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Sunday, November 9
8:00 A Holy Communion
9:00 A Adult Bible Study
9:00 A Adult Choir Rehearsal
9:15 A Teacher Appreciation
Breakfast
9:30-11:30 Nursery Care
10:00 A Holy Communion
10:45 A Church School
11:15 A Coffee Hour
11:30 A Junior Choir Rehearsal
Monday, November 10
8:00 P AA
Tuesday, November 11
11:00 A Staff Meeting
1:00 P Memorial Service for George Amadon
7:30 P Vestry Meeting
Wednesday, November 12
9:30 A Drop-In Discussion
Thursday, November 13
9-3 Diocesan Meeting
4:00 P Prayer Group
7:30 P Adult Choir Rehearsal
Saturday, November 15
9:00 A Supporting Military Families (First Parish Church)
Sunday, November 16
8:00 A Holy Communion
9:00 A Adult Bible Study
9:00 A Adult Choir Rehearsal
9:30-11:30 Nursery Care
10:00 A Holy Communion
10:45 A Church School
11:15 A Coffee Hour
11:30 A Junior Choir Rehearsal |
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From the Rector's Desk
GRANT PARK
When I was growing up in suburban Chicago in the 1950's and 1960's, I recall how much I enjoyed the open feeling of having Lake Michigan a few blocks from my home. The Chicago area communities have long restricted lakefront development, and the city itself boasts beaches and parks along the lake, especially Grant Park.
In the summer of 1968, Grant Park became associated with the chaotic Democratic National Convention of that year, and the nation saw it as a sight of ugly violence and external signs of the inward pain of our country at that time. I recall some cheering on the police in riot gear who represented "law and order," while others were enraged at what they saw as an attack on civilian demonstrators. All I could see was the adult world at its most angry and divisive. I wondered if Grant Park would ever be associated with a different political event in the eyes of the rest of the nation.
It has taken awhile, but I can't help but feel a sense of gratitude to see Grant Park as the site of a very different event last Tuesday night (and no doubt into the early morning hours of Wednesday!). There is no way of knowing what the long-term outcome will be when it comes to politics, of course. But as a native of Chicagoland, it was moving for me to see Grant Park as the site of people celebrating a moment which was characterized by hope and joy.
Stephen
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St. Peter's is My Home ~
Surely as the leaves start to fall, Stewardship season is upon  us as well. This year's theme is "St. Peter's is My Home." A home church is a wonderful thing. Its a place to which we can turn each week or a few times each year. Holidays and regular days. The quiet, serene early service or the bustling, joyous later service. Our church is always here and will always be here -- physically and spiritually thanks to the stewardship of many generations, including our own.
An old proverb says a "home" should provide both roots to support and wings to fly. From the roots of love, prayer, fellowship and sharing of sacraments St. Peter's provides us the spiritual support to build God's kingdom in the world around us. Lofty words... I don't think so. The parishioners of St. Peters can be found in almost every community organization in Weston and Wayland, often serving as board members and directors. Parishioners work in and for charities throughout the Boston and MetroWest area. Our church, your home church, doesn't demand or expect that all your Christian stewardship will flow through our programs (or into our coffers). St. Peter's wants to be your foundation and we know God is at work in and through us in many ways, not just on Sunday.
In the communion liturgy we ask that having been fed with spiritual food "send us now into the world in peace and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart, through Christ our Lord." As we turn inward this month to support and sustain our church, we do so knowing that St. Peter's isn't just another charity or weekly appointment, its our home.
Thank you,
Marty Rodgers
Stewardship Chair
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Announcements
Parish Wide Church Supper, Sunday, November 23, 5:00 - 7:00. Dinner in the Parish Hall with activities & programs for children and teens throughout the church. Watch for details!!
Adult Bible Study meets each Sunday at 9:00 a.m. in the Bidwell Room. On November 16, the Rector will lead a conversation on Matthew 25:31 - 46.
The Vestry meets this Tuesday at 7:30 in the Bidwell Room. Meetings are open to all members of St. Peter's Church.
Coffee Hour - are you able to help? We need folks who will bring goodies, or set up at 9:30 Sunday morning, or help with the clean up! There are sign-up sheets in the Parish Hall right next to the coffee! Please speak with Lynn Maruskin if you can help in any way. Thank you!
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Drop-In Discussion Group
Please join the Drop In Discussion Group on Wednesday, November 12, at 9:30 in the Bidwell Room. We will be looking at Madeleine L'Engle's "The Irrational Season," a journal of thoughtful reflection based on the liturgical calendar. It starts and ends with Advent, a fitting "beginning" for us as we prepare for a new Church year. All are welcome. And bring a friend!
Shannon Hartmann and Pat Jensen
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TOLL HOUSE? NO, TOLL STEEPLE!
We have now some folks who will ring the bell 350 times on November 24 at 7:45pm, just as the interfaith Thanksgiving Service at First Church is ending. Come to the service if you can at 7:00pm, run over with me at 7:30pm and add your tolls to the 350! All sturdy folks welcome! And let me know if you're planning on being there! HALL
ST PETERS ROCKS! WESTON STRIKES AGAIN at around 7pm on November 23rd to meet and speak with Kathy McAdams from Ecclesia Ministries, AND at 5:30pm on December 7th when Nancy DiGiovanni returns for a second session on Privilege. Be there - Rocks - or be trapezoidal!! HALL
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLERS let me know if you're hoping to come to the awesome RETREAT at the BARBARA HARRIS CAMP from November 21st through the 23rd! We may try to partner with another parish if we don't get a 'critical mass.' Check out Diocese of Massachusetts website for more information!
HALL
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Church School Teachers Appreciation Breakfast this Sunday, November 9th
...for teachers and their families...
Each Sunday we rely on you to bring the Gospel message closer to the hearts of our children. Your patience, compassion and enthusiasm teach them more about God's love than texts and activities can alone. In addition to all the work and laughter you bring to your classes, as a group, you have been flexible, light hearted and generous as St. Peter's navigates the new church school schedules and facilities.
Please let us serve your family breakfast this Sunday, November 9th at 9:30am.
Bring your
family for a warm, nutritious breakfast before church this Sunday,
November 9th at 9:30am.
Thank you for helping to make St. Peter's "Home" for our children.
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Outreach
Thanksgiving Baskets and OxFam Fast and fundraiser Thursday, November 20: This year we will again be preparing Thanksgiving Baskets for needy families in Waltham, working with members of Christ Church, Waltham, in this traditional outreach project. A number of you have already indicated interest in participating, and we invite more of you to participate. Please let us know if you are interested, and/or if you or a group of you would like to prepare breads, pies, etc. to go into the baskets. Please contact Judy Campos or any other member of your Outreach committee for more information. And, thanks to those who have already volunteered to participate!
Please also join us in celebrating a fast in support of OxFam (www.oxfamamerica.org). As we enter the Thanksgiving season, it is important that we remember those less fortunate. The task is simple: skip a meal or two (or a favorite part of a meal) to remember the more than 850 million people who are hungry. Then come to St. Peter's for a simple meal to break the fast, and contribute the money you saved to OxFam. After the meal we will prepare the baskets.
Volunteers needed for tutoring. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in the Boston South End runs a highly successful after school program for inner city children of all ages. One of the programs, called Academic Nights, helps tutor teens in various subjects (biology, math, pre-calculus, Spanish, English, history, physics, statistics) and needs additional tutors. Academic nights meets Wednesdays, 6:00 - 7:30 PM. If you would like to help, or want more information, contact Ron Corley (rbcorley@...). You will enjoy doing this!
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Music This Week
 In accordance with the parable about the wise and foolish virgins in the Gospel reading for November 9th, the music will include Hymn 61, "Sleepers, wake!", written and composed by Philip Nicolai during the devastating epidemic of 1597 in which 1,300 of his parishioners in Westphalia died. Our hymnal uses the harmonization Johann Sebastian Bach later made for this tune. The organ prelude by Bach, too, is based on the same melody.
Hymn 665, "All my hope on God is founded," by the noted English composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983) is named "Michael" in honor of his son who died in childhood. Its noble melody has earned it a place among the best of twentieth-century hymns.
Choral selections for the day are: "Honor and worship are before Him" by the seventeenth-century English composer Henry Purcell; and a devotional motet, "Ah, thou poor world," Op. 110, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms. Meri Kelly, soprano, Rebecca Saslow, alto and Jonathan Wimpy, bass, are soloists in these works.
The organ postlude is Dieterich Buxtehude's stately Ciacona in E minor. Such was Buxtehude's reputation that the young Bach walked the considerable distance from Arnstadt in Saxony to Lübeck in Denmark to hear him.
We welcome Meredeth (Meri) Kelly, who has recently joined St. Peter's as soprano section leader. A graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where she studied voice with Joan Heller and worked in the opera department, she moved to Boston this fall to pursue a master's degree in opera performance at Boston University.
Beverly Scheibert
Interim Music Director
bscheibert@stpetersweston.org
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Nominations:
In keeping with the theme of the upcoming week, it is almost "election" time at St. Peter's. While we do not elect our parish leadership like this week's event, the parish does vote for a single slate of leadership to begin after our Annual Meeting in late January. The Nominating Committee will soon begin considering future leadership. Years ago, I was asked to volunteer for a minor task for St. Peter's. Over extended and too busy was my response. The leader that called thanked me graciously and empathized with being overextended, and then asked, and I quote," but it's time for you to step up to the plate for the parish." Is it time for you to step up to the "St. Peter's plate"? Can you offer your time to serve on the vestry or become a committee co- chair?
Speaking for myself, I have received far more than I have given to our parish over the years. I hope everyone will prayerfully consider this possibility, and then contact your wardens or any member of the Nominations Committee with the good news of your contribution to the future of St. Peter's.
Janice Corley and Marshall Bartlett- Wardens for St. Peter's
Nominations Committee:
Ned Rossiter
Marion Packs
Marshall Bartlett
Janice Corley
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