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Between Sundays
Keeping the Parish Community Connected
Thursday, June 8, 2023
There's so much happening! Be sure to click view entire message at the bottom!
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Worship With Us | Sunday, June 11 | |
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Scripture Readings: Psalm 103: 1- 3, 13- 22
First Lesson: Job 38: 1- 11, 16- 18 Second Lesson: Mark 4: 35- 41
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Morning Light
Guest Preacher: Rev. Barry Vaughn
Worship 9:00 AM
Sunday
In person at 64 Beacon Street and on Zoom at 9:00 AM. Doors open at 8:45 AM.
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Morning Prayer
Guest Preacher: Rev. Barry Vaughn
Worship 11:00 AM Sunday
In-person at 58 Tremont St. and live-streamed. Doors open at 10:30 AM.
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From the Minister
It is with great pleasure that I announce our guest preacher this week: the Rev. Dr. Barry Vaughn, a friend for nearly 50 years. ~Joy
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, the Rev. J. Barry Vaughn was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1993 and has served parishes in Alabama, California, Pennsylvania, and Nevada. He was an undergraduate at Harvard University where he earned a BA in history and literature. Then, he attended Yale Divinity School where he received his M.Div., and from 1984 to 1987 he was a student at the University of St. Andrews where he received his Ph.D. in church history. He was also a visiting student at Oxford University from 1986 to 1987. In addition to his parish ministry, Barry has taught at Samford University, the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama- Birmingham, and Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia.
Click here to learn more.
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From the Bench
Kyle Irvine will be our soloist this Sunday and will thrill your ears with works by Durante, Dvorak, and Ravel. Since the shepherds have now fully abandoned the sheep, we try to make up for it with a pastoral musical leitmotif, opening with César Franck's Pastorale, continuing with Psalm 23 for the Motet, and singing the beloved hymn The King of Love My Shepherd Is. The postlude is the zippy Bach chorale Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit; in a prescient musical move, the Leipzig Kantor himself was aware that at the end of morning prayer, it is indeed high time for brunch!
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Parish News and Upcoming Events | |
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While Joy is Away
Joy will be out of town visiting our partner church, and unavailable until Monday, June 26. If you need immediate attention, please contact Parish Administrator Gretchen Horton, administrator@kings-chapel.org
If you have a pastoral emergency, she knows how to reach Joy or others who can help.
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Sleepless in Frankfurt
The Partner Church Team is on the way!!!!! We’ve talked about it for a decade. We began planning it five years ago. We’ve been working on it for nine months. Now at last we’re on the way from Boston to Transylvania.
Last night we met at the international terminal at Logan Airport – six parishioners of King’s Chapel – and now we’re in the international terminal in Frankfurt, Germany after an all-night flight where we’re meeting up with our seventh fellow traveler. After layover, we’ll fly on to Cluj, Romania, or Kolosvár in Hungarian.
We’re just getting acquainted with one another and becoming fellow travelers. We’re also talking about what lies ahead. Our conversations are laced with personal stories and sharing bits of information related to our destination. It’s obvious that we’re in the happy state of anticipation and imagination. It’s like discussing a play before you’ve seen it: the excitement is real and expectations are high.
Pictured here is our group of seven after landing in Frankfort: Bob and Joy Fallon, Kathe and Denton Crews, Emma Healy, Felicia Kisselburg, Stephen Courtney.
Stay tuned for the next installment of “Delegation 7”
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Show of Pride: Boston Pride for the People
Saturday, June 10, 11:00 AM at the Parish House
The Community Action Committee invites members and friends to show support for the 2023 Boston Pride for the People at 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 10 at the Parish House. We will stand outside waving rainbow flags, cheering, and displaying the King's Chapel Pride banner as the parade passes the Parish House on its way to the Pride Festival on the Boston Common, 12:00-6:00 PM. Please RSVP by emailing Amanda Pickett at amanda.e.pickett@gmail.com.
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Summer Morning Light on Zoom
June 18, 9:00 AM
Beginning June 18, Morning Light services will be on Zoom only for the summer months.
Click here to register for Zoom attendance.
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Father’s Day Piano Concert to support the Louis D Brown Peace Institute
Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM at the Parish House
Join us Father’s Day for a 4-handed piano concert with Heinrich Christensen and friend Bob Winkley. You will not want to miss this auditory and visual musical feast to benefit LDBPI, honoring fathers, brothers, grandfathers, and all men who suffer loss, and/or are part of the Peace Institute. Open to all: a free-will offering will be taken to benefit the LDBPI. Click here to make a donation to the Louis D Brown Peace Institute.
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2023 Summer BBQs - Save the Dates
Wednesday June 28, Thursday July 27 and
Monday August 21
6:00 - 8:00 PM in the Parish House Garden
These are potluck picnics, and we ask that you bring beverages, a salad, or a dessert to share, if possible. The Fallons will provide the hamburgers, veggie burgers, sausages and hot dogs.
Please RSVP to Laura to let her know you're coming and what you will bring.
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Possible Pilgrimage to Alabama Civil Rights Sites, Fall 2023
We have just learned of three opportunities to visit Montgomery and Selma this fall, one led by the UU Living Legacy group, and two by June Cooper, UCC minister, who would have led the trip some of us had planned to take before its COVID cancellation. We must act soon to have a KC group to travel together, especially for a Cooper trip. The first step is to find out who is seriously interested. To read about the trip details, click here.
If you really hope to go and want to be included in choices and updates, email betsytpete@gmail.com as soon as possible. Let Betsy know if you are interested and if you have a strong preference among these choices.
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In Search of: Parish Administrator and Historic Site Educators
We still have positions open at King's Chapel, including one for the Parish Administrator in addition to two historic site educators. While church members are not eligible for hire, their friends are! Please help us get the word out! Click here to read job descriptions.
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Welcome to our new Educator: Emily Willis
Emily Willis is a mortuary archaeologist, specializing in 19th century New England burial practices with a focus on meaning, memory, and identity. Emily is currently in her fourth year of graduate school at the University of Massachusetts Boston, earning her Master's degree in Historical Archaeology. Her thesis analyzes how individual and collective identity is experienced and performed in everyday life, explored through the life of Susan Screech Austin (1808-1885), an ardent and devout Unitarian, social activist, and Boston Brahmin. Emily is a life-long lover of history and people, and is passionate about centering the stories and voices of historically marginalized folx. She is overjoyed and honored to join the History Program, and contribute to the important and meaningful work being done to tell the stories of King's Chapel and all its congregants.
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June open hours for the History Program are Mondays, and Wednesday - Fridays 10:00 AM- 5:00 PM, and Sundays 1:30 - 5:00 PM. Our mini-exhibit for June celebrates Pride Month, looking at LGBTQIA+ history at King's Chapel.
We welcome new Educator Emily Willis to the History Program, and welcome back Educator Rev. Emily Nelms Chastain!
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Parish Events This Coming Week | |
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Tuesday Recital
June 13, 12:15 PM at King's Chapel
In person and livestreamed
Next week’s Tuesday recital features our neighbor from down the street, Louise Mundinger, who is the Music Director and Organist at the Cathedral of St. Paul. She will offer works by Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, and our old friend Robert Sirota.
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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, 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. Drop in for any part of the hour.
Register here to join.
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Annual Meeting on June 4
A note of thanks for all who joined us for the Annual Meeting last Sunday evening, for a program filled with spirited updates on our programs, services, and finances, all infused with congregational spirit and punctuated with the election of the new slate of officers and an affirmation of the proposed Memorial. We look forward to a wonderful summer and the new church year ahead. Kathe and Betsy
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CAC Sandwiches Sunday
On Sunday June 4, 120 sandwich bag lunches were made for our unhoused neighbors by King's Chapel members and friends. Becky Wittenburg purchased/delivered supplies on Friday, and Carol Genovese project-managed, making it all possible.
Volunteers shared the lunches on Boston Common and participated in common cathedral's service of worship, which takes place every Sunday rain or shine at 1:00 PM. During the sermon, one of the ministers remarked that it wasn't accurate to call King's Chapel a "visiting church": we came so often that we were old friends.
A huge thank you to all our volunteers! The Community Action Committee organizes King's Chapel sandwich making bi-monthly. If you would like to participate in an upcoming sandwich making, please email Carol Genovese at carol.m.genovese@gmail.com
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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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