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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ

As Fall is upon us, the leaves crunch under our feet, scarves and hats are being brought down from their storage boxes, soon we will be brought into the Christmas Vortex. I see it in the shopping malls already. The pressure; do we have our gifts? Our Christmas lights? It’s not even Thanksgiving and already we anticipate our winter holiday. And yet everyone knows that Christmas is only the beginning of the real honest cold…the January – March cold.

But for this small band of St. Peter’s Christians, our march towards Christmas will mean something quite different. We will be entertained, though not taken-in with the tinsel and the gifts. We are waiting to dance round the great happening: God became man in flesh. We will be pondering that this baby was poor, born under such disturbing circumstance,

threatened by death before even taking his first breath. We will be looking at Herod and wondering what drove him to such fear and hatred, at Mary in awe of her bravery and strength, at Joseph who marches on to do what is right – even unto this little baby who endlessly calls us to see that God is Love – and Love is universal, indiscriminate – Love which explodes old barriers and prejudice and inconveniences. Love which makes our mouths drop with awe.

Sometimes we may think we have to do all the work to practice our piety: But not so for our small band at Miller and Maple this winter. We need only be together, listen to the music, hear the scripture and see the faces of our friends…and suddenly, as if out of nowhere… God will be present in a new way among us.

In the Lamb,

The Reverend Janet Broderick, Rector

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From the Desk of the Rector

2017 Stewardship Campaign 3

Assistant Rector’s Message 4

St. Peter’s in Pictures 5

Christmas Schedule 6–7

Altar Guild 8

Music at St. Peter’s 9

Children’s Education 10

Christmas Giving 10–11

Weekly Events 11

Save–the–Dates 11

Index

“Ingathering” Sunday November 20th Please return your pledge card by this date.

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2017 Stewardship Campaign

The Stewardship Committee examined the following questions recently about who we are as a church community:

• Who are we helping? • How many people are involved? • How is the mission of Jesus Christ being furthered? • Where has God been doing amazing things in our midst? • How are our resources being respected and wisely used?

The answers to these questions were gathered and the results published in the booklet “Why Give to St. Peters?: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself.”

The Stewardship Committee hopes you enjoy reading this booklet that was mailed to all parish households in October. It is meant to be a springboard for conversation about what St. Peter’s means to you, your family, the members of our church, and the members of our local community.

It is also meant to inspire thought and conversation about what giving financially to St. Peter’s means to you personally. This year we are engaging in an “all-member canvass.” Stewardship Committee canvassers are calling on every member of St. Peter’s to talk about our mission and work as a congregation and its role in our personal life. We invite everyone to make a financial pledge to support our parish and our ministries going forward into 2017.

“Ingathering” Sunday is November 20th. We ask that all members return their pledge card by this date, either by mail or by placing the card in the offering plate on any Sunday leading up to Ingathering.

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:37-39

“Love Your Neighbor

as Yourself ”Matthew 22:39

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Our Fall is off to a great start—our Alpha Course and Parenting Courses bring joy and knowledge (and wonderful food!) to so many, our Sunday School and Youth Programs are up and running, and our weekly Evensong sings God’s praises every Wednesday. It’s truly exciting to be a part of all that St. Peter’s has to offer!

And it’s even more exciting to see so many others becoming a part of our lives here. Our baptism on September 18th welcomed two of God’s newest family members with love and celebration, and we’ve got a full house planned for our next baptism on November 6th! St. Peter’s is moving along with the breeze of the Holy Spirit, calling our community near and far with the Good News of God and with the loving service of God’s hands and feet—and that’s all of you, our beloved Church.

As our year deepens, we continue to offer activities and classes to feed your soul. For Adult Forum on Sundays at 9:00 am beginning October 30th, and running through the seasons of Advent and Christmas, I’ll be leading a class on the Book of Revelation. It’s possibly the most misunderstood book of Scripture, and arguably the most worthwhile to try and understand! Whatever you’ve thought about it in the past, rest assured that the Good News is abundant. I welcome all of you, your questions, and your opinions as we dive in.

We’re getting close to the holiday season—the anticipation of Advent, the joy of Christmas, the bright light of Epiphany. I pray that St. Peter’s will be a place for us to think not of presents but of THE present—the now, the moment, every note sung and every prayer offered. There is much to look forward to, it’s true, but there are so many things in the here and now that are worth appreciating and living into. Advent is meant to slow us down; we’re meant to breathe deeply, hear the voice of the angel as he speaks to Mary and to Joseph and to us; our walk is a slow one, moving with hope and faith alongside the Holy Family as they make their way to Bethlehem. As members of the Body of Christ, as ministers in God’s service and for God’s love, I pray that we all find good work to do on the way, and many companions to share it! And I thank all of you, always, for being my companions in this place.

With love in and through Christ,

The Reverend Susanna Cates, Assisant Rector

Assistant Rector

Grace and Peace to You!

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St. Peter’s in Pictures

Above left to right: Volunteers helped spruce up our church inside and out, on Fall Cleanup Day October 15th!

Above: Enjoying Afternoon Tea and a lecture at the Inreach Thursday Luncheon October 20th

Speaker Dr. James Howard, owner of the Cozy Cupboard Tea Room

Above: Monsters and jack o’ lanterns haunted the Undercroft on Fall Family Fun Day October 22nd

Right:Youth Group cooked up fun–and pizza!– in the kitchen on October 9th

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Christmas at St. Peter’s 2016

ADVENT Lessons & Carols

CHRISTMAS Lessons & Carols

AUDEN’SA Christmas Oratorio

Sunday, November 27th 6:00 pmIn one of the most dramatic services of the year, we move from darkness into light as we hear the promise of Christ’s redeeming love. The choirs of St. Peter’s sing the works by Bairstow, Britten, Hurd, Manz, McKie, and Rose.

W.H. Auden’s For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio

Friday, December 9th 7:00 pmAll are invited to the Rectory to hear a staged reading of what the New York Times has called “one of the most powerful expressions of the meaning of Christmas in the 20th century.”

Sunday, December 18th 6:00 pmReception following at the Rectory

In the great English tradition, the choirs of St. Peter’s sing this stunning celebration of Christ’s birth. Featuring choral works entirely by living composers, including Will Todd and Roxanna Panufnik.

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Christmas at St. Peter’s 2016

The Eve of the Feast of theNATIVITY

The Feast of the NATIVITY

NEW YEAR’S DAY

EPIPHANY Pageant

Saturday, December 24th 5:00 pm & 10:30 pm, Choral prelude 4:30 pm and 10:00 pm

Sunday, December 25th 8:00 am & 10:15 am

Sunday, January 1st 8:00 am & 10:15 am with Renewal of Wedding Vows

Friday, January 6th at 6:00 pmThe Sunday School children join the Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs to tell the story of the birth of Jesus and the arrival of the Three Kings. After the pageant, join us for a festive dinner in Parish Hall, followed by the traditional Burning of the Greens on the Great Lawn.

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Altar Guild

Each week, the men and women of the Altar Guild bless our congregation and church with a beautiful sanctuary. They polish all of the silver, fill the candles, dust and sweep, vest the chalice, and wash and iron all of the linens. They set up and clean up every service, including baptisms, weddings and funerals. The flowers you see on the altars each week arrive in buckets each Saturday, and are then carefully arranged for placement on the high altar and the altar in the chapel.

The work of the Altar Guild is a quiet, calming ministry--even meditative. Directress Jennifer Dyer says, “There is something very special about being quietly in church on a Saturday morning, when for a short time the world can be left outside.”

Altar Flower DedicationsYou may honor the memory of a loved one, or show your thanksgiving for a birthday, anniversary, baptism or marriage by making an altar flower dedication. The cost is $50, and your dedication will be listed in the Sunday bulletin of the date of your choosing.

After Sunday services, flowers from the altar are delivered to people in the parish who are homebound, ill, or are otherwise in need.

You may make an altar flower dedication online at www.stpetersmorristown.org/altarflowers, by completing an Altar Flower Dedication Form located on the main bulletin board across from the Reception Desk in Parish Hall and returning it to the church office, or by sending an email to jtyillian@stpetersmorristown.org.

If you are interested in learning more, and would like to become part of this ministry that makes our sanctuary so lovely each Sunday, please contact Jennifer Dyer at jenjond2@aol.com.

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The Keys Submission DeadlinesThe Keys is published bi-monthly on the first of the following months: November, January, March, May. Kindly submit your text and graphics to lhatala@stpetersmorristown.org by the 15th of the month prior to the publication date. (For example, December 15, 2016 is the hard deadline for submission for the January/February 2017 Keys.)

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Music at St. Peter’s

Bells & BBQ

On September 10th, a beautiful sunny afternoon, parishioners and passers-by were treated to the sounds of the St. Peter’s carillon played by guest artist Lisa Lonie. The varied program featured everything from a suite of songs from Mary Poppins and Henry Mancini’s Moon River to a pair of songs by Eric Satie. Concertgoers were able to see Lonie performing high in the tower on a big screen on the Great Lawn while enjoying a feast of hamburgers and hotdogs. Children and babies played in the grass and many people stopped to learn about the carillon, and about St. Peter’s. Lisa Lonie is University Carillonneur at Princeton, as well as the carillonneur at St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh and at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, which houses the oldest carillon (1882) in North America. Known for her musical wit and creative programming Ms. Lonie is one of only two North American carillonneurs invited to perform at the famed 2017 Bok Tower Carillon Festival (Lake Wales, Florida). Lisa is currently collaborating with Minneapolis composer, Matt Riley, on orchestrated performance tracks to be played with live carillon.

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New York Classical Players Chamber Orchestra Sunday, November 13th, 3:00 pm

Baroque and Beyond: works of Handel, Tabakova, Bach, and Higdon. With Dongmin Kim, conductor, Andy Lin, viola, and Richard Rivera, baritone.

Wednesday Evening Choral Evensong–6:00 pm

Offered every Wednesday, this stunning (and brief!) ser-vice is almost entirely sung and offers a chance to worship through listening and meditation. Dinner follows in the Parish Hall for a sug-gested donation of $10 adult /$5 child.

These are among the 49 bells ofthe 18-ton carillon at St. Peter’s

September 10, 2016 concertgoers

The Afterschool on South

Our Sunday School is off to a great start this year. Our students are thoroughly enjoying their Spark Story Bibles as we follow the lectionary from week to week.

We had a wonderful time at our Fall Family Fun Day in the Undercroft on October 22nd despite the rainy weather!

We listened to stories of Ruth, David and Ezekiel, made playdough skeletons, played games and carved pumpkins!

As we head into the Christmas season, the children are looking forward to telling the story of Jesus’ birth at our Epiphany Pageant on Friday, January 6th at 6:00 pm in the church.

Sunday School News

Our program has been growing this Fall and we currently serve 38 children in pre-kindergarten through the 7th grade (22 students to go for a full house). The highlight of our day is recreation time – many World Cup soccer games are played on the Great Lawn throughout the week.

We want to say “thank you” to the many generous people who donated the large and varied selection of items for our Rummage Sale in September. Parents from our program helped sort and sell, and made some great purchases for themselves, too. We made almost $3,000 which will be used to offer tuition assistance.

We are also grateful to the Morristown Festival of Books for their support of our program this year. As literary partners, they offered each of our children a free book from the Festival, and $5,000 from the Festival book raffle will be donated to our program. Thank you! – Dee Klikier, Director

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WorshipHoly Communion – Sunday 8:00 am & 10:00 am 2:00 pm Morris View Health Center (3rd Sunday of the month)5:00 pm Recovery Mass in the Guild Room (3rd Sunday of the month)Holy Communion – Thursday – 12:10 pmEvensong – Wednesday – 6:00 pm

Adult EducationAdult Forum – Sunday – 9:00 amAlpha Course – Wednesday – 6:30 pm

Bible Study, Meditation & PrayerWomen’s Bible Study – Monday – 10:00 amMen’s Bible Study – Saturday – 9:00 amMeditation with Justyn Comer – Wednesday – 7:30pmCentering Prayer – Monday – 7:30 pm

Children & YouthSunday School 10:00 am & 11:30 amYouth Group – Sunday – 5:00 pm

The Choirs of St. Peter’sAdult Choir Rehearsal – Thursday – 7:00 pmBoys’ & Girls’ Choirs – Tuesday through Friday – 4:30 pm

St. Peter’s Weekly Events

The Giving Tree

Yes, it’s that time of year again when we begin to gather names of residents in local senior living centers and Youth Consultative Services. By the end of November you will see a new Christmas tree, St. Peter’s Giving Tree, in the Parish Hall. This tree has a big job. Its main job, besides looking beautiful, is to attract your attention and encourage you to come close and take a look-see. It will be full of tags with names of residents and children and their “wish list” for a Christmas Gift.

This year we are instituting a new way of celebrating this major Outreach program. We are asking you to take a tag from the tree – or more than one – and return your gift on December 11th. We will have a Christmas Party in the Parish Hall on that day immediately following the 10:15 service when you can place your gift under the tree.

The gifts will be blessed and sent out to people with the love and prayers from the good folks at St. Peter’s.

Please reflect on this opportunity to be a true Magi and bring a gift to one of God’s children.

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Save the Dates

Christmas Giving

Prison Ministry

We are beginning our Prison Ministry earlier than usual. The Rev’d Herman Scott is the Chaplain of the Morris County Correctional Facility. Rev’d Scott was so pleased that we are again taking part in collecting their Christmas gift bags for the inmates. We are being asked to supply 350 large size tubes of toothpaste. Please look for the collection box in the lobby of the Parish Hall beginning October 30th.

Remember to look for sale pricing in grocery stores or take a trip to the dollar store and stock up!

FellowshipCoffee Hour – Sunday – 11:30 amWednesday Dinners – 6:45 pmBridge for Beginners and Beyond – Friday – 10:00 amPiano Bar – Friday – 9:00 pm (first Friday of the month)

Outreach The Afterschool on South – Monday through Friday –3:00pmMAP (Morris Afterchool Program) – Monday – 3:00 pmNorth Porch – Thursday – 9:00 amFree Farmer’s Market – Wednesday – 4:00 pmSoup Kitchen – Saturday – 9:30 am

The Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange

December 11 th, 11:45 am

dThe Marriage Course returns

to St. Peter’s, January 2017

dVestry “FUN NIGHT”

Fundraiser April 29th, 2017

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church70 Maple AvenueMorristown, New Jersey 07960-5221

The Keys of Saint Peter’sSt. Peter’s Episcopal Church70 Maple AvenueMorristown, New Jersey 07960-5221

Office Hours: Monday to Thursday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Office Phone: 973.538.0555Office Fax: 973.538.7790

Sunday Worship8:00 am Holy Communion9:00 am Adult Education10:15 am Holy Communion with Choir10:00 & 11:30 am Sunday School11:30 am Fellowship Coffee Hour

Wednesday Worship6:00 pm Evensong

Thursday Worship12:10 pm Holy Communion

The Pastoral StaffThe Rev’d Janet Broderick, Rector, ext 116The Rev’d Susanna Cates, Assistant Rector, ext 114

The Music StaffMr. Joshua Stafford, Director of Music, ext 115

The Administrative StaffMr. Jon Tyillian, Parish Administrator ext 110Mrs. Lisa Hatala, Communications Coordinator, ext. 117Ms. Dee Klikier, Outreach Program Coordinator, ext 111Mr. Osh Khublall, Finance Manager, ext 112Mr. Trevor Wallace, Verger & SextonMr. Khalid Bader, Buildings and Grounds

The Vestry:

Wardens: Mrs. Carrie Stein & Mrs. Nerissa Boccino

Vestrypersons: Mrs. Jennifer Dyer, Mr. James Galbraith, Mr. Patrick Griffee, Mr. Michael Hudock, Mrs. Debra Joyal, Mr. Chris Kimm, Mr. Henry Magno, Mrs. Beth Stewart Salovaara Mrs. Eileen Buckley Sisley, Mrs. Christine Spong, Ms. Yvette White

Treasurers: Messrs. Frank J. Failla, Jr. & Patrick Griffee

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