Special Announcement, Special Event, Lots of News

St. Philip's In The Hills Episcopal Church
Parish News: Connecting Electronically North Campbell Avenue at River Road, Tucson

January 31, 2012

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Special Announcement

Special Event

What's Going On

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Sundays
7:45 a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite I

9:00 a.m.
Sung Eucharist Rite II
Third Sundays: All-Generations Service (Sept. through May)
Fifth Sundays: Morning Prayer and Eucharist

11:15 a.m.
Sung Eucharist Rite II
Fifth Sundays: Morning Prayer and Eucharist

4:00 p.m.
"Come & See" Service

5:30 p.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite II
Third Sundays: Choral Evensong with Eucharist (Sept. through May)

Tuesdays
10:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite II and Healing

6:00 p.m.
Evening Prayer

Thursdays (Sept. through May)
11:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite I

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Special Announcement

Dear Friends in Christ:

I am very pleased and deeply grateful to announce that St. Philip's has received a donor restricted gift of $15,000 from the Kautz Family Foundation through the generous advocacy of Mr. James Kautz. The sole purpose of this gift is to fund renovations in the Douglas Children's Center. A small task force of parents and other interested persons is working with Bruce Phillips, Director of Children and Family Ministries, to identify priority projects to which these funds will be directed and proceed with their implementation.

In addition, the 75th Anniversary Committee is designating $2250 of their remaining funds to be used for nursery renovations.

These gifts will benefit our children and their parents by providing them clean, safe, and up-to-date facilities and will benefit the parish as a whole through the renewed vitality that our children and families bring. We celebrate and give thanks for these commitments to the youngest of St. Philip's parishioners and to the ongoing vision, life, and ministry of this parish.

Faithfully yours,

John

The Reverend John E. Kitagawa, D. Min.
Rector

Children's Classroom

Special Event

Sara Miles Weekend

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.

What's Going On

Philip Hemmo Concert Benefits After-School Music Program

Friends of Music presents classical guitarist Philip Hemmo on Friday, February 3, at 7 p.m. in the Music Center. Hemmo has served as guitar faculty at both the University of Arizona and Pima College. He is a prolific performer and has been featured as a soloist across the country. His textbook "Beginning Classroom Guitar" is in use across the United States at colleges and universities. This concert coincides with the release of Hemmo's new CD "The 20th Century Guitar." The concert will feature 20th Century lyric works which show the evolution of the compositional styles for the classical guitar in the last century. Admission is by donation to St. Philip's Friends of Music (suggested donation $15). All proceeds of the concert will go to St. Philip's After-School Music and Homework Program.

Centering Prayer Workshop

St. Philip's Centering Prayer Group is hosting a workshop with Donna Kreiensieck on Saturday, February 4, from 8 a.m. till 2 p.m. in the Music Center. Registration is at the door. $12 admission includes light lunch. Centering Prayer is a Christian practice of meditation. We invite you to come and learn how to foster a greater awareness of God whom we know, by faith, is within us. For more information, call Agnes Griffen at 820-6537.

If you are interested in attending a daytime Centering Prayer group, possibly from 9:30 to just before the Thursday 11 a.m. service, contact Agnes Griffen.

Sunday, February 5

First Sunday Music / First Sunday Food Drive

As is our custom at St. Philip's, special music is presented at the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services the first Sunday of each month. This coming Sunday, Franz Josef Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass (Mass in D) will be presented. Dr. Thomas Cockrell will conduct St. Philip's adult choirs, soloists, and St. Philip's Chamber Orchestra. The well-known "The Heavens are Telling" from Haydn's The Creation will be the offertory. Also as is customary on First Sundays, food offerings will be accepted in the Fishpond Garden. The food is shared between our own Food Pantry and that of Interfaith Community Services. Thank you for your generosity.

KJV

In celebration of the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible, also known as "The Book That Changed the World," the Renouf/Nelson Library is sponsoring a series that begins February 5. The forums will focus on the development of the King James Bible, including history of times and places, translations, complexities, and daring. Dr. Susan Karant-Nunn, director of the Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies at the University of Arizona, whose focus is Reformation history, will lay the general groundwork on February 5. Dr. Terry Schram, a Bible translator who works with the Mazatec people in Mexico, will speak about the issues of translation on February 12. On February 19, the Rev. Blake Hutson will address Anglican perspectives on Scripture. 10:15 a.m. in the West Gallery. For more information about the King James Bible, see The King James Bible Trust.

Deborah McCullough's Art

Deborah McCullough: Art and Activism on the Border

As an activist, Debbie McCullough is a volunteer with No More Deaths and Tucson Samaritans. As an artist Debbie uses objects left along migrant trails to create art that bridges the divide between the voiceless migrant and the viewer. Her work has been shown around the country, from Oklahoma to Maine, with the aim of encouraging viewers to look at the issue in a different light and to challenge them to ask: How far would you walk to feed your family? How far would you walk to be reunited with your children? 10:15 a.m. in La Paz.

Watercolor by Warren Edminster
"Bricks & Brunch"

The 75th Anniversary Labyrinth Committee invites you to a brunch to celebrate the launch of the new St. Philip's labyrinth. Kevin Justus will present "Amiens: Soaring Heavenward--The Cathedral a Committee Built--The Inspiration for St. Philip's Memorial Labyrinth." You will learn about our new unique octagonal labyrinth to be installed in the Plaza starting in February and how we can all participate in its construction by volunteering to help and by purchasing memorial bricks. These bricks, individually engraved with personal names, messages, and symbols, will be incorporated into the labyrinth as permanent commemorations of deceased or living loved ones or special events in our lives. Members of the labyrinth committee will be available to provide more details on purchasing and inscribing the bricks. 10:15 a.m. in the East Gallery.

New Prima Musica Program

We are very pleased to announce that "Prima Musica," the musical training program for children in kindergarten through grade 2, is beginning again, on Thursday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. beginning February 9. If you are a parent of a child between ages 6 and 8 and would like more information about this great program led by soprano chorister Laura McCall, please attend an organizational meeting on Sunday, February 5, at 10:15 a.m. in the Music Library. If you have questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to contact Lisa Spurlin or call 531-8806, or Jeffrey Campbell or call 299-6421.

Music Director Finalists To Visit

Two of the finalists for Director of Music will be our guests at St. Philip's during February. On Sunday, February 12, Mr. Woosug Kang will be conducting at the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services. Between services, he will be speaking at the Adult Forum in the West Gallery. At 3 p.m., Mr. Kang will present a 45-minute organ recital in the church. On Sunday, February 19, Dr. Tamara Still will be conducting our choirs at the 11:15 a.m. service and at Evensong at 5:30 p.m. She will also be the featured speaker at an Adult Forum at 10:15 a.m. and at 3 p.m. will present a short organ recital in the church. All parishioners are encouraged to attend these events.

Mr. Woosug Kang

Mr. Kang is currently Director of Music at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Manchester, CT. He comes from Auckland, New Zealand, where he was an organ scholar at the Auckland Cathedral. He received his undergraduate degree from Auckland University and a Master's degree from Yale University. He is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University.

Dr. Tamara Still

Dr. Still has been Music Associate at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR, since 2005. She also serves on the faculty at Marylhurst University. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Washington and UCLA, as well as a Performance Certificate from the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam.

The search committee has invited stellar musicians with strong but differing qualities in choral direction, pastoral focus, and spirituality. The committee feels that the church should experience these fine musicians and then help decide which is the best match for all of the current and longer-term missions of St Philip's. Therefore, your involvement and your feedback are vital. Comment sheets will be handed out at the Forum and the recital. Feel free to put your comments and impressions in writing to the Search Committee. You are a very important component in the process, so please let your voice be heard. Please send your comments to search.committee@stphilipstucson.org or give your comments to a member of the search committee, whose names will appear on the comment cards.

Winter Migrant Pack Drive

The Border and Immigration Ministry and Outreach Commission will be collecting items for Migrant Survival Packs on Sundays, February 5, 12 and 19 in the Perry Garden. These packs will be assembled on February 19, at 11:30 a.m., in the Gallery. Volunteers would be welcomed. It's fast and fun! Items needed for the packs include: Bottled water; small bottles of Gatorade or similar sports drink; small juice containers with straws; small packets of nuts, trail mix, dried fruit; chips, fig bars, cookies, granola, snack bars; cheese or peanut butter crackers; small pop-top lid meat or tuna; protein bars; beef jerky; hard candy or Chicklet-type gum; applesauce or fruit cups and spoons. Cash gifts will be used to supplement food contributions and to purchase plastic bags. This effort supports Humanitarian Border Solutions, Naco, AZ, an organization devoted to providing humanitarian aid to migrants along the US/Mexico border.

Thank You from Outreach Ministries

The Outreach Commission wishes to thank the 94 parishioners who generously contributed $7100 to the Children's Christmas Project. These funds will be distributed evenly between Imago Dei, Holaway, and Rio Vista Schools to be used for special needs of their students and families. These are all schools with which St. Philip's has a special relationship, and we thank you for your support.

The Border and Immigration Ministry wishes to thank all the generous members of St. Philips for their donations of sweatshirts and other related items. Our congregation heeded God's call to care for the strangers among us.