PhilippianPix

May 21, 2010

Things are ALWAYS happening around St. Philip’s. 


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

May is a time for transitions, and we have had plenty of them lately at St. Philip’s. On Sunday, May 2, 2010, Steve recognized our three seniors Gio, Gillie, and Allison, who are underfoot much of the time at St. Philip’s doing something or other. They are good friends outside of these walls, as well – and here they are in prom finery.

They clean up nicely! Here is the earliest official PhilippianPix photograph extant of the three of them together, taken on a church trip to the Asheboro Zoo in October 2002 (with Jessie, of course).

May transitions continue with a Fan Club meeting. The Celebrities were our 7 youth celebrating the Rite 13 Liturgy that took place at the 9:00 a.m. service on May 16, 2010: Joe, Catherine, Jacob, Liam, Meredith, Chloe, and Kathleen. Steve and Beth Womble hosted these 7 celebrities, their parents, and their Sunday School teachers at a lovely sunset dinner on the Thursday prior to the service. They ate, they enjoyed the view, they laughed – and the fans (their parents) shared posters of their child’s life.

Their lovely posters are still on display in the Miller Hall foyer. I encourage everyone to stop by and examine the lives in review of these remarkable celebrities in our midst!

On May 16, 2010, after the Rite 13 liturgy in church, the annual Sunday School Recognition took place in Miller Hall to acknowledge the end of another year of growing together. Suzanne began by telling the Godly Play Story of the Parable of the Good Shepherd. Most children sat down in the chairs, or nearby…

…but as it progressed, the story pulled everyone in closer and closer!

As the children and teachers are recognized, everyone gets a small token. As a measure of the transition from our Godly Play program to the youth program, 5^th graders are given the special gift of a teen Bible. The PhilippianPix camera caught a grandfather and grandson (Ruffin and Benton) sharing a quiet moment with the new Bible.