Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
in the Lindsey Chapel
Sunday, June 16nd at 10:00 am
The Rev. Pamela L. Werntz, presiding & preaching
The Emmanuel Church website has subway and parking garage suggestions. Directions can be found here.
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Worship in Lindsey Chapel
Our worship has moved to the Lindsey Chapel for the summer. There will be no livestream of the service until we return to the sanctuary on September 22. This also means hospitality depends on the provision of those attending summer services, so please bring something sweet or savory if you can.
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Society for Historically Informed Performance 2024 Concert Series
Thursdays in Lindsey Chapel at 7:30pm
June 13th Nota Bene Viol Consort So Far From Home - Voices and viols mingle in 16th-c polyphony from Spain, Holland, Italy, England, and Germany that focuses on themes of exile and migration. Music of Dowland, Rossi, Camphuysen, Cavendish, and others connect over time with people who sought hope through music just as we do today.
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Chapel Camp on June 16th
Stories on Strings: Fundraising Recital for B-SAFE
Parishioner Jay Park will play the violin, accompanied by John Dilworth on the piano in the Parish Hall. Selections will include Bach Partita No. 1 in B minor, I. Allemanda, V. Sarabande, VI. Double, VIII. Double, Meditation from ThaÏs by Jules Massenet (accompanied by John Dilworth), and Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff (accompanied by John Dilworth). Please stay after worship on Sunday to support our musicians and our mission engagement with B-SAFE. A free-will offering will be collected.
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Chapel Camp on June 23th
African Meeting House Field Trip
Join Mike Scanlon for a tour at the African Meeting House scheduled for 1:30pm. The tour tells the story of organized Black communities from the Colonial Period through the 19th century. Exhibits showcase the powerful stories of Black families who worshipped, educated their children, debated the issues of the day, produced great art, organized politically and advanced the cause of freedom. The African Meeting House requires prior registration via their website (African Meeting House Tour Registration), so people please do this ahead of the visit. Folks should also plan to grab lunch on the way over!
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Emmanuel Center Movie Night
Sunday June 16 at 7:30pm
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This is the third film in our movie night series on the topic of race and racism.
Origin is a 2023 film about the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson while she was writing her New York Times bestseller, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. As Wilkerson navigates devastating personal losses at home, she travels across the globe to research and draw connections between India's caste system, the Holocaust in Germany, and enslavement and racism in the United States.
Central Reform Temple’s rabbi, and also professor at Hebrew College Rabbinical School in Newton, Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire, will be co-facilitating the discussion with Lp Perkins. Lp is a retired civil servant: an IT project manager. Lp earned degrees from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Haifa. Lp also lived in Mexico and attended school at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Currently, Lp is completing his second of five years at Hebrew College.
The discussion will begin at 7:30 PM on Sunday, June 16. If you are interested in attending, please let us know at info@centralreformtemple.org so we can ensure that you receive the Zoom link.
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The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven
June 16 at 5pm at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul
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What would happen if Jesus came back to earth right now as a trans woman? Join us for a stunning one woman play by Jo Clifford, 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. "The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven," first performed in 2009, has been translated into 7 languages and performed in 9 countries worldwide. Learn more about the production here. Open admission at the door, with a $10 suggested donation.
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B-SAFE, The Bishop’s Summer Academic and Fun Enrichment. This year we join with the folks at Central Reformed Temple to support the summer day-camp activities organized by St. Stephen’s Youth Programs (http://www.ssypboston.org/), providing B-LOVE
support for B-SAFE families with bags full of groceries. If you wish, there are also other
On Thursday July 25th, we plan to deliver 25 filled grocery bags to St. Stephen’s at 419 Shawmut Street. The aim is to help meet their needs in these times of continued economic upheaval and high food prices. To get ready for that day you may assist in four different ways:
1. Starting June 1, pick up a bag with a list of what goes in it, and return the bag filled to
Emmanuel (delivery instructions included) by the end of the month. The estimated cost of
the requested contents is about $60-65.
2. In early July ask what items are still needed, purchase them, and deliver to Emmanuel by
Monday July 23rd. We’ll have that list by July 1st, after we determine how many bags have
been filled already. For this, you may request re-imbursement or donate the cost.
3. Join our party helping to pack on Wednesday July 24th in Lindsey
Chapel, and to deliver the bags on Thursday morning July 25th. Packing and delivery times to be announced.
4. Buy raffle tickets, come to a concert to be held on June 16th after Sunday service, and/or donate to this worthy cause anytime!
For the Raffle—Win a dinner with the Rector for up to six persons. Tickets are $10 for a single ticket or $25 for three. For more information regarding raffle particulars, please email us at info@emmanuelboston.org.
If you are interested in filling bags and/or volunteering on July 24-25 or have any questions,
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The Rev. Julia E. Whitworth
Bishop-Elect
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
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The people of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts have elected an Indianapolis priest to be their next bishop. At the special electing convention held on Saturday, May 18, clergy and lay delegates elected the Rev. Julia E. Whitworth to succeed the Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates as the 17th bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts. The electing convention took place at Trinity Church in Boston.
In order to be elected, a nominee needed to receive a simple majority of votes from both the clergy and lay delegates, voting separately as “orders,” on the same balloting round. Whitworth secured election on the fourth ballot, receiving 118 clergy votes and 155 lay votes, with 110 and 146 needed, respectively, for election.
Following the 3:33 p.m. announcement of her election, Whitworth joined the convention via Zoom to offer her greetings. “I would like to take a moment just to express my deep, deep gratitude for you, for the work that you do to make disciples, protect creation, promote justice and love Jesus, and for the opportunity to join you in that work as your bishop-elect,” Whitworth said. “I am honored, I am flabbergasted, I am overjoyed, I am overwhelmed, and I feel it a deep, deep privilege to be called in this way."
Whitworth, the rector of Trinity Church in Indianapolis since 2016, is the first woman to be elected to lead the Diocese of Massachusetts as diocesan bishop.
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- While located predominantly in the U.S., The Episcopal Church is global, with dioceses and mission areas in 22 countries or territories.
- The first General Convention met in 1785 and only included deputies. Bishops began to participate in 1789.
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June 11, 2024
Juneteenth, June 19th , will be the focus of next week’s column. The day was
declared a Massachusetts state holiday in 2020 and a federal holiday in 2021. The
number of commemorations and offerings for celebration in community have
grown over the years.
While we prepare our thoughts about them, here is another summertide opportunity to see and hear “Open Circle.” A wonderful series of talks, “Jewish and Christian Thought and Practice: Face to Face and Side by Side,” was offered last fall and winter. Sponsored by Hebrew College Open Circle Learning and hosted by Rabbi Michael Shire of Central Reform Temple, the series explored several topics with Christian faith leaders in the Boston area. Session 6 was devoted to reparations. Rabbi Michael Shire introduced the session and moderated the question-and-answer segment. Our Reverend Pam Werntz was also a speaker.
Rabbi Michael explained the difference between two temple offerings in Jewish
teaching and practice. The “hatat,” a sin offering, is made by individuals for
damage to other individuals. The “asham,” a specific offering, is given when
wrong has been done to others and the harm is done to a people. Asham is “more
of a national shame that comes upon us by what we have done or not done.” Rabbi
Michael’s remarks included salient examples from the Hebrew Bible about the
need for both kinds of repair.
Reverend Pam spoke first about personal reparations (her 2023 sabbatical was
devoted to discovering the story of her ancestors and their connection to
enslavement in Maryland). Pam then focused on Christian notions of reparations,
and specific Episcopalian notions and practices of reparations. She gave examples
of Church rituals, prayers, and teachings (the “Great Commandment” and
scriptural writings in the Second Testament). We seek and serve the spirit of
redemption in all persons and we also pray for restoration and social justice, which
is a moral obligation for Episcopalians. Pam’s remarks highlighted the importance
of learning that repairing and restoring relationships is work related to justice.
Lastly, she spoke about the need to engage in material reparations as part of
Emmanuel Church’s commitment to the work in all its forms.
This session is far too rich to summarize adequately, and we recommend it to you,
with gratitude for this enlightening and informative collaboration with our
covenant partner. We encourage you to engage with it.
--Mary Beth Clack, Mary Blocher, Cindy Coldren, Pat Krol, Liz Levin
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Juneteenth Celebration on June 19th at 3pm |
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Please join us at the annual Juneteenth Celebration on Wednesday, June 19 at 3 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mattapan in the context of current global migration. We will hear how the struggle continues even when, supposedly, there is legal freedom/rights.
Our Guest preacher will be our own The Rev. Charles Wynder Jr., an Episcopal priest who serves as the dean of chapel and spiritual life at St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., and also teaches religion electives in the Humanities Department. He previously served as the staff officer for social justice and engagement on the presiding bishop’s staff for The Episcopal Church. The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates will be the Presider. For more details, please see Juneteenth 2024 Flyer. Looking forwards to seeing most of you on June 19th.
Faithfully,
The Rev. Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, Th.D,
Canon for Immigration and Multicultural Ministries
The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
138 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02111
617-482-4826 x400
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Joint Leadership Statement
Emmanuel Church and Central Reform Temple
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The leadership of Central Reform Temple (CRT) and Emmanuel Church (the Board and the
Vestry) have been engaged in conversations together over the last several weeks about the
horrific events of October 7th and the subsequent war in the Middle East. This has given us the opportunity to express our love, care, and support for one another as covenant partners, and our anguish for the wider human family, as well as consider how we might engage
together at this time.
Our covenant relationship provides a deep foundation for us to talk about our thoughts,
feelings, and concerns about the people of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, rising anti-
Semitism here in the US and around the world, rising Islamophobia, and the impact on our
communities. These thoughtful conversations have enabled us to examine our values, spiritual disciplines, and what we might consider our religious responsibilities as communities of faith.
To that end, it is our desire to widen the conversation to our whole community about possible
programs, educational courses, volunteer and advocacy opportunities, and the varied ways
that CRT and Emmanuel can work and pray separately and together. We believe that our
criteria for advocacy must be to support those seeking a resolution to this conflict between
peoples, highlighting peacemakers and assisting those bringing humanitarian aid and
sustenance to all who have been affected in the region. This will be how we prioritize our
choices about our learning and action.
Our first program was ‘Music Speaks’ highlighting the work of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a
combined Israeli and Palestinian choir and their work to build bridges between High School
Youth of conflicted communities which was attended by close to 100 people last week.
We hope that as we begin to post information in our weekly e-newsletters and on the bulletin
board in the lobby, you will find a project, program, course, organization to support, or place
to volunteer that is meaningful to you.
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Want to learn or brush up an ancient language? Join one of Emmanuel's Reading Groups. We currently offer
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Greek Reading Group - Thursdays at 9AM
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Hebrew Reading Group - Wednesdays at 9AM
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Latin Reading Group - Fridays at 9AM
Beginners are always welcome. Email Parish Office for the Zoom link.
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Do you know someone who is in the hospital, or confined at home? The Care Commission provides pastoral ministry by writing notes, making visits, and more. Pastoral care needs are being coordinated by Deacon Bob Greiner. If you have a need, please contact them.
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Recovery Liturgy with Healing Prayers |
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For all people struggling with or in recovery from any form of addiction, Join us on Zoom on Fridays at 3:30 pm. This service draws from the wisdom of the 12 Step program and the liturgies of the Episcopal Church. Contact Susan Ackley for more information and/or a Zoom invitation.
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Emmanuel Church is located on an area once used by the matriarchal Massachusett Tribe for fishing for thousands of years. Read our statement of acknowledgement and what our collective response should be.
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Artwork at the top: Unknown Artist
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15 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
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