PhilippianPix

November 30, 2007

Things are ALWAYS happening around St. Philip’s. 
Here's just a sampling of some of what you might have missed.

The PhilippianPix editor has been around enough to learn about the importance of boxes (this is especially important during Advent and Christmas…) So, in honor of Advent, here is a little tour of two little known but important boxes at St. Philip’s.

The first is “The Box.” If you need to leave a check in the office for your pledge or some other church-related reason, you will be asked to put it in The Box. A young St. Philippian decorated it to make its name obvious. Our co-treasurer entrusted to make deposits can quickly find what he needs here.

Here’s another angle of the box so that you can see its location the church office.

Another important box is the lost and found box, which resides underneath the mailboxes in the office, as illustrated below.

Here’s a close-up of the Lost and Found Box. I learned AFTER the fact that the other side of the box has a nice label with “Lost and Found” on it…. You will notice that stuff is now stacked on the top of the too-full Lost and Found box.

Out of curiosity, I took the box to some unused floor space to see what I could find. If you leave some item around the church, it will usually end up here. The assortment of items is astounding!

Let me try to identify some of the items in some close-ups. (I’m starting in the bottom right and identifying in a somewhat clockwise manner…) I hope that some of these items will find their true homes just in time for the holidays. Here, a green placemat, a wool ball cap, a black purse, a red poncho, a black wig (???), a brown child’s backpack with a few action figures in it, and a pink/red kitchen towel.

Two books (a child’s book and an adult book; I can’t remember their titles now…), a coffee mug, I’m not quite sure what the little black case is (but a name is attached to it), a workout weight, a winter scarf.

A Nalgene water bottle, a single glove, a lady’s handkerchief, a bungee cord, an ivory hair bow, a disposable camera, a gold case (for those foldable reading glasses? for a Bic lighter? For a lipstick?), a single earring (hard to see), and some car keys (again: ???) And, at the very top, an empty eyeglass case. There is something like a business card there, next to the camera, but I confess I can’t remember what it was…

And finally, from left to right: a pair of reading glasses and their case, a large drinking glass, three umbrellas and shot of the coffee mug again. If you recognize any of their items, they are sadly waiting for you in the Lost and Found box in the office!

And, one additional thought: Can you just picture us as a congregation, filing into Sunday morning worship, with our black wig, our umbrellas, our drinking glass, and our bungee cord?