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Announcementsweek of September 22nd

Rooms are at our William Cannon campus (W) orour Brodie campus (B).

SUNDAY 22nd9:30 a.m. Worship Choir, 8-W9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship,

Wonder Junction, UpStreet9:30 a.m. True Faith, W-Student Lounge10:50 a.m. Men’s Bible Study, W-Library5:30 p.m. Inquirer’s Class, W-Library6 p.m. True High School & Varsity, W-Stu-

dent Lounge8 p.m. True Deep, W-Student LoungePilgrimage Returns

MONDAY 23rd9:30 a.m. Disciple 4, W-9

7 p.m. Disciple: D1, W-Lib; D2, W-B; D3,W-9

TUESDAY 24th10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, W-A

WEDNESDAY 25th9:30 a.m. Disciple 2, W-910 a.m. Search The Scriptures, W-Library6 p.m. Explore God Discussion Group, W-

Library6 p.m. True Tween & Middle, W-Student

Lounge/FMC6:30 p.m. Children at the Lord’s Table,

W-TBD7 p.m. President Banda Worship Service,

Central PresbyterianTHURSDAY 26th 9:30 a.m. MOPS, W-FMC 10 a.m. ARCM (Retired Christian Men),

W-Library 6 p.m. Handbell Rehearsal, W-8SATURDAY 28th8 a.m. All-Pro Dad, Brodie Campus

SUNDAY 29th9 a.m. Cantata Rehearsal, W-89:30 a.m. Brodie Middle School Breakfast,

off-site9:30 a.m. Worship Choir, W-89:30 & 11 a.m. Worship

Wonder Junction, UpStreet9:30 a.m. True Faith, W-Student Lounge10:50 a.m. Men’s Bible Study, W-Library1:00 Explore God Discussion Host Check-

In, Location TBD6 p.m. True High School & Varsity, W-Stu-

dent Lounge8 p.m. True Deep, W-Student Lounge

calendar.shpc.orgoffice phone 512.892.3580office email church@shpc.org

ALL-PRO DADAll-Pro Dad Breakfast kicks off Saturday Sept.28, 8-9:30 am at the Brodie campus! The morningwill feature guest speaker Brett Rodgers, Directorof the University of Texas Young Life college pro-gram.

We hope all dads and their kids will join us forpancakes & bacon & an insane water-balloonlaunch competition.  All kids are welcome–boysand girls, toddlers to teens.

Visit the Umlauf Scuplture Gardens with thePrimeTimers on Oct.8th!One of the best kept secrets in Austin is the Um-lauf Sculpture Gardens and Museum. Walk throughthe beautiful xeriscaped garden which containsmany sculptures or just sit on a bench and contem-plate the beauty around you.

A video and talk on Charles Umlauf and his gardenwill be shown before the tour, then we will lunchafterwards at one of the renowned restaurants onBarton Springs Road, adjacent to the gardens.

For more information contact Mary MacAllister at512-288-6362 or mary@macallister.net.

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EXPLORE GOD DISCUSSIONGROUPS

Looking for an explore God discussiongroup? Signup sheets are still in theNarthex, and you are welcome to at-tend a group, even if you have missedearlier sessions.If you don’t have a friend or neighborto bring with you, don’t let that holdyou back. If there are spaces avail-able in a discussion group, feel free tosign yourself up!

Notice: Congregational MeetingThe Session of Shepherd of the Hills callsfor a meeting of the congregation to takeplace after the 9:30 am service on SundaySeptember 29, 2013.  The purpose of themeeting will be to receive nominations andelect persons to serve on the 2014 Congre-gational Nominating Committee.

Nominations for the nominating commit-tee? What does that mean?Glad you asked. The CongregationalNominating Committee offers names forour consideration as elders and deacons,among other things. We, of course, nomi-nate the members of this committee aswell. (How very Presbyterian of us.)We hope you can attend this short meetingon the 29th! Mentor Training Today!

Kids Hope is gearing upagain for the2013/2014 schoolyear. We are in theprocess of recruit-ing mentors andprayer partners to jointhe program with Wil-liams Elementary thisfall. If you have one hour aweek to give to a child,please consider Kids Hope.If you are interested inlearning more, check out the Kids HopeUSA website at www.kidshopeusa.org orcontact Lori Whitmire atkidshope@shpc.org This year’s mentortraining will be held Sept. 22nd from1:30-4:30. Pre-registration is requestedso we can plan accordingly.

What’s a Worry?Worry is something we do to ourselves,within our own minds. It’s not bad. It’sjust important to know where it’s comingfrom in order to create the possibility ofletting it go. Sometimes that’s difficult todo alone. If you, or someone you know,could benefit from the Christian friend-ship and care of a Stephen Minister,please call the church office at 512-892-3580

SAVE THE DATE!All church lawn party October 6th 4 p.m.

until Dark on the Brodie ball fieldLive music and Fried Chicken…

Need we say more??

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it’s PrimeTime!(50± Adult Ministry)● ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED CHRISTIAN MEN meet every Thursday at 10 a.m. in

the library at William Cannon. Join us!

COURAGEBeing brave enough to do what you should do, even when you’re afraid.

Children’s MinistryNursery care for children from 6 weeks to 24 months of age

Wonder Junction Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. – noonWilliam Cannon campus

9:30 2 yr. olds — Room 2 3 yr. olds — Room 1 4 yr. olds & pre-K— Room 611 2 yr. olds — Room 2 3 yr. olds — Room 1 4 yr. olds & pre-K— Room 6

Brodie campus11 3 yr. olds through pre-K— portable

UpStreet Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. - noonWilliam Cannon campus

9:30 Kinder thru 3rd grade — Family Ministry Center 4th & 5th grade — Portable A&B11 Kinder thru 5th grade — Portable B

Brodie campus11 Kinder thru 5th grade — large classroom

William Cannon campus9:30 & 11 Room 7

Brodie campus11 portable

The SHPC Men’s Book Club will meet onThursday, October 3rd at 7 pm in room 9on the Wm Cannon Campus to discussFrank Newport’s God Is Alive and Well:The Future of Religion in America. New-port’s analysis of hundreds of thousands ofresponses to Gallup Poll surveys on reli-gion since 2008 offers an optimistic visionfor religion in America.  Join us as we con-sider Newport’s findings concerning the

nature and strength of religious beliefs inAmerica, the effects of religion on healthand happiness, the relationship betweenreligion and politics, the relationship be-tween age, gender, and social class andreligion, and states’ cultures and religion.For more information, contact StefanHaag by email (shaag@austin.rr.com) orphone (512-288-3479).

Men’s Book Club

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Provide Prayer Request in SHPC Prayer Chain? Yes / No Publicize in bulletin / newsletter? Yes / NoInterested in a call from a Stephen Minister? Yes / No

Have 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: DavidFloto, son of Carl Floto & Ruth Ann Widner… John Fisher, nephew of Derek & Kristi Fisher… BrianMoran, friend of the Morales family… Jose Fernandez, friend of Gaston & Junie Broyles and graduateof PPAS… John White, husband of Susan White… Mitch Guile, friend of Eddie & Stacey Reynolds…Teddy Sweredoski, friend of Stan & Jessica Wade… Tyler Moser, son of a friend of Dee & GregMerrell… Kate Ingram, daughter of Temple & Janet Ingram… Christopher Lehmann, son of MarkLehmann…. Larry Roberman, brother of Lori Whitmire…

Our Stephen Ministers provide confidential one-on-one Christian care during difficult times.To get in touch with our Stephen Ministry team, email stephenministry@shpc.org

Joys — Matt & Erica Fletcher welcomed Jackson Luke on September 6th—Janet & Tem-ple Ingram have a new grandson, Sterling Daniel Ingram, born September 5—On Sep-tember 5, Donn LeVie’s son-in-law, Michael Evans, returned safely to his family from

duty in Afghanistan

Sorrows — Bonnie Havlick, grandmother of Tammy Boehman, passed away on September9, just a few days short of her 100th birthday

Please pray for— All those in Colorado affected by last week’s floods—Friends and family of JoyceStewart's friend Vishnu Pandit, killed in the Washington Navy Yard shooting—Sharon Rothert, upcomingsurgery—Hank Seyfarth, recovering from knee surgery—Sonia Carolina, friend of Stefan & Pat Haag, mayshe have a safe pregnancy and delivery—Lee Ann, friend of Pat Haag, cancer—Denise Berry’s sister-in-law, Felice Nelson, cancer—Family friends of Jack & Carol Gilchrist, Ben and Shannon of Boulder CO,have lost everything, including their animals, in a flood—Elisa Donnell’s friend Kristi Stroud, Leukemia,and 6-month-old Isabella, born prematurely and having health issues—Katherine, close friend of Dee &Greg Merrell’s daughter, pancreatic cancer—Wilma Sanders, friend of Gloria Drake, recovering from can-cer surgery—Roz Seiler, traveling to Denver for medical testing—Kay Davidson, aunt of Lori Sonnier, inICU—Austin, the city where we’re planted—Pastor Alfred Mtonga, his family, and Manyamula CCAPChurch—Pastor Chimwemwe Mhango and his family—Pastor Clement Munthali and his family—PastorKenneth Muyila and his family—Ronica Ngulube