PhilippianPix

February 22, 2008

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

The high school Sunday School class took their class on a field trip to the coffee shop Sunday morning. They discussed the Gospel lesson there, in a corner.

It was a busy day for the teenagers on Sunday. That evening, they had their monthly Eucharist just for them with Maria in the chapel. Pete gives his gift of music, which “makes” the service.

During Lent, we don’t have a prelude or postlude. However, Tim is practicing up for a doozy for Easter! This music was found on the organ (Widor’s Toccata from Symphony #6). (I am reminded of a line from the movie “Amadeus,” where Emperor Joseph II tells Mozart, “And there are simply too many notes, that's all.”)

It’s Girl Scout Cookie time! The YAC became a Cookie Depot for a few hours processing these 922 individual boxes of cookies…and these are NOT for Jeanne’s troop. There are actually three different Girl Scout Troops that meet at St. Philip’s. These cookies were sold by the eight 9^th and 10^th graders in Troop #236. Matt Cannizzio did his daily good turn by handily helping out with the hand truck, but he refused to have his picture taken (Many thanks, Matt!)

At a recent “Geek Squad” meeting (those involved with some of the electronic communications of St. Philip’s), some of the participants expressed a desire to have their inner artist recognized. I present to you one picture each from our Associate Rector and our WebMaster (in that order).

(Harry’s picture was obviously taken February 20, 2008 during the lunar eclipse, and he tells me he took it at 10:47 p.m., using f5.6 and a 5 second shutter with a 300mm lens. The two stars in the second photo are elongated because of the longer shutter time. Maria’s inner artist isn’t really into all those details – she just really liked her picture!)