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Announcementsweek of November 13th

SUNDAY 13th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet5 p.m. Inquirers’ Class, 75:30 p.m. FILO Young Adults, library6 p.m. true: High School Ministry,

Student Activity Center

MONDAY 14th9:30 a.m. Disciple 2, library7 p.m. Disciple 1, library

TUESDAY 15th10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, A11 a.m. Soup to Nuts, sanctuary7 p.m. Financial Peace University, B

:: Prayer Shawl Ministry, A

WEDNESDAY 16th5:30 p.m. Dinner @ Wednesday Night

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

school, Student Activity Center6:30 p.m. KidStuf!, FMC7 p.m. Praise & Worship team re-

hearsal, sanctuary

THURSDAY 17th9:30 a.m. Mothers of Young Children,

FMC10 a.m. ARCM, B1:15 p.m. Bridge Lessons, 77 p.m. Calvin, B :: Cantata Choir, sanctu-

ary7:45 p.m. Worship Choir, sanctuary

FRIDAY 18th Childcare reservations for DECEMBER due

SUNDAY 20th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, true: faith11 a.m. The Ark, UpStreet12 Turkey Bowl! and the Big Wheel

5006 p.m. true: High School Ministry,

Student Activity CenterDECEMBER NEWSLETTER DEADLINEDeadline for Nov 27 announcements

office phone 892.3580office email church@shpc.org

Hey, all you SHPC golfers!There’s a new opportunity to have your fun andhelp a neighbor, too! The Oak Hill Wildfire ReliefCommittee is sponsoring an Up from the AshesGolf Tournament on November 15th at Grey RockGolf Club. Register by November 12th atwww.oakhillwildfirerelief.org

GAME ONNext week. November 20th. 1 p.m.Students and adults take the field for our annualTurkey Bowl (youth vs. adults football game). Thisis amazing game to play in as well as watch — stu-dents try hard to beat their parents and parents tryhard to recover their youth on our very own Fire AntMemorial Field! It’s time to limber up and get readyfor the biggest bowl game of the of the year!

Plus this year we’ve added a halftime event: the BIGWHEEL 500. Teams racearound the parkinglot on BigWheels/tricycles/kiddie 3-wheelbikes for awacky relay-ishrace. A mo-ment NOT TOMISS! AndBYOBW (bringyour own BigWheel).

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· ASSOCIATION OF RETIREDCHRISTIAN MEN gathers on Thurs-days at 10 a.m. in port. B. This week’stopic? Genesis 32:22-32 and "Prayer:Wrestling with God."" Men, markyour calendars and come!

SAM NEWS! (Senior Adult Ministry) Our guests arecoming!

IHN (Interfaith Hospitality Network)guests are families with children who,because of a crisis situation in theirlives, have lost their homes. The pro-gram provides for them to live at Austinarea churches while they find housingand get back on their feet.During the week of September 11th —18th, four IHN families will live at ourchurch and will be fed and shelteredby volunteers at our church. This isyour opportunity to help these fami-lies through this time of crisis. Tasksperformed by hosts (SHPC folk andmembers of Faith PresbyterianChurch and Abiding Love LutheranChurch) include:

Young children make excellent hosts,because the guests are mostly youngchildren. Sign up in the narthex forthis volunteer opportunity or contactStuart McIntire stuart78704 @yahoo.com / 788-4455 or Lara Manire922-3615.

Move-in: Sunday 12:30Dinner Preparers:

6:00 p.m. to 7:30p.m.

Overnight Host: 8:00p.m. to 7:15 a.m.

Evening Host: 5:30p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Weekend BreakfastServers: Sat 8:00a.m. to 9:00 a.m.;Sun 7:00 a.m to7:30 a.m.

Saturday Hosts andlunch: severalshifts

Supply Donors: allweek

Transportation Volun-teers and LinenWashers.

Move-out: Sunday6:30 am

Thank You for Caring!We rejoice in these recentcontributions to the CaringForever Endowment :

The Caring Forever Endowment Fund is apermanent fund that is used to spread Christ's

love in mission and ministry.

· In honor of Greg & Dee Merrell’s 10thwedding anniversary: Marty & KimbolSoques

Smiling faces with firm hand-shakes needed to serve asgreeters for the 11 am serviceIf you can show up 15 minutes beforethe service 1 to 2 timesper month please con-tact Dale Shumaker— 512-415-1862or daleshumaker@gmail.com — formore info onhow you can bepart of this im-portant ministry.

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—letting others know you see how they've helped you

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

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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: TeddySweredoski, friend of Stan & Jessica Wade... Lynda & Robert Wade’s niece’s husband Dan Ireland...E.J. Session, son of Deb Erlanson's co-worker Roberta Floyd... David Lee Stowbridge, son of OscarErlanson's co-worker Robert Stowbridge... Rebekah Frost, neighbor of the Lawrence family... RobertBeardslee, grandson of Bob & Carolyn Beardslee and husband of Jenna... Pattie Lawrence's cousin,Mark Hollahan… Tyler Moser, son of a friend of Dee & Greg Merrell... Temple & Janet Ingram’sdaughter Kate Ingram... James Crowder, friend of Tom & Mike McNelley... Christopher Lehmann, sonof Mark Lehmann... Larry Roberman, brother of Lori Whitmire... Eric Huerta, nephew of MichaelMcNelley’s co-workers... Derek & Kristi Fisher's nephew, John Fisher...

Sorrows—Diane O’Leary’s sister, Rebecca Damron, passed away October 28th

Please pray for—the grandmother of preschool teacher Rebekah Arredondo passedaway Friday morning—Cora Gotcher, the 5-month-old baby sister of SHPC preschoolers,hospitalized with a high fever of undetermined origin—Chimwemwe Mhango’s wife Lin-

da’s brother died suddenly—Vic Barnett remains in rehab following a stroke—Karen Cox, liver CT scan—Stuart McIntire’s boyfriend, Tom Grant, multiple broken bones in a motorcycle accident—Jim Rogers,friend of Gloria Drake, hospitalized and not expected to live—the Gilchrists’ friend, Yvonne O’Rourke,pancreatic cancer—the Gilchrists’ friend, Curt Burns, recovering from hernia surgery—the Gilchrists’friend, Stan Barnes, recovering from heart surgery—Austin, the city where we’re planted—Pastor KennethMuyira and the congregation of Manyamula Presbyterian Church—Pastor Chimwemwe Mhango and hisfamily