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, December 17, 2023 10 AM
Join us as actor Bill Salem discusses how his experience performing Shakespeare’s words has deepened, with his own acting technique evolving to always searching first for Will’s journey as a playwright, then overlaying his own journey as an actor upon the character. Salem will perform several characters with some reflection about what they are saying and how they say it. Salem has come to think of the Bard as his life coach.
Bill moved to New York City to become an actor and although things didn’t work out as he hoped, he took acting classes and was cast in many diverse roles while working as a teacher and librarian. He eventually located in Boston where he worked with the Public Theater, a Shakespeare Company, in many Shakespeare roles. Here on the Cape he and his friend Rod Owens have presented a two-man program: now Bill wants to inhabit his own presentation.
Learn more at 10am on December 17, 2023 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham. Doors open at 9:30.
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 coyot
es 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 19, 2023 10:00 AM
Visiting musicians will perform. Because of the difficulty of providing good audio over Zoom during live performances, this service will not be available via Zoom.
Doors open at 9:30 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham.
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 w
as 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 stee
lpan. 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 w
hich 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.
Sunday, October 8, 2023 10:00 AM
Join us as actress Jarice Hanson portrays Frances Perkins, the first woman Secretary of Labor.
Best known for her crafting of the Social Security Act, 40-hour work week, and child labor laws, Frances Perkins, along with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, helped lift the country out of the Depression. Perkins was a strong advocate for immigrants, labor unions and women throughout World War II.
Hanson’s presentation focuses on Perkin’s awakening as an activist when she attended Mount Holyoke College that led her to become a social worker. 
Jarice Hanson is Professor Emerita from UMass Amherst, and has been active in theater for many years. Jarice is currently researching and writing about women who have made significant contributions to society. She says “…each of these women changed their fields and contributed to American culture in unique ways…..Performing their stories shows that history can come alive and enrich our sense of who we are and why things are the way they are.”
Learn more at 10am on Sunday, October 8, 2023 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham. Doors open at 9:30. Also on Zoom. Please register for the Zoom call here.
“We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For”
Sunday, September 2023
Stephanie J. Briody, Esq is the CEO and Co-Founder of Behavioral Health Innovators, Inc. (BHI).
She will present her call to action for all of us to eliminate the stigma surrounding substance
abuse and mental health by engaging in “real” conversations with teens and families, in
addition to advocacy, fundraising and volunteer support.
BHI provides a continuum of programs, from prevention to recovery, to address the gap in
services for Cape Cod youth 13-24 years old, with a focus on substance use disorder and related
mental health conditions.
Stephanie will provide information about two programs developed by BHI:
Stephanie Briody is a co-founder of BHI and has extensive experience in advocating for
government services and benefits for individuals with cognitive, behavioral and mental health
challenges. She is also licensed to practice law in Massachusetts. She is also a Certified Yoga
Teacher committed to bringing the healing power of yoga to individuals with substance use
disorder and other behavioral health challenges.
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” Hopi Elder’s Prophecy, June 8, 2000
Learn more at 10 a.m. on Sunday, September 24 at the Chapel in the Pines in Eastham. Doors
open at 9:30.
Attend via ZOOM by clicking here to register.