Ladies’ Lunch Bunch Christmas Luncheon, Dec. 7

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When: Saturday, December 7, 2019, at 12:00 PM
Where: Oak Hills Country Club (5403 Fredericksburg Road, SAT 78229)
Details: All inclusive price, $35.00, Check or Cash only to Martha Bastian (no Credit Cards).
RSVP: Reservations to Martha Bastian, 210-341-5286, by 12-01-2019

Please join us for our Annual Christmas Luncheon on Saturday, December 7, at Oak Hills Country Club at 12:00 PM. The cost is $35.00 for the meal, coffee or tea, and dessert.

Call Martha Bastian at 210-341-5286 or Barbara Simon at 210-696-3546 no later than Sunday, December 1, for your reservation.  For any other questions, please call Martha Bastian.

Bloomers & Boomers 2019-2020 Schedule

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Fall 2019–Spring 2020

September 10, 2019
Program: Food Bank
Coordinator: Paul and Peggy Foerster
Time: 9:20 at St. George and carpool to Food Bank

October 15, 2019
Program: St. George’s Stained Glass Windows
Coordinator: Jerry Canavit
Place: St. John Room and church
Time: 10:00-12:00

November 12, 2019
Program: Fellowship
Coordinator: Debbie Swindell
Place: St. John Room
Time: 10:00-12:00

December 10, 2019
Program: Christmas Luncheon and Dave May
Coordinator: Pat Lindemood
Place: St. John Room
Time: 10:00-12:00

January 14, 2020
Program: Reading Literacy
Coordinators: Paul and Peggy Foerster
Place: St. John Room
Time: 10:00-12:00

February 11, 2020
Program: Billy Sartor’s Alaska Adventures
Coordinators: Billy and Barbara Sartor
Place: St. John Room
Time: 10:00-12:00

March 10, 2020
Program: “Amazing Church People We Have Met”
Coordinators: Ron and Joyce Merrett
Place: St. John Room
Time: 10:00-12:00

April 14, 2020
Program: Categorizing the Willmann collection
Coordinator: Pam Piedfort, Marilynne Herbster, Linda Canas
Place: St. John Room
Time: 10:00-12:00

May 12, 2020
Program: Planning for Next Year
Coordinators: Everyone
Place: St. Mark Room
Time: 10:00-12:00

All Saints’ Day Service, Friday, Nov. 1, 6:30

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Friday, November 1, at 6:30 PM
All Souls’ Chapel (Second floor of the Leadership Center)

All are invited to attend this worship liturgy and offer prayers of hope and thanksgiving as we remember all whom we love but see no longer. Tables will be set up in All Souls’ Chapel where you may place photos or other memorabilia of your loved ones. If your custom is to make an ofrenda, you are invited to place that in All Souls’ as well.

Members of the Daughters of the King will be Rededicating to their vows as part of the liturgy.

Willmann Trust Grant Applications due by September 6

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Each year the Willmann Trust Board offers grants to local ministries and non-profit organizations. In 2018, grants were awarded to the following ministries: Larkspur Elementary, West Avenue Compassion, Christian Assistance Ministries, Pay-It-Forward–Haven for Hope, and Magdalena House.

If your organization would like to apply for financial or other assistance from the Willmann Trust, please click here for our online application.

Requests are due by September 6, 2019 for Willmann Trust Board consideration at their next meeting.

Parenting and Children’s Mental Health, October 6

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Special Guest: Dr. Melissa Deuter
will speak from 9:45-10:30 AM in the Parish Hall

This year, we welcome Dr. Melissa Deuter, board certified psychiatrist and author of the book, STUCK in the Sick Role: How Illness Becomes An Identity. She is the Medial Director for Sigma Mental Health Urgent Care in Stone Oak. She specialized in the care of teens, young adults and their families. She has a special interest in the unique mental health needs of emerging adults (18-25 year olds).

St. George Episcopal holds Mental Health Awareness Sunday in an effort to fight stigma surrounding mental illness by raising awareness and providing an education component for those who have been given a mental illness diagnosis and for those who care for loved ones with mental illness diagnosis.

Dr. Deuter also writes a weekly blog on a variety of mental health and parenting related topics.  You can read her blog by following this link: http://www. melissadeuter.com/news/ .

For more information about Sigma Mental Health Urgent Care or Dr. Deuter, please visit https://www.sigmamhuc. com/meet-our-staff .

BSA Troop 346 Celebrates 50 Years!

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Boy Scouts of America Troop 346 50th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday, August 10, 2019
Harmony Hills Cabana Club

339 Fantasia Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78216

3:00 pm Fellowship — 5:30 Dinner — 6:30 Program
$5.00 – 10 & older • $2.00 – 3-9 years • Under 3 Free

For reservations, please send payment (checks payable to Troop 346) to
Ann Specht, 902 Mt. Serolod Dr., San Antonio, Texas 78213

Please send your email address to spxtx@aol.com for updates

RSVP is required by emailing jimbosa53@gmail.com.

You are welcome to join their Facebook page: Troop 346–San Antonio

Blessing of Backpacks and Teachers and Ice Cream Social

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Blessing of the Backpacks and Teachers

Our annual Blessing of the Backpacks and Teachers will be Sunday, August 25 during both the 8:30 AM & 10:45 AM worship services. All students are encouraged to bring their backpacks and receive a blessing to start the school year off right. We also invite teachers to come and receive a blessing as they begin another year of teaching God’s children!

Please join us after the 10:45 AM service for our Ice Cream Social in our newly renovated Parish Hall!

Ice Cream

Annual Ice Cream Social

The fun continues after church – Join us for our annual Ice Cream Social on August 25 following our 10:45 AM worship service. Gather in joyous fellowship with family and friends from our Church and School as we celebrate the beginning of another wonderful year of teaching! If you are able to volunteer to help with clean up, please contact Happy Wilson – hwilson@saintgeorgechurch.org.

Blessing of Campers and Staff — Every Sunday

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Every Sunday at the 10:45 service, we will have a special blessing for our young people as they head off to various summer camps.

If your child will be attending Camp Capers, please let us know their name(s) and what session they are attending. In addition to a blessing during the church service, St. George will send a letter to them while they are at camp. Please email hwilson@saintgeorgechurch.org with your information.