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Announcementsweek of September 25th

SUNDAY 25th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet6 p.m. true: High School Ministry,

Student Activity Center Presbyterian Pilgrimage ends

MONDAY 26th9:30 a.m. Disciple 2, library7 p.m. Disciple 1, library

TUESDAY 27th10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, port. A7 p.m. Deep Dive Christianity, library

:: Financial Peace University,port. B

WEDNESDAY 28th5:30 p.m. Dinner @ Wednesday Night

Live, narthex6 p.m. true: tween / true: middle

school, Student Activity Center6:30 p.m. Foundations, rm. 7 :: Wednes-

day Night Live, FMC7 p.m. Praise & Worship team re-

hearsal, sanctuary

THURSDAY 29th9:30 a.m. MYC, FMC10 a.m. ARCM, port. B1:15 p.m. Bridge Lessons, rm. 77 p.m. Calvin, rm. 7 :: Cantata Choir,

sanctuary7:45 p.m. Worship Choir, sanctuary

SUNDAY 2nd9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, NO true:

faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet6 p.m. true: High School Ministry,

Student Activity Center

office phone 892.3580office email church@shpc.org

R.S.V.P. TODAY FOR OUR"R.S.V.P." ALL-CHURCH RETREAT

AT JOHN KNOX RANCH!You are invited...

Join us for a memory-making celebration at JohnKnox Ranch the weekend of November 11th-13th.

The theme of our retreat is "RSVP" and we'll betaking a closer look at the parable of the GreatBanquet in the gospel of Luke. Jesus tells of amaster who prepared a great banquet and invitedmany guests, saying "Come, for everything is nowready." The result of the master's invitation was tofeast and fellowship at a banquet given by God.

So, come! We will feast... We will fellowship...We will worship!

It is our grateful response to the God-given invita-tion we've received!

Registration forms with information on housingoptions & prices are available in the narthex. Wehope to receive your R.S.V.P. today!!!

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Help In the Schools—For the Schools!

In the Schools —For the Schools needsabout 15 folks to call elementary

schools in the area. Each caller willbe assigned 10-15 schools to call—a

copy of the questions to be asked willbe provided. The comprehensive listthese calls will create will help usreach our goal of establishing a

church-school partnership with eachof the 206 elementary schools in

Central Texas.

Please sign up in the narthex or con-tact the church office and tell them

that you are "for the schools!"

MARY-MARTHA CIRCLE will meetOctober 6th at 10 a.m. in port. B. Ourlesson will be Chapter 1, “No Fear ofthe Dark,” from our new study, God’sPromises That Keep Us. Lydia Ellisonwill lead our discussion. ALL WOM-EN are invited to join us for study, cof-fee, and fellowship! Be sure to bringyour favorite promise from the Bible.

· ASSOCIATION OF RETIREDCHRISTIAN MEN gathers everyThursday at 10 a.m. in port. B.September 29 Breaking Through Walls: dis-cussing Sunday’s sermon, led by Faries Mc-DanielMen, mark your calendars and come!

SAM NEWS! (Senior Adult Ministry)

Fall Foundations FunFoundations, the Bible study group gearedtowards couples with young families,kicks off class on Wednesday, September21st from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in room 7. Join usfor dinner catered by Chef Beth before-hand!. Childcare is available for babiesthrough preschoolers, and WednesdayNight Live programming is available forelementary kiddos (registration requiredfor ongoing attendance). We will bestudying the Walls small group curricu-lum to follow the sermon series for thefirst 6 weeks. There will also be fellowshipparties and service projects so come andjoin us for the fun—we love new classmembers! Contact Tammy Boehman at512-695-6644 with any questions.

It’s all fun, (potluck,) & games!Sunday, October 9th after the 11 a.m. ser-vice in the Family Ministries CenterSAM will provide meat and bread for apotluck meal. Bring a salad, vegetable ordessert to share.We’ll have several table games availablefor play — domi-noes, cards,board games, apuzzle. Bringyour own gameif you'd like! We'llspend a leisurelyafternoon playingtable games withnew and old friends.No reservations required — just come!

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—Discovering something new so you can be better at whatever you 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

“Awkward” is our updated “Exposed—thenaked truth about puberty” curriculum.Awkward gets parents and their studentstalking about all the changes that aregoing on and how to deal with them. Joinus at Awkward as we start the conversa-tion.

Awkward meets the first 4 Thursdaynights in October from 6- 8 p.m. in theFamily Ministry Centerstarting Oct 4th from 6 - 8 p.m.Please RSVP to Pastor Mikemike@shpc.org if you are planning onattending and as always you can invite oreven bring friends and families from yourneighborhood.

We offer Awkward every other year, so ifyou think that your 5th grade student is

not ready for this then no worries, sev-enth grade is not too late. If you feel thatyour student already knows everything‘cause they are in 8th grade (and maybethey do) and they do not want to come,well, they really do need to be there. Wepull the older students aside for deeperdiscussions about what to expect in highschool.

Now remember, Awkward is designedaround getting stu-dents and parentstalking aboutthese funny andawkward sub-jects, so atleast one orboth parentsmust be inattendancewith them.Grandparentsare also welcome tojoin the discussion.

this is soooo... Awkward!The exposed truth about puberty andother icky stuph parents don’t wanna talkabout!

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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: Lynda &Robert Wade’s niece’s husband Dan Ireland... E.J. Session, son of Deb Erlanson's co-worker RobertaFloyd... David Lee Stowbridge, son of Oscar Erlanson's co-worker Robert Stowbridge... RebekahFrost, neighbor of the Lawrence family... Robert Beardslee, grandson of Bob & Carolyn Beardslee andhusband of Jenna... Pattie Lawrence's cousin, Mark Hollahan… Tyler Moser, son of a friend of Dee &Greg Merrell... Mathew Dalton, nephew of Mark & Tracy Lord... Temple & Janet Ingram’s daughterKate Ingram... James Crowder, friend of Tom & Mike McNelley... Christopher Lehmann, son of MarkLehmann... Larry Roberman, brother of Lori Whitmire... Eric Huerta, nephew of Michael McNelley’sco-workers... Derek & Kristi Fisher's nephew, John Fisher...

Joys—Cody & Becca Sandahl wel-comed a baby boy, Charles, on Sep-tember 14th; Cody was a seminaryintern at SHPC from 2006-2007—Ma-ria Tissing’s test results for cancer

have come back clear—Ana Rosales and AlejandroSalazar were married on September 17, 2011 in Pie-dras Negras, Mexico—Wildfires were stopped justat the boundary of Presbyterian Pan AmericanSchool in Kingsville TX; no damage, no injury

Sorrows—Carol Brandt passed away peacefullySeptember 21st; a memorial service will take place atSHPC in a few weeks—Sonny Weiss, friend of MaryLynn Sheirer, has peacefully gone to be with hisLord—Karen Roberson, Bruce Roberson's daugh-ter, passed away September 17th—Sybil Bradypassed away recently; a memorial service was heldat SHPC on September 16th

Please pray for—Karen Weiss, adjusting to lifewithout Sonny—Joy Essary, recovering from heartcatheterization and scheduled for heart valve repair

in October—Dick Klusmann's blood tests for cobaltpoisoning came back surprisingly high, and anotherhip replacement is scheduled—Dale Boyd, brother-in-law of Jerry Hughes, aortic aneurysm—BobbyGlenn, brother-in-law of Beaman Floyd, and hisfamily; Bobby is hospitalized in the final stages of hisbattle with cancer—Amber Weir, recovering afterasthma attack—Jim Davis, Joyce Davis' father, braintumors—those who have lost so much in the recentfires—fire fighters, still working on the fire re-mains—Sally Jo Elliott, compression fracture of avertebra—Terri, Fritz, and Haley Hocker, homecompletely destroyed in the fires—Vic Barnett,Rosemarie’s husband, mild stroke and hole inheart—Wayne Crawley’s doctors, to adjust his heartmedicine so he can be completely comfortable—BobBarker, upcoming hip implant—Austin, the citywhere we’re planted—SHPC and St. John’s Presby-terian as we discern how best to help expand God’skingdom in Southwest Austin—Pastor KennethMuyira and the congregation of Manyamula Pres-byterian Church—Pastor Chimwemwe Mhangoand his family