Rectory:423-2656 Office: 423-1004 Cell:660-1005 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Joseph Scurlock 433-3791

Email: stjosephs@adventurenet.com DRE /office: Colleen Maule 946-5635 /423-1004

stjohnparishhall@msn.com Rel. Ed Co-ordinator: Kathy Jo Mitchell 212-3867 The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 6, 2015

Please remember in your prayers the sick of our parishes. Please pray for Father O’Kane, Fran Mitchell,

Nainna Gnat, Ed & Dorothy Lamoureux, Liz Doyle, Sheryle Honomichel, Albert Hubert, Pat Mustain,

Beth Furchst, Msgr. Leonard Ziegmann, Sally Hakel, Jeri Grenier, Mike Franken, Gary Hubert, Loretta Prince,

Mark Choquette, Bill Tobin, David Bogenrief, Linda Donnelly, Sue LaCroix, Ouida Patterson, our children

Pam Dailey, Gloria Welte, Bev Thorpe, Bryson Harder, Brittney Morey, Justin Lamoureux, Bud Mareau,

all who travel, all who grieve, all in the military, our veterans & their families, our nations leaders.

The candles burning at the Blessed Mother’s altar are for those serving in foreign lands.

If you know of someone who is ill and needs our prayers, and would like to be listed, or if you no longer need

to be listed, please contact the office @ 946-5635.

Liturgy Schedule –September 7-13

St. Joseph, Salix St. Bernard, Blencoe St. John, Onawa

Thursday :8AM No Mass Wednesday: No Mass Tuesday No Mass

Sunday: 11 AM Saturday: 5 PM Sunday: 9 AM

Cecil Gnat, Logan Eliason, Mary K Hughes

SERVERS Jackson Dewald ENVELOPES: $1795.00 Joseph Dewald LOOSE: $ 79.00 Hannah Christensen FOOD PANTRY/NEEDY FUND: $ Emma Christensen DEBT REDUCTION: $ 25.00 COMMUNION Paula Olson CEMETERY TREE FUND: $ Mary Parker *homebound BUILDING FUND: Pam Eliason * homebound SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: $262.00 Gerri Lamoureux CANDLES: $ 22.00 Bonnie Brouillette TOTAL THIS WEEK: $ 2183.00 GREETERS Brent & Niki Dewald Family GIFTS LECTORS Don & Carla Cleveland Lisa Willis & Fred Shellabarger USHERS STEWARD Zach Greder, Tim Prince ,Ryan Willis, Tom Ullrich Julie Case ROSARY Vicky Williams Dorothy Putnam Kathryn Petersen

Dinner will be served from 11 am – 2 pm. Any Questions? contact Mary Lynn Nelson @ 712-281-0107.

Please plan on attending and participating in our dinner & raffle. Thank you!

Funeral Committee #6 Margaret Wood 712-251-3834, Theresa Bokemper 712-943-5019 Barb Roethler 712-946-7527, Angie Rohlfs 712-943-2661 or 712-823-0046 Rachel Ruskamp 712-229-0977, Keri Sample 712-204-2805 Erin Schuetz 712-301-3192 or 712-253-7633, Rachelle Scott 712-251-8484 Teresa Shook 712-946-5577 or 712-253-6116, Janet Sibenaller 712-233-0368 Becky Skinner 712-428-4891, Kathy Spohr 712-48-4680 or 712-251-3253 Janet Steinhoff 712-874-3368 or712-420-1058 Tammy Stuhrenberg 712-943-3305 or 712-490-9583 Kristi Tadlock 712-943-5886 or 712-204-9695,Beth Tisher 712-943-8083 or 712-281-1378 Caroline Tompkins 712-943-3318, Marilyn Topf 712-946-5929 or 712-259-2237 Sandra Tracy 712-946-6982, Kristin Uhl 712-490-0975 Roxie Ullrich 712-429-3875 or 712-251-3519, Carmen Wagner 712-946-5940 Melynda Waite 712-946-7742, Veronica Warren 712-389-0079 Lori Wendt-Sloan-712-428-4308, Peggy Wessling 712-455-2097 or 712-389-5959 Susan Whitney 712-574-3458, Vicky Williams 712-490-0514 Lisa Willis 712-251-4427, Ashlee Worrell 712-251-5688 McKinzi Worrell 712-870-1336, Janet. Yanak 712-946-5439

Just to make you Smile ; Moe: ‘My wife got me to believe in religion.’ Joe: ‘Really?’ Moe: ‘Yeah. Until I married her I didn’t believe in Hell.’ A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the vicar was standing at the door,

as he always was, to shake hands with the worshippers. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled

him aside. The vicar said to him, 'You need to join the army of the Lord.' My friend replied, 'I'm already

in the army of the Lord, Father.' So the vicar enquired, 'Then how come I don't see you except at

Christmas and at Easter?' My friend whispered back, 'I'm in the secret service.'

Rectory:423-2656 Office:423-1004 Cell:660-1005 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Joseph Scurlock 433-3791

Email:stjohnparishhall@msn.com DRE /office: Colleen Maule 423-1004

The Twenty- Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 20, 2015

Please remember in your prayers the sick of our parishes. Please pray for Father O’Kane, Sue Kreger,

Loretta Simoff, A.J. Benjamin, Doe Walker, Bill Kelley, Helen Ryan, Shirley Turner, Helen Framke, Darlene Ellis,

Donna Linder, Maryann Muller, Bob Bruns, Ken Stangel, Fred Servia, Charlotte Low, Pete Mortensen, Judson Bramow,

Pam Beck Casperson & Louis Benjamin. If you know of someone who is ill and needs our prayers, and

would like to be listed, or if you no longer need to be listed, please contact the office @ 423-1004.

Liturgy Schedule – Sept. 21-27

St. John, Onawa St. Bernard, Blencoe St. Joseph, Salix

Monday;No Mass Wednesday: 9AM Jim Boyle Thursday: 9AM

Tuesday: 9AM Chris Maynard Saturday: 5 PM Larry & Amy Christensen Family Sunday: 11 AM

Wednesday: No Mass

Thursday: No Mass

Friday: No Mass Sunday: 9:00 AM Chris Maynard

Ministries for Sept. 27

Saturday 5 PM (Blencoe) Sunday 9 AM (Onawa)

Lector: Janet Ryan Lou Hewitt

Altar Servers: Allyson Rose, Brandon Coble, Garret & Laura Heisterkamp

EM’s: Fran Tramp © Maurine Hubert © Cyd Bartholomew © Jerry Sievers © (Nursing Home)

Norman Stanislav (H) Caleb Derocher (H) Colleen Maule (H) (Homebound)

Rosary Janet & Mavis Ryan Mary Stanislav

ST. MARY’S “BLUE MASS”::All are invited to attend the Sept. 28 7 p.m. “Blue Mass” to honor area first responders at Storm Lake St. Mary’s Parish at 320 Seneca Street. This is a votive mass for the archangels and is open to the public.The event is co-sponsored by the Storm Lake Public Safety Department Chaplains – Fr. David Esquiliano of Storm Lake St. Mary’s and Rev. Don Keeler of All Saints Episcopal Church. Please come and support our area police officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics.

We have a web site: www.stjohnonawa.com We are still in the process of adding and building on it, but our

basic site is here. I will try to post bulletins on the site every week. It might take a while to be complete, but

visit it and let us know what we need to add. Eventually, St. Bernards will have a page of their own on this site

also.

The DAA is hard at work in your parish each and every day as you and your fellow parishioners at St. John

Onawa & St. Bernard, Blencoe. Whether it be Father O’Kane meeting with families of the parish during

their times of joy and sorrow, the parish bookkeeper overseeing the finances or your Religious Education

teachers preparing materials for class—the DAA provides financial support and other resources for these

ministries plus many, many more.Would you consider showing your appreciation for these ministries

with a gift to the Diocesan Annual Appeal? Giving is simple—you can either detach the card sent to you,

use the enclosed envelope and return to your parish. Or, you can give online at www.scdiocese.org. Please

reflect on how you have experienced the love of the Lord in your parish and consider participating in this

year’s Diocesan Annual Appeal. St. John’s Goal is $8951.00 St. Bernard’s Goal is $2170.00

Please remember to drop your donation in the collection basket or if you give online, please

notify us of the date and amount..Thank you

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Funeral Committee #3 Chairladies Mary Johnson 712-251-5870 and Deb Craig 608-444-7892 Theresa Goertz 712-874-3413, Joni Greder 712-428-4337 or 712-258-1728 LeAnn Guntren 712-253-0813 or 712-898-7874, LuAnn Haase 712-946-5459 Deb Harpenau 712-946-8324 or 712-252-0501, Jane Heisterkamp 712-428-3794 Diana Hejhal 712-943-5839, Heather Hensley 712-943-5839 Beth Hickey 712-943-5814, Brenda Hinrickson 712-874-3716 or 712-870-4077 Bev Holmes 712-428-3548, Mary Holzerland 712-946-5556 or 712-253-8718 Melissa Hostetler 712-428-4168 or 712-301-1834, Cathy Hughes 712-946-779-66 or 712-898-6988 Megan Hunold 712-389-7469,Jackie Hunter 712-428-3144, Judy Janson 712-943-1829 or 712-204-1559 Janis Johnson 712-943-5159, Amy Kerns-Sloan 712-389-5369

The ushers will come forward and take our ties and offerings.

Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person(s) you want remembered.

Let us join David and Lisa in the celebration of their wedding and bring their happiness to a conclusion.

Helpers are needed! Please sign up on the information sheep.

Diana and Don request your presents at their wedding.

The concert held in Fellowship Hall was a great success. Special thanks are due to the minister’s daughter, who labored the whole evening at the piano, which as usual fell upon her.

The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.

Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 to 8:30p.m. Please use the back door.

The 1991 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.

The audience is asked to remain seated until the end of the recession.

Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.

22 members were present at the church meeting held at the home of Mrs. Marsha Crutchfield last evening. Mrs. Crutchfield and Mrs. Rankin sang a duet, The Lord Knows Why.

The choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be “What is Hell?”. Come early and listen to our choir practice.

The third verse of Blessed Assurance will be sung without musical accomplishment.

The music for today’s service was all composed by George Friedrich Handel in celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth.

A song fest was hell at the Methodist church Wednesday.

Today’s Sermon: How Much Can a Man Drink? with hymns from a full choir.

Hymn: “I Love Thee My Ford.”

Miss Charlene Mason sang “I will not pass this way again” giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

Women’s Luncheon: Each member bring a sandwich. Polly Phillips will give the medication.

Announcement in the church bulletin for a National PRAYER & FASTING conference: “The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer conference includes meals.”

The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.

Ushers will eat latecomers.

Tuesday at 4PM there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving

.

Rectory:423-2656 Office: 423-1004 Cell:660-1005 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Joseph Scurlock 433-3791

Email: stjosephs@adventurenet.com DRE /office: Colleen Maule 946-5635 /423-1004

stjohnparishhall@msn.com Rel. Ed Co-ordinator: Kathy Jo Mitchell

The Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time August 23, 2015

Please remember in your prayers the sick of our parishes. Please pray for Father O’Kane, Fran Mitchell,

Nainna Gnat, Ed & Dorothy Lamoureux, Liz Doyle, Sheryle Honomichel, Albert Hubert, Pat Mustain,

Beth Furchst, Msgr. Leonard Ziegmann, Sally Hakel, Jeri Grenier, Mike Franken, Gary Hubert, Loretta Prince,

Mark Choquette, Bill Tobin, David Bogenrief, Linda Donnelly, Sue LaCroix, Ouida Patterson, our children

Pam Dailey, Gloria Welte, Bev Thorpe, Bryson Harder, Brittney Morey, Justin Lamoureux, Bud Mareau,

all who travel, all who grieve, all in the military, our veterans & their families, our nations leaders.

The candles burning at the Blessed Mother’s altar are for those serving in foreign lands.

If you know of someone who is ill and needs our prayers, and would like to be listed, or if you no longer need

to be listed, please contact the office @ 946-5635.

Liturgy Schedule –Aug. 24-30

St. Joseph, Salix St. Bernard, Blencoe St. John, Onawa

Thursday :8AM David Wessling Wednesday: 8 AM Tuesday 8 AM

Sunday: 11 AM Saturday: 5 PM Sunday: 9 AM

Dayle Ellis, Victor Hubert, Tony & Dawn Hubert

SERVERS Corey Matthey ENVELOPES: $1915.00 Hannah Christensen LOOSE: $ 93. 00 Carter Hozerland FOOD PANTRY/NEEDY FUND: $

Mallory Hozerland DEBT REDUCTION: $ 315.00 COMMUNION Paula Olson CEMETERY TREE FUND: $ Bev Weikel *homebound BUILDING FUND: Kathy Jo Mitchel * homebound SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: $36.00

Tom Becker CANDLES: Dori Becker TOTAL THIS WEEK: $ 2359.00

Dinner will be served from 11 am – 2 pm. Anyone who would like to donate a raffle item, please contact Mary Lynn Nelson @ 712-281-0107 as soon as possible.

Please plan on attending and participating in our dinner & raffle. Thank you!

1.Whirlpool Suite, Country Inn & Suites, one night stay with breakfast and dinner for 2 at Grahams Grill & Pub

2. Five Pizza Ranch Buffet coupons and a $50.00 Gift Certificate to Leather & Hawgs

3. Two Culvers Double Delux Value Baskets plus 2 (2) scoop sundaes and 5 Pizza Ranch Buffet Tickets

4. Four Buffets and Drink at the Golden Corral. One full service Car Wash at Rocket Auto Wash

5. $100.00 Gift Certificate to Bob Roes Point After on Transit Avenue

6. $50.00 Gift Certificate to Red Lobster plus $50.00 Gift Certificate to Fareway

7. Creative Steel Amazing Grace Wall Decoration and Creative Steel Iowa State Cyclones for your desk