Category: Past Sunday Programs

17 Jul 2022: “Green Burial: Reclaiming a Dying Tradition” with Sophia Sayigh

10:00 a.m. Sunday, July 17, 2022  Live at the Chapel and on Zoom. For some people, a green burial is their culminating environmentally sensitive act. While many cemeteries do not yet allow it, green burials are legal in Massachusetts. Join Sophia Sayigh, Director of Green Burial Massachusetts, to learn about options available here on the Cape. She will talk about your rights, the laws, logistics, and provide practical information to accomplish natural death care, a component of Green Burial disposition. … Continue reading 17 Jul 2022: “Green Burial: Reclaiming a Dying Tradition” with Sophia Sayigh

10 Jul 2022: “Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: Stories of Tragedy and Triumph” with Don Wilding

Program for Sunday, July 10, 2022 Cape Cod’s outer beach has always been known for its shipwrecks. Between 1626 and the mid-20th century, this solitary 40-mile stretch of beach and sandbars saw the demise of over 3,000 vessels. It’s been said that if all the wrecks were raised, one could walk from Provincetown to Chatham without getting his or her feet wet. Join Cape Cod historian Don Wilding, author of the new book, Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: Stories of Tragedy … Continue reading 10 Jul 2022: “Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: Stories of Tragedy and Triumph” with Don Wilding

26 Jun 2022: “Edward Hopper’s Eastham” with Bob Seay

10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 26, 2022  American Realist Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is most often associated with Truro, where he and his wife, Josephine, spent their summers and where Hopper did some of his most well-known paintings. But in her diaries, Jo remarks that Eastham was one of her husband’s favorite towns on the Cape. In this illustrated talk, broadcast journalist Bob Seay shares insights gleaned from years of researching Hopper and his paintings of Eastham locations and landscapes, and in particular Hopper’s … Continue reading 26 Jun 2022: “Edward Hopper’s Eastham” with Bob Seay

19 Jun 2022: Atlantic Black Box: Researching New England’s Complicity in Slavery

Chapel in the Pines Sunday Program for June 19, 2022 via Zoom only Abolitionist Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” On Sunday, June 19, Meadow Dibble will ask members of the Nauset Fellowship and their guests to consider “What to the Cape Codder is Juneteenth?” What, in other words, do we have to do with slavery? As the Founding Director of Atlantic Black Box, Meadow will share the discoveries that caused her to launch this … Continue reading 19 Jun 2022: Atlantic Black Box: Researching New England’s Complicity in Slavery

12 Jun 2022: No Surrender: A short play by Candace Perry

Chapel in the Pines Sunday Program for June 12, 2022 via Zoom only No Surrender takes place after the statue of Robert E. Lee is removed from its pedestal, when the displaced General stumbles into a homeless encampment and gives a history lesson. The play was filmed last year, when live performances were rare, and features actors are John Shuman, John Dennis Anderson, and Patrick Riviere. No Surrender was originally shown as part of a three-play collection, “Racial Reckonings,” produced by … Continue reading 12 Jun 2022: No Surrender: A short play by Candace Perry

29 May 2022: “Be a Better Recycler” with Kari Parcell

Sunday, May 29 at 10:00 a.m. Live at Chapel in the Pines – 220 Samoset Road, Eastham All are welcome Are you doing all you can to cut down on the amount of waste going into landfills? Are you ever confused about your choices and about which choices really matter? We live here because we care for the natural environment that surrounds us, yet we can’t seem to get even close to zero waste. Kari Parcell, Barnstable County’s Regional Waste … Continue reading 29 May 2022: “Be a Better Recycler” with Kari Parcell

22 May 2022: Julie & Denya: A Sunday Morning Concert

Sunday, May 22 at 10:00 a.m.  Live at Chapel in the Pines, 220 Samoset Road, Eastham All are welcome Julie Charland and Denya Levine perform ancient and contemporary Irish songs, new and classic country favorites, sea shanties and lively jigs and reels, with a pinch of poetry and comedy. They play guitar, fiddle, Irish drum, and ukuleles. Their vocal harmonies on sea shanties and folk songs sparkle and inspire. This duo has a zest for life that is contagious! Julie … Continue reading 22 May 2022: Julie & Denya: A Sunday Morning Concert

15 May 2022: “Doing the Steps”: Edward Gorey’s Fascination with Dance

Sunday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m.  —-   This service will be held live in the chapel. Famous as an illustrator, set and costume designer, as well as book artist, playwright and collector, Yarmouth Port artist Edward Gorey is also well-known in some circles as the man who attended the New York City Ballet every night for 30 years between 1953 and 1983. Doing the Steps, on display now at the Edward Gorey House, looks at the influence that NYCB choreographer George … Continue reading 15 May 2022: “Doing the Steps”: Edward Gorey’s Fascination with Dance

24 Apr 2022: “Black Art Matters” with Robin and James Miller

Program for Sunday, April 24, 2022 While we’d probably all agree with the title of this Sunday’s program, “Black Art Matter,” let’s take some time to deepen our understanding of why they matter so much. Robin Joyce Miller and James W. Miller will share the video Black Art Matters: Master Artists Tell Our Story created with support from the Cotuit Center for the Arts as part of their BLM Series and lead a discussion afterwards. This presentation highlights the struggle … Continue reading 24 Apr 2022: “Black Art Matters” with Robin and James Miller

17 Apr 2022: Spring Storytelling Circle out back the Chapel in the Pines

Sunday, April 17 Our Gathering allows a sharing of our joy and sadness coming into Spring 2022. If you are not at ease with personal disclosure, bring a poem, reading or momento to share. Food to share will also be appreciated. Deborah and Gail will set the tone. Friends of the fellowship and family members welcome. Weather permitting, this will be an outdoors event; masks optional.