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People-Spiritual Leader-Dr. Rusty Hesse,Pastor-St. Johns
People-Spiritual Leader-Dr. Rusty Hesse,Pastor-St. Johns


 


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About the videoclips -- (The Rev. Dr.) Rayner W. Hesse, Jr. is pastor of St. John Episcopal Church (until his retirement in 2013), which is located at 11 Wilmot Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804, a rising town in Westchester County, north of New York City. Dr. Hesse is affectionately called "Rusty." He delivers "dialogue" sermons as part of service that is once each Sunday at 9:30am until 11am. The compelling services also feature an eclectic mix of songs and hymns, sung by the choir and led by the musical director, Eric Jennings, along with organist Oscar Young. 

There are 2 groups of videoclips on this page - (1) Interview of Rusty Hesse by Dr. Ray Peckauskas on the evening of 3/18/08 in St. Francis Cottage next to the church.  This is the fourth of four interviews of several parishioners were conducted in St. Francis Cottage (2) a sample videoclip of a dialogue sermon, part of the service on 3/__/-6.

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    C2. A description of the above-said videoclips is as follows:

    (Videoclip #1) -- Excerpts from the drive from Frank Sisco's house to the church and St. Francis Cottage, entering the cottage and preliminaries before the interview by Dr. Ray Peckauskas of Dr. Hesse.

    (Videoclip #2) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, starting with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question:
    "Let's get right to it with the first question. You knew who and what you were from rather early in life. And the thing that has always puzzled me and therefore I'm going to find out tonight -- "How did you come by the courage to actually decide, with your background and framework, that (1) I'm going to seek to become a priest and (2) I'm going to keep going until I get there. Where did you get the courage to do that? That is awesome courage."

    (Videoclip #3) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question:
    "To turn from the spiritual side to the more human side, when did you first meet Anthony and how long have you been partners. And the second one, going with the first, is how has the presence of Lisa (Anthony's daughter) altered your lives?"

    (Videoclip #4) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question:
    "Let's go back to the fateful year of 1993, at which time was the origin of Rusty's lack of love of a certain hymn, and essentially the question that was posed of me to ask (I like it as it stands) it exactly as I got it.  In 1993, why did you stay on at St. John's despite the unhealthy situation?"

    (Videoclip #5) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question: 
    "Let's talk for a moment about Rusty, the Priest. You've been a good priest. ... Could you deal with someone who came to you and said, "I'm gonna take the final exit of self-determination. ..... Granted that you could and would help, would you then face demons that you have not seen before? Would that be a source of fear?"

    (Videoclip #6) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question: 
    "Let's look a bit at Rusty and the congregation. .... Sunday the 30th of July, 2004, labeled 'Bombshell Sunday' ....... You are a duly ordained priest. You are a theologian and you are now a doctor of the church. Could you give us your thinking, not in terms of the spontaneity of the situation, but in the general idea of young people serving communion here?"

    (Videoclip #7) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question: 
    "Getting back to Rusty the person, if you will. You've made it clear that you do not regard marriage as the most appropriate model for the LBGT community. Would you briefly delineate some of the characteristics of what you might consider a better model or a better way?"

    (Videoclip #8) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question: 
    "You seminary training pretty much provided you with the tools you need to be a preacher, but what I was surprised at, in coming here, is to find that you are not so much a preacher but that you not so much aimed at that as much as you were aimed at being a teacher and a guide. You told us, "I want you to think and make your own decisions. .... This ability that you have to stand back and to avoid the trap that so many clergy get into as acting as a broker between God and the people, you have managed to avoid that. And that essentially transformed you in a way that is awesome to me. How on earth were you able to make that transformation from being a person who tells people what to do into a person who leads them rather than tells them?"

    (Videoclip #9) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question: 
    "I think I speak for this group when I say you have accomplished much in the parish work with us. What would you consider the most significant achievement that you have had at this church and why?"

    (Videoclip #10) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Peckauskas asking the following question:  
    "A very quick question here is what do you deplore most in others?"

    (Videoclip #11) -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with attendees asking the following questions:
    By Michele - "I don't know if you can answer it. How do you pray? How do you have that relationship. I know how you give it to all of us, but how do you have it for yourself?"

    (Videoclip #12 -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with attendees asking the following questions:
    By Chris DiGiorgio - "What got you into authorship?"

    (Videoclip #13 -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with attendees asking the following questions:
    By Frank Sisco - "If you came into 20 million dollars or so what are two or three projects that you would be involved in?"

    (Videoclip #14 -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with attendees asking the following questions:
    By Alexander Lott - "Have you written fiction?"

    Info missing for Videoclip #15

    (Videoclip #16 -- Interview of Dr. Hesse by Dr. Peckauskas, with Dr. Hesse sharing photos with attendees.

    Info missing for Videoclip #17

    D. A sample of a dialogue sermon is a videoclip taken from the service at St. John's Episcopal Church on 3/18/07 as uploaded to youtube.com:  (From Videoclip #3 of the 3/18/07 service. The videoclip covers (1) the Gospel of Luke (Jesus told about the father who had two sons, and said to one "This brother of yours was dead, and he's alive! He was lost, and he's found!") and (2) the Homily (with a dialogue sermon led by Dr. Hesse, including a discussion of the story of the prodigal son which only appears in the Gospel of Luke, background information of property division customs at that time, and various metaphors contained in the story.)

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