MASSES FOR THE WEEK OF

DECEMBER 1–DECEMBER 7

 

MON.       1           8:30 AM                Martha Schmitz (John & Barbara Koverman)

TUES.        2          8:30 AM                84th Birthday of Peg McDonald (Tim & Chris Furlong)

WED.          3         8:30 AM                Herman Lafferty (Robert Reitz)

THURS.     4         9:00 AM                Cletus Klosterman (Family)

FRI.             5         8:30 AM                Communion Service

SAT.            6         5:00 PM                                Elmer Zimmer (Kayann Reich)

7:00 PM                                Misa en Español

SUN.            7         8:00 AM                Charles Toon (Jim Wolf)

                             10:30 AM                For the Parish

Just a note to let you know when you request a mass intention the schedule may change according to Father’s commitments.

 

USHERS

SAT.       6              5:00 PM                                Greg & Ginny Kiener, Gerry & Viv Wyen

SUN.       7              8:00 AM                Russ Haley, John Heitkamp, Alan Leingang, Rick

                                                          Monnier

                           10:30 AM  Dennis & Pat McNulty, Dwight & Ginny Miller

 

ALTAR SERVERS

SAT.       6              5:00 PM                                Ricky Andrews, Spencer Brackman, Coletta Seeman

SUN.       7              8:00 AM                Ruth Ann Monnier, Kyle Osborn, Kristen Wolters

                           10:30 AM  Michael Lesher, Megan McLaughlin, Lindsey

                                                          Ratermann

 

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

SAT.       6              5:00 PM                                7 volunteers needed

SUN.       7              8:00 AM                7 volunteers needed

                            10:30 AM                 7 volunteers needed

 

LECTORS

SAT.     6               5:00 PM                                Philip Ratermann, Irene Crawford

SUN.     7               8:00 AM                Tim Riley, Adam Hipp

                            10:30 AM                 Cindy Griffin, Scott Lawson

 

CHILDREN’S LITURGY

SAT.      6              5:00 PM                                Deb Rindler

SUN.      7        10:3 0 AM                   Teresa Cundiff

 

GREETERS

Volunteers are needed for all masses

                                                                               

NEXT WEEK’S READINGS

First Reading ………………………………………… Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11

Second Reading ……………………………………… 2 Peter 3: 8-14

Gospel …………………………………………………Mark 1: 1-8 (5)

 

HOME EUCHARIST

If you are unable to attend mass this week and would like to receive the Eucharist, call the Parish Office at 667-3419 before 3:30 on Friday or call Ann Fallert @ 667-3416 on Saturday and arrangements will be made for home communion.

 

Our thoughts and prayers remain with those serving our country at this time and with their loved ones at home.  We pray for a safe homecoming and that the world may one day be at peace.

 

NOTICE – We will not be taking intentions for daily or Sunday mass until further notice.  We have had an unusual number of deaths this year and the mass intentions are more than Father can fulfill this year.  We will only take mass intentions for members of the parish that have passed away recently.

 

MINISTRY OF CARE

If you are home from the hospital and could use a meal brought in---call us.

If you could use a ride to the doctor or dentist---call us.

If you need a prescription picked up and you can't get it --- call us.

We are CARE GIVERS for St. John's parish. Let us be God's right hand by helping you.

Call 667-3419 or 667-6336

 

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION-HOLY DAY

Monday, December 8, is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation to participate in Mass.  It is also the Patronal Feast of the United States of America.  Because this Holy Day falls on Monday we have a special Mass schedule: 8:30 am & 7:00 pm.

 

BAPTISM PREP CLASSES - The next BAPTISMAL PREPARATION PROGRAM will be Sunday, December 7, 2008 in Room # 100 at 1:00 p.m.  This class is required prior to scheduling a Baptism.  Call the Parish Office (667-3419) to register.

 

YOUTH SCHEDULE:                                                                                                                       

November 30                                                       First Sunday of Advent/NO PSR OR YOUTH GROUP!

December 6-7                       4:30 pm to 6:30 am            Holiday Lock-in!

December 7                                                          NO YOUTH GROUP!  Recover from the lock-in!

December 13                        4:00 pm Bake Sale items due at church!

                                                5:45 pm Holiday Bake sale after mass

December 14                        7:30 am to 12:00 pm         Holiday Bake Sale!

                                                6:30 pm Jr. High St. Nicholas & Candy Cane Night!

December 15                                                        Young Neighbors Mission Trip Registrations Due!

December 21-January 4                     NO YOUTH GROUP ACTIVITIES!  Enjoy your family and Christmas

                                                                                                Vacation!

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL who helped out at our Jr. High retreat last Sunday!  There were 43 Jr. High participants, 22 high school leaders and over 12 adults (80 people!) involved in this retreat!  WOW!!!  Kudos to all involved from parents encouraging their young people to attend, to the high school students for planning and executing an awesome retreat and to their “cheerleaders”—Jennifer Weir and Kathy Trent, and to all the adults who helped out in a variety of ways!  St. John’s is where it’s at!!!! 

 

HOLDAY BAKE SALE IS ON THE WAY!  We’ve decided to hold a bake sale to help out with our youth ministry expenses.  The bake sale will be on December 13-14 following all of the masses.  Each student will be asked to bring a certain amount of baked goods to the parish by 4:00 pm on the 13th.  Watch your mail for more information soon!!! 

 

Storytellers:  Youth Ministry through Drama is producing an all youth presentation of “Robert Fulghum’s, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” the musical.  Performances will be the weekends of Feb 27 and Mar. 6 in various churches throughout Dayton.  Singing and non-singing roles are available.  All High School age youth (classes ’09-‘12) are invited to be a part of this incredible experience as actors, singers, musicians and crew.  All who audition are cast.  Auditions for actors, singers and musicians are at Holy Angels Parish (1322 Brown St. in Dayton, 45409) on Dec. 14 at 1:00pm or at St. Christopher Parish (435 E. National Rd. Vandalia, 45377) on Dec. 15 at 7:30 pm.   Anyone interested in being on the crew should email Elise Wahle at ewahle@catholicweb.com no later than Jan. 6, 2009.   If you have any questions please contact Teri Iverson (teriiverson@woh.rr.com or 667-3419.  STORYTELLERS WILL BE PERFORMING HERE AT ST. JOHN’S ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28!  MARK YOUR CALENDARS TO ATTEND!

 

YOUNG NEIGHBORS MISSION TRIP!  Join us this summer as we venture to a city far away to participate in a week-long service learning experience in which we learn about our Catholic call to work for justice while connecting to meaningful service opportunities!  Some of the things we may do are  yard work, neighborhood cleanup, home repairs, painting, construction, working in a daycare, serving meals in a soup kitchen, and/or much more!  We’ll spend our evenings being entertained and learning more about Catholic Social teaching in a fun way!  You don’t want to miss out on this week-long event!  Cost is $349 and includes everything for the week except transportation (which we will fund-raise).  Want more info?  Grab a registration packet (by the youth news board in the narthex) and check it out!  You can also look up youngneighbors.com!  Registration and deposit is due by December 15th! 

 

ST. NICK AND CANDY CANE NIGHT!  Join us on December 14 at 6:30 pm for a night of holiday fun as we explore the legends of St. Nick and the Candy cane!  We’ll watch a movie clip, decorate (and eat) a cookie,  make an ornament and find out what all of this has to do with Advent!  Advent?  What is advent?  You’d better show up and find out!!!  Jr. Highers, grab your friends and we’ll see ya’ there!

 

TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT - Feel a “tug” that you can contribute something to our parish community?  Please consider giving the gift of yourself as a Home Communion Minister.  A small investment of your time and a willingness to share that time with others is all that’s required.  Please call Bill McGrath, 667-4932, or Ann Fallert, 667-3416.

 

A BIG THANK YOU to three great ladies for coming in and helping get the AMEN ready for mailing.  They got it all done in one day.  Thanks to Kathy Trimbach, Ruth Magness and Carol Maxwell and to Ann Fallert for coordinating the volunteers.

 

"SHOWER FOR BABY JESUS"

In preparation for the birth of Our Lord, the Respect Life Committee invites everyone in the parish to participate in the "Shower for Baby Jesus" in which we collect baby items for those in need. Items needed range from baby wipes to baby clothes to baby beds. Good, clean, used items are welcome. No donation is too small. Diapers are the greatest need. All donations go to the Center for Life (Miami County Right to Life) and area families in need. There will be a bassinet in the Gathering Area and boxes in the hallways by the classrooms where items may be dropped off during Advent and through the Christmas Season. For further information call Betty Voisard (339-3941) or Jennifer Weir (667-0282). All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

THANK YOU - A very special thank you to all the Clothesline Volunteers.  A check in the amount of $2351.25 was received from proceeds at the Clothesline for the volunteers generous donation of their time and talent.  Thank you to this wonderful group of people.

 

St. John's MOM's Group - The St. John’s Mom’s Group would like to invite all mothers of young children to attend our meetings and/or events.  The group meets twice a month on Thursday mornings from 9:15 to 11:00 a.m.

in the Parish Banquet Hall with the exception of the summer months.  Babysitting is provided in room # 108

December 4th – Kids Christmas Party Banquet Hall

December 6th – Christmas Bazaar – Banquet Hall

December 10th –6:30 pm– Mom’s Night Out – Christmas dinner @ Melting Pot-

                                                                           Dayton(ornament exchange)

December 13th -6:00 p.m. Craft/Hobby night – Banquet Hall

COFFEE, DONUTS AND BAGELS is next Sunday December 7th in the Banquet Hall.  Men’s Shared Prayer will host this month.

 

OVER 50 NEWS – The Over 50’s will be going to lunch on December 3rd at 11:30 a.m. at Tipp of the Town.  Each Person is asked to bring 1 toy, unwrapped, to be donated to Needy Baskets.  All parishioners, 50 years and older, are welcome to join us.

 

RCIA: The Church Year and Advent were our themes for this past Monday.

 

Confirmation 2008: The candidates and parents will meet on Sunday, Dec. 14 to explore the history of St. John the Baptist and tour the Church with an explanation of the various elements of our Church building. Parishioners please remember them in your prayers.

 

2009 Catholic Religious Vocation Guide: One of the ways we Catholic Christians live out our faith is through religious life as Jesuits, Marianists, Benedictines, Sister of Charity, Sisters of Notre Dame and many more. Every year Vision magazine is published by the National Religious Vocation Conference. This magazine has articles and advertisements about the various religious orders in the United States. There is a copy in the magazine rack in the Gathering Space if you are interested in learning about the vocation to religious life.

 

HOLY HOUR – We are continuing our monthly Holy Hour on the first Tuesday of the month, 7:00-8:00 pm.  The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed on the altar during the hour.  Our next Holy Hour is this Tuesday, December 2nd.

 

ADVENT LESSONS & CAROLS – Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Patrick’s in Troy.  Nine scripture readings, which highlight the season of Advent, each followed by congregational singing of advent carols or featuring music of the adult and children’s choirs.

 

THE COMMUNITY is invited to join Mary, Help of Christians Parish for a family fun evening, Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm.  Television star, Frank Runyeon will delight the audience with his performance of The 3 ½ Stories of Christmas.  Runyeon has starred in over 1,000 television shows, and is also an honor graduate of General Theological Seminary and Princeton University.  Bring the entire family and enjoy this special performance at 954 N. Maple Ave., in Fairborn, OH.  There will be no admission charge.  For more information, call 879-8802 or 878-8353.

 

5th ANNUAL WORK OF HUMAN HANDS INTERNATIONAL ARTISAN MARKET – Enjoy shopping and change the world at the same time!  You are invited to the 5th annual Work of Human Hands Artisan Market, Saturday, December 6th from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at Bergamo Center, 4400 Shakertown Rd., Beavercreek, Ohio, sponsored by Bergamo, Weavers of Justice, Catholic Social Action and Catholic Relief Services.  For more information please contact Catholic Social Action at 937-224-3026.  There will be handcrafted goods from over 20 developing nations.  Special guest this year is Sr. Maria Stacy SND, Associate Director of Hispanic Catholic Ministry.  She will speak about Families in Flight: From the Holy Family to Today’s Families at 12:00 p.m.  Joe Weber, our Catholic Relief Services volunteer, will share his experiences working for CRS in Zambia.

 

TIPP CITY SCHOOLS BOXTOP COLLECTION – Please save Boxtops for Education, Campbell’s soup label UPS’s and Tyson Project A Plus Frozen Chicken end flaps for our children in the Tipp City Schools.  Boxtops are found on many General Mills cereals and products. Pillsbury products, Kleenex, and Glad Ziploc Bags.  You may drop them in the collection basket any time.  Call Paulette Kolakowski 667-4751 if you have questions.

 

JUBILEE SINGERS from Dayton Ohio will perform an Advent Evensong

Sunday, December 14, 2008 Sacred Heart of Jesus Church McCartyville

The concert will begin at 4PM. A free will offering will be accepted.

Sponsored by the Sacred Heart Education Commission

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to tutor individuals on a one to one basis.  Requirements are patience, a desire to make a difference in someone’s life, completion of a twelve hour course, a six month commitment of 1-2 hours a week.  This program is sponsored by the Troy Literacy Council, Inc.  For more information call 660-3170.

 

LAST WEEK’S COLLECTION NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO EARLY DEADLINE     

Bell Fund

Total Collected to date       $42,235.73

TOTAL OUTSTANDING BUILDING DEBT     $438,100.00

 

ST. CHRISTOPHER, 435 E. National Road, Vandalia, OH 45377

Mass Schedule

Saturday: 5:00 p.m. - Sunday: 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Holy Day vigil: 7:00 p.m. - Holy Day: 9:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

(Collection envelopes will be forwarded to the proper parish)