Dear Friends,

We meet this weekend on Saturday at 4:30 P.M. to reflect and pray over our God’s great love for us in the context of a wedding feast. Weddings in the best sense are about love freely given, deep trust in another human being’s willingness to say “yes” to life and love together as long as the two shall live.  Our God’s love for each of us is just that intense, that true. Come; celebrate and pray with us this Saturday.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

P.S.  Think about whether you would like to have pot-luck suppers during Lent, February 20 and March 19. March 19, Saturday will be our celebration of Palm Sunday.  Get back to me with your wishes. 

 

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Readings: 

• Isaiah 62: 1-5
• 1 Corinthians 12: 4-11
• John 2: 1-12

Dear Friends,

This Sunday’s liturgy, The Baptism of Jesus, calls us to reflect on what baptism meant to him at the beginning of his public ministry and likewise calls us to reflect on our own baptisms and what that initial blessing as infants, for most of us, means to us, today.  Does that fact make a difference in how we live our lives each day?

Come; ponder these questions with us.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Isaiah 42: 1-4, 6-7
• Acts 10 : 34-38
• Luke 3: 15-16, 22

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Note: We are looking for people willing to serve on our board–please let the pastor know of your willingness to put your name on the ballot by Sunday evening, January 10, 2016.  Thank you.  aaorcc2008@gmail.com.

 

Dear Friends,

We have come to the mid-way point of our celebration of the holy season of Advent—this Gaudete Sunday is all about joy—joy that our God loves us so much that Jesus was sent to be one-with-us.  The readings for this Sunday basically tell us that our true joy in this life will come from keeping our eyes on our brother, Jesus, following his way. Let us pray for and with each other this week, amid all our busy-ness to keep our balance and focus on Jesus.

Robert and I will be away this Sunday and Dick Dahl will be with you.  Come, and celebrate with him!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

P.S. Please keep Kelly Teachout in your prayers as she prepares to become a Catholic on December 19^th.

 

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Remember to go to allareonechurch.org and subscribe to our website.  With the first of the year, 2016, this will be our new way of communication.  All that you wanted to know and more about our church can be found there! If you have problems, please let me know and we will get you the help needed.  I have had people who don’t consider themselves very “techy” tell me it really is easy, so hopefully, we can make this transition smoothly and soon! My utmost thanks to Blake Darst, our webmaster!  ***

 

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***Please sign up soon for our Christmas potluck on December 19^th after the 4:30 P.M. Mass. Let’s keep it simple with soup and bread, pick-up veggies and perhaps some Christmas treats.      This day will also be a special one for Kelly Teachout who will be initiated into the Catholic church that day—come and celebrate this special day for her! We will have a cake for her! ***

 

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Readings:

• Zephaniah 3: 14-18
• Philippians 4: 4-7
• Luke 3: 10-18

 

 

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Dear Friends,

As we move through this season of love; we are challenged to open our hearts wide to find the ways that we can enter our world with the gentleness of a child, yet the strength of a mature follower of our brother Jesus.  We need to reflect on the simplicity of his coming among us in order to keep our focus on the neediest in our midst and affect our present day world as he did his!

Come; celebrate with us this week!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

P.S. Remember the 10 Days of Giving for the Winona Volunteer Services and bring your donations this week! Thank you!

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Readings:

•  Baruch 5: 1-9
• Philippians  1: 4-6, 8-11
• Luke 3: 1-6

 

 

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Dear Friends,

This Sunday begins the holy season of Advent—a time of expectant waiting for Jesus, Emmanuel—God-with-us to come into our lives in a special way.  It is also a time to seek Jesus, our brother and friend, out—a time to begin again, a new Church Year, and hopefully, a new beginning in our lives, to be all that we can be.

Come; celebrate with us this week! This is also the last Sunday for the November Food Collection for Winona Volunteer Services—please be generous! Thank you!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

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Readings:

• Jeremiah 33: 14-16
• 1 Thessalonians 3: 12—4:2
• Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36

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