Thanksgiving Baskets
Thursday, November 18, 7 PM is the time and date this year for St. Peter's to gather and put together Thanksgiving baskets for distribution to needy Waltham neighbors. We also will share a light supper at 6:30. Donations go to Oxfam for their worldwide projects to help people help themselves. Oxfam suggests skipping one or two meals this day, in solidarity with those who go hungry every day, and then breaking the fast together.
Please contact
Judy Campos (781-373-5223) to sign up to bring the contents for a basket. The list of goods is available at coffee hour.
SECOND Annual Weston Winter Walk for Elder HomelessnessGET READY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS...the walk is on December 5th, 2010!
You have a chance to "Get Present" with the walk on Friday night, November 19, from 6:00 to 8:30pm! We are expanding this year to include - along with St Peter's, St Julia's and First Parish - young folks from Temple Beth Avodah in Newton!
We walk in winter to remind ourselves that others - without homes, living where they can and often on the street or in shelters - walk their days and nights through all weather and seasons. Hearth, Inc. recognizes that the elderly are distinctively vulnerable to life on the street, and their goal is to eradicate homelessness among that population. Our walk is to support the outreach effort of Hearth, Inc.
On Friday, November 19th, members of the Outreach team at Hearth will join us for dinner and an evening of fun activities and games that will bring the issue of elder homelessness into sharp focus. Following dinner and the activities we'll learn about designing your own fundraising website for the walk, hand out official "walk packets" and enjoy s'mores around a fire outside!
If you have questions or want to participate, contact Peggy Batchelder (rdbatchelder@comcast.net), Joan Parrish (joanparrish@comcast.net), Margaret Randle (margaretrandle@gmail.com) or Hall Kirkham (hkirkham@stpetersweston.org) by Monday, November 15th, so we have enough materials and food for Friday night!
Flower Guild welcomes you! We invite you to participate in decorating St. Peter's for Christmas 2010. We also invite you to join us when we visit
Church of the Advent on Beacon Hill on Saturday, November 20 at 10 AM to watch their guild arrange flowers for November 21 for the high altar and the Lady Chapel (for the feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday before Advent). Church of the Advent's High Gothic interior calls for very different flowers from what we do in our Georgian colonial church, so this will be an interesting and inspiring visit. Advent Flower Guild director Tom Sopko says, "The choir is doing the Mozart Missa Brevis in C with orchestra as well as a plainsong Te Deum and a couple of motets, so you will get to hear a lot of music while we work.' Let me know if you would like to attend and if you can help this Christmas! Carolyn Ellis 781 899-5880
Diaper Depot ~ Ongoing Diaper Ministry: Please join us in support of Waltham's Christ Church "Diaper Ministry". Pick up a package or two and bring to St. Peter's any time. This is an ongoing ministry.
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
