August 1, 2021 | Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time= CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY Parish Staff= Weekend Masses= Rev. John Kazibwe, Pastor= Saturday, 5:15pm= Rev. Mr. Stephen Haut, Deacon= Sunday, 8:30am and 11:00am= Rev. Mr. Victor Valle, Deacon= = Daily Masses= Tracy Brookmire, Director of Religious Education= Tuesday8Friday, 9:30am= Susan Crudup, Business Administrator= = Maggie Curtis, Youth Minister= Reconciliation= Laura Miller, Christian Formation Registrar= Saturday, 3:30pm= Sherry Neese, Community Life Coordinator= = Eucharistic Adoration= Brenda Rogers, Receptionist= Friday, 10:00 8 7:00pm= Patricia Schrock, Director of Music= = Lenina Valle, Administrative Assistant= Parish Office Hours= Laurie Weeda, Human Concerns Coordinator = Monday8Friday, 9:00am 8 4:00pm= = = 11000 Smoketree Drive | North Chesterfield, Virginia 23236 | 804879480222 | EpiphanyChurch.org= WELCOME CALENDAR Thank you for choosing Church of the Epiphany as your place Sunday, August 1 | 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time of worship today. There are many opportunities to become 8:30 am Sunday Mass involved in one or more of our parish ministries. Please visit 11:00 am Sunday Mass | Streamed Live our website, EpiphanyChurch.org, to discover all the ways Monday, August 2 you can become part of our community. We look forward to 10:00 am Vacation Bible School | All Space seeing you again soon! 6:30 pm Men’s Cursillo Prayer Group | Rm 117 New Parishioner Registration Tuesday, August 3 New parishioner registration forms, as well as registration 9:00 am Rosary | Minor Worship Chapel forms for elementary, middle school and high school 9:30 am Daily Mass | Centrum | Streamed Live religious education classes can be found on our website and 10:00 am Vacation Bible School | All Space in the parish o6ice. Please contact us if you have questions. 7:30 pm NA Meeting | Rm 122 Viewing Masses Online Wednesday, August 4 We o6er a livestream of our daily and Sunday and Holy Day 9:00 am Rosary | Minor Worship Chapel Masses on our Facebook page . You do not need a Facebook 9:30 am Daily Mass | Centrum account to view live or recorded videos. Simply visit our 10:00 am Vacation Bible School | All Space website for the viewing link, or visit our Facebook page at Facebook.com/ChurchOfTheEpiphany. 7:00 pm Baptism Preparation Class | Centrum Thursday, August 5 9:00 am Rosary | Minor Worship Chapel 9:30 am Daily Mass | Centrum 10:00 am Vacation Bible School | All Space 6:30 pm Women’s AA Meeting | Rm 116 Friday, August 6 | Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus No Eucharistic Adoration 9:00 am Rosary | Minor Worship Chapel 9:30 am Daily Mass | Centrum | Streamed Live 10:00 am Vacation Bible School | All Space Saturday, August 7 8:30 am Men’s Cursillo Prayer Group | Rm AB TO START GIVING ONLINE TODAY: 3:30 pm Reconciliation | Minor Worship Chapel 5:15 pm Vigil Mass | Centrum Visit EpiphanyChurch.WeShareOnline.org Sunday, August 8 | 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am Sunday Mass Click on any collection. 11:00 am Sunday Mass | Streamed Live Select your donation amount and frequency. 1:00 pm Summit | Rm 122 3:00 pm Knights of Columbus | Rm 122 Enter your account and payment information. PASTORAL COUNCIL FINANCE COUNCIL Chair Desi Wynter 651-2062 Chair Theresa She6ler 897-3347 Vice Chair Richard McDevitt 240-6470 Member at-Large Arthur Broussard 745-3474 Secretary Sharon Nuzik 745-4148 Member at-Large Denis Klisz 276-9409 Liturgy Victor Valle 794-4558 Member at-Large Fred Landon 378-3326 Community Life Susan Hawkes 839-3188 Human Concerns Christine Eacho 874-0217 FINANCIAL UPDATE July 2021 - June 2022 Fiscal Year Christian Formation Maureen Gaulden 379-1254 Sunday Collections, Year-to-Date Actual.............$87,272 Young Adults Margo She6ler 897-3347 Member at-Large Michael Culleton 794-1085 Sunday Collections, Year-to-Date Budget...$84,900 Member at-Large Pete Hastings 745-0334 Variance...........................................................$2,372 Member at-Large Katie Roussos 594-3973 Sunday, July 25.................................$23,667 Member at-Large Lydie Sakponou 302-4424 Member at-Large Randi Tormollen 439-9000 LITURGY COMMUNITY LIFE Sunday Mass Volunteers Needed Funeral Receptions With restrictions liGing and more people returning to Sunday Laurie Weeda | [email protected] | 804-794-0222 Mass, we are in great need of volunteers to help with Masses. If you would like to help with this ministry by purchasing food If you previously served in a Liturgical ministry as a Hospitality items, baking desserts, or serving during the reception, please Minister, Lector, Eucharistic Minister, Head Minister or Mass contact Laurie. Your name will be added to the contact list and Coordinator, PLEASE contact the head of your ministry as soon you may participate when your schedule allows. as possible, and let them know whether or not you can begin serving at Mass again. If you are unsure who to contact for Laughing Together your ministry, please contact the parish o6ice. We need you! Every Monday | 7:00 – 7:30pm | Virtual Thank you for serving our Lord and His Church at Mass! Katie Roussos | [email protected] Sunday Nursery - Volunteers Needed Everyone needs a good laugh! Katie will facilitate 30 minutes Tracy Brookmire | [email protected] of laughing together and feeling good about doing so! Contact Katie to receive the link for the weekly sessions. Calling all lovers of little children! We hope to begin offering our Sunday Morning Nursery on Aug 1 but need adult volun- teers to support it. If you can volunteer once a month during OUTREACH the 8:30 or 11:00 Mass, please contact Tracy. School Supplies for CCC Communion for the Sick and Homebound Help fill 20 backpacks for students in grades 6 – 8 that are in If you are ill and would like to receive a Communion visit at the foster care and refugee programs of Commonwealth Cath- home, please contact the parish o6ice. Arrangements will be olic Charities. Items requested include blue, red and black made as soon as possible. pens; pencil pouch; highlighters, colored pencils and markers; flash drives; index cards; graph paper; 2-inch binders; folders Communion Ministry to the Sick – Many Locations with pockets; college-ruled loose-leaf paper, composition Laurie Weeda | [email protected] | 804-794-0222 books, and 3-subject spiral notebooks; and backpacks in solid This ministry needs several people to visit the sick, in facilities or neutral colors. Thank you for bringing one or more items to and at home. Please contact Laurie to volunteer. the bins in the Commons! Baptism Weekends Respect Life Grant Award August 14-15 | Preparation Class, August 4 at 7:00 pm The Diocesan Respect Life Fund awarded a grant of $8,000 to November 13-14 | Preparation Class, November 3 at 7:00 pm Church of the Epiphany and our Post Abortion Healing Ministry for 2021. We are grateful for this award, and the healing that it Please call the parish o6ice to register. has made possible for women and families su6ering from the guilt of abortion. Prayer Shawls Middle School Youth Group – RVA Rocks! Please contact the o6ice if you or someone you know would Friday August 13 | 6:30-8:00pm | Parking Lot like to receive a prayer shawl, personally made by a member of Maggie Curtis | [email protected] the Praying Hands Ministry. The shawl is a tangible reminder Epiphany middle schoolers and their friends are invited to join us that the person is being prayed for by our parish family. for our middle school youth group! We hope your teen can join Outreach Shelves us on Friday, August 13th for rock painting for the movement RVA Rocks! Your teen should wear clothes that they do not mind get- Laurie Weeda | [email protected] ting messy. Snacks will be provided. We hope your teen can join If you love to organize, you may be the right person to tidy up us! the Outreach Shelves, near the kitchen, once a week at a time of your choosing. If several people wish to help, the commit- High School Youth Group – XLT ment would be once a month. Contact Laurie to volunteer. Thursday August 12 | 6:30-8:00pm | Centrum Maggie Curtis | [email protected] Outreach for August High schoolers are invited to our weekly high school youth Food donations and personal care items for August will benefit group! On Thursday, August 12th we will have an XLT night. XLT Commonwealth Catholic Charities. No clothing please! stands for Exalt, and this will be night of prayer that includes St. Francis Home items include Clorox/Lysol wipes, full-size praise and worship, a message, and Exposition of the Blessed body wash, fabric masks, alcohol-based hand sanitizers, bot- Sacrament. Families are invited to join us for this evening! tled water, all sizes of Depends (or similar brands) pull-up un- Summit derwear, word search books, adult coloring books and color pencils, individually wrapped snacks, gardening tools and Sunday, August 8 | 1:00pm-2:30 pm | Room 122 gloves, bird feeders and seed, and wheelchair and walker bags. Maggie Curtis | [email protected] Summit is back for the summer! Summit is a creative way to con- Shoes Drive nect our teens to the Scriptures. Our focus each week is on one On Sunday, September 12 only! of the Sunday readings – therefore helping us connect to the Donations of new or gently worn shoes will be accepted. Did Mass in a deeper way. We have activities, fellowship, food, and you decide those heels just weren’t comfortable? Did your kids prayer. We would love for your teen to join us! grow out of their shoes while they were still in good condition? FORMED Are those shoes hiding in your closet still good? If the shoes are clean, wrap a giant rubber band around them or tie the shoe- Are you looking for Catholic studies, movies or reading laces together.