OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY CATHOLIC CHURCH MARCH 3, 2019 EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1250 7 th St. Windsor, CO 80550 Mass times: Sat. 4pm Sun. 8am, 10am, and 5pm Weekday Masses: Mon.-Fri. 9am https://ourladyofthevalley.net 970-686-5084 Reconciliation: Thurs. 6-7pm, Sat. 3-4pm or by appointment Ash Wednesday - Weds. Mar. 6th Masses at 6:30 am, Noon, and 6:30 pm 2019 Lenten Mission Featuring Kim Zember Transformative Power of Jesus Love Whom the Son sets free is free indeed - John 8:36 Date Topic Sat./Sun. Mar. 9&10 Introduction of Kim Zember at all Masses Mon. Mar. 11th 6:30 pm The testimony of Jesus Christ in Kim to overcome homosexuality Tues. Mar. 12th 6:30 pm Unforgotten Faces, Kim s Ethiopian Non-Profit Weds. Mar. 13th 6:00 pm Q&A with Kim and her parents Thur. Mar. 14th 6:30 pm Healing Service, Come experience the Transformative Power of Jesus Love, with Kim and her parents Kim Zember, Overcome Ministries Kim is a Catholic who is passionate about sharing the love, freedom and restoration found through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Whether in her hometown of San Diego or her home away from home, Ethiopia, she is sharing the love and redemption of life through Jesus. Kim will share her testimony of previously living a homosexual lifestyle and the radical transformation of her life through a relentless pursuit of a relationship with her Bridegroom Jesus. Learn more at www.overcomemin.com. Unforgotten Faces Kim founded Unforgotten Faces, which provides for over 70 children: breakfast and lunch six days a week, school fees and all necessary educational materials, training and tutoring, and medical care. Equally important is the work they do with the children s parents, training them in business and development skills, and helping them work towards self-sustainability. Child sponsorships are available. Learn more at www.unforgottenfaces.org.
Our Lady of the Valley Knights of Columbus with the generous support of is sponsoring TWO Lenten FISH FRY Events Fri., Mar. 15th and Fri., Mar. 22nd 5:00-7:00 pm In the OLV Parish Hall
Egg Hunt Supplies Needed We are in need of individually wrapped candy, small trinkets that would fit into plastic eggs, filled plastic eggs with wrapped candy or monetary donations. Please leave items in the bin by the Information Desk no later than April 7th. If you wish to donate money, please contact Lorri Bolduc at Lorri@ourladyofthevalley.net. Thank you!! SAVE THE DATE - Totus Tuus July 15th - 19th, More details to come Religious Gifts Angelic Accents will NOT be having a sale here this spring. Please visit their store inside St. Peter s in Greeley at 915 12th St. Hours are: Sun 8am 12:45pm, Tues. & Thur. 11am-2pm, Sat 3-4pm VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Kid Zone Nursery is in need of volunteers on Sunday mornings 7:45-11:30am, as well as Tues and Weds evenings. Please contact Jolene 970-686-5084, 970-590-6945 or jolene@ourladyofthevalley.net A Day of Love and Logic for Educators and Parents With Dr. Charles Fay Thurs. Apr. 4 from 8:30am-2:30pm Arvada Center 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada, CO 80003 720-898-7330 Cost is $99, including a $10 non-refundable deposit www.loveandlogic.com or 800-338-4065 Middle School Wed. Mar. 6th - NO Youth Group Attend Ash Wednesday Mass with Family! High School Sun. Mar. 10th, 5:00pm Mass 6:15pm Dinner, 7:00-8:30pm Meeting God Sent His Only Son SAVE THE DATE - Totus Tuus July 14th 18th, More details to come Middle School Youth Group Volunteers Needed! Do you want to serve the Church and get in a good laugh along the way? Come volunteer for our Middle School Youth Group! Our middle school youth group is thriving but we need volunteers to help minister to these teens!!!! No experience? That s ok! If you can breathe and love Jesus, you can learn everything else! Position Requirements: Available most Wednesdays from 5:45pm to 7:30pm through 5/08/19 Help lead games and fun activities Help lead 1 gender specific small group Have excellent communication and team work with other youth group volunteers and youth director Have a relationship with Christ and live an authentic and joyful Catholic life Pray for the teens in our parish Have fun! Middle Schoolers are very fun and can bring you a lot of joy! Please pray about whether God might be calling you to serve our Middle Schoolers and contact Liz at liz@ourladyofthevalley.net if you are interested! Easter Flower Sales After all Masses on Mar. 2nd & 3rd. These will be used to decorate the church for Easter, and you can put a special intention on them. Proceeds will benefit the Youth Group retreats.
Saturday, March 9th OLV Vigil Day at Fort Collins Planned Parenthood, 825 S. Shields Street 7 am 7 pm, Sign-ups for Vigil Hours after all masses this weekend Day of Prayer and Fasting Beginning this Lent of 2019 and every year after, the first Friday after Ash Wednesday will be designated as a day of prayer and fasting for the healing of all victims and survivors of sexual abuse, along with prayer in reparation for the sin and all sins against the dignity of persons and life, especially those committed against minors. This will fall on Fri., Mar. 8th this year. Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila, Archbishop of Denver Decoration Help Wanted We are in need of a few volunteers to help our Decorations Committee change out the décor in the church for each of the liturgical seasons. No experience is necessary, we will help you. Please contact Rally Spahn at rally.spahn@bajabb.com for details. Offer a Mass for Someone We have Holy Mass every day of the week and we would love to offer some for you and your intentions. Did you know you can offer a Mass for: a living person (even for anniversaries or birthday/ baptism days), a special prayer request, in thanksgiving for graces already received, or for someone who has died? If you are a registered parishioner you may have three Masses per year offered for your intentions. To do so, stop by the office from 8:30-4:30 or call 970-686-5084 to see which dates are available. There is no charge; however, a typical offering is $10 per Mass. St. Mary s Catholic School Full Time Administrative Assistant Needed A full-time professional administrative assistant is needed for the St. Mary Catholic School main office. The successful candidate will be friendly, have high energy, be a multi-tasker and must enjoy working with a variety of age levels. COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS: ~ High school diploma required, bachelor s degree preferred ~ Be a fully initiated Catholic in the communion of the Catholic Church and intentionally living out the five precepts of the Church (CCC 2041-2043) ~ Strong written communication skills ~ Effective listening and verbal communication skills ~ Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) in both oral and written communication preferred ~ Customer service orientation with solid phone etiquette ~ Ability able to operate basic office equipment ~ Knowledge of office processes, practices, and computer software applications including the Microsoft suite of Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher) Send letter of interest and resume to: Mrs. Donna Bornhoft: principal@stmarycs.net Grief Support Group The next Grief Support Group will be starting Mar. 13th from 9-10:30am. If you have lost someone you are on a journey that is often frightening, painful, lonely and overwhelming. The single most important factor in healing from loss is having the support of other people. Please join us for this six week session with a certified, licensed counselor. We would like to know if you are coming so a workbook can be ordered. Please call Patty Pike 979-686-7779 or email pikesfam@aol.com.
PARISH STAFF Pastor Fr. Gregg Pedersen Ext. 101 fr.gregg@ourladyofthevalley.net Parochial Vicar Fr. Boguslaw Rebacz Ext. 104 fr.boguslaw@ourladyofthevalley.net Deacons Deacon John Riviera Ext.105 john@ourladyofthevalley.net Deacon Harold Kimble harold@ourladyofthevalley.net Adult Evangelization & Discipleship Andrew Logan Ext. 106 andrew@ourladyofthevalley.net Family Evangelization & Discipleship Lorri Bolduc Ext. 103 lorri@ourladyofthevalley.net Director of Youth Evangelization Liz Luttrell Ext. 107 liz@ourladyofthevalley.net Baptism Prep, Marriage Prep & Annulments Kim Sauer Ext. 109 kim@ourladyofthevalley.net Music Directors Ryan & Cathy Smith music@ourladyofthevalley.net KidZone (Nursery) Director Jolene Wells Ext. 302 jolene@ourladyofthevalley.net Business Manager Darcy Cangilla Ext. 102 darcy@ourladyofthevalley.net Administrative Secretary Ella Kaiser Ext. 108 ella@ourladyofthevalley.net Director of Facilities & IT Mike Myshatyn Ext. 110 mike@ourladyofthevalley.net Receptionist and Bulletin Editor Shelly Rodgers Ext. 100 office@ourladyofthevalley.net Your Pastoral Council Members Paula Brown 970-218-1141 Will Geiger 970-223-2033 Mary Kerstiens 970-674-3456 Kristen Luca 970-567-6662 Joe Mendoza 970-219-3668 Jamison Walsh 970-420-1001 Please contact these members with questions & comments. Sun. Mar. 3 Mon. Mar. 4 Tues. Mar. 5 Wed. Mar. 6 Thur. Mar. 7 Fri. Mar. 8 Sat. Mar. 9 FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Offertory $ 7,626.00 Kids Collection $ 377.50 Electronic donations $ 11,269.50 Total ****************************************************** Bldg. fund donations in Feb. to date Please Consider Donating Online MASS INTENTIONS 8am Mass (for OLV and St. Mary) 10am Mass (Inge Lyons) 5pm Mass 9am Mass ( Joann Grant) 9am Mass ( Frances Davie) 9am Mass 9am Mass Mass (for OLV and St. Mary) 4pm Mass (Deborah Garcia) $ 19,273.00 ******************* $ 45,735.43 Monthly loan payment $ 27,240.00 Loan balance as of 1/31/19 $ 2,277,076 Go to ourladyofthevalley.net. Click on donate today. Set up your automatic payment either via credit/debit card or direct withdrawal from your bank to ours. Any questions, please contact Darcy at 970-686-5084 or darcy@ourladyofthevalley.net. Sun. Mar. 10 8am Mass (for OLV and St. Mary) 10am Mass ( Rosa and Herbert Lorek) 5pm Mass We have Mass intentions available please contact the office at 970-686-5084 or office@ourladyofthevalley.net DAILY READINGS FOR MASS Sun. Mar. 3 Sir 27:4-7 Ps 92:2-3,13-16 1 Cor 15:54-58 Lk 6:39-45 Mon. Mar. 4 Sir 17:20-24 Ps 32:1-2,5-7 Mk 10:17-27 Tues. Mar. 5 Sir 35:1-12 Ps 50:5-8,14,23 Mk 10:28-31 Wed. Mar. 6 Jl 2:12-18 Ps 51:3-6b,12-14,17 2 Cor 5:20-6:2 Mt 6:1-6,16-18 Thur. Mar. 7 Dt 30:15-20 Ps 1:1-4,6 Lk 9:22-25 Fri. Mar. 8 Is 58:1-9a Ps 51:3-6b,18-19 Mt 9:14-15 Sat. Mar. 9 Is 58:9b-14 Ps 86:1-6 Lk 5:27-32 Sun. Mar. 10 Dt 26:4-10 Ps 91:1-2,10-15 Rom 10:8-13 Lk 4:1-13