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Church on The Hill (Swedenborgian) The Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, Inc.140 Bowdoin Street ~ Beacon Hill ~ Boston, MA 02108 ~ www.churchonthehillboston.org

July 2013Vol. X, Issue 7

Jesus said ”Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” MaAhew 11:28

Summer is Finally Here!!!

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NEWSLETTER OF THE BOSTON CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM

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GOALS AND OUR LIFE AS A CHURCH

❖ Seeking to be guided by love of God, love of others, being in community, seeking to be of service.❖ Church services and classes being vital and central.❖ Nurturing teamwork and community throughout the church.❖ The church welcoming diversity of people working together as one.❖ Developing a pervasive spirit of caring in the church community.❖ The church developing as welcoming of all generations (from children to senior).❖ Concerted efforts to involve young people more fully in the life of the church. Perhaps with aid from adults, having leadership emerge from young people. Involvement of young people in service projects in the community.❖ Strengthening of programs for seniors, drawing on resources both within and outside the church.❖ Developing processes for ministry preparation.❖ Growth of participation from the congregation in the church activities.

MinistersSearch Committee

Executive OfficialsMary Guarino, PresidentDiane Williams, Vice PresidentMichael Bancewicz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees /Congregational DirectorSusanne Rogers, TreasurerLynne Payson, Secretary

Craig Williams, Acting Editor

Emeritus OfficialsMichael Latkowitch, President Emeritus

Anna Hunt Latkowitch, Church Council Emeritus

MusicCarlton Doctor, Minister of Music

Victor Cayres de Mendonca, Organist and Pianist

New Jerusalem ChurchCirca 1845

The foundation of the Boston Society of the New Jerusalem (BSNJ) can be traced back to 1784 and the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston. It was then and there that admirers of, and those interested in learning more about, Emanuel Swedenborg first met to hear a lecture on Swedenborg by James Glen. In 1818, twelve people, some of whom were among the early “Green Dragon Tavern crowd,” organized a Swedenborgian Church in the city. Chartered in 1823, the Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, Inc. is the first Swedenborgian Church established in Massachusetts. Members of the Church met at several locations before finally settling in 1845 at its present location atop Beacon Hill. The location inspired the name by which many today know the society: the Church on the Hill (Swedenborgian). Through the years, noted BSNJ members include Timothy Harrington Carter, publisher, and founder of the Old Corner Book Store; Sampson Reed, writer and mentor of Ralph Waldo Emerson; Lydia Maria Child, author, social activist and abolitionist; Warren Felt Evans, writer and healer;

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH

Theophilus Parsons, dean of Harvard Law School; Otis Clapp, apothecary, publisher, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, co-founder of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Boston University, and and founder of The Home for Little Wanderers; Theophilus P. Chandler, architect; Clarence Barron, financier, editor of the Wall Street Journal, and president of Dow Jones; George James Webb, hymnologist; and The Honorable Malcolm Nichols, Mayor of Boston. A beautiful Gothic Revival structure served the membership until the 1960s when it was replaced with a new Church building and an eighteen story high- rise apartment. Today, the main sanctuary of the Church is accessible from Bowdoin Street. The Church has also served as a place of worship and gatherings for the local Muslim Community and other faith-based communities. The Church has organizes and runs many programs to meet the needs of the Church community and larger surrounding neighborhood.

Use of the Church facility is offered to human service and outreach organizations.

CHURCH ON THE HILL - ESTABLISHED 1818

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From Craig Williams

Hi everyone, I hope everyone has a way to get out of the heat and is staying hydrated. As I am typing this, it is well into the 90’s outside. As you can see on the church calendar on the back (and as it said in the weekly mailing) the church office will be closed from July 1 - July 8 in honor of Independence Day. That being said, there will be no church Service on July 7. I hope you all have a chance to get out of work for a day or two and get outside to enjoy the weather. We will be continuing to host our senior lunch on the third Wednesday of the month throughout the summer. We will open our space to people from 11 AM - 4 PM. Everyone is welcome to come in to get out the heat, eat a nice meal, and maybe watch a movie. We have put together and senior lunch committee to organize and prepare the meals. We will also continue to hold out Vagabonds Open Mic Coffee House from 7:30-11 PM on the same Wednesday as senior lunch. These have proven to be successful and are always a good time. As always, we will not be holding our monthly Church Council or Board of Trustee meetings in July or August. They will resume in September.

We will be having our President’s Rooftop Party on August 3. It will be on the roof of Bostonview apartments. This is always a fun event with food, drinks, and friends. The party will start at 3 PM and will end when Mary puts the lamp shade on her head. Everyone is invited. In June’s Members Meeting we voted in three new church members. We would like to welcome Donald Gonzalez, Vicki Davis, and Christopher Smith! We will be hosting a lot of Max Reger Foundation Series concerts in July. The dates can be found on page 5. This is a wonderful foundation that helps young musicians get the training that they deserve to make them better musicians. I highly recommend attending as many of these concerts as you can. Church on the Hill will be sponsoring the Oasis Monday Night Dinner on Monday, July 29th. If anyone would like to volunteer to help serve food that night, please talk to me in the office. I have recently taken over the overseeing of that weekly dinner and it is a truly humbling experience. I hope everyone has a great summer and gets a chance to get outside and enjoy the weather while it lasts. We have some big plans here at the church and look forward to the beginning of Church Season in September. Pages 6-8 show some events that are going on around the city in July. Go red Sox!

Craig


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CityReach participants secure free shower facilities for un-housed people on Martha's Vineyard

CityReach is an overnight service-learning opportunity for high school and college students, and adults, offered by common cathedral. We hire un-housed and formerly un-housed members of the common cathedral community to staff the event - to tell their stories, their experience of homelessness, so participants can hear first hand of the challenges they face on the streets and in the shelters. Then the CityReach staffers take participants on tours of Boston - where they sleep, eat, spend time - places that are important to them. The next morning, participants offer service by doing street outreach, and by inviting needy people inside to receive food and clothing. The most important part for participants is invariably the interactions they have with the CityReach staff, or homeless guides. Here is a letter from a Martha's Vineyard youth leader about how his group made use of their experience at CityReach:

"Today the "Grace Gang" that attended CityReach in May, convinced the YMCA to offer free showers to homeless people one day a week. WE, meaning the "Gang" will provide supervision, cosmetics, dry towels, and sack lunches.

"Elizabeth, one of our homeless guides (at CityReach), suggested that we begin with something island homeless people need, which we could deliver. The idea being we begin to gain credibility with the island homeless community. We'll make a similar presentation to the Superintendent of Schools, with an eye towards a second day each week of showers available at the high school. "If you should run into Elizabeth, Batman, or Paul, all guides to us, tell them we still wear our crosses, and are continuing to use what they taught us to help others." John Pearson Grace Episcopal Church, Vineyard Haven

We are offering eleven CityReach sessions in the upcoming academic year:

Oct 18-19, 2013Nov 8-9, 2013Dec 6-7, 2013

Jan 10-11, 2014Jan 24-25, 2014Feb 14-15, 2014

Feb 28-Mar 1, 2014Mar 7-8, 2014

Mar 21-22, 2014Apr 11-12, 2014May 2-3, 2014


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Upcoming Max Reger Concert Series EventsFriday 12 July7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Beethoven Rocks featuring chamber music by Beethoven & Schubert with Elise Groves, soprano; Peter Terry, baritone; James Dargan, violin; Javier Caballero, cello; and Matt Auerbach, piano8:00 pm Church of the Covenant -‐ Domenie with Roberto Cassan, accordion; John Muratore, guitar -‐-‐ http://www.cassanmuratore.com/

Saturday 13 July3:00 pm Church on the Hill – Xerces Blue Ensemble with Kay Patterson, soprano; Von Bringhurst, countertenor; James Dargan, baritone; Matthew Wright, lute; Tamar Hestrin Grader, harpsichord -‐-‐ http://www.xercesblueensemble.com/7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Beethoven Rocks featuring chamber music by Beethoven & Schubert with Elise Groves, soprano; Peter Terry, baritone; James Dargan, violin; Javier Caballero, cello; and Matt Auerbach, piano 8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – A Gala Evening of Opera presented by the Longwood Opera with artists to be announced -‐-‐ http://longwoodopera.org/#summer

Sunday 14 July3:00 pm Church on the Hill – Arcadian Duets with Jessica Cooper, soprano; Von Bringhurst, countertenor; James Dargan, baritone; Tamar Hestrin Grader, harpsichord7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Bravo Bernstein with Redline Brass Quintet -‐-‐ http://redlinebrassquintet.info/Redline_Brass_Quintet/Home.html8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – Esther by Handel with Jessica Cooper (Esther); Erika Vogel (Israelite); Von Bringhurst (Mordechai); Yakov Zamir (Ahasuerus); James Dargan (Haman); and a chorus including members of Koleinu, Boston’s Jewish Community Chorus -‐-‐ http://www.koleinu.org/

Monday 15 July8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – Esther by Handel with Jessica Cooper (Esther); Erika Vogel (Israelite); Von Bringhurst (Mordechai); Yakov Zamir (Ahasuerus); James Dargan (Haman); and a chorus including members of Koleinu, Boston’s Jewish Community Chorus -‐-‐ http://www.koleinu.org/

Tuesday 16 July3:00 pm Church on the Hill – Bravo Bernstein with Redline Brass Quintet -‐-‐ http://redlinebrassquintet.info/Redline_Brass_Quintet/Home.html7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Straight from Longy, chamber works for winds and piano performed by Libor Dudas, Chair of Historical and Theoretical Studies at Longy Conservatory, and summer students featuring music by Rossini, Saint-‐Saens, Villa Lobos, Piazzola and Allan Blank -‐-‐ http://www.longy.edu/ 8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – Esther by Handel with Jessica Cooper (Esther); Erika Vogel (Israelite); Von Bringhurst (Mordechai); Yakov Zamir (Ahasuerus); James Dargan (Haman); and a chorus including members of Koleinu, Boston’s Jewish Community Chorus -‐-‐ http://www.koleinu.org/

Wednesday 17 July3:00 pm Church on the Hill – Till there was you, selections from musical theater and opera with Jennifer Ann Woodward, soprano; and James Dargan, baritone -‐-‐ http://www.jenniferwoodwardsoprano.com/html/ 7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Xerces Blue Ensemble with Kay Patterson, soprano; Von Bringhurst, countertenor; James Dargan, baritone; Matthew Wright, lute -‐-‐ http://www.xercesblueensemble.com/8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – American Songbook with Peter Terry, baritone; Brad Terry, clarinet; Peter Berger, guitar; and Matt Auerbach, piano

Thursday 18 July3:00 pm Church on the Hill – American Songbook with Peter Terry, baritone; Brad Terry, clarinet; Peter Berger, guitar; and Matt Auerbach, piano7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Domenie with Roberto Cassan, accordion; John Muratore, guitar -‐-‐ http://www.cassanmuratore.com/ 8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – Mozart Requiem sung by soloists, members of Masterworks Chorale, and the audience -‐-‐ http://www.masterworkschorale.org/

Friday 19 July3:00 pm Church on the Hill – Soli Deo Gloria by Duo Orfeo with Jamie Balmer and Joseph Ricker, guitars -‐-‐ http://www.arielartists.com/artists/duo-‐orfeo/ 7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Xerces Blue Ensemble with Kay Patterson, soprano; Von Bringhurst, countertenor; James Dargan, baritone; Matthew Wright, lute -‐-‐ http://www.xercesblueensemble.com/8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – American Songbook with Peter Terry, baritone; Brad Terry, clarinet; Chris Taylor, piano; and Matt Auerbach, piano

Saturday 20 July3:00 pm Church on the Hill – A Choral Odyssey with Oriana Consort -‐-‐ http://www.theorianaconsort.org/ 7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Countertenor Cabaret (new music for countertenor and piano) with Von Bringhurst and Yakov Zamir, countertenors; and pianist TBA8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – A Gala Evening of Opera presented by the Longwood Opera with artists to be announced -‐-‐ http://longwoodopera.org/#summer

Sunday 21 July3:00 pm Church on the Hill – Elemental: Songs of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind by Voci Angelica Trio with soprano, percussion and keyboard: Jodi Hitzhusen; soprano, percussion: Meena Malik; cello, percussion: Aristides Rivas -‐-‐ http://vociangelicatrio.com/7:30 pm Church on the Hill – Soli Deo Gloria by Duo Orfeo with Jamie Balmer and Joseph Ricker, guitars -‐-‐ http://www.arielartists.com/artists/duo-‐orfeo/ 8:00 pm Church of the Covenant – Grand Finale with selected artists from the Sons of Liberty Festival

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http://www.theorianaconsort.org/

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What’s Happening This July?

"The Summer looks out from her brazen tower,through the 7lashing bars of July."

- Francis Thompson, A Corymbus for Autumn

Holidays!ursday, July 4, 2013 Independence Day

Sunday, July 14, 2013 Bastille Day

Monday, July 22, 2013 Full Buck Moon

Sunday, July 28, 2013 Parents Day

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 National Cheesecake Day

Birthstone: RubyFlower: LarkspurAstrological Signs:

Cancer & Leo

June 21 -‐July 22 July 23 -‐August 22


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Special Events

Date: July 2 - July 7, 2013 Boston Harborfest and ChowderfestTime: Times vary in accordance to eventLocation: City Hall Plaza Faneuil Marketplace

The Boston Harborfest and Chowderfest are back in town with new events, things to see and most importantly…to TASTE! Event days include a children’s day with fun music, dance and activities for the kids to a concert day with eclectic tunes ranging from the revolutionary era to contemporary. The Chowderfest is the highlight where participants may taste test several varieties of New England’s most cherished soup offered by our local’s greatest chefs! Check ticket prices in advance since costs Eluctuate according to event. Visit: http://www.boston-‐discovery-‐guide.com/boston-‐harborfest.html for more information.

Date: July 3rd and 4th 2013 Boston Pops ConcertTime: 7:30-9/10pmLocation: Hatch Shell Boston Esplanade

What better way is there to celebrate the 4th of July than to gather at the Hatch Shell and enjoy the amazing talents of the Boston Pops? Enjoy being serenaded as the Boston’s premier orchestra performs on July 3rd and 4th, encompassing favorite musical pieces of new and old. Onlookers will also be treated to views of the spectacular Eirework displays launched directly over the Charles River.

Date: Throughout July 2013 Shakespeare on the CommonTime: Times varyLocation: Boston Common the Parkman Bandstand

Summer is the time to enjoy the outdoors so why not take in a fantastic production of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” in the midst of Boston’s exquisite Boston Common Gardens? Theater goers will adore this FREE event hosted by CSC, performing the acclaimed Shakespearean play all while underneath the pristine summer skies of the city. Arrive early for front row viewing and chairs are available to rent for a cost of $35.00.

http://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/boston-harborfest.html




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http://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/boston-esplanade.html


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Date: July 12th, 19th and 26th 2013 Free Friday Flicks at the Hatch ShellTime: Begins shortly after 8pmLocation: Hatch Shell on the Boston's Esplanade

What’s better than a great summer Elick? A FREE summer Elick! Grab your beach blankets and popcorn and hurry down the Free Friday Night Flicks at the Hatch Shell where movie buffs can sit in on movies for both children and adults. The schedule for July includes; July 12 - Despicable Me, July 19 - Wreck It Ralph and July 26 - Here Comes the Boom!Date: July 27th-‐29th 2013 Summer Arts Weekend in Boston Time: All Day Events Location: Copley Square in the Back Bay

Music lovers are in for a treat as Summer Arts Weekend in Boston rolls back around, presenting amazing musicians from a wide variety of genres. Jazz, Blue Grass and classical are only a small sample of what awaits you during this FREE festival. Enjoy and take in all of the incredibly talented artists present during this special music weekend!

Date: Wednesday, July 17th 2013 Vagabond’s Coffee House Time: 7:30-‐11pm Location: Church on the Hill 140 Bowdoin Street Boston, MA

Bring your guitar, bring your poems, bring your soul! Every musician, poet, or spoken word artist is welcome to come perform a song or two. Come in and enjoy the artistic talents from local musicians and poets during open mic night occurring at 7:30pm on every 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Church on the Hill Function Hall! Whether your interests lie in performance or simply to enjoy the...festive atmosphere, Vagabonds Coffee House is a relaxing fun, free and festive night for the whole community! FREE REFRESHMENTS AND CONCESSION PROVIDED!

This is my simple religion.There is no need for temples;

no need for complicated philosophy.Our own brain,

our own heart is our temple;the philosophy is kindness.

-Dalai Lama


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Here are the correct answers from last monthʼs rebus puzzles.

No one was 100% right and theyʼre going to keep getting tougher!

The winner of last monthʼs rebus puzzles is...Mary Guarino!

Congratulations and we will get your gift certificate to you soon!

1 - Rock and Roll Music2 - Space Invaders3 - Boston, Massachusetts4 - In Between Jobs5 - Outnumbered 4 to 16 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly7 - Add Insult to Injury8 - Paradise9 - A Cut Above the Rest


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Church Calendar Events 2013All are welcome. Come as you are.

JulyJuly 1-8 Church office closed. NO SERVICE JULY 7

July 12 - 21 See page 7 for Max Reger Foundation Series Events

Sunday, July 14 11:00 AM Church Service and Communion

Wednesday, July 17 11 AM - 4 PM

Senior Lunch

7:30 PM Vagabonds Open Mic Coffee House

Sunday, July 21 11:00 AM Church Service

Sunday, July 28 11:00 AM Church Service

AugustSunday, August 4 11:00 AM Church Service and Communion

Sunday, August 11 11:00 AM Church Service


Wednesday, August 21 11 AM - 4 PM

Senior Lunch

7:30 PM Vagabonds Open Mic Coffee House



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Church on The Hill (Swedenborgian) The Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, Inc.

140 Bowdoin Street, Beacon HillBoston, MA 02108-2799

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“It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsibilities. While my hand can hold a pen, I will use it to this end; and while my brain can earn a dollar, I will devote it to this end.” Lydia Maria Child

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880)Member of the ChurchWriter, Author, Abolitionist, Civil Rights AdvocateWriter of “Over the River”

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