The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter and Y2Y Youth Shelter will be running over this upcoming Summer (6/15-8/10), and they need your help to keep them open! If you will be in the Cambridge-Boston area over this Summer, they would love to have you join their team, and they ask you to please sign up using this application for HSHS and this application for Y2Y by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, June 7th. In addition, for information about their volunteer policies, please find out more by reading our volunteer handbooks for HSHS and Y2Y! You can learn more about their program through this recent newsletter. Please reach out to hsss.volunteer@gmail.com or volunteer@y2yharvardsquare.org with any questions.
Looking for housemate
Joseph Melkonian, a Ph.D. student at Harvard, is looking for a male housemate to join a year's lease in Allston, starting in September. The rent for the room is currently $873 per month plus utilities. The room is in a 4 bedroom shared house. The roommates are all male, the current roommates are a young professional and another Ph.D. student. The house is close to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods and near the Green Line, 86, 70, 66, and 64 buses. It’s a 5-minute walk to the Harvard School of Engineering and to the Harvard Business School. For more details, please reach out to Joseph at jmelkonian@g.harvard.edu.
Roommate Needed
CTK member Morgan Crago is looking for a roommate to join her and 3 other women in a year-long lease in their lovely Cambridge (Riverside) apartment, beginning Sept 1. The spot available is a shared bedroom, and rent is under $800 a month, utilities included. Free, on-site laundry included. Email mcrago@bu.edu if you or someone you know is interested!
Rick & Martha Party
Rick and Martha Olson are hosting a birthday & retirement BBQ for CTKers, friends, family and neighbors from 1-3 pm at Dana Park on Sunday, March 22 (Magazine St., about 10 minutes walk from CTK). An email to Martha (marthabwolson@gmail.com) by Thursday, May 19 including the number of adults and children attending would be helpful for planning! Please bring chairs/blankets. If the weather is inclement, the party will be held in the function room of their condo building at 20 Corporal McTernan, Cambridge (adjacent to Dana Park).
VBS
City on a Hill Church and Seven Hills Church (formerly CTK Somerville) are collaborating on a VBS-like program this summer called Kids Summer Adventure from July 18-22 for kids ages 3 through (completed) 5th grade. For more information and to register, visit sevenhillschurch.org/summerkids.
housing
A family friend of Matt Owens has recently graduated high school and is moving to Boston to attend North Bennett School in the North End in August for nine months. He is hoping to rent a room from a family for this relatively short time in Boston, ideally near the T, as he won’t have a vehicle. If you have a room you’d be willing to rent for nine months or have any questions, please contact Charlie Ingram (charlie@continuumhr.com).
Housing
Room Needed: Ivy Gonçalves, a young professional woman coming from Brazil to work at the Cambridge Health Alliance, needs a place to live from Sept 9-Oct 8, ideally within commuting distance from Cambridge. (Ivy's mother is an acquaintance of Leandro Pinheiro, pastor of the Brazilian congregation that formerly was part of CTK.) Please email Ivy (ivyrsgoncalves@gmail.com) if you have any suggestions for places she could stay during this month.
Flute Recital
Eva Skanse, a accomplished flautist who works in CTK’s nursery, is presenting her graduation recital on May 16, 2022 at 11am at Longy School of Music. All are welcome to join either in person or virtual for this magical and fantastical program of Scandinavian music inspired by Kay Neilsen's illustrations of the beloved collection of Nordic fairytales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Note, to attend in-person, Longy requires that you register for free tickets for contact tracing reasons and present a vaccine card at the door. You may access concert details and register to attend or watch the concert online (note link will be available once the livestream starts).
CTK Softball
Do you want to spend time enjoying the summer sun and activities with your CTK family? Join the CTK softball team! No experience or skill required - just a willingness to have fun representing CTK Cambridge in the Boston Metro Church Softball League. Games are Saturday mornings or afternoons from June to August (you choose which games you want to play in). Anyone 18+ is welcome to play. We are also looking for non-players to come along and help cheer everyone on! Please contact Rachel rprice@mit.edu or Kimberly (kbowal@gmail.com) to sign up or ask any questions!
Boston Fellows
The Boston Fellows program is accepting applications for 2022-2023. God has a province for you to oversee. Whether your career is soaring or stuck in traffic, you need to know deep down what your work is about, beyond a paycheck, a good career move, or even that dream job. The Boston Fellows is a nine-month program for professionals seeking to cultivate the insights and spiritual habits necessary for meaningful vocation within a cohort of peers, spiritual leaders, and professional mentors. See here, here, and here for what past participants have said. Info and apply here. Please feel free to reach out to CTK member Rosemary Boyle with any questions (romaryboyle@gmail.com)
Arlington Condo
Piano
The church has been offered a grand piano to replace the instrument we currently have in the sanctuary! We are looking to re-home our 7-ft. Young Chang grand as soon as possible. If you or someone you know are interested in owning this instrument at no cost other than moving expenses, please contact amanda@ctkcambridge.org.
Catharine Downs
Congratulations to Catharine (Downs) and Taylor Gamache, the proud new parents of Elijah (Eli) Elwood Gamache, born April 8th. And congrats to Rick & T, for another grandbaby :)
Roommate
CTK member Morgan Crago is looking for a female roommate for a shared bedroom for this summer (roughly May-August, dates are flexible, with a possibility of extension into next year's lease). The apartment is located in Cambridgeport, 10 minutes from Central T stop. Monthly rent is $785 (all-inclusive). Email mcrago@bu.edu with any questions!
Sublet
Looking for subletter: Innocent Mpoki, a Ph.D. student at Boston College and housemate of CTKer Joseph Melkonian, is looking for a summer sublet between June and August in Allston. The rent for the room is $852 per month plus utilities. The room is in a 4 bedroom shared house. The roommates are all male, currently two young professionals, and another Ph.D. student. The room will be fully furnished. The house is close to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's and to the Green Line, 86, 70, 66, and 64 buses. It’s also a 5-minute walk to the Harvard School of Engineering and to the Harvard Business School. For more details, please reach Innocent at innocent.mpoki@gmail.com or 603 667 6580.
Boston Fellows Teaching Saturday
Boston Fellows is hosting a “Teaching Saturday” event on Saturday, April 23rd from 10a-3p at Park Street Church entitled “Spirituality & Medicine: Historical, Empirical, Theological Views.” Join a conversation with Drs. Tracy and Michael Balboni whose study and profession center on the questions of spirituality and medicine science. They will present viewpoints from previous generations of medicine, from current scientific and clinical data, and from theological perspectives; and discuss whether these disciplines can or should serve together for better outcomes. This event is open to the public. Registration is $15. Lunch is provided. To reserve your spot, please register by Thursday, April 21.
Prattville Gallery
Joanna Muehleisen attends CTK, is a friend of the community, and an artist whose primary medium is painting (https://earlymorningart.com). The CTK community is invited to come see an exhibit of Joanna's recent work this coming Saturday at Rosemary Boyle's home. Please join in the celebration of art-making and hospitality, together on Saturday, April 2, from 3-6pm at Rosemary's home in Chelsea. There will be refreshments. Address is 42 Nichols St, Chelsea MA. Plentiful free on-street parking.
Route One Ministries
Route One Ministry is a Boston-area ministry devoted to serving sexually exploited and trafficked women. They also strive to equip the local church and community leaders with the tools they need to understand trafficking, identify venerable people, and respond in the most healthy ways to those who have experienced sexual abuse. On Saturday, April 9th, they are hosting a Freedom Concert at our building (99 Prospect St.), and are inviting anyone in our community to attend. The event will be a fundraiser to end trafficking through a night of worship and storytelling. Free tickets are available at freedomconcert2022.eventbrite.com.
PT Holy Saturday
The Saturday before Easter (April 16), Pentecostal Tabernacle will be holding an Easter community event and a food pantry at the Washington Elms neighborhood. The PT outreach coordinator has invited folks from CTK to help with the preparations, distribution of food, and hosting of craft and game stations. This is a good opportunity to serve the community alongside fellow Christians in Cambridge! Sign-up information is here--there are options for Friday evening and Saturday morning and afternoon.
Housing Need
Housing Needed: Samuel Spencer is a missionary kid from Malawi. He and his Malawian friend are moving to Cambridge in a few months for school and are looking for apartments or rooms to rent. They are both enrolled in graduate programs that start in June/July in Cambridge. If you know of any housing opportunities, please reach out to Samuel at samuellspencer1024@gmail.com or 479-215-9754.