Published by Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian ChurchJune 2012 Issue 6

Worship 1-2ORANGE 3-4Connect 4, 10Grow: Student 5-8Grow: Adult 4, 7Grow: Children 4, 8Serve 3, 9Concerns & Calendar 10-11

Sermons for June

June 3 Acts 1Into All the World

June 10 Acts 2: 42-47Becoming an Incendiary

Fellowship

June 17 Acts 8: 26-40Expanding the Borders

June 24 Acts 10Uncomfortable Decisions

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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A Disciple Worships

In June we move to a summerschedule on Sunday mornings.

This means that elementary stu-dents will not have their regularUpstreet program and that they areencouraged to join their parents inworship.

We do this for two reasons. Thefirst is vision. Our goal is to

give kids the ability to walk intoadulthood with all the resourcesneeded to build a healthy and vi-brant spiritual life. We believe thatone of the core practices of follow-ing Christ is being a person whoworships. As with the other corepractices, worship is both taughtand caught. For this reason we usethe summer schedule as a timewhere our elementary-age kids canbe mentored by their parents asthey worship together. They get tosee us sing, pray, study and give toGod. They catch the Spirit of whatwe do when we come together inChrist's name. They are also taughtthe form and structure of publicworship. The worship team workstogether to make sure that eachweek there is a worship "lesson"that instructs about some part ofthe worship experience.

The practice of worshipping to-gether will be a building block

as you prepare them for a life withChrist. If you have children orgrandchildren we hope you will takeadvantage of the summer of wor-ship to begin adding that buildingblock. Below you will find a fewsuggestions for helping your kids getthe most out of worship. See youSunday!

Suggestionsfor summerSundays with students● Sit together as a family, espe-

cially when the children areyoung. This gives you the abilityto interpret things they may notunderstand.

● Encourage your children tostand and sit with the congrega-tion. Not only do they need toparticipate in the worship experi-ence, but they need the physicalmovement in order to sit for thequiet parts.

● Involve the children in musicexperiences. Make sure they cansee the screens or help them toread the hymnal. Encourage thento learn the songs. You might

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sing the songs in the car or athome to help the childrenbecome familiar with thesongs.

● Help your children to knowhow they can best join inprayer. Before worship, dis-cuss concerns or thanks forevents or people in the chil-dren's lives or your familylife. Help them to join in theprayer of confession and dur-ing the silent prayer.

● Help your children to findthe Scripture passages intheir own Bibles. Youngreaders will especially beeager to find the passages intheir Bibles. Use colorfulBible markers to mark theverse ahead of time.

● Explain the offering to yourchildren. Let them partici-pate by putting an offering inthe plate. Emphasize that itis a way we show love toGod. Help them to knowwhere the money goes onceit goes in the offering plate.

● Use the children's note-books found in the narthex.You might bring interestingpaper, special pencils ormarkers. (pipe cleaners area good quiet item) Childrenoften multitask, listeningwhile they are occupied withan unrelated activity.Change the contents of thebag fairly often.

● Help them to listen for cer-tain words, Bible names andplaces, and other simpleconcepts. Younger childrencan draw picture of thingsthey observe. Older childrencan keep simple notes.

● Discuss the service on theway home or after you ar-rive home, answering ques-tions they may have aboutthe experiences. Ask themwhat they enjoyed most.Share appropriate thoughtsor feelings that you may havehad.

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

The congregation met afterthe 11 a.m. worship service onMay 20th to approve a con-struction loan for the work onthe William Cannon campus.Packing is progressing and themovers are scheduled to comepick everything up on June 8th— right after the completionof Vacation Bible School! Con-struction itself is scheduled tobegin the week of June 11th. Ifall goes well, work in the Edu-cation Wing should be com-pleted well before Labor Day.It’s looking like an interestingsummer!

submitted by Megan Gibbons

The 25th year of SHPCPreschool may be winding down but the students andthe staff sure haven’t! May has been a fun-filledmonth. During our Spring Olympics, the childrencompeted with each other in events such as t-ball,basketball, boxing and even swimming! And itwouldn’t be the Olympics without medals! Students

each earned an“Olympic” medalstating which eventthey did best in.Mother's Day soonfollowed with the annual Mother's Day Tea hosted by the chil-dren in the FMC. Since Father's Day is in June (when we’renot in school), the children honored Dads early at the annualDoughnuts with Dads, a day filled with superheroes and su-perhero costumes. Have a great summer! See you in Septem-ber!

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Mixing Colors: WhyORANGE works forSHPC

I'd like you to think back tothat first time you played

with water colors or fingerpaints. You may have startedwith one color on the brush oron your fingers. Eventually, yougot braver and began mixingcolors. Think about your favor-ites within the color palette.Was ORANGE in your list of fa-vorites? ORANGE is a secondarycolor, created when you com-bine two primary colors — redand yellow — two pigmentsmerging to create somethingeven more powerful. ORANGE iswhat red and yellow can dowhen they combine efforts.While red has a million shadesand attributes, if you paint onlywith red, you will get what onlyred can do. The same holdstrue for yellow. If you paintonly with yellow, you will getonly what yellow can do. Butwhen you paint with red andyellow, you'll get new possibili-ties, fresh solutions, vibrantoutcomes.

In regards to our cradle-to-col-lege ministry here at SHPC,

ORANGE has a special signifi-cance. It is the color we use toexplain our strategy of connect-ing the church and the home.We believe that when you com-bine the unconditional love ofthe family (represented by theheart & the color RED) workingin conjunction with the Church(represented by the Light ofChrist & the color YELLOW) youcreate an amazing outcome onthe hearts of the next genera-tion. We believe that the homeand the church working togeth-

er have a greater impact thanthese two entities working sep-arately. In ORANGE math, itworks out as 2 > 1+1.

ORANGE is biblically-based.The foundational scripture

for this strategy is Deuterono-my 6:4-9, also known as theShema. This is where Mosesspeaks to the Israelites abouttheir relationship with God asHis children and the need forthem to make it a priority intheir lives.

It says: "Hear, O Israel: TheLORD our God, the LORD is one.Love the LORD your God withall your heart and with all yoursoul and with all your strength.These commandments that Igive you today are to be onyour hearts. Impress them onyour children. Talk about themwhen you sit at home and whenyou walk along the road, whenyou lie down and when you getup. Tie them as symbols onyour hands and bind them onyour foreheads. Write them onthe doorframes of your housesand on your gates."

I love how Moses includes theteaching of the next genera-

tion in this passage. He says,"Impress [these command-ments] on your children." I'dlike to think when he says"your," he's not just speaking toparents. I believe he is tellingthe COMMUNITY that they areresponsible for their children.He gives them plenty of exam-ples to remember this cove-nant, including that lastline…"Write them on the door-frames of your houses and onyour gates." Imagine what thatmight look like if we did that inour own neighborhoods today.Not only does this provide ev-

eryone with reminders at everyturn, but it says to the visitor ornewcomer, "WE ARE PEOPLE OFTHE ONE TRUE GOD! WE LOVELIKE HE DOES; WE WELCOMELIKE HE DOES; WE ARE A PARTOF HIS BIG STORY! THIS IS OURIDENTITY!"

What a powerful state-ment of COMMUNITY.

In our Sunday morning pro-gramming, we have approxi-

mately one hour a week tospend with children. Takinginto consideration holidays andsick days, the church hasaround 40 hours to speak into achild's life. That's approximate-ly one work week to teach chil-dren everything we can aboutGod! Parents, on the otherhand, average 3000 hours ayear with their child. Uniquetimes, that the church simplydoesn't have, such as bedtimes,travel times, mealtimes, andmornings. With this in mind, Ithink we can agree that whathappens at home is more im-portant than what happens atchurch. However, if we as achurch community combine ef-forts with parents — who, ac-cording to scripture, are theprimary spiritual leaders intheir children's lives — amazingthings can happen! This is whywe feel it is so important thatwe as a congregation under-stand and engage in this OR-ANGE strategy. ORANGE is truly

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for all of us: all of us who makebaptismal vows and commit toraising up our sons and daugh-ters to help them understandtheir roles in God's big story.

I'd like to extend a challengeto all of you… to all of us as a

congregation. What if, everytime you saw the color ORANGE(and in the city of Austin, OR-ANGE is all around us!) What ifyou thought about the changesthat need to happen to reachthe next generation of believ-ers? What if the blending ofred and yellow always remindsyou of the importance of part-nering with each other as aCOMMUNITY? What if whenev-er you came across somethingORANGE you thought about theopportunities we have as achurch community to help oth-ers discover who they are aschildren of God?

FILO May Service Proj-ect: Excellent!We joined in the Habitat forHumanity build on May 12th

and had a great time. Checkus out — we have more pic-

tures on Fa-cebook!

Our studygroup is backto our usualrhythm, 5:30

– 7 p.m. on Sunday June 10th.And social events? Watch fordetails on Facebook and in

your e-mail. Contact us atyoungadults@shpc.org if you'reinterested.

Back in April, wehad the greatpleasure of in-cluding anothergroup of gradu-ates of Childrenat the Lord’s Table, our work-shop on the sacraments. Weasked one of the class membersabout the experience, and Jaketold us:

“I learned about the two Sacra-ments and what Communion is.Communion is the bread andwine that represents Jesus'flesh and blood and how muchGod loves us. My favorite partof the day was going into thesanctuary with my family.”

Sounds like Jake’s ready forsummer!

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Alexandra Ramirez

Graduating from JamesBowie High School. Plans onattending the Fashion Insti-tute of Technology in NewYork.

Lindsey Womack

Graduating from James BowieHigh School. Plans on attendingAustin College.

Julia Domicoli

Graduating from JamesBowie High School.Plans on attending Uni-versity of Mary HardinBaylor.

Andy U-chupongamorn

Graduating from James Bow-ie High School. Plans on at-tending the Weatherford FireAcademy.

Lindsey Torpey

Graduating from JamesBowie High School. Planson attending Universityof North Texas (UNT).

Da niel Wa lsh

Graduating from James BowieHigh School. Plans on attendingTexas Tech.

God’s love is always true!

Class of 2012

Molly Pumfrey

Graduating from The KhabeleSchool. Plans on attendingEvergreen.

Chris Lenertz

Graduating from JamesBowie High School. Planson attending ColoradoSchool ofM ines.

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True Student Ministries

The Plan at true Student Min-istries is really quite simple.

Step 1. Partner with par-ents, because they are theones who love these guys themost!

Step 2. Empower the stu-dents to share their faithwith confident and compas-sionate hearts.

Step 3. Invite everyone youknow to be part of the trueFamily here at SHPC.

At true, students encounteradults and other students whohave both a passionate faithand a deep desire for othersto learn about Jesus.

On top of all that wehave FUN! Lots andlots of fun.

If you are not part oftrue, please do not

stay disconnected any more.This invite is for you! Our trueStudent Ministries is differentfrom many of the para-churchministries in that at true wetruly are family and you belonghere!

At true we are living out allthose promises we made atbaptism and confirmation forour kids.

We even have a place and timefor parents to connect andgrow new friendships calledtrue Parent Gatherings! Gainsome skills, make some friendsand eat some food! true ParentGatherings happen on the firstMonday of each month startingagain in September!

true tween 5th -6th gradetrue middle 7th -8th gradecontinue on Wednesdays6-7:30 p.m. through June27th

true High School 9th -12th

true Varsity 11th -12th

continue to meet on Sun-days through June 24th

6-7:45 p.m.

God’s Love is always...

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Come Kayaking WithPrimeTime!WE’RE ALMOST TO THE day!Join us Wednesday,June 6th,as we re-peat last year'ssuccessful kaya-king trip onLady Bird Lake. Meet at thechurch at 9:15 a.m. to carpoolto the Texas Rowing Center andbring $15 per person (check,credit card, or cash) to coverthe rental. After kayaking, wewill eat lunch at Mangia's Pizzaon Lake Austin Blvd. Reserva-tions are not necessary. Afterthe trip, you can tell youfriends, kids, and grandchildrenhow much fun you had! Formore information, contact Ste-fan Haag by e-mail(shaag@austin.rr.com) or phone(288-3479).

ROAD TRIP! ROAD TRIP!

ROADTRIP! to Opie's Barbequein Spicewood. Repeated by

populardemand!30 minuteswest ofthe church, Opie's is a re-nowned Texas barbeque res-taurant. The barbeque and

the sides are great. Meet us atthe SHPC at 11 a.m. on June26th to carpool. Good food andeven better fellowship. Join usand meet some other Prime-Timers!

Upcoming events:June 6

Kayak on Lady BirdLake

June 26Roadtrip to Opie'sBarbeque in Spice-wood

July and August activities aretemporarily on hold aswe cope with the con-struction calendar.But, plan on…

August 21Soup to Nuts

September 6Westcave CellarsTour. Save this date!Westcave Cellars is avineyard and wineryowned and operatedby our own Allan &Margaret Fetty. Wewill get a tour of boththe vineyard and thewinery plus a winetasting. Then Allanand Margaret will hostan afternoon barbequemeal! More details aswe get closer.

PT groups through May:ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED

CHRISTIAN MEN meets at 10a.m. in Portable B. ContactRon Miller, 512-892-1862 orronald.miller1333@sbcglobal.net for additional details.

FELLOWSHIP LUNCH BUNCHnext gathers on SaturdayJune 16th at 11:30 a.m. —B.J.’s at Brodie & 290. Forreservations, call MarvineSass 358-86916 or HarrietCavness 261-3496 by June14th.

MARY-MARTHA CIRCLE is onhiatus until fall.

YOU WANT TO SEE THE BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTERFILMS OF THE SUMMER...

Well, so do we! That’s why we have the SummerMovie Club. We are checking out all of the bestflicks this summer at matinee prices. Followingeach film we grab a bite to eat and discuss allthe best parts — but also ask where do you find“faith” in the story the film told. M.I.B. 3, Pix-

ar’s Brave, Madagascar 3, Snow White, TheAmazing Spiderman and the premiere of TheDark Knight Rises!

For all the details on where and when to catchthese films with the Summer Movie Club pointyour browser at Facebook and search for trueStudent Ministries! Make sure you “like” uswhile you are there!

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Children’s Ministry News

TRUSTPutting your confidence in someone you can depend on

Children’s Ministry —Summer Style!By the time this news-letter arrives to you,we will have wrappedup our final day of Sun-day School for the2011-2012 schoolyear. So, what willwe do all summer?

Here are some things toget you excited forthe next few months:

● We will be celebrating ourChildren’s Ministry volunteersin worship on June 3rd.o Join us to say THANKYOU!

● Graduating Kindergartnersthrough 5th graders will at-tend “family-style” worshipwith parents.o See Larry’s newsletterarticle on how to make thisfun for your family!

● Beginning June 10th, our Ear-ly Childhood (Infant – PreK)will move from the Education

Wing.o This area isgetting a“face lift,”so we aremaking ac-commoda-tions for the

summer!These are:

Infants thru2 years will be located inPortable B (across from theStudent Activity Center)

3 year-olds will be located inPortable A (across from theStudent Activity Center)

4 and 5 year-olds will be lo-cated in the FMC (big build-ing next to playground)

● Our wonderful Child Carestaff will be with us to keepthings “familiar” during thistime.Preschool children will partic-

ipate in Bible-based activities& crafts all summer.

We will also be building ourChildren’s Ministry teams forthe 2012-2013 school year. Ourteams are made up of dynamic,creative people, who havehearts for walking with childrenthrough the areas of faith,character, and God’s Big Story.If you are interested in workingwith a small group of preschoolor elementary-aged children onSunday mornings; working be-hind the scenes during theweek to get our Sunday teamsready; or assisting us with ourweeknight (currently Wednes-day) programming, we want totalk to you! Britta(britta@shpc.org) or Chris(chris@shpc.org) can answerany questions you have!

See you in September for ourSunday School kick-off! Wewish all of you a safe and happysummer!

Meet our newest in-tern!Take a look around and see ifyou can catch the newest mem-ber of our staffteam — our internfor Student Minis-try, Wes Arm-strong. We slowedhim down longenough to get himto say hello… seeif you can, too!

Hey! My name is Wes Arm-strong, and I'm 20 years old. Iwas born here, in Austin, andhave been a member of SHPCfor about 8 years. I graduated

from Bowie High School in2010, and since thenhave pursued a career inmusic with my band Edi-son Chair. Besides music,my other passion in life isworking in youth minis-try. I've been a volunteerfor 5 years at the churchand have loved every

second of it. I look forward tobeing the Student Ministry In-tern and gaining experience ina career path I'm interested infollowing. I look forward tomeeting those of you I don'tknow and growing my faith as apart of our church family.

ministry news

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On Sunday, April 22nd a group ofSHPC volunteers gathered inthe FMC after service to getready for a Sunday of Service.We ate a quick lunch and thendeparted to different areas ofthe city to join two of our mis-sion partners, Manos de Cristoand the Austin Street YouthMinistry, for a few hours ofmission work and relation-ship building. At Manos deCristo, the mission was sim-ple: use some old-fashionedelbow grease to spruce upthe facility a little. A few ofus started off by cleaningthe windows around thefacility while otherschanged out air filters inthe main building (and theywere very much in need ofchanging!). After the windows,Jonathan Slaughter demonstrat-ed impressive hedge sculptingskills while Amy Slaughter beau-tified a small garden at the fa-cility and a house next door. It'samazing what a little mulch,daisies, and some TLC can do.For the last task at Manos, wetackled an alley full of weedsbehind the building. As some ofthe weeds were taller than oursmallest volunteer, we had ourwork cut out for us! JeremyBridges was fascinated by the

size of one particular weed thatwas at least six feet tall, and itended up coming home with us.(!) After the giant weeds werefelled, our day was done. Thestaff at Manos was very appre-ciative, and as we departed,they waved good-bye throughsparkling clean windows.

The other group headed out toa laundromat at 24th and Gua-dalupe to meet up with TerryCole of the Austin Street YouthMinistry for a "Wash Day". Wash

Day with the ASYM consists ofvolunteers providing lunch andlaundry supplies to some of thestreet youth that stay in thatpart of town. While the clothesarewashed, youth and volun-teers sit and chat about any-thing and everything overdelicious sub sandwiches. ASYM

is one of our newer mis-sion partners and we wereexcited to hang out withthem for the afternoon.The objective of this ser-vice project was mostlyrelationship-building. Suz-ie Bridges headed up thisportion of the Sunday ofService, and she and Tam-my Boehman mentionedhow the youth were soeager to just sit down and

have someone to converse with.Christopher Bridges, 11, thor-oughly enjoyed participating. Itwas a bit of an eye-opening ex-perience for him, and he alsogot to see one of the youth dosome cool magic tricks. AmayaBoehman, 4, enjoyed drawingand coloring with some of theyouth. At the end of this proj-ect, clothes were washed, bel-lies were full, and newrelationships were started. Thiswas truly a delightful experi-ence.

MALAWI UPDATEHuge thanks you to everyonewho helped in the effort tocreate an amazing visit for ourBrother Pastor Kenneth andSister Ronica who came to visitus all the way from Malawi, Af-rica.

They saw and did so much withus in their short time in Texas.They rode horses, dined atsome of south Austin’s best eat-

eries (including Jack Allen’sKitchen), visited the Capitaland the University of Texas,and enjoyed the beauty of ourextended springtime!

After meeting with the MissionCommittee, our partnershipwas again renewed. We have

committed funds to purchaseroofing material for several oftheir Prayer Houses (thinkabout this, Manyamula hasbeen doing multisite before weever knew what it was!). Wealso provided funds to improvethe School Block building fortheir over 1,300 students. Weare now working hard to helpaddress their teacher shortageand help finish a clean waterproject in the village.

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Joys – after an unplanned stopover inJohannesburg, The Rev. Keneth Muyira andHeadmistress Ronica Ngulube are now

safely at home in Malawi—Andrew Brock, sonof Bill & Madeline, will soon graduate summa cumlaude from Schreiner University—Lucas Fletcher hasgraduated from the University of Tulsa—Gonzalez

Office Products, owned by members Wayne & Pam Gonzalez hasbeen named 2012 Ethics in Business Award, Winner for SmallBusinesses—Pattie Lawrence’s cousin, Mark Hollahan, andPattie’s neighbor, Rebekah Frost, have both safely returnedfrom the war zoneSorrows – Lisa Dillard’s nephew, Chris Stone, lost his battlewith cancer May 9th —Gary Mann’s brother, John Mann, passedaway on May 1st—Bill (“Butch”) Berry, husband of Sue, passedaway April 26th —Gert Reeves, 99-year-old beloved grandmotherof Deb Erlanson, passed away Apr 20th

Please pray for— Cliff Hedges, Lara Manire’s uncle,massive heart attack—Joan Hedges, Lara Manire’s grandmother,infected hip replacement—Belinda Anderson, Lara Manire’saunt, severe bone loss and undergoing bone marrow cancertesting—Kathy Pickering, friend of Amy Evens, cancer—AngelaImmitt, testing for mononucleosis—Morales family neighborsMandi & Brian Moran and family; 1st Lieutenant Brian Moran isdeploying to Afghanistan in June—Paul Baker, upcoming stomachsurgery—Jenny Frame, on the unexpected death of her father—Anna Littrell’s sister and brother-in-law, Joy & Bob Kouts,ongoing health issues—Lisa Sanders, mother of Erika Fletcher,recovering from heart attack—Stacey Reynolds’ mother, JaneHatfield, final round of chemo for breast cancer—Sally Schilstra,improving after elbow surgery—Gaston Broyles, recovering at

home from surgery—Charlie Schroder, husband of ConnieSchroeder, recovering from heart ablation surgery —JimBennett, father of Connie Schroeder, recovering from shouldersurgery—Connie, as she helps her husband and father duringtheir recoveries—John O’Leary, 90-year-old brother-in-law ofDiane O’Leary, blood clots in the lungs—the family of JeremyBarta and all those involved in the recent Austin commuter trainaccident—Sheryl Hall’s oldest son, Shane, travel safety as hegoes to his summer job—Sheryl Hall’s youngest son, Jeff,recovering from blood clot removal surgery—Nona May’sdaughter Becca, traveling to Uganda for a semester of studyabroad—Jamie May’s son, Max Roland, traveling to Nicaragua ona mission event from May 14-26—Headmistress Ronica Ngulube's12-year-old cousin Josephine Mtonga, battling malaria—HelenTurrentine’s sister, Jane Staton, shoulder replacementsurgery—strength for the family of Sheryl Hall’s friend LeanneMartin; Leanne’s mother Beverly passed away April 15th—Caroline Kirsch’s friend, going through really hard times—Phyllis Duke, grandmother of Elizabeth Fisher and mother ofKristi Fisher, recovering from open heart surgery—SaraSchultz’s young nephew Will Schultz, intensive care for alacerated spleen—Josh Budd, recovering well from surgery andon new meds—Linda Wheeler’s nephew and niece, who arediscussing divorce—Shannon Cannon’s friend, Erika BryantEvans, stem cell transplant for a rare form of leukemia—Swanson/Heinrich family’s relative, Ann Oler, hospitalized forE-coli—Jose Fernandez, former student at Presbyterian PanAmerican School, now in the service in Afghanistan—Austin, thecity where we’re planted—the leadership of SHPC as theydiscern a path for our future—Pastor Kenneth Muyira & thecongregation of Manyamula Presbyterian Church—PastorChimwemwe Mhango and his family

Please pray for members of the Armed Forces, loved ones, and all world leaders involved in war zone crises including:Morales family neighbor Brian Moran… Jose Fernandez… Andrew Figer, son of a friend of Bill Brock… KevinRobnett, friend of Thure Cannon... John White, Susan’s husband... Mitch Guile, friend of Eddie & StaceyReynolds... Teddy Sweredoski, friend of Stan & Jessica Wade... Lynda & Robert Wade’s niece’s husband DanIreland... 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, brother of Lori Whitmire... Derek & KristiFisher's nephew, John Fisher...

As a solo pastor at First Pres London I’ve hadthe privilege of working with people of all ages.I have counseled youth, adults, and marriedcouples through major life crises and decisions;discipled members, equipping them to be com-mitted followers of Christ and leaders in thechurch; taught Sunday school classes for youthand adults; led the leadership training coursesfor new elders; performed weddings and funer-als… there’s not much that happens at churchthat I haven’t taken a turn with!

I am an outgoing person who prefers hands-onministry. Two of my greatest strengths are thatI am teachable and I am very enthusiastic. Ilove motivating through encouragement, equip-ping others through discipleship, and leading byexample. In order to be a good leader, you musthave the trust of the people you are leading. By

meeting peoplewhere they are, and

listening to their stories,you can then teach throughWord and deed. It is alsoimportant to be a team inministry, just as in theBody of Christ. No one per-son can do everything. Weneed to work together, justas Christ worked with Hisdisciples during his earthlyministry.

My wife Tara and I have been married for al-most 17 years. We have one son, Kyle (13), andtwo daughters, Peyton (12) and Holly (9). Ourfamily loves doing all sorts of outdoor activitiestogether - we lived in Austin while I was in sem-inary, so we're familiar with Austin's outdoorlifestyle! See you June 17th !

Meet Ted Thulin, our new associate pastor!

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For updates to rooms and times, visit calendar.shpc.org

3 SundaySummer worship begins. School-aged

children are welcomed inworship.

4 Monday9 a.m. VBS begins

6 Wednesday9:15 a.m. Kayaking on LadyBird

Lake8 Friday

12 p.m. VBS ends10 Sunday

5:30 p.m. Inquirers’ Class, libraryFILO, location TBD

12 Tuesday7 p.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry, 7

14 Thursday7 p.m. Book Group, B

16 Saturday11:30 a.m. Fellowship Lunch Bunch

17 SundayHOOTENANNY All-Church Fellow-

ship

20 Wednesday Guatemala Living Waters mission

trip departs21 Thursday

10 a.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry, A12 Book Group, 7

22 Friday Family Mission Trip to

Corpus Christi departs24 Sunday

5:30 p.m. Inquirers’ Class, library25 Monday

Family Mission Trip toCorpus Christi returns

27 Wednesday Guatemala Living Waters mission

trip returns1 July Sunday

JULY NEWSLETTER DEADLINE5 Thursday

Summer High School Leadership Re-treat departs

EACH WEEKSunday

9:30 & 11 a.m. Childcare 0-preK6 p.m. true: high school /

true: deep, Student Ac-tivity Center

Tuesday10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, A

Wednesday6 p.m. true: tween / middle ,

Student Activity Center7:30 p.m. Praise & Worship Team

rehearsal, sanctuaryThursday

10 a.m. Association of RetiredChristian Men, B

7 p.m. Worship Choir re-hearsal, sanctuary

ANNIVERSARIES1 Jun Toko & Yoichi Sato4 Jun Colin & Alice Lineberry5 Jun Jason & Ellen Perkey,

Hanz & NinaWasserburger

6 Jun David & Laurie Bender,Mike & Paula Stiernberg

8 Jun Clay & Jana Collins9 Jun Al Heinrich & Sarah

Swanson10 Jun Roy & Sharon Markham12 Jun Sam & Julie Countess,

John & Lynette Gillis,Dale & Ashley Royer,Bryant & Anita Savage,Frank & Carol Wade,Harold & Linda Williams

13 Jun Jack & Carol Gilchrist,Debbi & Chris Toh

15 Jun Sam & Kathy Segura16 Jun Rick & Becca Smith17 Jun Tom & Patty O'Leary18 Jun Elizabeth & Martyn

Buffler, Warren &Amanda Hyde, Sarah &Chris Morgan

19 Jun Dale & Louree Eason,Ken & Claudia Lauber

20 Jun Allen & Cindy David22 Jun Mary & Glenn Carnes,

Sam & Pattie Lawrence23 Jun Donn & Jeannette LeVie,

Andrew & Carissa Milam

24 Jun Mark & Suzie Bridges,Alan Combs & OfeliaTabora

26 Jun Joshua & HeatherBettridge

27 Jun Luis & Jennifer Franco,Rod & Nancy Hines

28 Jun Bob & Vicki Brown29 Jun Sue

Lagerquist& DerekGreen, Randy& PatWebb

SILVERANNIVERSARIES

6 Jun Brian & Pamela Walsh13 Jun Mike & Renee Forsythe

BIRTHDAYS Grace Fowler1 May Bill Ellis, Justin Wallace,

Maria Sato1 Jun Atalie Dukes, Marilyn

Lawler, Matthew Wright,Mason Wynne

2 Jun Luke Manchin, ElizaMorgan, Maddy O’Leary

3 Jun Sam Ray, Yoichi Sato4 Jun Jess Domicoli, Francis

Ngalamulume, Mike

Smith, Taylor Tyree,Amber Weir

6 Jun Jonathan Manzello, LexiSlade

7 Jun Celine Padovani,Brandon Parker, LindaWilliams

8 Jun Lewis Stewart, ZackUzzle, Daniel Walsh

9 Jun SteveCrawford, JCKruczkowski, NickMcDaniel, Rusty Ray,

Lindsay Starkjohann10 Jun Daisy Bates,Gordon Holt

11 Jun DonnLeVie, Julie

Nachman, Liam Smith12 Jun Sofia Freed, Lucy

Jordan, Buddy Lopez,Mary Helen MacAllister,Noah Natinsky, ElizabethRamirez, Ana Rosales,Jane Thompson, AlexValdes

13 Jun Keegan Callahan, AustinMeyer

14 Jun Meggie Barnhart, PaulHudspeth, Ashley Long,Lynne Natale, MicahRoyer, Grace Widner,Leslie Woods

15 Jun Ruth Bigizi, ArlanConner, Koger Darden,

Grace Franco, RebeccaGamroth, Kyle Stanfield

16 Jun Kati Freytag, KristinPonder

17 Jun Bruce Albertson, JodieDunbar Ray, HannahGuernsey, DavidThompson

18 Jun Paula Cox, KendallWhitmire

19 Jun Bob Brown, MatthewMcMenemy, Tim Waugh

20 Jun Fred Deutsch, DebbieScott

22 Jun Jason Brady, NoahKilleen, Courtney Weir

23 Jun Corey Callahan, JoyEssary, Jacob Gamroth,B.G. Henry, TravisLineberry

24 Jun Ken Seiler25 Jun Jennifer Grubb, Carly

Lucas-Melanson,Courtney Smith, SteveThompson

26 Jun Ben Abeyta, AngelinaBortfeld, Nancy Harris,Rebekah Johnson-Carson

27 Jun Scott Schiller28 Jun Dale Eason, David Laird,

Dale Shumaker29 Jun Nina Brauer, Laura

Windham30 Jun Gayle Guernsey, Clara

Oliver, Bobby Walsh

The Rev. Larry Coulter, PastorThe Rev. Michael Killeen, Associate Pastor The Rev. Britta Dukes, Associate Pastor The Rev. Ted Thulin, Associate Pastor5226 West William Cannon Drive, Austin, TX 78749-2212 Phone: 512-892-3580, FAX: 512-892-6307www.shpc.org Pastor’s email: larry@shpc.org church@shpc.org

Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION5226 West William Cannon Drive U.S. POSTAGE PAIDAustin, TX 78749-2212 AUSTIN, TX Permit #1279CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED

June 2012

Issue 6