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Announcementsweek of December 11th

SUNDAY 11th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship: Bluegrass

Christmas9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet IHN ENDS12 Foundations Wrap Party, FMC5:30 p.m. FILO young adults, library6 p.m. Family Christmas Carol Sing ::

true: High School Ministry, StudentActivity Center

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MONDAY 12th9:30 a.m. Disciple 2, library7 p.m. Disciple 1, library

TUESDAY 13th10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, A3:30 a.m. Caroling @ Emeritus7 p.m. Financial Peace University

WEDNESDAY 14th Angel Tree Gifts DUE5:30 p.m. Dinner @ Wednesday Night

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

school, Student Activity Center6:30 p.m. KidStuf! FMC

THURSDAY 15th7 p.m. Cantata Choir, sanctuary

SATURDAY 17th10 a.m. Dress Rehearsal for Cantata4:30 p.m. FILO-z Navidad

SUNDAY 18th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship: One Incredi-

ble Moment9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet12 Sunday of Service6 p.m. true: High School Ministry,

Student Activity CenterJAN. CHILDCARE REQUEST DEADLINE

office phone 892.3580office email church@shpc.org

Come one come all TONIGHT to aFamily Christmas Carol Sing at 6 p.m.Bring the kids for an informal, funtime of singing Christmas carolsaround the piano in the sanctu-ary, followed by hot choco-late and wassail.

Prizes will be given for thetackiest Christmas sweat-ers! Now’s your chance — go all out!

Christmas Cantata: Tom Fettkeand Max Lucado's One IncredibleMoment

Coming to our sanctuary on De-cember 18th, at 9:30 and 11 a.m.!

Experience worship in music and story as theSHPC Cantata Choir and orchestra use the inspira-tional words of Max Lucado and the moving musicof Tom Fettke to bring us more deeply into thespirit of Christmas.

Come and be one of Santa’s little helpers on Sun-day, December 18th after worship.

Help deliver many of the AngelTree gifts OR join in an on-cam-pus Christmas card writing cam-

paign to our international brothersand sisters OR join an off-campushands-on “grubby” project!

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More singing?! You bet! Christmas Caroling atEmeritus

All children & adults are invited to join us on Tuesday,December 13th, at 3:30 p.m., for a special “Serve” oppor-tunity. The SHPC Preschool children, the Senior Adult Minis-try, and Children’s Ministry are JOINTLY sponsoring someChristmas caroling and visiting at Emeritus RetirementCommunity at Beckett Meadows. Emeritus is located at7709 Beckett Road — please meet us there, ready to singand celebrate the Christmas season. This is a fun, relaxed

event that will take approximately one hour of your afternoon. We hope to see YOUthere! For more information, please contact Chris Gordon at chris@shpc.org .

Angel Tree News25 Refugees arrived this week. Get your angel today!Don't be left out! Remember: All gifts are due byWednesday Dec 14.

Just remember, we aren't finished untilthe gifts are delivered. Contact GayLangston — (512)607-6516 orgclangston@gmail.com —tohelp with the delivery.

GROAN-UPS GAMEDAY: Tuesday, De-cember 13th at 10:00a.m. in Room 7. Join usfor Spinner Dominoesor a game of yourchoice. For more infor-mation, contact StefanHaag at 288-3479.

· ASSOCIATION OFRETIRED CHRIS-TIAN MEN will begathering this Thurs-day at 10 a.m. in port.B. Men, mark your cal-endars and come!

SAM NEWS!(Senior Adult Ministry)

FILO is having abusy December!We’ve alreadybeen havingtons o’ fun, andwe’re gettingtogether onemore time be-fore Christmas. Join us forour social event for De-cember, a Christmas par-ty! FILO-z Navidad willtake place on Saturday,December 17th at 4:30p.m. at the Grove Boule-vard Clubhouse (e-mail us

for directions).We'll have somefood and fun,including a tacki-est Christmassweater contest.So come dressedin your holiday

WORST! There will also bea dessert and chili compe-tition with prizes. Ques-tions? Need more info?Look us up on Facebook oremail us atyoungadults@shpc.org

New Year’s DayWorship at 10:30 a.m.Ring in the new year byjoining in our whole-familyworship experience! Nochildcare will be available.

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—making someone’s day by giving something away

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

The hustle and bustle ofthe holidays is now infull swing, which iswhy we want to doour best this Adventseason toslooooooooow down

and remind ourselves and ourkids about what we should really be

wrapped up in this Christmas, which is…loving Jesus and loving others. We’ll betalking a lot about making someone’sday by giving something away, the defi-nition we’re using for this month’s virtueof generosity.

We hope you’ll join us for an unforgetta-ble evening of fun… Wednesday, Decem-ber 14th, from 6:30-7:15 p.m. in theFamily Ministry Center. And if you havetime, join us for dinner beforehand... abuffet meal is served from 5:30-6:15 p.m.in the narthex for $5/person (no reserva-tions necessary, just show up). See you atthe show!

Christmas Season WorshipChristmas Eve – December 24

Christmas Eve Family Service at 4 p.m.A contemporary service for the whole fami-ly. Nursery and child care for ages 0 to 5 is

available.

Candlelit Service at 5:15 p.m.This contemporary candlelit worship in-cludes a children’s message. Nursery and

child care for ages 0 to 5 is available.

Candlelit Communion Serviceat 6:45 & 8:15 p.m.

Communion will be served during thistraditional candlelit service.

Christmas Day – December 25Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

Worship at home or join us for aChristmas Day meditative service.

No childcare will be available.

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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: MitchGuile, friend of Eddie & Stacey Reynolds... Teddy Sweredoski, friend of Stan & Jessica Wade... 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... Pattie Lawrence's cousin, Mark Hollahan… Tyler Moser, sonof a friend of Dee & Greg Merrell... Temple & Janet Ingram’s daughter Kate Ingram... ChristopherLehmann, son of Mark Lehmann... Larry Roberman, brother of Lori Whitmire... Derek & KristiFisher's nephew, John Fisher...

Joys—Reid Tissing, son of MariaTissing, graduating from UT Austinthis semester—David & MarjorieParmer’s second grandchild, a boy,Evan Rhett Parmer, was born No-

vember 26th to Grant & Lindsay Parmer; mother andbaby are doing very well

Sorrows—Cora Fuller, Sam Lawrence’s 93-year-old grandmother, passed away December 1st—JoyceDavis’ father, Jim Davis, passed away on November23rd following a long battle with cancer

Please pray for—Rhonda Cabello’s mother—Wayne Crawley, hospitalized for lung problems—Bob Barker, upcoming hip surgery—WarrenWeintein, uncle of a friend of Carol Mize, held byAl Qaeda—Ryan, a student at O. Henry, more can-cer treatment—Pat Franzolino, adverse reaction tomedication—Joy Essary, triple-bypass and heartvalve repair surgery—Lillie Bean’s daughter, Jayne

Bean, major surgery—Cathy Lamkin, daughter ofSusan & Stan Fields, pregnancy bed rest—FredRothert, surgery —Josh Budd, extensive EEG & MRItesting to aid seizure treatment recommendations—Mitch Guile, friend of Eddie & Stacey Reynolds,deployed to Pakistan on December 12th—faculty andstudents of Presbyterian Pan American School, justnow integrating new students from Rwanda—CarolCunningham, thyroid surgery—Irene Cunningham,Carol Cunningham’s mother-in-law, perforated co-lon—Jim Reeves, nephew of Deb & Oscar Erlan-son—Jack Lord, father of Mark Lord,pneumonia—guidance as I work on building a bet-ter relationship with my son’s father and step-mom—Steve Riddle, health concerns—Austin, thecity where we’re planted—Pastor Kenneth Muyiraand the congregation of Manyamula PresbyterianChurch—Pastor Chimwemwe Mhango and hisfamily