St. Peter's Church Keys, November 28, 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 19^th, 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 15^th, 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 the 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
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

Outreach Committee
The Outreach Committee will meet in the Bidwell Room on Sunday, December 5th following the 10 a.m. service. All are invited.

Parish Life

MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING EVENT / PARTY A SMASH!!
On Friday we had a wonderful gathering of 14 Middle School youth from First Parish and St Peter's, with dinner, games and activities in the parish hall, and s'mores and music outside, all in preparation of our Winter Walk for Elder Homelessness on Sunday December 5th! athena

Members of the Outreach team at Hearth, Inc. organized the activities, each of which helped enlighten us to the causes of homelessness, and the challenges that people who are homeless face in finding shelter or a home. This included an innovative simulation game for navigating the public shelter process.

Before finishing, we gathered again to talk about the walk itself, hand out registration forms, pledge forms and information on the walk to each participant, and learned how to build personalized web pages that let walkers educate their sponsors on homelessness, keep them updated on their progress, and even collect pledges online! The website is here: http://winterwalk.kintera.org. Have a visit and start to work on your page!

Please remember that the Weston Winter Walk is not only about raising money but about kids "getting present" with and raising others' awareness about elder homelessness. This website, Hearth Inc., and our handouts are all geared to this awareness building, and that's a vital part of the walk.

If you plan to walk, and weren't able to attend our Friday event, please see Pastor Kirkham, Peggy Batchelder, Joan Parrish or Margaret Randle about getting materials for the walk.

More later! Pastor Kirkham

Looking ahead: Put these Dates on your Calendar!

Saturday, December 4: Rectory Open House, 4-8 p.m.

Sunday, December 5: Weston Winter Walk for Elder Homelessness: From 1-3 p.m. middle schoolers from St. Peter's, Temple Beth Avodah, First Parish, St. Julia and other area congregations will hold the second annual Weston Winter Walk, raising awareness of elder homelessness in Boston and raising funds for Hearth, Inc.

Wednesday, December 8: Women's Potluck 6:30 at the Rectory

Saturday, December 11: Advent Quiet Morning 9-12;30

Sunday, December 12: "Come and Sing" Messiah Part One, 4 p.m.

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)
50th Anniversary Committee: Tom and Michelle King, Rip and Suzie Reeves
Church School: Teresa Swanson (891-3200)
Choirs: Adult Choir:Andrew Shenton, (891-3200); Junior Choir: Kristen Dirmeier
Coffee Hour: Lynn Maruskin (899- 6290)
Communications: Communications Team
Finance: Maria Kussmaul (899-8379)
Flowers: Carolyn Ellis (899-5880)
Keys Newsletter: John Marchiony, Meg Pierce & Keith Ward
Lay Eucharistic Ministries: Bill Symonds
Men's Group: John Bulbrook, John Marchiony Rob Rodgers
Music: Andrew Shenton, (891-3200)
Newcomer: Kate Macdonald,Eileen Fava
Outreach: Rosanne Iacono
Lay Pastoral Care: Flora Booth (899 -2006) and Mary Pughe (894-5961)
Property: Mike Iacono
Stewardship: Tom King
Ushers: Ed Vydra (894-7131)
Web Site: John Bulbrook
Youth: Hall Kirkham

Members of the Vestry:
Marshall Bartlett, Senior Warden; Peggy Batchelder, Junior Warden, Maria Kussmaul, Treasurer; Anne Ruggles, Clerk; Members: Sarah Ardila, John Jacobs, Tom Keery, Tom King, Ann Lombard, Jim McDaniel and Chris Phaneuf