From the Rector......
Please note: Services on Easter Day are at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
A Children's Message is included at the 9:00 service; Nursery Care is
provided at both services; the Adult Message is included at both
services; the same festival Easter music is offered at both services.
Church School is in recess on April 12 and April 19, with the spring
term resuming on Sunday, April 26th.
THE REST OF THE STORY
Earlier this year, Paul Harvey died. The famous Chicago-based radio newscaster had a style which intertwined story-telling, homespun philosophy and typically eccentric news items. He invariably included one item of news which seemed nonsensical or unbelievable. He would seem to have completed the report, but after a pause, he would say, "and now, the rest of the story," proceeding to provide the context necessary to understand the story's true meaning.
I thought of that phrase as I began reflecting on the Resurrection of Jesus, the Christ of God, which we celebrate on Easter Day. The event of the Resurrection proclaims God's eternal life-giving being. The story of the empty tomb, the Risen Christ and the joy which sent his followers into the world to share what had happened is wonderful. But its deepest, most powerful and most joyful meaning requires us, as Paul Harvey would say it, to know "the rest of the story."
The story of the Resurrection begins with human treachery, rejection and violence. It tells of friends abandoning their beloved leader and friend. It tells of loss, and hurt, and anger, and confusion, and fear. It tells of the abuse of power.
Resurrection is not an isolated action of God, unrelated to the ways of the world. The reason the Resurrection of Jesus Christ continues to speak to our deepest selves is that it is given to us despite all the ways in which we give in to the ways of the world instead of making choices which commend the faith that is in us. The self-centeredness of our hearts should result in a death which cannot be reversed. Nevertheless, God chooses life and reveals his choice of life again and again.
And that, thanks be to God, is the rest of the story.
-- Stephen
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Easter Schedlue
GOOD FRIDAY, April 10
12:00 noon Liturgy of Good Friday (from the Prayer Book), including distribution from reserved sacrament of Maundy Thursday.
8:00 PM Tenebrae (An ancient service of lessons and psalms which lasts about 30 minutes)
EASTER VIGIL, Saturday, April 11
3:00 PM Baptism
8:00 PM Lighting of the Paschal Candle; Story of Salvation from Hebrew Scriptures;
Re-affirmation of baptismal vows;
Celebration of (first) Holy Communion of Easter
EASTER DAY, April 12
9:00 AM Holy Communion (including Children's and Adult Message)
Easter egg hunt to follow 9:00AM service (indoors)
11:00 AM Holy Communion (including Adult Message)
Festival Music at both services on Easter Day
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Worship
 Adult Bible Study
Adult Bible Study which meets each Sunday at 9:00 a.m. in the Bidwell Room, will resume on April 19. The Rector will lead a conversation of Luke 24:36-48.
Prayer Group
The Prayer Group meets in the
Bidwell Room on Thursday afternoons at 4:00 pm and lasts about one hour.
We read aloud the Order for Evening Prayer, Compline, or a Service for
Worship in the Evening, and have 10-15 minutes of quiet reflection.
Anyone who would like to join us is welcome. Call the Office for more
information.
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Ministries (Church School, Youth Programs, Outreach, Adult Education, Altar Guild, Flower Guild, Ushers, Welcome Team, Vestry, Pastoral Care, Hospitality, Stewardship, Communications)
Communications
To submit an item for the Keys email newsletter, please send your contribution by email to thanks@stpetersweston.org by 6pm on Wednesday for inclusion in the Friday edition. Please re-submit each week that you would like the article to appear as different publishers put out each issue.
Outreach
The next Outreach Committee meeting will be held on April 19 in the
Bidwell Room after the 10:00 service. Anyone with an interest in
outreach is invited to attend.
Sunday, May 3 is the annual Walk for Hunger. St. Peter's will have a
team of walkers and anyone who would like to walk all or part of the 20
miles is welcome to join us. If you are unable to walk and would like
to make a pledge to this great cause, please contact Rosanne Iacono
A work team from St. Peter's will be traveling to El Hogar in Honduras from July 25 - Aug. 1. Teens over the age of 15 and adults are welcome. Contact Rosanne Iacono, if you are interested in attending a planning meeting.
Flower Guild
We invite you to join us to decorate the church for Easter on Saturday morning, April 11, 9:00 - 11:00 AM. Any questions or RSVP? Please contact Carolyn Ellis!
St Peters Rocks! Weston: Suffolk County Jail BOOK DRIVE! 
Help folks who want to read find something to read!
St Peters ROCKS! Weston will be collecting the used books you can spare during the month of April. Collection boxes / baskets are located in the Parish Hall or outside Pastor Kirkham's office on the 2nd floor.
We know people who are incarcerated are looking for reading material. We believe each of us probably has a book or 2 we can spare for them.
Any works of FICTION or NON-FICTION - in English or Spanish - would be greatly appreciated! Paperback only; no hardbound books or magazine collections please!
St Peters ROCKS! Weston thanks you for supporting this outreach ministry!
This announcement is provided by ST PETERS ROCKS! WESTON, and its members approve of this message.
Hall Kirkham
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Parish Life
Lenten Food Drive to restock Grandma's Pantry, Christ Church, Waltham and the food pantry at Weston Council on Aging. A list of items and collection baskets are in the Narthex and the Parish Hall.
The Pastoral team needs parishioners to deliver Easter flowers on Sunday, Apri 12th after the 11 a.m. service (about 12:30). Please help be signing up in the Church Office, or with Becky Callow after church on Sundays.
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Who Does What At St. Peter's Church
320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02493 | www.stpetersweston.org | 781-891-3200
(Click on any name that is underlined to send an email.)
Rector: Stephen Voysey (891-3200)
Assistant Rector: Hall Kirkham (891-3200)
Parish Secretary: Mercer Riis, (891-3200)
Acolytes: Stephen Voysey (891-3200)
Church School: Sarah Ardila; Teresa Swanson; Beth Graham (891-3200)
Choirs: Adult Choir:Andrew Shenton, (891-3200); Junior Choir: Kristen Dirmeier
Coffee Hour: Lynn Maruskin (899- 6290)
Communications: Communications Team
Finance Chris Phaneuf (891-3200)
Flowers: Carolyn Ellis (899-5880)
Keys Newsletter: John Marchiony, Meg Pierce & Keith Ward
Lay Liturgical Ministries: Bill Symonds
Men's Group: John Bulbrook, John Marchiony Rob Rodgers
Music: Andrew Shenton, (891-3200)
Newcomers: Michelle King, Suzie Reeves
Outreach: Ron Corley; Rosanne Iacono (891-3236)
Lay Pastoral Care: Flora Booth (899 -2006) and Mary Pughe (894-5961)
Property: Carolyn Ellis (899-5880)
Stewardship: Marty Rodgers
Ushers:Ushers: Ed Vydra (894-7131)
Web Site: John Bulbrook
Youth: Hall Kirkham
Members of the Vestry:
Janice Corley (891-3236), Senior Warden; Marshall Bartlett, Junior Warden; Chris Phaneuf, Treasurer; Richard Batchelder, Clerk; Members: Carolyn Ellis, John Jacobs, Tom Keery, Ann Lombard, Marty Rodgers, Anne Ruggles, Keith Ward
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