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The Eliot Church of Newton474 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458617-244-3639 |
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Festival of the Christian Home Adult Education Forums Rituals and Traditions Regarding Holy Communion Eliot’s Ministry as a Teaching Parish for Seminary Students
Eliot Annual Spring Meeting Sunday, May 23 The 165th Annual Meeting of the Eliot Church of Newton will be held on Sunday, May 23, 2010 following Sunday worship. We will consider and vote the budget for the coming year, and address other business as needed.
Mozart Coronation Mass Sunday, May 16, 10:00 am The Eliot Church Chancel Choir, soloists, and orchestra will presented Mozart’s Coronation Mass during our worship service. The “Coronation” mass was completed on March 23, 1779. It was composed for the crowning of an image of the Virgin in the Cathedral of Salzburg. It was premiered on Easter Sunday April 4, 1779. It is scored for SATB soloists and chorus, 2 violins, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and organ. The Coronation Mass is one of the most popular of Mozart's 17 mass settings. All in attendance rejoiced in the pageantry of this masterful work with the Eliot Church music ministry!
Festival of the Christian Home, Recognition of Long Time Eliot Members and Presentation of Kindergarten Story Bibles Sunday, May 9 Our congregation is blessed with a number of long-time members. On Sunday, May 9 we acknowledged and celebrated all the spirit, wisdom and dedication they bring to our congregation. We thank them, and we thank God for the gift of their presence in our congregation’s life. We will also presented our Kindergarten children with their own Storybook Bibles.
David Castillo Mini Organ Recital Sunday, May 2 Our music minister David Castillo “pulled out the stops” during a mini concert right after worship. The program included the Prelude and Fugue in C Major by Bach, magnificent toccatas by Buxtehude and Pachelbel, and a set of choral preludes. A grand time was had by all!
Adult Education Forums Eliot’s Ministry as a Teaching Parish for Seminary Students - April 25 For several years, our congregation has served as a field education site for Andover Newton seminarians. As part of this ministry, one of the pastors has been a trained supervisor, and a lay committee has volunteered as a Teaching Parish Committee (‘TPC’) to work with the seminarian on their learning goals during the field education experience. Last year, the Field Education department asked if Eliot’s seminarian (Emilia Halstead), supervisor (Pastor Tony), and Teaching Parish Committee (Carolyn Clark, Chris Stuart, Nancy Lane and Barbara Couturier) would make a training DVD to help train other congregations and TPC’s in the field education ministry for seminarians. The DVD had its debut showing at Eliot after worship on April 25. This was an opportunity to learn more about how seminarians are trained in practical ministry, and how a Teaching Parish Committee functions.
Rituals and Traditions regarding Holy Communion - April 18 We talked about the various ways that Christians celebrate the Lord’s Supper and receive the bread and cup: grape juice or wine? passing plates of bread and small cups of juice? coming forward individually to receive the bread and juice from a worship leader? gathering around the table and serving each other? drinking from the cup, or dipping the bread? We come from many different traditions, and each of these practices has a history with special significance for some of us. This Forum was an opportunity for us to learn more about these practices, and to discuss how we here at Eliot might be enriched by them.
April 1-Maundy Thursday 7:30 pm Service of the Last Supper and Tenebrae Led by the Confirmation Students, with the Pastors and our Seminary Intern, Emilia Halstead
April 2-Good Friday 7:30 pm Meditation Service in the Chapel Led by Emilia Halstead
April 4-Easter Sunday 10:00 am Celebration of the Resurrection Rev. Karla Miller preaching Featuring the Halleluiah Chorus from Handel's Messiah
Sunday, March 28 After Palm Sunday worship, our Mission Trippers along with Parish Life and other Pancake chefs served up pancakes and fixins' to delight the palate! This was a fundraiser for our youth who traveled to Appalachia on a mission project during spring vacation week.
Spiritual Practices in Everyday Life Wednesday Evenings, During Lent Have you ever thought of walking on the earth as a spiritual practice? Or how you live in your own body? Or saying “No!” Or hospitality? Or resting? Or recycling?
Some thoughtful and articulate Christian teachers have described how each of these “disciplines” can be profound spiritual practices for everyday Christians. Pastor Tony, Pastor Karla and Emilia led this series each Wednesday evening during Lent, to reflect about, and to learn to enter more deeply into, these spiritual practices of our everyday lives.
Sunday, March 14 at 3:00 pm Under the direction of Alan Pearlmutter, Kammewerke Orchestra presented "The Best of Bohemia," a concert of Czechoslovakian classical music at the Eliot Church on next Sunday, at 3:00 p.m. The program included "Sinfonietta," a wind piece by nineteenth century composer Novacek, "Meditation on an Old Bohemian Choral," a string selection by Joseph Suk, and the "Czech Suite" by Dvorak. A free was taken at the door.
Friday, February 26, 2010 We hired a professional DJ to host a Karaoke Party for our congregation with one of the best collections of oldie goldies to top 40 and beyond!
We gave prizes for most friends brought, for funniest act, for bravest singer, etc. It was a blast for old and young alike. All of the proceeds went to support our Youth Mission Trip to Appalachian Service Project in April.
Friday, February 5-Saturday, February 6, 2010 Women of Eliot gathered for this popular Eliot Church annual event where we met old friends, made new friends, ate, explored and contemplated—all in 24 hours! Pastor Karla was again be our leader
Sunday, January 31, 2010 Our Eliot Youth along with our Seminary Intern, Emilia Halstead planned and led the worship service. It was a joy to have our youth be the main focus of our worship.
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Kammerwerke, a chamber orchestra and chamber music society directed by Alan Pearlmutter, presented a chamber music concert at the Eliot Church on Sunday, January 10, 2010. The sole work performed was the Octet by Franz Schubert. Performers included Sally Martin, violin, Julia Wong, violin, Mary Kearing, viola, Priscilla Chew, cello, Paul Glenn, bass, Linda Poland, clarinet, Judy Bedford, bassoon, and Jeff Stewart, horn.
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