PhilippianPix

December 19, 2008

Things are ALWAYS happening around St. Philip’s. 


Here's just a sampling of some of what you might have missed.

St. Philippians look out for each other through thick and thin. When Tom had surgery recently, a familiar Santa visited him at the hospital…

December is a fitting month to welcome a new baby, and St. Philip’s claims this one! Isaac Brian Pipkins is the son of our groundskeeper and facilities assistant Brian Pipkins. Isaac (all 7 lbs., 9 oz. of him) was born December 8, 2008.

It has been unseasonably warm the last couple of days, but this is actually an older picture that just came to light (when the PhilippianPix Editor borrowed her daughter’s computer and found a great picture as the background…) This picture was taken in September 2008 at the Diocesan “Beginning in the Middle” Conference at Valle Crucis for middle schoolers. Allison and the other girls pictured were on the teen staff for this conference. (Note: Any fondness that the Editor has for this particular picture is obviously entirely professional…)

The rehearsals for the annual Christmas Pageant can often be like herding cats, but for a brief moment, the children gather quietly. One of our Godly Play storytellers (Jayne, on this particular Sunday) tells the appropriate Advent lesson for the day before the children start their “work”: rehearsing.

This lovely sweater probably arrived at St. Philip’s for the Thanksgiving Feast, and has not found its way home yet. We’d love for it to be able to go home for Christmas…can you help? If you recognize it, please give Jeanne a call in the parish office!