Yesterday the St. George Youth Group enjoyed their LAST on campus Youth Group for the school year. The kids enjoyed some tacos, OJ, and sardines. No, not literally Sardines, but Sardines the game. Sardines is the opposite of hide and go seek. One person hides and everyone tries to find that them and if they do they hide with them. The last person to find the group is “it” for the next game. We had some kids hide in elevators, desks, and closets and other interesting places. Fun was had by all.
The kids then participated in a mini-service project where they put 4-8 quarters in a plastic bag and decorated a St. George Youth label with a scripture or encouraging message. These bags were then dropped of at red box movie machines, Sonic, pay telephones, and vending machines. The goal is to have all who find them to enjoy a free movie, soda, or a happy hour slush on us. We then discussed the importance of gifts and giving back from how God has abundantly given to us. Next week is our end of the year pool party and details will follow!
-Daniel Forman
St. George Episcopal Church would like to present a special gift to each of our high school graduates to mark this momentous milestone in their lives, and we need your help. We will be giving each high school graduate a personalized Bible with scripture blessings from our parishioners highlighted throughout each of their Bibles.
If you have one or more favorite scriptures that you would like to share and have highlighted in the graduates’ Bibles, simply email your list to Happy Wilson at hwilson@saintgeorgechurch.
Our high school graduates will receive their Bibles during the 10:45 worship service on Sunday, May 15th. We will be offering prayers for all graduates during both worship services.
It is our hope that these Bibles will be a treasured source of guidance and inspiration for our graduates as they begin a new journey in their lives and we thank you for your contributions!
Announcing New Beginnings #2
This retreat will be led by Mary Hayden Manning and Miranda Tubilla, will take place Friday-Sunday, April 15-17 at St. David’s, San Antonio. New Beginnings is a spiritual renewal weekend for all middle school youth in grades 6-8 and is designed to respond to the issues, concerns, and needs of young people, with the goal of helping participants grow in their love of the Lord Jesus Christ, and subsequently, themselves. This second weekend is also open to those who participated in New Beginnings #1. Cost per participant is $50; you can find the link to register here. High school students can apply to be on staff. The Rev. Lisa Mason and the Rev. Matt Wise will serve as the Spiritual Directors. For more information, contact Mary Hayden Manning.
This Lenten season the youth of the St. George Youth Group challenged themselves to go into the wilderness as Jesus did. Their video, “Tacos Just Aren’t That Important” tells the story of how our St. George Youth are typically tempted- by tacos. As satisfying as tacos are, it’s always important to realize that things of this world pale in comparison to the love, grace, and mercy of Jesus.” Click here and enjoy.
The Mitchell McGregor Fullen Scholarship is a partial scholarship available to provide financial aid to any St. George Church or School family. This scholarship was established in 1987 by the Fullen family in memory of their son Mitchell who lost his young life in a tragic accident. To quote his mother, Patricia Fullen Whitehouse, “When you have a child die, it is difficult, and your hope is that they will be remembered, not forgotten.” Mitchell himself benefited from a scholarship to attend the school and the family wanted to gift others in Mitchell’s name.
Anyone interested in applying for this scholarship must have successfully completed enrollment or re-enrollment at St. George Episcopal School and applied through the School’s regular Financial Aid process. Families should then write a letter to the Rector of St. George Church asking to be considered for the Fullen Scholarship. Please check with the School Office for information and procedures for applying for Financial Aid. The deadline for the priority date is March 20.
Over 40 Episcopal Youth from around San Antonio participated in the “Equipped” youth lock-in at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church during the last weekend of January. The youth enjoyed a night of worship, a trip to Thin Air Jump House, and some pizza from Pizza Patron. On Saturday, the youth spent the morning serving Daily Bread Ministries by sorting canned goods for needy families. Later that afternoon, the youth headed to Hardberger Park to perform another service project by cleaning up the park. All had a great time and St. George’s Rishan Edussuriya and Sully Wilson were participants.
On Saturday, January 16th, twenty-seven St. George School Beta Club members participated in service projects at the two local Ronald McDonald Houses. The Ronald McDonald House crews split into two groups which met at the local houses to donate three hours of our time. Helping at the downtown location were Zac Addkison, Kevin Black, Katherine Book, Jillian Burns, Tim Clary, Cecilia Garcia, Gabriela Garcia, Cardo Gutierrez, Kristen Lannom, Parker Lannom, Kyle Meister, Nico Pacheco, Ty Short, and Erin Stewart. The Medical Center location participants include Jalen Appleby, Ian Bick, Lauren Bick, Bella Church, Ethan Church, Diego Gonzales, Sara Homma, Pierce Kasson, Gabriela Notzon, Nico Pacheco (Yes, he worked both shifts at both locations!), Gia Pisano, Trey Plante, Kelsey Selva, and Jacob Stidham. Each group prepared a meal of homemade chicken noodle soup, salad, bread, and brownies for 40 people and also performed some light house cleaning. We had a great time being chefs in the Ronald McDonald House kitchens as well as putting our cleaning skills to good use. Club sponsors who led the project were Keith Earle and Rebecca Voyles. The Beta Club would like to especially thank Linda Addkison, Mireya Appleby, Nicky Gonzales, Kristene Stewart, and Maria Zamora for being the supervising parents during these special service activities. The St. George Beta Club is proud of our continued service to our community.
The St. George Youth Group took a break from on-campus Youth Group and headed over to University Bowl this past Sunday for some good ol’ fashioned bowling fun. The kiddos enjoyed a couple games of bowling and some pizza, burgers, and fries. Lauren Devlin was our champion bowler so be sure to congratulate her for her win on Sunday. Next week the Youth Group will re-convene on campus @ 9:30 am! Also, quick reminder, please be sure to sign up for one OR both Youth Retreats (click here for information). If you want or need more information please contact Daniel for more information @ dforman@saintgeorgeschool.org.
Xander Dietrich chose St. George for the site of his Eagle Scout Project. He is creating a walkway from the Castle Lane lot to the Leadership Center for our after-hours groups to use. His project also brings young people from the Scouts and the 4-H group that meets monthly at St. George together. We thank Xander for thinking of us and his many helpers for their hard work on this project.
Camp Capers weekend MidWinter Camps Countdown……..3 Days!! Break the winter cycle by adding some Camp Capers Fun! If you have not had a chance to register, there is still time! Go to www.dwtx.org/events or log into your Ultracamp account. Please contact Shelly Agee/Registrar at camp.capers@dwtx.org or 830-995-3966 if you have any questions or need assistance with registrations, hope to see you there! Scholarship Assistance is available.
MidWinter I Jan 8-10, 2016 (Senior High Students)
MidWinter II Jan 15-17, 2016 (Grades 6-8)
MidWinter III Jan 22-24, 2016 (Grades 3-5)