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11TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME  Life-long Parishioner available for pet/house sitting in June. Can provide references upon request. For more details please contact Jilene Galle at 907-727-7482 for available dates and rates. Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Weekend of June 16/17, 2018 MINISTRY SCHEDULE In today’s Gospel, Jesus compares the beginning 6 /23-24 5:30 PM 10:00 AM 7:00 PM of God’s kingdom to a mustard seed. This tiny seed, which fits in the palm of a hand, can grow to Pam Yeargan - 1 Paulette Ditzler - 1 Rachel Giannulis - 1 Lector Terry Beaty - 2 Lance Bodeen - 2 Julie Oney - 2 fifteen feet with sprawling branches! Like the mustard seed, the Christian community had a tiny, Janet Warner - 1 Dcn. Jim Lee – 1 Jennifer Witt - 2 Paula Brady - 3 Maegan Villarreal - 2 (sub req.) Vicie Zielinski - 3a Debbie Soltis - 3b Gene Cyrus - 4 seemingly insignificant beginning. The church, Lisa Butler – 3 Katy Boneta - 4 Deborah Casey – 4 Rita Montella - 5 Janet Huff - 5 Eucharistic which began with about 120 followers, added Dcn. Mark Merrill - 5 Cathy Ward - 6a Mary Remer - 6b Regina Cruz - 6 Minister three thousand people on Pentecost Day following Mary Jo Iagulli – 6 Karen Hay - 7 Barbara Perez – 7 Don Remer - 9a Barbara Crittenden - 7 Virginia Marquez - 9 Sharon Banicki - 9b Gene Augustine - 10 Raymond Brady - 9 the descent of the Holy Spirit. Since then, the Jim Yeargan – 10 Cindi Nenahlo - 11 Tony Zielinski - 11 number of Christ’s disciples has grown incalcula- Marian Maroney Kathy Morrissey Frank Perez Bill Hansen bly and continues to grow throughout the world. Usher Natalie Newman Larry Ward Ferd Laux Good stewards go about God’s business of Phillip Santerre Mark Woscek Joy Thompson “planting seeds” among all those whom they en- Logan Sandmann (1) Wolfgang Goorchenko (1) Kalea Barlet (2) Montana Thomas (1) counter. What will we do this week to add to Server Owen Crowl (2) Noah Crowl (3) Sedona Ellemberger (3) Colter Thomas (2) Thomas Fitzgerald (4) Sierra Ellemberger (4) George Kerr (5) Alex O'Neill (3) God’s kingdom? Greeter Cathy Medland Natalie Newman Mary Casey Diana & John Farthing Jennifer Frazier St. Andrew Church Sacristan Dena Kelley Rita Montella Barbara Crittenden 16300 Domain Lane Welcome Table Virginia Marquez Rita Montella Patrick Lemaire Mass Schedule Child Care Mike Burbridge Debbie Folk Eagle River, Alaska 99577 Saturday: 5:30 pm Sunday: 10 am and 7 pm ARCHDIOCESE ANNOUNCEMENTS (907)694-2170 fax (907)694-1385 Weekdays* : Monday-Communion Service 9 am VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: https://www.cssalaska.org/get-involved/volunteer/current-opportunities www.aksaintandrews.org Tues-Fri. Mass 9 am

 Join us next Wednesday, June 20th from 6pm-10pm for Marie’s Insomnia Night at Marie’s Beauty Salon *Unless otherwise noted in the weekly schedule and Supply! Stay up late, shop your favorite beauty brands and help support Clare House all at the same Pastoral and Staff Support

time! Marie’s Beauty Salon & Supply’s annual Summer Solstice event will offer 20% off popular brands, Holy Days: 9 am and 7 pm professional advice, wonderful samples and seated massages! See you there! Roger Schwietz OMI [email protected] Pastor  Summer is officially upon us at CSS clients are in need of bicycles in good condition. If you have a bike —8:30 am daily, 6:15 pm on Thursday to donate you are welcome to drop it off at Catholic Social Services located at 3710 E. 20th Ave anytime Fr. Arthur Roraff [email protected] Monday thru Friday from 9am-5pm. If you have questions, please contact Clara Williams at 907-222- Parochial Vicar Eucharistic Adoration—Perpetual 7335. Thank you! Dcn. Jim Lee [email protected]  Are you interested in volunteering but find you don’t have the time? You might be interested in joining Sacraments

Catholic Social Services’ Donation Creation Teams! Many of our programs are in constant need of spe- Dcn. Mark Merrill [email protected] Confessions—Saturday: 3:30 or by appointment cific donations and we rely on volunteers to help supply them. Join a team and simply receive emails Deacon about needs as we have them and share those needs with people in your community! If interested or have Margaret Holtz [email protected] , Marriage, Anointing of Sick--contact questions, please contact Clara Williams at [email protected]. or 907-222-7335.

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 Calling all large vehicle drivers in Anchorage! Catholic Social Services is in need of your help! At CSS Janet Toenes [email protected] we are constantly helping clients move. From moving homeless individuals into their own homes, wel- Admin. Assist/ Data Entry coming refugees to their first home in the and dropping off donations to those who need Church Office Hours: Tues-Fri 9am -4pm them most, we are in need of volunteers to help us. If you are interested in volunteering and own a vehi- Kristyne Montero [email protected] cle that is able to transport items such as couches, kitchen tables, mattresses and dressers please contact Accountant our Community Engagement Manager, Clara Williams at [email protected]. or 907-222-7335. She will put you on a volunteer list and you will be updated with needs as we have them. support! Rita Fay [email protected] The deadline for bulletin entries is Secretary Wednesday @ noon. Archbishop’s Golf Tournament Thank you to the golfers, sponsors, donors, volunteers, golf committee and our Seminarians, who contribut- Rita Montella [email protected] ed to the success of the 2018 Archbishop’s Golf Tournament to benefit Seminarian Formation. Mass Intentions week of June 18 Miscellaneous Items Activities for the week of June 18 Monday Communion Service ONE BREAD, ONE BODY—Update—We have Monday June 18: 7:00 pm (LDR)—Prayer Shawl Meeting Tuesday Fr. Arthur Anniv. Of Ordination pledged $54,656 towards our goal of $90,421 for the annual archdiocesan appeal. We are over half Tuesday June 19: 10:00 am ( LDR)—Pivotal Players Review Wednesday John Juncer ROS way there. Given our ongoing financial needs for the parish as well as our efforts to pay down the Wednesday June 20: 6:30 pm (LDR)—Faith Share Book Club Thursday John Juncer ROS debt on the church building I think we are doing Friday Msgr. Bernie Schmitz BD very well. And while we have reached the goal for Wednesday June 20: 7:00 pm (CR)— Boy Scout Committee Mtg the One Bread, One Body campaign in the past, we Saturday Joan Morris SI need to make sure we continue to work towards do- Thursday June 21: 7:00 pm—Boy Scouts ing so this year. Sunday 10am Rena Calhune ROS 7pm People of the parish I firmly believe that if the amount of participation is Saturday June 23: 10:00 am —VBS Volunteer Prep Meeting increased we will easily make our goal. Last year 29% of the families contributed to reach our goal. ENJOY THE SUMMER Miscellaneous Items We currently have 11.3 % of our families participat- ing (Last year at this time we had 11.1%). Reach- “It is for us that, during eighteen hundred years, our di- vine Savior has remained day and night on our altars, ing a high participation goal is more important than the amount, although we are responsible for that that we may have recourse to Him in all our needs; and 2018 VBS Registration is now open. June 25-29th— nothing so much afflicts His divine Heart as our ingrati- also. But I am certain that if more families partici- pate we will easily make our financial goal. tude for such a favor, and our neglect to visit Him and Pre K (4y/o) thru 5th grade. ask His blessing.”- St. Marcellin Champagnat (1789 to Therefore, I strongly encourage all families that 1840) Founder of the have not already contributed to the annual appeal to do so. You can pick up information in the narthex www.aksaintandrews.org to register. Now it has been over 2000 years, so let's show our grati- or on-line at https:// tude by coming to adore Him. www.archdioceseofanchorage.org/stewardship- These hours need more adorers this summer: development/annual-catholic-appeal/.

Sunday 5-6:30 pm, and 1 am Monday 10 am, 7 pm and 8 pm Tuesday 3 pm and 9 pm VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL(JUNE 25TH-29TH) SECOND COLLECTION - SERVICE COLLECTION—Next weekend, we will take up the annual Ser- Wednesday 10 pm vice Collection which equally supports Peter’s Pence, Catholic Relief Services, the Church in , Thursday 4 am Volunteers needed: We still need volunteers to as- sist with stations and leading groups. Please contact and the Church in . This is an important collection that helps four Catholic organizations working in Friday 3 am, 11 am and 12 noon areas devastated by war or natural disasters. Please consider giving generously. Saturday 8 pm Margaret Holtz if you can help: [email protected]. THANK YOU! More hours need substitutes each week, so please check

online or contact Virginia at 632-0272 for more information.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP—Mark your calendars! Wednesday, July 11th, hike and mass on the mountain with Fr. Arthur! Details TBD. YOUNG ADULTS—We invite you to explore the existence of God at a diocesan faith formation talk given by Sister Teresa Immaculate from the Community of St. John. SUMMER PIVOTAL PLAYERS REVIEW!-Join us on Date & Time: Wednesday, July 11th (following 5:30pm Mass) Tuesdays from 10am to 12 Noon to learn about 6 great Location: St. Patrick : 2111 Muldoon Rd, Anchorage, AK 99504 Catholics who changed the course of western civilization. Bishop Robert Barron's Catholicism: The Pivotal Players, Vol I 2018 ALASKA YOUNG ADULT EAGLE EYE SUMMER INSTITUTE—Do you want to ask deep ques- We will watch all 6 videos and discuss them, using the tions, have fun, and meet other young Catholics who are looking for a new depth and intensity in their faith? study guide. The cost for the study guide is $28, if you Come explore the existence of God. Father Louis Pascal, John, and Sister Teresa Immaculate of the don't have one yet from the Wednesday study of the same Community of St. John provide a rich spiritual environment that both encourages you to seek the truth about name. SANDWICHES FOR BROTHER FRANCIS your life in the light of God, and lead you to the response to your questions in the Person of Christ. SHELTER —On June 24 after the Sunday morning Our next session will be on Tuesday, June 19 with St. Mass, Robyn will be taking sandwiches to the 2018 Alaska Young Adult Eagle Eye Summer Institute Thomas Aquinas, part I and skipping June 26 for VBS. homeless at the Brother Francis Shelter. If you can For: Ages 20-35 We will do part II on July 3. help by making sandwiches, please have them at the When: July 12-July 22, 2018 Visitors and auditors are welcome! church by 11:30 am. If you have any questions, Contact: Rachel & David Andrews: 907.349.1258 or Email them at: [email protected] Contact Virginia at 632-0272 for more info or to register. please call Robyn at 229-8439. Thanks for your Register online: https://eagleeyeministries.brushfire.com/eesi/441194 continued generosity.