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2009 Mission Trip - Galveston Our Mission Trip is only 2 weeks away! We must have a few more female sponsors who can spend the night with us as chaperones on the evenings of July 12-13th, and July 17-18th. If you can, please let Will Symonds wsymonds@gmail.com or Randy Hotz rahotz@sbcglobal.net know. Also, all monies for the trip are due no later than July 1st. Questions may be directed to Will or Randy. |
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Youth Summer Sunday School The goal of our Youth Summer Sunday School is to bring parts of the Bible to life through art culminating in a Rally Day Art Show. We hope all our youth will participate. We will need help from teenagers and adults. Our youth will be working with clay, watercolor, finger paint, collage, pastels, colored pencils, and poetry. Projects will be ongoing until the artist decides it is completed. Please bring your child to the class each Sunday by 10:10 am. We would like to have adults in the classroom each Sunday to help with each of the art areas. Please contact Laura Angelo, 281.265.5392, langelo@windstream.net; Sherry Schreck, 281.835.0250, schrecks4@hotmail.com; Elise McCutchen, 281.438.1280, emccutchen@isdhouston.com, or Terry Waddell, 713.774.9619, twaddell@epiphany-hou.org and let them know which dates, through August 9, that you can be in the classroom. Nursery Renovation Thanks to all who came out and helped get the nursery renovation kicked off! Cabinets and doors have been stripped. The next step will be to sand the stripped cabinets and then we'll be ready to paint. If you would like to help with the sanding or painting, please contact Ryan DeRocha at 713.774.9619, epiphany@epiphany-hou.org. Wednesday Night Schedule We are continuing our Wednesday evening schedule through the end of July with some small modifications. Our suppers will be light with a cool dessert. We will be having some outside activities for EYC's such as water night, volleyball, and are open to suggestions! We will also need helpers so that some of the regulars can take a break. The clergy will continue with a bible class. Please join us Wednesday evenings during the summer. If you can, we would appreciate your help with youth activities. Please contact the office 713.774.9619 or Clementine Arana 281.575.7287 or Jeaneth Reid 282.835.9053 and find out how you can help. 5:30 pm – The Epiphany Café opens 6:00 pm – Holy Eucharist 6:00 pm – Youth Choirs and EYC - Theatre Event and Rhythm Workshop 7:00 pm – Adult Class Safeguarding God's Children All volunteers who work with children must take the 3 hour Safeguarding God's Children class offered by the Diocese. It is free and you will then be certified for 5 years. All clergy and staff have also taken the class. You may register online by going to epicenter.org and clicking on Safe Church Ministries and then Safeguarding God's Children. Class locations: August 27, St. Mark's, 6-9 pm, dinner provided and childcare available; September 2, Holy Spirit, 9 am-12 noon; October 24, Church of the Redeemer, 9 am-12 noon; November 4, Holy Spirit, 6-9 pm, light dinner provided; November 12, St. Mark's, 6-9 pm, dinner provided and childcare available. ECHOS Looking for Volunteers ECHOS is looking for volunteers to pick up food at The Houston Food Bank. We have made arrangements for truck rental so you do not need a truck. We need teams of 2 strong individuals to do pick-ups once every 2-3 weeks. We would like to have 2 or 3 teams to share the load. Please call Kathy Eckhardt at ECHOS 713.270.0369 to voluneer. Tsuru (the Japanese word for crane)  There is an ancient Origami legend in Japan that says if you fold 1000 paper cranes (called a Senbazuru) your wish will be granted. The legend gained world attention through a young girl, Sadako Sasaki, who was two years old when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Ten years later, she was dying from leukemia and started folding paper cranes in the hope that if she completed 1000 of them, she would be cured. She died with only two-thirds of the cranes completed. In tribute, her classmates folded the rest, and the Children's Monument was raised in her memorgy at the Peace Park. Today, the legend of her courage and sustaining spirit survives, and paper cranes folded by children the world over arrive by the truckload to surround her statue, and the Senbazuru has come to symbolize a beautiful wish from someone who cares about you. When my wife's brother became ill with cancer, her Japanese friends told her of the legend and helped fold 1000 cranes for him. It made a wonderful and inspiring "get well" card. Seeing the flying cranes in his hospital room, he was reminded of the thoughts, love and prayers of his family and friends from around the world. By the grace of God he won his battle and is now in remission. We pray that the thoughts and prayers inscribed on the cranes in the sanctuary may each be answered by God in his loving way. — Dave Mathison Tuesday Bible Class The Tuesday Bible Class is open to all and continues year round. It is taught by The Reverend James T. Tucker or The Reverend James M. L. Grace. Start it at any time. There is no beginning and there is no ending so you will be right where you are supposed to be. They meet at 12:30 except for the first Tuesday of the month when they begin at 12 noon with a pot luck lunch. Short Announcements Nancy Denmark designs, our 50th Anniversary jewelry order forms are available through the church office. Please attach payment to Epiphany with your form and return to Terry. Orders will be filled in the order they are received. Flower Dedications: Please send your altar flower dedications to Terry by fax, email, or telephone. We have openings for August 23, 30, September 6, October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8, 22, December 20 and 27...or call the office for any date. Nursery Parents: When you check your child into the nursery please do sign in and if you have not met the babysitters Debby Murland and Sherlynn Brown, please introduce yourself. If there is anything special they should know about your child, (didn't sleep well, is taking a medication, etc. etc.) please let them know as this will help them better care for your child. Every Child a Book Project The goal of this project is to give every child who comes to ECHOS a book to take home to encourage literacy. Donations will be gratefully accepted any time for this ongoing project. The Children Activity Bags The Children Activity Bags are found in a basket in the narthex. The bags and their contents are given in loving memory of Mary Ricketts. The materials are to be enjoyed by children during the worship service. Parents are asked to assist their child/children in relocating and repacking all materials to the bag. The bag is then to be returned to the basket in the narthex so it can be used by a family at the next service. Parental cooperation and assistance will be greatly appreciated. |
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