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This Sunday, May 9
This Sunday is Festival of the Christian Home, Celebration of Long Time Members and Presentation of Story Bibles to our Kindergarten Children.
Pastor Karla will reflect on Revelation 22:1-5 and Acts 16:9-15 in her sermon Open Heart. The Children's Choir will offer an Anthem titled Everything Good by D. Schlosser.
Eliot Church Will be "Blooming" on Mother's Day
The Spiritual Life Commission will add to the celebration of Mother's Day at Eliot with baskets and vases of beautiful spring flowers adorning the sanctuary. Do you have flowers or blossoming shrubs in your yard that you would like to contribute? Simply bring them to church on Sunday by 9:30 and we will add them to the colorful array. Questions? Call Carol Brown at 617-965-2646.
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Next Sunday, May 16
Music Appreciation Sunday
On Sunday May 16, during our worship service, The Eliot Church Chancel Choir and Orchestra will present the Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 317, "Coronation Mass". David Castillo Gocher, Conductor; Amanda Kaipio, Soprano; Olivia Hauck, Alto; Matthew Wright, Tenor; Jim Jordan, Bass. The "Coronation" mass was completed on March 23, 1779. It was composed for the crowning of an image of the Virgin in the Cathedral of Salzburg. It was premiered on Easter Sunday April 4, 1779. It is scored for SATB soloists and chorus, 2 violins, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and organ. The Coronation Mass is one of the most popular of Mozart's 17 mass settings. Rejoice in the pageantry of this masterful work with the Eliot Church music ministry!
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Calendar for the Week of May 9 - 16, 2010
Tuesday - May 11
7:30 PM: Coordinating Council meeting in the Parlor
Wednesday - May 13
8:00 AM: Men's Breakfast in the Parlor
Thursday - May 14
7:15 PM: Women's Spirituality meeting in the Parlor
7:30 PM: Chancel Choir Rehearsal in the Chapel
Saturday - May 15
9:30 AM: CE Commission Retreat
Sunday - May 16
9:00 AM: Chancel Choir Rehearsal in the Sanctuary
9:30 AM: Children's Choir Rehearsal in the Parlor
10:00 AM: Worship for all
10:20 AM: Children dismissed for Sunday School
View the Calendar for the Whole Month
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Christian Education Commission Retreat
Saturday, May 15
The CE Commission will have a half-day retreat to do planning for next year. If you have suggestions, questions, or comments for our CE programming, please let Laura Seoane or Sue Maraventano know.
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Eliot Annual Meeting
Sunday, May 23
The 165th Annual Meeting of the Eliot Church of Newton will be held on Sunday, May 23, 2010 following Sunday worship. We will consider and vote the budget for the coming year, learn about the first phases of the Strategic Plan of the Implementation Task Force, and address other busisiness as needed.
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Worship and the Art Sunday
June 6 worship and June 13 arts display
This year Eliot church will continue the tradition of bringing music and other art forms together, during worship on June 6 and for display after the service on June 13. The theme of for this year is "The Lord's Prayer." In upcoming bulletins and weekly announcements, we will publish various translations and interpretations of the Lord's Prayer. We invite everyone in the congregation (and beyond!) to submit artwork of every kind (drawing, painting, poetry, music, sculpture, etc.) that that is inspired by the Lord's Prayer, or by any single phrase or petition in it. This event is designed for children, teens, and adults. Contact the pastors or Minister of Music for questions.
Here's another interpretation:
which art the earth,
Nurturing are thy ways.
Thy web of life be woven
Thy way be found within,
As it is all around.
Thank you this day for our daily bread and sweat
and forgive us our misuse of you,
as we forgive others their misuse of us.
And lead us not into exploitation,
But deliver us
From lording it over you,
And over each other,
And over all our other fellow creatures.
For thine are the waters of life,
The hills, valleys and plains of home,
The breeding, seeding, feeding ground,
For now, and for as close to forever
As we will ever come.
Ah, woman!
EARTH DANCE-based on the Lord's Prayer. Published in Minnesota Women's Press, December 1999. Author, Karen Loveland.
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