PhilippianPix

September 12, 2008

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

Can you believe it? The PhilippianPix editor actually has her act together and has scraped together a few pictures. While the webmaster cannot be held responsible for any reason for the lack of PhilippianPix over the summer, he was not available 24 hours a day as we’ve come to expect!

Harry (webmaster extraordinaire) and Mary were off serving as “Idaho Parks & Recreation Volunteers” in Priest Lake State Park in northern Idaho. To quote him, “We volunteered at Priest Lake the month of July, alternating two days a week at the kiosk collecting park entrance fees and dispensing information, and two days in the park’s store serving customers which included scooping ice cream—LOTS of ice cream!”

On August 24^th, 9 or so St. Philippian youth (grades 6-12) headed to Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain, NC for the Diocesan SPLASH! event. They played, they ate, they socialized, they swam. We’ll put a few pictures on the website, but here’s a teaser! (Note: there should be no accusations of favoritism of photographs chosen for the PhilippianPix: this photograph CLEARLY shows one of Camp Rockmont’s features: a huge waterslide!)

Wonderful Wednesday begins St. Philip’s FIFTH season! On Wednesday night, intrepid trainistas gathered for “Train Night.”

This poor soul had an unfortunate accident on the tracks, losing an arm.

The evening ended with a short activity of a “Coal Brigade Race,” wherein the participants had to pass the bucket of (new) coal over and under. This group of adults was entirely TOO competitive, wanting to extend the challenge to best two out of three! (The next installment of Wonderful Wednesday will return Oct. 8 for “The Wizard of Oz Night.”)

Several new photo albums will be added to the St. Philip’s Photo Gallery (click here) in the coming weeks, including the 2008 Fall Parish Picnic, MidBEGINNINGdle 2008 (middle school retreat), and the elusive Jamaica Mission Trip pictures. Here’s a teaser for the Jamaica pictures:

I have always been fond of these, which I very professionally call “popcorn bushes.” (I can’t identify much in a yard except for maybe hard stuff like “grass”….) The grounds around St. Philip’s are always neat and beautiful, and I am thankful for those who keep it that way.