Sunday, December 31, 2023 10 AM

On Sunday, Dec 31, members and friends of Nauset Fellowship will meet at the Wiley Park parking lot at 10 a.m. to carry forward a tradition initiated by our recently deceased member and friend, Gail Hoffman.

Please feel free to join us whether you knew Gail or not. The walk can be as long or short as works for you. If you bring a canine friend to join us on the walk, please keep them on a leash.

We will gather back at the chapel before 11 a.m. to share hot chocolate, coffee or tea and treats to toast the new year!

From all of us at Nauset Fellowship we wish each of you a new year chock full of friendship, love, opportunities to be helpful, peace and pleasures galore!

Sunday, December 24, 2023 10 AM

ʻTis the season….and Christmas Eve morning we will gather for breakfast and hospitality at the Chapel. Bring some food to share if you like, and letʻs share our good will for all in this season when the light of days are becoming longer and winter is upon us. We can all bring the spirit of this special season to see us through the days and year to come as the light grows.

Sunday, November 26, 2023 10:00 AM

Join us as Peter Trull educates us on the Eastern Coyote. It is important to learn about these magnificent animals that we all live with. Peter will give us the history of coyotes on Cape Cod, and discuss his years studying the interaction between coyotes and pets, wildlife and humans. Peter will also delve into the genetic makeup of the coyotes on Cape Cod – how much of it is wolf?

Peter Trull is a renowned Field Naturalist, Educator, Photographer, and Author who has been involved in research on plants, animals, habitats and ecosystems for about 40 years here on Cape Cod. In this program he will be speaking about the Eastern Coyote, the subject of his latest book.

Learn more at 10am on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham.  Doors open at 9:30. Also on Zoom. Register here.

Sunday, November 12, 2023 10:00 AM

Recording available here: https://youtu.be/HaGT3ppMz5g

Join us as Pat O’Brien shares a very personal story. Through pictures and poetry, Pat traces her journey to and in Nepal to meet her birth daughter, Nancy, for the first time.

Pat O’Brien is a Nauset Fellowship member and former teacher and clay artist. She served on theNational Board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and after teaching in New York, Los Angeles and Boston, worked on several peace and justice organizations over many years.

Learn more at 10am on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham.  Doors open at 9:30. Also on Zoom. Register  here.

Sunday, October 29, 2023 10:00 AM

Recording available here: https://youtu.be/qBpIGJ1kANI

Join us as Susan Abbott tells us of the life of Captain Edward Penniman: one of the most successful whaling captains of the 19th century. He lived his entire life on Fort Hill in Eastham — except for the 22 years when he was sailing the globe in search of whales. In his retirement, he helped to found the Eastham Universalist Society and was chair of the building committee. Learn about Penniman’s whaling career, his innovative home, and how the design of the chapel echoes the historic house on Fort Hill.

Susan Abbott is an Eastham resident and president of the Nauset Light Preservation Society. Her in-laws, George and Rosemary Abbott, were members of the Nauset Fellowship and helped to spark Susan’s interest in Eastham history. She gives tours of the Penniman House as a volunteer for the Cape Cod National Seashore, and also guides tours of Eastham’s lighthouses.

Learn more at 10am on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham.  Doors open at 9:30. Also on Zoom. Register  here.

Sunday, October 22, 2023 10:00 AM

Join us for a unique musical performance with Jefferey Clayton on the steelpan. There will be performance, a discussion of the history of the steelpan and time for questions and answers. Come enjoy the sweet sounds of the Caribbean Islands in an intimate setting … in the Pines!

  Jefferey Clayton is a retired Army musician with a BA from UMass @ Amherst and an MM from The New England Conservatory.  He comes with many years of performing and teaching experience.  He currently works for the Justice Resource Institute educating middle and high school students with social and emotional challenges.  He uses music as a means to encourage self-growth and inclusion.  

Learn more at 10am on Sunday, October 22, 2023 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham.  Doors open at 9:30. Also on Zoom.

Sunday, October 15, 2023 10:00 AM

Edith Lake Wilkinson was an artist who lived and painted in Provincetown during the early decades of the 20th century until she was committed to an asylum for the mentally ill in 1924. Her belongings were packed up in a trunk which was sent to relatives in West Virginia. It was not until the 1960’s that her art was discovered. “Packed in a Trunk” chronicles how Jane Andersen, a relative of Edith, worked to establish Edith’s art in the public view. It took many years, but Edith finally had an exhibit of her art at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in July 2022.

Please note that the film will run 1 hour and 17 minutes. There will be a short intermission.

Learn more at 10am on Sunday, October 15, 2023 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham.  Doors open at 9:30.

Remembering Good Harbor Beach

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Please join us as Debra Wiess (author and director) presents a staged reading of Remembering Good Harbor Beach, a one-act thirty minute play. The play is starts off in the summer of 1923 when Josephine Nivison and Edward Hopper met in Gloucester, MA where they both came to paint. The play then fast-forwards to 16 years later at the Hopper’s summer home in Truro, as it delves into the complicated relationship of this artist couple.

The play will feature local actors Jarice Hanson and John Dennis Anderson and will be followed by a discussion on the subject.

Live at the Chapel and on Zoom. Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckd-mpqjgjG9FO4MmFErUcA4IE8g5Z0gwn#/registration

Debra Wiess is a Boston-based writer of plays and poetry in English and French. Her work in both languages has been presented throughout this country and abroad, and several of her plays have won awards. She particularly enjoys presenting in non-traditional spaces and is currently presenting Remembering Good Harbor Beach at the Wellfleet Library.

Learn more at 10am on Sunday, August 27 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham. Doors open at 9:30.

10:00 a.m. Sunday, July 2, 2023

Update: Unfortunately, Katie will not be performing today at the Chapel. We hope to reschedule her soon. The Fellowship will hold a Business Meeting in the Chapel instead. All are welcome. 

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Katie Castagno is a geologist by day and a musician by night. Drawing on roots in rural New
England and collegiate a cappella, Katie writes about people, places, and geological phenomena. Whether it’s an account of Rachel Carson’s whirlwind romance with Dorothy Freeman, a sweet love song about Mary Oliver, or an investigation of the relationship between penguins and mental health, Katie will share stories and songs with warm melodies and quick wit. Come join for an intimate morning of music and fellowship.

This presentation will not be available via Zoom.

Katie Castagno lives in Eastham, where she recently recorded her first album. Sometimes joyful, sometimes rancorous, Every House I’ve Known reflects on what it means to be home. When not making music, Katie is the director of the Land-Sea Interaction Program at the Center for Coastal Studies and spends most of the time in the salt marsh.

10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 11, 2023

Putnam Farm is town-owned conservation land acquired with the intent of restoring agriculture to Orleans.  Thanks to COVID, a growing number of passionate growers and a multi-faceted, town-wide effort, that vision has become a reality.  Join Rick for an informal discussion about what’s been accomplished, the impact it’s having on our community and upcoming plans for the year ahead. All are welcome.

Live at Chapel in the Pines.

Rick Francolini is a resident of Orleans who is passionate about the community-building potential of agriculture.  He’s also an environmentalist who believes that education and advocacy – working hand in hand – can drive stewardship initiatives on public lands.  Rick’s experience at Putnam has been a lesson in both.