Mission Statement Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Community welcomes all searching for God while growing together in faith by God s grace through prayer, service and sharing. 2270 S. Oneida Street Green Bay, Wisconsin w w w. n a t i v i t y p a r i s h. c o m JULY 8, 2012 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Pastoral Team Pastor Fr. John H. Harper Social Concerns Director Deacon Michael Schmidt Pastoral Associate Laurie Johnson Worship Director Wayne Efferson Faith Formation Director Jamie Whalen Faith Formation Coordinator Andrea Sabor Coordinator of Youth Ministry Peter Leitermann Parish Staff Faith Formation Secretary Charmaine Berchmans Office Assistant Danielle Berchmans Parish Secretaries Del Bloomquist & Rae Wetzel Housekeeper Mary Greene Volunteer Coordinator Deb Langenhuizen Accountant/IT Specialist Vicki Matuszak Business Administrator Paul Muhs Early Childhood Coordinator Heidi Stubb Maintenance Supervisor Mike Wightman Confirmation Facilitator Christine Wolf Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 8 am-4 pm Phone (920)499-5156 Fax (920)429-9285 E-mail natscene@nativityparish.com Faith Formation Office Phone (920)499-6012 Mass Schedule Monday & Thursday 9:00 am (Communion Prayer Service) Tuesday & Friday 9:00 am Wednesday 8:00 am Weekend Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 8:30 am & 10:15 am Holy Day Eve 6:30 pm, Day 9:00 am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4:00 pm or by appointment. Eucharistic Adoration Mondays 9:30 am-3:00 pm
J ULY 8, 2012 PAGE 2 Don t forget to sign up for Online Giving. We are now offering an online option that compliments our offering envelope use. By signing up to give your weekly offertory and special collections online, you will help the parish more accurately forecast our finances and plan more strategically. Online Giving is a safe, secure and dependable means of income for the parish. To sign up go to www.nativityparish.com or call Vicki at 920-490-1352 ext. 203 if you need more information. Congratulations to Timothy & Linda Peterson Winners of the Picnic Car Raffle $100 Winners Chip Chant Ron Derenne LeRoy Vogt Lin Persick Bill Wenzel Lynette Diericks Jenny Everetts Diane Temmer Glen Anderson ONE A WEEK BLOOD DONOR CLUB It is with great joy that we recognize those who with the simple gift of time and spirit offer the gift of life to others in this world. We had 11 donations in May. We thank these individuals for their gift: Ellsworth Koehnke, Mike Colburn, Joe Leisgang, Bruce Rhode, Jerry Erdmann and Chuck Fameree. Please consider giving the gift of life. Puzzle TV Raffle Tom Klein Clay Matthews Print Raffle Sue Simez Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this picnic a success, especially our chairman, Gary Paul and Deacon Mike Schmidt. A special thank you to Bob LeMieux of LeMieux Toyota for promoting our car raffle, and Bill Orgeman and Dennis Krysiak, chairpersons. BAPTISMS: Parents may schedule their child s baptism after they have completed a two-part preparation program. Call the Parish Office at least 60 days before Baptism for interview and preparation session. 2012 BAPTISM DATES: July 15th and August 19th. SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK: (following 8:30 AM Mass See Dates Listed Below) This Sacrament is offered to anyone in need of Christ s healing touch. The Anointing of the Sick is a sacrament for those who are in need of physical, emotional, or spiritual healing. Think of friends and loved ones who may want to receive this sacrament and invite them to this Mass. 2012 ANOINTING OF THE SICK DATES: July 29, September 30, December 30th. RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Do you want to know more about the Catholic faith? Are you or someone you know interested in becoming baptized or confirmed as a Catholic? For more information about this process call Wayne Efferson (490-1352, ext. 206) or READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 8TH Sunday Ez 2:2-5/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6a Monday Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22/Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday Hos 8:4-7, 11-13/Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12/Mt 10:1-7 Thursday Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9/Mt 10:7-15 Friday Hos 14:2-10/Mt 10:16-23 Saturday Is 6:1-8/Mt 10:24-33 Sunday Am 7:12-15/Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10/Mk 6:7-13 2
F OURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PAGE 3 All Masses celebrated at Nativity of Our Lord Parish are for the living and deceased members of our parish. Up to five special intentions can be remembered at each Mass! Sunday, July 8, 8:30 Shirley & Larry Younk Jane Hammer (Living Intention) Members of the Parish 10:15 Toby L. Neidl Monday, July 9, 9:00 Communion Prayer Service Tuesday, July 10, 9:00 Matthew Behnke Wednesday, July 11, 9:00 Violet Schieffer Dick Ladwig 2:00 Members of the Parish (Woodside) Thursday, July 12, 9:00 Communion Prayer Service 2:00 Harvey Heimerl (San Luis) Friday, July 13, 9:00 Kathleen Lemley Saturday, July 14, 1:00 Wedding of Emily Wilkinson & Abayomi Animashaun 5:00 Al & Ellen Witt & Family Marie Weber Sunday, July 15, 8:30 Howard & Lorraine Vann 10:15 Aaron John Frase Allen L. Leemon Francy D Silva SUN: 8:30 AM Songleader/Organist 10:15 AM Songleader/Organist MON: 6:30 PM Baptism Prep-Lounge WED: 6:00 PM Steubenville Meeting-Church THU: 5:30 PM Family Prison Ministry-Classrooms SAT: 5:00 PM Songleader/Organist SUN: 8:30 AM Songleader/Organist 10:15 AM Songleader/Organist 10:15 AM Baptism Mass-Church Congratulations & Best Wishes to the Newlyweds Brooke & Matthew Cullen Margaret & Michael Strenski Welcome Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate with us, whether visitors, long-time residents, or newly arrived in the Parish. If you would like to join Nativity of Our Lord Parish please call the Parish Office at (499-5156) or go to our website www.nativityparish.com for a registration form. If you are already a registered Parish member and need to make changes, you may use this form to update your records. Please complete this form and place in the collection basket or return to the Parish Office. Thank you. Name Phone Email Address City Zip Code New address New phone number Moving, please remove from membership list 3
N ATIVITY OF OUR LORD PARISH GREEN BAY PAGE 4 GREEN BAY WEST SIDE PARISHES SUMMER RETREAT Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Mark your calendars! The Green Bay West Side Parishes are presenting their annual day-long summer retreat, Tuesday, July 31 at St. Norbert Abbey, 9 AM through 3 PM. Featured presenter Diann Wimmer, an experienced teacher of Sacred Liturgy, will lead presentations on Taize Prayer, the Labyrinth, and the Mass three forms of prayer. The cost is $30/person, including lunch at the Abbey. Registration deadline is July 25 (registration brochures are at all church entrances). Please contact Sr. Pat Clement, Green Bay Quad-Parishes, at 496-2160 ext. 125 with questions. WE NEED CHILDREN OR ADULTS WHO LIKE TO COLOR!! Nativity sends birthday cards and Baptism anniversary cards to parish children 4 and under. If you would like to help color these cards (with crayons), at home, please call Laurie Johnson, 490-1352, ext. 209. ELIZABETH MINISTRY WORKSHOP Wednesday, July 18, 1:00-3:00 Please join us to help with the following projects: rubber stamping birth congratulations cards for new parents, assembling Baptism gift bags, coloring birthday and Baptism anniversary cards for our young children, etc. If you can help, please call Laurie Johnson at 490-1352, ext. 209 PICNIC WRAP-UP MEETING Everyone is invited to attend the Picnic "Wrap-up" Meeting on Wednesday, August 1st, to hear how our 2012 Parish Picnic worked out. Bring any suggestions you may have for next year's picnic. $CRIP Summer means road trips! Keep your tank full with Express Gas or Kwik Trip cards. PDQ cards also available to keep your car looking great. Scrip is available in the narthex after all masses. Visit our dedicated volunteers and help reduce our parish debt! WE RE OUT LOOKING FOR $CRIP VOLUNTEERS! Would you like to sell $crip before and after the week-end Masses? Perhaps you had a change in your life & would like to help the parish (new to the area, new to the parish, retired from work, looking for something more to do to help the Parish. You can sell $crip the mass you attend. It is very easy and what a wonderful way to help Nativity Parish. Call Judy at 499-3248 for details. Please consider! JOIN THE FAITH FORMATION COMMISSION Are you interested in helping provide quality Faith Formation for children, youth, and adults? We invite you to become a member of the Commission for 2012-2013. We seek adult parish members from a variety of demographics: for example, parents of preschoolers, those with grown children, single adults, or parents of middle or high schoolers. In short, we welcome anyone who would like to provide input and feedback on programs, help plan new offerings, and be a sounding board for the Faith Formation Staff. One and one-half hour meetings take place on the second Thursday of each month; one, two, and three-year terms are available. Contact Jamie Whalen, Director of Faith Formation, for more information. SUNDAY MORNING FAITH FORMATION FACILITATOR POSITION Nativity Faith Formation is seeking a part-time Facilitator to oversee Grade 1 and 2 Religion Education during the 10:15 AM Mass, September to April. This ministry would be limited to Sundays (approx. 3 hours/wk.) and occasional Faith Formation events at other times. Well-qualified applicants will have experience in teaching/supervising young children; can relate enthusiastically to children, families, and volunteers; and will possess good record-keeping/organizing skills. Applications may be sent to Jamie Whalen, Director of Faith Formation (natjw@nativityparish.com). THERE ARE ONLY A FEW SEATS LEFT ON THIS TOUR - HURRY SIGN UP NOW! Don t want to miss this wonderful Christmas Tour. This is a Nativity Parish Fundraiser and Bay Bus will donate $50.00 per person if you sign up at Nativity 6 Day Tour - NOVEMBER 4 9, 2012 $695.00 per Person (Double Occupancy) Includes: Lodging, Transportation, 3 Dinners and 4 Breakfasts, Branson Shows and St. Louis, Mo. Tours Deposit of $250.00 due at time of reservations, Final payment due 60 days prior to departure. Trip insurance forms available in church office For questions call Vicki at Nativity (490-1352 ext. 203). HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US! 4
J ULY 8, 2012 PAGE 5 (Greendale is the home of REIMAN PUBLICATIONS (TASTE OF HOME and this day is Greendale Hay Days Harvest Festival) SPONSORED BY NATIVITY WOMEN S GUILD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2012 COST ONLY: $35.00 per person (Includes Transportation (Bay Bus), Lunch, Gratuity for the Coach Driver) 8:00 AM Leave Nativity Parish 7:00 PM Arrive back at Nativity Parish The above times are approximate. SEATS ARE LIMITED - First Come, First Serve Basis There are 25 seats available. Questions, Call Judy at (920) 499-3248 Make check payable to NATIVITY PARISH. Mail your reservation form along with your payment to: Judy Schroeder 1199 Alice Drive Green Bay, WI 54304 RESERVATION FORM: Name Phone Address 5
F OURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PAGE 6 PRESENTING THE GIFTS OF BREAD AND WINE Presenting the gifts at Mass is a special way to participate as we celebrate the Eucharist. Often the family who has requested the Mass Intention will bring up the gifts to the altar, but this is not always the case. Our Ushers are instructed to choose two people to do this act if no one informs them; they usually wait five minutes before the Mass begins. Since we have begun to accept up to five Mass Intentions for each Mass, the family who has requested the first Mass Intention will be given the opportunity to process to the altar with the Bread and Wine. If the first family does not wish to do this then the next family would be offered to do it; and so on. Simply notify an Usher 15 minutes before Mass begins that your family would like to present the gifts at Mass, or call Wayne Efferson (490-1352, ext. 206) at the Parish Office during the week. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Mondays-9:30 AM 3:00 PM We are in need of more volunteers to sign up for a time-slot on Mondays when we make available The Blessed Sacrament. The sign up sheet is located at the rear of church next to the poster (Eucharistic Adoration). Also, as a reminder, whenever a national holiday is celebrated on a Monday i.e. Memorial Day and Labor Day, adoration will be suspended. MARK YOUR CALENDAR! We are very pleased to announce that The African Children s Choir will be hosted by our parish for the fourth time. This is a concert that you don t want to miss! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO ASSIST AT THE CONCERT! (see below) DO YOU LIKE FROZEN YOGURT??? Ashwaubenon School District s ASHCARES will receive part of the sales from Smart Cow Yogurt Bar (2321 S. Oneida St.) every Tuesday in June and July! These funds will help meet the basic needs of students in our area. Please consider visiting Smart Cow on Tuesdays to raise funds for children in Ashwaubenon. Our brothers and sisters at Woodside Lutheran and San Luis Manor Nursing Homes long to receive our Lord in the sacrament of Holy Communion. Bringing our Lord in the sacrament of Holy Communion to our brothers and sisters are confined is a ministry that we need to strengthen and continue at Nativity Parish, especially Woodside Lutheran and San Luis Manor Nursing Homes. We are in desperate need of people to be trained for this is ministry for these Nursing Homes because our current minister are ill or have been serving for week after week for many years. Won t you consider looking into how you might serve our brothers and sisters would reside at one of these nursing homes? Please contact Wayne Efferson, Director of Worship, 490-1352-206, natwe@nativityparish.com for more information. ON INDIGNATION AND AMAZEMENT By: Kristina M. DeNeve Evangelization and Welcoming Director Diocese of Green Bay When we share our faith, we can expect to have experiences like Jesus in today s Gospel. People will not understand. People will be confused or irritated. The Gospel says people took offense at Jesus. As Jesus followers, this means there will be times when we have faithful, loving intentions and yet people will literally take offense. Sometimes people will be offended when we talk about Jesus! NOTE: This does not mean we are supposed to go out of our way to offend people. Jesus was not angry, indignant, confrontive, argumentative etc when he shared the Good News. If you are any of these, then I guarantee you are not speaking for God. How can I know this? Because the first and foremost sign of Jesus presence is peace. Galatians 5: 22 tells us point blank that peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, and self-control are signs of the Holy Spirit. Not anger or combativeness. Sunday, September 16, 2012 7:00 PM Nativity of Our Lord Church WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER AT THE CONCERT? Now that we have all of our Host Families we can work on getting our volunteers to assist at the concert on Sunday, September 16 th There is a need for a variety of duties so if you can assist in any way please contact Wayne Efferson, Director of Worship at natwe@nativityparish.com or 490-1352 ext. 206. 6 We must be like Jesus share openly and non-defensively. If need be, we too can be amazed and grieved by others lack of faith. CAMP, PRAY AND HIKE WITH CATHOLIC YOUTH EXPEDITIONS THIS SUMMER! Catholic Faith, tenting, hiking, swimming, ultimate frisbee, s mores, water skiing, sailing and a whole lot more! High School Dates: July 29-Aug 1 or August 5-9 Young Adult Dates: August 10-12 For More Information and Registration Materials Check Out www.cyexpeditions.org.
N ATIVITY OF OUR LORD PARISH GREEN BAY PAGE 7 SUPPORT RESPECT FOR RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE ACT YOUTH MINISTRY MARK YOUR CALENDAR! July 15 20: Catholic Heart Work Camp Davison, MI Please Pray For Our Youth! Wed, July 25: Annual Bonfire / S mores Competition 7:00-9:00 PM Quad Parish Faith Formation Center (936 9 th Street) July 27-29: Steubenville North Youth Conference St. Paul, MN Please Pray For Our Youth! Wed, August 8: Youth Ministry Kickball Tournament 6:00-9:00 PM Webster Park PERMISSION FORM DUE: Wed, August 1 Wed, August 15: Feast of the Assumption Mass/Bonfire 6:00 PM Annunciation Parish Wed, August 22: Summer Trip Stockholder Social 6:30 PM QP FFC Please support and work for passage of the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (H.R. 1179, S. 1467). This measure will ensure that the religious liberty and conscience rights of all participants in our nation s health care system are respected. The Administration s decision to mandate coverage of sterilization and contraceptives, including drugs that can cause an abortion, makes passage of this bill especially urgent. Contact your U.S. Representative and two Senators by e-mail, phone, or FAX letter: Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: 202-224-3121, or call your Members local offices. Additional contact info can be found on Members web sites at: www.senate.gov and www.house.gov. For more information on religious liberty and conscience rights, see: www.usccb.org/conscience
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS Nativity of Our Lord Church #645850 2270 South Oneida Street Green Bay, WI 54304 TELEPHONE 920 499-5156 CONTACT PERSON Danielle Berchmans Charmaine Berchmans EMAIL: bulletin@nativityparish.com SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2007 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 7 PRINTER HP Laserjet P1606 TRANSMISSION TIME Wednesday 12:00 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION July 8, 2012 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Perforate page 3 please.