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Announcementsweek of February 12th

SUNDAY 12th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet, Confir-

mation Class5:30 p.m. FILO (young adults),Ellen’s6 p.m. VALENTINE’S DINNER :: true:

High School Ministry, Student Ac-tivity Center

MONDAY 13th9:30 a.m. Disciple 2, library7 p.m. Disciple 1, library

TUESDAY 14th10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, A7 p.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry, 7

WEDNESDAY 15th5:30 p.m. Dinner @ Wednesday Night

Live6 p.m. true: tween / true: middle

school, Student Activity Center6:30 p.m. Kids’ Choice, FMC :: Foun-

dations, 77 p.m. Praise & Worship team re-

hearsal, sanctuary

THURSDAY 16th9:30 a.m. Mothers of Young Children De-

votional, FMC10 a.m. ARCM, B :: Prayer Shawl Minis-

try, A12 Book Group, library7 p.m. Worship Choir, sanctuary

FRIDAY 17th High School ski trip departs

SATURDAY 18th11:30 a.m. Fellowship Lunch Bunch

SUNDAY 19th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet, Confir-

mation Class5:30 p.m. FILO (young adults)6 p.m. true: High School Ministry,

Student Activity Center

calendar.shpc.orgoffice phone 892.3580office email church@shpc.org

CelebrationSundayMarch 4th

On Sunday, March 4, from 9:30 am - 1 p.m., ourentire congregation will gather at our 290 proper-ty for an all-church worship service, cateredlunch, fun and fellowship. Childcare will be pro-vided at the Wm Cannon campus (see Camp Acorninformation).

Prayer WalkSunday, February 26th

The SHPC Prayer Ministry invitesall members and friends to join in

a prayer walk around the William Can-non campus between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.At prayer stations around the campus,walkers will be guided in prayers ofpraise and gratitude for what God hasdone in this place in the past and in

prayers of faith for what He will call us to do in thefuture. Come and go as you wish. Childcare pro-vided.

Camp Acorn, Sunday, March 4th

In conjunction with our CelebrationSunday activities, Camp Acorn is of-fered for our youngest members, nurs-ery through Grade 4. While theadults and older children worship andlunch on the 290 land, younger children will be“nesting” at the church with a full schedule of ac-tivities, entertainment and food. Drop-off starts at9:00 am, and pick-up is 1-1:30 p.m. Register today!

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· GROAN-UPS GAME DAY: Tuesday,February 14th at 10:00 a.m. in room 7.Join us for Spinner Dominoes or agame of your choice. For more infor-mation, contact Stefan Haag at 288-3479.

· Join with the FELLOWSHIP LUNCHBUNCH 11:30 a.m. February 18th atRed Lobster Restaurant. Please makeyour reservation by contacting Ron orTrinka Miller no later than February16th, phone 512-892-1862 orronald.miller1333@sbcglobal.net .

· ASSOCIATION OF RETIREDCHRISTIAN MEN will gather Thurs-day at 10 a.m. in portable B. Men,mark your calendars and come!

it’s PrimeTime! (50± Adult Ministry)

Soup to NutsFebruary 21st, 11 a.m.,Family Ministry Center (FMC).Celebrate Mardi Gras at SHPC! Join us fora performance by magician John Maverickand a "Fat Tuesday" Cajun luncheon ofchicken and sausagegumbo and Kings Cakeprepared by Our Ladyof the Lunch, BethWatson. Cost is $7.00per person. Reserveyour place by phoningPat Haag (512) 288-3479 or Norma Bur-chard (512) 394-0131by February 17th.

Join us forAsh Wednesday

worship—February 22nd

7:15 a.m. or 7 p.m.Child care will be

available in the evening.

Young adults, joinFILO today, February12th, for our studygroup. We will becontinuing with theRob Bell Nooma se-ries. For this studyonly, we have a change in location — atthe Perkeys' house, from 5:30 – 7 p.m.E-mail us at youngadults@shpc.org fordirections. All young adults welcome!Questions? Need more info? Look us upon Facebook or email us.

SAVE THE DATE! Mark your calendarsnow… all dads and daughters are invitedto join us for a special evening in the Fami-ly Ministry Center on Saturday, April 14th

from 6-8 p.m. If you would like to be partof the planning team, please contact Pas-tor Britta at britta@shpc.org or Tracy Kuperat kupers@austin.rr.com.

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—Letting someone know you see how valuable they really are

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

Guatemala Mission Sign-ups in FebruarySignups for the Guatemala Mission trips this summer will be conducted Sundays inFebruary. Two trips are definitely scheduled for June 20-27 and July 26-August 2. Weare also soliciting interest for two new trips, one for High School youth and one dedi-cated to the San Bartholome School in San Andres Itzapa. Stop by our booth!

The previous work day on the land was agreat success! However, we need to clearmore brush to make space for our March 4Celebration Sunday activities. So, onceagain we need persons with chainsaws togather at the 290 land at 9 a.m. untilnoon on Saturday February 18th. Alsoneeded are willing workers to drag brushafter it is cut and some folks with shovelsand wheel barrows to remove unwantedspiny/sticker-y plants. If you have anyquestions, contact Gene Wright at 512-288-0188.

A Heart for ChildrenThe SHPC Child Care team is looking fora few individuals to join our team onThursday mornings in the spring. We haveso many little ones here with mommiesattending Thursday morning classes, wecould use a few extra helping hands!Hours are: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. every Thurs-day. If you are interested, please contactChris Gordon: chris@shpc.org .We would love to have YOUjoin us!

*Anyone volunteeringwith children will visitwith Chris and complete acriminal history back-ground check.

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Pilgrimage is a long-es-tablished program of spiritu-al renewal intended to

strengthen the local churchthrough the development of

Christian disciples and leaders. Join theranks of over 80 SHPC folks who haveattended as a way to WORSHIP, GROW,CONNECT, SERVE, and INVITE!

WHEN: from 5 p.m. March 1st to 3 p.m.March 4th

WHERE: Camp Buckner retreat facility,Marble Falls, Texas

COST: $175.00 (accommodations and allmeals) - scholarships available

For more info:www.austinpresbyterianpilgrimage.org

Ruth Ann Widner 512-740-2379 /ruthannwidner@yahoo.com

Carl Floto 512-484-2444 /chfloto@yahoo.com

Strategic Shopping& Saving MoneyFebruary 19th

5:30 p.m.Ever wondered how the"extreme couponers" do it? Learn howto apply their methods and approachesto your family's weekly shopping trips, ina very manageable way, to positivelyaffect your budget's bottom line. Learnways to save money on groceries, shop-ping, eating out, entertainment - allwithout changing your lifestyle! If possi-ble, bring a laptop computer. Ques-tions? Wendy Uzzle uzzle08@gmail.comor 919-827-5992.

Our guests arecoming!

IHN (Interfaith Hospitality Network)guests are families with children who,because of a crisis situation in theirlives, have lost their homes. The pro-gram provides for them to live at Austinarea churches while they find housingand get back on their feet.During the week of February 19th —26th, four IHN families will live at ourchurch and will be fed and shelteredby volunteers at our church. This isyour opportunity to help these fami-lies through this time of crisis. Tasksperformed by hosts (SHPC folk andmembers of Faith PresbyterianChurch and Abiding Love LutheranChurch) include:

Young children make excellent hosts,because the guests are mostly youngchildren. Sign up in the narthex forthis volunteer opportunity or contactStuart McIntire stuart78704 @yahoo.com / 788-4455 or Lara Manire922-3615.

Move-in: Sunday 12:30Dinner Preparers:

6:00 p.m. to 7:30p.m.

Overnight Host: 8:00p.m. to 7:15 a.m.

Evening Host: 5:30p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Weekend BreakfastServers: Sat 8:00a.m. to 9:00 a.m.;Sun 7:00 a.m to7:30 a.m.

Saturday Hosts andlunch: severalshifts

Supply Donors: allweek

Transportation Volun-teers and LinenWashers.

Move-out: Sunday6:30 am

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We have 3 Kid-Stuf shows re-maining beforesummer breakand would loveto have somenew faces joinus on stage! Ifyou are inter-

ested in either a regular role or an occa-sional few lines, we’ve got a spot foryou! Contact Pastor Britta to learn more:britta@shpc.org or (512) 892-3580, ext.107.

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: Lawrence &Gay Langston, Terry & Cyndi Gramling

Save the Date for VacationBible School!Please keep June 4th–8th on your calendarsfor this year’s Vaca-tion Bible School:Operation Over-board!

VBS is for chil-dren 3 yrs –3rd grade

Stay tuned fordetails!

Parents of current 3rd, 4th and 5th grad-ers….Save the Date for Club H2O!This year’s big week of water parks anddiving deeper into God’s Word will be July16th-20th. Mark your calendars now& watchfor registration to begin soon!

Hello true Parents and true supporters

After having been in the trenches ofchurch ministry all over California andnow Texas for these past 25 years I havelearned a thing or three and I would loveto have some time to just to chat withyou over coffee or a snack about allthings Parental and Teenager. So pleaseaccept my invite for some Parent ChatTimes on Feb 22nd and 23rd 11-1 in ourStudent Lounge. All topics are on the ta-ble, and there is nothing that is out ofbounds. —Pastor Mike mike@shpc.org

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Provide Prayer Request in SHPC Prayer Chain? Yes / No Publicize in bulletin / newsletter? Yes / NoHave a prayer request during the week? Email prayers@shpc.org.

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... David LeeStowbridge, son of Oscar Erlanson's co-worker Robert Stowbridge... Rebekah Frost, neighbor of theLawrence family... Pattie Lawrence's cousin, Mark Hollahan… Tyler Moser, son of a friend of Dee &Greg Merrell... Temple & Janet Ingram’s daughter Kate Ingram... Christopher Lehmann, son of MarkLehmann... Larry Roberman, brother of Lori Whitmire... Derek & Kristi Fisher's nephew, John Fisher...

Joys—E.J. Session, , son of Deb Erlanson's co-worker Roberta Floyd, just returned to theStates from military duty overseas—Carol & James Lee and older sister Evie welcomed Ja-cob Lee on January 27th—Dr. Alan Combs retired on January 15, 2012 after almost 42 yearswith UT College of Pharmacy—Tom O'Meara received the David H. Walter Community Ex-cellence Award from the Austin Bar Association

Sorrows—Linda Williams’ mother passed away February 4th—Bob Gable, father of Sandy Gable,passed away February 2nd

Please pray for—Jo Williford’s brother, Donald Coulter, just diagnosed with cancer—Paky Callahan,fractured verterbra—Vic Barnett, pneumonia—Joshua Budd, son of Doug & Debbie, surgery for brain is-sues—Cindy Baschnagel’s nephew, Evan Belk, shoulder issues threatening college scholarship—TomO’Meara, teaching for 8 weeks at the University of Livingstonia in Malawi—Garland “Griff” Griffith, re-covering from surgery to repair a broken hip—Lisa Simpson, broken arm—Linda Williams, recent medicaltesting—Cameron Montez, student of Lindsay Starkjohann, brain tumors—Bill Ellison, recovering fromsurgery to repair a broken leg—Kim Arthur’s father, awaiting heart surgery—Austin, the city where we’replanted—Pastor Kenneth Muyira and the congregation of Manyamula Presbyterian Church—PastorChimwemwe Mhango and his family