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credit: Life Magazine, December 1994, p. 60
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
August 2, 2020 at 9 a.m.
Join us on Facebook at 9 a.m. to watch our live service.
You can watch on our website as well.
Guest preacher through Aug. 16:
The Rev. Laurie Rofinot
Missed last Sunday's sermon, want to read it, or re-watch the service?
You can by clicking here.
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COLLECT FOR THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
L
et your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen
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Please
click here
for this
week's readings.
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ABLE OF CONTENTS
Please click the link below to jump to the desired section.
Organ Notes
- A Revolutionary Organ: The Cavaille-Coll Organ at Caen
Health Links
- Racial Justice, G
un Safety, Domestic V
iolence
, Food Support
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GUEST PREACHER THE REV. LAURIE ROFINOT THROUGH AUGUST 16
Please welcome back the Rev. Laurie Rofinot as our guest preacher for the next four Sundays! Laurie was with us the Sunday after Christmas and the 3rd Sunday after Easter.
Laurie has been a priest in our Diocese since 1987 and has had a rich and varied "career," serving a dozen congregations as a rector, priest-in-charge, assistant, interim, college chaplain, and hospital chaplain - even as an interim Lutheran pastor. Now she is a dedicated supply and sabbatical priest, filling in where needed, and greatly enjoying leading worship with good people like you! With roots in the Pacific Northwest (Spokane and Seattle, WA), Laurie met her husband Pat Michaels in the Midwest (Minneapolis) and they moved to the Boston area in the early 1980s. (Pat is the long-time Music Director at St. James's, Cambridge, having out-lasted at least 10 rectors and interim priests!) They've lived in the same old house in Davis Square, Somerville, for over 25 years, and they visit their adult daughter, who now herself lives in Minneapolis, whenever possible.
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PASTORAL EMERGENCIES WHILE NICK IS ON VACATION
Nick will be on vacation from July 22 to August 22. The Rev. Laurie Rofinot will be our supply priest for the four Sundays he is away. In case of a pastoral emergency, please call one of the Wardens
- Stan Hitron (617) 838-0070
or Jeff Murphy (781) 956-4960
-who will be able to reach Laurie and Nick.
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POCKET PRAYER SHAWL
The Knitting Ministry is knitting and mailing pocket prayer shawls. If you or someone you know needs one, please email the office.
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HELP WITH SERVICE - FACEBOOK USHER FOR AUG. 16
We are in need of a Facebook usher on August 16. From the comfort of your home, sign in to your facebook account to welcome viewers in the chat and respond to any question. Please email Ali if you are interested or want to learn more!
Interested in helping to lead Sunday Morning Prayer from the Chapel safely with masks and physical distancing in place? Contact Nick when he returns from vacation to see if reading lessons and leading the intercessions feels right for you. The schedule is here. By the fall we plan to have in place the systems which will allow participation from church and home during live broadcasts.
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We are looking for volunteers to help care for our lovely Sanctuary Garden.
 The tasks include light weeding, dead-heading, and keeping walkways and benches clean.
No watering or lawn care is required.
You are welcome to come when works for you, but please keep physical distancing of at least 6 feet and wear a mask. You can also sign up here. Email the office with questions. Your help is much appreciated!
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MANNA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for AUG. 9
The next Manna Monday Lunch Program is August 9.
We need 2 more volunteers to each bake 25 individually wrapped cookies, and one person to buy 25 bananas. The food items need to be dropped off on Sunday at noon in the parking lot across the church. Please email Emilie to volunteer.
Thank you to the individuals and families who have consistently volunteered. Your help is so appreciative!
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ORGAN NOTES: A Revolutionary Organ: The Cavaille-Coll Organ at Caen
By Linnea Wren
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Cavaille Coll organ in the Men's Abbey, Caen, France
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The French Revolution (1789-1799) brought wrenching social and political upheaval to France. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, convulsed the nation in violence, and culminated in the coronation of Napoleon as emperor.
By 1793, revolutionaries turned their reforming zeal on the Catholic Church. The accelerating attacks resulted in the exile of 30,000 priests and the executions of many others, including sixteen Carmelite nuns who met the guillotine singing the Laudate Dominum. Churches were closed and church property was vandalized. Countless church organs were destroyed, their pipes pillaged for metal that was melted into bullets.
In 1801, under Napoleon's leadership, France began to rebuild its churches and to repair and build new organs again. In 1832, the great organ builder, Aristide Cavaille-Coll (1811-1899), came to Paris. Born into a dynasty of organ builders of Spanish origin, Cavaille-Coll built instruments unlike any that had come before them. He aimed to replicate with the organ the richness and dynamic capabilities of the orchestral idiom. Through his many innovations, he created complex tones, colorful effects and orchestral colors that had never been produced by earlier organs. His organs came to fill the iconic sacred buildings of France with majestic sound.
Among those buildings is the Abbaye aux Hommes (Men's Abbey) at Caen, founded in 1063 by William the Conqueror. Cavaille-Coll completed the organ is 1885. Listed as a French national cultural heritage, the organ is today in its original form of 1885. The sounds of this great organ are one of the organ sets that Christ Church, Needham will acquire in its new organ.
In the same year that he reaffirmed the status of the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France, Napoleon founded the Society for the Encouragement of National Industry. Many famous French entrepreneurs and inventors are listed on the walls of its headquarters in Paris. Among the scientists, aviators, and other inventors is Aristide Cavaille-Coll. His organs were one of the most complex machines invented up to that time. They represented the pinnacle of technological achievements. Cavaille-Coll himself might even be considered a French revolutionary.
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Our Music Director, Pam Goody, and her husband, Bruce Goody, recorded another beautiful piece of music for us. Click
here to link to the music page on our website, the recordings are in the right hand box "Music Highlights".
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JULY VESTRY MINUTES
Read the July Vestry minutes
here. Thank you to all Vestry for participating in this important conversation and thank you to Dave Carnahan for the excellent minutes.
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Please email the
office with your prayers for inclusion in Sunday worship.
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SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY
Christ Church has deep ties to these organizations that continue to offer services and support to those in need during the pandemic.
Donations
in any amount are truly appreciated. It is one way to keep loving our neighbor as Jesus teaches.
MANNA has expanded their
mission to be a place of solace, peace, and nourishment for those who have nowhere else to go just now, and the new costs are significant. Donate online
here
. Scroll down on the options drop-down menu to Monday Lunch.
The Needham Community Council is keeping the Food Pantry open and will continue to provide food supplies to Needham residents. Click here to learn how you can donate.
Circle of Hope is offering contactless emergency deliveries to partner shelters. C
lick here to
link
directly Emergency Response Wish List.
B-Safe continues to offer virtual and financial support to the young people it serves and their communities. Donate to the SSYP Pandemic Relief fund here.
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Health Links: Racial Justice, Gun Safety, Domestic Violence and Food Support
RACIAL JUSTICE
GUN SAFETY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FOOD SUPPORT
Sign up to shop at the Food Pantry
here
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THE WEEK AHEAD
Office closed.
Tuesday, August 4
Office closed.
8:00 a.m.
Men's Prayer (via Zoom, email
Stan for the invitation)
7:00 p.m.
Property meeting
Wednesday, August 5
7:00 p.m.
Lectio Divina (via Zoom, email
Heidi
for the invitation)
Sunday,
August 5, with guest preacher The Rev. Laurie Rofinot
10:00 a.m. Coffee hour (via Zoom, link in Friday's email)
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