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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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Palm Sunday Reading of the Passion
Sunday, March 28 | 11:00 AM | Zoom |
For Palm Sunday (March 28) this year, we will read the Passion according to Mark live on Zoom at 11:00 AM. Together we will experience the profound, emotional impact of this dramatic reenactment, which begins our Holy Week Journey. Readers from the congregation will assume all the biblical roles, and our cantor will offer the traditional hymn verses between each scene.
We hope that you will join us, as this is one of the few opportunities for members from both Morning Light and Morning Prayer to worship together in an interactive format. We want all King's Chapel worshippers to begin and end the Holy Week journey together in one shared service, as we have done traditionally. On March 28, the 11:00 AM Passion reading will replace both the 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM services that we customarily offer on other Sundays.
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I've learned a lot from Heinrich during this pandemic. Before the pandemic, I knew that Heinrich treasures our traditions; values the beautiful, carefully crafted worship services we offer; and, as a consummate professional, works hard to ensure that our worship is both spiritually meaningful and very well executed. During the pandemic I've learned what a creative experimenter he is, recognizing that this time of disruption invites us to try new things.
So for our Palm Sunday service this Sunday, Heinrich suggested that we use a live Zoom service to perform the re-enactment of the Passion story, in which the whole congregation participates. We cannot all be together in the sanctuary, but we will be intimately together on our Zoom screens. During the live Zoom service, we'll sit across from each other, as if there at the table with Jesus as he generously shares both bread and wine with us all. We'll be uneasy when he adds, "One of you will betray me," and each wonder, "Is it I?" We will then fall asleep, too tired to stay awake as he prays; when we might be arrested with him, we pretend we never knew him; when Pilate is willing to let Jesus go, we shout out "Crucify him!"
Friends, to really know what Easter is about, we must go through Good Friday and the Passion first, reliving it all as if we were there, wrestling with all the realities of who we are and who He is. We wish it weren't the case. But it is. This Sunday, the re-enactment of Mark's Gospel will be powerful, as Heinrich instinctively knew. Please join us.
Joy
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| Join us virtually this year for Holy Week! Visit our Holy Week webpage for more information and be sure to check your email inboxes this Friday for our special Holy Week eblast. |
Final Lenten Journey Fellowship Hour This Friday at 5:00 PM
Please join us for the last of our five Lent fellowship gatherings tomorrow Friday, March 26th at 5:00 PM. The theme for this week is Faithful Citizenship, and the hosts will be Dorie Seavey and David Waters. You can find a rich set of scripture, prayer, readings, and more in your Lenten 2021 booklet (available online here.) Please register in advance here.
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 Post-Easter Staff Schedule
The offices will be closed the week following Easter, and all staff will be taking a much-needed vacation break. If a pastoral emergency arises, you may contact Joy. For any other emergency you may contact Gretchen. Changes and postponements for the week include:
There will be NO Coffee with the Clergy held on Thursday April 8.
There will be NO Morning Prayer service on Sunday April 11. Anyone wishing for a service that morning is welcome to the Morning Light service via Zoom. Joy will be out of office through April 18.
Thank you for your understanding!
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 History Program Poetry NightMonday, April 12 at 5:30 PM
King's Chapel has a long and rich tradition of literary connections within its congregation. This April - National Literature and Poetry Month - the History Program invites you to participate in King's Chapel's literary legacy. Join us for an evening of poetry and community during a Poetry Night on Monday, April 12 at 5:30 PM. While you are welcome to attend and listen, we invite interested participants to submit a short original piece they would like to perform or a favorite poem or selected text they wish to share during the evening. This event will be held on Zoom, and attendees are encouraged to come with food and beverage to add to our "coffee shop" vibe.
Individuals interested in participating should contact faye@kings-chapel.org by April 5 with their name, the piece they plan to read, and why this piece is meaningful to them. This event is open to members and friends of the King's Chapel community.
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Palm Sunday Service
Reading of the Passion
Members of the Congregation will read the Passion via Zoom
- The Rev. Joy Fallon, Senior Minister
- David Waters, Minister for Education and Membership
- Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
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Emily Bieber-Harris, Soloist
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This week, the music is Live on Zoom, coming to you from the Little Chapel at the Parish House, seeing as we are still awaiting a decent internet connection at the church. Very exciting, but we're trying not to get too carried away, so cantor Emily Bieber-Harris will only sing a rousing arrangement of Ride On, King Jesus to represent the happier side of Palm Sunday before our Passion reading, in which Emily will then sing the hymn verses between each of the scenes.
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Palm Sunday Reading of the Passion Sunday, March 28 | 11:00 AM
Bible Study Wed., March 31 | 6:00 PM
Coffee with Clergy
Thursday, April 1 | 10:00 AM
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New Online History Exhibit
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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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Internet Fraud - Protect Yourself
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, churches across the nation have seen a steep rise in incidents of internet fraud and scams, especially using ministers' names and targeting church members. Please watch out for these. I promise, we will never ask you to send us gift cards. We will never ask for your personal identifying information or bank account info. If we ever purport to say that we can't be reached by phone, be suspicious. Click the link below for more information on how to protect yourself and your family from internet crime.
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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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 King's Chapel Memorial Project: Save the Date!
For the past several years members of the King's Chapel Memorial Project, along with the ministers have been taking a critical and honest look back at our history, particularly with respect to the church's connection to the slave trade in colonial Massachusetts. The purpose of this examination has been to uncover, acknowledge, and share that particular truth of our history, and to determine how best we might memorialize our past and also move forward in a way which actualizes our covenant: "In the love of truth, and in the spirit of Jesus Christ, we unite for the worship of God and service of all".
The Project has established two subcommittees; one to explore the possibility of creating a physical memorial which acknowledges the truth of our past, and a second committee which will recommend ways of creating programs and activities which would be a living memorial to the ideals of social and economic justice, and racial reconciliation.
Drafts of the two committee reports have been completed and forwarded to Vestry and Parish Council. ( Click here to read the draft reports) Additionally, two meetings with the wider KC community have been scheduled to present the draft recommendations and to gather feedback. These meetings are scheduled for Thursday, April 15 at noon, and Thursday, April 29 at 5:00 PM. Zoom information for these meetings will be sent out closer to the dates.
An additional e-blast special about the Memorial Project and reports will be sent out on April 6 to allow sufficient time for a review prior to the meetings.
We hope that you will participate in one or both of these meetings on April 15 and April 29.
Dean Denniston, King's Chapel Memorial Chair
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 CELEBRATE the EARTH, April 13-24
The Environmental Action Committee is organizing a set of activities around Earth Day, April 22. Save these dates to participate!
Tuesday, April 13, 3:00 PM: Live Zoom Talk by EAI members on a project led by Mothers Out Front: Historical Preservation, Trees, and the case of Gas Streetlights on Beacon Hill.
Monday, April 19, 9:00 AM-12 PM: Join your fellow parishioners physically outdoors for a slot in the annual Charles River Cleanup.
Thursday, EARTH DAY, April 22, noon: Earth Day Zoom talk and discussion on regenerative agriculture with Bill Wilson, co-founder of Birds & Beans coffee.
Thursday April 22: Launch of the King's Chapel "Celebration of the Earth" virtual art show. Open to all and submissions welcomed!
Saturday, April 24: Beacon Hill citizen science project to tag trees on Beacon Hill.
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 Mother's Day Walk for Peace: Countdown to May 9th!
The Walk for Peace starts early this year! For the 25th anniversary of the Mother's Day Walk for Peace, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute is holding 25 days of events, starting this April, culminating in the virtual Walk for Peace on May 9th. Register on the King's Chapel team page here, and watch this space for more details on upcoming events. All funds raised will help the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute respond to people impacted by violence, and stay with them on their long journey of healing. Help us show care to those impacted by violence, and make Boston a better place.
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 Recap of last Sunday's Virtual Bach Concert
Last Sunday was Johann Sebastian Bach's 336th birthday, and of course, our celebrated Heinrich Christensen prepared a magnificent virtual gift concert for him, featuring some of Bach's own gifts to the world.
In a prerecorded YouTube concert, Heinrich played the Chorale Partita on Sei Gegrüsset, BWV 768, the Trio sonata in E flat Major, BWV 525, and the Concerto in d minor, BWV 596, which Bach transcribed for organ from Antonio Vivaldi's original Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra.
If you missed the concert, not to worry. You can go onto the King's Chapel YouTube page and enjoy it. At this writing, the concert has had 271 views. It is a delight.
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 Last Thursday's History Program
Did you miss last Thursday's history program on Reverend Henry Caner about Loyalism and Evacuation in Revolutionary Boston?
The recording of the virtual talk is now available on this History Program's YouTube channel.
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We rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. ~Romans 12:15
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We celebrate the arrival of Olivia Avery Rogers, born March 11 at 8lbs, 7.6oz, 20in, to Kim and Adam Rogers. Congratulations to the Rogers family! |
 We weep with the Bergeron family on the death last week of our beloved member Pamela, at age 67, after a long battle with cancer. To see the letter we sent you all about Pam, a treasure to this church, including Michael's faith-filled note click here. At the time, we had not yet seen the lovely obituary her family prepared, which includes a notation of the charities to which they ask that memorial gifts be sent. King's Chapel is one. Please click here for the inspiring obituary. |
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