2022 Offertory Envelopes

Decorative ImageOffering Envelopes for 2022 are available at the back of the church along with the Pre-Authorized Giving Plan Form (PAG). Instructions are on the form. The boxed sets are organized alphabetically. Please make sure to pick up only the box with your name on it. Please practice social distancing and sanitize your hands before reaching for your envelopes and kindly refrain from touching boxes belonging to others.

PLEASE DO NOT USE THE 2022 ENVELOPES UNTIL THE NEW YEAR BEGINS

 “Book of Remembrance”

Decorative ImageThe “Book of Remembrance” has been placed in the church for the month of November. Parishioners may add names of deceased family members or friends for whom they wish the parish to offer prayers during this season of remembrance

Meeting Christ at the End of Time by Doing God’s Will Today

Decorative ImageFor those of you who are as old as I am, it can be hard to believe that it has been more than twenty years since we began the new millennium. Given the expectations that awaited the change of millennium in 1999, it is actually amazing how well things have gone—with the exception of COVID 19. At the end of the 1990’s, there were all sorts of scenarios about how the world was going to end when the clock struck midnight and the new millennium came in. Not too surprisingly, there are many historical accounts which tell of the same kind of hysteria at the time of the millennia change in the year 999. One of the biggest concerns in 1999 was a fear that all computers were going to shut down because they had not been programmed in order to take into account the new dating for the years 2000 and after. As we approached midnight on December 31, 1999, many were waiting to see if chaos and total collapse of all computer networks was going to be the great tragedy of the new millennium. Continue reading