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[meanfreepath]

During this January Term, Sunday services continue at Memorial Church, but the choir is off and there are no Morning Prayers -- I would venture to guess that only UChoir's grad students and maybe a handful of the undergrads are in town. So tomorrow and next Sunday are rare opportunities to check out other churches in the area. Given how many churches there are in Boston, choosing one or two is no easy task.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to limit myself to Episcopalian, for now. There are some other traditions I would be very interested in checking out at some point, in particular the Society of Friends -- I was playing the piano for Mass nearly every Sunday at Swarthmore, and never went to Quaker meeting. I find much to respect in the Quakers, but I could never be a pacifist.

It's enough of a hike that I don't think I'd be going there regularly, but I'd like to check out Trinity Episcopal down in Copley Square tomorrow morning for their 11:15 service with choir. Liturgy looks like it'll be sufficiently high church for my taste, they've got one of the best organs in Boston, and it is encouraging that their website mentions an LGBT fellowship.

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[wayman.livejournal.com]

From talking to Quaker friends (who are active in the wider Quaker community and attend regional or national meetings), I've learned to my great surprise that many Friends are not pacifists, and are in fact far from it. This probably seems quite shocking to many Swatties whose only direct experiences with Quakers come from our interactions with the Philadelphia-area Friends.

I believe Ohio or Indiana were cited as places where non-pacifist views were strong. I have no idea what you might find in Boston, or how many other views may also differ.

Enjoy your explorations! It sounds like a nice opportunity. I often seek out a service with the best organ in town when I'm traveling in Europe on Sundays, even though I'm not particularly religious.

[adfamiliares.livejournal.com]

The Mennonites meet most Sunday evenings (6-7:30 or so) in Harvard Epworth, should you ever get the urge to check out some Radical Reformation Protestants: http://congregationofboston.ma.us.mennonite.net/Home.