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Dean's
Message
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Friends,
When the song of
the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is
gone,
When the kings and the
princes are home,
When the shepherds are
back with their flocks,
Then the work of
Christmas begins,
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among brothers,
To make music in the heart.
- The Rev. Dr. Howard
Thurman,
Dean of Marsh Chapel
1953-1962
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Fun Run!
Friday 7 December 2007
Join us for an early morning run! Meet us at 6AM on the steps of Marsh Chapel for a 5 mile run with Dean Hill and his wife Jan. The run will finish with breakfast at the Dean's residence at 96 Bay State Road.
Ecumenical/Anglican Prayer Beading
Sunday 9 December 2007,
4-6PM
Marsh Room, Marsh Chapel
Come string a set of prayer beads as a spiritual practice for Advent.
University Lessons and Carols
Friday 14 December 2007, 6PM
Join the Marsh Chapel Choir, conducted by Dr. Scott Allen Jarrett, with the Majestic Brass for this annual Christmas celebration.
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Monday 24 December 2007, 11PM
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Weekly Events
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Sundays
Associates' Study
9:30AM - Robinson Chapel
Dean's Study
9:45AM - Thurman Room
Interdenominational Protestant Worship
11AM - Marsh Chapel
Mondays
Community Dinner
6PM - Marsh Room
Tuesdays
Community Lunch
12PM - Marsh Room
Wednesdays
Morning Prayer
8:30AM - Marsh Chapel
Evening Prayer with Communion
5PM - Marsh Chapel
Servant Team Meeting
6PM - West Campus Dining Hall
Emerging Worship
9PM - Robinson Chapel
Thursdays
Chaplain's Study:
Mere Christianity
5PM - Thurman Room
Choir Rehearsal
6:30PM - Marsh Chapel
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| Marsh Chapel Choir Repertoire
December 2007
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December 2
Prelude - J.S.Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Anthem - J.S.Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
Offertory - H. Schutz: Ach Herr, du Schopfer aller Ding, SWV 450
Communion - D. Cashmore: Es ist ein Ros'entsprungen
Postlude - J.S.Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661
December 9
Prelude - L.C. d'Aquin: Noel X
Anthem - H. Howells: A Spotless Rose
Offertory - R. Parsons: Ave Maria
Postlude - J.S.Bach: Concerto in A minor
December 16
Marsh Chapel Lessons and Carols Service
December 23 & 30
The choir will be on break.
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Greetings!
Happy Advent!
We hope this Advent season, the start of the church's liturgical year, finds you well and in a spirit of anticipation. We invite you to join us for the various programs to take place during the remainder of this fall semester. We would draw special attention this month to the University Lessons and Carols service on Friday 14 December at 6PM. Also, we hope you find the announcement of our partnership with BU Habitat for Humanity to be a sign of our continued work toward building a partnership of the Gospel. The blessings of the Advent/Christmas season be with you and yours.
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The Luce Program in Scripture and Literary Arts,
the Humanities Foundation and
the Department of Religion
at Boston University
are pleased to present
Religion in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials:
A Roundtable Discussion
Featuring
Scott Westerfeld
Best-selling author of the series Uglies and Midnighters
Jason King
Chairman of the Department of Religious Education, St. Vincent College
and co-author of Killing the Imposter God: Philip Pullman's Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials
Cristine Hutchison-Jones
PhD student, Boston University
Division of Religious and Theological Studies
Moderated by Donna Freitas,
Visiting Asst. Professor of Religion, Boston University
and co-author of Killing the Imposter God: Philip Pullman's Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials
Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 5pm
Regal Fenway Stadium 13 Theaters
201 Brookline Ave.
A discussion of religion in Pullman 's young adult trilogy. A film adaptation of the first book, The Golden Compass, will be released by New Line Cinema on December 7, 2007.
For more information, please contact Cristine Hutchison-Jones at 617-358-1754 or crissy@bu.edu. |
Habitat for Humanity
 Advent is an opportunity for us to take account of all that we have and consider how it might be used to do the work of ministry in the world. While our annual rituals of donating non-perishables to food banks, giving toys to "tots," and dropping change in the Salvation Army bucket are important ways of hastening the coming of the Kingdom, we must also consider how our seasonal good works might be carried into the future. After a season of prayerful consideration, Marsh Chapel has decided that it will collaborate with the Boston University chapter of Habitat for Humanity to sponsor and lead the building of a Boston University House. BU Habitat is a student group on campus led by a group of enthusiastic undergraduates thoroughly committed to fulfilling Dr. Brown's vision of One BU, united in service to the wider community. We believe at Marsh that in taking a leading role in the construction of BU House, we fulfill our identity as a "heart for the heart of the city." While construction is slated to begin next year, we already have a site for the house in Lowell, MA and are in the process of finding a family for whom the home will be built. In the meantime, our most important goal is raising the money to build this house. The eventual cost will be $50,000, and a good deal of our fundraising effort will involve encouraging the participation of the wider BU community. BU Habitat, however, will contribute $5,000 towards our goal by the end of this year, a number to which we as a community must aspire. In the midst of our fundraising efforts, there will be regular build trips to areas within Boston, Lowell, Lawrence, and the South Shore, including one coming up on December 8. If you would like more information, please contact David Romanik at dromanik@bu.edu. We hope that you will consider offering your time, talent, treasure, and prayer in support of Marsh Chapel and BU Habitat's vision for a new creation.
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A Worship Celebration
Of the 100th Anniversary of
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Occasion of the Installation of the
9th Executive Director of the
Massachusetts Council of Churches
The Reverend Jack Johnson
Preacher: The Reverend Dr. James Forbes
Saturday, January 19, 2008
11:00 AM
At the historic Marsh Chapel
Boston University
For additional information: www.masscouncilofchurches.org
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CROP Walk
 On November 18, 2007, Boston University took a stand--or a walk, rather--against hunger. BU's first-ever CROP Walk ("CROP" stands for "Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty") brought students and community members together to demonstrate against international hunger. The CROP Walk, an event created by the Church World Service, was a five-mile long trek that started at Marsh Chapel, looped around the Charles River, and ended again at Marsh Chapel. BU groups ONE Prayer, COM Champs, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and University Lutherans along with various Marsh Chapel congregation members all participated. "The thing I really like about the CROP Walk is that it not only sends aid to poverty-stricken countries around the world, it brings a community together to show that hunger is a devastating problem and we take it very seriously" said Tyler Sit, one of the co-organizers of this event. The Servant Team, the student leadership group of Marsh Chapel, organized this event with the help of Marsh Chapel Associate Liz Douglass. "This was my first time organizing anything like this," said Douglass, "but I think we were all very happy with the results." The funds raised by this event, which will go to aid mission projects in places such as refugee camps in Darfur, totaled to roughly $2,000. "We were all completely floored when we saw how much money we raised" said Sit. In addition to sending aid over seas, 25% of CROP Walk funds will go to support charities fighting poverty and hunger in the Boston area.
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Marsh Chapel, Boston University
735 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
617-353-3560
chapel@bu.edu
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