Published by Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian ChurchJuly 2012 Issue 7

ORANGE 1-3, 11Serve 2-7Faith for the Future 2, 4Connect 6Grow: Adult 8-10Grow: Student 11Grow: Children 12-13Concerns & Calendar 9,14-15

Sermons for July & August

Loving Like Jesus LovedJuly 15 Luke 19:1-10

Zacchaeus

July 24 John 4:1-26Woman at the Well

July 29 Luke 13:10-13Bent-Over Woman

August 5 Luke 18:18-23Rich Young Ruler

Shaped By RelationshipsAugust 12

Family

August 19Friends

SHPC Staff Guide

Larry Coulter Senior PastorMike Killeen Associate PastorBritta Dukes Associate PastorTed Thulin Associate PastorSherry Smith Adult MinistryChris Gordon Children’s MinistryZack Uzzle Music MinistryBeth Watson Music MinistryPattie Lawrence Director of PreschoolBelva Koerth Office ManagerGreg Merrell Business ManagerKimbol Soques Communications

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The Citrus Game

The Citrus Game is a verysimple game I play once

a year with my students.Simply put, you try to splitan orange using your head."Ouch," I know but this sillygame has shown me there ismore than one way to peelan orange — and laugh whiledoing it.

Our church has adopted a verydifferent and highly effective

way of engaging our children, fromcradle to college, with the teach-ings of Jesus in ways that have aproven track record of success. Weare not talking about a new or bet-ter curriculum here; we have putour hearts and minds into a well-

crafted strate-gy: THE OR-ANGESTRATEGY.

The Orangestrategy

works at itscore with oneclear idea: twocombined influ-ences are stron-ger than twoseparate influ-ences. By com-bining thecritical influ-

ences of the light of the church andthe love of the family, the Orangestrategy synchronizes efforts andshows a generation who God is moreeffectively than either could alone.

THE ORANGE PLAN

By combining the influences ofthe church and family together

with one clear goal in mind, minis-try leaders and parents WORK TO-GETHER and aim at the sametargets with much higher success.From cradle to college, Orangedraws on the elements of wonder,discovery and passion, buildingthem into your children, your stu-dents and young adults. Why? Here

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is the ultimate goal of every-thing we are doing... To seeGod for who He is, To helpyoung people see themselvesthe way God sees them, andfinally, to get out of the way sothat they can love others theway God does.

The key to our Orange successor failure really lies in your

hands. The children and studentministries actively live out andreach out to the families andfriends of SHPC. We need you tosee yourselves in partnershipwith the ministries your kids areinvolved with. We need you tosee yourselves as ORANGE PAR-ENTS. As active as you possiblycan be, as visible as you possi-bly can be, as networked andinformed as you possibly can

be. Let your faith show. Be-cause in order for Orange tohappen it requires both influ-ences together...Family + TheLove of Christ in the Church to= Orange Almost every seriesin our student ministry hasunique "parent cues" that wesend home via email to connectyou with what your students arelearning about. Give those cuesa look and then give it a try. Ithas to better than smashing anorange against your head! Thefaith conversations that stickthe best are the ones that hap-pen at home encouraged bywhat happened at church.

See you Sunday,

Here’s the latest, greatestinfo on what’s happening withour Praise for the Past, Faithfor the Future plans —

Construction for our WillamCannon campus remodeling isabout to begin. We have se-lected a contractor, Structura,have received the bids, haveemptied out the classroomarea, and are expecting per-mit approval any day now.Work is scheduled to beginMonday, July 9.

Completion will be staggeredto meet our deadline for fallChurch School and Preschoolkickoffs. Improvements in theclassroom area will be finishedin the second half of August toallow time for the setup ofthe rooms before activitiesresume in September. Work inthe Sanctuary and outside willcontinue until September/October. We will continue tohave access to the Sanctuaryon Sunday mornings duringconstruction, but there maybe a few rough edges attimes. Please bear with us.

Greg Merrell,SHPC Business Manager

Reach Out Hon-duras Receives

Caring ForeverEndowmentAward

Two years ago, Alex andLaura Waits moved with theirfour children to the La Moskitiaregion of Honduras. They werefollowing God’s call to servethe Miskito people, an impover-ished, remote group living onHonduras’ coast. Their primarygoals were to bring the love ofChrist to three homes for or-phans and vulnerable children,help children with their school-ing, and secure scholarships forthose who needed to pursuefurther studies that are notavailable locally. They spendmuch of their time working oneon one with people, buildingrelationships, earning trust,and becoming more a part ofthat community. Over the past

year, the Waits, through ReachOut Honduras, have helped 17students go to a Christianboarding school, helped fouryoung women go to a Leader-ship University, assisted twomedical students with scholar-ships, secured sponsorships for19 children and one family,worked to improve facilities atthe children’s homes, fed over100 families at a Thanksgivingday feast, started Bible studiesand community gardens, andmore. They are also working toraise money to start a much-needed school right in thatcommunity. You can read moreabout them and their work ontheir website, atreachouthonduras.org.

Our Caring Forever Endowmentgrants are meant to honor thework of people, not in our con-gregation, who do excellentwork in missions and education.

The selection committeethought Reach Out Honduras’work fit very well with thegoals and priorities of ourchurch and the EndowmentFund, and made the decision toaward the grant to the Waitsfamily. Thank you for your gen-erosity, which makes it possiblefor us to support the work ofpeople like them!

—Dan Brinks

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Love In Motion Mission Trip

They will know us by our love... John 13:35

Families serving together is a beaut iful sight to see!We know that building missional hearts into our children is both a “caught” and a “taught” adven-ture of our Love being in Motion. Connecting those two ideas helped families serve well togetheron our Love in Motion Family Mission in Corpus Christi.

17 brave family members trav-eled to the distant city of Cor-pus Christi on June 21st to puttheir faith into action. And theydid it with their kids by theirside!

Taking your family to aplace where you know allof you are going to be abit out of their comfortzone is hard. Letting goof the creature comfortsof home is difficult. Beingcut off from most of our“tech” is painful… butworking side by side withour own children is amaz-ing, life changing andworth it 10 times over!

While on this retreat we workedat the 911 rescue mission runby (our now good friend!) TonyReyes. He shared incredible lifechange stories of how God hasstepped in time and time againto help and lead men back to asober and productive life. Atthe rescue mission we preppedthe clothing closet to receive anew roof. We also installed amuch needed pathway at theirAmistad location. Hard work

was made easier by seeing theenergy of our kids by our side.

The kids led the way,all the time, and had agreat time!

At the Corpus Food Bank wesorted more food than I knewever existed. Most of the donat-ed food came from large chainstores like H.E.B. and Walmart.We learned all about the fooddistribution system for those inneed in the Corpus and Valleyareas.

We will be going back soon.Don’t miss your chance to putyour love in motion with usnext time! —Pastor Mike

One thing I love about SHPCis its commitment to mis-

sion. Over the years, we havebeen involved with various localprojects like Angel Tree, IHN,and Manos de Cristo. As my kidsget older, I really want them toget more involved in helpingothers. We were able to partici-pate in one Sunday of servicewhere we helped a lady clearher yard which was in reallypoor shape. My girls, now 11and 9, enjoyed it, even thoughit was hard work. I even wentto Guatemala myself last sum-mer to see if it was a trip Icould bring the whole family tothis year. (We decided theywere still a little young forthat trip.) My husband, Jeff,and I really want to start a fam-ily tradition of doing a missiontrip each year, so even whenthe girls are in college or havefamilies of their own some day,we will still get together and doa trip. That was why I was soexcited when Mike put togetherthe family mission trip to Cor-pus Christi for the families withkids in Student Ministry.

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It turned outthat Jeff and

my youngestdaughter, Kassidy,

had to stay home fora softball tourna-

ment, but myoldest daugh-

ter, Kendall, and I were able tohead to Corpus on a warmThursday afternoon in a caravanof families from SHPC. We ar-rived in Corpus Christi and westayed at a beautiful Presbyte-rian church a block from thebeach. It was a great buildingwith plenty of space for all ofus. The kids had a great timeexploring the building andhanging out while the adultsvisited. During the evening pro-gram, we all played games toget to know each other better.It was a great time to re-con-nect with old friends and meetsome new ones.

The work on Friday and Sat-urday was hard, but reward-

ing. We worked at a homelessshelter both days as well as afood bank distribution center,alternating between morningand afternoon shifts. At thehomeless shelter, some of theresidents shared their powerfuland humbling stories. At thefood bank, the kids (and adults)

got to sort food and see thingsthey had never seen before(sweet bread, anyone?) I sawKendall work really hard with-out complaining, actually enjoythe work and find ways to im-prove the process -! I also wit-nessed her running ahead andopening the door for some ofthe teens who were bringing inthe coolers after a hard day atwork.

During our downtime, someof us walked to the beach

and enjoyed the refreshing wa-ter as the kids played. We alsohad a great dinner the lastnight at a Mexican restaurantand I was amazed at how wellall the kids, both young andold, got along.

The theme of the trip was"Love in Motion" and we sure

lived it out, both in doing thework and then back with eachother during the downtime.

I've already asked Mike whenthe next one is, so I can put it

on our calendar and make surethe whole family can go. Ourfamily is committed to partici-pating again — I hope manymore families will join us andmake this a tradition for yearsto come!

—Lori Whitmire

Help Manos de Cristo provide2,200 new or gently used

books for children pre-K through5th grade!

The average child growing up in a middle class family has beenexposed to 1,000 to 1,700 hours of one-on-one picture bookreading before entering school. The average child growing up ina low-income family has been exposed to only 25 hours of one-on-one reading over the same time.

Drop off books no later than July 16th at Manos HQ, 4911 Har-mon Avenue 78751. llombardi@manosdecristo.org

Here is the current list ofthose who have said 'I'm In!"and have made the 18 monthcommitment to the BrodieCampus.

If you are 'interested' or 'pray-ing about it', we encourageyou to talk to someone whohas already indicated thatthey are 'all in'.

Carl & Ruthann FlotoDale & Shannon Shumaker

Tommie & Daisy BatesLinda Icenhauer-RamirezSam & Pattie LawrenceMickey & Tamara Bell

Merijane VladykaSid McCallister

Greg & DonAnne WillifordJo Williford

Charissa & Bill EllisLinda Wheeler

Rich & Laura MoralesMike and Nancy McDonaldJonathan & Amy Slaughter

Maria TissingJason & Ellen Perkey

Wiley & Carol McManusWayne & Pam Gonzalez

Jamie MayRoberta (Bobbie) Matthews

Derek & Christie FisherCarol MidboeTara Thulin

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BACK TO SCHOOL WITHMANOS DE CRISTOManos’ Back-to-School is an im-portant community programthat provides children living inpoverty with one backpack, aset of school supplies, books,and two new sets of clothing.The program helps children tofeel confident and creates posi-tive experiences at the begin-ning of school to promoteacademic success.

If you would like to volunteerthis August as they help over2,000 children prepare for asuccessful school year, reviewthe opportunities below andthen sign up on VolunteerSpot.Note: this year to volunteer youmust go to the Manos websiteand sign up online:tinyurl.com/ManosAustin

BACK-TO-SCHOOL PREPA-RATION2 Preparation Weeks: Monday –Friday, July 16 - 20 and July 23– 27

Monday through Thursday shiftsare 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. Friday shifts are from 9a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. -2:30 p.m. Location: Manos deCristo headquarters, 4911 Har-mon Avenue

BACK-TO-SCHOOL DISTRI-BUTIONProgram & Distribution Dates:Monday – Friday, July 30 – Au-gust 5 and August 6 – 10

Shifts for the distribution weeksare 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 12p.m. - 1 p.m. Afternoon shiftswill only be for restockingclothes and school supplies.Please note if any volunteersare 13 or under. Children under

13 must volunteer with a par-ent or adult responsible forthem. Also, let us know if youspeak Spanish!

Location: North Austin EventsCenter, 10601 North Lamar Bou-levard

WELCOME AND ORIENTATIONProvide much needed generalsupport directing families uponentry, directing children to theclothing area, taking children toand from the bathrooms outsideor inside, and assisting with thechildren as needed. [5 per day/ 8am – 12pm]

ENTERTAINMENTEntertain groups of children forapproximately 30 minutes whilethey wait to pick out theirclothing. Volunteers with expe-rience performing, entertainingchildren, or working with chil-dren will help make this a funexperience for children. [1 perday / 8am – 12pm]

CLOTHING SELECTIONHelp children choose clothingaccording to guidelines givenand make sure the clothes fiteach child properly. [20 per day/ 8am – 12pm]

STUDENT CHECKOUTTalk with and review the chil-dren’s bags of clothing to en-sure each child has thenecessary items before exitingthe clothing area and headingfor school supplies. [4 per day /8am – 12pm]

SCHOOL SUPPLIESHand out school supplies andbackpacks to the children asthey come to the end of theprogram. [4 per day / 8am –12pm]

SORT, RESTOCK and TIDY-UP

During the program clothingmust be reorganized, re-stocked, and placed in the cor-rect areas by size and gender.Assist with keeping the programpresentable and clean for thenext day’s children; break downboxed, sweep, help clear clut-ter, and other duties as need-ed. [2 per day / 12pm – 1pm]

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIESIf you are interested in any ofthe roles listed below, contactllombardi@manosdecristo.org(512-477-7454 x106) directly:

REGISTRATIONFilling out registration formswith parents. [10 per day / 8am– 12pm] Must have good hand-writing and be bilingual.

DATA ENTRYAssist with entering client infor-mation into our database at ouroffices on Harmon Avenue. [4per day / 8am – 12pm]

PHOTOGRAPHER (DIGITAL)Photograph the program for usein future Manos marketing andpublicity. Must be available toupload photos immediately af-ter the program and be willingto give Manos and partners ap-proved by Manos rights. [1-2per day / 8am – 12pm]

VIDEOGRAPHERShoot video of the program.Film volunteers, children, andstaff and capture what BTS isall about to publicize the Manosand its programs. Must give Ma-nos and partners approved byManos rights to distribute thevideo. [1 per day / 8am – 12pm]

Questions about volunteering orsigning up on VolunteerSpot?Contact 512-477-7454 orBTSVolunteers@gmail.com.

manosdecristo.org/2012BTSVolunteerOpportunities.html

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2011-2012 Early ChildhoodMinistries volunteers:PRESCHOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS &NURSERY CARE

Rhonda Biles, Marty Starkjohann, RebekaArredondo, Paul & Ruth Stein, Bill & Con-nie Trevillion, Kristen May, Eddie Reyn-olds, Caren Zysk, Vanessa Villela, TylerByrd, Angela Peterson, Jeff & Allison Ger-old, Julia Domicoli, Alex Balke, AndieKruczkowski, Caroline Kirsch, Alex Soques,Dee Merrell, The Berry Family, the Law-rence Family, Annie Ward, Mirand Zepeda

2011-2012 Elementary Minis-tries volunteers:SUNDAY SCHOOL SMALL GROUP LEADERS

Kindergarten - Karen Hughes, BeccaThompson, Candice Valdes1st Grade - Duane & Tish Pietsch, Mark &Judy Schroeder, Wendy Uzzle, ErikaFletcher2nd Grade - Kathy Segura, Laura & RichMorales, Marisa Stromberg, Cindy Baschna-gel, Tracy Kuper3rd Grade - Tom O'Leary, Mary Carnes4th Grade - Lisa Crawford, Tammy & BenBoehman, Summer & Tim Whitten5th Grade - Mark Bridges, Muffie Peterson11 a.m. UpStreet Leaders - Mike & JennyMcLatcher, Charissa Ellis, Paula Stiern-berg, the Watson FamilySUNDAY LARGE GROUP WORSHIP TEAM

Host - Steve CrawfordStorytellers - Suzie Bridges, Tammy Boeh-man, Alex Valdes

Worship Leaders - Tom O'Leary, AmandaHillTech Support - Warren Hyde, Sam Law-rence, Sam Segura

Volunteers: The Heart of Our Ministry, con-tinued!

UpStreet Monthly Set Design - Tracy Ku-per, Lisa Crawford

SUNDAY GREETING TEAMS

Amanda Hyde, Diana Simmonds, CourtneySmith, Andrea Gerlach, Kim Schafer

WEEKLY SUPPLY PREP TEAMS

Polly Kruczkowski; Kristy Ruiz & CathyProctor; Allison Gerold

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE TEAM

Carol Gilchrist, Holly Spink, Pam Gunter -CRAFTS, Lisa Crawford - CHILDREN at theLORD's TABLE, Sally McWithey - THEATRE

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE DINNER CREW

Leslie Woods, Ellen Perkey, Vada Boehme,Clif & Susan Martin, Charlie Morrison, Di-ane O'Leary

KIDSTUF PLAYERS

Rob Johnson, Jeff Whitmire, Steve Craw-ford, Dana Wilkes, Dale Shumaker, TomO'Leary, Denise Berry, Mike Berryman,Suzie Bridges, Warren Hyde, Duane Pi-etsch, Wes Ballew, Josh Coulter, QuinnWatson, Jonathan Slaughter

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT/HOLIDAY CREWS

Sherry & Robert Rasmus, Debbi Toh, LauraMorales, Daisy Bates, Jennifer & Mike Bull-ock, Kristie Cantu, Karen Cox, Carol Gil-christ, Jess Goulding, DeAnne Henry,Shirley Henry, Sara Jensen, Erin Pont, Mol-ly Pont, Kim Schafer, Kathy Segura, MarisaStromberg, Stacy Reynolds

2011-2012 TRUE Student Min-istry Volunteers:Wes Armstrong, Mary Aversa, Jim Ayers,Wes Ballew, Abby Brady, Mike Devlin, Ju-lia Domicoli, Elisa Donnell, Glenn Dukes,Lizzy Fisher, Noah Killeen, Anne Kirsch,Pattie Lawrence, Meredith Warren, SidMacAllister, Chris Schafer, JonathanSlaughter

When you see these folks around church, please THANK them for their time & service!Children's Ministry Staff: Britta Dukes - Associate Pastor, Families & Children • Chris Gordon - Director, Children’s Min-istries • Jenny McLatcher - Program Assistant & Design Coordinator • Student Ministry Staff: Mike Killeen - AssociatePastor for Student Ministry & Mission

SHPC is an ORANGE church, which means that we take seriously astrategy that says: 2 combined influences working together makea greater impact on a life than each of those influences working alone.Or: 2>1+1.

Why the color orange? ORANGE synchronizes the light of the church (yellow) with the love of thefamily (red). ORANGE believes that the church and the home are the two most powerful influencesof the planet. Both exist because God initiated them. Both exist because God desires to use themto demonstrate God’s plan of redemption and restoration to a broken world. But, they need eachother—too much is at stake for either one of them to fail. By integrating and working together,they have the potential to make a greater impact than if each of them works alone. The primarytask is to build God’s kingdom in the hearts of men and women, sons and daughters.

Implementing ORANGE requires a great deal of dedication on the part of our volunteers, so I'd liketo take this opportunity to thank each and every one of YOU for the time, energy, love and com-mitment you give to our youngest disciples and to partnering with their parents. From cradle tocollege, you are there for them... we hope you know how grateful we are to you for sharing your-selves and your faith so willingly. We couldn't make an impact on their lives without you!

Blessings, Britta

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The influence and impact of the church is feltmost fully when Christ-centered leaders are atthe forefront of establishing and growing well-led local churches and organizations… renewyour vision and inspiration at this year’s Global

Leadership Summit! Join us at Westlake Hills Presbyterian (#065) on August 9 & 10 from 9a.m. to 5 p.m. for two days of amazing speakers from a wide array of fields. There’s nothinglike it!

News Flash! Pastor Mikewill lead Disciple 4!We are blessed this year tohave two of our ministers lead-ing Disciple Bible studies. Pas-tor Britta (who has already ledDisciple 1 and 2) will lead Disci-ple 3 on Monday mornings andnow Pastor Mike will be lead-ing Disciple 4 on Wednesdaymornings. So if you’ve takenDisciple 1, but haven’t quitemade it to the upper levels yet,this would be a great year toget to study with one of ourpastors. Once you’ve had Disci-ple 1, the upper levels can betaken in any order.

We will also have Disciple 1 ledby Bob Beardslee on both Mon-day evenings and Tuesdaymornings and Disciple 2 led byMike McDonald on Monday eve-

nings. All five of this year’sclasses already have enoughstudents to be considered“made” but we are still ac-cepting students in all classes.If you are interested you cansign up online atmembers.shpc.org/adult/classes_other/Xtian_Believer/Disciple.php or by emailingsherry@shpc.org. If you havealready signed up, you shouldsoon be hearing from your lead-ers about the dates for yourorientation meetings, whereyou will receive your studymanuals.

New Class Coming ThisFall: Beloved DiscipleA Women’s Beth Moore BibleStudy

In John 1:38 Jesus asks, “Whatdo you seek?” Are you longing

for a deeper relationship withChrist? Are you seeking fellow-ship with other believers? Thisclass will be a safe place foryou to explore and grow in yourfaith as well as to develop rela-tionships with fellow believers.This study looks at the life andministry of the “beloved disci-ple,” John. What can we learnfrom his life that can deepenour own relationship with Christas his beloved disciples?

Beginning this September

9:30-11:30 Tuesday mornings

Childcare available with pre-registration

For more information or to pre-register contact:Renée Forsytherforsythe6@gmail.com

Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell

Psalm 43:3 (NIV)

Men, join your SHPC brothers from September 3-9, 2012backpacking the mountains of South Colorado as we drawcloser to God and fellowship with one another. We’ll spend5 days and 4 nights climbing peaks around the South ColonyLakes in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness. Interested? Con-tact Michael McLatcher (michael.j.mclatcher@gmail.com)for details ($200 deposit due July 15th).

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SAVE THE DATEAdult Fall Fellowship Getaway,October 13th-14th (Saturday & Sunday)Join us for an enjoyable weekend getaway withfriends! This year, we head south to New Braun-fels for an overnight getaway. We will be stayingat the Faust Hotel—restored to its 1920's splen-dor with modern hotel conveniences, while pre-serving the original antiquity and authenticity ofthe architecture, decor and ambience of the

original hotel.There are plentyof unique shops,galleries, andrestaurants inthe area.

We begin withlunch togetheron Saturday.Following lunchwe will check

into the hotel. King, queen, and double bed(shower only) rooms are available with cost de-termined by room type. All rooms are inside thehotel and have private baths. In the late after-noon, we will gather at the Elks Lodge (easywalking distance from the hotel) for a seminardesigned to grow our knowledge and under-standing of our faith—with time to connect withother SHPC members, too! Sign-up sheets will beavailable for those wanting to dine together fordinner. Following dinner, choose between re-turning to the lodge for games, singing, etc. orexploring town on your own.

Sunday morning we will go to the Gruene Hallfor a Gospel Brunch. This is billed as a New Or-leans style event that is catered by the GristmillRestaurant. The brunch ticket price will be in-cluded in the cost of the getaway, along withthe room cost.

Please contact Ron or Annie Ward at 373-8803 orrward123@att.net to indicate your interest. Adeposit of $50.00 will hold a room for you. Finalpayment is due by September 10th.

It's BACK! 4X4 Couples Dinner GroupWe're delighted to be starting up the famousSHPC dinner groups again. What used to becalled "Dinners for 8" will now be called "4X4Dinners." If you haven'tparticipated before, orif you have andcan't wait to do itagain, now throughAug. 10th is the per-fect time to join thegroup and experience greatfood, fun, and fellowship.

4X4 means the same 4 couples (a "couple" isany two adults — child care will NOT be pro-vided) will commit to one dinner a month for4 consecutive months, following the monthlyschedule. The monthly schedule means the 4couples assigned to a given group (perhapsplaced together by life stages- young, mid-life, retired) will have an assigned leader permonth who will contact the other 3 couples tochoose a date for that month, volunteer tohost at their house and provide the entreeand beverages, with each of the other couplesbeing assigned to bring a salad and bread, avegetable, or a dessert on a rotating basis.

Theme night? Why not? Ethnic? Always fun!Imagination is encouraged! There is a ton offun to be had here! To sign up (be sure toinclude your "life stage") or to ask ques-tions, please contact Susan Klusmann at301-3561 or rsklusmann@earthlink.net

YOU are exactly the people we're looking for!

T hank you, my church family, for the support, prayersand meals that were provided to our family last year

during my respiratory illness and my mother’s lengthy hos-pitalization. My mom, Catherine Thedford, is now com-

pletely free of the bone infection and numerouscomplications that plagued her during those 10 months ofhospitalization and has returned to volunteering, attend-ing weekly Bible study and visiting with her many friends,grandchildren and her great-grandson throughout Texas.She is the quiet glow of faith and strength to our familyonce again. Praise God and thank you all for your kind-

ness. —DeAnne Pearson

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Time for the news…WE HAD SOME GREAT fellowship(and some good food) duringMay and June. Dr. Dale Schafergave an excellent presentationon Summertime Dermatology inAustin" at the Soup to Nutsevent. Beth Watson providedher usually good lunch. OurTrailer Food Crawl was a stepout into Austin's "Airstream Cui-sine"… a very different experi-ence for us all. The food andfellowship was great. Webraved the roaring waters ofLady Bird Lake to kayak andthen ate some wonderful deep-dish Chicago-style pizza andburgers. Finally, 27 of us madea roadtrip to Opie's barbeque inSpicewood. Yum!

Upcoming events:July 21 Fellowship Lunch

Bunch. Join us at the OliveGarden (3940 South Lamarat Hwy 71) for food and fel-lowship. Make some newfriends and see old friends.Make reservations by July17th with Gay & LawrenceLangston 512-607-6516 orllangston722002@yahoo.com

August 5 Beanbag BaseballJoin us after the secondservice in the narthex. Play-ing in the narthex is a littledifferent, but it accommo-dates the remodeling. Bean-bag baseball is a very lowintensity game played bytwo very spirited teams(some heckling can be ex-pected). PrimeTime will

provide hot dogs for lunch;then we will divide up intoteams and let the play be-gin. No reservations re-quired.

August 18 Fellowship LunchBunch again! It's summerand hot; that means catfishfor lunch! Join us at theCherry Creek Catfish Res-taurant, 5712 ManchacaRoad, Austin, TX 78745 onSaturday, August 18th, at11:30 a.m. for great sea-food, friendly servers, and,most importantly, greatChristian fellowship. To re-serve your place, phone ore-mail Pat Haag (512-288-3479, phaag@austin.rr.com)by August 15th. You deservea geat meal that you don'thave to prepare!

August 21 Soup to NutsThis quarter, Ted Thulin,the new minister of our Bro-die campus, will join us toshare some of his back-ground, his journey to SHPCand his hopes for the newcampus. Join us at 11 a.m.in the Family MinistriesCenter (FMC). Lunch will beprovided. More informationlater.

September 6Westcave Cellars Tour.Join us for a tour of West-Cave Cellars owned and op-erated by SHPC membersMargaret and Allan Fetty.After a tour and wine-tast-ing, they will host a BBQbrisket meal at the winery.Cost of $15 will include the

wine-tasting and lunch. Wewill carpool from SHPC at 1p.m. Late lunch served atabout 3:30 p.m. Reserva-tions and payment due bySeptember 2nd. Reservationsand payments will be takenin the narthex on August 19,26 and September 2.

PT groups from Julyinto August:FELLOWSHIP LUNCH BUNCH

next gathers on SaturdayJuly 21st at 11:30 a.m. atthe Olive Garden. Make res-ervations by July 17th withGay & Lawrence Langston -512-607-6516 orllangston722002@yahoo.com.

FELLOWSHIP LUNCH BUNCHthen gathers in on SaturdayAugust 21st at 11:30 a.m. atthe Cherry Creek CatfishRestaurant. Let Pat Haagknow by August 15th.

ASSOCIATION OFRETIREDCHRIS-TIAN MENis on hiatusuntil fall

MARY-MAR-THA CIR-CLE is onhia-tusuntilfall.

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What if yourresponsibility wasn’tto save every kid inthis generation?What if yourresponsibility wasn’tto grow your group tothe size of a smallarmy? What if yourresponsibility wassimply helpingteenagers to have alasting

understanding ofthree

things:

• I am created topursue anauthenticrelationship withmy creator.

• I belong to JesusChrist and definewho I am by whatHe says.

• I exist every dayto demonstrateGod’s love to abroken world.

You need a plan. Youneed a strategy. Youneed the tools. Youneed them to fit

YOU. THAT’Swhere true

studentministry

comesin.

ThinkingOrangeFUELSPASSION inthe heart ofa teenager.

Come andsee trueStudentMinistry inaction thisfall.

true student ministry

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Children’s Ministry News

LOVEChoosing to give someone your time and friendship no matter what

We had an awesome time hang-ing out with other SHPC fami-

lies at Family Fun Day! Weenjoyed old-fashioned games,

swimming, crafts, and finishedoff the evening with some yum-my barbeque. The best part ofthe experience was the oppor-

tunity to spend the day withpeople we see every Sunday,

but rarely get to sit down andspend time with. We can't wait

for the next Family Fun Day!—Candice Valdes

May 19, 2012

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Operation Overboard-- thisyear's Vacation Bible School--made a big splash with our 2012divers! 125 kiddos gathered inour underwater extravaganza tomeet Ocho the Octopus andD.C., our Dive Chief, to learnthese five dive essentials: •Depend On God • Dare to Care

• Claim Jesus • Choose to Fol-low • Change the World •

With our phenomenal leader-ship team of both youth andadult volunteers, participantswere in good hands all week asthey sang songs, played games,created snazzy art projects,

dove into Scriptureand experimentedwith science fun. Tokeep with our watertheme, we decided tosupport the LivingWaters project inGuatemala. With exu-berance, we broughtforth our coins andbills every morning,

in hopes of helping bring cleanwater to our friends in Guate-mala. We're pleased to an-nounce that we raised awhopping $380.21! We can’twait to see what next year’sVBS will bring!

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Joys – Jerry Outz retired on July 13th after 31 years with Brokers National—Elena Tunison-Johnson, LynnTunison's granddaughter, is joyously welcomed; in May, Elena's mother graduated from med school so now sheis officially Dr. Anne Johnson—Zack & Wendy Uzzle announce with joy the birth of their first child, Stuart

Pearson Uzzle, born June 28th—Dan Ireland, husband of Lynda & Robert Wade’s niece, has returned safely fromAfghanistan—Lucas Forsythe, son of Mike & Renee, was united in marriage to Hannah Stout on June 3rd—Michael &Renee Forsythe celebrated their 25th anniversary on June 13th

Sorrows – David Wright, cousin-in-law of Kathy Segura, died June 30th—Cindy Baschnagel’s mother, Doris Lewis,passed away June 21st—Bill Ellison passed away on June 24th—Tom McCollum unexpectedly passed away May 29th—Bill McLauchlan,grandfather of Christopher Gordon, passed away June 12th—Lela Groves, grandmother of Nate Groves, passed away June 9th —Laura Brown, grandmother of Summer Whitten, recently passed awayPlease pray for— Sandra Mann’s friend's daughter, Becky Davis, recovering from brain surgery—Kristin Aardema's friendBeth, that the experimental drug will make a significant difference—Jaco Steynberg’s mom, Judy, visiting from South Africa,undergoing chemo for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma—Angela Immitt, a less-painful recovery from tonsillectomy—Allison Gerold—rapidcontainment of wildfires in Colorado—Ruth Weese, injured in a fall and resting at her son’s home in Austin —Nathaniel Miller, sonof Fran & Ted Miller, left June 22nd for a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan—Greg Merrell’s friend Bill Grafft after the deathof his wife, Marilyn, on June 16th—Griff Griffith, hospitalized—Christine Holland, friend of Pattie Lawrence, recovering fromcomplications following the birth of her child— Mo O’Meara’s co-worker, Sal, family health challenges—Helen Turrentine’sgrandson Ryan Shue, cellulitis—Amanda Hyde’s mother, emergency aortic valve replacement—Diana Gill, recovering from kneesurgery—Dan Bjeletich, upcoming surgery—Nita Snyder, recent hospitalization — Gloria Drake’s friends Faye Rowe, BobbieSanders & Lou Ann Hackner — Lori Wallace, spinal surgery following a fall—John Bell Thomson, brother-in-law of Pam & WayneGonzalez, health crisis —Karen Ayers’ father Don Rokydal—George, resident of Beckett Meadows, recent cancer diagnosis—MartyDryk’s friend Dr. Virginia Richter to get the job as superintendent in Sharyland, TX—Don Nowakowski’s sister Susan, severenegative reaction to chemo—Dorothy Kluttz, friend of DeAnne Pearson, complications following ruptured gastric ulcer—safety ofDorothy’s husband and daughter Alice Kluttz Werchen as they commute to see her each day—Cole, 7-month old cousin ofpreschooler Deanna Sims, blood abnormalities—Fred Rothert, recovering from surgery—Austin, the city where we’re planted—theleadership of SHPC as we move toward one church in three locations—Pastor Kenneth Muyira & the congregation of ManyamulaPresbyterian Church—Pastor Chimwemwe Mhango and his family

Please pray for members of the Armed Forces, loved ones, and all world leaders involved in war zone crises including:Nathaniel Miller, son of Fran & Ted Miller… Morales family neighbor Brian Moran… Jose Fernandez, friend ofGaston & Junie Broyles and graduate of PPAS… Andrew Figer, son of a friend of Bill Brock… Kevin Robnett, friendof Thure Cannon... John White, Susan’s husband... Mitch Guile, friend of Eddie & Stacey Reynolds... TeddySweredoski, friend of Stan & Jessica Wade... Tyler Moser, son of a friend of Dee & Greg Merrell... Temple &Janet Ingram’s daughter Kate Ingram... Christopher Lehmann, son of Mark Lehmann... Larry Roberman, brotherof Lori Whitmire... Derek & Kristi Fisher's nephew, John Fisher...

CONTENTMENTDeciding to be happy with what you've got

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10 Tuesday7 p.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry

13 Friday Summer High School Leadership

Adventure returns16 Monday

10 a.m. Club H2O begins20 Friday

3 p.m. Club H2O ends21 Saturday

11:30 a.m. Fellowship Lunch Bunch22 Sunday

Great Escape mid-hi Student Ministrytrip departs

26 Thursday Guatemala mission trip departs

28 SaturdayGreat Escape mid-hi Student Ministry

trip returns2 Aug Thursday

Guatemala mission trip returns5 Sunday

12:30 a.m. Beanbag Baseball, WmCannon sanctuary

JULY NEWSLETTER DEADLINE9 Thursday

Global Leadership Summit,teleconference

12 SundayAUG/SEPT NEWSLETTER DEAD-

LINE18 Saturday

11:30 a.m. Fellowship Lunch Bunch

EACH WEEKSunday

9:30 & 11 a.m. Childcare 0-preK,Wm Cannon

10 a.m. Worship Choir re-hearsal, Wm Cannonsanctuary

Wednesday7:30 p.m. Praise & Worship Team

rehearsal, Wm Cannonsanctuary

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ANNIVERSARIES1 Jul Steve & Cathy Beard,

Carol & LarryCunningham, Bill &Charissa Ellis

3 Jul Joyce Davis & MikeHagye, Jeff & AllisonGerold, Marc & AnneKirsch, Dave & SherrySmith

4 Jul Roger & Candice Keen5 Jul Eric & Kathleen Manchin6 Jul Joel & Rhonda Cabello10 Jul Jeffery Owen16 Jul Clint & Michelle Batte,

Rusty Ray & JodieDunbar-Ray

18 Jul Chris & Chris Gordon19 Jul Chuck & Alma Moore20 Jul Robert Vela & Deborah

Rich22 Jul Dick & Gayle Grance,

Jeff & Kerry Long, Steve& DeAnne Pearson, Kim& Ron Sellers

24 Jul Troy & Holly Spink26 Jul Marcey & Jason French,

Bill & Jane Hall, Jim &Martha Meador

27 Jul Greg & Rhonda Biles, Bill& Connie Trevillion

31 Jul Richard & MargaretNakamura, Kent & MarisaStromberg

2 Aug Danny & Suzanne Gross3 Aug Dan & Sam Brinks4 Aug Mark & Judy Schroeder6 Aug Rick & Beth Ann Cole7 Aug Matt & Erika Fletcher,

Jason & Amanda Hill10 Aug Bruce & Judy Litteaur,

Grady & Thelma Morris13 Aug Tary & Nita Snyder,

David & Linda Wheeler14 Aug Mario & Beth Andrade15 Aug Al & Jai Leigh Addison,

Derek & Kristi Fisher16 Aug Bill & Nan Goodman17 Aug Chris & Rachael Huntley,

Eddie & Stacey Reynolds18 Aug Rory & Muffie Peterson19 Aug Thure & Shannon

Cannon, Porky & Pat

Haberman, Gail & MarcPadovani

SILVER ANNIVERSARIES5 Jul Lisa & Alan Teeple15 Aug Ken & Sue Frye

BIRTHDAYS1 Jul Cecilia Eklund, Kimbol

Soques,BriannaWomack

2 Jul Clare Branson,DrewChalberg,KimberlyCoulter

3 Jul Mary Aversa, MaryBoyce, Suzanne Gross,Kristen May, Lauren May,Olivia Warren

4 Jul Alan Combs, MariaNgalamulume

5 Jul Margaret Roberts,Madison Taylor, LisaTeeple, Beth Watson

6 Jul Joshua Budd, CurtisCline, Becca Thompson,Laura Towler

7 Jul Rhonda Cabello, ThomasHarkness, Megan Hauck

8 Jul Kristie Cantu, KellySchiller

9 Jul Maryellen Albertson,Rory Peterson, CynthiaVandeGarde

10 Jul Courtney Hackett, TishPietsch

11 Jul Donald Barrett, BrittanyCantu, Louis Cantu,Karen Cox, RobertGonzalez

12 Jul Emily Bell, DylanMacAllister, JeffPeterson

13 Jul Rebecca Breed, LindaHargrove

14 Jul Robert Buffler15 Jul Laurel Calhoun, Oscar

Erlanson, Sarah Golliher,Grace Henderson, BruceLitteaur, Joseph Tracy

16 Jul Tamara Bell, KatherineBonnin, Michael Craig,Jackson Floyd, GaryGibbs, KarenGreathouse, KennethLauber

17 Jul Julia Domicoli, DavidErps, Brenda Gonzales,Sue Lagerquist

18 Jul Tommie Bates, MichealBrady, Allen Gunter,Anita Savage19 Jul Aidan Garcia,Mollie Hicks, Baker

Petty20 Jul Margaret

Fetty, Carlen Floyd,Molly Wentworth

21 Jul Bobbye Barker, AnnePrimeaux, AndrewSchroeder, AdrienneVoskamp

22 Jul Judy Litteaur23 Jul Joanna Farwell, Rachel

Hakim, Mindy Henderson,Gene Shamburger,George Simpson, CarolWade

24 Jul Jon Marc Garcia, WilliamLindsey, JamesMcDaniel, Joyce Stewart,Stanley Wade

25 Jul Curtis Davis, Allen Lepley26 Jul Jessica Meyer27 Jul Cameron Bell, Ernestine

Lopez, Greg Merrell,Chester Wuest

28 Jul Mary Cognetti, MattFletcher, Abby Brady

29 Jul Julianna Countess, MarkLord

30 Jul Thomas McNelley,Christopher Morgan,Kristy Ruiz

31 Jul Susan Fields, LaurenLaird, Alan Teeple

1 Aug Catherine Heinrich, Caro-line Kirsch, Tom O'Meara

2 Aug Brooks Hurley, Rita Nowa-kowski, David Parmer,Ashley Royer

3 Aug Keria Folkers, Steve Ger-lach

5 Aug David Bender, AlissaStarkjohann

6 Aug Annette Chambers, RileyCoven, Karen McCoy, Bri-an Saari

7 Aug Kathleen Abbott, TommyAshbaugh, Joshua Bet-tridge, Stuart Golliher,David Harnden, Lynn Kel-ley, Marie Kluckhohn, LizMaxfield, Rich Morales,Robert Newcome, FarrahStowe, Zachary Strickland

8 Aug Wolfgang Behr, CooperBoob, Leah Johnson,Katherine Lewis, SydneyStalbaum, MadeleineThielemans

9 Aug David Eklund, MichaelVandeGarde, MeredithWarren

10 Aug Charles Thielemans11 Aug Erika Fletcher, Christo-

pher Gordon, RichardSmith

12 Aug Andrew Saul, AlexandraSoques, Gregory Wade

13 Aug Judy Behr, Bill Davis, Ste-ven Wagner, Tyler Wing-ler

14 Aug James Abercrombie, Rob-ert Ivey, Marc Kirsch,Christina Miller

15 Aug Mark Bridges, Luke Fish-er, Kevin Greathouse,Marisa Stromberg

16 Aug Havia Goulding, KristinHauck, Phil Kruczkowski,Carly Ray, Lucas Wright

17 Aug Mark Hanna, KatherineRamirez

18 Aug Mark Cognetti, Diana Gill,Dick Grance, DannyGross, Heaven Gunter,Marsha Holt, KimberlySellers, Christine Sim-mons, Sarah Swanson,Graham Williford, LeslyeWomack

19 Aug Elizabeth IcenhauerRamirez, Barry Kalda,Dana Manuel, Aidan Tor-res

Joy Essary7800 Southwest Parkway #913Austin TX 78735phone: 512-217-9689

Chuck & Alma Moore831 Clarenda Falls DrSugar Land TX 77479

Stan & Jessica Wadephone: 512-909-0526

Sam & Julie Countess3621 W Slaughter Ln # 612Austin TX 78749phone (his): 512-203-0008phone (hers): 512-698-9229

Richard & Margaret Nakamura11000 Anderson Mill RoadAustin TX 78750phone: 512-219-9569