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Past Chapel Events
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Events for Easter term, January-May 2010
| Date & Time | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 4 January | Chapel | Chapel worship resumes for the winter term. See the schedule and read about the services. |
| Monday, 18 January, 8pm | Senior Common Room | St Thomas Aquinas Society (STAS) workshop on the Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer and how they are conducted in the King's College Chapel. |
| Sunday, 24 January, 7pm | Chaplain's residence | The first of two gatherings to review some of Tim Lilburn's works to prepare for the February retreat. Books by the author are available at the King's Bookstore. |
| Monday, 25 January, 6:30pm | Senior Common Room | First of a four Monday evening series on C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce. View the poster here. |
| Saturday, 30 January, 8am - 3pm | Chapel | A Quiet Day sponsored by STAS: 'On the Holy Communion.' (Please note change in time.) (Poster and schedule available.) |
| Sunday, 31 January, 7pm | Chaplain's residence | The second of two gatherings to review some of Tim Lilburn's works to prepare for the February retreat. Books by the author are available at the King's Bookstore. |
| Monday, 1 February, 7pm | Senior Common Room | Second of a four Monday evening series on C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce. View the poster here. |
| Friday to Sunday, 5-7 February | Mersey River Chalets, near Kejimkujik Park | Titled "Ecology and Endless Desire: The Mystery of Landscape" or "The Theology of Desire and Landscape - The Self and a Search for a Useable Past", this will be a contemplative retreat with acclaimed Canadian poet and essayist Tim Lilburn. View the brochure. Please send email if you would like to know more or are interested in attending. |
| Monday, 8 February, 7pm | Senior Common Room | Third of a four Monday evening series on C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce. View the poster here. |
| Monday, 15 February, 7pm | Senior Common Room | Last of a four Monday evening series on C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce. View the poster here. |
| Friday, 19 March | Lunenburg | The choir presents JS Bach's St John Passion in Lunenburg. Details to follow. |
| Sunday, 21 March | Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax | The choir presents JS Bach's St John Passion in Halifax. Details to follow. |
| Monday to Friday, 29 March to 3 April | Chapel | Holy Week |
| Saturday to Sunday, 4 to 5 April | Chapel | Easter Vigil and Resurrection Party |
| Wednesday and Thursday, 7 and 8 April, 5pm | Chapel | Last choral services of term |
Events held during Michaelmas term, September-December 2009
| Date & Time | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 3 September, 6:30-9:00pm | Chapel | First day of Chapel Choir auditions. Each candidate will have a 15 minute slot. Auditions are simple and friendly. They consist of one or two pieces chosen by singer (accompanied or not), a sight-reading component, and a brief conversation. E-mail the Director to sign up for a time-slot. |
| Sunday, 6 September, 11:00am | Chapel | First Holy Communion of term led by senior faculty in Holy Orders, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Dr Thomas Curran. |
| Monday, 7 September, 6:15pm | Chapel | FROSH Week Concert: Krasnogorsk and New Providence |
| Tuesday, 8 September, 3:30-6:00pm | Chapel | Matriculation Ceremony |
| Tuesday, 8 September, 6:30-9:00pm | Chapel | Additional Chapel Choir Auditions. See above for description. |
| Tuesday, 8 September, 9:30pm | Chapel | First Compline service of term |
| Wednesday, 9 September, 5:00pm | Chapel | The first of the Choral Services in the Chapel for this term, 'Choral Evensong', featuring our own King's College Chapel Choir. This is a 45 minute Choral offering. All welcome. Persons of all traditions appreciate the beauty of this Liturgy of the Hours (adapted from the ancient monastic office). |
| Thursday, 10 September, 5:00pm | Chapel | The first of our 'now for something completely different' Choral Solemn Eucharists, featuring our own Chapel Choir again for a 'liturgy-heavy' Medieval-based rite. Again, much loveliness. All welcome to participate in whatsoever way: from merely listening to joining in with music, to praying throughout. |
| Sunday, 13 September, 8:00pm | Chapel | The Chapel is proud to present award -winning musician and New Brunswick native, Thom Swift as the first artist to perform for our Sunday Evening Concert Series 2009/2010. Thom's last concert at the Rebecca Cohn was a sold out show, so come early! |
| Friday to Sunday, 2 to 4 October | TBA | Fall retreat |
| Saturday, November 7 | 7:30 pm | Chapel Choir Concert: "For All the Saints" - at All Saints Cathedral, Halifax. |
| Sunday, November 29 | 4:00 pm | Advent Lessons & Carols Candle-lit and joyous, this traditional service of Lessons and Carols has a long history at King's. Every year students and faculty join together in preparation for Christmas to reflect on each lesson read and carol sung. Seating is limited, come early. |
Previous Events
| Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ||
| Wednesday, March 4 6 pm |
The President's Lodge | SAMS is the oldest student society at King's, and it has always been actively supported by the chapel community. SAMS works to co-ordinate King's students with the activities of various volunteer groups in Halifax, and is making a glorious comeback this term, with wine and cheese! Join us, a number of Halifax's most esteemed volunteer organizations, and some of your favourite faculty for a night of fun, information and calming background music. All welcome. |
| Sunday, 15 February |
Parish of St James (Armdale) | Members of the chapel community visited St James' Anglican Church (Armdale), to speak about campus ministry at King's and Dalhousie. |
| Sunday, 8 February, 7:30 pm |
Chapel | The King's College Chapel Concert Series continues with popular Halifax singer/songstress Becky Siamon. Becky has played with many Halifax groups, and her song writing is heavily influenced by the country-esque ballads of John Prince and the melodic saucyness found in jazz standards. A free will offering will be taken up in support of The Student Refuge Programme 2010, a program at King's established to sponsor a refugee on campus each year, beginning in Sept 2009. |
| Saturday, 7 February, 10 am - 3 pm |
Chapel | 'TALKS FOR EPIPHANY' led by Dr Wayne Hankey, Carnegie Professor and Chair of Classics. Dr Hankey delivered a series of talks throughout the day on: 'God's Care for Us': The Common Doctrine of Holy Scripture, Faith, and Reason as taught in the Consolation of Philosophy of St Boethius and by Moses Maimonides in the Guide of the Perplexed. |
| Wednesday, 21 January, 7:30 pm | Alumni Hall, King's College | Extra FYP lecture by chapel Music Director Paul Halley. Halley spoke about J.S. Bach and his St John's Passion, as part of a series of lectures focused on topics that supplement the Foundation Year Programme. More info... |
| Monday, 12 January, 2 pm | Senior Common Room, King's College | The Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: An Israeli Activist Speaks: A talk by Dr. Jeff Halper, Co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee. |
| 2008 | ||
| Friday, 12 December, 7 pm and Sunday, 14 December, 7 pm |
St John's Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay and All Saints' Cathedral, Halifax |
A King's Christmas - a programme of story and song with King's College Choir. Featuring special guest narrator Bruce Nunn, and produced by Musique Royale (see poster and flyer, page 1 and page 2). More ... |
| Sunday, 7 December, 11am | Chapel | The annual HMCS Scotian Naval Church Parade. Each year in December young reservists from HMCS Scotian (many of them university students) parade to the Chapel for a Sunday morning worship. The guest preacher was Cdr Robert Humble, Navy Formation Chaplain CFB Halifax and Joint Task Force Atlantic Senior Chaplain. Everyone is welcome to this yearly event. And see a description of King's close relation to the Navy as HMCS King's, 1939-45. |
| Sunday, 30 November, 4pm | Chapel | Annual Lessons and Carols, sung by the King's College Choir. |
| Sunday, 23 November, 7pm | St. Mark's Church, Myra Road, Porters Lake | King's College Choir 'Antique Road Show' in the Parish of Seaforth - choir pieces and congregational hymn-singing. Proceeds to support the food bank. |
| Sunday, 9 November, 4pm-5pm | Senior Common Room | THE CRISIS IN SUDAN: Barnaba Okony Gilo is Program Director of an NGO, Mak-deel, in South Sudan. He is currently a student at the Coady Institute in Antigonish. Gilo spoke about the situation in Sudan, and the SCR was filled with listeners. View poster here. |
| Sunday, 9 November | St John's Anglican Church, Truro | At the morning worship students spoke about university chaplaincy to the congregation of St John's Anglican Church, Truro. View photo here. |
| Thursday, 6 November, 6:30pm | Senior Common Room | Two King's students discussed their experience in Israel and Palestine. Phil Taber and Katie Merwin presented photographs and personal stories about their summer in the Middle East witnessing the harsh realities of, according to the United Nations, the world's oldest and largest refugee situation. |
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Fall Bible study series
"Made Flesh": Reflections on the Gospel of John
Tuesdays, 12:15 – 12:50 noon
At the back of the Chapel, University of King’s College
October 7: John 1.1-14, Dr Eli Diamond, Professor, Dalhousie Classics Department
October 14: John 1.15-end, Rev'd Brad Close, Reformed Chaplain, Dalhousie
October 21: John 2, Rev'd Debra Burleson, Rector, Parish of Seaforth
November 4: John 3, Dr. David Deane, Professor, Atlantic School of Theology
November 18: John 4, Rev'd Dr. Paul Friesen, Rector, St. Paul's Anglican