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THIS SUNDAY, June 9

PRIDE WORSHIP WITH RAINBOW DISCO COFFEE HOUR

Sunday, June 9, 2024, First and Festival Worship

Join us for Pride Worship at Old South Church! We will gather as our most fabulous selves to worship the God who made us fearfully and wonderfully. Services at 9am and 11am. Rainbow Disco Coffee Hour at 10am & 12pm.

9am FIRST Worship

in the Gordon Chapel

with Communion

Ashley Popperson preaching

Rainbow Disco Coffee Hour

following, in chapel


10:00am

Summer Choir Rehearsal

 11AM FESTIVAL Worship

in the Sanctuary 

John Edgerton preaching

Rainbow Disco Popsicle

Coffee Hour following, outside

For links to bulletins and the worship livestream click here.

SUMMER AT OLD SOUTH CHURCH

SUMMER SCHEDULE

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There are a lot of amazing Sundays coming this Summer. See below for our Pride Schedule, and join us on June 16 as we celebrate Liberation Sunday, June 23 for Membership Sunday, and August 25th for Middle Passage Sunday. During July and August, First and Festival Worship services will both be held in the air conditioned comfort of the Gordon Chapel.

SUMMER CHOIR

Contact Mitchell Crawford for more information

Continuing through Labor Day, Festival Choir will suspend Thursday rehearsals, inviting all who wish to join us Sunday mornings at 10am to rehearse music for that day's 11am Festival Worship.

JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH AT OLD SOUTH CHURCH

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BOSTON PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE

Saturday, June 8

Out of the church and into the streets! Old South will be hosting UCC churches from across the region to march together in Boston’s Pride parade. We will gather in Gordon Chapel, beginning at 10am. We will travel from there to gather at our designated formation area (TBD), which begins at 11am. The parade will finish at Beacon St and Park St, between the Public Garden and the Common. Old South Church will host a Hospitality Station under the Portico on Boylston street from 9am-1pm. Click here to volunteer.

LIBERATION SUNDAY

Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 11am

This Sunday at Festival Worship, we will award the Open Door Award to J.Shia founder of Boston-based Madhouse Motors and an internationally recognized custom motorcycle builder, who is queering the world of motorcycling.

PRIDE SHIRTS FOR PURCHASE

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Our Queerly Beloved Pride Shirts are now available - made to order and mailed to your home! You can choose from different styles (t-shirts, hoodies, etc.), including youth sizes, and many color options for each style. 

GREEN TIP: MAKE YOUR PARTY FABULOUS AND ECO-FRIENDLY

Use Plant-Based, eco-friendly glitter. Every pride month, a staple for many parties is glitter, but glitter is terrible for the environment. Glitter products are most often made of plastic. When glitter gets washed down the drain, microplastics end up in marine systems and are hazardous to millions of organisms, including human beings. In recent years, environmentally-friendly glitter has become available on the market. Click here to learn more about an eco-friendly pride from Earthday.org.

GROWING AND LIVING IN COMMUNITY

common cathedral

SUMMERTIME BOSTON WARM

TO MEET AT OLD SOUTH CHURCH

Fridays 8 AM-12 Noon beginning June 7

Continuing our long time partnership with common cathedral, we will host Boston Warm every Friday this summer in the Club Room. Our relationship with common cathedral spans many years as a regular beneficiary of our Christian Service and Outreach grants. Old South Church worked with a coalition of religious leaders to launch the “Boston Warm" daytime programs in late 2014, when the bridge to the Long Island Shelter was closed, abruptly halting access to the shelter and services. Boston Warm drop-in daytime program has been running for almost 10 years. See the Common Cathedral website commoncathedral.org/about to learn more!  

CONGRATULATIONS RACHEL BARTON

Rachel Barton, our Assistant Minister and Nancy S. Taylor Fellow, passed her Ecclesiastical Council with flying colors last Sunday afternoon, June 2nd. The Council was held at Hancock Church UCC, in Lexington, MA. The Council's name, derived from the word 'ecclesial'. or 'church related', is the final step in a candidate's long journey toward Ordination. Delegates from eleven churches heard Rachel speak of her call to ministry and of her work at both Hancock Church and Old South. They examined her fitness for ministry by asking a broad range of questions on her call, experience and theology. Then, after meeting in executive session to discuss her credentials, they voted unanimously to approve her candidacy! Rachel will likely be ordained over the summer, watch out for an invitation to her ordination. Old South can be extremely proud of Rachel: her faith journey, her work with us and her affirmation by our wider UCC family. Well done Rachel!

CONFIRMANDS RECEIVE BASKET OF BLESSINGS

Last Sunday 3 of our 4 confirmands joined Old South Church through the Rite of Confirmation. In preparation for this important event in the life of the church, the boards & committees of Old South each prepared a symbolic gift to the students that represents the work their board or committee does. Please see the wonderful inspiring gifts and words here.

GET TO KNOW OUR SANCTUARY AND OUR DOCENTS

Did you know that Old South provides free docent-guided tours of our Sanctuary every Sunday after Festival Worship, and many Saturdays throughout the summer? On Sunday June 16 at 10am, come learn about the history, architecture, and people that are highlighted, see if you can stump a docent with your questions, and learn how you, too, could be a docent! Can’t make it? Join our docents any Sunday after Festival Worship at the front of the sanctuary for a 20 minute tour.

DONATE FLOWERS FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP

Click here to sign up for a Sunday, June 30 and July 28 and more available

Would you like to give the flowers one Sunday - in memory or in honor of a special person or event? The price is $100. Please send you message along with your payment. You can drop it off, send a check, or click here and make your gift online.

VOLUNTEER TO READ SCRIPTURE

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Reading the Bible in community is an essential Christian spiritual practice. Each week at Festival Worship a volunteer reads scripture before the sermon. People of all ages are encouraged to volunteer! Questions? Email ashley@oldsouth.org

OTHER WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

TWILIGHT WORSHIP

CURRENT SERIES: ORDINARY WISDOM: LIFE TOGETHER AS THE CHURCH

Thursdays, 6pm, in the Gordon Chapel

Ecclesiastes 3:12 says, “there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.” In this four week series, we’ll be making the most of our transition to Ordinary Time by digging into what it means to live well together. Join us for a Spring-time jaunt in the Books of Wisdom: Ecclesiastes, Job and Proverbs, and together we’ll take a peek at what it looks like to live a whole and full life.

VESPERS HEALING WORSHIP

Next Service Sunday, June 9, 5pm on Zoom,

Click here to join

Please join us to take a moment for rest and renewal in the presence of God and other spiritual companions gathering by Zoom. All are welcome to share this quiet space and lift up our concerns, our losses, our hurts, and our celebrations in the Healing Presence of God and one another. 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Click on the video to watch Youth Group member Quinn G. preach a sermon for Youth and Confirmation Sunday titled The Least of These.

Festival Worship Recordings

OTHER INFORMATION

COVID PRECAUTIONS 

  • Masking is optional.
  • Masks are available at the front desk for those who choose to wear one.
  • We strongly encourage everyone to be fully vaxxed and boosted, to attend to handwashing, and to refrain from entering the building if you have so much as a sniffle.


MASKED SECTIONS OF THE SANCTUARY AND CHAPEL

Did you know that we have masked sections in the Sanctuary and Chapel?

We do! It's in the left transept (under the balcony) of the Sanctuary. In the Gordon Chapel, the Columbarium is the designated section. In both sections, masks are required. If you still aren't sure how to get to either section, ask an usher!

SANCTUARY IN THE CITY

Our Sanctuary in this City is open to visitors for prayer and reflection.

Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.;

and Weekends, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Corey Spence, Weekday Receptionist, Old South Church