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Mission Statement 6341 LAKE OCONEE PKWY. Pastor: G , G 30642 United in Christ, REENSBORO EORGIA Rev. Roberto Herrera P : 706-453-7292 HONE All for the Glory of God [email protected] FAX: 706-453-7095 Unidos en Cristo, Emergency (24/7) 678-608-7829 WWW.COKAS.ORG Todo para la Gloria de Dios Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm Sunday Mass 9:00 am Spanish Mass 11:45 am

Daily Mass Schedule No Monday Mass Tuesday 9:00am Wednesday 6:00pm (English) 7:30pm (Spanish) Thursday 9:00am Friday 9:00am

Parish Office

Mon - Fri. 9 am -2 pm

Business Manager John Steadman [email protected] Accountant Millie Browning [email protected] Director of Religious Education Bev Fox [email protected] Communications Coordinator Gina Murphy [email protected] Pastoral Administration The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lily Vaughn (Holy Day of Obligation) [email protected] Wednesday, (No 9am Mass) Maintenance Vigil Mass 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (Spanish) Clarence Drinkwine Thursday, December 8 [email protected] Mass at 9:00 a.m.

Confessions Eucharistic Adoration SVDP Hotline Rosary Saturday - 4:00 - 4:45pm 1st Friday 9 am – 6 pm 706-453-4744 Before Mass 8:40am call for appointment

November 27, 2016

First Week of Advent Advent Terms and Definitions Advent: The word Advent is from the Latin adventus for "coming" and is associated with the four weeks of preparation for Christmas. Advent always contains four Sundays, beginning on the Sunday nearest the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, (November 30) and continuing until . It blends together a penitential spirit, very similar to Lent, a liturgical theme of preparation for the Second and Final Coming of the Lord, called the Parousia, and a joyful theme of getting ready for the Bethlehem event. Since the 900s, Advent has been considered the beginning of the Church year. This does not mean that Advent is the most important time of the year. Easter has always had this honor. The traditional color of Advent is purple or violet which symbolizes the penitential spirit. Religious traditions associated with Advent express all these themes.

Advent Wreath: "Customarily the Advent Wreath is constructed of a circle of evergreen branches into which are inserted four candles (advent candles). According to tradition, three of the candles are violet and the fourth is rose. The rose candle is lit the third Sunday of Advent, for this color anticipates and symbolizes the Christmas joy announced in the first word of the Entrance Antiphon: "Rejoice" (Latin, Gaudete). For this reason the Third Sunday is also called Gaudete Sunday, and rose color vestments are permitted. The Advent Wreath represents the long time when people lived in spiritual darkness, waiting for the coming of the Messiah, the Light of the world. Each year in Advent people wait once again in darkness for the coming of the Lord, His historical coming in the mystery of Bethlehem, His final coming at the end of time, and His special coming in every moment of grace. During Advent, family and friends can gather around the Advent Wreath lighting the appropriate candle(s), read from the daily Advent meditation and sing songs. The Church's official Book of Blessings also provides a blessing ceremony for the advent wreath which can be used in the absence of a priest.

Important Advent Dates 2016

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Wednesday, December 7 - 6:00p.m. Vigil Mass & 7:30p.m. Spanish Vigil Mass Thursday, December 8 - 9:00a.m. Mass

Monday, December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 7:00p.m. Bilingual Mass Reception in the Social Hall after mass

Thursday, December 15 COKAS Advent Penance Service 7:00p.m. By Fr. Young, Fr. Garcia, Fr. Orellana, and Fr. Herrera

Saturday, Parish POSADA (Advent Prayer Service) After the 5:00p.m. Mass

MASS INTENTIONS ADORATION

Saturday, 5pm Pete and Nancy Ward Sunday, November 27 9am Matthew Isaac Herrin † 11:45am People of COKAS Monday, November 28 No Mass Tuesday, Jesus asked, “Could you not spend one hour 9am Barbara Lowery † with me?” The Eucharistic Adoration Ministry offers each member of the parish an opportunity Wednesday, November 30 for an hour of prayer in front of the Blessed 6pm People of the Parish Sacrament, the Living God. We are blessed to 7:30pm People of the Parish have Adoration the first Friday of every month. Come when you can and leave when you must. Thursday, , 9am Communion Service Friday, December 2nd from 9am—6pm Friday, December 2 9am People of the Parish Saturday, December 3 Mass Intention Schedule 5pm , Priests and Seminarians of If there are specific dates that you the Archdiocese of Atlanta would like to have a mass offered Sunday, December 4 for loved ones or friends, please come by the office to schedule. 9am Bishops, Priests and Seminarians of We have the Record Book for the Archdiocese of Atlanta 2017 ready, so please don’t wait 11:45am Bishops Priests and Seminarians until the last minute to schedule of the Archdiocese of Atlanta your masses. We want to make sure you get the dates you want.

PRAYER REQUESTS GUADALUPE CELEBRATION Military Personnel Charlean Ferguson Tarah Thompson John Piler Pete Ward Steve Piler Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe Diane Desmond Trevor Spiess Linda Chelana Larry Patient Monday, December 12th Harriette Thompson Cathleen Bozzella Vickie Abbott Lani Dwyer Please join us! Connie Jean Anderson MaryEllen Brown Sonya Stephenson Pam Quinn Fabiola Whisenhunt 6am to 8am: Morning Prayer in Sanctuary For those in critical need of daily prayers. Breakfast /Mariachi Band in Social Hall Note: Names will stay on the Prayer list for 6 weeks and then they will be removed. Call 706-453-7292 x 4 or email 7pm: Mass (Bilingual) [email protected] with updates. 8pm : Reception in the Social Hall

Children’s Liturgy of the Flowers adorning the Word is celebrated at the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 and 11:45 a.m. masses for children have been donated by Pre-K through 3rd grade Jim Collins for Mary’s intercession for the cure of Breast Cancer.

LOOKING AHEAD STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

November Enter his gates with thanksgiving

26th Anointing of the Sick 6:00pm and his courts with praise! In the Sanctuary Give thanks to him, bless his name. 27th Anointing of the Sick After all Masses In the Sanctuary 27th No Donuts Offertory 27th NO Faith Formation (K-5th) At Masses 11/12-11/13/16...... ….....$ 10,897. 28th Mondays in the Word Bible Study Online Giving 11/7-11/13/16…………. 2,061. 10:00am-12:00pm Total $ 12,958. In the PLC Room 212

29th Grief Share Series 12:30pm-2:30pm In the PLC Room 204 NOVEMBER second collections: 30th Evening Bible Study 6:30pm-8:00pm 11/6/16—Archdiocesan Seminarians In the Bride’s Room 11/13/16—St. Vincent de Paul December 11/20/16—Campaign for Human Development

2nd Adoration 9:00am-6:00pm In the Sanctuary 3rd Confessions 4:00pm In the Sanctuary 3rd Cokas Christmas Dinner/Dance 6:00pm Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! (For Ticket Buyers) In the Social Hall Go to: www.cokas.org. At the top right side of the home 3rd Guadalupe Novena 7:00pm page, click on the icon. Call or email Millie Browning with In the Sanctuary any questions 706-453-7292, ext. 9, [email protected] 4th PSR (K-5th) 10:30am-11:30am In the PLC 4th Guadalupe Novena 7:00pm In the Sanctuary Deadlines for the Holiday Bulletin Publication 4th Guadalupe Novena 7:30pm dates: In the Social Hall Bulletin Date Office Deadline 5th Stroke Scan BY APPT Dec. 11th November 28th In the Plc 110/111 Dec. 18th December 5th 6th Stroke Scan BY APPT In the Plc 110/111 Dec. 25th/Jan. 1st (combined) December 9th Jan. 8th December 27th

COKAS GIVING TREE

Today, Nov. 26th,The COKAS Giving Tree is up with tags for the less fortunate. Please pick up a tag and help brighten this Christmas for a needy child. The tags will be hung for Swear to God: The Promise two weekends remaining and Power of the Sacraments until Dec. 4th. When you The most solemn, majestic, and pick up a tag, please record beautiful gifts that Jesus Christ the tag number along with gave to the world are His sacra- your name and phone ments. He endowed them with number on the clipboard unprecedented and unparalleled power, power to located near the tree. change lives, save souls, and share God's very Please bring a new and life. The sacraments are the ordinary means by which wrapped gift back to the God directs the course of each human life and all of church no later than world history. Dr. Scott Hahn explores the richness of Dec. 11th. Thank you for Christ's sacraments, their doctrine, history, symbols, your continued support! and rituals. Look for call number 234.16 Hah.

FAITH FORMATION Bev Fox, DRE [email protected] 706-453-7292

NO Edge/Life Night ATTENTION EDGE/LIFE TEEN STUDENTS: on Wednesday, Join us for Mass at 6pm on December 7th December 21, to celebrate the Vigil of The Immaculate 2016 Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Holy Day of Obligation) followed by our Christmas Celebration in the Social Hall. First Sunday of Advent

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

A special Children and Youth Choir is forming to present a musical prelude for the Children’s Christmas Eve Mass, December 24th at 3:30. Give the gift of joyful song this Christmas by sharing your time and talents with our Church. Rehearsals will be in the Social Hall as follows:

Sunday, November 27, 3:00-4:15pm Sunday, December 18, 3:00-4:15pm Friday, December 9, 4:00-5:15pm Friday, December 23, 4:00-5:15pm Friday, , 4:00-5:15pm Saturday, December 24, arrive at 2:15, Prelude begins at 3

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

When I was a child in school, one of the things that the teacher taught us was how to tell time. We had a big cardboard clock which would allow the teacher to move the hands so that we could learn to tell time. The small hand on the clock tells you the hour and the big hand tells you the minutes. Most of us don't use a clock like this anymore, most of us use a digital clock. A digital clock tells you both the hour and the minutes using numbers, such as 11:15. That's much easier, isn't it?

No matter what kind of clock we use, most of us look at it many times each day to check to see what time it is. Suppose that your best friend was to pick you up at two o'clock to go to a movie. First, you would make sure you were dressed and ready to go, and then, as the time drew near, you would be waiting and watching for your friend to come. If you know how to tell time, you would probably check the clock every few minutes to see if it was time for your friend to be there. If you don't know how to tell time, you would be asking your mom, "Is it two o'clock yet?

This Sunday marks the beginning of a very special season called Advent. Do you know what Advent means? The dictionary says that advent is "the coming of something very important." What is it? Is it Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Yes, we are looking forward to that, but we are also looking forward to the coming of another very important event. The return of Jesus!

Jesus told us that he would come again, but he didn't tell us what time he would be here. In fact, he said, "No one knows the day or hour when I will return. Only the Father knows. That is why you must be ready, I will come at a time when you least expect it." Wow! If we don't know when he is coming, how will we be ready? By doing the things that Jesus would want us to be doing -- loving one another, caring for the sick, feeding the hungry, and helping the poor. If we are doing those things, we will be ready when he comes.

Come to think of it, those are also the very same things that we should be doing to get ready for the celebration of Christmas! Instead of thinking about what we are going to get, we should be thinking about what we can give. Dear Jesus, we look forward to the day when you return. Help us to live in such a way that we will be ready when you come. Amen

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA STEWARDSHIP SCRIPTURE REFLECTION

The Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect. Good stewards know that they are accountable to God for all they have and are, and Pancakes and Pics with Santa they strive to live in readiness for his

coming. Join us for a delicious pancake breakfast with Santa, compliments of The Knights of Columbus on December 11th following the 9:00 Mass in the Social Hall.

*** Have your picture made with Santa and bring him your Wish List ***

~ COKAS Woman of the Year 2016 ~ - COKAS Youth of the Year 2016 - We will be accepting nominations for COKAS Woman of the Year 2016 Nominations for COKAS Youth of beginning the weekend of December the Year will be accepted beginning the weekend of December 10/11. 10/11.

Please prayerfully consider nominat- Nominees should be of high school age, be active in Life Teen, have ing a woman of our parish whose received age appropriate sacra- outstanding qualities and service to ments, and be active in service to our parish are deserving of our our parish and community. recognition. Nomination forms will be available Nomination forms will be available beginning December 10th at the beginning December 10th at the Church office and in the vestibule Church office and in the vestibule of of the Church. the Church.

All nominations are confidential and All nominations are confidential must be submitted by Sunday, and all forms must be submitted by Tuesday, December 20th. December 20th.

"ANUNCIOS PARROQUIALES" SAN VICENTE DE PAUL El Sacramento de la Si usted o alguien conocido están Confesión es todos los pasando por momentos difíciles, la Sábados de 4:00 pm a 4:45 pm parroquia de Cristo Nuestro Rey y Salvador les puede ayudar, por medio de la Asociación de San Vicente de Miércoles, 7 de diciembre 2016 Paúl. Les podrá ayudar con: recetas médicas, Edge y LifeTeen para los dentista, comida, facturas de luz, agua, gas, estudiantes de secundaria y transporte, consejería, y funerales… Si usted vive preparatoria 6:00 pm en los condados de Green, Putnam y Hancock, en la Iglesia llame y deje su mensaje al: 706-453-4744

Cada Navidad (el Sábado después del Día de Acción de Gracias) hay un "Árbol Generoso" de Navidad en el atrio de la iglesia, decorado con etiquetas que indican una sugerencia de regalo para los niños de la parroquia y la comunidad. El árbol se ha instalado a partir de este fin de semana 26 de Noviembre, 2016 y permanecerá hasta el 4 de Diciembre, 2016. Las etiquetas de regalos se colgarán durante 2 fines de semana hasta que se hayan tomado todas. Por favor tome una etiqueta del “Árbol Generoso" de la parroquia y compre un regalo nuevo para un niño. El regalo que compre debe ser envuelto y de vuelto a la iglesia a más tardar el 11 de diciembre, 2016. De ante mano gracias por su generosidad.

Significado del Adviento

La palabra latina "adventus" significa “venida”. En el lenguaje cristiano se refiere a la venida de Jesucristo. La liturgia de la Iglesia da el nombre de Adviento a las cuatro semanas que preceden a la Navidad, como una oportunidad para prepararnos en la esperanza y en el arrepentimiento para la llegada del Señor. El color litúrgico de este tiempo es el morado que significa penitencia.

El tiempo de Adviento es un período privilegiado para los cristianos ya que nos invita a re- cordar el pasado, nos impulsa a vivir el presente y a preparar el futuro.

~ COKAS Mujer del año 2016 ~ - COKAS Joven del Año 2016 -

Estaremos aceptando nominaciones para Las nominaciones para el joven del Año COKAS Mujer del Año 2016 comenzando el de COKAS serán aceptadas a partir del fin de semana del 10 de diciembre. fin de semana del 10/11 de diciembre. Los nominados deberán estar cursando Por favor consideren en oración la la High School, ser activos en programa posibilidad de nombrar a una mujer en de Life Teen, haber recibido los nuestra parroquia cuyas excelentes sacramentos del bautismo y primera cualidades y servicio a nuestra parroquia comunión y estar activos en el servicio a nuestra parroquia y comunidad. merecen nuestro reconocimiento. Los formularios de nominación estarán Los formularios de nominación estarán disponibles a partir del 10 de diciembre disponibles a partir del 10 de diciembre en en la oficina parroquial y en el vestíbulo de la parroquia. la oficina parroquial y en el vestíbulo de la parroquia. Todas las nominaciones son confidenciales y todos los formularios Todas las nominaciones son confidenciales y deben presentarse antes del martes 20 todos los formularios deben presentarse de diciembre. antes del martes 20 de diciembre.