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June 15, 2015Volume 59, Number 12 Houston, Texas

St. Philip’s

Rev. Dr. John W. WursterPastor, Head of Staff Rev. Keatan KingAssociate Pastor

Omar RouchonMinistry Associate

Rev. Dr. Samuel Lanham IIIPastor Emeritus Dr. Thomas GoetzDirector of Music Dr. Matthew DirstOrganist Laurie FortenberyOffice ManagerDenise FerrellBookkeeperMicah MeyersCommunications AssistantWilbert ParadaFacilities SupervisorDimas ParadaCustodianPeter RamadanCustodian Laurie FortenberyNewsletter Editorphilip-eye@saintphilip.net

The Music at St. Philip Concert Series’ 2015 Summer Recital Series is in full swing. On July 12 at 6:00 p.m, a program of “Baroque Love Duets” will be presented by countertenor Chris Hol-man, mezzo-soprano Cynthia Bauder, harpsichordist Matthew Dirst, lutenist Bruce Brogdon, and gambist Jordan Witherspoon. Then on August 30 at 6:00 p.m., the series presents organist David

Heller, Professor of Music, Chair of the Music Department, and University Organist at Trinity University in San Antonio. All programs are free, and an offering will be accepted in support of the Music at St. Philip Concert series. Come and enjoy the cool sanctuary at St. Philip during the sweltering sum- mer heat and be rewarded with beautiful music!

VBS VOLUNTEER TRAININGIf you have volunteered to help with Vacation Bible School, thank you! There are a few things you will need to know before we begin. To that end a training session has been scheduled for Sunday, June 21. Please be in room 202 at 9:30 a.m. so we can start on time.

SUMMER RECITAL SERIES

CHURCH DIRECTORIES AVAILABLE JUNE 21

The Communications Committee is happy to announce the pictorial church direc-tories have been printed and will be available for pick up in the Gathering Area this Sunday, June 21, after both worship services. You are welcome to bring the pages of last year’s directory to the church office to be shredded. Please do not discard them in your trash receptacles.

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In Our PrayersBedford Vestal - MethodistRusty Howard - receiving treatmentsChuck Johnson - cancer treatmentsKay Cash - recuperating from surgeryWinston Crowder - Memorial City Rehab CenterSteve Carmichael - lyme diseaseRuth Ewing - recuperating at homeJo Jones - recuperating at homeBill Camfield - recuperating at homeAl Atkinson - recuperating at homeRusty Howard - recuperating at homeDan Cleveland - running testsLarry Dean- Seven Acres Tom “Mike” Tomforde, Jr.- Hallmark HC Linda Joullian,Wayne Truxillo’s sister - cancerBaker Fullerton -Walker Fair's uncle - recuperatingFrances Kanakivis - cancer, former nursery worker

Peacemaking & Social Justice Committee UpdateFocusing on the needs of Houston’s immigrant pop-ulation needs this year, P&SJ Committee members are beginning to educate themselves about Interface Ministries’ Refugee Assistance Program. This pro-gram provides services and support to equip refugees with the tools they need to make a new life, find work, care for their families, and take part in the American dream. Staff work to assure that every client feels welcomed and is self-sufficient within six months of arrival in the Houston community. Our committee has begun a discussion of ways that St. Philip and mem-bers of our congregation can get involved in a helpful way. We will have more to report on this activity at a later date.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES FOR ALL Nursery and PreschoolInfants and children through 3 years old8:30 am to 12:30pm - Room 106Staffed by professional childcare providers Preschool 4 through 12th gradeThese classes will not meet during the summer months. They will resume in the fall. Adult Classes CHURCH & SOCIETY - Room 201June 21 - Review of the book, “Being Mortal: Medi-cine and What Matters in the End,” by Steve Spidell, Director of Spiritual Care at Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital. June 28 - How to Grow a Town, pre-sented by Mayor Tom Reid, Mayor of Pearland, Texas for nearly 30 years. SPa CLASS - Room 200 The SPa class will not meet during the summer months, but will resume in the fall. BIBLE STUDY - Room 204The class will not meet during the summer months, but will resume studying the book of Judges in the fall.

ARTS & CRAFT STUDIOThis class will not meet during the summer months, but will resume in the fall.

Seafarer Christmas BoxesSt. Philip will be participating in the 2015 Christmas Shoebox Program. We are collecting the following items to fill the Christmas boxes: 100 medium sized shoe boxes, hotel samples (of shampoo, conditioner, hand cream), socks, wash cloths, bars of soap, tooth-paste/brushes, handkerchiefs, pencils, pens, paper, cards, paper clips, sewing kits, stick, cotton balls, band aids, cups, gloves, ziplock bags, small calendar, packs of tissues, decks of cards, razors, comb, flash-lights, chewing gum, hard candy, rubber bands, a hol-iday card. The boxes will be distributed to visiting seafarers by volunteers and Chaplains working with the Houston Int’l Seafarer’s Center. Place your do-nations in the Wishing Well in the Gathering Area. Thank you!

Thank YouThank you so much for your prayers, notes, and well wishes for the past few months regarding my foot urgery. I continue to recover, but feet take a long time. My left foot was reconstructed a year ago and the right foot was operated on in January of this year. I am walking with vigor again, but with periodic pain. I am told, “Give it another year!” My wonderful hus-band has been terrific support! And I appreciate the support I have received from you! Jacqueline Hamilton Taylor

Congratulations!Evan and Lori Johnson are pleased to announce the birth of their second son, Andrew Longino Johnson. He was born June 10. Proud grandparents are Nancy E. Johnson and Richard and Meg Scott Johnson. Big brother is Benjamin.

KIDS AGAINST HUNGER Kids Against Hunger will be packing meals on Satur-day, June 20, from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Come help us in this valuable mission project.

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The next meeting of the St Philip Piece Maker quilting group will be on Tuesday, July 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This group of quilters met for lunch at Beverly Baker’s home in June. The group is the recipient of “sew off” quilted fabric from HandiQuilter, a company that makes long arm quilt machines. Hope Wilmarth was at the HandiQuilter head- quarters in Salt Lake City, UT in March. When touring the plant, she discovered the “sew off” pieces created to test each machine before it is boxed for shipping. HandiQuilter donates the “sew offs” to groups that will pay the shipping, cut to size and bind. We are pictured here with some of the sew-off quilted fabric which we will use to make quilts for the children attending House of Tiny Treasures, an accredited preschool for homeless children under the umbrella of Search, one of St. Philip’s mission partners.

1 Walker Fair Virginia Lemen Joanna Munson 2 Sarah Hannah 4 William Rowe Randy Steward 5 Lindsey Koczanasz Alyssa Lewis 7 Christian Davis Abigail Lee 8 Carla Burns Tyler Keever 9 Paul Pennington Christopher Parada Katie Senor Matthew Shepherd Gil Thompson10 John Boone11 Beverly Hudson12 Fairfax Fair13 Connie Mayfield Gene McKelvey, Jr.14 Micah Meyers15 Laura Lomax Bream Barbara Runge

16 Travix Calhoun Cynthia Dees-Johnson Joan Boelens McNair Johnson Charlie Wood17 Julieana Nichols-Lawson18 Gary Gardner Alice Nord19 Fort Flowers Marian Murphree Cindy Pope21 Diana Herzog Melanie White22 Bob McHone24 Margaretta Bolding Martha Hargraves James Vick25 Bill Lee26 Sharon Coufal Jade Maxwell Wells Ken Meyers29 Abigail Flowers William O’Dell

1 Peg Palisin & Gary Gardner 8 Jack & Kathy Lippincott10 Tom & Paulette Goetz Jeanette & Max Wennenweser17 Jane & Bill Lee Gene & Mary McKelvey

19 John & Rita Hannah21 Jessica & Walker Fair26 Kara & Paul D’Agostino29 Cathy & Stephen Hunt31 Richard & Betty Lee

JULY

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Tue W

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Fri Sat

1 9a-12p VBS 12p Personnel Cmte, CFR 12:30p Bridge, DR

2 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR 9a-12p VBS

3 OFFICE CLOSED 12p-1p SLAA, Rm 16 8p-9p AA, Rm16

4 Independence Day 7p-8p Oasis de Amor W

orship Svce, FH

5 8:30a-9:30a W

orship Service 9:30a-10:30a Sunday School 11a-12p W

orship Service

6 6:30p-7:30p AA, Rm16 7p-8p Houston Pipers, FH

7 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR 9:30a Staff Meeting 6:30p-7:30p AA 12 Step, Rm 16

8 7p-9p Theology on Tap at The House of Tea

9 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR 7p-8p Monthly Book Club

10 12p-1p Men's Fellowship, CFR 12p-1p SLAA, Rm 16 5p-6p W

edding Rehearsal, FH 8p-9p AA, Rm16

11 4p-5p Dimas Parada W

edding, FH 7p-8p Oasis de Amor W

orship Svce, FH

12 8:30a-9:30a W

orship Service 9:30a-10:30a Sunday School 11a-12p W

orship Service 6p MASP - Baroque Love Duets

13 5:30p Monday Evening Study Group, DR 6:30p-7:30p AA, Rm16 7p-8p Houston Pipers, FH

14 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR 9:30a Staff Meeting 6:30p-7:30p AA 12 Step, Rm 16

15 12:30p W

ed. Bridge, DR

16 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR

17 12p-1p Men's Fellowship, CFR 12p-1p SLAA, Rm 16 8p-9p AA, Rm16

18 9a-12p Kids Against Hunger, DR 7p-8p Oasis de Amor W

orship Svce, FH

19 8:30a-9:30a W

orship Service 9:30a-10:30a Sunday School 11a-12p W

orship Service

20 6:30p-7:30p AA, Rm16 7p-8p Houston Pipers, FH

21 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR 9:30a Staff Meeting 6:30p-7:30p AA 12 Step, Rm 16

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23 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR

24 12p-1p Men's Fellowship, CFR 12p-1p SLAA, Rm 16 8p-9p AA, Rm16

25 7p-8p Oasis de Amor W

orship Svce, FH

26 8:30a-9:30a W

orship Service 9:30a-10:30a Sunday School 11a-12p W

orship Service 12:30p Food + Faith, DR 5p-5:30p Healing Service

27 5:30p Monday Evening Study Group, DR 6:30p-7:30p AA, Rm16 7p-8p Houston Pipers, FH

28 8:30a P.A.S.S., DR 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR 9:30a Staff Meeting 6:30p-7:30p AA 12 Step, Rm 16

29 8:30a P.A.S.S., DR

30 8:30a P.A.S.S., DR 9a-10a Fitness Class, DR

31 12p-5p Interface Samaritan Mtg. 12p-1p Men's Fellowship, CFR 12p-1p SLAA, Rm 16 8p-9p AA, Rm16

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We are very excited to have Dr. Robert Dykstra, Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Semi-nary, with us this year on August 8th and 9th. “In an era characterized by endless war, fundamentalist religious fervor, the cacophony of politicians, and struggling churches, we long for relief from relentless exhaustion through grand solutions to intractable problems. But Jesus encourages us to find in small things – in children, yeast, mus-tard seeds, five loaves and two fishes, a pearl of great price – “the little ways that encourage good fortune” in the kingdom of God.” The weekend will include two sessions on Saturday with lunch, a Saturday evening gathering for Young Adults (20’s and 30’s), a gathering at the Sunday School hour for the Youth (Jr. and Sr. High’s), and Robert will preach at both worship services on Sunday.

SAVE THE DATE!.

Jenny Towns and Vicki McKay will be going on the Presbytery sponsored mission trip to Guatamala, specifically Guatemala City, Antigua and Xela. They will be there the week of July 17–24, in partnership with CEDEPCA. This is a cross-cultural exchange to learn more about the issues that Christians face in Guatamala. The congregation is encouraged to participate through dona-tions for the people in Guatemala. The following items are needed: pencil pouches, glue, scissors, pencils, pens, erasers, crayons, markers, band-aids, alcohol swabs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, travel-sized shampoo and conditioner, blankCDs, and envelopes (light-weight items only please, no pads of paper for example). Please place your donations in the collection box in the Gathering Area and church office. The Disaster Ministry is hoping to provide 1000 Eco Water Filters (50 each) to high-risk communities in 2015. Money to purchase these water filters is another way to donate. You can make checks to St. Philip with Guatemala or CEDEPCA in the memo line. We will collect items through July 12.

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY Our church has had a prayer shawl ministry since December 2, 2002. During that time we have provided 87 Prayer Shawls for members of our church. If you would like to be part of this ministry please feel free to begin. If you have any questions you may call or email Ruth Ewing or Sue Shirley Howard.