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Announcementsweek of January 6th

Rooms are at our William Cannon cam-pus (W) or our Brodie campus (B).

SUNDAY 6th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship

The Ark, UpStreet9:30 a.m. true Faith, Brodie11 a.m. Authentic Christianity, 9-W

RE:form confirmation class, stu-dent activity center-W

6 p.m. true high school, student ac-tivity center-W

MONDAY 7th9:30 a.m. Disciple 3, library-W7 p.m. Disciple 1, library-W :: Disci-

ple 2, C-W

TUESDAY 8th9:30 a.m. Morning Bible Study, 9-W ::

Disciple 1, FMC-W10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, A-W6 p.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry, B-W

WEDNESDAY 9th9:30 a.m. Disciple 4, library-W6 p.m. true tween & middle school,

student activity center-W7 p.m. Praise & Worship rehearsal,

sanctuary-W

THURSDAY 10th9:30 a.m. MOPS, FMC-W10 a.m. ARCM, library-W6 p.m. Handbell choir, sanctuary-W7 p.m. Worship Choir, sanctuary-W

SATURDAY 12th8 a.m. All-Pro Dad, FMC-W

SUNDAY 13th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship

The Ark, UpStreet9:30 a.m. true Faith11 a.m. Authentic Christianity, 9-W

RE:form confirmation class, stu-dent activity center-W

6 p.m. true high school, student ac-tivity center-W

5:30 p.m. FILO, 9-W6 p.m. true high school, student ac-

tivity center-W

calendar.shpc.orgoffice phone 892.3580office email church@shpc.org

The Session of Shepherd of the Hillscalls for a meeting of the Congregationimmediately following all worship ser-vices TODAY Sunday, January 6, 2013to elect elders and deacons of the Class of 2015, aswell as to fill open positions in earlier classes.

Votes will be tallied and results announced afterthe 11 a.m. William Cannon service. Please plan toattend this important meeting.

ELDERS, 2015:Carlen Floyd, Cha-rissa Ellis, BenBoehman, RobJohnson, Elisa

Donnell, Rick Cole2014: Tim Whit-ten

DEACONS 2015:Taylor Houston,

Daisy Bates, MarkSchroeder2014: Sherry Todd2013: Carol Lee

Start the New Year withAll-Pro Dad!Gear up with us — Saturday,January 12th, 8 a.m. to 9, foran All Pro Dads’ breakfast in the Family MinistryCenter at the William Cannon campus. Joining usthis month will be Brett Millican. Brett’s not only apastor at Christ Community Church here in Austin,he’s a former starting running back for the Univer-sity of Georgia! Find out more about Brett’s jour-ney, have some fun with your kids, and be anAll-Pro Dad!

WANTED: JOURNEY GROUP LEADERS!We are looking for Journey Group leaders to en-trust the responsibility of connecting people in ameaningful way and helping them grow in theirfaith during winter/spring 2013. Curious? Inter-ested? Contact Pastor Ted, ted@shpc.org.

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Calling All Women—stay home moms, mothers ofpreschool children, retired women, or women with timeto WORSHIP the Lord your God by GROWing in yourknowledge and understanding of His word. CONNECT

with women of faith, SERVE God's purpose,and INVITE a friend to join you.

Tuesday mornings beginning Jan. 8th,9:30-11:30 a.m.

at the William Cannon campus forWomen's Morning Bible Study with

Beth Moore's James: Mercy TriumphsAll are welcome: Childcare is available with pre-registra-

tion. REGISTER AT shpc.org TODAY!For more information, contact Renée Forsythe at

rforsythe6@gmail.com or 288-4546.

Wimberley Glassworks with PrimeTime:Tuesday, Jan. 22nd

Join the PrimeTime group for an excursion to the Wim-berley Glassworks – the southwest's premier handblownglass studio. Our group tour will let us see demonstra-tions of glassware being created, including watching apiece made from start to finish.After the tour, we will go to the Cypress Creek Cafe onthe Wimberley town square for lunch. Costs are $2 for thetour plus the cost of your lunch.Carpool from the William Cannon campus at 9:30 am.Return after lunch.Reservations due by Tuesday, January 15... sign up Janu-ary 6 and 13. Contact Liz Flynn (512-373-8450) or CharlieMorrison (512-443-4406) for more information.

Hear ye! Hear ye!Help for the hearing im-pairedDid you know that SHPChas hearing assist devicesthat will make the servicesound crystal clear? Nowyou will be able to hearevery word as if it wasspoken directly to you.Please see our soundtechs in the Sound Room.

Cell phone etiquettePlease remember to si-lence your cell phone dur-ing the worship service.And remember—unlessyou are texting God,those text messages canprobably wait till the ser-vice is over.

Please take a moment tofill a name tag out (orbring yours from home).This is a great way for youto meet someone newand makepeoplefeel wel-come.Thanks!

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—Deciding it's worth it to finish what you've started

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

The Ark 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 campus9:30 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 campus9:30 Kinder thru 5th grade — large classroom

William Cannon campus9:30 & 11 Room 7

Brodie campus9:30 portable

Trailer Food Crawl this Friday!Join PrimeTime this Friday, Jan 11th, atNOON for our second trailer food crawl!

We will meetin the church park-

ing lot to carpool, and we'll be back in acouple of hours. Everyone is responsiblefor buying their own lunch and, since weadmit to being total wusses, the eventwill be postponed if the high for the day isprojected to be below 50 or if it is rain-ing. (Since it is winter in Austin, whoknows???) See you Friday! Call Lynn Wrightat 288-0188 if you have questions.

Do you like to sew or quilt? Do you wishyou knew how? Can you work a pair ofscissors and like to visit?

Join us for “Piece on Earth” on anythird Saturday of the month between 9a.m. to 3 p.m. in William Cannon A&B,starting January 19th ! We makelap quilts for our shut-in churchmembers — fun and color-ful. Contact Lynn Wrightat 288-0188 orlywright@austin.rr.comfor information and tolet us know you arecoming.

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Yoga returns to SHPC with AnAltar in the World In her book An Altar in the World, Bar-bara Brown Taylor teaches that God loves

us, including our bodies andit is with our bodies that weare able to serve God in thisworld. Jessica Goulding, E-RYT, (Experienced-RegisteredYoga Teacher) will strengthenyour bodies while also

strengthening your spirits as she teachesyou Yoga along with meditations based onAn Altar in the World. There will be 10sessions starting Feb. 9 and going toMay 4 (skipping Spring Break and Easter).The class will be on Saturday morningsin the FMC. More details will be in Janu-ary bulletins and the February newslet-ter. Contact Jessica atwww.jessgyoga.com or visit her on Face-book at Jess G Yoga.

● Start the new year off right with FEL-LOWSHIP LUNCH BUNCH! Satur-day, January 19th at 11:30 a.m., atSpringhill Restaurant, at the corner ofHwy 620 and Hwy 71. They serve acatfish and chicken buffet for $11.50that includes an extensive salad bar.Donna Carol Aylor will be our host-ess, so please join us for good eatingand Christian fellowship. For reserva-tions, please contact Donna Carol at517-4376 or Annie Ward at 373-8803or ron-annie@att.net by Monday, Janu-ary 14th.

● ASSOCIATION OF RETIREDCHRISTIAN MEN meet everyThursday at 10 a.m. in the library atWilliam Cannon. Join us!

it’s PrimeTime! (50± Adult Ministry)

All young adults are welcome to join FILO for our monthlystudy! We'll be meeting in the William Cannon library from

5:30 – 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 13th. New year, new stud-ies, new service projects, new socials! Questions? Want to

know more about our group? Just show up Sunday! Or look usup on Facebook! Or e-mail us at youngadults@shpc.org

The KidStuf gang istaking a much-de-served rest fromthe holiday rush,but will return inFebruary for a newsemester of fun, crazy,zany adventures. See you February6th, 2013 for our first spring produc-tion!

SHPC has a pre-school! ContactPattie Lawrence

(pattie@shpc.org) formore details; registra-

tion for Fall 2013begins January23rd .

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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… Robert Beardslee, grandson of Bob & Carolyn Beardslee… Stefan & PatHaag's daughter Felicia Ferguson-Cox… Nathaniel Miller, son of Fran & Ted Miller… Morales familyneighbor Brian Moran… Jose Fernandez, friend of Gaston & Junie Broyles and graduate of PPAS…Mitch Guile, friend of Eddie & Stacey Reynolds... Teddy Sweredoski, friend of Stan & Jessica Wade...Tyler Moser, son of a friend of Dee & Greg Merrell... Temple & Janet Ingram’s daughter KateIngram... Christopher Lehmann, son of Mark Lehmann... Larry Roberman, brother of Lori Whitmire...Derek & Kristi Fisher's nephew, John Fisher...

Joys— Harriet Cavness back home after knee replacement —Captain Andrew Figerhas returned safely from his deployment in Afganistan—John White is safely returnedfrom his year-long deployment to Afghanistan—Sheryl Hall’s son, Shane AndrewWeathers, graduated from Texas State University with a major in psychology

Sorrows— Mal Hunter, husband of Blanche, died December 20th — Fran Miller’sbrother, Watson Hall, passed away December 25th — Abby Brady’s father, and Olivia and Jason’s grandfa-ther, passed away December 24th

Please pray for—Jessica Wade’s uncle, John Labowski, cancer now terminal—Jeff Wayman’s friendSarah, suffering strokes; Sarah is the mother of young children—the Revs. Doug & Sonja Dalglish, on thedeath of her father— a break in the continued drought in Malawi; maize crops are severely threatened—Sarah Swanson’s sister, stroke—Gaston Broyles — all of the children, families, neighbors and friends ofthe people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, including the gunman’s family andloved ones—Pat Haag’s friend, Dee Anne, chemotherapy—Tommy & Richard Sprotte, health concerns—Jessica Wade’s friend Lillian Ignaszak, recovering from open heart surgery—Lisa Crawford, broken foot—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