Crafters needed for our Annual Christmas FestivalDecember 1st from 9am – 2pm
Zion Lutheran Church
8307 Memorial Hwy., Ottawa Lake, MI.
Please contact Sandra Brady at 419-410-9380 to reserve your space.
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Attention Crafters!!!
Crafters needed for our Annual Christmas FestivalSt. Joseph Parish, Sylvania, OH
Annual Wreath Sale! The Saint Joseph Boy Scout Troop 87 will be having their annual fresh cut Christmas Wreath sale after all Masses on Thanksgiving weekend November 24th and 25th. The medium or door wreath will be available for $20 and the large or mantle size wreath will be $25. Pine roping and larger wreaths are available only by advance order through a Boy Scout or Jeff Moran 419-508-0217 by November 14, 2018. Please support the Boy Scouts!
Kids Day Out! Kids celebrate Thanksgiving is scheduled for Saturday, November 17th! This event is open to children ages 4-6. Please register using the signup link on the parish website or call the Office of Youth Catechesis and Formation for more information at 419-885-2181.
Anointed: Attention Parish High School Students Anointed will be meeting Saturday, November 17! Check the parish youth ministry website for a sign-up link! For those of you new to the parish, Anointed is a ministry open to all high school students. The day begins at 9:00 a.m. at Saint Joseph in the West Meeting Room. You will go out and serve food at the Downtown Community Picnic and return to Saint Joseph for discussion and lunch. Pick up is 1:00 p.m. Bring a friend! We hope to see you there! Call the Office of Youth Catechesis and Formation at 419-885-2181 with questions. Continue reading
Padre Pio Prayer Group
Dear Fellow Parish Bulletin Reps: December is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, which is celebrated on December 8. The Holy Father’s Intentions for the month of December, 2018: Evangelization: In the Service of the Transmission of Faith: That people, who are involved in the service and transmission of faith, may find, in their dialogue with culture, a language suited to the conditions of the present time. Feasts for December: Francis Xavier (12/3), Nicholas (12/6), Ambrose, (12/7), Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (12/8), Our Lady of Guadalupe (12/12), Lucy (12/13), John of the Cross (12/14), Christmas (12/25), Stephen (12/26), John (12/27), Holy Innocents (12/28) Holy Family (12/30).
Padre Pio celebrated Christmas with incredible devotion and joy. It was arguably his favorite celebration. He wrote of his spiritual daughter, Raffaelina Cerase: “When the Holy Novena begins in honor of the Baby Jesus, it felt as though my spirit were being borne again to a new life. I felt as though my heart were too small to embrace all our heavenly blessings. My soul felt as though it were disintegrating in the presence of our God who had become man. How can we not love him forever with a fervor that never grows stale? Let us open our hearts to the Baby Jesus whose soul was without the stain of sin and we will taste how sweet and suave it is to love Him.”
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pemberville
November 13, 2018, The Portage Valley Federation of Lutheran Men and Pastors Fall Meeting.: Our fall meeting will be held at St Mark’s Lutheran Church, 315 S College Dr., Bowling Green. Our special speaker for the evening will be Judge Matthew Reger. His topic will be “A View from the Bench”. The fellowship hour will begin at 6:30pm with the fellowshipness meeting beginning at 7:15 pm. The offering from the evening will be applied to the renovation of the Pfeiffer House, a place that will house family and friends visiting residents at the Luther Home of Mercy. If members of your congregation can not attend but would like to make a contribution to the project they may mail it to: Treasurer Mr. Bill King Jr. 520 W Eighth St. Perrysburg, OH 43551.
This year’s Christmas play will be: “It’s a Beastly Christmas” Play practice will be held during the Sunday School hour on December 2, 9, and 16 with the play to be held during worship on December 23. For any adult who is interested in helping (we would love to have you) please contact Sharon Moenter, Kelli Young, or Leslie Shiffler for additional information. Continue reading
Christmas Caroling Dearborn, MI
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come” and other festive tunes have echoed through the streets of Dearborn, MI
for the past 15 years! Men, women, boys, and girls from many church and ethnic backgrounds join together going door to bringing “peace on earth and goodwill to all!”
Plan on joining us caroling on 2 dates this year!!! We will be at Springwells Church, 14900 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, MI 48126, Saturday, December 1 at 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm and December 8 at Reach International Church, 1865 Nowlin St.
Dearborn, MI 48124 1:00pm and 5:00pm!
Bring $5 per person or $10 per family toward gift bags and bring some cookies to share afterward.
Call: Syd @ 704-451- 5893 or email lizrdld@yahoo.com for more information and to confirm you are coming!
Welcome to another beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Thanks for being my neighbor and making our neighborhood beautiful.If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.
At every meeting with another person give them One Kind Word, and then . . .
Social Security Fast-Tracks Decisions for People with Severe Disabilities
Agency Expands Compassionate Allowance List
Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, today announced five new Compassionate Allowance conditions: Fibrolamellar Cancer, Megacystis Microcolon Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome (MMIHS), Megalencephaly-Capillary Malformation Syndrome (MCAP), Superficial Siderosis of the Central Nervous System, and Tetrasomy 18p. Compassionate Allowance is a program to quickly identify medical conditions and serious diseases that meet Social Security’s standards for disability benefits.
“For nearly a decade, the Compassionate Allowance list has helped us identify and fast-track cases where individuals have diseases that are most likely to be approved for disability benefits,” said Acting Commissioner Berryhill. “Social Security is committed to ensuring Americans with qualifying disabilities quickly receive the benefits they need.” Continue reading
Padre Pio Prayer Group
Dear Fellow Parish Bulletin Reps: November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory, whose feast is celebrated on November 2. The Holy Father’s Intentions for the month of November 2018: Universal – In Service of Peace: That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict. Feasts for November: All Saints (11/1), All Souls (11/2), Martin de Porres (11/3), Leo the Great (11/10) Josaphat (11/12), Frances Xavier Cabrini (11/13), Albert the Great (11/15) Margaret of Scotland, Gertrude (11/16), Elizabeth of Hungary (11/17), Presentation of Mary (11/21), Cecilia (11/22) Clement J; Columban; Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro (USA), Thanksgiving Day (`11/23), Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (11/24), Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (11/25), Andrew (11/30).
Anyone who met Padre Pio believed that he had a direct connection with the afterlife,. When asked about a dead relative or friend, it was fascinating the good Padre always had an answer.”More souls of the dead from Purgatory than of the living climb this mountain to attend my Masses and seek my prayers.” ‘The souls in Purgatory pray for us, and their prayers are even more effective than ours because they are accompanied by their suffering. “So, let’s pray for them, and let’s pray them to pray for us.” “Most of the saved pass through Purgatory before arriving at the fullness of beatitude.” Pope Pius XII died in Castelgandolfo on October 9, 1958. On that day Padre Pio told a Friar: “Pius XII is in Heaven. I saw him during Mass.”
St. Joseph Parish, Sylvania
A Message from Our Pastor: Dear Friends, Each Christmas season, Saint Joseph Parish supports families with the Adopt-a-Family program. This program receives names from Heroes in Action, Sylvania Family Services, Harbor Behavioral, as well as our own parishioners.
The program ministers need assistance in identifying our own parish families that may need assistance from our program this Christmas Season.
If you know of a family that could benefit from this program, please contact Mrs. Laurie Neary, our Parish Nurse, at lneary@stjoesylvlania.org or 419- 885-5791, ext. 254. Thank you. In the Spirit of Saint Joseph, Rev. Monsignor Michael R. Billian, Pastor Continue reading
