To hear a sample of their musical offering, click below:

A calling to mind and faith.

• non-perishable foods (canned tuna, fortified pasta, peanut butter, and powdered milk are particularly desirable)
• infant clothing (summer-weight cottons only, please)
• nonprescription medical supplies such as band-aids and antibacterial creams
• prenatal/children’s vitamins
• school supplies

Also, if you or your company has a laptop to donate, these would be put to very good use at the school. Items can be placed in the designated box located in the parish hall during the month of October.

For a more complete list of needed items, please see the bulletin board in the parish hall. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Lauress or Debi.

It is my pleasure to announce that on October 1, 2011, the Rev. Malia Crawford signed the letter of agreement to become the next Rector of the Church of Our Saviour.

Malia comes to us from Grace Church in New Bedford, MA where she has served as Curate since 2008. Malia received her M. Div. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 2005 and graduated from MIT with a B.S. in Mathematics in 1996. Shortly thereafter, she joined the Peace Corps. Her journey of faith is a remarkable story. Malia, her partner Amy, and newly adopted son, Isaiah, plan to live in the rectory, so COS is going to have a family in the rectory soon.

Malia is in so many important ways a great fit for the Church of Our Saviour. She is passionate about newcomers, pastoral care, children, Christian formation, and community involvement and outreach. She has read our Identity, Mission, and Vision Statements as well as our recent articles on our call of a new rector at 50% time as well as our ongoing efforts at intentional growth for COS. Malia is extremely bright, energized, and very excited about coming to COS. I want to thank the Search Committee for the outstanding job they did in bringing Malia to us. As Warden, I was privileged to bear witness to a great and spirit-filled search process.

I am sure everyone will join me in welcoming Malia, Amy, and Isaiah to the COS community. I’ve listed below the basic outline of dates during the transition:

* October 31, 2011 is Tricia de Beer’s last day as COS’ Interim Priest.

* During the intervening two weeks, we’ll have supply clergy.

* On Sunday, November 6,2011 Malia plans to visit COS after church from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. so we can begin to get to know one another in this great new chapter in the life of COS.

* Monday, November 14, 2011 will be Malia’s official start date.

* Sunday, November 20, 2011 will be Malia’s first Sunday as Rector.

Thank you all.

Allen Whitaker
Warden

Two other special observations are also happening that day:

Massachusetts Remembers at 3 p.m. at the Hatch Shell is a large public gathering with prayers, poems, and performances by the Boston Pops Brass and Boston Children’s Chorus. Delegations from houses of worship and religious groups are invited to gather at 2:30 p.m. on the Esplanade so that we can sit together at a reserved space. A common prayer, interfaith resources, and ways you can participate are available online.

Interfaith prayer service at 6 p.m. at St. Paul’s Cathedral, which will be based loosely on the structure and prayers of the Evening Prayer service from the Book of Common Prayer. The service will include meditations on the theme “Hope and Fear”  from Bishop Shaw and from Naila Baloch, the Muslim Chaplain at Tufts University, and feature the diocesan choir MagnifcatBoston, founded by Mark Engelhardt, as well as solo cello music by Kim Hardy. The hope is that the service will provide an occasion at the end of this day for people to pause, remember, reflect, and pray.