Fourth Sunday of Advent December 18, 2016

Advent Penance Service on Wednesday December 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. This is a time of renewal and recommitment to BE THE MISSION; allowing Chr ist the Servant to be born anew in your life and become flesh in your daily thoughts, words, and actions – leaving behind all the baggage that keeps us from being the mission of Christ in our acre of God’s world.

Christmas Eve Mass 4:00 PM in Our Lady of Peace Church, 4:00 PM in the Alumni Hall Gymnasium 6:00 PM in Our Lady of Peace Church and 10:00 PM in Our Lady of Peace Church

Christmas Day 10:00AM in Our Lady of Peace Church (no evening Mass)

New Year’s Eve December 31, 4:30PM in Our Lady of Peace Church New Year’s Day January 1, 9:00 AM in Our Lady of Peace Church and 11:00 AM in Our Lady of

Peace Church (no evening Mass)

Monsignor’s Corner Sacrificial Giving At Christmas and the Holidays Please remember that in our yearly budget we are dependent on the generosity of our parishioners for our annual Christmas collection, which is on December 25, and we are dependent on the sacrificial giving for the last Sun- day of the month, which is also December 25. In other words we really need your help. Your Christmas sacrificial giving provides the means of balancing our budget for the first half of the fiscal year.

Thank you to all for your

generosity this Christmas season. Our parish has demonstrated

themselves as servants of Christ.

Christmas Mass in Alumni Hall

Christmas Mass in Our Lady of Peace Church

Mass Intentions Tuesday December 20 9:00 a.m. Margaret Dougherty by Ladies Guild Wednesday December 21 9:00 a.m. Living and Deceased members of Christ the Servant Parish

Thursday December 22 9:00 a.m. Robert Sirpilla by Dick and Patty Raymondi

Friday December 23 9:00a.m. Helen Kulich by Roger & Phylis Ascani Muriel Cammel by Husband and Family

Saturday December 24 4:00 p.m. Alumni Hall & Church Living and Deceased members of Christ the Servant Parish 6:00 p.m. Living and Deceased members of Christ the Servant Parish 10:00p.m Living and Deceased members of Christ the Servant Parish

Sunday December 25 10:00 a.m. Living and Deceased members of Christ the Servant Parish

Liturgy “As Servants of Christ, through the various Liturgical Ministries, we offer our gifts to one another with the mutual kindness and respect, providing and enhancing opportunities for prayerful worship and

celebration.” Liturgy Pastoral Secretary: Chr is Thomas cftthomas1@att.net

Social Concerns “As servants of Christ, we will strive to be the presence of Christ to our parish and the wider community, providing counsel, assistance, and hope as we live the Gospel of God through our practice of the Corporal Works of Mercy. We offer our gifts with kindness and respect, enhanc-ing opportunities for fellowship and mutual support, led by Christ’s example of hospitality, diver-sity and inclusiveness.” Social Concerns Pastoral Secretary: John Cihon jci-hon@mpwservices.com

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 18, 2016

Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Servers, Ushers, and Greeters - You are needed for our Christmas Eve/Day and New Years Eve/Day masses! Please stop in the cry room and sign up - If you are interested in volunteering for any of these services, please contact Michael Reed in the church office or email him at MReed@christtheservantparish.org

No Food Collection at Christmas Masses Typically, a very large number of people attend the Masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. To avoid creating access and/or “traffic flow” problems at these Masses, we will suspend our food collection on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We urge parishioners to be especially generous with food donations during the weeks preceding Christmas, and we will resume “normal” food collections the weekend following Christmas.

Tree of Giving Thank you to everyone who took a tag from the tree or made a donation. Your kindness and generosity are truly overwhelming. Your spirit of giving will make this Christmas much brighter for many families.

We had another very good week for our drive. We collected 455 lbs. of food, 48 lbs. of clothing, and 18 lbs. of toiletries. Our complete total is 521 lbs. Thank all of you for your generosity especially this time of year. It's amazing. The students at OLOP have been collecting food for us for 2 weeks and we will divide their total between Hope Outreach and Catholic Charities. I know Hope Outreach will be so grateful when we deliver to them. Thank you again!

General Parish and School Activities 50/50

Every Monday a winner will be drawn the winner will be posted in the following weeks bulletin. Put a dollar in the envelope to participate. The enve-lopes are found in your Stewardship Packets. -12/04/16 #62480 was drawn and won $124.00

Sponsor for the Week Shear Comfort Landscape, Inc.

Parish Life Parish Life Pastoral Area Mission Statement

As servants of Christ, through the various Parish Life ministries, we offer our gifts to one another

with mutual kindness and respect, providing and enhancing diverse opportunities for fellowship, mutual support and ministry to our Parish community, led by Christ’s example of hospitality and inclusiveness.”

Parish Life Pastoral Secretary: Lynne Dragomier ldragom1@kent.edu

Christ the Servant Parish Stewardship

*correction*12/03/16 & 12/04/16 $13,409.00 *correction* Religious Retirement $3,146.31

12/10/2016 & 12/11/2016 $12,011.00 Immaculate Conception $1,521.00

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 18, 2016

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 18, 2016

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 18, 2016

We Need Volunteers, Organizations and Sponsors to Help Us Help the Homeless

Where & When

The Martin Center, 1253 3rd St. SE, in Canton on December 24th from 1pm to 4pm

What Is This Event?

On Christmas Eve, we are offering a complete meal, including turkey, ham and all the fixings to the homeless men, women and children in Stark County. In addition, we are also hoping to provide for many needs that day, including clothing, shoes, coats, and personal hygiene kits --- There is even a triage station planned, along with hair stylists, and make-up & nail artists. PLUS: Several of the most talented singers and artists in Stark County will join us on this special day of sharing the warmth of the holidays!

How Can You Help?

VOLUNTEER

Volunteers are needed to set up, serve meals, clean up, or even offer services to the homeless

FINANCIAL DONATION Most of the event’s needs have been covered through generous donors, there will still be some expenses, so

financial donations are welcome DONATE ITEMS

We need sleeping bags, tents, coats, socks, boots, shoes, Personal hygiene products.

(Drop off locations are listed on our website: https://sharethewarmthstark.org

How Can You Volunteer to Help?

https://sharethewarmthstark.org

Presented by: Anchor House, Addiction: Voices of Hope; The Martin Center, Refuge of Hope, 1480 WHBC & Mix 94.1..Plus many other area organizations and businesses.

VOLUNTEER NEEDS

Churches or individuals to help cook food; People to serve dinner, or help distribute coats, shirts, shoes, etc. Help with set up and tear down Volunteer professional hair stylists & nail artists

Homebound Eucharistic Ministry The parish is in need of Eucharistic Ministers who are willing to take the Eucharist to the homebound. If you would like to become a volunteer to visit our parish nursing homes Bethany, Stone Crossing and Canton Christian Home) or the hospitals, please call the parish office at 330.492.0757 or Rosemarie 330.492.0716. If you are or know of someone who is homebound , hospitalized or in a nursing home and would like someone to bring the Eucharist or visit with once in a while, please call 330-492-0757.

Hospital and Prolonged Illness Prayer List

Our Hospital and Prolonged Illness List is extremely important. We have implemented a prayer book in the church for names to be added by parishioners. Thank you.

Parish Events for the Week Ahead

Sunday December 18

New Beginners Alcoholic Anonymous meeting in the Gathering Room 7:00-8:00pm

Monday December 19

Ladies Guild/ Senior Group luncheon

12:00 Gathering Rm

Parish Men’s Basketball

7:00-9:00p.m. Gym

Tuesday December 21 Parish Adult Volleyball 8-10p.m. Gym Wednesday December 22 Bible Study 10am Gathering Room

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 18, 2016

Youth Ministry On December 29th, 6-10 pm in Alumni Hall (gym), we will be hosting the Stark County Youth Ministries Christmas Party. This party

will be for the Youth Groups of all the Stark County Catholic Parishes.

Christmas Party The Ladies Guild and Senior Group are planning a Christ-mas Party to be held December 19th at noon. We will have good food, good entertainment and bingo all for $15 per person. Save the date and call for a reserva-tion by December 15 Joan Scarfone 330.493.4065 Jane Wheeler 330.493.0345. All are invited!

Please do not schedule events anywhere on campus - in Seton Hall , Gym, Gathering Room, Kitchens , with-out first getting a confirmation from Mike Reed. During school days ( M-F) the school is given priority, unless other arrangements are made through Mike Reed. With the number of meetings / activities / we all need to work with procedure so as to avoid conflicts in scheduling . Msgr.