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Second Sunday of Advent - December 7, 2014

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP - GOD GIVES IT ALL

THEN CALLS US TO SHARE

Collection Dates Attendance Collected

St. John’s

11/29 5 p.m. 11/30 12:00 noon

40 60

$283.00 $1,143.00

St. Joseph’s

11/30 - 8 a.m. 11/30 - 10:15 a.m.

96 88

$1,872.00$159.00

Registered Households St. John’s - 98 ● St. Joseph’s - 125

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RESPECT LIFE ALWAYS

CHOOSE LIFE

St. John’s Coffee Hour Hosts

Dec. 7 - Dick & Betty Tagman and Bob & Cathy Carter

In memory of Robert Vallejo-Pontoja

Dec. 14 - Julie Willey, Linda Eldridge,

Francis Fitzpatrick

Dec. 21 - Leona Handley and Jane Reibel

Dec. 28 - NEED HOSTS (Please sign up!)

Jan. 4 - Father Michael’s brother

Please sign up on the calendar in the hall or call 249-4746 to take a turn hosting. Thank you!

St. Joseph’s Coffee Hour Hosts

First and Second Sundays - Altar Society

Third Sunday - Hispanic Community

Fourth Sunday - St. Patrick’s Guild

Holy Days/Feast Days/Holidays Mass Schedule

Dec. 8 - 6 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph’s - Feast of

the Immaculate Conception

Dec. 10, 11, 12 - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Dec. 10 - 4:30 p.m. Confessions with Fr. Francisco

Dec. 11 - 9 p.m. Rosary, followed by dancing and food

Dec. 12 - 4 p.m. Mass, followed by dancing and food

Dec. 24 - 9 p.m. Mass at St. John’s

Midnight Mass at St. Joseph’s

Dec. 25 - 8 a.m. Mass at St John’s

10:15 a.m. Spanish Mass at St. Joseph’s

Dec. 31 - 6 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph’s

Jan. 1 - 9 a.m. Mass at St. John’s

COOKIE SALE

Saint John's Altar Society is holding a cookie sale after Masses this weekend. We are selling tins of homemade cookies for $5. Stop by the hall after Masses on Saturday and Sunday.

Thank you in advance for supporting your Altar Society.

Parishioners who own a business are welcome to submit their business information to us. We will advertise the business in the Parish Home Messenger as space permits. Send your business information: (business name, owner, address, phone number, and Web site ad-dress) to phm.twosaints@gmail.com.

TRAIL LIFE: The next meeting is December 9 at 7 p.m. in McLaughlin Hall. This is the last meeting before Christmas.

Daily Mass Changes

Beginning January 1, 2015, the daily Mass schedule will change to accommodate Masses at each church while considering Holy Days and holiday times.

Tuesday, 6 p.m. at St. John’s

Wednesday, 6 p.m. at St. Joseph’s

Thursday, 6 p.m. at St. John’s

Friday, 6 p.m. at St. Joseph’s

Weekday Mass on a national holiday will start at 9 a.m. Weekday Mass on a Holy Day of Obligation will start at 6 p.m.

Mass on Thursday, January 1 (a national holiday) will be held at 9 a.m. at St. John’s.

If you have a concern about the change, please call the office, 482-3190.

St. John’s Altar Society could use help decorating the church for Christmas. Donations for Christmas flowers can be made at the Parish office or placed in the offering basket. Please marked your donation "Christmas Flowers." See Cathy Carter to volunteer to decorate the church.

GIVING TREE: A Christmas Giving Tree w ill be

made available at St. Joseph’s and St. John’s.

Any family in need may submit names to Sadie Haw-

kins so that we can have gifts for the children. Names

for the Giving Tree need to be returned as soon

as possible so that there is time to purchase

gifts. Forms are available to gather children ’s

names, along with their age, size, wants, and needs.

Please contact Sadie for additional information,

870-2982.

FEED THE HUNGRY: Please help us sow the light

of Jesus. We are making Christmas stockings for Feed

the Hungry. Items needed for men, women, and

children include gloves, socks, toothbrushes, tooth-

paste, floss, combs, brushes, bar soap, body wash,

shampoo, nail clippers, nail files, deodorant, razors,

hand sanitizer,

Q-tips, individually wrapped Wet Ones, Band-Aids,

individually wrapped snack items, candies, hot cocoa,

coffee creamer, sugar, granola bars. Boxes will be in

each church to accept your donations until

December 21.

ST. JOHN’S FOOD BOWL: A box has been placed

in the back of St. John's for the annual Food Bowl.

St. John’s food donations will be combined and

weighed with all of the food collected during the Food

Bowl before it is given to the Food Bank on December

16.

St. Joseph’s Altar Society

The St. Joseph's Altar Society will meet after the 8 a.m. Mass an Sunday, December 14th. All ladies are invited to attend. We need to finalize plans for the Christmas bake sale the following weekend. Thank you to all the ladies that helped to make the bazaar so successful!! The sandwiches, soups and pies were delicious and enjoyed by all.

Pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes

April 14-28, 2015 $3,990.00 per person through JML Pilgrimages

Join Fr. Michael Wagner on this spiritual journey

that begins in Fatima, Portugal through Spain to

Lourdes, France and ends in Barcelona, Spain.

Visit, pray and learn about many saints at

significant spiritual places along the way. Call

Debbi Smith, 360-470-4228 for details.

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There will be a meeting on Sunday, December 14

at 3 p.m. at St. Joseph's. Anyone interested

in going on the pilgrimage should plan to attend

this meeting. Please come with your questions.

New information about the trip will be shared. A

meal will also be served!

Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 11 and 12

Everyone from St. John's and St. Joseph's is

invited to the celebration for Our Lady of

Guadalupe.

The celebration starts on December 11 at 9 p.m.

with the Rosary and a dance presentation by the

children of our parish. Pozole and tamales will be

available for purchase.

On December 12 the celebration starts at 4 p.m.

with Mass, a Rosary, and the dance presentation

by the children. Tamales, pozole, ponche, coffee

and soda will be available for purchase.

All proceeds from the food sales will go to

St. Joseph’s.

Donations Needed: Plastic spoons, bowls, paper

plates, and pork meat. Call Raquel at 249-2949

or Sylvia at 482-4711. Orders will be taken for

take home.

All Parish Posada

The Posada commemorates Mary and Joseph's difficult

journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a

place for the Christ Child to be born.

The Posada starts on December 16 and runs each night

until December 24 when it concludes at Midnight Mass

at St. Joseph’s.

The Posada will be held in the basement gathering

space at St. Joseph’s starting at 7 p.m. each night.

The Posada includes a procession, Rosary, songs and

refreshments.

A signup sheet for refreshments will be available. We

are looking for three families to provide refreshments

for each night and/or hosting the statue of Mary and

Joseph.

Please call Victoria at 509-293-1112 or Flora at

360-500-2002 for additional information.

St. Joseph’s Parish

John Anderson

Farrell Brock

Fred and Kate Carlson

Larry Champagne

Bob and Debbie Christensen

Bessie Cook

Flora Martinez Cruz

Richie Cunningham

Florencio Ramirez Diaz

Victoria Dilley

Francisco and Leticia Espinoza

Vito Fedor

Tom and Sadie Hawkins

Shirley Henneck

Donna Howe

Theresa Hurd

Ramon and Josefina Jimenez

Martin Jones Family

Kendall Family

Martin and Sarah Kimbrel

Mike and Mary Kimbrel

Holly Lagergren

Jill Lagergren

Bob and Marcia Lambert

Marilyn Madison

Patrick McGuin

Dennis and Karla McPhee

Bernard and Janice Meile

Marianne Miller Tom Poch

Robert and Shirley Mischel Elna Pulicicchio

Alejandro Ramirez de Jesus Leonard Schmidt

Allen and Diane Robbins Deborah Schaffer

Lola and Gary Rudrud Marilyn Sjolund

Norman and Catherine Sadler Margaret Simmons

Frank and Pat Scheberle Maria Isidro-Soto

Dana and Debbi Smith Diane VanGeystel

Ken and Louann Strozyk James Vosper

Doyce and Marilyn Vaughn Pat and Bertha West

Gilberto and Alejandrina Torres

A generous parishioner has offered to match stewardship pledges up to $6,200 at St. Joseph’s. Please submit your pledge today so that it will be included in the matching offer.

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St. John’s Mission

Dems and Leonor Alburo

Jordan and Aimee Amacher

Aristeo Arreola

Sally and Dean Baxter

Lucetta Bender

and Patricia Berbells

Paul and Jewel Boys

Marian Bronson

Eleanor Brooks

Karen and Jeff Brown

William and Grace Burke

Bob and Cathy Carter

Casey Chris and Connie Church

Patricia Clemons

Mike and Susie Curry

Jerry and Carol Cutler

Donna (Mickey) Dameron

William and Evelinda Edralin

Florence Edwards

Linda Eldridge

Frances Fitzpatrick

Victoria Francis

Mrs. Arthur Furnia

Jim and Patti Garland

Erv and Phyllis Granahan

Doug and Lois Hockett

Charlotte Jensen

The Family of Rose Keogh

Angelina Kerin Debi Ohashi

Doug and Mary Lewis Patricia Prket

The Lua's Jane Reibel

Gilda Malizia Loretta Roos

Ralph Malizia Cindy Shearard

Arvin and JuliaAnn Manley Mei Sturdivant

Mike and Louise Murphy Dolores Strawn

Michael and Aumpai Powell Patty Talley

Al and Lorrie Ramsaur Julie Ann Willey

Eileen Raykowski Eileen Wincewicz

Mary Ellen Schilling Joseph Wulfekuhe

Sherry and Tim Schmalz

Matt and Connie Stowers

Jack and Hsiu Sturdivant

Richard and Betty Tagman

John and Karen Zimmerman

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We thank the following parishioners who returned a stewardship pledge card. Fr. Michael believes that 100% participation is possible. The stewardship campaign has resulted in an increase in parish registrations. The pledge submission percentages have been updated to include the new parish household registrations.

Percentage of

registered families

who have submitted

a pledge card.

Percentage of

registered families

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Please Note: If your name is misspelled here, or we have associated you to the wrong church, please e-mail phm.twosaints@gmail.com or drop a note into the collection basket w ith the correct information.