Nautilus News, June 6, 2024 |
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A House of Prayer for all People.
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When I was a campus minister at MIT, I dreaded early June. Every year at that time, I had to wave goodbye to half my congregation, who were graduating and moving on. And then I had to face into almost three months of uncertainty, waiting for the new students to show up in late August and trusting that our faith community would be replenished. Every year, it worked out OK. But that waiting - ooof! - It's hard work.
I'm feeling that sense this week, as we've just said goodbye to two key members of the cathedral staff. After almost six years here, the Rev. Tamra Tucker has stepped away from serving as Priest to the Crossing to take on the wonderful new work of serving as Priest-in-Charge at St. Mary's, Dorchester. I am so thankful for Tamra's faithful pastoring of the "unlikely band of pilgrims and heretics, students and artists, mystics and activists, following the radical and subversive way of Jesus" that is the Crossing, and I wish her every blessing in her new call.
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Matthew Jarrell is moving on after serving as Operations Manager here for eighteen months, in order to attend graduate school at MIT to prepare for a career in transportation planning. Matthew went above and beyond in so many ways here, helping us use technology better in the service of our mission, creating our emergency preparedness plans, writing grants, and much more. Blessings to Matthew, as he lives into his vocation to serve the wider community.
What's next? Who's next? As we sit in the uncertainty, we do so with faith and trust. Like most parishes, the cathedral is being reshaped to carry out our mission in a new era, and the right people will come alongside us to make that happen.
God of our journeys, in the closing of one chapter and the opening of another, we can find ourselves unsure. Give us the wisdom to honor what has passed and the courage to step into what lies ahead. May we carry the lessons of the past with us and embrace the possibilities, people, and priorities of the future. Thank you for the tapestry of experiences that shape our journey. Amen
Dean Amy
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This Sunday:
HOLY EUCHARIST
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
- Join us this Sunday after the service to make a portable shrine to hold the prayers and petitions of our hearts. An empty mint tin will be refurbished to help create sacred space wherever we find ourselves. Bring a photo you love, or an icon card (some will be available for you, but if you have a favorite bring it along).
- Readings for June 9 (Track 2).
- You can listen to last Sunday's sermon here.
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Join us each week to pray for our world! You can find a digital copy of our weekly Prayer Page here.
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Preaching this Sunday
The Rev. Jennifer McCracken
Pastor to MANNA
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MUSIC NOTES
Summer practice:
Now that we are in summer mode, we have a chance to get to know ourselves as a singing congregation at the Cathedral. The summer service music and psalm will be done without a keyboard accompaniment most of the time. I will lead the singing from the congregation so we can use the beautiful acoustics at the Cathedral. If you would like to learn the psalm and hymns before the start of the service, come in starting at 9:30 so we can sing together. Doing this will help you to fully embrace the whole liturgical experience that word and music bring on Sunday mornings.
Summer Pastorales"
The communion music this summer will be a series of keyboard “pastorales” by different composers. A pastorale is a piece of music with a rural subject. Pastorales are often played during the Christmas season, recalling shepherds, sheep, and pastures. It evokes an outdoor scene by using repeated notes in the bass, a “drone” with slow music on top of that, usually in triple meter. Often there is an oboe solo, or something inspired by an oboe. The picture the music is trying to convey is a simple outdoor scene, a shepherd daydreaming while watching over a flock of sheep.
This week I will play a transcription of the pastorale from the “Christmas Concerto” by Arcangelo Correlli. The instrument I will use is the harpsichord on loan to us from Margaret Angelini, organist at St. John’s in Sharon. Next week is a transcription of the “Pastoral Symphony” from Messiah by G.F. Handel.
Louise Mundinger
Music Director
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We invite you to join us in trying this week's microPractice (above) from Illustrated Ministry .
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This Week Around Your Cathedral | |
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Photo from James Parker's book launch party with the Black Seed Writers this week!
See the MANNA section below for more info.
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Check out The Boston Globe article about the ordinations that took place at the Cathedral on June 1! | |
The Crossing community blessing The Rev. Tamra Tucker as she begins her new journey as Priest-in-Charge for St. Mary's in Dorchester. | |
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Are you an LBGTQA elder?
Would you like to join transgender Jo Clifford actress and playwright for story-sharing and reflection on the joys and struggles of your journey? Join her on Monday, June 10 at 10 am, in the Lawrence Rm. at the Cathedral. Co-Sponsored by Age-Friendly Boston and the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement. Tea and nibblies will be served.
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Jo Clifford is an award-winning playwright, translator, poet and performer who travels to us from Scotland to share her message of divine and human compassion and love. Jo has written more than 100 plays, many of them performed all over the world, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, for over 50 years. The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven, first performed in 2009, has been translated into 7 languages and performed in 9 countries worldwide. This tour is the first time Jo has performed as Queen Jesus in the US, with performances in Northampton, Boston and Provincetown.
The performance is free and open to everyone on a first come basis. $10 suggested donation. Doors open at 4:30 pm.
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Founding editor of The Pilgrim, Black Seed Writer's Group member, and staff writer at The Atlantic has a brand new book out entitled "Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes."
Come to his book launch at Brookline Booksmith on June 18 at 7PM.
More info here!
Congratulations, James!
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We are in need of backpacks and thermals!
You can purchase these and other needed items on MANNA's Amazon wish list.
Thank you for the ways you love and care for us!
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Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign | |
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We Cry Justice study
Each Wednesday morning from 9:00AM - 10:00AM
Each week is inclusive and no prep work is required - please join us as you're able! Zoom link.
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If you have not yet done so, you can sign up to be on the Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign email list at poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/massachusetts. Be sure to enter your zip code so you are on both the MAPPC and National Poor People's Campaign lists.
Please contact Amelia Slawsby at mappcen@gmail.com for more information.
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Writings from The Pilgrim | |
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BESIDE MYSELF
Alone I stand.
You have left me
so many times before.
The yard is bare.
except for dead lives.
Down under the hill there was a pond,
a lagoon,
and a blue sky above.
Alone I stand.
Laurel Lee Lambert
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The Sunday Morning Congregation welcomes you to beautiful worship and life-giving fellowship. Our motto is “When in doubt, we choose love.” Join us Sundays at 10 AM!
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MANNA (Many Angels Needed Now and Always) is a ministry of and with the homeless community in downtown Boston. We need each other. And this is why we gather each week to serve, to pray, and to create together. Join MANNA throughout the week for any number of our programs!
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The Crossing is our grassroots, justice-focused, do-it-yourself church community of hipsters, heretics, homeless, and other unlikely pilgrims. In August we do house church. Be sure to visit the Crossing website!
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The Episcopal Boston Chinese Ministry (EBCM) serves the Chinese-speaking community in Downtown Boston, hosting both traditional and contemporary worship services in Mandarin and Cantonese. We invite you to join us online Sundays at 12:30 PM.
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