PARISH APRIL 29, 2018 APRIL 29 MAY 6 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER ACTS 9:26-31 ACTS 10:25-48 Building Fund -- Monthly 1 :18-24 1 :7-10 Mustard Seed – Monthly :1-8 JOHN 15:9-17 www.annunciationcatholicchurch.org

PASTOR: Fr. Tony Rinaldo, 573-796-4842 [email protected] Emergency Contact for Fr. Tony: St. Andrew's Church 660-433-2162 DEACON: Ed Schepers, 573-694-9331 [email protected] PARISH OFFICE: 573-796-4842 or [email protected], Hall 796-3568 Open Mondays 8 AM to1 PM & Tuesdays 8:30 AM to12:00 PM Phone and Email messages always welcome PASTORAL MINISTER: Sr. Mary Ruth Wand, [email protected] 796-2654 PARISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Evelyn Jobe, 301-4945, [email protected] MASSES @ ANNUNCIATION: SATURDAY @ 4 PM, SUNDAY @ 10:30 AM And SPANISH MASS @ NOON MASSES @ ST. ANDREW: TIPTON: SATURDAY @ 5:30 PM, SUNDAY @ 8:30 BAPTISMS: By appointment. Please call for Parental Sacrament Preparation WEDDINGS: Please contact at least 4 months in advance RECONCILIATION: Saturdays @ 3:15 PM before Mass – Sundays @ 9:30 AM or by appt.

MASSES FOR THE WEEK VOCATION VOICE Sat. Apr 28 4:00 PM Geraldine Pringer "If you live in me and my words stay part of Sun. Apr 29 10:30 AM Parish you, you may ask what you will and it will be Sun. Apr 29 NOON Spanish done for you." Pray for an increase in vocations to priesthood and religious life. Tue. May 1 8 AM Zoie Tuttle

Thu. May 3 8 AM Gladys Mertens Vocation crucifixes are in the homes of Paul & Sat. May 5 4 PM Parish Becky Bloch and Steve & Mary Ann Wasser this Sun. May 6 10:30 AM Emil & Jimmy month. Anyone who would like the opportunity to Bax have the crucifix and to pray especially for Sun. May 6 NOON Spanish vocations, please contact S. Mary Ruth.

MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK Our seminarian, Kendall Ketterlin, will be ordained Mon. Apr 30 5:45 PM Prayer of the a Transitional Deacon Saturday, May 12 at the Holy Rosary Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas 8 PM AA-ALNON City. Ordination begins at 10:00 am followed by a Tue. May 1 6:30 PM RCIA short reception. All are invited. Kendall is the son Wed. May 2 Vocation Reflection Day-6th Gr of Kay (Robert) Connell and the late Bill Ketterlin. 8:15 PM Mustard Seed Please continue to pray for Kendall as he completes Thu. May 3 Quilting this part of his journey and begins his year of 7 PM Holy Hour service as a deacon leading to his priestly Fri. May 4 ** First Friday Adoration ** ordination.

STEWARDSHIP – OUR GIFT TO GOD CONGRATULATIONS! Monthly Goal: $23,100.00 God’s Blessing upon Mavrick Joseph Hagedorn, 1st week: $ 4,184.00 2nd week: $ 6,831.83 son of Aaron & Laura (Struttman) Hagedorn, 3rd week: $ 2,523.45 4th week: $ 5,548.00 baptized April 14th here at Annunciation. God’s Blessing upon Louis Adam Baysinger, son Stipends: $ 5.00 Candles: $ 123.00 of Devin & Elizabeth (Stratman) Baysinger, Infirmed Priests: $ 20.00 Rice Bowl: $ 37.31 baptized April 21st here at Annunciation. Cedron Church Reimbursement: $ 750.00

Short of Goal: $ 4,012.72 Fr. Tony will be having Mass at Cedron on Sunday, August 12 at 2 PM. Pray for the Sick: Sharon Thomas; Charles Burlingame; Lenard Elliott; Jordan Karpowecz; Paul & Myrene Hoellering; Donald Spears; John Derendinger; Danielle (Glenn) Farris; Larry Henley; Mary Munsterman; Gary ANNUNCIATION PARISH ACTIVITIES Fleishmann; Alice DeMoss; Sharon (Imhoff) Dresel; Ruby Cram; Robert Pace; Terry Carlson; Leo Maasen (father of Rosina Loethen and Beverly Frank); Floyd Cain; Bob Taylor; Special Intention; Don George; Mark Bardwell; K of C Scholarships are now available. The Patricia Taylor; Sheryl Sullins; Rick Wingate; Rachel applications will be in the foyer or you can contact Frank; Mary Ann Kenning; Andrea Tilbury; Delores David Garnett. Bardwell; Teresa Kirchhoff; Joel Rivera; Carol Rackers; Carol Baker; Doug Distler; Mary Wood; Tom LePage. There will be an 4th Degree Assembly #582 Knights of Columbus Meeting after the April Please keep in your prayers Elijah 29th Mass at Tipton, MO All 4th Degree need to Korenberg from California, a senior at attend. Helias High School, as he prepares to join the Catholic Church next month.

Catholic Charities is in need of the following items: PASTOR’S NOTES . . . Living room furniture...Kitchen tables and chairs...Dressers/Shelving...Box Fifth Sunday of Easter springs/mattress Kitchen items...Cutlery items...Cleaning supplies...Personal hygiene supplies...Bed pillows (in good said to his disciples -- the true vine, shape) Lamps...Rugs… and my Father is the vine grower. Please contact Mark Wax at 573-999-4732 or email him at We all need pruning in life. Jesus provides an example [email protected] of an action by which this pruning might occur -- the This would be a great way to clean out the closets reception of The Word. Scripture challenges us, and your basement! nourishes us, encourages us, and advises us. Scripture prunes us by addressing the downfalls that might hinder us from bearing good fruit -- or any fruit at all: Temptations, greed, selfishness, anger, grudges, apathy, Trivia Night hatred, or the avoidance of cross-carrying at any cost, to El Puente – Hispanic Ministry name a few. On the other hand, Scripture prunes us by helping us to channel all that is life-giving into our lives El Puente-Hispanic Ministry will have its annual Trivia Night and actions: Selfless love, sacrifice, voluntary cross- on Friday, May 4, at Kertz Hall (Immaculate Conception). carrying, feeding, clothing, visiting others, comforting, Doors open at 6:00 and Trivia begins at 7:00; $120 per serving, forgiving and healing others, reaching out to the table of 8. Selling homemade tamale plate with beans marginalized, protecting defenseless life, and even giving and rice ($8), chips, salsa, guacamole. Variety of up our lives for others. Knowledge of Scripture is knowledge of Jesus. beverages available. Registration form at www.el- Knowing Jesus means being connected to the vine. puente-mo.org or call 573-635-2540. Being connected to the vine and bearing fruit means putting His words into action. El Puente-Hispanic Ministry, which began in 1999, is a That is, whatever we give or invest to remain in Him sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Charity of the will be returned many times over as he remains in us. Incarnate Word. Our mission is to be a ministry of However, our relationship with Jesus is clear: He is the presence and outreach to the Hispanic community Vine and we are the branches. We can never take the making present the healing love of Jesus the Incarnate place of the vine and we can never produce fruit on our Word by promoting human dignity. own independent of the vine. Do we try to be our own vines sometime? Yes. Do we try to produce fruit on our own? Sure. Are our efforts SUMMERTIME HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES literally fruitless? Yes. Still, life is like that sometimes. We begin to become independent and our dependence * Teens Encounter , available for juniors and upon Jesus begins to slip away until we feel lifeless. seniors, June 23-25 And, it is then that we search -- sometimes frantically -- * Camp Maccabee, 5-day camp for high school boys, for the true vine again hoping that we have not been dates in June and July permanently cut off and thrown in the pile of withered * CHRISTpower, July 8-14, Summer Service Retreat branches ready for burning Camp Siena, July 22-26, 4-day camp for high school girls However, if we are firmly connected and pruned we are * YDIA Mission Trip to El Paso, Texas, July 23-August 1 told that we can ask for whatever we want from the vine grower -- the Father. We become disciples of the Vine -- If any youth in the parish would like more info about any disciples of Jesus. of these events, please let me know! Ruthie Adams, 573- This week let’s question ourselves in the following way: 230-5596 What are we plugged into? What are we connected to? What is giving us life? What is nourishing us? Are we allowing ourselves to be pruned (challenged, nourished, encouraged, advised)? Are we at peace with simply being DIOCESAN ACTIVITIES a branch and not THE vine? What kind of choices are we presented with in life in light of the answers to the previous questions? Prune us Lord, so that connected to you the Vine we Thank you to everyone who has completed our Diocesan may bear much fruit. Amen Communication Survey, which we will be closing at the end of the month. We’ve received more than 1600 surveys, Fr. Tony which will help us in improving our diocesan communication efforts. May you continue to enjoy many blessings this Easter season! –-Deacon Dan Joyce, Communications SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, June 3rd is Director our annual picnic! I will have last year's work list posted next weekend. PLEASE MINISTRY LIST PLEASE look at it. If you can't work that shift, put your name on the sheet posted with the work list. Thank you, MAY 5, 4 PM MAY 6, 10:30 AM

Ruthie Adams Lectors Elaine Anderson Mary Lou Porter

Kristy Gump Ryan Porter Greeters/Usher Wes & Lisa Schuster Margaret Bieri Just a reminder that we are still saving Best Judy Scott Choice UPC Codes for the Cedron Cemetery Servers Penelope Cotton Talon Benne Fund. We certainly appreciate all your help in the Brody Schuster Garrett Ferguson past and hope you are continuing to save the Eucharistic Tim Baker Kim Barbour labels for us. Anytime you want to bring what you have, just Ministers David & Mary Jo Linda Bardwell put them in the back of church with my name (Teresa Garnett Rita Henley Kirchhoff) on the bag/envelope and I will get them. Thank you Ted Munsterman Allen & Irmalene so much for your continued help. ~Teresa Rudroff Offertory Patrick Fischer Darrell Hoellering Family Family MCMC is grateful for all the plastic grocery Song Leader Marian Fleischmann Bev Volkart bags they receive from our parish. They are Organist Betty Pringer Betty Pringer always in need of plastic grocery bags. If you Rosary Marian Fleischmann Mary Lou Scheidt bring them to church; we'll get them to MCMC! Mustard Seed Tony Lutz There are two containers under the stairwell to Eucharist to Dan Hemmel put them in. Thanks! Shut Ins

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