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SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Ionia County

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Saturdays by Appointment

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24-hour Toll-free Crisis Line 1-888-527-1790

Pastor: Fr. Tom Brown

616-527-3610, ext. 12

616-755-1742 (evening)

Associate Pastor: Fr. Oscar Londoño, mxy

616-527-3610, ext. 14

Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: 4:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8 & 11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m. (Spanish)

Reconciliation Schedule Wednesday: 6:00-6:45 p.m. (Spanish)

Saturday: 3:00–3:45 p.m. or by appointment

Daily Mass Schedule (subject to change) Monday: 12:10 p.m. in the chapel

Tuesday: Communion Service, 7:30 a.m.

in the chapel

Wednesday: 12:10 p.m. in the chapel

7:00 p.m. in the chapel (Spanish)

Thursday: 8:00 a.m. in the church

Friday: 7:30 a.m. in the chapel

Sacraments For questions regarding Baptism, Marriage,

Anointing of the Sick, or any other sacrament,

please contact our parish office.

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Let all the angels sing! Let the earth cry out with joy. For

there is great news. In the city of David our Savior is born.

Jesus Christ. Lord of Lords and King of Kings. This is old

news and yet news that never grows old. It is celebrated all

over the world. Celebrated for 2000 years and will still be

celebrated 2000 years from now if we are still here in this

old world. This birth is incomparably greater than any other

event in history. Yet there are still millions of people who

live in darkness, who have never heard of the good news.

There are millions of other who do not believe this news.

Their unbelief is not that it could happen, but that it is too

good to be true. Still others believe but are too busy with

other things to be bothered with the real meaning of Christ-

mas. Such is the reason for “Mary’s Dream” …

Mary's Dream

I had a dream, Joseph. I don't understand it, but I

think it was about a birthday celebration for our son. The

people in my dream had been preparing for about six weeks.

They had decorated the house and bought new clothes.

They'd gone shopping many times and bought many elabo-

rate gifts. It was peculiar, though, because the presents

weren't for our son. They wrapped them in beautiful paper

and stacked them under a tree. Yes, a tree, Joseph, right in-

side their homes! They'd decorated the tree with sparkling

ornaments. There was a figure like an angel on the top of the

tree. Everyone was laughing and happy. They gave the gifts

to each other, Joseph, not to our son. I don't think they even

knew him. They never mentioned his name. I had the strang-

est feeling that, if our Jesus had gone to this celebration, he

would have been intruding. How sad for someone not to be

wanted at his own birthday party! I'm glad it was only a

dream. How terrible, Joseph, if it had been real!

—Author Unknown

As we gather and celebrate Christmas this year, let’s be sure

to keep Christ in Christmas. Let us remember to give him a

present. Although there are only a couple of days of Advent

left as I write this, there is still time to get a wonderful pre-

sent for our Lord. Yes, even if Advent is over and it is

Christmas Day, there is still time. Gifts not found at any

store. The gift of your time and your heart.

God bless you and Merry Christmas! Fr. Tom

Knights of Columbus Father Fierle Council #944

First Tuesday of each month

Rosary: 7:00 p.m. Meeting: 7:30 p.m.

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Mi 5:1-4/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19/Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45 Saturday, December 22 4:00 p.m. Rosaline Schmitz Sunday, December 23 8:00 a.m. Frank, Ann, & Louis Piselli (Dolly Bailey) 11:30 a.m. Deceased of Oscar & Dora Cook family (Marcia Cook) 1:00 p.m. Misa en español

The Nativity of the Lord—Christmas Eve & Day

Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-3, 11-13/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 Monday, December 24 4:00 p.m. People of the Parish 7:00 p.m. Misa en español 9:00 p.m. All our deceased Is 62:11-12/Ps 97:1,6,11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 Tuesday, December 25 9:00 a.m. All our ill & homebound 12:00 p.m. Misa en español

Wednesday, December 26—St. Stephen, The First Martyr Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3-4, 6-8, 16-17/Mt 10:17-22 12:10 p.m. All who are near death (BC) 6:00 p.m. Holy Hour with Exposition of Blessed Sacrament (BC) 7:00 p.m. Misa en español (BC)

Thursday, December 27—St. John, Apostle & Evangelist 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12/Jn 20:1-8 7:30 a.m. People of SS. Peter & Paul Parish (BC)

Friday, December 28—The Holy Innocents, Martyrs 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Ps 124:2-5, 7-8/Mt 2:13-18 7:30 a.m. Souls in Purgatory BC)

Saturday, December 29—5th Day in the Octave of Christmas 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-3, 5-6/Lk 2:22-35 8:30 a.m. Scriptural Rosary (CH) 3:00 p.m. Confessions (CH)

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, & Joseph

Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Ps 128:1-5/Col 3:12-17/Lk2:41-52 Saturday, December 29 4:00 p.m. Catherine Kenny (Denny & Sharon Bledsoe)

Sunday, December 30 8:00 a.m. Floyd Battle (Colon Battle) 11:30 a.m. Vocations to priesthood & religious life 1:00 p.m. Misa en español

God’s Housekeepers for this week

GENERAL CLEANING: Pete Fox, Deb Porter

VACUUMING: Shannon Andrews, Debra Sochor

OUR PARISH OFFERING - December 15 & 16, 2018

Adults $5,515.75 Students 8.60 Loose 419.50 Electronic Giving 2,227.00 Total $8,170.85 -5% Tithe - 408.54 Net Total $7,762.31

Budgeted Weekly: $9,230.77 Deficit for the Week: $1,059.92

Christmas Baskets $5.00 Retirement Fund for Religious $130.00

July 1—December 16, 2018 Fiscal YTD Offertory Collection Year-to-date: $220,004.46 Budgeted Year-to-date: $230,769.25 Deficit Year-to-Date: $10,764.79

Sunday, December 23

No RCIA No Youth Faith Formation classes 10:30 a.m. Children’s Choir Practice (choir loft) 2:00 p.m. Posada (AH) - following 1:00 Mass Children’s Party (AH) - following Posada Monday, December 24—Christmas Eve Parish Office closed No Scripture Study Tuesday, December 25—Christmas Day

Merry Christmas! Parish Office closed No English as a Second Language class Wednesday, December 26 No Choir Rehearsal Thursday, December 27 5:00 p.m. Life Fit (VR) No English as a Second Language class Friday, December 28 2:15 p.m. Communion Service at SKLD Saturday, December 29 8:30 a.m. Scriptural Rosary (CH)

Sunday, December 30 9:15 a.m. RCIA (PO) No Youth Faith Formation classes

SS. Peter & Paul Parish Staff (616) 527-3610 Permanent Deacon Zenon Cardenas 527-8942 Secretary Cecilia Luke ext. 10 Office Manager Adam Rewa ext. 11 Pastoral Services Toni McKay ext. 13 Music Director Whitney Crooks ext. 30 Faith Formation Vanessa Booth ext. 21 Maintenance Dan Schmitz 527-3610 Cemetery Sexton Mike Bledsoe 527-3610

SS. Peter and Paul School www.ssppcatholic.com (616) 527-3561 Principal Jenny Leik ext. 18 Secretary Diane Grummet ext. 23 Pre-School Barb Voet ext. 20 Daycare Audra Searfoss ext. 19

SS. Peter & Paul Parish - Pastoral Council David Fitzpatrick, Chairman Yolanda Preston Deb Trierweiler Chris Brown Alice Samani-Zozo Tony Velasco Deb Campbell Karen Thelen Tim Wall Miguel Pilar (Youth Rep)

SS. Peter & Paul Parish - Finance Council Chris Christensen Jane Hemenway Dave O’Mara Deb Conrad John Klein Denise Peabody Ron Drysdale

SS. Peter & Paul School - Board of Education Nick Cusack Kevin Heinlein Brian Siemen Troy Droste Matt Johnson Kristi Wizorek Jessica Drown Laurie Palmer

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Liturgical Ministers for Saturday & Sunday, December 29th & 30th

4:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m.

Lector: Cecilia Luke Walt Downes Jamie Schafer

Ministers of David & Madolyn Richardson Marilyn Flanagan, Sue Huver Tom & Kitty Lower

Communion: Kay Conner Denise Peabody Volunteer

Altar Servers: Carmen Rewa, Elliot Rewa Addyson Roundtree, Matt Meyer Grace Droste, Audrey Wall

Hospitality: Toni Montgomery, Carol Cope Jim Huver, Deb Porter, Pamela Pontius Roger & Karen Thelen family

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Please Pray For:

Pam Coggan Olivia Perrien Gail Munschy Marcia Andrews Sue Calkins Dawn Dipzinski John Peckins Dave Clack Jan Pung Poirier Richard Mackowiak Sandy Townsend Chuck Stevens Martha Thelen Tony Longworth Annette Krycinski Joseph Cusack David Richardson Sue Baer Tucker Barbara Bennett Roger Dunigan Gerald Fritz

Carolyn Krycinski Vickie Lykins Sherry Palmer Rachel Burns Larry McKaig Diane Wilson Scott Miller Caitlin Cusack Cara Whorley Annie Bales-Ludwick Sue Figel Sharon Richmond Jennifer Henry Jessica Warren Roxanne Nelson Nichole Munsell Veronica Cardenas Bitner Jace Peterson Chad Wickerink Val Chumney Mark Haney

Pat McKinstry Brian Lyons Dalilah Tubergen Jon Caswell Jean Barker Jane Emelander Georgia Sibert John McKay Ivan Stebbins Kim Mailand Ian David Faist Suzanne Rosenburg Deborah Kaminski Sue Swinehart Mary Lou Greenhoe Larry Lafler Larry Northrup Janet Beeman W. Patrick Burns Marcia Cook

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We continue to pray for all who need healing in body, mind, or spirit. If you would like to add or remove a name, please call the parish office. Be sure you have the con-sent of the person or a family member. Names will remain on the prayer list for three months and then be removed. Requests may be renewed.

fourth Sunday of advent

Cancer Support Group Are you battling cancer, or have you had cancer and would like to talk about how it has affected you and your loved ones? No matter where you are in your fight, we are here for you. Team members of the Ministry of Consolation are offer-ing Cancer Support gatherings every other Tuesday night from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Parish Office living room. We are taking a short break for Christmas and will return on January 8

th. All are welcome to attend. So much comfort can be

found in walking the journey together; your journey could be inspiration for others just beginning theirs. For more infor-mation, please contact Vanessa at 527-3610 or via email at vbooth@ssppcatholic.com.

Grief Support Group Sessions The Ministry of Consolation will be taking a short break from its bi-weekly Group Grief Sessions. Each of the sessions of-fers a topic of discussion as well as time to reflect, listen, and share if one chooses. If you are interested in learning more about the Ministry of Consolation, when the next series will begin, and its benefits to you or a loved one, please contact Vanessa in the Faith Formation Office at 527-3610.

Liturgical Ministers: Please sign up to minister at the Masses on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, & New Year’s Day. Sign-up sheets are in the sacristy. Thanks!

Midnight Mass from the Cathedral Midnight Mass and the Prelude of Carols with Brass, Strings, and Choirs on Christmas Eve will be broadcast live from the Cathedral of Saint Andrew on FOX 17 (check your local list-ings) and online on the diocesan website, dioceseofgrandrap-ids.org, and Facebook page (Diocese of Grand Rapids). The concert begins at 11 p.m. and Mass begins at Midnight.

There will be a replay of Midnight Mass on FOX 17 at 8 a.m. Christmas morning. The live broadcast of Mass from the ca-thedral is a ministry provided by our diocese for more than 60 years.

Do you miss your Sunday’s Word? Because our new hymnals include the 3-year cycle of Sun-day readings, we have not stocked the pews with Sunday’s Word books this year. Knowing that there may be some people who would like to have one, however, we have or-dered a box of them. They are available in the parish office for $4 each. Please call or stop by if you would like a copy.

Come rest awhile

in the Lord’s presence

every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. in the

parish chapel

Decorating for Christmas Pat McCrackin is coordinating the decoration of our church for Christmas. Volunteers are needed for this Sunday, December 23, beginning at 2:30 p.m. If you have time, please show up to lend a helping hand. Tasks include tall things, heavy things, and beautiful things. With many hands, this should only take about 3 hours. We’ll take as much time as you can offer.

2018 Christmas Mass Schedule

Monday, December 24 4:00 p.m. (English)

7:00 p.m. (Spanish)

9:00 p.m. (English)

Tuesday, December 25 9:00 a.m. (English)

All children of the parish are invited to sing at the 4:00

p.m. Mass on Christmas Eve. Practice will be in the church on Sunday morning, December 23, from 10:30 to 11:15. On Christmas Eve, December 24, children should arrive in church by 3:15 p.m.

Mary, Mother of God Mass Schedule

Monday, December 31 5:30 p.m. (English)

7:00 p.m. (Spanish)

Tuesday, January 1 9:00 a.m. (English)

12th Day of Christmas Concert The 12th day of Christmas is January 6, Epiphany Sunday. In many parts of the world, Epiphany is marked by the giving of gifts in honor of the gifts brought by the Magi. To celebrate this joyful day, our choir will be sharing the gift of song by of-fering a concert of Christmas carols. Please join us in the church at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 6, for this fun event. Together, we will make a joyful noise! Refreshments will fol-low in Apostles Hall.

Catholic Services Appeal 2018 You may be wondering what happened to this year’s CSA campaign since we have not published a final tally. As it turns out, we are still $2,002 from completing our $63,988 assessment. If you would like to make an additional pay-ment to help us complete our campaign, we would gladly accept it!

December 23, 2018

Faith Formation / Religious Education Vanessa Booth vbooth@ssppcatholic.com Sandra Thelen sthelen@ssppcatholic.com

Calendar Highlights December 23 & 30: No classes-Christmas Break January 6, 13, & 20: Faith Formation classes K-12 High school classes for grades 9-12 are starting back up in the

Cornerstone Room on Jan. 6 (snacks & great conversation to

help you continue your faith journey!)

Inclement Weather Please sign up to receive text notifications for class cancel-lations and other important notifications on the REMIND APP. The code for SS. Peter & Paul Faith Formation is @3dg9h2a

Children’s Liturgy of the Word This is a fun and exciting way for our children to hear and better understand the word of God during Mass. Starting January 5 & 6, we will be offering it at the Saturday 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 11:30 a.m. Masses. We would love to have some new folks to help our children grow in their love of God’s Word! To see available Mass dates and times, go to: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084da9aa23a5fc1-childrens3 or contact our coordinator, Sandra Thelen, at sthelen@ssppcatholic.com or 616-291-9186. Thank you for helping us to guide our children on their faith journey!

Christmas Card Exchange Please drop your addressed greeting cards in the box in the back of church from now through Sunday, December 30. Use first and last names when addressing cards. Please do not place anything inside the cards or envelopes except your wishes. Cards in the mailbox will be sorted and placed in alphabetical order on the same table. Be sure to check for cards sent to you! This will be the last week to send and receive greetings.

Have you downloaded our new Parish App? Our new Saints Peter and Paul app is now available to download for iPhone and Android smart phones. Stay con-nected with our parish throughout the week with instant no-tifications, an easy-to-access event calendar, and the ability to quickly reply to or share messages via Facebook. Also enjoy many additional features such as prayers, daily read-ings, and reminders to silence your phone before Mass or Confession. Help foster a stronger parish life at Saints Peter and Paul and better engage the New Evangelization. Download our app today at myparishapp.com or search your phone's app store for myparish.

New Study to Begin Monday, January 7th! Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother, by Dr. Edward Sri, is a Catholic Bible study that will take us on an extraordinary pilgrimage, revealing Mary's unique role in God's Kingdom and in our lives. Filmed on location in the Holy Land, this study will place us in the midst of the powerful drama of Mary’s earthly life, taking us through her joys...and her sor-rows. We will learn how she works in our lives today, drawing us ever closer to her Divine Son. Seeing Mary in this way can change us forever. It is our hope that Mary will become a part of our daily lives, and in our daily lives, we will become more like Christ.

In Mary we will:

see what life was like for Mary, and experience

what she felt at each dramatic moment in Scripture.

visit the grotto of Mary's home in Nazareth, the

cave where Christ was born in Bethlehem, the site of Our Lord's victory on the Cross, and other rarely seen places in the Holy Land

see the significance of Mary as we explore the Bib-

lical roots of our beliefs about her

deepen our devotion to Mary as we discover our

Blessed Mother in a uniquely personal way

be drawn closer to Christ as Mary leads us to a

more profound and personal relationship with her son

...and much more!

Reserve your study materials today ($26) by con-tacting Toni McKay at the parish office. This 8-week study will take place on Monday evenings from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the parish office living room, beginning January 7

th.

Adopt-a-Family - THANK YOU! Thanks to all who participated in any way in our parish Adopt-a-Family program! Your generosity and servant hearts brought hope and joy to many families in our community. Special thanks to parishioner Katherine Martin for her hard work and loving dedication in organizing the details of the program. Thanks also to Theresa Scholtens, Monica Mabe, and the Knights of Columbus for taking charge of preparing the food totes, to those families who adopted a fam-ily in need, and to so many others who donated and served to make this opportunity possible for our community. God bless you all!

Virtus Training Opportunity A Protecting God’s Children (PGC) training sessions will be held in the Veritas Room of SS Peter & Paul School on Mon-day, February 18

th, at 6 p.m. This one-time training session

is required for all volunteers who will be working with chil-dren at the school or parish. To register for the training ses-sion, go to www.virtus.org and click on Registration. If you plan on attending, please register as soon as possible. For more information about this or other PGC sessions, please contact the Parish Office.

Our Parish Purpose Statement - Saints Peter & Paul Parish

Our Pastoral Council has been working intensely with Father Tom to develop a Pastoral Plan for our parish. Parish Pastoral Planning is a prayerful and participative process through which a parish characterizes itself as a particular community of faith by developing its own purpose statement, assessing its strengths and resources, as well as its limitations and needs. All of this leads to making recommendations to the pastor concerning establishment of priorities and goals, and devising ways to accomplish its mission. Parish Pastoral Planning helps to answer the questions: Who are we as a parish? What are we called to do? How are we best going to do it? All of us are called to participate fully in the life and mission of the Church. The mission of the Church is rooted in the mission of Christ who commanded everyone - clergy, religious, and laity - to "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15). From its earliest days the Church has responded to this mission in various ways depending upon the times and circumstances. Creating this statement of our parish’s purpose was a great challenge. The council could have simply quoted the parish purpose from the great commission of Matthew 28: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” Jesus’ commission rings loud, yet there is great need in the world for the Catholic faithful to be moved to a renewed zest for the gospel, both personally and in sharing it with others. By establishing a purpose statement for our parish, the council hopes to eliminate any question as to our parish’s sacred purpose, and to ensure that the work of the parish, in all its forms, is directed toward this purpose. Our parish purpose statement: Our sacred purpose as Saints Peter and Paul Parish is to . . . use our God-given gifts . . .

Every parishioner is called upon to exercise the divinely-inspired calling and gifts conferred in Baptism for a particular function in carrying out the mission of Jesus Christ.

to awaken faith, inspire discipleship, and trust in God’s plan . . . Being a member of Saints Peter & Paul Parish is not only aimed at one’s personal sanctity. We are called to bring Christ out into the world, wherever our journey takes us, to affect the sanctity of all people. Each of us is to exude our Catholic faith as to rouse faith in others, to be an example of Christian discipleship, and to exemplify trust in God’s divine plan in all things.

so that all who enter our doors may receive, believe, and share God’s love. Whether one “enters our doors” by simply coming into contact with a parish member, or physically passes through the doors of our church building, our purpose is the same: To stir the hearts of people, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to become open to receive all the Lord unconditionally offers to every person, to attain certainty in the Gospel message, and to share in God’s love by embracing his love personally and becoming a vessel in bringing his love to others.

RECEIVE. BELIEVE. SHARE.

STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN

CAMPAIGN PRAYER

Heavenly Father, we thank you for always being

present to us in the Church which you gave as the means

for our salvation and that of the whole world. A Church

through which life-giving and sustaining graces are

poured into and over us by the holy Sacraments. A

Church which is truly your “body” here on earth. We are

members of that body, filled with the Holy Spirit and

bountiful graces, and compelled to use the blessings,

gifts, and favors which have been given us to build up

that body.

Renew us with your grace and the gifts of the Holy

Spirit that we may give serious thought to how each of us

can better use our time, talent, and treasure to build up

your Church and to love better our brothers and sisters

who make up your holy Church.

May the Parish of SS. Peter and Paul continue to be a

community of believers who are willing to spend time

learning about God’s Word and will, about the words and

works of Holy men and women who have loved

Jesus and his Church, and may we then serve one another

and our fellow human beings, in showing

them God and his Holy Church.

This we pray, dear Father, through our

Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns

with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one

God for ever and ever. Amen.

The Stewardship Campaign Prayer was written by

a Saints Peter and Paul Parishioner.

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church

Liturgical Ministers – December 2018

Date/Mass

Time

Lector Ministers of

Communion

Altar Servers Hospitality

December 1

Saturday

4:00 p.m. Mass

First Sunday

of Advent

Phill Wizorek Barb Christensen

Deborah Campbell

Gloria Hozeski

Elliot Rewa

Carmen Rewa Mary Lou Mulick

Garry Mulick

Toni Montgomery

December 2

Sunday

8:00 a.m. Mass

First Sunday

of Advent

Denise Peabody Walt Downes

Jon Caswell

Marilyn Flanagan

Sam Eppler

Carter Starks Dave O’Mara

Laurie Rosekrans

Donald Rosekrans

December 2

Sunday

11:30 a.m. Mass

First Sunday

of Advent

Jacqueline Franz Ryan Ford

Julie Bennett

Mellissa Harvey

Hannah Wirtz

Joseph Harvey Roger & Karen The-

len Family

Pilya Christensen

Chris Christensen

December 8

Saturday

4:00 p.m. Mass

Second Sunday

of Advent

Cecilia Luke Kay Conner

Madolyn Richardson

David Richardson

Kendall Cusack

Volunteer Carol Cope

Theresa Scholtens

December 9

Sunday

8:00 a.m. Mass

Second Sunday

of Advent

Veronica Meyer Sue Huver

Cheryl Hildebrandt

John Hildebrandt

Paul Meyer

Sam Meyer Pamela Pontius

Eppler Family

December 9

Sunday

11:30 a.m. Mass

Second Sunday

of Advent

Youth Group Kitty Lower

Tom Lower

Ron Drysdale

Youth Group Youth Group

December 15

Saturday

4:00 p.m. Mass

Third Sunday

of Advent

Kara Griffith Jane Emelander

Cecilia Luke

Phill Wizorek

Tiffany Ferguson

Volunteer Toni Montgomery

Mary O’Connor

December 16

Sunday

8:00 a.m. Mass

Third Sunday

of Advent

Jamie Meyer Veronica Meyer

Mary Perrien

Denise Peabody

Ava Perry

Avery Roundtree Deb Porter

Judy Hamblin

Pat Brockman

December 16

Sunday

11:30 a.m. Mass

Ryan Ford Tim Wall

Mellissa Harvey

Julie Bennett

Avelin McGuire

Caitlin McGuire Schafer Family

Pilya Christensen

Chris Christensen

Third Sunday

of Advent

Christmas Eve Masses

Monday, December 24

4:00 p.m.

9:00 p.m.

Christmas Day Mass

Tuesday, December 25

9:00 a.m.

Ministers are needed for Christmas Eve and

Christmas Day Masses (see times at left).

Sign-up sheets will be posted in the sacristy on

the weekend of December 8th/9th.

Date/Mass

Time

Lector Ministers of

Communion

Altar Servers Hospitality

December 22

Saturday

4:00 p.m. Mass

Fourth Sunday

of Advent

Phill Wizorek Mary Lou Mulick

Garry Mulick

Sue Wizorek

Kendall Cusack

Volunteer Deborah Campbell

Carol Cope

December 23

Sunday

8:00 a.m. Mass

Fourth Sunday

of Advent

Pete Fox Brad Starks

Laurie Tjalsma

Karen Meyers

Nicole Trierweiler

Connor Pung Trierweiler Family

Mary Perrien

December 23

Sunday

11:30 a.m. Mass

Fourth Sunday

of Advent

Jon Caswell Darren Schafer

Ron Drysdale

Volunteer

Gracie Morgan

Rachel Siemen Julie Bennett

Linda Droste

Dane Droste

December 29

Saturday

4:00 p.m. Mass

The Holy Family

of Jesus, Mary,

and Joseph

Cecilia Luke Madolyn Richardson

David Richardson

Kay Conner

Carmen Rewa

Elliot Rewa Toni Montgomery

Carol Cope

December 30

Sunday

8:00 a.m. Mass

The Holy Family

of Jesus, Mary,

and Joseph

Walt Downes Marilyn Flanagan

Sue Huver

Denise Peabody

Addyson Roundtree

Matt Meyer Jim Huver

Pamela Pontius

Deb Porter

December 30

Sunday

11:30 a.m. Mass

The Holy Family

of Jesus, Mary,

and Joseph

Jamie Schafer Kitty Lower

Tom Lower

Volunteer

Grace Droste

Audrey Wall Roger & Karen The-

len Family

Anderson Family