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Sundays7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:00 a.m. Sung Eucharist Rite II Third Sundays: All-Generations Service (Sept. through May) 11:15 a.m. Sung Eucharist Rite II 4:00 p.m. "Come & See" Service 4:30 p.m. (third Sundays) Choral Evensong (preceded by organ recital at 4 p.m.) 5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II Tuesdays10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II and Healing 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer (second Tuesday) Thursdays (Sept. through May) 11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I Worship services at St. Philip's
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Epiphany is a season of great joy for all Christians as we celebrate the gift of God's Word made flesh. In the darkness of winter, we are illumined by the light of Christ in our lives. We seek to share this light as we do God's work in the world.
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This Weekend
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St. Philip's Social Club in Oro Valley Fellowship and Soup & Salad Supper
Join us on Friday, January 22, at 5 p.m. as we connect with St. Philip's In The Hills friends old and new! This is a good time to warm our hearts with friendship and comfort food. ALL ARE WELCOME! Activity Center, Sun City Oro Valley (1495 E. Rancho Vistoso Road). Please call to RSVP and tell us that you're coming, and what you'd like to bring. Abby Marier 825-4878 or Ginny Culhane 825-1961.
Annual Meeting Part II The Annual Meeting of St. Philip's In The Hills will continue on Sunday, January 24, at 10:15 a.m. in the Murphey Gallery. The session will include elections of Vestry Members, Junior Warden, and Delegates and Alternates to Diocesan Convention in October 2016. Reports will follow: Financials and 2016 Budget, Stewardship, Ministry Endowment Fund, Preservation & Endowment Foundation, Buildings & Grounds Committee, and the Rector Search Committee. There will be time for Q & A after the reports.
Lectionary Readings for January 24 Hebrew Scriptures: Nehemiah 8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10
Psalm 19: 7-14
New Testament: 1 Corinthians 12: 12-31a
Holy Gospel: Luke 4: 14-21
 Winter Members Gathering Every year our winter resident members (may we call you Snowbirds?) gather at Saucy Cutlip's for an afternoon of chit chat and getting to know other birds of a feather. All Snowbirds, both current and ex, are cordially invited. So are year-round parishioners; we all love it when you join us. Mark your calendars now for Sunday, January 24, 3 to 5 p.m. Please call Saucy at 572-6611 to RSVP and receive directions to her house. Our guests always make this such a fun gathering so don't miss out!
True Concord Concert Southern Arizona's GRAMMY® nominated True Concord (formerly Tucson Chamber Artists) joins internationally acclaimed Cantus men's vocal ensemble in a concert of mostly a cappella music January 22-24. Works include those by Brahms, Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre and Bobby McFerrin, and a combined performance of Biebl's stirring Ave Maria. Click here for more information.
Arizona Early Music Society Concert On Sunday, January 24, at 3 p.m. in the Church, Arizona Early Music Society presents The Aulos Ensemble -- "A Tale of Two Cities," featuring music of Purcell, Handel, Couperin and Rameau. The Aulos Ensemble presents musical gems of the Baroque from London and Paris that showcase a diversity of style and inventiveness. Tickets available at the door. Pre-concert talk begins at 2:30. Click here for more information.
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This Sunday, January 24
9:00 a.m.: The Hebrew Scriptures--La PazThe beginnings of Judaism: A series of televised lectures by Isaiah Gafni, Professor of Jewish History at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Topic for January 24: "Rabbinic Judaism: From Roots to Tree." No forum is offered at the 10:15 a.m. hour because of the parish's Annual Meeting.
Next Sunday, January 31
9:00 a.m.: The Christian Scriptures--La PazThe New Testament: A series of video lectures by Bart Ehrman, Professor at the University of North Carolina, followed by discussion of the lecture. Topic for January 31: "The Early Christians and Their Literature." 10:15 a.m.: A Tapestry of Stars--East GalleryKNOWLEDGE: Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks and The Last Supper--God Is in the Details and the Manifestation of Faith. Part 2. Dr. Kevin Lane Justus, presenting.
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Next Week
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After-School Music Program Evening Prayer
All parishioners are invited to our monthly Evening Prayer Service on Tuesday, January 26, at 5:30 p.m. The children read the lesson and lead the prayers, and their wonderful choir sings two hymns. Join us for this lovely service and meet the children.
Casa Maria Thanks You
Thank you to the 30+ people who helped us make lunches for Casa Maria on January 2. We made 1800 sandwiches into 900 lunches, plus soup makings, and were done by 9 a.m. Our next sandwich making is Saturday, January 30. Join us in the East Gallery at 7:30 a.m. to help feed our neighbors in need.  Friends of Music Concert
On Sunday, January 31, at 2 p.m. in the Church, Friends of Music presents the Bolton Guitar Quartet. This concert features four competition winners studying under University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music Professor Tom Patterson--Misael Barraza Diaz, Grace Sheppard, Bin Hu, and Nicholas Epple--presenting a showcase of musical treasures from the traditional Spanish repertoire for guitar. Suggested admission $20. Click here for more information. 
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Announcement
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Dear Friends in Christ: I am very pleased to welcome the Rev. Dr. Charles L. Rice to our volunteer team of Affiliated Clergy, exercising a part-time ministry of pastoral care, teaching, and preaching at St. Philip's. You may learn more about Charles below. Faithfully, The Rev. Canon Frank H. Clark, Interim Rector The Rev. Charles L. Rice, Ph.D., is Prof. Emeritus of Homiletics, Drew University, and a priest in the Diocese of Newark. He has served 13 parishes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including ten years at St. Peter's Church, Morristown, New Jersey, as priest associate and interim rector. Most recently he was interim rector of St. Mark's Church, Mendham, New Jersey, 2011-2014. Charles grew up in Chandler, Oklahoma, where he was born, and in Newport Beach, California, where he graduated from high school. He has degrees from Baylor University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Union Theological Seminary, and Duke University. He has held academic appointments at Salem College, Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa, Duke Divinity School, and Drew University, where he retired in 2002 after 32 years teaching in the Theological and Graduate Schools. Charles and his partner of 40 years, Robert Barker, moved from a farm in Pennsylvania to Tucson in 2014. Bob, a graduate of Pratt Institute, worked for 30 years as a graphic designer in Philadelphia and New York. He has served as a member of the Vestry and Senior Warden of Christ Church, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. They live in easternmost Tucson, near the Rincon Mountains, where they are learning how to garden in the desert! |
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Food for Thought
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As you probably have heard, on January 14, a majority of Anglican primates called for temporary sanctions on the Episcopal Church in response to a decision by the Episcopal Church's General Convention last July to authorize new marriage rites to be used by either same-sex or opposite-sex couples. It is a complex issue that generates heart-felt emotional responses, and it is good to be informed about the ramifications of it. Below are links to a few information sources. Read the announcement from Episcopal News Service here. Read the response of our Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Michael Curry, here. Read our Bishop's response here. |
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