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Between Sundays
Keeping the Parish Community Connected
Thursday, Oct 19, 2023
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Worship With Us | Sunday, October 22 | |
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Scripture Readings: Psalm 96: 1- 7
First Lesson: Isaiah 45: 1- 6 Second Lesson: Matthew 22: 15- 22
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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. Coffee hour to follow, kindly hosted by Christopher and Jessica Schmidt
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From the Minister
What principles shape your life? In the Buddhist tradition, each morning one sets an “intention” for the day, of how one seeks to be in the world. It’s more than a vague hope; it’s a chosen determination, gently held, that one mindfully returns to during the day. For Christians, one may say their life is shaped by trying to live by “God’s will” or by “following Jesus.” Benedictines adopt a “rule of life,” ways of being that they believe help them live more fully into God’s will, day by day. In retreats I’ve attended in the past, participants prayerfully write their own guidelines or “rule” for life. For us Christians, it always centers on a life of Love, the self-giving “agape” love, unconditioned on what we receive in return, beyond friendship love (“philia”) and beyond romantic love (“eros”). If we were asked, as individuals and as a church, what God is calling us to now, in this time, and in this place, how do we answer? It changes how we live and what we value most.
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From the Bench
As we are entering the spooky season, we will go goth for organ voluntaries this week with Léon Boëllmann’s Suite Gothique.
The choir will offer sneak previews of the Sunday afternoon concert program “When Britten Met Poulenc” with Francis’ haunting Salve Regina and Benji’s God’s Grandeur, an athletic singing event set to this amazing text by poet Gerard Manley Hopkins:
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
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Parish News and Upcoming Events | |
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Spirituality & Theology for Today Discussion at Bible Study
Friday, October 20
6:15-7:00 PM
Please join Tim Nelson-Hoy and the Bible Study group on Friday the 20th from 6:15-7:30 PM. We invite you to consider how faith communities can offset the issue of loneliness in our great nation. Take a look at the PDF we used as a guide for last night’s Spirituality & Theology for Today event (attached here). Sam is preparing readings, activities, and videos to guide our discussion. We’ll also discuss some of this week's scripture readings and enjoy each other's company!
You may have noticed that Wednesday night’s event was held in person only. This was an intentional decision to support those in our community who are seeking opportunities to connect in person. We’ll have another conversation on loneliness via Zoom in the winter months. We have deep gratitude for our faith community and recognize that each of us have differing abilities and desire to travel and meet outside our homes. We’ve taken to heart the advice from the Surgeon General to 'reform digital environments’ and we look forward to continuing to create and support opportunities to connect in person and virtually. If you are in need of a pastoral visit, please reach out to us - your KC community is here for you.
With hope, always,
Sam
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Memorial Service for Stephen Score at King’s Chapel
Saturday, October 21, 2:00 PM
All are invited to the memorial service for Stephen Score, husband of our beloved member Eleanor Score, to be held at King’s Chapel on Saturday, October 21 at 2:00 PM. Stephen and Eleanor have been frequent worshippers at the 9:00 AM Morning Light service, and both have added richly to the arts world. Stephen's obituary is here and some of the tributes to him can be found here and here.
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Sunday Concert Series: When Britten Met Poulenc
Sunday, Oct 22, 5:00 PM
In “When Britten Met Poulenc”, we hop back and forth across the English Channel as we explore the point and counterpoint of contemporary composer colleagues Francis Poulenc and Benjamin Britten. They both wrote prolifically for chorus, sacred as well as secular pieces, and shared a fascination with the folksong traditions of their respective countries. We will aim to illustrate both their similarities and differences.
As always, you save $5 by buying tickets in advance here.
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Light a Candle in Remembrance:
All Saints and All Souls
Sunday, Nov 5
Morning Light, 9:00 AM | Morning Prayer, 11:00 AM
On Sunday, November 5, King’s Chapel celebrates All Saints and All Souls, when we honor the memory of beloved individuals who have died. Those who have lost close family members over the past year are invited to light a candle and say a few words about your beloved. Other congregants, in tribute to those who have died in previous years, are invited to come forward next, and light candles without speaking. The Choir will sing selections from Duruflé's deeply moving Requiem at the 11:00 AM Morning Prayer service. Please join us as we come together in remembrance of those beloved souls whom we will always miss, love, and cherish.
If you have suffered the loss of a close loved one over the past 12 months, please contact Senior Minister Joy Fallon for full details.
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Memorial Committee Update
Update from the Memorial Committee: Click here to learn more about the Memorial Committee’s work over the last few months and its meeting with the artist Harmonia Rosales on September 25.
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October Schedule and Exhibits
This October, visit the History Program on Mondays, and Wednesdays thru Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Sundays from 1:30- 5:00 PM.
There are no daytime open hours this weekend (10/21 & 10/22), but Tales from the Crypt tours are happening Saturday evening.
A new temporary exhibit entitled Messages for the Living is now on display. It explores burial symbols on graves across Boston and was created by King's Chapel Educator and mortuary archaeologist Emily Willis!
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Tales from the Crypt
Join the History Program every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening in October to walk among the 21 tombs beneath the chapel in our popular seasonal candlelit crypt tour. Learn about historic burial customs and congregation members of the past laid to rest at King's Chapel.
Purchase tickets here, and use code "KCmember" to receive 50% off your tickets. Please email the History Program with any questions.
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Introducing New Educators:
Alex Hewes
Alex recently graduated from Clark University in Worcester, MA with a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in history. Alex focuses on 19-century abolitionism and slavery, specifically the work of the infamous abolitionist John Brown. Since the summer of 2022, Alex has worked as a tour guide at the Royall House & Slave Quarters Museum in Medford, MA. His desire to become a historian stems from his relation to Joseph Hewes, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, which piqued his curiosity about the past. Starting this fall, Alex enrolled at Louisiana State University's graduate certificate program in Archival Studies. Ultimately, he is working to enter a history doctoral program and become a professor. Alex has always wanted to make history accessible and intriguing, helping people to realize there is more meaning to the past than memorizing names and dates. Having been born in the city, Alex sees himself as a proper Bostonian who, with a slight accent, is looking forward to sharing Boston’s rich history with visitors at King’s Chapel.
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Parish Events This Coming Week | |
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Tuesday Recital
October 24, 12:15 PM at King's Chapel
In person and livestreamed
Next Tuesday, you will be treated to the dulcet tones of Canadian guitarist Warren Nicholson.
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Virtual Bible Study
Wednesdays, 6:15 PM on Zoom
Join us for our weekly lectionary-based Bible study, beginning at 6:15 PM.
Contact Tim to register.
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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 new start-time: 11:00 AM!
Register here to join.
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Parish House Open House
Saturday, Oct 14
We extend gratitude to all of the beloved volunteers who came to our Open House on 10/14. We painted and carved pumpkins, and some young friends explored our new nursery! We especially thank Sarah Graber for her help with the craft space and Chelsea Millsap for her help setting up the nursery. With our hearts full of gratitude we continue the work to get the word out about KC and the gospel call to spread God's love.
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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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