St. John the Apostle Catholic Church

2600 Central Avenue West Minot, North Dakota 58701 Parish Office .................. 839-7076 839-7062 Website .... www.stjohnminot.com Email ......... stjohnchurch@srt.com Fr. David A. Richter, Pastor Deacon Chuck Kramer Weekend Liturgies Saturday . …….......……...5:00 pm Sunday….……8:00 am; 10:30 am Weekday Liturgies Tuesday ................... ….....7:00 pm Every Third Tuesday….....7:00 am Wednesday .................... ...7:00 am Thursday ....................... ...7:00 am Friday .... ….......................7:00 am Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday-Friday...6:30-6:50 am Saturday…………...3:45-4:45 pm Sunday…………....9:30-10:15 am Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration Fridays after Mass…until 9:00 am Bulletin submission deadline:

Please send all submissions by Tuesday noon! Heritage Missals provided to St. John by

ThompsonLarson Funeral Home.

January 7, 2018 The Epiphany of the Lord

ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Our Stewardship Mission as a Faith Community We are Catholics committed to hospitality, prayer, faith formation

and service to the Church and to those in need. We strive to practice stewardship as an expression of our baptismal call to follow Jesus

and to imitate His way of Life.

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Parish Staff Fr. David A. Richter, Pastor Deacon Chuck & Nancy Kramer Mrs. Darcie Haider ....Parish Secretary Mrs. Monica Perry………..Director of Religious Education Ms. Joan Boulé ......Parish Bookkeeper Mrs. Frances Lovelace .Bulletin Editor Mrs. Hannah Crane ...…...Stewardship Coordinator Mrs. Irene Pitner ...……..Housekeeper Mr. Richard Johnson ……...Custodian Mr. James Picard …….....Maintenance Mrs. Michele Welsh …....Maintenance

Pastoral Council Bob Nyre Karen Schultz Penny Chole Tam Black Nancy Meyer Michelle Martinson Collin Crane Miranda Hager

Finance Council Gregg Magnuson……...Trustee Ed Hausauer…………..Trustee Mike Mueller Jim Hatlelid Leah Kasper Veronica Meyer Leisa Harmon Joan Boulé………....(Ex-officio)

Stewardship Team Kim Albert…………….....Chair Gary Lucy. Kevin Mosser Dale Plessas Lori Burbach Tanya Steckler Jackie Plessas Denise Landsiedel Susan Bjorgen Hannah Crane……………Staff

Young Empowering Stewards Youth Group

PARISH INFORMATION January 7, 2018 The Epiphany of the Lord

Sacraments /Faith Formation

Marriage Please contact the parish office, (839-7076), at least nine months in advance. Call to schedule an ap-pointment with the pastor.

Baptisms Please contact the parish office, (839-7076).

Religious Education Director: Mrs. Monica Perry, (839-7076). RE classes are Wednesdays: 4:00 and 6:00 pm.

Listen to a Homily Listen To A Homily on our

St. John Parish Website, www.stjohnminot.com.

It is under Liturgy/Sacraments

Coffee & Donuts and Welcome Newcomers

Second Sunday of the Month, after both Masses. Religious Articles Available for purchase in the office during parish office hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.

SCRIP … to support Catholic education in Minot is sold in the gathering space after the weekend Masses and in the parish office: Mon.-Thur., 9:00 am - 3:00 pm and Friday, 9:00 am - Noon. Knights of Columbus Council #1150; Dan Heald, (340-4869). First Tuesdays: 5:30 pm.

Phone number/address changes With many using cellphones instead of land lines, it is difficult to contact parish members. Please help us update our parish phone num-bers and addresses. Contact Darcie in the parish office, 839-7076.

Name___________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________ City____________________________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________ Cell____________________________________________________

Eucharistic Adoration Mission on our Web Site The inspiring talks from Msgr. Thomas Richter’s mission, which focused on the beauty and power of Eucharistic Adoration, are all on Page 1 of our parish web site — www.stjohnminot.com .

New additions to our Parish website: www.stjohnminot.com Vatican You Tube Channel - is located under Useful Links (http://www.stjohnminot.com/useful-links) Youth Pages: - is located under Ministries (http://www.stjohnminot.com/youth-pages)

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HOSPITALITY January 7, 2018 The Epiphany of the Lord

Anniversaries Jan 6 Winston & Tam Black Jan 7 Jon & Sharon Schestler Jan 11 Wynne & Cindy Burtness Jan 12 Dwight & Mary Schmitt

Thompson Larson Funeral Home

for years of providing our St. John’s Sunday missals.

St. John Parish warmly welcomes

Mae Ann Elm Child of Kyler & Dailey

Baptized December 23, 2017

Lucy Ray Skarphol Child of Ryan & Anna

Baptized December 26, 2017

Rory Elizabeth Henjum Child of Nathaniel & Macie Baptized December 29, 2017

Joslyn Mai Gerard Child of Nicholas & Macie

Baptized December 29, 2017

Bridger Ellis Burckhard Child of Jason & Andrea

Baptized December 31, 2017

Ty Joseph Albertson Child of Trent & Hattie

Baptized December 31, 2017

God Bless these newest members of our Faith! KC Club Breakfast – Jan 7

Our Lady of Grace KC Council #4894 breakfast, 8:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, January 7. Menu: eggs, sausage, French toast, pancakes, fruit. Free will of-fering. Proceeds to Dakota Hope. All are welcome.

St. John's Angel Tree Thank You A huge 'Thank You' to all of the wonderful people

that generously contributed money and gifts to the St. John's Angel Tree this year! About 1,000 gifts were col-lected to benefit families with Minot Homeless Coalition, Dakota Hope, and Our Lady of Grace Food Pantry!

Mr. Mac at the MHC and the ladies at Dakota Hope were blown away with the amount of amazing support for the families in their organizations! You were truly a blessing to so many people in their time of need! May God continue to bless you abundantly in 2018!' Words cannot express the true joy I experienced being a part of the Angel Tree this year. ~Teressa Brock.

Word of Life Intentions For the times we are afraid to welcome life: May the Lord fill our hearts with confidence in His loving care and provide for every need; We pray to The Lord ...

Real Presence Radio Job Opening Full-time Listener Relations Coordinator for the RPR network in Western ND and Western SD. Loves the Mission of Catholic radio; great phone and personal communication skills; sales experience, flexibility to travel; work some evenings; attend events or give talks one weekend a month. Resume, references to Lisa@yourcatholicradiostation.com. ~ Lisa Durkin.

Catechism in a Year Take two minutes of each day this year to go deeper into your Catholic faith. Catechism in a Year makes it easy and convenient. CLICK (i.e. open the daily email) read, contemplate and pray. Sign up for free at flocknote.com/catechism. Commit to two minutes a day, reading the daily Catechism email and make 2018 the year you grow closer to God.

Little Flower KC Breakfast—Jan 14 Council 9839 will host breakfast Sunday, Jan. 14, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parish activity center, serv-ing biscuits and sausage gravy, French toast, scram-bled eggs, sausage, juice and coffee. A freewill offer-ing will be for Parish Needs. All are welcome!

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PRAYER

January 7, 2018 The Epiphany of the Lord

Gift of Prayer

Please renew prayer requests each month. To add or remove names, call

Darcie, 839-7076. Baby Aacen Huck Jeanne Karhoff Judy Luther Lisa Schriock JoNell Hatlelid Lisa Hoganson Darlene Aleyamma Kayanickupuram Ann Carr Charles Coleman Thompson Teresa Monley Mark Kasper Lauren Kettell The unemployed Garth Fritel Larry Alexander Mya Lambert Special Intention Rhonda Willenbring Dennis Aberle Aubrey Joy The homeless and hungry John Birkholtz Ricky Weinand Larry Halden Jodi Johnson Karen Woiwode In thanksgiving Serena Zietz Dwight Schmitt Special Intention Sally Mosser Vincent Degele Toni Evans Caesar (Lou) Carini Fallen-away Catholics Lisa Haskins Troy Kendall Paul Horn Those in mourning All the caregivers Rachel Ritzke Fallen-away Catholics The sick and homebound

St. John’s Prayer Line Call one of our Prayer Line leaders, Gladys Weeks, 839-5582; Jan Gemar, 852-6754; Donna Wachinski, 839-1374 or Rose Klein, 722-3974, to pass on your

special prayer requests to 60 + members.

Please support our sponsoring parishioners & vendors. They make the bulletin possible. OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

Mike Vetter - 701-240-0424 Knights of Columbus Insurance

Mass Intentions Sat-Jan 6 5:00 pm +John & +Dorothy Marter Sun-Jan 7 8:00 am +Allan Hoff 10:30 am The People Mon-Jan 8 8:00 am +Wayne Kalberer Tue-Jan 9 7:00 pm +James Klein Wed-Jan 10 7:00 am +Diane Schempp Thur-Jan 11 7:00 am +Wendelin Dosch Fri-Jan 12 7:00 am +Lorraine Klein Sat-Jan 13 5:00 pm +Doug Picotte Sun-Jan 14 8:00 am The People 10:30 am +Lawrence & +Elizabeth Meyer

Living Stewardship The three wise men who came from the East to pay homage to the infant Jesus brought Him rich gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh as part of their worship.

What gifts have I brought to this celebration to offer to the newborn Savior?

Pray for Our Military We pray for our troops and their families, for their many sacrifices, and for their safety. Every Friday, red, white and blue candles burn in St. John’s for all our mili-tary and veterans.

Vocation Views—The Holy Family

The voice of God is first heard in the voice of a mother and father. (Sir 3:2) Make your home a domestic church where the Lord’s call can be heard and nourished. (Col 3:16)

Pray for Priests and Religious We pray daily for Pope Francis, our Bishops, Priests, Nuns, Brothers and for all those discernment.

The Carmelite Sisters of Hague, ND The Sisters will pray for your intentions. Mail re-quests to: The Carmelite Monastery, 2051 91st. SE, Hague, ND, 58542; www.carmeloftheholyface.com or leave a message on the prayer line, 701-336-7907.

From Deacon Chuck Kramer ... Thank you to everyone who attended the men’s and women’s Advent Groups, and to all the facilita-tors who made the series such inspiring preparation. It is also thanks to you all that we were able to send $990.00 to the Dakota Hope Clinic from the free will offerings at the eight sessions. ~ Deacon Chuck

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FORMATION

January 7, 2018 The Epiphany of the Lord

From The Pastor Happy New Year to all! I pray that this note finds you feeling abundantly blessed by God. A couple of months ago I spoke about discerning the gifts that God has given to each of us, and praying about how each of us will share our time and talent with our parish family. Now we are to make our commitment of treasure! I ask each one of us to intentionally place our financial commitment to God and His Church at the top of our priorities. I offer you my deepest gratitude for all that you have done, are doing and will do for our parish family. We depend on everyone’s generosity to thrive as God’s children. The following explains an objective layout and definition financial component of stewardship. God calls us to respond to His generous blessings with a joyful return of 10% from our first fruits. • Our parish is living the life of stewardship by making a 10% tithe to our Bishop/Diocese each month. The parish tithe is split: one-half of the 10% goes toward our God’s Share and the other half is distributed among our nine national collections. • By committing 3% of annual income for charities of your choice and by making a 7% commitment of treas-ure to our parish family, one is considered a full stew-ard. Your 7% is covering the Diocesan collections, tui-tion, heat, electricity, employee and priest payroll, and all other normal needs of the parish. • When a person/family chooses to tithe at “7% or greater,” you are verifying that you are giving a full tithe to your parish, 7%, and at least 3% to the poor (charities of your own choosing). Thus, you will not be expected to be assessed for the above listed items but can always give more if you desire to. Making our financial commitment helps the parish plan and budget for the future needs and avoid capital campaigns of sorts. (Cont. in next column)

Vocation Views — Epiphany God is not made manifest in magnificence,

but in the small and the ordinary. Use your talents to manifest God’s ever faithful love for His people. (Is. 60:1-6)

Bishop Ryan Catholic School News

SCRIP Gift Cards: A large variety of Scrip gift cards are available after all the weekend Masses, along with Lot-O-Dough Calendars. These make excellent gifts aytime for everyone on your list. Lot-o-Dough Calendars ($25 each) offer more than 300 chances to win cash in the weekly drawings, from 1 Jan. through 30 June. Win more than once.

BRCS Carnival – Jan 26/27/28 Supporting Catholic Education, this year’s events showcase traditional favorites and exciting changes. Friday: Midway Games, Market Street and Fast

Freddy’s Food Court, 5-10 p.m.; Bingo, 6-10 p.m.

Saturday: Midway Games, Market Street and Fast Freddy’s Food Court, 2-9 p.m., Bingo 3-9 p.m., Ger-man Night Dinner, 5-8 p.m. (adults $12, students $6). Sunday: The Big Lion Pancake Brunch, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (adults $10, students $5) and Midway Games, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Bingo noon -3 p.m. The Carnival wraps up on Sunday at 3p.m. with our Grand Prize Raffle Drawings with 21 cash prizes between $250 and $5,000. Fun for the whole family.

34th World Youth Day – Jan 22-27, 2019 (WYD) will be in Panama City, Panama, Jan. 22–27, 2019. The Bismarck Diocese will coordinate a trip for those 18 or older, Register by March 30, 2018.

(Pastor cont.)

• When a person/family chooses to tithe at lower than 7% but are working towards 7%”, you are giving the most you are able to at the current time to your parish and the poor; while working and praying to be at 10% (7%-parish; 3%-poor) within the next year or two. You will not be assessed typical fees such as CCD tuition, but will remain on the God’s Share mailing list. • When a person/family does not intentional deter-mine a percentage tithe and/or does not fill out a fi-nancial commitment form, things will remain as it has been in the past. By Making our financial commitment helps the par-ish plan and budget for the future needs and avoid capital campaigns of sorts. It also helps families to budget as well as receive the benefits that come with charitable donations. May God’s blessing be upon you all

His mercy endures forever ✝ Fr. David Richter

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EVENTSJanuary 7, 2018 The Epiphany of The Lord

Upcoming Parish Events Sun-Jan 7 Reconciliation……….…......9:30-10:15 am Sun-Jan 7 Sunday Masses……...…..8 am & 10:30 am Mon-Jan 8 Tue-Jan 9 Daily Mass…………………….…..….7 pm Wed & Thur-Jan 10-11 Daily Mass……….…….7 am Wed-Jan 10 Religious Education classes…...4 & 6 pm Wed-Jan 10 Respect Life……………..…………7 pm Fri-Jan 12 Daily Mass…………………..…….....7 am Fri-Jan 12 Eucharistic Adoration……..……until 9 am Fri-Jan 12 Holy Mass at The View….….…..11:15 am Sat-Jan 13 Reconciliation………..……..3:45-4:45 pm Sat-Jan 13 Holy Mass…………………...…..…..5 pm Sun-Jan 14 Reconciliation…..….…......9:30-10:15 am Sun-Jan 14 Sunday Masses…..….....8 am & 10:30 am Sun-Jan 14 Coffee & Donuts after both Masses And Welcome New Parishioners

St. John the Apostle A Stewardship Parish

The most vibrant stewardship parishes are those in which parishioners know that they are welcome, which fosters a sense

of ownership and personal involvement in living stewardship in the parish family.

Mass Ministers for Saturday, Jan. 13 5:00 p.m.

Lector - Frances Lovelace. Ministers of Communion - Deacon Chuck Kramer, Myron & Kathy Feist, Judy Garber, Pam Klosterman, Dean Rubbelke, Michelle Erickson. Altar Servers - Lane and Briar Pitner. Ushers - Rod Martinson, Jim Hatlelid, Ed Hausauer, Jim Redding. Greeters - Dean Rubbelke, Steve & Audrey Sidener. Gift Bearers - Sacristan - Ed & Betty Hausauer.

Mass Ministers for Sunday, Jan. 14 8:00 a.m.

Lector - Joyce Kuntz. Ministers of Communion - Margaret Kendal, Jim & Teddi Coffin, Dan Lester, Barb Volk, Ves Schuster, Margaret Schempp. Altar Servers - Abbie and Brett McKay. Ushers - Gregg Magnuson, Richard Aberle, Russell Behm, Wayne Feldner. Greeters - Margaret Schempp, Virginia Leidholt, Blake & Pamela McKay. Gift Bearers - Blake & Pamela McKay. Sacristan - Margaret Kendall.

10:30 a.m. Lector - Tanya Steckler. Ministers of Communion - Kathy Wald, Kevin Mosser, John Karhoff, Mike LaBonte, Bryan & Cindy Kramer, Colleen Kobes. Altar Servers - Autumn, Ethan and Hailey Steckler. Ushers - Troy Mosser, Mike Elm, Steve Wald, Alan Waller. Greeters - Carol Crowdus, Janet Evanson, Donna Horn. Gift Bearers - Mike & Krista Mueller. Sacristan - Deena Elm.

If you are unable to meet your scheduled commitment, please find a substitute.

Take down Christmas Decorations — Jan. 7 We will be taking down the Christmas decorations after the 10:30 Mass on Sunday. All are welcome and encouraged to help. Thank you. ~ Emily Schroeder.

Knights of Columbus Breakfast—Jan 21 St. John’s KC #1150 will host a breakfast Jan. 21, from 8:30 a.m. to noon to support The Dakota Hope Clinic and Respect Life. Serving pancakes, ham, eggs, coffee, milk, and juice. Free-will donation. All are invited.

KC’s Blood Drive—Jan 16 At the KC Club, (2601 N. Broad-

way), 2 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16. For appointment, call Jim Olson, 837-6200 or www.bloodhero.com, sponsor code: H 1933. Bring a photo ID and your do-nor card. Free cholesterol testing with every donation. Complete FAST TRACK Health History before you come www.UnitedBloodServices,org that day.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU! To Deacon Chuck and Nancy Kramer for your many hours of preparation and serving the breakfasts for the Men’s and Women’s Advent Programs, and for supplying the delicious food and dazzling prizes. You are very much appreciated for all you give to our parish.

Catholic Daughters—Jan 9 Meet at Our Lady of Grace, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, after 7 p.m. Mass. Dessert and coffee served during the meeting. New members are always welcome to attend.