Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)

April 23, 2006
Text Box: Religious Education Lola Higgins, Director All classes will meet as scheduled this week. Eucharist class will meet for session 6. CORRECTION—Eucharist Retreat—Will take place Wednesday April 26th from 6–8 pm. This retreat is for all students preparing for the sacrament of First Eucharist and parents. Please call Lola for more information @ 952-935-5536. A SENDING MASS will take place for grade 10 Candidates for Confirmation on Sunday April 30th at 6:pm. This Mass celebrates the parish “sending” the Candidates to the Bishop to be confirmed. I hope many parishioners and ALL Candidates will plan to attend this celebration. Confirmation Class will be meeting tonight April 23 at 7 pm. The 10th Grade will also meet on Sunday April 30 for a short rehearsal at 7 pm, after the Sending Mass. Confirmation will take place at the Cathedral in St. Paul on Monday May 1st at 7 pm. FIRST COMMUNION—will take place Sunday, May 7th at the 10 am Mass. Twenty-seven children will receive the Body and Blood of Jesus for the very first time. There will be room for parishioners on the north and south wings of the church and in the back rows of the church. St. John’s has not seen as big a class as this in many years. I hope to see many of you there. There will be a reception following the Mass for the first Text Box: Hopkins Catholic Youth Ministry Robyn Magalska, Director This Sunday, April 23rd, we will have our Sunday Gathering from 7:15–8:30 pm in Leo’s Den. All 7th–12th Graders and friends are welcome! We will have an Easter Celebration with an egg hunt, prizes, food and fun! Please join us. All 7th–9th Graders are encouraged to join in the fun for our Jr. High Spring Fling Lock-In on Friday, April 28th–Saturday, April 29th in Leo’s Den at St. John’s. This lock-in will be a night of games, music, pizza, pop, karaoke, prizes and fun! Sleep is optional! The cost for the event is $10. Friends are welcome and permission slips are required for all participants! Check-in will occur at 6:30 pm on Friday and the lock-in will conclude at 8 am on Saturday. On Saturday, April 29th there will be an opportunity to serve others who have had strokes. Students are encouraged to help with Strokewise in a Day. The event will take place at the Ridgedale Library. Students can meet at the site at 8:30 am and serve until 12:30 pm. There is limited space so you must sign up in advance to help with this service project by contacting the youth

Attention Adults!

Plans for our Sr. High Summer Mission are underway but we’re still missing an important piece to our puzzle!  We need a male adult leader who is over the age of 21! Our trip will be from July 21–30th and we are going to serve in North Carolina.  If you or someone you know might be interested in this wonderful experience, contact the Youth Ministry office to discuss the responsibilities and details!

This weekend is the beginning of St. John’s annual Time & Talent ministry reflection and sign up. Please read the materials mailed to you last week and prayerfully reflect on how you can love and serve the Lord and others by participating in a ministry in our parish.

 

The pamphlet in the mailing will acquaint you with numerous ministry opportunities at St. John’s. Please use the pamphlet insert to indicate those in which you choose to participate. Then return the insert in the envelope provided. If you did not receive a mailing, please call the office at 952-935-5536.

Thank you!

Text Box: Time & Talent

Free & Open to All—

An Evening of Renewal and Inspiration

with Reynolds (Butch) Ekstrom
Wed., May 3, 7 to 9 p.m. Church of St. Luke, St. Paul

Through Baptism we are all called to Discipleship, to Ministry, to Serve, to Share Our Gifts. Who should attend? All who serve the Church: volunteer or salaried, Catechists, Committee & Pastoral Council Members, Eucharistic Ministers, Choir Members, and Lectors. Join us as Reynolds (Butch) Ekstrom shares his comments about the “Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord” document as it applies to all of us that are baptized as volunteer ministers in the Church. (This is a document developed by the United States Council of Catholic Bishops on the topic of Lay Ministry in the Church.) Butch’s homespun style and great stories will help us reflect on our role in the Church. Donations to help defray costs are appreciated, but not necessary. For further information, contact the Center for Ministry of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis at 651-290-1616 or cfm@archspm.org