Christ The Servant Parish Canton, OH

Liturgy CRS’ Response to the Earthquake in Ecuador

Over the weekend, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck coastal Ecuador. As of this communique, more than 270 people have died and that number is expected to rise. The tremor has caused widespread damage not only to infrastructure but to thousands of homes. Catholic Relief Services is collaborating with the local Church and our Caritas partners on the ground to assess where to respond and what the most urgent needs are. Our teams and local partners are out as we speak to make sure immediate aid can get to those most affected. We

anticipate that water, food and emergency shelter will be the biggest needs in the coming days. The earthquake struck in areas where extreme poverty and recent flooding caused by El Nino rains have already caused a great deal of suffering. Now people are faced with the aftermath of a major earthquake, and the loss of homes and loved ones. CRS has worked in Ecuador since the 1960s. Over the past five

years, CRS has greatly invested in training Caritas diocesan members on risk mapping, contingency planning, first responders, and other measures in areas prone to flooding, seismic activity, and extreme weather. CRS also has ongoing programming in the affected areas with the Scalabrini Mission Sisters that provides critical humanitarian, psychological, social and legal aid to Colombian refugees. Please join in continued prayer for our Ecuadorian brothers and sisters facing this tragedy.

Prayer for Ecuador God, you are in the midst of those who suffer. May all affected by the

earthquake in Ecuador feel your healing presence. God, you are in the hands of those who reach out. Help responders in their courageous work. God, you are in the hearts of those compassionate ones whose prayers cry out for their families, whose prayers cry out for their neighbors, whose prayers cry out even for strangers. Bless and comfort those who mourn. God, you are in the still small voice, the gentle whisper that follows. May our ears always hear, may our hearts always cry

out for one another. May our hands always reach out to one another, and may we always walk like you walk in solidarity

with those who suffer and so reflect your presence and comfort. Amen.

Our Brothers and Sisters in Ecuador need help from the Body of Christ in Canton

Special Second Collection Sunday, April 24, 2016

Readings First Reading: ACTS 14:21-27 Second Reading: REV 21: 1-5A Gospel: JN 13:31-33A, 34-35

Mass Intentions Tuesday April 26 9:00 a.m. Anthony Lanza by Dick & Anita Foutz Wednesday April 27 9:00 a.m. Living & Deceased Members of Christ the Servant Parish Thursday April 28 9:00 a.m. Norma Stefan by Carl & Connie Roth Friday April 29 9:00 a.m. Living & Deceased Members of Christ the Servant Parish Saturday April 30 4:30 p.m. John Garrini, Jr. by Dominick & Barb Palombo Mary Jane Campbell by Friends & Family Sunday May 1 9:00 a.m Living & Deceased Members of Christ the Servant Parish 11:00 a.m. Cel Aman by John & Marlene Admonius 6:30 p.m. Living & deceased members of Christ the Servant Parish

Third Sunday of Lent February 28, 2016

CRS Rice bowls Thank you to all who participated in the rice bowl fundraising project. The dona-tion total is $547.63. This donation repre-sents Christ the Servant Parish and Our Lady of Peace School. Thank you for your kindness.

Fifth Sunday of Lent March 13, 2016

Homeless Outreach/Hunger Ministry Hope Outreach is in need of men's sweat pants, undershirts and blue jeans. Women’s size 9 or larger shoes. Also laundry detergent. If you can help with that, it would be great. Thanks so much.

Fifth Sunday of Easter April 24, 2016

Food Collection We had a fantastic collection this weekend for our food drive. Our total food collection was 434 lb. and clothing was 39 lbs. That totals 473 lbs. altogether. Awesome, awe-some job everyone. Pastor Marilyn and everyone at Hope Outreach will be very grateful. Thank you everyone for the generosity and support you pro-vide for those who are in need. Your outreach each week absolutely is such a real demonstration of your sharing - a sharing that touched the lives of hundreds each week. Thank you for being Christ the Servant to so many . Msgr. Lew

Social Concerns Pennies for Patients Help the Our Lady of Peace school children reach their goal of $1,00.00 to help The Leukemia & Lymphoma Soci-ety. Collection boxes will be in the back of the church.

Please keep the First Communion children in your prayer for their upcoming sacrament. Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 4:30 PM

Louie Jeffries Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 9 AM

Patrick Arway

Emilia Fankhauser

Meghan Greenhill

Campbell Haupt

Thomas Mankowski

Lilly Miller

Kaden Whitmer

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion March 20, 2016 Easter Sunday of the Ressurection of the Lord March 27, 2016 Fifth Sunday of Easter April 24, 2016

General Parish and School Activities 50/50

Every Monday a winner will be drawn the winner will be posted in the following weeks bulletin. Put a dollar in the envelope to participate. The envelopes are found in your Stewardship Packets. -04/03/16 # -4/10/16 #20850 was drawn and did not play and would have won $565.00

Sponsor for the Week Atlantic Food Distributors

Fifth Sunday of Easter April 24, 2016

Please join us for donut Sunday next week , May 1, 2016, after the 9:00 a.m. Mass.

Parish Life

Christ the Servant Parish Stewardship 4/16/16 & 4/17/16 $12,394.00

Parish Blood Drive Today, Sunday April 24, 2016 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. All gifts of blood count toward LifeShare grants for the students of Our Lady of Peace School.

Please welcome our new parishioners to Christ the Servant Parish. Tony & Jordann Milano June & Joe Schott Donald Cekansky Danette Ketchum Ron Rowland Lori Edmunds Christopher & Janet Conidi James and Rhonda DiMarzio Jr. Matthew & Jessica Heitman Theresa Forchione Jacqueline Kurtz Deanna Tongret

John & Cheryl McGrath Debbie & Joe Nieporte Russell & Tammy Phillips Christine Palombo Jill Dixon Bob & Nancy Moon James & Suzzana Lab Tony & Debbie Wood

Save the Date! Singles Dance Saturday, May 21, 7 p.m. Christ the Servant Parish Christ the Servant Parish Life Council held a kick-off Gathering of Singles on March 19, which was very suc-cessful. Many who attended said they would like our group to hold dances for singles in their 40s-50s-60s (although these are not exclusionary age boundaries!) This includes never-marrieds, widowed and divorced people. A fun, welcoming dance is being planned for Saturday, May 21. Watch the parish bulletin for more details. Plan to join us!

St. Paul's Parish- North Canton and St. Michael the Archangel are excited to be hosting Dan Schutte in concert on Saturday, April 30th at 7:00pm at St. Michael's Church. This is a free concert, appropriate for all ages and Dan will also be speaking about the Year of Mercy amidst his most beloved and well-known songs. This is the com-poser of "Here I Am, Lord" and "City of God."

Homebound Eucharistic Ministry The parish is in need of Eucharistic Ministers who are willing to take the Eucharist to the homebound. If you would like to become a volunteer to visit our parish nursing homes Bethany, Stone Crossing and Canton Christian Home) or the hospitals, please call the parish office at 330.492.0757 or Rosemarie 330.492.0716. If you are or know of someone who is homebound , hospitalized or in a nursing home and would like someone to bring the Eucharist or visit with once in a while, please call 330-492-0757.

Email Prayer Chain

Our parish has an email prayer chain. The emails will be sent to those who sign up, periodically. If interested in receiving these emails, sign up at christtheservanparish@gmail.com or call the parish office at 330-492-0757.

Hospital and Prolonged Illness Prayer List

Our Hospital and Prolonged Illness List is extremely important, however , as it grows we must at times renew and update the list. We have removed most names in order to update our list at this time. If there is someone who has been removed or someone you would like added, we ask that you would call the parish office or email us: ChristtheServantParish@gmail.com. Thank you.

Josephine Cobett Emil Soehnlen Ann Sibilia Jim Vertolli Cheryl Schott Molly Samsa Daniel Phillips Christina Beckett Baby Nora Arick Baby Nathan Impagliozza Linda Abbott Arthur Conn Sr. Andrew Eberhardt Ray Gooding Shelly & Nicole Blankenship Barb Fausnight Brenda Meyers Linda Drescher Mary Nicodemo Rosie Frustaci Joseph White Catherine Leopold Chuck & Pat Muzi Lucille Wilson Sharon Harris Marlene Ceroli Charles & Mary Marchino

Mary Castellaneta Terry Gladish Marty Harris Maryna Steiner Charlene Watson Peg Sigler John Mazzarella Bradley Reifsnyder Elizabeth Schen Jim Grywalski Judy Fischel

Parish Events for the Week Ahead

Sunday April 24

New Beginners Alcoholic Anonymous meeting in the Gathering Room 7:00-8:00pm

Monday April 25

Parish Men’s Basketball 7:00-9:00pm in the gym

Tuesday April 26

Parish Adult Volleyball 8:00-10:00p.m. Gym

Wednesday April 27

Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Gathering Room– All are Welcome!

Men’s Golf League The Christ the Servant Men’s Golf League is organizing for 2016. Play is Wednesday night at Sable Creek Golf Course in Hartville. Practice nights start March 16 with league play starting April 27. If you are interested, please contact Bill Charles at 330-354-3707.

Fifth Sunday of Easter April 24, 2016

Ladies Guild & Senior Group Luncheon Save the date for Mon-day, May 16th at noon. Good food and great en-tertainment by PJ Chavez. Sponsored by the Ladies Guild & Seniors Group. By reservation only, with meal choice of baked summer chicken or cheese stuffed shells for $11. Please contact Rosemarie Houser 330.492.0716 or Joan Scarfone 330.493.4065

Child Protection classes Sunday, May 1st from 9-11 AM at St. Louis Parish July 20th at Christ the Servant Parish from 6:30-8:30 PM for Bible School in August. For further information, call Lynn Adamski at the parish office. 330.492.0757

Fifth Sunday of Easter April 24, 2016

Education

25th, 40th , 50th and over Wedding Anniversary Celebration Sunday, June 5 2:00 p.m. at St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, Honoring couples observ-ing their 25th, 40th , 50th and over wedding anniver-saries in 2016. The Wedding Anniversary Celebration will include Mass with Bishop George V. Murry, S.J., renewal of marriage vows and a per-sonalized certificate for each couple. Following the Mass, there will be a reception for the couples and their families in the Cathedral Hall hosted by Holy Apostles Parish, Youngstown. You must make reservations in advance for this event by contacting the parish office 330.492.0757 Before May 5.