Archives for October 2021

2022 Annual Giving Campaign – “In Joy and Hope” Launches

Published: October 29, 2021

Thank you for being a part of the joy of Christ Church, Needham. Your financial support means much more now than ever. We need your help to keep alive our ability to care, to connect, and to serve, to continue the mission of our Church to love God and neighbor, as Jesus teaches.

Read the letter from Jean McCarthy and Kim Rocco, In Joy and Hope Co-Chairs, introducing this year’s giving campaign here. Watch this short video from Jean and Kim (with a special appearance from Baby Owen) to hear what has brought them joy and hope at Christ Church.

Your gift supports the mission and ministry of Christ Church to love God and neighbor, in Joy and Hope, as Jesus teaches. Submit your Estimate of Giving for 2022 online today.

For all that we have accomplished together during this challenging season and for all that we will accomplish together in the future, thank God and thank you.

October 31, 2021: Holy Eucharist Rite II for the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, All Saints’ Day, and Annual Giving Campaign “In Joy and Hope” Kick Off

Published: October 28, 2021

October 31, 2021: Holy Eucharist Rite II for the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, All Saints’ Day, and Annual Giving Campaign “In Joy and Hope” Kick Off

We are an inclusive, family-oriented, and multi-generational parish. Find your place at Christ Church and grow in heart, mind and spirit. Join us in-person and online for worship and connection on Sundays: 8:15am Holy Eucharist Rite I (Chapel) and 10am Holy Eucharist Rite II (Main Sanctuary, Facebook, and our website).  

 

 

October 24, 2021: Holy Eucharist Rite II for the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost and Organ Dedication

Published: October 21, 2021

October 24, 2021: Holy Eucharist Rite II for the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost and Organ Dedication

We are an inclusive, family-oriented, and multi-generational parish. Find your place at Christ Church and grow in heart, mind and spirit. Join us in-person and online for worship and connection on Sundays: 8:15am Holy Eucharist Rite I (Chapel) and 10am Holy Eucharist Rite II (Main Sanctuary, Facebook, and our website).  Please note this Sunday we will offer one service at 10am. We will not hold an 8am service.

One service at 10 a.m. this Sunday, October 24, we will not hold an 8:15 a.m. service

Published: October 21, 2021

Please note we will offer only one service at 10 a.m. this Sunday, October 24. We will not a hold an 8:15 a.m. service. Please click here for the worship materials and to watch the service online.

October 17, 2021: Holy Eucharist Rite II for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

Published: October 14, 2021

October 17, 2021: Holy Eucharist Rite II for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

We are an inclusive, family-oriented, and multi-generational parish. Find your place at Christ Church and grow in heart, mind and spirit. Join us in-person and online for worship and connection on Sundays: 8:15am Holy Eucharist Rite I (Chapel) and 10am Holy Eucharist Rite II (Main Sanctuary, Facebook, and our website). 

A Memorial Eucharist in Thanksgiving for the Life of Elizabeth Brooks Dennett

Published: October 14, 2021

Saturday, October 16, 2021, at 11 am: A Memorial Eucharist in Thanksgiving for the Life of Elizabeth Brooks Dennett

Christ Episcopal Church is an inclusive, family-oriented, and multi-generational parish. Find your place at here and grow in heart, mind and spirit. Join us in-person and online for worship and connection on Sundays: 8:15am Holy Eucharist Rite I (Chapel) and 10am Holy Eucharist Rite II (Main Sanctuary, Facebook, and our website). 

Please note: The video will say unavailable the service goes live on Facebook.

October 10, 2021: Holy Eucharist Rite II the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost with guest preacher and presider The Rev. Canon Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, Th.D.

Published: October 7, 2021

October 10, 2021: Holy Eucharist Rite II the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost with guest preacher and presider The Rev. Canon Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, Th.D.

We are an inclusive, family-oriented, and multi-generational parish. Find your place at Christ Church and grow in heart, mind and spirit. Join us in-person and online for worship and connection on Sundays: 8:15am Holy Eucharist Rite I (Chapel) and 10am Holy Eucharist Rite II (Main Sanctuary, Facebook, and our website). Please note that this Sunday, October 10 we are offering one service today at 10 a.m. We will not hold an 8:15 a.m. worship.

  • Watch below or on Facebook and Youtube.
  • Follow along in the Fall’s service bulletin.
  • View today’s readings and Prayers of the People.
  • Explore our weekly eBlast.
  • Watch The Rev. Canon Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, Th.D.’s sermon.
  • Your gift supports the mission and ministry of Christ Church to love God and neighbor as Jesus teaches. Give online and select giving fund “Loose Plate Offering”.
  • We are honored to welcome The Rev. Canon Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, Th.D., Canon for Immigration & Multicultural Ministries, as the guest preacher and presider for worship this Sunday. Please note that we are offering one service today at 10 a.m. We will not hold an 8:15 a.m. worship.
  • We are also welcoming musical guest “AnciaCorde”, a Baroque instrument trio (read more about the music this week on page 4 of the Readings and Prayers of the People).

Welcoming The Rev Canon Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, Th.D. as our guest preacher and presider this Sunday, October 10

Published: October 6, 2021

We are honored to welcome The Rev. Canon Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, Th.D., Canon for Immigration & Multicultural Ministries, as the guest preacher and presider for worship this Sunday, October 10 at 10 a.m. Join us in-person and online for worship and connection on Sunday at 10 am for the  Holy Eucharist Rite II, in-person in our Main Sanctuary and online Facebook or our website. We look forward to seeing you there.

Ntagengwa spent his early years in Rwanda, where much of his extended family still lives.  He holds a certificate in accounting and economics from the Ecole d’Economie et de Commerce de Janja, in Ruhengeri, Rwanda, and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from St. Paul’s United Theological College in Limuru, Kenya.  He was ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican diocese of Embu, Kenya.The Rev. Canon Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, Th.D’s position as canon for immigration and multicultural ministries was created in response to the diocesan mission strategy. “The mission strategy makes a commitment to invest in ministry with immigrant communities and communities of color, so what do we need to be developing and doing together to accomplish that?  There is a lot of listening that we need to do, and relationships that need to be created.”

Before fleeing in 1994 to Zaire, where he coordinated a small refugee camp at Eveche Anglican de Bukavu for a year, Ntagengwa held different leadership positions in Rwanda as financial administrator of an Episcopal hospital, regional representative in Butare of Banques Populaires and as a chaplain of a high school in Musanze.

In 1999, he moved to Boston, where he completed his master’s degree in theological studies at Harvard Divinity School in 2001 and his doctorate in ethics and missions at Boston University in 2008.  His dissertation, “Cycles of Violence in Rwanda:  Ethical Leadership and Ethnic Justice,” explores theological and ethical models for relationship that could be useful in curtailing centuries of violence in that nation.   Before taking on his current position, Ntagengwa served the diocese as director of transition ministries for six years.  Prior to that he served at various parishes, including as an assistant priest at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mattapan and as priest-in-charge at St. John St. James Church in Roxbury.  He also worked with the Refugee Immigration Ministry in Malden as case manager and director of direct care.

He and his wife, Christine, live in Everett and have three children, Jean-Fidele, Peace and Moses, and one grandson, Josiah.