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This Sunday, the church around the world observes Holy Week.
Holy Week begins with Jesus riding through the streets of Jerusalem-his path lined with palms and praise. In Jerusalem, Jesus breaks bread; washes the feet of his disciples. Days later, Jesus walks through those same streets-alone, deserted, condemned to die.
Palm Sunday reminds us that at the moment of what seems to be the height of Jesus' public acceptance, when his name and his teachings begin to gain notice, so begins the process of his public betrayal, his public failure, his public abandonment.
So quickly, the shouts of acclaim and glory turn to cries of condemnation and crucifixion.
On Sunday we will raise high our palms, sing hymns of acclamation and prepare ourselves to enter the most somber week in the Christian calendar. More so, we prepare ourselves to greet again the great mystery of the empty tomb and give wild thanksgiving for the promise of new life and hope.
Journey with us.
--Shawn
Palm Sunday Morning Prayer
March 29th at 11 AM
Maundy Thursday,
April 2nd at 6 PM
Good Friday Prayer
April 3rd at 12:15 PM
Good Friday Tenebrae
April 3rd at 8 PM
The Great Vigil
April 4th at 8 PM
Easter Sunday
April 5th at 11 AM
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The choir and soloists are preparing our final concert of the season, the St. Mark Passion, which will be performed with chamber orchestra on March 29, 2015 (PalmSunday), at 5pm.
We would love to see you in the audience!
Remember, advance discount admissions through Brown Paper Tickets!
Click HERE to read Heinrich's preview of the concert in the Boston Music Intelligencer.
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Easter Flower Dedications
It's not too late! But soon it will be. The last day for Easter Flower Dedications is Thursday, April 2nd!
Every year for Easter, our sanctuary is beautifully decorated with tulips, daffodils, hydrangeas and other exuberant signs of spring. After the record-breaking snowfall we've had this year, it's certainly something to look forward to!
This year's budget, however, relies more heavily on dedications from members and friends of King's Chapel to fund the decoration of the church.
If you would like to contribute flowers for the Easter Service as a memorial to a loved one, please send to the Parish House:
1) the name of individuals you wish to honor or remember
2) your name, address, phone number and email
3) a check ($50/ per Easter Memorial Plant) with "Easter Flowers" in the memo line
ATTN: Parish Administrator
King's Chapel Parish House
64 Beacon Street
Boston MA 02108
You can also pay by credit card! Send an email with the information and click HERE to pay.
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Sunday Forum with Carl Scovel
April 12, 12:30 p.m.
On Sunday, April 12, The Reverend Carl Scovel will speak on "The Anglican Religion of King's Chapel." His lecture will explore how the congregation was founded by the Church of England in a time of religious turmoil and kept the loyalist traditions throughout the provincial period of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and subsequently, even in the midst of the dominant Puritans and Separatists. The contemporary legacy of Anglican religious practice in the Chapel will also be addressed.
Dr. Carl Scovel was the Senior Minister of King's Chapel from 1967 to 1999. He was Minister of First Parish in Sudbury 1957-1967. Growing up in China with medical missionary parents, he returned to the U.S. and graduated from Oberlin (undergraduate) and Harvard (graduate). While serving as Minister of King's Chapel, he became a leader in Unitarian Universalist affairs such as the UU Christian Fellowship, delivered lectures such as the Berry Street Lecture, and published extensively.
Three lectures are scheduled this spring on the theme, The Religion of King's Chapel: A Living Legacy, exploring how King's Chapel became an independent, religiously tolerant church with strong Anglican and Christian Unitarian roots and continues these traditions in its fourth century. Additional lectures will be May 17 with Dr. Daniel McKanan of Harvard Divinity School on the Unitarian Religion of King's Chapel" and June 14 with The Reverend Joy Fallon on the "Independent Religion of King's Chapel."
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Save the Date! Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace May 10th
Have you ever wondered what you could do to help families who have suffered loss through violence? Join the King's Chapel team for the 19th Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace on May 10th, 2105 from 8:00am to 10:00am in Field's Corner, Dorchester. The Walk is approximately 3.25 miles. Invite your friends & family!
This event supports families of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute who have lost children and other members to violence. In February, our guest preacher was the organization's director Tina Chery, who shared the story of losing her son, Louis Brown, to violence and the resulting establishment of the institute.
This organization aids families in the immediate aftermath of a loss and offers support throughout the process. They also have a peace curriculum which they teach to children in the Boston public school system.
For more information or to join the team, please contact Carol Genovese at
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Coffee Hosts Needed
We are looking for new people to host coffee hour on dates in May, June, and throughout the summer. Signing up is easy! Just go to the doodle link at: http://doodle.com/vr3afr6pqd3rgius. For more information on hosting coffee hour, please contact Anne Sexton, chair of Hospitality, at "anne.sexton@alumni.norwich.edu."
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We rejoice with those who rejoice, and mourn with those who mourn
Last Sunday, our former minister, the Rev. Earl Holt, asked us to include his son-in-law Brian Hencel, on our Bede list, the list of prayers we read during our Sunday worship. Brian is the young husband of Earl's daughter Julia. We had prayed for Brian earlier this year as he underwent intensive chemotherapy in Texas, far from the home he shares with Julia in Memphis. We hoped he'd improve, but recent test results are poor. Earl has given us this update, as of Thursday morning, which I asked permission to share with the congregation:
"Brian was moved to a comfortable Hospice Residence on Tuesday afternoon. He's unhooked from everything, comfortable and visitors continue to come, though he is dozzing or sleeping most of the time. Friends and mostly family are there 24/7. Julia spent last night with him. The outpouring of friends and tributes to his influence on others is extraordinary. He will not live to see his 39th birthday."
Brian is a very beloved teacher of Spanish in a Jr. High in Memphis, and students and colleagues have shared their love with him. We will continue to pray for him, Julia, Earl, and all their family.
Earl and Marilyn live in Arizona now. His contact information is: earlholt@aol.com; 26009 S. Saddletree Drive, Sun Lakes, AZ 85248.
Joy
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Sunday March 29th
The Rev. Shawn Fiedler,
preacher
- Anne Sexton, Head Usher
- Todd Lee, Karen Dalton, & Sylvia Soderberg, Ushers
- Bill Kuttner, Volunteer Guide
- Anne Sexton, Hospitality
- Simon Pilecki, Verger
The Readings:
- Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
- The Epistle: Philippians 2:1-13
- The Gospel: Mark 11:1-11
The flowers on the communion table are given in loving memory of Nicholas and Nancy Danforth by Julie Danforth Hyde.
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By Heinrich Christensen
This Sunday's service opens with Denise Konicek and Karen Gardner singing Wenn des Kreuzes Bitterkeiten from Bach's Cantata no. 99. Our Introit is by English Renaissance composer Martin Peerson: Let Me at Thy Footstool Fall. Our motet is John Tavener's haunting setting of William Blake's poem The Lamb:The soul that I held dear I delivered into the hands of the unrighteous,
and my inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest.
My enemy spoke out against me,
"Come, gather together and hasten to devour him."
They placed me in a wasteland of desolation, and all the earth mourned for me.
For there was none who would acknowledge me or help me.
The music chosen for our Palm Sunday liturgy teeters on the edge like the day itself - the edge between the festive entrance into Jerusalem with palms, and the foreboding of what is to come.
The Introit above is from Tomás Luis de Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories from 1585. Hauntingly beautiful, this music was written to be performed during the hours of darkness during the Holy Week Triduum from Maundy Thursday to Holy Saturday. It will follow immediately after Bach's triumphant chorale prelude on All Glory, Laud, and Honor, and followed by our procession with palms to the same hymn.
Our motet is by Roslindale composer Megan Henderson who performed with the group Northern Harmony at our Sunday concert back in September. Megan used this beautiful text by Charles Wesley:
And am I born to die, to lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly into a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade, unpierced by human thought,
The dreary regions of the dead where all things are forgot.
Soon as from earth I go, what will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe must then my portion be.
Waked by the trumpet's sound, I from my grave shall rise,
And see the judge with glory crowned and see the flaming skies.
She set it to music in a quasi modern shape-note style, a nod to our American heritage.
On a happier note, our Offertory offers Hosanna to the Son of David by English Renaissance composer Orlando Gibbons, and we have a festive Processional by Welshman William Mathias for our postlude to send us wandering on the long and treacherous journey of Holy Week. Oh, and don't miss the Saint Mark Passion, Palm Sunday at 5 p.m.!
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Tuesday, March 31st
at 12:15 pm
Handel & Haydn Society:
Susanna Ogata, violin
Ian Watson, fortepiano
Beethoven: Sonata no. 10 in G Major
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Dear Church School Family,
We are approaching what many Christians believe the be the holiest week of the year. Hearing and echoing the hosannas of the crowds who gathered to welcome Jesus as he entered Jerusalem, we recall the mystery of Jesus' ministry as a radically new kind of king (who entered on a donkey, no doubt), as well as his death and resurrection. As we enter this special Holy Week this upcoming Sunday (March 29), church school families and friends are invited to take part in the activities of Palm Sunday. Please join us at 10:30am to pass out palms and process into the chapel with the choir. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Eva so we can have an idea of how many people to expect. See the schedule below for other upcoming events, including Easter egg dying on Saturday, April 4 (10:00am at Parish House) for Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday worship and egg hunt beginning at the chapel at 11:00am.
I look forward to journeying with you to Jerusalem.
Grace and Peace,
Eva Englert
Church School Director
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Upcoming Church School Happenings:
Palm Sunday, March 29
Church School Children's Palm Sunday Processional
At the 11:00am service at the Chapel
*Children will arrive by 10:30 to pass out palms and process into the service with the choir. Come be a part of this important and festive day in our church year!
Saturday, April 4 10:00 am Dyeing eggs for Easter Vigil at the Parish House Sunday, April 5
Easter
Sunday!
11:00am at the Chapel (no church school) Easter egg hunt for children to follow!
Sunday April 19th
Early Worship
9:45amat the Little Chapel (Parish House)
Church School following (creation stewardship lesson for younger children and "Can I Ask That?" for older children, plus combined mosaic-making)
Sunday, May 3
Early Worship, 9:45am at the Little Chapel
Church School following the service (creation stewardship lesson for younger children and "Can I Ask That?" for older children, plus gardening and mosaic-making)
Sunday, May 17 Pet Blessing at Early Worship, 9:45am Sunday, May 31 Church School Sunday at the Chapel, 11:00am A brochure with a complete list of spring activities and church school lessons is now available at the Parish House.
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Accessibility and Hearing Assists
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Our beautiful Georgian sanctuary designed by Peter Harrison and completed in 1754, has been lovingly maintained by the congregation since its completion. Some of the box pews have been made wheel-chair accessible. Ushers are available to assist those who are wheelchair-bound to those pews.
Many of us have trouble hearing in our sanctuary, which does not have amplification. Small hearing devices are available; an usher also will be happy to provide one, and explain how they work.
The Book of Common Prayer According to the Use in King's Chapel is the cornerstone of worship at our 11 am Morning Prayer Services. Printed orders of service including hymns, Psalms, and responsive sections of the Prayer Book liturgy are available to facilitate participation in worship for everyone. |
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Flower Dedication Dates Avaiable
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Videographer/ Camera volunteer for recording Sunday Sermons
Since last Fall, King's Chapel has benefited from the regular volunteer work of Bill Sears in recording the sermons on Sundays for use on our website and YouTube channel. Thank you, Bill!!
We are now looking to build out the team. If you are interested in bringing your skills to this important outreach effort, please contact the Parish Administrator: administrator@kings-chapel.org
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