St. John the Baptist Parish, Tipton, IN October 12, 2014 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time LITURGY SCHEDULE Monday, 7:40a.m....Morning Prayer 8:00a.m....Cheryl Edwards Tuesday, NO MASS Wednesday, 7:40a.m…. Morning Prayer 8:00a.m ….Rosemary Wittman Thursday, 7:40a.m…. Morning Prayer 8:00a.m …Betty Tebbe 2:00p.m….Personal Intentions @ Millers Friday, 7:40a.m…. Morning Prayer 8:00a.m …Bennie Zielke Saturday, 4:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. ....Reconciliation LORD’S DAY LITURGIES 5:30p.m....Parishioners of St. John’s Sunday, 9:00a.m....Gene McCormack LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR October 18-19 ALTAR SERVERS 5:30p.m. Cole & Mason, Mary Elizabeth 9:00a.m. Austin, Eli & Ethan EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS 5:30p.m. Mary, Melissa & Jason, Christina, Monica 9:00a.m. Dave, Bob & Cathy, Anastasia, Nancy READERS 5:30p.m. Mike Smith & Joe Rice 9:00a.m. Chris McCormack & volunteer USHERS: 5:30p.m. Vince, Troy, Fred 9:00a.m. Bob, Tim, Terry Please remember in your prayers all of our St. John’s family and friends who mourn the loss of a loved one, all who have no one to pray for them, those who have died through violence or natural disasters and all those who have died recently, especially Judy Smith Lamb. Fr Shocklee’s Thoughts Bible Study – This week on Wednesday, we’ll be starting up a weekly Bible Study. There is a Bible Study series out there called The Great Adventure Bible Study, a Journey through the Bible – that is a 26 week Bible Study. I thought that would be WAY TOO MUCH for us to start out with. So, I went with their condensed version. This one is called the Quick Journey through the Bible. It is 8 weeks and gives an overview of the Bible. 8 weeks is not a lot of time to cover all of the Bible, but I assure you that the average Catholic will benefit from this overview and it will make Mass more meaningful. When you go to Mass week after week and hear the readings, you can miss how it all fits together. As you see how the Old Testament and the New Testament connect together with how we live our faith each day, it really does help you be more engaged at Mass. I’ve been through the 26 week study before and my MA in Theology is concentrated in scripture studies. Last year we took the Middle School youth group through a 6 week Bible Study based on this. The adults who were there helping out all felt like they got a better understanding of the Bible even though they weren’t the target audience. I look forward to seeing what this adult bible study will do for the faith of the parish as a whole. Please consider coming even if you can only make it to one of the session. The sessions will run from this coming Wednesday through to a week before Christmas. If this is well attended and liked, we have various options for a follow up. If the interest is large enough, we could even do an afternoon session for those who don’t drive at night. Also, please spread the word that this is open to nonCatholics to join us. This can be a great way to introduce non-Catholics to the faith. As I’ve said in multiple ways at multiple times, please give us feedback of what you want to see happen here. My ideas are only my ideas. The life of the parish needs to flow from not just the pastor but from all the different and good interests of the whole parish. If you have ideas, let me or one of those on parish council know what your ideas are. St. John the Baptist Parish, Tipton, IN October 12, 2014 There are no bad ideas – it just becomes the role of the parish council to prioritize which we put our efforts behind. Please continue to pray for our parish that we do God’s will and bring Christ to all of Tipton County. God bless Fr. Shocklee Energize your Spirituality through Cursillo. Bring your Spiritual Life into focus. Discover an enhanced relationship with God. Embrace a unique method of finding, forming, and sustaining Lay Leadership in the Church. A Team of Latino, Catholic Lay Men and Women, supported by Clergy, Spiritual Advisors, will lead the Cursillo Weekends in Espanol. Cursillo is accepting registrations for the Men's Latino Weekend #2 on November 6–9, 2014 Women's Latino Weekend #2 on November 13-16, 2014 For more information go to www.cursillo-cicc.org or call Angie Pitts at 765-642-0381 or Deacon Castillo @ 765-662-6078 SCRIP NOTES [email protected] can now be used to place your SCRIP orders. You may use it to let Shay know what you want to have ready for you to pick up the following weekend. Anything not in stock will be sent in with the next submitted order early on Monday morning. SCRIP is also available for purchase during the K of C Fish Fry’s. Thank you for your support. PRAYER REQUEST CARDS RECEIVED: Sam Armstrong, Virginia Baker, Donna Conaway, Gene Henry, Rich Henry, Melody Horn, Pauline Kutchkus, Michael Liette, Marsha Marschke, Helen Matthews, Brian McCormack, Betty Moore, Jody Ripberger, Teresa Schaefer, Becky Small, Mike Small, Sister Cora Thoman, Jerry Tragesser, Lori Tragesser, Marjorie Twilling, Lou Ann Walker, Pat Yontz, Dave Ziegler Sacraments celebrated this week include: The Sacrament of Matrimony with Derek Boruff and Katharine Kirchner BAZAAR NEWS ALL items being donated to this year’s Silent Auction MUST be turned into school office by Friday, October 31. We always have a FANTASTIC Silent Auction! Thank you for your wonderful donations! Call Shay and Gary Plumer 675-4801 for questions or to arrange to have your donation picked up. White Elephants gifts are needed for bingo prizes. Please wrap the gifts in newspaper and drop them by the business office. ROAD TRIP Raffle Tickets -The price is $1.00 each. 20 tickets are attached. The office has more. Tickets have been sent out by email to all who view the bulletin online. STEWARDSHIP BY THE BOOK In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks the rich young man to give away all that he has in order to have treasure in heaven. But he is unable to free himself from his possessions, and so he goes sadly away. Does what I own keep me from following Jesus? STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Regular: $ 7,378.50 Youth: $ 13.17 TOTAL: $ 7,391.67 NEEDED WEEKLY*: $ 6,958.00 *from regular & youth NEEDED YTD: $ 271,362.00 ACTUAL YTD: $ 262,609.43 DIFFERENCE YTD: -$8,752.57 Continuing Our Traditions ...Together: $ 665.50 May God reward you! Upcoming Events: ►TCMA, Wednesday @ 10:00a.m. ►Bible Study, Wednesday @ 7:00p.m. ►Euchre Party, Friday 7-9p.m. ►Financial Peace University, Saturday @ 7:00p.m. ►Religious Education, Sunday @ 10:15a.m. ►Pancake/Sausage Breakfast next week-end proceeds to Habitat for Humanity ►Life Teen, Sunday, 6:30p.m. ►World Mission collection, Sunday, envelope in your packets