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Annual Meeting Notice
The 2012 Annual Meeting of St. Philip's In The Hills Parish will be held on two Sundays: 22 and 29 January 2012. On both Sundays we will observe the usual service schedule, with the Rector's Report given as the sermon. On January 22, the Annual Meeting Part I, at 10:15 a.m., will include reports on mission and ministries, given by ministry leaders, with opportunities for Q&A. On January 29, the Annual Meeting Part II, at 10:15 a.m., will include 75th Anniversary Committee, Treasurer's, Buildings & Grounds, and Preservation & Endowment Foundation reports, with opportunities for Q&A. Elections of five Vestry members for 3-year terms, one Vestry member for a one-year term, the Junior Warden for a 1-year term, and five lay delegates to the Annual Diocesan Convention will take place at Part II of the Annual Meeting (January 29) only. Bios of the candidates for Vestry and Junior Warden are included in the Annual Meeting issue of Fragments. Nominations from the floor will be accepted at Part I of the Annual Meeting (January 22). In order to be nominated, the nominee must be a Pledger of Record for 12 consecutive months, communicant in good standing (attends worship and communion at least 3 times a year), and an active participant in ministries of the parish; must have previously agreed to serve, if elected; and must bring 150 copies of a one-sheet biography with picture. There will be no nominations from the floor during Part II of the Annual Meeting (January 29).
There will be an opportunity to meet the candidates for Vestry, on Sunday, January 15, at 10:15 a.m. in La Paz. Bring your questions!
To vote, one must be a member in good standing of St. Philip's In The Hills Parish according to the following definitions from our Bylaws and the Canons:
Qualified members shall be all of the communicant members of the congregation as shown by the Church Register who are over 16 years of age, and all other members of the congregation over 16 years of age who have been regular contributors for the past six months, as shown by the treasurer's books.
Communicant members shall be those meeting the qualifications of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona. (From Bylaws, Article I, Section I.)
All communicants of this Church who for the previous year have been faithful in corporate worship, unless for good cause prevented, and have been faithful in working, praying, and giving for the spread of the Kingdom of God, are to be considered communicants in good standing. (From Title I, Canon 17, and Sec. 3 of The Canons of the Episcopal Church.)
 St. Philip's is thrilled to host Sara Miles in a potentially life-changing weekend on Saturday and Sunday, February 25 and 26. On Saturday, February 25, Sara leads a workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. titled "Bread of Heaven & Daily Bread." She will talk about the connections between worship and service. This is an opportunity to look more deeply at the meaning of our work together, and to find ways to taste and see more life. $20.00 workshop fee includes materials and lunch. To register send your check to St. Philip's In The Hills, P.O. Box 65840, Tucson, AZ, 85728-5840, attn: the Rev. Greg Foraker (Memo line: Sara Miles Workshop). Scholarship assistance is available. Child care will be available. For more information, visit the Sara Miles Workshop page on the St. Philip's web site.
On Sunday, February 26, Sara will preach at morning worship services. She will also lead a community conversation at 10:15 a.m. in the Murphey Gallery. All are welcome!
Sara Miles is the author of Take This Bread and Jesus Freak, and the founder of the Food Pantry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. Sara writes "I came late to Christianity, and discovered the inconvenient truth that a spiritual life is a physical life..." Both of Sara's books are available in St. Philip's Little Shop.
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Let us go forward into 2012 with great hope that all things can be possible -- with God's help and guidance.
The Very Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely, Dean of Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, will be our guest preacher at the morning services on Sunday, January 15, while our Rector preaches at Trinity Cathedral. He will also lead a forum at 10:15 a.m. entitled "Star of Wonder, Star of Night." He will speak about the significance of the Magi whose search for Messiah was motivated by their observations of the heavens and reflect on his own experience as an astronomer and a priest and how he has always imagined the Magi to be the patrons of who seek God in nature. 
