St. Philip Presbyterian Church

Hurst, Texas www.stphil.org

(817) 282-9181 (817) 282-6690 (fax)

Rev. Dr. Greg Garis, Pastor

Rev. Alissa King, Assoc. Pastor

Vol. 64 August 12, 2015 No. 52

Kick Off Sunday is August 23rd 9:45 AM—All Church breakfast

11:00 AM—Blessing of the Backpacks

Come one come all and bring your favorite breakfast food. Let’s kick off the new year of Sun-day school with some fellowship, food, and recognition. All are invited to take part. Also, kids bring your backpacks and adults bring your work bags or name badges for a blessing of the back-packs and work bags during the worship service.

St. Philip has a new YouTube channel where the pastors will be posting various videos of St. Philip’s ministry and mission. Please search for or select the link below.

“St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Hurst TX”

Have you watched Rev. Garis’ “Wrestling with the Word” videos? In these short videos Rev. Garis or Rev. King discuss what they will be preaching on for the next Sunday. You can click on the video on the Weekend Announcements email or go to Facebook or YouTube to watch them.

“Joyfully Growing and Moving with the Spirit”

2015-2016 St. Philip Program Theme

At the Session planning retreat in July the program year theme “Joyfully Growing and Moving with the Spirit” was chosen. This theme was generated through a book study that the session did together. The book is called “Sailboat Church: Helping Your Church Rethink its Mission and Practice” by Joan S. Gray. Through this book, we learned about how we may be a rowboat church instead of a sailboat church and that perhaps what will move us is to have the Spirit of God blow wind into the sails of St. Philip so that we may move where God wants us to move.

The program year begins August 23 on Kick off Sunday and the hope is that throughout the year special programs will be offered that will help us feel, sense and recognize the Spirit of God blowing us forward. Rev. Garis will focus his sermon on August 23 on this year’s theme.

REGISTER FOR 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR

First come, first choice on days to attend.

Registration fees are due at registration.

$80 for first child/$60 each additional child

Fees are non-refundable; reserve the days you want your

child to attend school.

Tuition & Fees will remain the same as last year!!

1 Day ~ $120 2 Days ~ $210 3 Days ~ $285

4 Days ~ $335 5 Days ~ $410

St. Philip Presbyterian Women Circles will resume in September.

Enjoy your summer!

September

1st Tuesday 9:30 a.m. PW Coordinating Team Meeting Parlor 3rd Thursday 1:30 p.m. PW Bible Leaders Parlor 7th Monday Labor Day 8th Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Grace Circle Room 8 Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Sheila Bradley Circle Parlor 15th Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Salad Supper Fellowship Hall 22nd Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Mission Activity Parlor Mission Activity: Writing notecards for YaYa and college students.

Note: The Presbyterian Women will be collecting the following toiletries for the Presbyterian Night Shelter through November 15th. We invite all church members to donate the following items (full size only please): bars of soap, deodorant, combs, brushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, and toothbrushes. Please drop off items in the church office & place in the designated basket.

St. Philip Presbyterian Church Adult Education

Sunday School Hour 9:45-10:45 a.m.

The Joy Class: This class is for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We combine instruction, music and crafts to teach adults the basics of the Christian faith. This class uses shared Leadership and is studying Compassion. Parlor

Alpha Class: This class studies scripture together by going through the Present Word series. Using shared leadership, this class comes together to read and discuss themes and questions in scripture. The summer quarter explores justice and injustice. Lessons covering seven different prophets investigate the perpetrators of injustice, the nature of injustice, and the victims of injustice. It steadily moves toward repentance, redemption, and restoration. Unit I: Amos Rails Against. Unit II: Micah Calls for Justice among Unjust People focuses on social and moral injustice, the injustice of corrupt leaders, and what God requires for justice, and Unit III: Advocates of Justice for All completes the quarter with five lessons covering five prophets. Room A

Feasting on the word: Feasting on the Word is a Lectionary based curriculum. This class reads and comes together to discuss and read scripture. Participants are all ages, all walks of life, marital status and Bible knowledge. This month’s scripture focuses on themes including: August 16; Wise in the Spirit focusing on Ephesians 5:15–20, August 23; Put on the Armor of God focusing on Ephesians 6:10–20 and August 30; Faith Works focusing on James 1:17–27. Class led by Patty O’Brien. Room 11

A Year with the Bible: First Sunday of each month-9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. following each worship service to encourage daily Bible Reading and prayer. Fellowship Hall

Tuesday Night Bible Study: 6:30-8:00p.m. Class meets each week to read the Bible with discussion of the scriptures. Youth Hall

Men’s Coffee Fellowship: A weekly gathering on Wednesday, 8:30-9:30 a.m., meets for coffee and donuts for visiting, discussing, and staying connected; led by Rev. Dr. Greg Garis, Parlor

Young Adult Gathering: This class will be doing a video and discussion series for the summer months. Discussion facilitated by Rev. King. Conference Room in the Church office.

GUESTS ARE WELCOME!

Mom’s Group will not meet in August due to the start of school for our kids.

YOUTH CALENDAR

August

23rd Kickoff Sunday

In the month of August the St. Philip Sunday School children and youth will be studying: Ages 3 and Under: Join this group in the nursery for the summer months.

Ages 4 years thru 5th grade: This age group will view videos, participate in activities and discuss how God’s Fruits of the Spirit are demonstrated.

Jr. High & Senior High: (Youth Hall) Jr. High & Senior High youth will be looking at the faith community's role in their lives. The youth will be exploring ways of dealing with different age related topics.

Dear SPPC friends,

Do you know of an energetic person who loves working with youth who might be interested in part time work? We've got the job for them!

We're looking for a part time Youth Director to work with the great SPPC youth. For more information, go to stphil.org/#/children-youth and scroll down on the page for a link to the job description. Interested people can send their resume to personnel@stphil.org.

Thank you from the Personnel Committee

Mo Celebration & Jr. High Jubilee A number of our youth attended Mo Celebration and Jr. High Jubilee. Below are some of the Youth’s impressions and expressions of gratitude from youth who attended Celebration. Thank you for your support in their camp experience. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dear Shane Scholarship,

I wanted to say thank you for sponsoring me to attend my first Mo Ranch experience. It was amazing. I was able to reconnect with some friends from when I attended Camp Gilmont, as well as learn how to experience God in a different way. I loved my small group, and met some new people that I call friends now. God is everywhere, and created everything, including this wonderful place, where I learned no matter what, God loves everyone all the time, and all the time God is good. It is truly a wonderful place to attend, and without the Shane Scholarship I would not have been able to. Thank you so much for choosing me and for all the help and love me and my family get from SPPC.

Thank you, Aaron Perez

Dear Shane Scholarship Committee,

Thank you so much for al-lowing me to go to Mo Ranch this year. I learned

so much this whole week and made so many new friends and new memories that I will cher-ish forever. I hope to be able to go back to Mo Ranch the rest of my time in high school .

Thank you again, Molly Hunter

Dear Shane Scholarship,

Thank you for helping me go to Mo Ranch. It was nice to be in a group of people you don’t know at first and then come together through this experience. I loved and enjoyed the experience immensely.

Lily Belknap

Just a Reminder…

The kiddos start back to school around August 24th. Remember to slow down and be alert in school zones and school crossing areas.

Note of the Week………………

I noticed the last couple of Sundays as I led you in song from in front of the church that you, the congregation, sang with much “gusto”! I could tell you

loved the old familiar tunes—“I Danced in the Morning” and “Amazing Grace”! But, what impressed me was your willingness to try new tunes like “Let Us Build a House!” Our new hymn book is full of new tunes with great new texts, and you are responding well by trying to learn notes and listening to the new words! And, if you just can’t sing a note, please join us in spirit listening to God’s message. Thanks to you and our congregational singing, we make our worship experience richer and fuller! Keep up the good work for God’s glory. And speaking of music in our worship service, it is time for our musical groups to begin rehearsing again and a great time for anyone who wants to join any of our musical groups to come and experience our programs: The Chancel Choir sings an anthem every Sunday at the 11:00 a.m. worship service and rehearses on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. If you are a freshman in high school or older, you are eligible for this group. All parts are needed—soprano, alto, tenor or bass. The choir has been on vacation for the month of July. They began again on Wednesday, July 29th. If you prefer hand bells, the Hand Bell Choir meets Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. and plays seasonally for Christmas and Easter. If you have never played hand bells but think you might like to try, see me and I can explain what is involved (be able to count to 4 and know your left hand from your right)! This choir is for adults. They begin on September 20th. The Youth Chime Choir rehearses on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 (Youth group starts at 5:00.) They play in worship once a month from October through May. The ages for the Chime Choir are 6th grade through 12th grade. They will begin on September 13th. Please feel free to visit with me about any of the groups or call me at the church— 817-282-9181 if you have any questions about anything. I would love to see you in our music program! Get involved! We have the best job in the world—singing and ringing God’s praise!

See you in church on Sunday. Joyfully Singing in Christ, Pam Cochrane

The Regal Opera Chorale Is looking for “A FEW GOOD SINGERS”

For their 2015 Christmas Show!

All voice parts are needed.

Fun, entertaining, classical, and popular music will be performed

in choruses, solos and ensembles in the show.

Call 817-685-6143 to schedule your audition time

on August 22nd from 10:00 to noon!

Auditions are in the choir room of St. Philip Presbyterian Church:

745 West Pipeline Rd. Hurst, Texas 76053

Please come prepared to:

1.) Sing a song in English (an accompanist will be provided).

2.) Sight read a hymn.

In addition to the show, there will be four or five other private gigs during

The Christmas season.

(The Chorale meets in the choir room on Monday evenings from 7-9:00 p.m.

starting in September.)

Survey Results are in!

Thank you for participating in the St. Philip Survey. We had 86 responses. If you did not get a chance to take the survey never fear. The session has talked about doing follow up surveys in the future. Also, you can always feel free to share your thoughts with a session member or pastor. Our survey results are interesting and the committees are beginning to take a closer look to see what you all had to say. Below are a few of the graphs and charts to come out of that survey.

If you were to attend church, what time best fits your schedule?

When attending church, what are your favorite parts of attending? Please rank in order of importance.

When I go to church, I

We learned a lot about survey making and had a lot of data to sift through. There is much more data than what is above, including comments and suggestions. I hope that you find this information interesting. If you have any questions feel free to come and talk to me.

Peace of Christ, Rev. Alissa King

Welcome YaYa Back to School with a Care Package!

Starting last year St. Philip partnered with several other Presbyterian churches in North

and East Texas to bring a very bright and deserving young lady, Eulalia (YaYa) Velasquez,

from an orphanage in a troubled region of Mexico to the Presbyterian Pan American School

(PPAS) in Kingsville. YaYa is still working on her English conversation (speaking) but reads

very well. She went from B’s the first semester to the honor roll the second.

St. Philip will welcome her back to school for her sophomore year with a Care Package.

Here are some ideas of things to collect for YaYa to enjoy and share with her dorm friends:

"Thinking of You" cards signed by congregation or Youth, Microwave popcorn, gum, mints,

candy, raisins, nuts, crackers, instant hot chocolate packages, Frito Bean or Cheese dip, small

packages of Oreo's or Teddy Grahams (in cups), peanut butter crackers, Velveeta and shells

in individual cups, hand lotion, chap stick, cologne, Mexico phone cards, postage stamps,

note cards, and Betty Crocker Cookie Mix in a pouch. Please place these items in the basket

marked "YaYa's Care Package" on top of the N.E.E.D. collection box by the east door. We will

ship the Care Package to her on September 8.

Men’s Mission Day

August 22, 2015 9:00 am -12:00 noon

All men of the church are invited to the Men’s mission Day on Saturday, August 22nd.

Come and hear a devotional from Rev. Garis and then

we will visit an assisted living facility to speak with and visit the residents, just to brighten up their day.

Parish Health Ministry

Next Blood Pressure and Health Consultation date is:

September 13th, 2015 at 12 p.m. in the Sacristy

Bonnie Skodak nurse@stphil.org

The Parish Nurse can be contacted through the church office.

Financial Report

July Year to date Income $46,539.87 $317,029.28 Expenses $43,451.05 $331,490.36 $3,088.82 ($14,461.08) Thanks to everyone for their contributions. If you are not current on your pledge, please attempt to catch up on your pledge as soon as possible.

N.E.E.D

This month the following requests have been made:

Toilet Paper Ketchup Hamburger Helper Dish Detergent Laundry Detergent Personal Products Thank you for your continued support, Your Mission Outreach Committee

September

BirtHdays

1st Herbert Flagg 1st Sharon Harris 1st Terry Giles 2nd Stella Urban 3rd Susan Patterson 3rd Andrew Asante

8th Janine Williams 8th Hayley Mullins 10th Zella Gordon 10th Allie Bowden 11th Sharon Umphress 11th Denise Jaynes 12th Michael Ellis 14th John Woods 14th Carrie Sue Woods 14th M. C. Grisham 14th Doug Sanders 16th Ama Frempong 18th Margaret Baker 18th Frank Dale 19th Audrey Whitehead 20th Meg Green 21st Kay Fell 22nd Jim Newlon 22nd Gary Adam

22nd Paula Flores 22nd Susan Cross-Taylor 22nd Jill Hiatt 23rd Sara Lininger 23rd Bryson Turner 24th Bob Hamos 25th Bill Roddy 25th Mike Jowell 25th Bonnie Hardy 26th Tal Buie 26th David Hardekopf 27th Daphene Flagg 27th Judy Sneddon 28th Marie Borland 28th Sara Snell 29th Kay Bookout 30th Jane Knight 30th Lori Henry

Family Feud Night (hosted by the Mariners)

Join us for Family Feud Night.

Everyone is Welcome!!! Bring your favorite Italian dish, salad or dessert

for the Potluck dinner Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 6:00 PM

Fellowship Hall Questions? Contact Joe or Paula Flores at 817-284-2771.

Hope to see you there!

Attention all Men of St. Philip!

If you are retired, unemployed, preach, or work part time, you are eligible to join the Happy Slackers for lunch. Leave your aches, pains and worries at home and have a great time with new and old friends.

Good food and fellowship!

Thursday, August 13th 12:00 PM

At Ernie’s Seafood & Restaurant Questions?

Contact Randy Brice, Head Slacker At 817-285-6406

Well, I just finished my first year as a Young Adult Volunteer. I served in New Orleans

where I met and ministered to international seafarers with Global Maritime Ministries. That experi-ence was an amazing one that showed me some of the injustices in the cargo and shipping industries. Now that I am home, you may be asking what is next for Jennifer Hallberg. I am glad that you asked. In the middle of August, I will be starting a second year as a Young Adult Volunteer. This year I will be serving in Austin where I will be an advocate with Texas Impact. I will be speaking for those who are unable to speak for themselves with an interfaith organization. Texas Impact works at the state legislative level to speak on issues of Medicare, prison issues, immigration policies and other areas where the church needs to be speaking. My year will look different from last year. My area of service will not be on a personal level, but rather in an area where I can meet people who are trying to fix some of the injustices in the world. I am looking forward to learning how ministry is done through the legislative lens. I will be learning how faith and the desire to speak out for injustice can function at the state capitol.

For this second year, I will need to raise $3,000. I am asking the community of St Philip to help me with this goal. Your support last year was crucial to my year of service. As a community, I have felt your love and support during that service year and I am asking for it again. If you would like to donate toward my goal, there are two ways you can do so.

1. Write a check to St Philip Presbyterian Church. Please make sure to write “Jennifer Hallberg YAV” on the memo line.

2. Through visiting the St Philip website and clicking on the Online Giving Link.

Thank you, Jennifer Hallberg

THESE DAYS (a daily devotion)

Available to you at no cost!

How many times do you get that kind of a deal? Do you know about These Days? They are lo-cated outside the office in the book rack. SPPC has been providing them for several years. It’s a quarterly publication, John Knox published in Louisville, KY. If you do not have a current daily devotion program or would like to add to an existing one, now is the time. If the books are not used, we may have to cut back or cancel the subscription due to budgetary concerns. If you don’t like book form then d365.org is also available on line at no cost. You see the best things in life really are free.

Adult Education Committee

Men’s Fellowship Group is on it’s summer schedule.

The Men’s Fellowship Group will meet once in August.

Join us on August 19th at 8:30 a.m. at The Corner Cafe

located at the NW corner of Davis & Mid Cities Blvds., NRH

Come join us!

LIBRARY NEWS – Event

CHILDREN

Come join us in the LIBRARY for

A SPECIAL 5th SUNDAY PROGRAM

August 30th

Grades K – 5th

*9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Please join us in the Library to hear the book, “THANK YOU GOD,” by J. Bradley Wigger

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6: 7-13

Good News Bible

Craft

Following our story, we will construct a 5-finger Prayer Hand to help us remember how to

pray.

STORY * DISCUSSION * CRAFTING

Come check us out!

Have You Taken Control of Your Health Today?

Life Line Screening will be at Hurst Christian Church on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 offering safe, painless, non-invasive preventive health screenings that are typically not a part of a routine physical. To be more proactive about your health and to live longer for yourself, your family and your community, please register for these potentially life-saving tests today. For only $139 (regularly $149) you can learn your risk of having stroke or vascular disease. There is no time like the present to take action!

Where: Hurst Christian Church 745 Brown Trail, Hurst When: Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

To register for your screening and to receive a $10 discount, please call 888-653-6450 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners. Appointments are limited.

5 Tests offered for $149: Carotid Artery/Plaque Screening Heart Rhythm Screening (Atrial Fibrillation) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening Osteoporosis Risk Assessment

Kimberly Stone

St. Philip said good bye to Kimberly Stone, our social media coordinator, at the end of July. The budget could no longer support her 10 hour a week position. Kimberly’s responsibilities included posting news of St. Philip on Facebook and Twitter and she also compiled and produced the slide show of TV announcements which were shone in the entryway of the church every Sunday morning. A mother of two beautiful girls Kimberly also sits as a member of St. Philip Preschool board of Directors. We will miss Kimberly, her creativity and her work. Thank you Kimberly for all your work with us. A member of the congregation has expressed interest in volunteering for this

position, but until that person is on board, you may help by sharing St. Philip posts on

your own Facebook timeline. This will give St. Philip more exposure to others.

ST. PHILIP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 745 W PIPELINE ROAD HURST, TEXAS 76053-4999 AUGUST 12, 2015

Don’t forget to check out the Pastor’s blog at http://lifeatphils.blogspot.com/

CONTINUE IN PRAYER FOR: The Family of Reed Sprinkel...Brandye Smith… Joanne Sogan…Bill Thompson…John Negronida…The Koenig Family…Doris Clark…Kay Bookout…Randy Welch…Madelyn Glass…Jane Mapel…Al Moreira…Glenn Steketee…Merlin Carstenson…Jim Toler... Marie Borland…Cindy Simmons…Mary Ann Nicholson…Mary Jo Wood…Pat Carlson…Kelly Frazure…Johnny Wallace…Lidia McFarland…Ellis Rogers…Mertie Martin…Lu and Sara Brewer…Elma Lee Mulkey… Ben Cross…Brenda Petersen…David Moore…Colby Steddum…Sally Starr… REMEMBER IN PRAYER THOSE IN THE MILITARY: Joshua Bosworth, son of Curt & Grace Bosworth…Jesse Dean Swanzy, Grandson of Wayne & Pat Swanzy…Philip Govan, nephew of Max & Ann McKee…Tanner Sprinkel, grandson of Ray & Linda Sprinkel…Zach Saunders, Tom & Lynette Mercer’s son…John Calhoun Miller, Ruth Calhoun’s grandson & Elaine Stokes’ nephew…Matt Kiser & David Kiser, sons of Helene Kiser…Josh Peck, son of Sherri Siler…Jennifer Reynolds, daughter of Margaret Reynolds…Matt & Cosmo Romo, great-nephews of Liz Hailey…Andrew Norman, grandson of Stella & Bob Urban…Sarah Willett, granddaughter-in-law of Bob & Stella Urban…Ben Temple, grandson of Tal & Jaylon Buie…Ryan Schuster, nephew of Fred Barney…Austin MacLeod, grandson of Lillian MacLeod… RECIPIENTS OF FINANCIAL AID IN JULY: Travis, Sandra, Barney, Michelle, Luis, Shaneika, Araceli, Shayla, Myesia, Esperanza, Martha, Tiffany, Paula.

5th Sunday Worship August 30th

10:00 am (one service)

The 5th Sunday Worship will be held in the Sanctuary on August 30th.

This service is a more contemporary/footprints style worship with Communion.

Please join us for this special worship service.