
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Our Stewardship year is coming to an end and we need to be sure that everyone does their part to be sure our beloved King's Chapel has all the funds it needs for the coming year. Our recent letters hopefully reminded you to send in your gift, right away. In this season of giving, let us all remember the gifts we receive every week from King's Chapel and do our part to show our thanks with our gift in return.
Your Stewardship Committee
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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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