ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

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1 ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH October 27, October 28, 2018 MECHANICSVILLE Mechanicsville and Tipton TIPTON Contact Information TIPTON 208 Meridian St., POB 309, Tipton, IA tiptonstmary@diodav.org Phone: Confession Times 1st,3rd, & 5th Saturdays from 3:45 PM until 4 pm. Contact Information MECHANICSVILLE 302 Reeder ST., POB 457 Mechanicsville, IA mechstmary@diodav.org Phone: Confession Times 2nd & 4th Saturdays from 3:30 PM until Mass 4 pm.

2 2 WELCOME TO ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH MECHANICSVILLE & TIPTON IOWA Saturday Oct 27 - Mechanicsville 4:00 PM - Mary Weiland day Oct 28 - Mechanicsville 8:00 AM - Mike and Bonnie Pottebaum day Oct 28 - Tipton 10:00 AM - Theresa Pelzer Monday Oct 29 - NO MASS Tuesday Oct 30 - Tipton 8:00 AM - Anna Moylan Wednesday Oct 31 - Mechanicsville Thursday Nov 1 - Tipton 8:00 AM - Theresa Pelzer Friday Nov 2 - Mechanicsville Saturday Nov 3 - Tipton 4:00 PM - Dalton Harms day Nov 4 - Mechanicsville day Nov 4 - Tipton 10:00 AM - Leo & Patsy Carney Monday Nov 5 - NO MASS Fall is a season full of color and beauty. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend is like autumn because it is a weekend full of beauty and bountiful blessings! It's a great time to rekindle communication and enjoy a weekend away. Upcoming dates: Nov. 2-4 Coralville For more information visit our website at: iowa-wwme.org or call or JLJwwme08@gmail.com You can remember your loved ones with Mass intentions at anytime - not just at the time of funeral arrangements. If you wish to place a Mass Intention, please specify the intention when making the request, 5 is suggested. When dropping off money for Mass Intentions, please include the name of who the mass is for and whom it is from. St. Mary Church Reader List: November 2018 Nov. 3 rd -4 th (1st) Mary Jo Williams Bethany Newnum Nov. 10 th -11 th (2nd) Mechanicsville Cindy Kunde Nov. 17 th -18 th (3rd) Tom Salrin Kathy Laing Nov. 24 th -25 th (4th) Mechanicsville Cindy Weber The Catholic Messenger Christmas Card Contest The Catholic Messenger invites youth in grades K-6 in the Diocese of Davenport to participate in our annual contest to create a 2018 Christmas card. Drawings should be done on white, 8 ½- by 11- inch paper in colored pencil, crayon, marker or paints. Please submit original artwork only; no black and white drawings. The artwork should focus on the religious nature of Christmas. If using the color yellow, please use a deep yellow or make sure it is surrounded by a dark color. Yellow is hard to reproduce. The contest, which has a Nov. 15 postmark deadline, is open to youths living in or attending school, home school or religious education in the Diocese of Davenport. Messenger staff members will judge the entries based on originality and the ability to convey what Christmas means to Catholics. Entries must include first and last name, age, grade, home address, school (public, private or home school with the school s location) and parish (name and city) on the back of the drawing. Please do not fold entries. Any information omitted could be grounds for disqualification. Winning entries will be featured in The Catholic Messenger s Christmas edition (Dec. 20). The drawings also will be featured on The Catholic Messenger Web site: All entries should be postmarked by Nov. 15 to The Catholic Messenger, 780 W. Central Park Ave., Davenport, IA

3 TIPTON Mary Barnum, DRE K 7: day mornings - November 4, 11, and 18. Meet in the hall classes start at 9 a.m.! Confirmation Class of 2020 students in this year s 8th and 9th grades: Wednesdays November 5 and 12 at 7 p.m. in the hall. Grades 10, 11, 12 The plan is to meet first and third Wednesdays in November in the hall! Check in with Katie Ryan or another member of one of these grades for more information. Adults, young and old, day Studies are at 9 a.m. in the religious education office in the parish hall. We study and reflect on the lectionary Scripture of the day and liturgical seasons of the church. Singing/Praying: People interested in singing for the joy of singing are invited to sing through some new and some familiar music the 4th Wednesday of each month. Our next 4th Wednesday Sing will be November 28, 7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. in the Church. Please contact Mary Barnum if you have any questions. The music is intended for adults and students in grades The intent of the Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities (CPID) Drive is that the money is to be used specifically and explicitly benefit individuals who have Intellectual Disabilities. Fr. Eugene Benda Council #11468 donates the funds collected to the Tipton Life Skills which serves all of Cedar County. Last year our council donated 1, to the Life Skills class. We will be handing out Tootsie rolls after all masses in October for donations to People with Intellectual Disabilities. Thank you in advance for your help in making this Campaign possible. Jerry Droll Grand knight 3 Tipton Contributions for: Oct Oct. 21 Your gift of treasure: Loose: Envelopes: Children s Collection: Propagation of Faith Total: The annual meeting for the Women of St. Mary s will be at 6:00 pm on November 7th at the church hall. There is a sign-up sheet in the back of the church. Please let us know by November 4th if you are planning on coming so we have some idea how much food to prepare. Supper will be served prior to the meeting. Door Prizes!! Thank you! Tipton St. Mary s Christmas Craft Bazaar Saturday, November 10, :00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Crafts of all kinds!! Cookie Walk- Food Stand Serving: Chicken Noodle Soup Chili Ham Sandwiches Homemade Pies Hot Apple Cider- Coffee- Lemonade This SUNDAY, October 28th Coffee and rolls will be served following 10:00 AM Mass at the Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy! Rolls and Coffee will be sponsored by: Ken Crock

4 4 WELCOME TO ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH MECHANICSVILLE & TIPTON IOWA Ministries-Mechanicsville If you are unable to fulfill your responsibility, please find a replacement. Eucharistic Ministers Sat Volunteers Jane Malaby, Tom Fitzgerald, Donna Robinson Lector Sat Gretchen Sutherland Altar Set-up Sat Stacy Farrington Sadie Stabenow Tom Poduska MECHANICSVILLE MCC Food Pantry: We served 27 families consisting of 27 adults, 18 children and 25 seniors during the month of September. 12 of the 27 families utilized the pantry twice this month. Special Thank you to all our volunteers for completing the Civil Rights Training in September. Our October distribution is scheduled for the following date: Saturday, October 27 th 9:00 10:00 am It s hard to believe but we are starting to plan for our November & December distributions. Our distribution dates will be as follows for the months of November & December: Thursdays, November 8 th & 15 th and Saturday, November 17 th Thursdays, December 13 th & 20 th and Saturday, December 15 th We will be providing Thanksgiving Baskets again this year during our distributions on November 15 th & 17 th. We could use the following items: corn, green beans, peas, peaches, mixed fruit, apple sauce, and spaghetti sauce. Thanks! Scott Mass Servers Host Family Money Oct. 28 Oct. 28 Kiah Wendt and Haley Farrington Tara and Troy Jarchow Family Harry Driscoll Thanksgiving Baskets for MCC Food Pantry: All three churches in town are contributing to these Thanksgiving Baskets again this year. We hope to give 60 baskets this year. St. Mary's Church is asked to provide 60 cans of pumpkin for these baskets. It can be any brand of pumpkin in a oz can. This is used as part of a pumpkin dessert. Please bring your cans of pumpkin to the church on or before day, November 11, Thanks for your help with this worthy project! Counter Knights Corner The knights of Columbus will be selling Tootsie Rolls after mass for 20 a box. All proceeds will go to disabled kids. Your support will be greatly appreciated. Mechanicsville Contributions for Oct Oct. 21 Your gift of treasure Loose: Envelopes: Total:

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