2012/ Jan 15 - Announcements

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Announcementsweek of January 15th

SUNDAY 15th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet, Confir-

mation Class12:30 Potluck & Bingo, FMC Midhigh returns6 p.m. true: High School Ministry,

Student Activity Center

MONDAY 16th9:30 a.m. Disciple 2, library7 p.m. Disciple 1, library

TUESDAY 17th10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, A

WEDNESDAY 18th6 p.m. true: tween / true: middle

school, Student Activity Center7 p.m. Praise & Worship team re-

hearsal, sanctuary

THURSDAY 19th9:30 a.m. Mothers of Preschoolers, FMC10 a.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry, A12 Book Group, library7 p.m. Worship Choir, sanctuary

SATURDAY 21st11:30 a.m. Fellowship Lunch Bunch

SUNDAY 22nd9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet, Confir-

mation Class6 p.m. true: High School Ministry,

Student Activity CenterFEBRUARY NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

office phone 892.3580office email [email protected]

The Session of Shepherd of theHills calls for the annual meetingof the congregation at noon, Sun-day January 29th. Please make ar-rangements to attend.Think you’ll be hungry? Look be-low: info about our Guatemalamission team’s chili lunch fund-raiser!

The Guatemala Team has our famous chili-to-go carry-away JANUARY 29th! It’s a large serv-ing of chili with cornbread or rolls, all for only$5.00, available after each worship service on1/29. Get lunch AND support the continuingsuccess of the Guatemala mission teams thisyear as we work to improve drinking water,promote public health and education, and deep-en our spiritual partnerships with local groups.

Join PrimeTime Min-istries (50±) for apotluck meal

and bingoTODAY from

12:30 p.m. toabout 3:30p.m. in the

FMC. PrimeTime will provide meat and bread.

Bring a vegetable, salad or dessert to share.Bingo prizes will be awarded.

No reservation required. Come join us for a win-ter's afternoon of fun and fellowship!

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· Join us for the January FELLOW-SHIP LUNCH BUNCH at Cari-no’s Italian Restaurant, 5601 BrodieLn., on the 21st at 11:30 a.m. Call Jack orCarol Gilchrist, 288-4945, to save a seat.

· ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED CHRIS-TIAN MEN are gathering again, start-ing this Thursday at 10 a.m. in portableB Men, mark your calendars and come!

it’s PrimeTime! (50± Adult Ministry)

- —choosing to do what you should do, not what you want to do

Children’s MinistryNursery care is provided in Room 3 for children from birth to 24 months of ageduring the 9:30 & 11 a.m. worship services.

The Ark Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. – noon9:30 2 yr. olds — Room 1 3 yr. olds — Room 6 4 yr. olds & pre-K— Room 811 2 yr. olds — Room 1 3 yr. olds - pre-K — Room 6

UpStreet Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. - noon9:30 Kindergarten through 4th grade — Family Ministry Center 5th grade — Portable B11 Kindergarten through 5th grade — Family Ministry Center

Foundations (an adult bible study gearedtowards families with children in pre-school through elementary school) startsour 12-week spring Bible study Wed.Jan. 25th at 6:15 pm in room 7. We willbe learning from a Lifeway Guides studycovering some of the Parables. No materi-als are needed other than a Bible.

Childcare will be provided free of chargefor babies through elementary age kiddosfor this night, as Wed. Night Live won’t bein session yet. I do need RSVPs for thenumber and age of kiddos that will needchildcare before Jan. 22nd so we can en-sure enough staff is on hand. The all-church fellowship dinners won’t be in ses-

sion yet but we’ll take a collectionfor those interested and have

someone pick up pizza and fruit fromCostco to enjoy from 5:30 - 6:15 pm inroom 7 as well (kids will eat with us; feelfree to bring your own dinner if pizza isn’tyour thing).

We’re also looking ahead to our annualSuper Bowl party and an Easter Egg Hunt(already?!) for fellowship events for thesemester. We love new class membersand it’s totally o.k. to come by yourselfif your spouse is traveling or busy—socome check us out! For more informationand to RSVP for childcare, contact TammyBoehman at 512-695-6644 or boehmans ATgmail.com.

Dig into Parables with Foundations

Constitutional Questions for Offi-cers:

1. Do you trust in Jesus Christ as yourSavior, acknowledge Him Lord of alland Head of the church, and throughHim believe in one God, Father, Son,and Holy Spirit?

2. Do you accept the Scriptures of theOld and New Testaments to be, bythe Holy Spirit, the unique and au-thoritative witness to Jesus Christ inthe church universal, and God’sWord to you?

3. Do you sincerely receive and adoptthe essential tenets of the Reformedfaith as expressed in the confessionsof our church as authentic and reli-able expositions of what Scriptureleads us to believe and do, and willyou be instructed and led by thoseconfessions as you lead the people ofGod?

4. Will you fulfill your office in obedi-ence to Jesus Christ, under the au-thority of Scripture, and becontinually guided by our confes-sions?

5. Will you be governed by ourchurch’s polity, and will you abideby its discipline? Will you be afriend among your colleagues inministry, working with the, subject to

the ordering of God’s Word and Spir-it?

6. Will you in your own life seek to fol-low the Lord Jesus Christ, love yourneighbors, and work for the reconcil-iation of the world?

7. Do you promise to further the peace,unity, and purity of the church?

8. Will you seek to serve the peoplewith energy, intelligence, imagina-tion, and love?

9. (For elder) Will you be a faithful el-der, watching over the people, pro-viding for their worship, nurture,and service? Will you share in gov-ernment and discipline, serving ingoverning bodies of the church, andin your ministry will you try to showthe love and justice of Jesus Christ?

10. (For deacon) Will you be a faithfuldeacon, teaching charity, urging con-cern, and directing the people’s helpto the friendless and those in need?In your ministry will you try to showthe love and justice of Jesus Christ?

The elders- and deacons-elect having an-swered in the affirmative, an elder shall standwith them before the congregation and shallask the congregation to answer the followingquestions:

(Questions for the congregation fol-low.)

Ordination and Installation of Elders and DeaconsService of Installation

Questions for the Congregation:1. Do we, the members of the

church, accept (names) as el-ders or deacons, chosen by Godthrough the voice of this con-gregation to lead us in the wayof Jesus Christ?

2. Do we agree to encouragethem, to respect their decisions,and to follow as they guide us,serving Jesus Christ, who aloneis Head of the church?

Prayer of InstallationAnnouncement of Installation andWelcome:You are now elders and deacons in thechurch of Jesus Christ and for this con-gregation. Whatever you do, in word ordeed, do everything in the name of theLord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Fa-ther through Him. Amen.

Please congratulate the following new-ly-installed leaders—Elders, class of 2014: Anne Kirsch, Der-ek Fisher, Gary Gibbs, Greg Williford,Lisa CrawfordDeacons, class of 2014: Candice Valdes,Karen Greathouse, Madeline Brock, SidMacAllister

Meet author Daphene Jones ofthe newly released book,Our Southern Breeze, onFebruary 2nd at 2 p.m. inthe church library.The book is a “truestory of forgivenessand second chances.”Daphene tells the sto-ry about her life as thetwin sister of DeborahHall of Same Kind ofDifferent as Me. Thisis their story of over-coming even the darkest times of lifethrough redemption, forgiveness, and sec-ond chances. To reserve a spot, pleasecontact Annie Ward at 373-8803 or emailron-annie AT att.net .

Book Tour comes to SHPC!

Thank You for Caring!We rejoice in these recentcontributions to the CaringForever Endowment :

The Caring Forever Endowment Fund is apermanent fund that is used to spread Christ's

love in mission and ministry.

· In memory of Steven G. Riddle: Stefan &Pat Haag, Janice Hurst

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Please pray for our leaders and our loved ones in the military…Members of the Armed Forces and all world leaders involved in war zone crises including: JohnWhite, Susan’s husband... Mitch Guile, friend of Eddie & Stacey Reynolds... Teddy Sweredoski, friendof Stan & Jessica Wade... Lynda & Robert Wade’s niece’s husband Dan Ireland... E.J. Session, son ofDeb Erlanson's co-worker Roberta Floyd... David Lee Stowbridge, son of Oscar Erlanson's co-workerRobert Stowbridge... Rebekah Frost, neighbor of the Lawrence family... Pattie Lawrence's cousin,Mark Hollahan… Tyler Moser, son of a friend of Dee & Greg Merrell... Temple & Janet Ingram’sdaughter Kate Ingram... Christopher Lehmann, son of Mark Lehmann... Larry Roberman, brother ofLori Whitmire... Derek & Kristi Fisher's nephew, John Fisher...

Joys—All test results show that FranWebb, mother of Carlen Floyd, is cancer-free

Sorrows—Steve Riddle, husband ofLiz Flynn, passed away December 15th, DonnLeVie, Jr.’s mother died on December 29th after alengthy illness

Please pray for—Modena Dailey, upcomingoutpatient surgery—Pat Franzolino, back home butcontinued health issues—Sally Schilstra, recoveringfrom outpatient surgery—Melvin & CarolynDeutsch’s friend, Neil Turner, stage 3 cancer—Mel-vin & Carolyn Deutsch’s brother-in-law, JimRansey, lingering illness—Clift Bowman’s mother,Nancy^Bowman, has been struggling with pneumo-nia—AB Craig, father of Sarah Peters, will undergo ahospital procedure—Rotherts’ adult niece Jan, whohas major health problems and needs employment—John White, training for scheduled March deploy-ment to Afghanistan—David Pussman’s mother, Be-atrice Pussman, suffered a stroke—the family ofClift Bowman’s good friend and chiropractor, Dr.

Don Jackson, who recently passed away—Paul Ko-erth, back at home and regaining strength quicklyafter several days in ICU followed by surgery to im-plant a defibrillator—the family of Robert Tissing,Sr., who passed away early on December 29th—Wayne Crawley, lung and heart problems—JackCrump, recovering from heart surgery—the Rev.Linda Bourianoff, pastor of Hyde Park PC, her hus-band George, and her family upon the death of heradult daughter, Jennifer Bourianoff, who died Janu-ary 3rd of complications from viral pneumonia—Ar-thur Mahoney, friend of Linda & David Wheeler,whose spouse Ann passed away from cancer on De-cember 6th— Elaine Harbour, sister of Ken Seiler, onthe death of her husband Bill December 18th—DerekFisher’s sister Sarah Fisher, broken leg and stroke—David Starnes, nephew of Maria Tissing, who hasadvanced liver cancer, and his wife, Theresa—BobBarker, recovering from hip surgery—Austin, thecity where we’re planted—Pastor Kenneth Muyiraand the congregation of Manyamula PresbyterianChurch—Pastor Chimwemwe Mhango and hisfamily