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Announcementsweek of March 13th

SUNDAY 13thDAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, Faithwalk11 a.m. The Ark, Live B.I.G., Confir-

mation ClassIHN ENDS6 p.m. Everlast & Everafter: High

School Ministry, Student Lounge

MONDAY 14th7 p.m. Disciple 1, library

TUESDAY 15th10 a.m. Icing on the Cake, port B.

WEDNESDAY 16th The church office will be open until

lunchtime Wednesday through Friday.Normal hours resume Monday March21st.

6:30 p.m. Wednesday Evening BibleStudy (WEBS), library

FRIDAY 18thDeadline for April childcare

SATURDAY 19th11:30 a.m. Golden Years Lunch

Bunch

SUNDAY 20th9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship9:30 The Ark, UpStreet, Faithwalk11 a.m. The Ark, Live B.I.G., Confir-

mation Class6 p.m. African Children’s Concert at

Oak Hill United Methodist6 p.m. Everlast & Everafter: High

School Ministry, Student Lounge APRIL NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

office phone 892.3580office email church@shpc.org

Exercise that Invite part of the SHPC core prac-tices. Welcome month is March 27th to April17th. Bring a friend and they get a special gift!

The Foundations young families group meets mostWednesday evenings, in Room 7, March 23rd —May 18th from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. We will be study-ing the Book of Job. No study materials will be re-quired as our readings will be directly from theBible. Come and dig into the WORD with us! Ad-vance childcare reservations required for childrenup to 3rd grade. ($2/class/kid with a maximum of$50/semester) Join us for dinner @ 5:30 on KidJaMnights. For more information, contact Tammy Boe-hman – 512-695-6644.

Former SHPC intern Clare Lozano will be ordainedto the Ministry of Word and Sacrament ,Sunday, March 20th at 4pm at Divine Re-deemer Presbyterian Church in San An-tonio, TX (407 N. Calaveras, SanAntonio, TX 78207). The servicewill be followed by a fiesta (re-ception) put on by Divine Re-deemer and will includedinner and live music.Clare says, “I would LOVEfor anyone that can to come cel-ebrate with us!

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We hope you can join us Monday, July 25 - Friday, July 29 for Inside Out &Upside Down on Main Street, where we will explore the parables of Jesus andlearn how these apply to our own lives. We'll meet reporter Heidi Claire, bus

driver Justin Time, chef Pierre Mon Frére, and Cooper the dogwhile discovering how Jesus makes a difference every day!

Vacation Bible School is available to all:

�Preschool children who have turned 3by February 1, 2011

�Elementary children who havecompleted K through 3rd grades

Early Registration for childrenand volunteers is Sunday,March 20 - Sunday, May 1. Ear-ly registration pricing is: $40/1child; $80/2 children; $100/3 ormore children. Prices will in-crease after May 1.

Remember that 5-day volunteersreceive FREE registration!

See you on Main Street!

come experience GUNGOR april 10th westover church of christ advance tickets $10don’t know GUNGOR? gungormusic.com ready to buy your ticket? www.itickets.com/events/256827

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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.Kindergarten — Room 7 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th grade — Family Ministry Center

5th grade — Portable ALive B.I.G. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. - noon

All students Kindergarten through 5th grade — Family Ministry Center

—being brave enough to do what you should do even when you’re afraid

Churchwide Garage Sale - March 26th

We need your junk to sell! Bring your pre-priced items tothe FMC on Thursday March 24th or Friday March 25th be-tween 5:30 - 8 p.m. Don't worry about pricing yourclothes, books or media - we'll take care of those for you,but everything else should already be clearly priced!

We need LOTS of volunteers to make this event a success.If you are willing to help sort items on Thursday & Friday,or work a shift selling items on Saturday, please let WendyUzzle know. This is a great service project for smallgroups!

Questions about anything garage sale related - Wendy Uz-zle 305-3145uzzle08@gmail.com.Our goal is toraise $3500 forthe school inManyumula!

SHPC DisasterResponse

Save the date!

April 2nd

Round Rock

signups coming soon to anarthex near you

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Daytime Prayer Shawl group willNOT meet in March because of springbreak. We will resumeour meetings April 21st,the 3rd Thursday, from10-12 in portable A. Formore information aboutthe Prayer Shawl Ministryplease contact Dee Mer-rell (512-829-4352) or Deb Ballew (512-288-1352).For more information, contactDee Merrell, 512-829-4352 /DaytimePrayerShawl@shpc.org

Thank You for Caring!We rejoice in the followingrecent contributions to theCaring Forever Endowment Fund:

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

love in mission and ministry.

· In celebration of the glory of God:Roger Wade

· In memory of Mrs. Cole'sgrandmother, Polly Houghton:Alicia Wade

GOLDEN YEARS LUNCH BUNCH:Saturday, March 19th at 11:30 a.m. atSerrano’s, on the corner of Hwy 290 &MoPac (near Best Buy). Let Norma Bur-chard (394-0131) or Carol Brandt (301-1437) know whether you’ll be comingbefore Wednesday, March 16th.

· GROAN-UPS GAME DAY: Tuesday,March 15th at 10 am in Room 7. Be-cause we will be hosting IHN, gameday will be one week later than usual.Join us for spinner Dominoes or a gameof your choice. For more information,contact Stefan Haag at 288-3479.

SAM NEWS! (Senior Adult Ministry)

A SUPER Big Thank You!The Boy Scouts of Troop 395 wish to thankthe congregation for their support duringtheir Super Bowl Subs Sale. The Troopwas excited to present the church a checkfor $340 for mis-sion projects.Look for usagainnextyear!

Do we have your CORRECTemail address?Our church-wide email list,all-church@ shpc.org, has got-ten a lot of bounces lately. If you’ve“moved,” let us know! Thanks!

Due to IHN and Spring Break,Wednesday Night Live & KidJaMwill be on hold until MARCH 23rd.Join us for Walk in Prayer or My Job,

My Faith on MARCH 23rd!

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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: PattieLawrence's cousin, Mark Hollahan… Jason Mills, son-in-law of Junie Ledbetter & Gaston Broyles...Tyler Moser, son of a friend of Dee & Greg Merrell... Mathew Dalton, nephew of Mark & Tracy Lord...Temple & Janet Ingram’s daughter Kate Ingram... James Crowder, friend of Tom & Mike McNelley...Eric Wesley, Jack & Carol Gilchrist’s friend... Christopher Lehmann, son of Mark Lehmann... LarryRoberman, brother of Lori Whitmire... Eric Huerta, nephew of Michael McNelley’s co-workers...Derek & Kristi Fisher's nephew, John Fisher...

Joys—Mal Hunter has been re-leased from the care of hospice—Ken& Rosemary Clapham are delightedto announce that their son Christo-

pher and his wife Jacqueline (and Angelina, age 51/2) had a little son/brother; Oliver KennethClapham was born on February 27th

Sorrows—Mr. Edwin Schiller, 94-year-old hus-band of Joy and father of Laren Schiller, DonnaParks and Gail Moore, passed away on March 6th—Wendy Uzzle’s grandfather passed away this week-end—Joyce Lucas’ father passed away very recently

Please pray for—Sally Schilstra, painfulhip—Virginia (Jinny) Thompson, suffering greatlywith arthritis—Tom O’Meara’s friend Susan Muyiraof Manyamula, recovering from persistent malar-ia—Tom O’Meara’s friend Herbert Sakala of Man-yamula, recovering from stroke —Tom O’Meara’sfriend The Rev. Clifford Biloyi, on the death of hismother—Bobby Nelson, widow of Nolan, that shemay find peace from her deep depression—Rosema-

rie Barnett’s 92-year-old brother-in-law, J.I. Hall, re-covering from hip surgery—Catherine Thedford,mother of DeAnne Pearson, recovering from hip re-placement surgery—Beth Armitage, improvingslightly from her bout with pneumonia, flu andacute dehydration—The Rev. Chuck Miller, pastorof First Presbyterian Church in Kingsville and for-mer SHPC seminary intern, undergoing medicaltesting —The Rev. Dr. Mary Gaines, HR, whoserved SHPC as Interim Associate Pastor, hospital-ized for an emergency appendectomy—NancyCook Peck, friend, colleague & mentor of ShelleyMacAllister, spleen removed …and runs the BostonMarathon—Rita Dunlea, mother-in-law of FranMiller’s son, just diagnosed with cancer—SarahKessler, cousin of Scott Windham, chemotherapy—Adeina Tucker, recovering from a fall —teachers,administrators, librarians, and school staff in Cen-tral Texas, as their districts face budget cuts—Aus-tin, the city where we re planted—the leadership ofSHPC as they discern a path for our future—PastorKenneth Muyira and the congregation of Manyam-ula Presbyterian Church—Pastor ChimwemweMhango and his family