PhilippianPix

January 15, 2010

Things are ALWAYS happening around St. Philip’s. 


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

The past few days have been about new beginnings. Steve and his helpers Beth and Jan helped all of the St. Philippian students start a new semester at school and a new year with another Back to School Breakfast – and despite a 2 hour delay, almost 40 people showed up for the delicious breakfast!

Monday, January 4 was a busy, busy day at the church. In the parlor, the Prayer Shawl Ministry was working away. Janet, Leslie, and Ellie hoped their picture was being taken for the NY Times, but happily, they are appearing in the PhilippianPix, a much more prestigious publication…

And in the church itself, the UNHanging of the Greens was finishing up – a big glorious mess to end the season of Christmas, with a glorious crowd of willing helpers to clean it up! Susan mans the broom, Dottie oversees the ironwork moving to storage, Mark waits outside for another load, and Binky carefully puts away the nativity set for another year. It’s a big job, and we are thankful for the many hands that made it happen – and then UNhappen!

The sacristy itself was working overtime. For a brief period, it had to contain the manger for the Christmas/Epiphany pageant, a step for the smaller children to use at the lectern in the pageant, the big black cases that house the handbells, music stands, and Christmas bows.

Bill and Jamie move things back into place for the season of Epiphany…in the COLD!

Moving onward. January 10 was a busy day in the life of St. Philip’s. First was the Annual Meeting – another beginning of a fiscal year in the life of our church. The adults sat up front in Miller Hall, but Hannah and Sam settled down for a long morning in the back!

More new beginnings: Sam and Hannah – fourth graders – acolyte for the first time as Allison shepherds them on their way in her last year (her tenth) as an acolyte.

And, saving the best new beginnings for the last, on January 10, 2010 we celebrated the feast day of the Baptism of Our Lord. In her sermon, Maria mentioned the stained glass window of the Baptism of Christ in St. Philip’s. (Click here to read Maria’s sermon from January 10, 2010.)

St. Philip’s welcomed four who were baptized at the 11:15 a.m. service on January 10 – Palmer and Catherine (left to right):

And again, left to right – Lily and Justin

And finally, such a distinguished group you’ll rarely see on the PhilippianPix pages: the new 2010 Board of the Shop of St. Philip’s gathered at Kay’s home for luncheon and a photo op. You better believe that this crowd can get things DONE! Click here to read more about the work of the Shop of St. Philip’s. (Back row left to right: Sharon, Lila, Dana, Karen, Binky, Alleine, Mary Lou, Mary S. Front row left to right: Kay, Charlotte, Dianne D, Lynne P. Kathy M. not pictured.)