St. Peter's Church Keys, October 10, 2010: Special Church School this Sunday!!!

Outreach Committee to Meet
The next meeting of the Outreach Committee will be held on Sunday, October 17th, after the 10am service. Stay tuned for the meeting location. Any questions, contackt Karen Montague. Thanks!

October 17th - Diaper Sunday
Please join us in support of Waltham's Christ Church "Diaper Ministry". Many people do not realize that government programs like WIC or food stamps do not cover diapers. Diapers can cost up to .50 cents each depending upon size and where purchased. The average newborn uses up to 8 per day. Many poor families do not have the transportation needed to get to big box stores and instead, rely on local drug stores with much higher prices. Diapers are required to be provided by parents for children attending day care centers. Without an adequate supply of diapers, a parent cannot go to work. If a family doesn't have clean diapers to provide for their children, a child could spend days at a time in the same dirty diaper. A CRYING BABY IS MORE LIKELY TO BE A VICTIM OF CHILD ABUSE.

Christ Church distributes 30 diapers per month to low income Waltham families. Not surprisingly, the demand for diapers has been steadily increasing over the past year since the inception of the program. You can help in the following ways:

·      Pick up a package (or two) of diapers next time you are at the store and bring to DIAPER SUNDAY on October 17th. They are especially in need of larger sizes (4,5,6). Coincidentally that is the Sunday that we have two very important baptisms to celebrate: Edmond Kirkham and Sam Bartlett. Consider it a baptismal gift on their behalf! This will be a kick off to an on-going diaper collection.
·      Volunteer to help package diapers the 1st Saturday of every month from 10:00 AM - 12 Noon at Christ Church in Waltham.
·      Participate in the Amazon diaper registry that benefits the Diaper Depot at Christ Church.

On behalf of the Outreach Committee, thank you! For more information please contact Karen Montague

MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH have an exciting event planned for Sunday, October 24 at common cathedral!
Join us as we serve lunch to the congregation at common cathedral downtown, and then worship alongside them on Boston Common!

common cathedral is a church of 100 or so attendees that gathers for worship each Sunday across the street from St Paul's Cathedral at the Park Street T stop. It is run by Ecclesia Ministries, an organization that serves un-housed and housed people called by God into Christian community and ministry and offers a vital connection between all of God's people in the city of Boston, from its suburbs to downtown.

IF YOU ARE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER and would like to join us, please let us know!! We will prepare and package our lunches during Church School at St Peter's Parish Hall on Sunday morning, October 24, and leave the Church by 11:30 in order to be on Boston Common unloading at noon. We will return to the Church by 3:30pm for pick-up.

IF YOU ARE A PARENT and are INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT, please let us know! We will need drivers and volunteers to help with preparing lunches, as well as collecting items for the common art and common cinema programs as well.
Peggy Batchelder (rdbatchelder@comcast.net), Joan Parrish (joanparrish@comcast.net), Margaret Randle (margaretrandle@gmail.com) and Pastor Kirkham (hkirkham@stpetersweston.org)

Flower Guild
We welcome anyone with an interest in the flowers that grace our weekly worship and festival holidays, whether you are a skilled arranger or beginner seeking training, or want to know about donating flowers for worship. Contact me if you would like to learn more or visit the Flower Guild page of St. Peter's website.
Carolyn Ellis, Chair, St. Peter's Flower Guild

St. Peter's Newcomers Community
Join us and be a part of growing St. Peter's! The St. Peter's Newcomers Committee is looking for volunteers! Help us welcome new parishioners and inform them of all St. Peter's has to offer. Serve as a greeter at the 10 a.m. service on occasional Sundays. Please contact Kate MacDonald or Eileen Fava for more information on this very important ministry

Music
Welcome Beverly Scheibert
We welcome Beverly Scheibert back to St. Peter's. She will be filling in for Andrew Shenton, our Music Director, who is an exchange professor in Amsterdam through December 12th.