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Bulletin – Palm Sunday

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Dear Friends,

Mass on Sunday, April 9, 2017, 10 A.M.

With this Sunday, we begin our observance of the holiest week of the Church Year.  We are invited to walk with our brother Jesus through the completion of his earthly life, death and resurrection, pondering what that was for him and ultimately, what it means for us too.  Hopefully, you will carve out some time for yourself this next week to reflect on all that these events can teach us–Jesus was human and he was God.  In his humanity, he suffered loneliness, discouragement, lack of faith, as do we, but he also strove after what was best in him–faith in a God who loved him, unconditionally, knowledge that he was never really alone, and strength in his discouragement that God is never closer than when we are in pain.  This is truly what the resurrection is all about!–becoming our best selves–whole people!

Come; ponder these mysteries with us beginning on this Sunday, Palm Sunday.  SEE HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE BELOW: 

Holy Week Schedule

Good Friday Service, Friday, April 14, 2017, 4:30 P.M.

Easter Vigil Service, Saturday, April 15, 2017, 4:30 P.M.

The Easter Vigil will serve as our Easter Sunday Mass–NO MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 16TH . 

Peace , love and joy, ALLELUIA!

Pastor Kathy

Readings: 

  • Matthew 21: 1-11 (procession)

Mass: 

  • Isaiah 50: 4-7
  • Philippians 2: 5-11
  • The Passion of Jesus, the Christ–Matthew 26:14–27: 66

 

Bulletin – 5th Sunday of Lent

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Dear Friends,

Mass on Sunday, April 2, 2017, at 10:00 A.M.

This week we continue our journey to Easter.  The prophet, Ezekiel reminds us that the very breath of God is within us–Paul, in his letter to the Romans expounds on this idea that it is the “Spirit of God dwelling in us that brings us to life.”  And then in John’s beautiful account of the rising of Lazarus; we receive the hope that our brother Jesus always  has for us–“I am the resurrection and the life–those who believe in me, even if they die…will never [ultimately] die!” Come; ponder these mysteries with us this week.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

Readings: 

  • Ezekiel 37: 12-14
  • Romans 8: 8-11
  • John 11: 1-45

 

Bulletin – 4th Sunday of Lent

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Dear Friends,

Mass on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 10 A.M.

Remember that March is Food Share Month–please be generous! Thank you! 

This of all, I just noticed that the bulletin for last Saturday’s Mass didn’t go through–I tried to send it from Beijing, and had thought it had gone, but not so– I am sorry for any inconvenience that may have caused you.

We continue our Lenten journey this week which is really a walk in faith.  We are asked to consider the ways that we might be “blind”  in our walk with Jesus as we think about the physical condition of blindness in this week’s gospel.

We are back from our China trip and are looking forward to being with you again! A heartfelt thank you to Pastor Dick for standing in for me.

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

Readings:

  • 1 Samuel 16: 1, 6-7, 10-13
  • Ephesians 5: 8-14
  • John 9: 1-41

Bulletin – 2nd Sunday of Lent

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Dear Friends,

Mass on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 10 A.M.–Remember this weekend begins Daylight Savings Time–Spring Ahead!

Remember the March Food Drive for Winona Volunteer Services–canned meats and fish, low sodium soups and vegetables, canned fruits packed in water, peanut butter, whole grain cereals and oatmeal, brown rice and whole grain pasta, complete baking mixes-pancakes, muffins, biscuits, dried beans and peas and low-sodium canned beans–our board has also approved a $300 donation in your name–all that is given and collected in this drive goes a long way to keep the food shelves supplied well into the year, so be as generous as you can–Thank you all! 

Abram and Sarai, our forebears walk in faith in this week’s reading from Genesis–God will make them a nation they are told –“the Creator loves justice and right.” Paul tells us that we cannot be ashamed or afraid to speak for the truth of being a follower of Jesus. And Peter proclaims from the mount, “How good that we are here!”

Come; celebrate and ponder these mysteries with the community this week!

Peace and love,

Pastor Kathy

P.S. Pastor Dick Dahl will be with you this week.  We are grateful to him and for your prayers in our absence.

Readings: 

  • Genesis 12: 1-4
  • 2 Timothy 1: 8-10
  • Matthew 17: 1-9