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 .
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
“Youth, Money, and Mission” is an annual conference to help inspire individuals and congregations with ideas to start, or sustain mission trips and partnerships at their church. Hosted by the diocesan World Mission Department, the symposium will take place on Saturday, August 24, from 9:30 -2:45 PM at the Bishop Jones Center, in San Antonio. Our very own Keith Earle will be speaking at this event! For more information and registration, visit dwtx.org/events.
Blessing of the Backpacks and TeachersOur 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! |
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Annual Ice Cream SocialThe 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. |
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.
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The “Pathways to Hope: Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness” Conference is a free, community-wide conference on mental health, sponsored in part by the diocese and St. Mark’s, San Antonio. The two-day conference will take place Friday, August 23, to Saturday, August 24 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, and includes presentations, workshops, and a youth and family event taking place on Friday at 7:00 PM. To view the event flyer, click here. For more information, and registration, visit pathwaystohope.net.