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Christmas Services 2011

COS — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:37:36 +0000

This year COS will hold three Christmas services:

At 3 p.m. Christmas Eve, we will hold a special service (with Holy Eucharist) that is oriented toward children and their families. It will begin with a Christmas Eve liturgy from the Godly Play curriculum, in which children place figures to the crèche, as we tell the Christmas story through word and music

At 7 p.m. Christmas Eve, we will have a festive celebration of the Eucharist.

At 10 a.m. Christmas Day, we celebrate a Christmas Eucharist at our usual Sunday worship time.

Blue Holiday Service at COS

COS — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:02:23 +0000

Thursday, December 8, 2011, at 7 p.m. – Visiting Nurses’ Association’s Hospice program is sponsoring an interfaith candlelight service for those experiencing loss and mourning during the holiday season. This beautiful service will offer readings, music with a small choir, prayers, and time for reflection during the busyness of the holidays. All are welcome, please spread the word.

Stay Tuned for Possible Service Cancellation

COS — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:15:00 +0000

The Church of Our Saviour leadership is planning to hold worship services as normally scheduled at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 30, 2011. However, there is a storm approaching our area, and the leadership will continue to monitor the status of this storm through this afternoon and will make a determination at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning if canceling worship services tomorrow is necessary.

If it is determined that services must be canceled for tomorrow, the Warden will send out an announcement via the COS e-mail announcement system. If no such announcement is sent, then worship will proceed as normally scheduled tomorrow. So please be sure to check your e-mail after 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

If services do proceed as normal tomorrow, we ask that everyone use their own best judgement and discretion in choosing whether or not to attend.

Thank you all for your cooperation.

Blessings,
Allen Whitaker
Warden

Ecumenical Communion at Occupy Boston

COS — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:48:09 +0000

Every Wednesday evening at 5:30 p.m. Occupy Boston/ Dewey Square with Rev. Stephanie Spellers
(*As long as the occupation continues)

Blessing of the Animals – Bring Your Pets!

COS — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:13:09 +0000

Attention COS animal lovers:

The annual Saint Francis Day celebration will be this Sunday, October 2 at 10:00 a.m. Bring your loved ones (four footed and no footed, and two footed if you want) to a celebration of our friendship with our animal friends.

Reminder: 10 AM Holy Eucharist Resumes Sept. 11

COS — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:03:31 +0000

We are returning to our Fall hours starting on Sunday, September 11, 2011.

Remembering 9/11

COS — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:57:44 +0000

We will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11 with special prayers and a moment of silence at the 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist on September 11, 2011.

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.

Sunday School Starts September 11th with New Routine

COS — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:34:16 +0000

On September 11th, we will have a special blessing of the backpacks, so parents make sure your children are prepared!

Over the summer, parents met to share ideas about strengthening the children’s experience of church. Informed by the parents’ opinions we will try a new routine on Sunday mornings. Starting September 11th we will be inviting the children to begin the morning with their teachers in Sunday School and then to join their parents at the time of the Exchange of the Peace. We hope that with some teaching about the meaning of what we are doing, that this practice will give the children a deeper understanding of the mystery of sharing in the Body and Blood of Christ.

As always, children are welcome to any part of the service and crayons and handouts will be available to them to give little hands something to do while often their minds are taking in more than we suspect!

High school youth are invited to attend the service. Post-service discussion of the sermon is available. We hope that we may see some collaborative events with other Episcopal youth in the area. Confirmation preparation can take place with the assistance of sponsors. For more information on this, please contact the priest.

Holy Week Services 2011

COS — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:32:02 +0000

When a person knows the end is near—only the important surfaces. Impending death distills what is vital…So if you would know Christ ponder those last days. Hear the promise: Death has no power. Failure holds no prisoners. Fear has no hold of us. God has come to show us that in dying we find what is essential. God, in Jesus, unleashes power for new life!

Come and walk with Jesus into what is essential in our lives, in our world…

April 17 – Palm Sunday
10:15 am Holy Eucharist and Congregational Reading of the Passion

This year we will again have a donkey with us and take it to the Calvary United Methodist Church. With the help of our youth and children, we will be exploring this event as Jesus’ planned protest.

April 21 – Maundy Thursday
7:30 pm Holy Eucharist, Foot Washing, and Stripping of the Altar
9:00 pm Meditation in the Sanctuary

April 22 – Good Friday
4:30 pm Children’s Godly Play Presentation (no Eucharist)
6:00 pm Solemn Collects & Veneration of Cross, Holy Eucharist

April 23 – Festive Easter Vigil
8 pm Lighting of the New Fire

This will start outside in the garden and moves inside for the tracing of the story of salvation. This year the liturgy will be enhanced with the presence of “Skyloom,” a liturgical dance group who have danced for the House of Bishops and the monastery in Cambridge. Following the service we will have a special reception.

April 24 – Easter Sunday
9:00 am Festive Holy Eucharist with Brass
10:15 am Easter Egg Hunt for the Children will take place
11:00 am Festive Holy Eucharist with Brass

Ash Wednesday Services 2011

COS — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:32:45 +0000

Event: Ash Wednesday Services
Location: COS
Date: 2011-03-09

“Opening the Gifts of Lent” at 4:30 p.m. will be for children. We will explore the
three practices of prayer, action, and sacrifice in interactive ways.

Traditional Ash Wednesday service will take place at 7:30 p.m. Both services
include the imposition of ashes.

“Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return” is a powerful
invitation – it gives us a frame in which to open ourselves to the transformation
which God wants for our lives.