St. Philip Presbyterian Church

Hurst, Texas www.stphil.org

(817) 282-9181 (817) 282-6690 (fax)

Rev. Dr. Greg Garis, Pastor

Rev. Elizabeth Dick, Interim Assoc. Pastor

Rev. Dr. Charles Teykl, Parish Associate

VOL. 44 April 18, 2012 No. 7

REMEMBER IN PRAYER: Kay Bookout is undergoing medical tests...Morris Beauford father of Virginia Corneby...We welcome new member Louise Scheuchl...CONTINUE IN PRAYER FOR: Ed Anderson… Mary Jo Wood…John Juengerman…Lesley McCoy…Linda Elliott…Sallye Wied…Phil Fairhead...Glenn Reid…Sharon Curry…Mary Lou Singer…Russ MacGregor…Lidia McFarland…Devon Volkel…Ellis Rogers…Mertie Martin…Carolyn Jester…Lu and Sarah Brewer…Elma Lee Mulkey…Brenda and Roy Petersen….Ben Cross ...Don and Loretta Weston…David Moore…Danell Walker...Charles Sutton...Colby Steddum…Carabel Chan-kaya...Sally Starr...Dave Zanot...IN THE MILITARY: Zach Saunders, Tom and Lynette Mercer’s son...John Cal-houn Miller, Mac and Ruth Calhoun’s grandson and Elaine Stokes’ nephew…Matt Kiser and David Kiser, sons of Helene Kiser… Josh Peck, son of Sherri Siler…Brandon and Ryan Burt, grandsons of Warren and Cindy Burt… Jennifer Reynolds, daughter of Margaret Reynolds...Matt and Cosmo Romo, great-nephews of Liz Hailey… BE IN PRAYER FOR OUR FRIENDS FROM COOK CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER: ALVINO, JR., 5 years. Pray for healing ; ANA, 1 month. Please pray for her heart surgery; ANELIZ, 13 years. Please pray for her; ANGEL, 11 months. Pray he would survive more than one year with Ellis-van Creveld Syndrome; BRAELYN, 7 months. Please pray for her, born at 25 weeks gestation, pray for her mom too; CHASIN, 7 months. Pray for his surgery on Monday; CONNER, 10 years. Pray for healing, strength, courage and understanding; ESSENCE, 7 months. Please pray for her lungs, weight and brain; EZEKIEL, 3 months. Born at 27 weeks; JAYDEN, 10 months. He may need surgery for PDA; JEFFREY, 19 years. Leukemia, flu, please pray for our whole family; JONATHAN, 6 months. Tracheostomy, pray for a speedy recovery and home soon; JONATHAN, 2 months. Pray he will overcome all his challenges and go home soon; KADEN, 3 years. Pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, respiratory failure; KAYLEE, 9 months. Hydrocephalus, pray for the surgery on her head; KORALYN, Newborn. Hypoplast left heart, surgery this week, please pray for her; LATHEN, 3 months. Preemie, cleft lip and palate, immature lungs, low blood pressure; MARIPAZ, 9 years. Bone Marrow Transplant, pray for the whole process; MAVAH, Newborn. Down syndrome and heart problems. Please pray for our family; MEGAN, 12 years. Please cure my daughter's heart, Lord; NATALIE, 1 month. Pray for full recovery, reduc-tion of fluid in her brain; SOPHIA, 2 months. Born at 29 weeks, she has a lot of complications.

NEW MINISTRIES BUBBLING

One youth group song that I learned in my home church was called “Bubblin.” It was sung in a type of round. The song starts out with the low voices, the Basses singing:

Bub-bub-bub-bubblin’ Bub-bub-bub-bubblin’ They continue to sing this over and over. Then the Altos would sing:

Jesus’ love is bubblin’ over, Jesus’ love is bubblin’ over They sing this over and over while the Tenors or Sopranos would sing the melody:

Jesus’ love is bubblin’ over, Jesus’ love bubbles in my soul I loved singing this song. The different parts were fun to sing and wonderful to hear together. The song also shared the joy of Jesus love inside of us that made us giggle and laugh. St. Philip has some bubbling up of new ministries. First the Men’s Coffee Fellowship has begun. All men of the church and visitors are welcome to come to this coffee fellowship every Wednesday beginning at 8:00 AM in the Parlor. Rev. Charles Teykl has agreed to gather with the men to visit and have fellowship a short devotion and have any kind of discussion that bubbles up. If you are available between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM, please come and why not bring a friend. Second, Rev. Elizabeth Dick and I will begin a Bible study, called “Seeing Jesus in John’s Gospel” on Wednesday April 25 at 6:30 PM in the Parlor. This is a six week study that will continue on each Wednesday evening and will be repeated (for those unable to make the Wednesday evening) on Sunday at 4:00 PM. Please join us as we study John’s gospel. The Spirit of God is at work at St. Philip and it can be seen as new ideas and ministries begin to bubble up. Please join these new ministries to see how Jesus’ love bubbles in all of our souls. May the Peace of the Risen Christ be with you, Greg

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Sunday April 22, 2012

Immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service. All members are encouraged to attend this important meeting. The agenda items for the congregation are to vote on the revisions of the church bylaws and to elect a Nominating committee. The bylaws are available in the church office for you to review.

St. Philip Presbyterian Women

APRIL

April 21 (Saturday) 8:30 a.m. Women’s Retreat Fellowship Hall April 24 (Tuesday) 9:30 a.m. Lovies Fellowship Hall

May

May 1 (Tuesday) 9:30 a.m. PW Coordinating Team Room A May 3 (Thursday) 1:30 p.m. PW Bible Leaders Parlor May 8 (Tuesday) 9:30 a.m. Grace Circle Fellowship Hall May 8 (Tuesday) 10:00 a.m. Sheila Bradley Circle Parlor May 8 (Tuesday) 7:30 p.m. Mary Dietz Circle Parlor (Meet at Bizzi’s Bistro, 313 Harwood Road Suite 100, Bedford 76021 for dinner at 6:00 p.m.) May 22 (Tuesday) 9:30 a.m. Lovies Fellowship Hall May 22 (Tuesday) 6:30 p.m. Women’s Installation Birthday Dinner Fellowship Hall Note: Please continue to bring non-perishable food items (canned goods and dry goods) throughout the year and place them in the NEED bin on the Oak Terrace. Thank you.

2012 St. Philip Presbyterian Women’s Retreat

Saturday, April 21, 2012 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Fellowship Hall

“Have You Filled a Bucket Today?”

Lunch will be served. Cost $10.00

BUILDING AND GROUNDS UPDATE

The Building and Grounds committee, chaired by Tom Mercer, has been hard at work maintaining the church building. The Session approved a slight increase in the flat roof repair, as additional work was found on the roof. The cost will be nearly $69,000. Work on the roof should begin in the next couple of months. Also heating and air conditioners have had to be repaired and maintained which is a continuing cost. The Session has reviewed the Capital Repair and Replacement Reserves Fund that was set up a few years ago. This has been an ongoing fund that will be depleted by the flat roof repair. Members and friends are encouraged to give special donations to this fund. A water heater broke in the educational building and because of a clogged drain; water flooded the Shepherds’ Shelter (Room 10) Sunday school class room. The insurance company will be paying for most of the cost of this repair, but when the carpet was being dried some of the tile was disturbed. An environmental company discovered that the tile contained asbestos. This means that an abatement process will be taking place in this room. The Building and Grounds committee recently replaced light bulbs in the chancel area of the sanctuary and has done many miscellaneous repairs including replacing outside lighting fixtures, finalized a contract with a new lawn service, repaired a pew in the hallway of the educational building, and fixed the hallway drinking fountain. Special thanks to the members of the Building and Ground committee: Jim Dixon, Henry Mares, Bob

Urban, Kenneth Anderson, Lynette Mercer, & Tom Mercer; Chair.

SUNDAY, APRIL 22 8:30 a.m. Worship Sanctuary 10:00 a.m. Handbell Rehearsal Choir Room 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship Sanctuary 12:30 p.m. Youth Council Workroom 2:00 p.m. Youth & Families Library 5:30 p.m. Youth Sunday Planning Youth Hall 6:45 p.m. Footprints Service Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m. Brazilian Church Choir Room

MONDAY, APRIL 23 6:30 p.m. Boy Scouts Crew Youth Hall 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Fellowship Hall TUESDAY, APRIL 24 9:30 a.m. Lovies Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m. Girl Scouts Youth Hall WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 8:00 a.m. Men’s Coffee Fellowship Parlor 8:30 a.m. Financial Aid Appts Scheduled 9:30 a.m. TACC Room A 2:00 p.m. Grief Support Group Parlor 6:30 p.m. Bible Study Parlor 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir Choir Room THURSDAY, APRIL 26 9:00 a.m. Financial Aid Appts Sacristy 6:00 p.m. Legal Aid Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m. Eagle Scout CE Wing FRIDAY, APRIL 27 8:45 a.m. TOPS Room A 6:00 p.m. B/S Auction set-up Fellowship Hall

ST. PHILIP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 745 W PIPELINE ROAD

HURST, TEXAS 76053-4999 APRIL 18, 2012

APRIL 8, SUNDAY AT ST. PHILIP: 8:30 SERVICE: 146 11:00 SERVICE: 252 ; TOTAL: 398 APRIL 15, SUNDAY AT ST. PHILIP: 8:30 SERVICE: 58 11:00 SERVICE: 128 ; TOTAL: 186 FIRST-TIME VISITORS: SUE MOORE; JULIE AND NIKKI CROUCH; LINDA WALKER; NANCY MARTIN; JENCYN STAPLER; BARBARA OWIN; DAVID GRIMOS; STEVEN AND SHANNON VAN DYCK; AUSTIN BOIDT; JOLYN, RYAN AND BLAKE WALLING; NICOLE CROUCH; LAUREN AREAS; KAITLIN AND JIM BUIE; CHRIS AND MARILYN CARTER; TIM REYNA; WALLY AND LINDA HU; DAVID GRIMES RETURNING VISITORS: PHYLLIS LEATH; ROBERT MCGEE; JOE AND JUDY BOYD; LOUISE SCHEUCHL; MARY MAY; CHARLES CLAYTON; CARYN GRAHAM & BILL MCGUIRE; GREGG AND NANCY SHANE; THERESA SHANE; BLAKE, DEAN AND ALEX ROBERTSON; BARRY BARNEY; JASON AND ROSE TERK; EMILY AND DONOVAN LAM-

BERT; ANGELA TAYLOR; PAT HARDY; STEVE PASSONS; GASTON SCHOONOVER; MARK AND TERI PATE; JULIE AND NICHOLE CROUCH; KEITH AVERETTE; CHRIS TREVINO; CORI MENEGAY OUT OF TOWN VISITORS: DENISE WALKER (CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA); MARK AND JULIE TREXBY (MARSHALL, TX); RAYMOND AND PAUL HENSON (CIBOLO, TX)

SATURDAY, APRIL 28 6:00 p.m. Boy Scout Auction Dinner Fellowship Hall SUNDAY, APRIL 29 8:30 a.m. Worship Sanctuary 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Library 5th Sunday Program Library 11:00 a.m. Worship Sanctuary 5:30 p.m. Youth Sunday Planning Youth Hall

6:30 p.m. Brazilian Church Choir Room

The FOOTPRINTS Service for the month of April will be Sunday, April 22nd

6:45 p.m. Fellowship Hall

Parish Health Ministry

Next Blood Pressure and Health consultation date is

May 13th 12:00 p.m.

Bonnie Skodak and Donna Koenig nurse@stphil.org

We can be contacted through the church office.

April 22 12:30 PM Youth Council Meeting Office Workroom Youth Council & Katie B. 2:00 PM Youth & Families Meeting Library Youth & Families Committee 5:30 PM Dinner & YS Planning Youth Hall JrH, SrH, & Jennifer Hunter & Lynn Garis 6:45 PM Footprints Service Fellowship Hall EVERYONE!!! 29 5:30 PM YS Planning/Movie Night YH/AoF JrH, SrH, & Rob Rippe

May 5 10:00 AM Youth Sunday Rehearsal Sanctuary JrH, SrH, & Donna MacLeod

6 8:30 & 11:00 Youth Sunday Sanctuary EVERYONE!!!

12:30 PM Senior Luncheon Fellowship Hall EVERYONE!!!

The Youth Council will be meeting on April

22nd at 12:30 in the Church Office Workroom.

The Youth and Families Committee will be meeting on April 22nd at 2:00 PM in the Library.

The Youth Group will be making plans

for Youth Sunday on April 22nd at 5:30

in the Youth Hall. Dinner will be

provided by Jennifer Hunter. Jennifer

and Lynn Garis will be our sponsors

for the evening. See you there!

St. Philip’s Annual Senior Luncheon will be

held in the Fellowship Hall on May 6th

immediately following

the 11 o’clock worship

service. Please make

plans to join in

celebrating our

graduating seniors at

this lunch. We’ll see

you there!

On April 29th, the Youth

Group will finalize plans

for Youth Sunday and

then watch a movie!

We will be watching Despicable Me.

The Foresters will be sponsoring this event and

providing dinners. Parents, please note that

the pick up time for this event is 8:00 PM.

The Youth Group will be rehearsing for Youth

Sunday on May 5th at 10:00 AM in the Sanctuary.

Rehearsal should take about 2 hours.

The Youth of St. Philip will be leading the con-gregation in worship on May 6th. They will be leading both the 8:30 and 11 o’clock worship services. The theme of the services will be “Jesus is the Vine.” We’ll see you in worship!

In April, the Preschool children are learning about Jesus’s

Death and Resurrection during the Sunday School Hour.

The Elementary children of St. Philip are continuing their

study of prayer in the month of April. They are making

crosses and discussing different types of prayer each week

during the Sunday School Hour.

LIBRARY NEWS

CHILDREN JOIN THE LIBRARY FOR

A SPECIAL 5th SUNDAY PROGRAM April 29th

Grades K – 5th 9:45– 10:45 a.m.

Come join us in the Library to hear the special story of Pentecost, the great festival that marks the birth of the Christian church by the power of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost means “fiftieth day” and is celebrated fifty days after Easter.

Scripture: Acts 2: 1-4 When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all gathered in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divid-ed tongues, as of fire, appeared among them and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability. This enabled our disciples to spread the gospel in many languages and the church was born.

SONGS * STORY * DISCUSSION * CRAFTING Come check us out!

LIBRARY NEWS In conjunction with St. Philip’s recent Lenten study, Unbinding Your Heart, the church Library has arranged a table with books on the subject of Prayer. If you would like to extend your study and are looking for a book to further explore prayer, please come and browse our table. The church Library is open Sundays and locked during the week. A key can be obtained from the church office during office hours. If you would like to borrow materials from the Library, please follow three simple steps: 1. Remove - the white card found at the back of the book. 2. Write - your WHOLE NAME and the MONTH-and-

YEAR on the white card. 3. File – the white card alphabetically into the blue box on the

prayer book table. We hope this will help enhance your study. Come check us out!

What a blessing it is to have such a wonderful church family. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the e-mails, cards, calls, food and especially all of the prayers that have been coming my way. My leg continues to heal and hopefully I will be back on the move soon. Please continue to keep me in your prayers. Much Love, Joy and Peace, Lesley McCoy

Birthdays in May May 1st Ruth Lucas May 1st Satchel Koenig May 1st Elizabeth Ann West May 2nd Carol Sanders May 2nd Grace Bosworth May 2nd John Jaynes May 2nd Jennifer Hunter May 3rd Ann Brice May 4th Kay Lynn Newlon May 4th Kossi Senagbe May 5th Alycia Harp May 6th Katherine Garcia May 8th Barbara A. Lambert May 9th Cheryl Stewart May 12th Dorthea Hart May 13th Wilma Larwood May 14th Aaron Perez May 16th Tom Demer May 16th Kiley Joyce May 19th Matt Taylor May 19th Susan Alcala May 20th Gail Anderson May 21st Savannah Skodak May 22nd Dean Shipp May 22nd Diane Hamos May 24th Lois Nixon May 24th Joyce Williams May 25th Brandi West May 26th Chris Jeter May 27th Ellen Ellis May 27th Ashley Perez May 28th Marilyn Cleghorn May 29th Mary Peters

Note of the Week………………

Hallelujah! That is what Elizabeth, our interim associate pastor, says every Sunday after the “Assurance of Pardon”. And indeed, Christ has risen, hallelujah! What a glorious Easter Sunday we had with the Chancel Choir, hand bells, trumpets, trombones and timpani! Thank you to all who participated in the service and made our Sunday glorious and meaningful! And yesterday Greg taught us, that in history, the Sunday after Easter is filled with laughter because Christ cheated death and was raised from the dead! I love that concept and hope all of us will have “new beginnings” this Easter season. Let’s invite someone to St. Philip and share our laughter and joy of the good news of the gospel. Christ is risen, hallelujah! This Sunday, the third Sunday in Eastertide, the Handbell Choir will play “Sheep May Safely Graze” for the offertory. The Chancel Choir will sing “Children of the Heavenly Father” by Dan Forrest and accompanied by Lynn Garis, hand bells, and Melanie Demer, violin. Some of the lyrics are: Children of the heavenly Father safely in His bosom gather; nestling bird nor star in heaven such a refuge ever was given. God His own doth tend and nourish; in His holy courts they flourish; from all evil things He spares them; in His mighty arms He bears them. See you in church on Sunday!

Joyfully Singing in Christ, Pam Cochrane

Katie’s Comments

Have you ever noticed that there are some absurd laws in this country? I’m talking about laws that probably made sense when they were written, but now seem to have no connection with modern life. Did you know that honking one’s car horn at a sandwich shop after 9 pm is against the law in Little Rock, AR? Or that it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset in Devon, Connecticut? In Wisconsin, butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons. In Nebraska, if a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested. Do you see what I mean about absurd laws? By law, owners of flamingos may not let their pet into barber shops in Juneau, Alaska. And in Indiana, baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.

I’m sure that there was a “valid” reason for these laws to be put on the books when they were written. But now, they seem silly and make most people giggle, most of these laws, that is. However there is one law in Vermont that makes a lot of sense. It is illegal to deny the existence of God.

Maybe all of these laws aren’t so bad after all.

Grace and Peace, Katie

College Care Packages

The church will be sending 35 finals care packages to our students this semester as a way of extending our thoughts and care to them during this stressful time. Our students attend colleges and universities all over the U.S. With the help of the parents of our college students, we will be assembling these packages on April 22nd in the Youth Hall during the Sunday School hour. If anyone would like to send a note to a specific student, please get it to me by 10:00 that morning in the Youth Hall, and we will make sure it gets into the proper box.

We are needing items to include in these boxes such as gum, pens, mechanical pencils, individually wrapped candies, cookies and crackers, fruit rollups, microwave popcorn, post-it notes, highlighters, sharpies, Easy Mac, goldfish, Kleenex-individual packs, cereal bars or anything you liked in college or your students like.

Last semester, the members of the congregation generously gave all of the items that we put in the boxes. After we stuffed the boxes full, we donated the leftover goodies for the children who stay in the Presbyterian Night Shelter. If you could help us again, please leave your items in the Church Office.

Thank you in advance for all of your help.

Anne Agee 817-282-6056 agee.a.h@sbcglobal.net

To the parents of college students - send us your student’s current address. Please contact the church office or me ASAP.

We want to make sure that we do not leave anyone out.

Presenting SPPC’s 2012

Graduating Class

Sarah Forester – Trinity HS

Katy O’Brien – Birdville HS

Godwin Senagbe – Trinity HS

Bobby Rippe – Colleyville Heritage HS

Please join us on May 6th as the Youth Committee honors the 2012 Senior Class with a

luncheon in the Fellowship Hall. The festivities begin at 12:30.

We are thankful for you, for laughing, for sharing, for loving and caring.

We are thankful for all the kindness you bring,

we want to thank you for everything.

So, come and allow us, (Greg, Elizabeth, Cindy, Pam,

Katie, Mitzi and Gretchen) to celebrate you and the many ways

you support the ministries of our church

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Parlor Refreshments will be served

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS April 15, 2012 Session approved the following at the April 15th meeting: Endorsing Jennifer Hallberg becoming an Inquirer in the care of St. Philip to start the process of becoming a pastor Receiving Louise (Lou) Scheuchl as a new member by Reaffirmation of Faith Adding $3,000 to the budget for the flat roof repair, for a total cost of $69,000 Allowing the Youth to use the Oak Terrace on April 22th, April 29th, and May 6th to advertise their Senior Luncheon and to set out commemorative Hymnals to be given to the seniors for church members to sign Selecting Clover Sites as St. Philip’s next generation website provider at a start-up payment of $1,000 and $20 per month for hosting charges Disbursing up to $2,000 from Foundation Funds to the Bill Koerner Scholarship Fund Allowing the Presbyterian Women (PW) to sell bears for Father’s Day on the Oak Terrace Allowing PW to sell tickets on May 13th and May 20th, for the Birthday Dinner Presenting the PW Lifetime Member during the 11:00 AM worship service on Mother’s Day, May 13, 2012 Restoring Suzanne and Francisco Andrade to the Active Roll Starting a practice of writing a Memorial Resolution for any St. Philip ruling elder who passes away, and including that resolution in the Session records. This action will be coordinated by the Clerk of Session Ratified an e-mail approval of the potluck and worship event on April 1, 2012, to celebrate our study of Unbinding the Heart A six-week Bible study starting April 25th entitled “Seeing Jesus in John’s Gospel” and led by Greg and Elizabeth. The class may be repeated on Sunday afternoon. Receiving an anonymous donation of $350 to be used to help purchase the pastor a laptop computer Receiving an anonymous donation of $1200 to be used to redecorate the pastor’s office Praying for God’s Spirit to guide and direct the Session into the next staffing model Receiving the Next Steps After Unbinding Your Heart presentation by Greg Inviting any interested church members to hear about concerns in our local area led by Ellen LaBue from HEB ISD and Melba Carmona from 6Stones. Mission Outreach will provide sandwiches, chips, cookies, and drinks. Tentative date is May 20, 2012. Proclaiming June as “Hunger Awareness Month” at St. Philip with Minutes for Mission on May 20 and June 3, and posting articles in the Punch on May 1, June 6, and June 20, 2012 to advertise a food drive. Holding a Fall Mission Outreach day on Saturday, September 15, 2012 Removing the Personnel Committee agenda item from the Congregational Meeting docket

Come & Go Come & Go

Thank You! Thank You!