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ST. PETER’S KEYS VOLUME 6, ISSUE 10 The Newsletter of Saint Peter’s Parish in Lewes OCTOBER 2011 RECTOR’S LETTER Dear People of Saint Peter’s Church, INSIDE THIS ISSUE: This month, I have some wonderful news to share with you about a couple of upcoming parish events RECTOR’S LETTER 1 First, on Sunday, October 16th we will have a special guest preacher. PARISH LIFE 2-3 David Booth Beers currently serves as the Chancellor for the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. David and his wife Peggy have a MUSIC MINISTRY 4 home here on Lewes Beach and worship with us frequently at the 8am NOTES Sunday service whenever they are in town. David has preached at Saint Peter’s in the past and I look forward to him preaching for us FAMILY MINISTRY 5 and sharing his thoughts about the Lord’s Prayer and the lessons appointed for the morning. VESTRY MINUTES 5-6 Our Annual Parish Meeting is Scheduled for November 13th. I hope you will join us! At this meeting, the annual reports for all our ministries here at Saint Peter’s will be GOD’S WORLD 7 presented. We will also present an overview of the proposed budget for next year as well as elect four new members for our parish Vestry and our representative to the Diocesan Convention. Over the summer I hope you noticed that we were looking for nominations to SEEKERS 8 serve on Vestry (as announced in the Sunday Bulletin and in this Newsletter). The four retiring members of the Vestry are charged with recruiting and receiving the nominations. COMMUNITY 8 This year, four people have come forward: Stuart Brahs, Karen Fischer, Don Matthews, NOTES and Terri Munz. Short Bios for all four of them will appear in the Annual Report. PRAYER LIST, 9 On the feast of Christ the King Sunday, November 20, former Presiding SOLDIERS, BIRTHDAYS & Bishop, Frank Griswold will be our guest Celebrant and Preacher at both our ANNIVERSARIES Services. Bishop Griswold is the 25th Presiding Bishop (1997—2006). Prior to that he was the Diocesan Bishop of Chicago and also has served several parishes in Pennsylvania. Currently, he continues an active ministry of WORSHIP 10 teaching and preaching throughout the Anglican Communion. MINISTERS & SCHEDULES 11 Also, please do save the dates of March 23-25 for our first Annual Adult Parish Retreat! Carlyle and I are putting together a program on how to cultivate and deepen your individual spiritual life. We hope this will be a wonderful and enriching experience in our common life. We have also had a few changes in the office this year as we have tried to fill our parish secretary position. Beginning this Month, The Reverend Rita Nelson will be working part time in our office handling our parish communications (Newsletter, Bulletins, Brochures, web page, etc.). Rita is a retired clergy person and she and her husband Ralph worship with us at the 10am service. Finally, please do remember to keep our Mexican Mission Team in your prayers as they travel to do their work from October 8-16. You can follow their work on our Facebook page. Great things are happening at Saint Peter’s! Please keep me in your prayers and know that you are daily in mine. Peace, Jeffrey+ PARISH LIFE OCTOBER 2011 PAGE 2 SCHEDULE OF COMMUNITY GROUPS USING ST. PETER’S SPACE Mondays: Thursdays: Insight Meditation 4-6pm Parish Hall Insight Meditation 6:30-7:30am Parish Hall Alcoholics Anonymous 7-8pm Conference Room Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays: Yoga 6:30-7:30am Parish Hall Tuesdays: Mondays & Thursdays: Alcoholics Anonymous 12-1pm Parish Hall Yoga 11am-12pm Parish Hall Wednesdays: 1st Tuesday: Women’s 12-Step 12-1pm Parish Hall Mom’s Club of Lewes 10-11:30am Parish Hall Al-Anon 8-9pm Conference Room 1st Friday: Alcoholics Anonymous 7-8pm Parish Hall Insight Meditation 7:30-9pm Parish Hall Narcotics Anonymous 8-9pm Parish Hall 2nd Friday: Overfalls 7-9:30pm Parish Hall BIBLE STUDY CENTERING PRAYER GROUP READ THE BIBLE IN 30 WEEKS We meet every Tuesday at 7pm in the ―The Story‖ Bible Study meets the 4th Thursday of each Church. We learn the discipline of centering month in the Conference Room at 11am. In September, we prayer & read Thomas Keating’s Open Mind will meet on October 27th. Copies of “The Story” by Open Heart. Previous Zondervan Publishing can be ordered from Amazon.com or experience is NOT BN.com (Seekers cannot get the book from our supplier). If you have any necessary – only the desire questions, please speak to Father Jeff. to experience the presence of God in our lives. ST. PETER'S READERS St. Peter’s Readers meet the 3rd Sunday of each month at 4pm in the Conference Room. All are welcome! The meeting dates & the chosen books for the next two (2) months are: October 16—A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith November 20—To be determined SAFE CHURCH TRAINING All clergy, staff, and those working with children and youth are required to attend this training if they have not attended a training session in the past five years. October 1st, St. Anne’s Middletown, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Register with [email protected]. Other training dates are October 3 & 4, from 6—9 pm at All Saints, Rehoboth Beach. Fees covered by St. Peter’s. Only a Few More Coffee Hour Hosts Needed- Volunteers are needed to host/co- host the fall 8AM coffee hours. The date needing a Co-host is October 9. Dates needing both Host and Co-hosts is October 23. Tracy Mulveny will be taking names at the 8am services in October. You may also sign up by phone at 379-0072 or email at [email protected]. PARISH LIFE OCTOBER 2011 PAGE 3 Legacy Society Kickoff November 1, 2011 (All Saints Day) Eucharist at 7 pm followed by Wine & Cheese in the Parish Hall Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the November 1st kickoff of St. Peter’s Legacy Society to learn about your opportunity to become a Founding Member of the Legacy Society. The purpose of the Legacy Society is to gratefully acknowledge those faithful individuals who have made provisions to leave a documented gift of a portion of their accumulated assets to St. Peter’s at the end of their lives. The Vestry has endorsed the creation of the Legacy Society and encourages you to attend this kickoff. Servant Opportunity Adult Education, between the services, 9 to at Primero Pasos 10 AM, Sundays in October and November: There is an ongoing opportunity to volunteer at Theology in The Lord's Prayer. Primero Pasos Pre-school located at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown. In Dr. Frederica Thompsett says we are all theologians. Perhaps that is because collaboration with other area service organizations Primero Pasos what we believe is formed by what we pray. At every service we pray using The Lord's Prayer. What is the theology that grows out of that prayer? What does strives to help' children to move successfully into the public the prayer tell us about what we believe? schools. Primeros Pasos provides education for the children and The Rev's Carlyle Gill and Mark Harris will lead this discussion group, in which their parents, nutritional meals and health monitoring, and every word of this 71 word prayer will be put before us to be marked, learned obtained social services where needed. It has been, and will and inwardly digested. We will meet in the Conference Room immediately continue to be, one of the only multicultural early care and following the 8 AM Service. Refreshments will be available in the Conference education program in Georgetown serving the full range of pre- Room, so come to the class directly after church. The course runs 8 weeks and school ages. Volunteers are needed daily, year round from participants are asked to commit to the whole course. 9:15am-10:15am and 3:00pm-5:00pm. If you are interested This course is for young and old, those new here and those here for many years. please contact Deacon Katherine [email protected]. The only requirement is a willingness to join the discussion and reflection. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY Adult Education Sunday Classes Sundays in October and November: The Theology and Our knit/crochet group meets the 3rd Monday of Spirituality of the Lord's Prayer. The Rev's Carlyle Gill each month at 10:30am in the Conference and Mark Harris will lead this discussion group, in which Room. Any & all are welcome. This month, we meet on every word of this 71 word prayer will be put before us to be read, marked, learned and inwardly digested. Beginning October 17th! We enjoy our time together while we work. October 2nd, We will meet in the Conference Room imme- Prayer Shawls continue to be popular gifts. Please call Carole diately following the 8 AM Service. Refreshments will be Somers (645-1906) or Mary Shea (644-2516) for more available in the Conference Room, so come to the class di- information. rectly after church. The course runs 8 weeks and partici- pants are asked to commit to the whole course. Space is lim- ited to 15 people. This course is for young and old, those new here and those here for many years. The only require- ment is a willingness to join the discussion and reflection. ECW NEWS A regular business meeting was held in September and the next meeting will be Wednesday, October 21, when we will discuss the leadership for next year’s Art Show.