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THIS SUNDAY, March 19^h, 2023

OLD SOUTH FORUM

Sundays, 10 a.m., 2^nd Floor Mary Norton Hall,

and on Zoom, password: Community

This casual, no-commitment, come-when-you-can forum hosts series on a variety of topics. Clergy, congregation members, and special guests share in leading sessions.

Carl Daw Reflects on the Psalms

Sundays, March 19^th and 26^th

Old South welcomes renowned author Carl Daw — whose newly published metrical Psalter we’re exploring throughout Lent in Festival Worship — to Community Hour for a two-part series exploring the emotional and spiritual range of the Psalms. The first session will focus on the comfort and assurance of God’s protection as exemplified by Psalm 23 (for good reason the most beloved of all the psalms). The following week, we’ll consider a Psalm at the other extreme: the despairing Psalm 130. Yet even this cry from the depths carries with it an undefeated confidence in God’s power to rescue and to bless. Please join us for this rare opportunity to engage with one of the most celebrated hymn writers of the age!

9AM

FIRST Worship with baptism

Informal & Vibrant in the Gordon Chapel

Ashley Popperson preaching

Coffee Hour following

10AM Community Hour

Festival Choir Rehearsal

Old South Forum

Church School

11AM

FESTIVAL Worship

Grand & Expressive in the Sanctuary

Ashley Popperson preaching

Coffee Hour following

Following Festival Worship

Connections Luncheon

For links to bulletins

and the worship livestream

go to oldsouth.org/Sundays.

CONNECTIONS LUNCHEON

Following Festival Worship in the 4^th Floor Guild Room

To be a member of Old South Church is to enter the company of Revolutionary Era heroes, abolitionists, suffragettes, anti-poverty crusaders, and poets. Our saints include Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Phillis Wheatley... and maybe you! Want to learn more about the life of this community of faith and break bread with other newcomers and church members? Join our Connections Info Session! Contact Rev. Katherine Schofield for more info.

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING

Collection will be taken this week

One Great Hour of Sharing is a multi-denominational offering making the love of Christ real for individuals and communities around the world who suffer the effects of disaster, conflict, or severe economic hardship, and for those who serve them through gifts of money and time. Projects are underway in more than 100 countries, including the United States and Canada. To give to this special mission offering, you can click here, or mail a check to the church.

WORSHIP ON YOUTUBE LIVE

Not a fan of Vimeo? We have a way for you to tune in to worship! Simply go to youtube.com/OldSouthChurch to visit our YouTube page once we go live and the service will be the first video on your screen. You can also subscribe to us to receive notifications of when we're live.

VESPERS HEALING WORSHIP

NOTE DATE CHANGE: Sunday, April 2^nd, 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.

JAZZ WORSHIP

Thursdays, 6pm, in the Gordon Chapel or at oldsouth.org/jazz

Join us on in Gordon Chapel on Thursday evening for Jazz Worship! You don’t have to be a jazz aficionado to feel at home - just someone who wants to immerse yourself in soulful music, inspiring words, and creative liturgy. It’s intimate and it’s welcoming. We start preludes shortly before 6:00 pm.

LENT AND EASTER SEASON AT OLD SOUTH

HOLY WEEK 2023

Palm Sunday — April 2^nd, 2023 | 11AM

Maundy Thursday — April 6^th, 2023 | 7PM

Good Friday — April 7^th, 2023 | 12PM & 7PM

Easter Sunday — April 9^th, 2023 | 9AM & 11AM

EASTER FLOWER DONATIONS

Due by Sunday, April 2^nd,

requested contribution $20

Click here and choose "Easter Flowers" to make your gift. Messages in honor or memory of loved ones or special occasions can be entered on the second page of the donation screen or you can give anonymously. The list of messages will be in the bulletin and online on Easter Sunday, April 9^th. Contact Alex Pickeringat alex@oldsouth.org

with questions.

BLESSING OF THE ATHLETES

Sunday, April 16^th, Services at 9am and 11am

Join us for our annual Marathon Sunday worship services, featuring the Blessing of the Marathon Athletes and Highland Cathedral for bagpipes, drum, and organ.

TAKE OUR QUICK WEBSITE USER EXPERIENCE SURVEY

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TRANSITION NEWS

WE ARE HIRING

Work with us! Old South Church in Boston is seeking

a full-time Church Administrator to oversee and coordinate the administrative life of this active congregation. Spread the word and learn more at oldsouth.org/careers

GROWING AND LIVING IN COMMUNITY

REMEMBERING JANET DOGGETT

Saturday, March 18^th, 2pm

All are invited to a Memorial Service to honor Janet Doggett. In lieu of flowers, Janet wished for memorial donations to be made to the American Liver Foundation in her name.

REMEMBERING ELINOR YEO

Sunday, March 26^th, 2pm

All are invited to a Memorial Service for the Rev. Elinor Yeo, followed by a reception and an opportunity to greet Dick and the Yeo family.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

FOR COMMON CATHEDRAL LUNCH

Sunday, March 26^th, 8 a.m.—2:30 p.m.,

stay as long as you can

Contact Carolyn Clark with your commitment

to any part of the day or for more info

The Christian Service and Outreach Committee is assembling a team of volunteers to help prepare lunches in the Old South Church kitchen and serve them to the common cathedral homeless congregation on the Boston Common. The prep work for making 120+ sandwich lunches will begin at 8:30 AM, transported to the Boston Common by 12:00 noon, and served to guests at 12:30. The Common Cathedral service begins at 1:00 and lasts until around 2:30. See commoncathedral.org for more about this organization’s work. common cathedral is one of Old South’s annual grantees.

RESTORATIVE JUSTIVE IN A MASS FEDERAL COURT

Monday, March 27^th, 6:00 to 7:30pm

Click here to register and for more information

Can Restorative Justice be effective in dealing with drug and gun trafficking? How are the roles of Judge Sorokin, Prosecutor James Herbert and Defense Attorneys changed using the process? Why would a prosecutor be interested in restorative justice? What are the effects of restorative justice on sentencing? How is the effectiveness of the restorative justice program assessed? Find answers to these questions and your own at the SNEUCC Restorative Justice Team's webinar panel. A one-hour presentation will be followed by Q&A.

OLD SOUTH PRESCHOOL BOOK FAIR

Old South Preschool is celebrating National Reading Month. To cap off several special school events throughout the month, we are holding a Used Book Fair the last week of March, in the 4^th floor Guild Room. Books will be organized on tables and available for purchase for a small price. The children will also be selling unique repurposed cardboard bookmarks, which they are designing.

We are accepting donations of used books (all genres and audiences). If you have books that you no longer need and would like to see them find a new home, kindly bring them in. There is a donation box on the side of the reception desk, in the elevator lobby. This fundraiser will directly support Arts & Literacy here at OSP, and also captures our spirit of recycling and upcycling. Thank you for your participation!

GREEN TIP: Take Action for Climate Justice

Tuesday, March 21^st, 12-1:30pm, Downtown Crossing,

425 Washington St, Intersection with Winter St. Boston, MA 02108.

Click here to sign up and for more info

Join the OSC Climate Crisis Task Force as we stand in solidarity with other faith communities, Third Act, and 350 Mass to tell Big Banks to stop funding the fossil fuel chaos that is violating our climate.