For more up-to-date information about

Epiphany, visit us at:

www.epiphanystl.org

Phone: 314-781-1199

Facebook: Epiphany of Our Lord Parish

Email: parish104@archstl.org

Looking Ahead to Special Events for 2019 Event When Where

Parish Feast Day Breakfast January 6, 2019 - Feast of Epiphany Gymnasium

Fish Frys Fridays: March 8, 15, 22, & 29 and April 5 & 12 Gymnasium

Palm Sunday - April 14, 2019 No Activities

Easter Sunday April 21, 2019

Donut Sundays 3rd Sunday of the Month (Nov.-April) Gymnasium

May Crowning May 5, 2019 Church & Gym & Sacrament Recognition

Msgr. Sullivan Breakfast May 19, 2018 Gymnasium

Flea Market June 22-23, 2019 Gymnasium

Epiphany/GSA Fall Festival September 13 & 14, 2019 Parish Grounds

Quarter Auction October 10, 2019 Gym

Chili Cook Off/ Gateway Science Academy Trunk R Treat (Combined Function) Gym & Parking Lot October 19, 2019

EFF Adult Coed November 7-9, 2019 Gymnasium

Volleyball Tournament

There are many other events that take place at Epiphany which are held by our associates, but are not listed on the above calendar. For more information on current events visit us @ www.epiphanystl.org.

6596 Smiley Avenue St. Louis, MO 63139

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Pastor’s Letter Rev. Michael Rennier

1

Time & Talent By: June Laschober

2

Fundraiser Report 2

Detachable Stewardship Card

3-4

Trivia Night 5

Volunteering 5

Parish Household & Sacrament Statistics

5

Fall Festival

Financial Report

6

Fiscal Year

Financial Report

7

Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church

N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 S T E W A R D S H I P N E W S L E T T E R

Pastor’s Letter Dear Parishioners, 4 reasons to be excited about stewardship at Epiphany Stewardship is one of the ways we show God that we love him. Stewardship includes fi-nancial giving, volunteering, and prayer. Hopefully, we're all able to give something to each of those three categories. When it comes to what we give, I want to encourage you that what you give, no matter how big or small, does make a difference. I would like to share with you some of the ways your stewardship has helped to contribute to this parish: 1. Senior Ministry – Our parish generously supports Lindenwood Area Senior Ministry,

a group that helps in many different ways, whether it be providing rides to the doctor, Stephen Ministers who visit those who are lonely, or putting on social events through-out the year. In addition, we have many willing Extraordinary Ministers who take communion to the homebound every single week.

2. Children's Ministry – This past year alone, we had a successful Vacation Bible School, a summer children's choir camp, a thriving Children's liturgy of the word, two full sessions of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd with our preschoolers, and a highly en-rolled PSR. Through the commitment of our many, many volunteers a new generation is being introduced to Jesus.

3. Social justice – Our SVDP was recently highly complimented by the district president as being a model group. We have developed an ongoing coffee (Breviary) fundraiser so that we are able to afford giving our neighbors in need high-quality fresh food as part of our assistance. The coffee fund has raised thousands of dollars in the past year. Our pro-life ministry continues to be highly active in a number of creative ways, and the Knights of Columbus began meeting here this past year and continue all of their charitable work.

4. Parish Fundraisers – We had an absolutely amazing year for the Fish Fry. Our Quarter Auction continues to grow. The Cow Patty Bingo was tons of fun. Our very last Trivia Night was fantastic (thanks to everyone who volunteered for so many years), and Fall Festival was a big hit. All of the energy that continues to be poured into these events shows just how vital Epiphany is to those around us.

I know I missed a lot, but there's so much going on at Epiphany that it's hard not to be ex-cited about how God can take our gifts and turn them into much more than we could have ever imagined. This stewardship letter will encourage you to look ahead and plan your giving for the next year so that when I write this letter next year I have many more things to highlight to be excited about. Each one of us, through our gifts large or small, are making a huge differ-ence in the world and in the Kingdom of God.

Fr. Michael

Time And Talent By: June Laschober

“It is through your

donation of Time and

Talent that you

become a member of

the community.”

Why at my age am I still up here volunteering at various activities? It is because of

the fellowship and friend-ships. This is not to say that Epiphany does not value your Treasures you do-nate. They are important to us. However, you can donate money to the American Cancer Society, but it does not make you an employee of the or-ganization. You can buy Girl Scout cookies, but it does not make you a Girl Scout. It is through your

donation of Time and Talent that you become a member of the community. I wel-come you to join us at the next event here at Epipha-ny, whether it is Fish Fry, Fall Festival, or Donut Sun-day. Come join us, meet your neighbor, become a member of the community.

Today, I would like to talk about Time and Talent. Let’s start with a little story, a parable. When I was a child, we did not have a dishwasher. My sister and I were the dishwashers after dinner each night. We fought regularly while washing dishes, my sainted moth-er refereeing. However, when my cousins came to dinner, instead of two of us doing the dishes, there were four of us, as my cousins helped also. Magically, the dreaded job became fun. For some rea-son, we always looked for-ward to doing the dishes with our cousins. To this day, I enjoy working in the kitchen with my cousins.

When you donate your Time and Talent to Epipha-ny the same thing will hap-

pen. It is not about the drudgery of the job, but about the joy of fellowship.

Years ago, when my hus-band and I were new pa-rishioners at Epiphany, it was my neighbor who invit-ed me to join her in activi-ties at Epiphany. Soon I had made some friends, and I looked forward to joining in. We are a family, a commu-nity, and together we can accomplish great things.

2017-2018 Fundraiser Report

2 0 1 8 S T E W A R S H I P N E W S L E T T E R P A G E 2

Certificate Program $6,894.67

Clothing Box $510.84

Cow Plop Bingo $5,478.00

Fall Festival $21,713.28

Fish Fry $21,186.58

Flea Market $7,029.45

Tuition Assistance $1,881.00

Quarter Auction (2017) $4,406.79

E P I P H A N Y O F

O U R L O R D

C A T H O L I C C H U R C H

Fiscal Year 2018

Income

$761,125.06

Endowment Income

$26,172.76

Expenses

$691,718.59

Capital Expenditures

$97,932.60

Credit Card Transaction Fee

-$1,453.15

Endowment Contributions

$80.00

Net Income

-$28,446.13

Assets as of July 1, 2018

Parish Checking

$198,859.67

Parish Money Market

$88,472.81

Beyond Sunday

$23,911.12

Sum of CD’s

$56,114.05

Endowment Fund

$405,177.94

Organization’s Checking

$33,980.24

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YOUR GIFT OF TIME

I commit to praying for Epiphany, our ministries, and my family for _____________________hours per week.

Please return your stewardship card in the weekend offertory basket or to the parish office.

YOUR GIFT OF TREASURE

Please consider continuing your support of the parish or even increasing your support if you are

able.

My/Our Intention for my/our regular weekly offering will be

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Household Information

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Sacramental Information

Registered Parish Households .. 621

New Families …………………….8

Total Number of Catholics…….1,519

Contributors………………………245

Baptisms……….10

First Communions ………….………………...22

Confirmations..4

Deaths…………..17

Marriages………...7

Christian Initiation

Ø (Current Year)

Volunteering - Our Volunteers Are Valuable

On November 3, 2018

Epiphany Sports Associa-

tion/Epiphany Friends For-

ever held their 30th Trivia

Night Fundraiser! Trivia

Night was started in 1989

by Bill Schmidt, Larry

Giovanni, and Bill Regan,

along with their wives

Bobbie, Joann & Carol. For

the past 19 years John

Ellison and Jeff O’Fallon

have co-chaired Trivia

Night with help from their

many volunteers. On the

first Trivia Night 30 years

ago there were 28 regis-

tered tables; this years

Trivia Night wrapped up

with 60 registered tables.

In 2006 EFF Trivia had a

record breaking 106 ta-

bles! Over the years, the

Trivia Night co-chairs and

volunteers have created

300 categories; 3300

questions and raised over

$200,000 for the Epiphany

Sports Association/

Epiphany Friends Forever.

Sadly, this year marks the

end of an era. After many

years of questions and

answers, EFF has decided

to discontinue Trivia Night.

On behalf of John Ellison

and Jeff O’Fallon, we

would like to thank every-

one that ever attended

and/or worked the Trivia

Night. Without all of you

Trivia Night would not

have been the success that

is has been. We would also

like to take this opportuni-

ty to congratulate the win-

ners of this years EFF Presi-

dent Award, Michelle

Jarvis, Larry Meyers and

Bill Kloecker. The Presi-

dent’s award is given to

people who go above and

beyond in their volunteer

work for the organization.

Larry & Michelle won the

award for their many

years of service to ESA/EFF

and Bill won for his thirty

years of service to Trivia

Night and all the other

many fundraisers he helps

with. We would also like

to offer a special word of

gratitude to John Ellison &

Jeff O’Fallon for dedicating

the last 19 years to chair

the Trivia Night!

We have always known

that the many parishion-

ers who volunteer to

serve in our various parish

organizations and minis-

tries are most valuable.

Now we have confirma-

tion. Based on the average

hourly wage, experts cur-

rently estimate that one

hour of volunteer time is

worth $17.55. However, to

us your volunteer time

is invaluable. Through the

gifts of time and talent

that our parishioners so

generously share we are

able to truly be the hands

and feet of Jesus Christ

here in Epiphany of Our

Lord Parish. Many thanks

to all those faithful and

generous stewards who

volunteer in our parish!

Your time is worth every-

thing to us!

St. Louis Archdiocese - Stewardship

Office

Trivia Night - The end of an Era.

Epiphany 2017-2018 Statistics