Worship
Adult Bible Study
Adult Bible Study meets each Sunday at 9:00 a.m. in the Bidwell Room.
On July 26, the Rector will lead a conversation on John 6:24-35.
 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.
Prayers for and from the
Community
Your
clergy pray for members of the parish community, and all whose lives fall
particularly on our hearts, each day and - in particular - at our noonday
gatherings during the week. Please let either of us know if we can include
you in our confidential prayers.
Stephen (sovoysey@stpetersweston.org) and Hall (hkirkham@stpetersweston.org), 781 891 3200.
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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)
Thanks! Prison Readers
This spring, St Peter's provided a great gift to Suffolk County Jail in Boston, with the following note from the jail's librarian:
Thank you to all who donated their paperback books!
Hall Kirkham will continue to collect them during the coming year, so
please continue to bring them in as you are able and line them up in
bags outside his office on the 2nd floor. Paperback books only,
please! The jail is unable to accept hardbound books.
Teen Artists Visit St. Peter's
At the end of June St Peter's hosted a group of teen artists
organized by Rural and Migrant Ministry from upstate New
York during their annual visit to Boston. These teens are children of
rural farm workers - mostly migrant and
non-US citizen - who in New York State do not enjoy the variety
of labor protections that migrant and non-US citizen farm workers enjoy
anywhere
else in the country. Rural and Migrant Ministry, Inc., an organization
Pastor Voysey is close to, advocates to improve working conditions for these laborers while
providing programming for their kids. The group
enjoyed St Peter's hospitality during their visit, staying in the
Parish Hall and sharing a meal on their first night with the Voyseys,
Pastor Kirkham and a member of St. Peter's ROCKS Weston.
Adult Education
EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY (EFM) offered at Trinity Concord this fall!
Below is an opportunity that many of us at St Peter's have participated in and have found very rewarding. Are you interested in a spiritual journey? Study of Scripture? Read on!
Education for Ministry (http://www.sewanee.edu/EFM/index.htm) is a 4-year series of directed readings and weekly seminars sponsored by the School of Theology of the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. It covers a variety of topics by which participants expand their knowledge of scripture, church history, tradition, and their own spirituality. Participants commit to a one year at a time.
The course is specifically designed for the lay student of religion and spirituality, and through guided reading, reflection, and group interaction, leads participants through a rich spiritual development and understanding of personal beliefs and potential for lay ministry. Each year has a topical concentration, but all share in and discuss learnings and reflections with each other during weekly meetings. The concentrations are as follows:
Year 1: Old Testament
Year 2: New Testament
Year 3: Church history up through the Reformation
Year 4: Church history to today
In addition, participants share in directed Theological Reflections and Common Lessons that are designed to help develop individual and collective spiritual growth and ministry in life.
In the first two years students would read the Old and New Testaments, plus additional course readings supplied by Sewanee Theological Seminary to guide you through the readings. In the last two years, the primary reading is the material from Sewanee, with other references provided for discretionary reading.
The guidance of the mentor and from other participants are as much a part of the process as the readings and reflections themselves. Meetings are a place to openly share faith, questions, insights, concerns, growth, grief, happiness, awe in God and God's ways, and much more.
There is an established EFM group at Trinity Church, Concord that is taking in new members for the Fall of 2009! If you want more information or want to sign up, please contact Karyn Barry (781-894-3664). Operationally, the group meets Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 9:00 at Trinity Concord, and the readings take between 2 and 4 hours of additional time each week. There is a small fee to join and purchase the reading material.
For more information, contact Hall Kirkham.
Outreach
B-SAFE Program, St. Martins/St Augustine, July 20-24
This will be our third year of serving as a partner church in the
"Bishop's Summer Academic Fun Enrichment Program". Partner churches
provide a week of food (lunch and snack) at one site, plus organize and
fund a Friday field trip. Please consider giving us a hand. You can
help in many ways: shop, prepare a lunch or snack (evening or AM) or
help deliver the food. If you can't participate, but want to support
the program, $$ donations are much appreciated!
Contact Ron Corley (rbcorley@bu.edu) or Rosanne Iacono (rosieni@aol.com).
Summer church office hours are 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Contact
Ron Corley
(rbcorley@bu.edu; 617 512-9610) or Rosanne
Iacono (Rosieni@aol.com) for more information.
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Parish Life
Coffee Hour: Join us for coffee hour after the 10am service!
Women's Potluck - this Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 p.m. at the Rectory.
Bring a salad, casserole or dessert. All women of St. Peter's
are invited to come and enjoy great food and lively conversation.
Potlucks will resume on September 23rd and the 4th Wednesday of each
month.
Pan-Mass Challenge August 1-2; 
John Marchiony's 4th Ride to Honor Survivors & Angels
Greetings!
It's Pan-Mass Challenge time, and I'm much better prepared this year
than ever before thanks to an injury-free winter! Because of that, and
the fact that this is the 30th PMC, I'm riding the original, longer
route from Sturbridge to Bourne and on to Provincetown, 192 miles in total and 110 on the first day!
Last year, Rob Rodgers, I, and our Team Avanti matesraised more than $40,000
because generous donors supported our efforts. I hope
you'll support -- and join -- our efforts in the Pan-Mass Challenge to raise money to fund research for life-saving treatments at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Please click on the Pan-Mass
Challenge logo or the PaceLine image to visit my PMC PaceLine site to learn more and make a contribution.
Using
the
PMC PaceLine -- a social networking tool -- I hope you'll create a
virtual rider and invite people in your life to join YOUR PaceLine and
support the PMC. As this is the 30th PMC, it would be outstanding if
you could also invite 30 people who don't live in Massachusetts to
contribute $30 (or anything) and join the PaceLine to beat cancer.
There's more information available through the links below about PaceLine and my
ride this year, and I'd love to talk to you to answer any questions or
chat.
Riding to honor my loved ones -- like my Mom and her best friend Helga (left) -- and yours
is a tremendously
rewarding experience which I hope to share with you again this year.
Please share a sentence or two about people in your life whom we may focus on during our training and the Pan-Mass Challenge.
Fondly,
John
John Marchiony
h. 781.893.5525 / c. 617.306.9335
If
you'd like to see photos, stories, and information about the Pan-Mass
Challenge and my participation, please visit John's PaceLine Page, www.PMC.org,
http://pmc-team-avanti.blogspot.com/ orhttp://www.teamavanti.googlepages.com/
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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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