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Keeping King's Chapel's members and friends connected each week while we are Physically Closed but Spiritually Open.
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Pentecost this Sunday, May 23
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Welcome the Holy Spirit and join us this Sunday for one (or both!) of our Pentecost Sunday services.
You're encouraged to wear red (symbolizing the fire of the Holy Spirit) while attending our Morning Light service, live on Zoom at 9:00 AM. Our prerecorded Morning Prayer Service will also be available to watch all day on our Youtube Channel.
This Pentecost our Church School children will be enjoying a fun event in our Parish House garden to welcome the arrival of the Holy Spirit with kite-making, candle-making, and mosaic-making! We look forward to celebrating a great Church School year and enjoying fellowship and fun together!
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My Dear Friends--
Pentecost approaches! Do you have a red garment to wear on Sunday? At our Theology on Tap yesterday evening, one of our members shared with us how much Pentecost resonates with her as a non-Christian: this celebration of a Holy Spirit who refuses to be confined by our conventional ideas of what the divine looks like or how it shows up in our lives and in the world. The red we'll wear on Sunday recalls the tongues of flame that alight on the disciples in the upper room, a Spirit that gives them courage in the face of their fear and urges them forth from that locked room into a broken world desperately in need of Good News.
Two years ago, just after I arrived at King's Chapel, Charles Skold joined us for a Pentecost that coincided with that year's Pride celebration. In a city bedecked with rainbow flags and signs of affirmation for our queer community, our guest preacher gave us a beautiful vision of the Holy Spirit as This description has stayed with me as I've had the privilege of walking with you-and growing with you-in faith. Whether we imagine the Spirit as the flames alighting on the disciples heads in that upper room, or the dove alighting on Jesus' shoulder in the Jordan, or the breath of God bringing life into being, it's surely comforting to think of a Spirit that finds us in myriad places and guises, urging us forth to our fullest selves.
In what ways has the Spirit spoken in your own life? Where have you felt the Spirit's creative, affirming power? Would that we feel the Spirit's presence as we go forth to proclaim the Good News-not merely with our words, but with our actions.
In faith and love,
David
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 Environmental Presentation: Gas Lamps, Gas Leaks and More Tuesday, May 25 from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Beacon Hill's gas lamps are charming-but also have their problems. This very local situation led Dorie Seavey and Betsy Peterson to further study of natural gas, which somehow hasn't caught the public's attention as much as other fossil fuels. They will share some amazing information, identify steps individuals can take, and note creative proposals to help Boston and Massachusetts meet their commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45% through 2030, and reach net zero by 2050.
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| History Program | Deconstructing King's Chapel: Reexamining Class, Race, and Gender Through Architecture and Material Culture
Thursday, May 27 at 5:30 PM on Zoom
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The old saying "if walls could talk" is especially true at King's Chapel. With over 300 years of history within the walls of the 270 year old church, the building itself provides insight into the chapel's social history. Remnants of the past throughout the building, both intentionally preserved throughout its history or previously removed, inform us about the lives and challenges faced by congregants and members over the previous three centuries.
Join the History Program on May 27 for this virtual program, during which we will "deconstruct" King's Chapel, exploring themes of class, race, and gender as they are found - or were previously found - in the building's structure and decor. |
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From the Communication Action Committee:
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 Sandwiches and Gratitude
Thanks to an outpouring of support, we now have enough volunteers to make sandwiches for common cathedral's service of lunch and worship on June 6th. Thank you to all who volunteered! common cathedral is expressing delight and gratitude to everyone who is helping to keep people fed both physically and spiritually throughout this global pandemic.
If you want to help out, but missed your chance to volunteer for June, have no fear! We are committed to continuing this relationship with our sister church serving the unhoused, and there will be more opportunities to help out before long!
Peace Walk Marches On
The CAC wants to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who walked, donated, or otherwise participated in the 25th Mother's Day Walk for Peace put on by our community action partner, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. And the walk isn't over! The Peace Institute fundraiser has been extended through Father's Day, June 20th, so you can help our King's Chapel Team to help reach our goal of $10,000 by June 20th! Currently we are 71% of the way there. All donations go towards the Peace Institute's activities helping those affected by violence in our community. Please consider donating in memory of a father who has lost his child, or for the many loved ones affected by violence who receive help from the Peace Institute. You can hear members of our community going over some of the many reasons to donate here. |
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Sunday Services
May 23, Morning Light 9:00 AM on Zoom
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Skip Lewan, Music
- Carol Genovese, Lector
May 23, Morning Prayer
Available to watch all day on YouTube
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
- Amanda Pickett, Lector
Scripture: Acts 2:1-21
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| Our anthem this Sunday is Orlando Gibbons' Come, Holy Ghost, led by the intrepid Alison LaRosa. The organ voluntaries echo that sentiment in settings by Bach and his student Homilius. And you will get to sing along with the Pentecost version of one of David's favorite hymns, Hail Thee, Festival Day! |
Minns Lecture: Anthony Pinn: Nimrod and the Unjustified 'Because'
Friday, May 21 | 7:00 PM
EAI Program on Environmental Presentation: Gas Lamps, Gas Leaks and More Tuesday, May 25 | 3:00 PM
Bible Study Wednesday, May 26 | 6:15 PM
Coffee with the Clergy Thursday, May 27| 10:00 AM
Deconstructing King's Chapel: Reexamining Class, Race, and Gender Through Architecture and Material CultureThursday, May 27 | 5:30 PM |
Giving to King's Chapel
Please consider a stewardship offering in a spirit of thanksgiving to help us through this challenging time. Every single gift in any amount is equally valued and helps enormously.
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Prayer Circle
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, contact one of the clergy: Joy or David
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Contributing to Between Sundays
Our e-newsletter is sent each Thursday afternoon. Want something in Between Sundays? Feel free to email Communications Coordinator Jennifer Roesch with a written piece and/or pictures before Wednesday at 5:00 PM.
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 Pride Month Block PartyFriday, June 11th from 5:00-6:00 PM on Zoom
June is Pride Month! All across the world, people from the LGBTQ+ community and their allies are showing pride in the beautiful rainbow of human sexuality and gender identities. And for the 11th year in a row, King's Chapel is joining the celebration! While there is no Pride Parade again this year due to Covid, we hope you will join us (as many did last year) for our Pride Block Party on Friday, June 11th from 5-6 PM, by Zoom. Register here and come celebrate with us in your finest Pride gear!
For costume and decorations for yourself, your pets and home, consider supporting local
businesses by shopping at The Garment District, Boston Costume, or Boomerangs. We hope to provide info on a special surprise guest speaker in this space next week!
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Save the Date!
King's Chapel's Birthday on June 13, 2021
This year we will celebrate our 335th birthday! Save the date for June 13th where we will also welcome our new members.
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Small Steps to Greener Living
From the King's Chapel Environmental Action Initiative
Make your voice heard. Tell Amazon to stop polluting the planet with plastic packing materials.
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 Yesterday's Final Theology on Tap until Fall!
Our group of intrepid theologians gathered for the last Theology on Tap of the season to discuss the Holy Spirit as we approach Pentecost! What a lively, beautiful conversation about the different ways we understand-or don't quite understand!-the Spirit at work in our lives!
We look forward to resuming our monthly conversations in the fall!
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 Annual Meeting Recap
The 2021 Annual Meeting focused on the expansive engagement of members far and near, highlighting the accomplishments of the year past and the promise of the year ahead. A parade of leaders provided insight into our collective efforts to put our faith into action through reports on the work of their respective committees and task forces. Key to this celebration was the report of the Nominating Committee chaired by Betsy Peterson who, in collaboration with her colleagues Stephen Courtney and Gregg Sorenson, recognized those who have completed their terms of office.
As a parish we applauded the contributions of the following Committee chairs: Kent Whittenberg, ARE; Denton Crews, Denominational Affairs; and Sylvia Soderberg, Music; along with Alison LaRosa and Carol Genovese, Parish Council Members-at-Large. Then, too, departing from the Vestry, Stephen Courtney, Amy Meyer, Amanda Pickett and our intrepid Treasurer, Dan Taylor. These individuals have done an outstanding job, investing in our community heart and soul!
At the same time, we also approved and welcomed their successors: Tim Nelson-Hoy, ARE; Stephen Courtney, Denominational Affairs; Amy Meyer, Music; and Kent Whittenburg, Parish Council Member-at-Large; as well as Patricia Bass, Alison LaRosa, and Mary Katherine Morn, Vestry. Additionally, the Vestry appointed Dorie Seavy, Treasurer and two replacement Committee Chairs, Betsy Peterson, Hospitality and Paula O'Keefe, Parish Council Member-at-Large. We welcomed them to their roles on the King's Chapel leadership team and look forward to the contributions they will make in the years to come.
Across the parish there are many opportunities for engagement;
we encourage you to find your niche as we move forward into the promise of 2022.
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We rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. ~Romans 12:15
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On Monday this week, on what would have been his 87th birthday, our member David H. Morse was buried at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in a private service necessitated by the pandemic. Speakers celebrating David's life that day included the Rev. Joy Fallon, David's step-children Madeline McNeely, Ragan McNeely and Sarah Byrne, and his widow, Susan McWhinney-Morse. We both rejoiced over what he gave so many, and wept as we mourned the loss of David's gentle kindness, courtesy and generosity. Learn more about him - and the 46 Appalachian mountains he climbed, at least twice, in David's obituary.
We rejoice with Betsy Peterson and Amanda Picket on their recent birthdays! May is a month of many birthdays, and we'd love to celebrate with all members. Needed: little birdies who will share the dates with us.
We rejoice with Patricia Bass, a violinist with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, on the offering this weekend of the ballet Sleeping Beauty. See it here.
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