St. John the Apostle Catholic Church

2600 Central Avenue West Minot, North Dakota 58701 Parish Office .................. 839-7076 839-7062 Website .... www.stjohnminot.com Email ......... stjohnchurch@srt.com Fr. David A. Richter, Pastor Deacon Chuck Kramer Weekend Liturgies Saturday . …….......……...5:00 pm Sunday….……8:00 am; 10:30 am Weekday Liturgies Tuesday ................... ….....7:00 pm Every Third Tuesday….....7:00 am Wednesday .................... ...7:00 am Thursday ....................... ...7:00 am Friday .... ….......................7:00 am Sacrament of Reconciliation Wednesday-Friday...6:30-6:50 am Saturday…………...3:45-4:45 pm Sunday…………....9:30-10:15 am Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration Fridays after Mass…until 9:00 am Bulletin submission deadline:

Please send all submissions by Tuesday noon! Heritage Missals provided to St. John by

ThompsonLarson Funeral Home.

January 14, 2018 The 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Our Stewardship Mission as a Faith Community We are Catholics committed to hospitality, prayer, faith formation

and service to the Church and to those in need. We strive to practice stewardship as an expression of our baptismal call to follow Jesus

and to imitate His way of Life.

Here am I, Lord. I come to do Your will.

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Parish Staff Fr. David A. Richter, Pastor Deacon Chuck & Nancy Kramer Mrs. Darcie Haider ....Parish Secretary Mrs. Monica Perry………..Director of Religious Education Ms. Joan Boulé ......Parish Bookkeeper Mrs. Frances Lovelace .Bulletin Editor Mrs. Hannah Crane ...…...Stewardship Coordinator Mrs. Irene Pitner ...……..Housekeeper Mr. Richard Johnson ……...Custodian Mr. James Picard …….....Maintenance Mrs. Michele Welsh …....Maintenance

Pastoral Council Bob Nyre Karen Schultz Penny Chole Tam Black Nancy Meyer Michelle Martinson Collin Crane Miranda Hager

Finance Council Gregg Magnuson……...Trustee Ed Hausauer…………..Trustee Mike Mueller Jim Hatlelid Leah Kasper Veronica Meyer Leisa Harmon Joan Boulé………....(Ex-officio)

Stewardship Team Kim Albert…………….....Chair Gary Lucy. Kevin Mosser Dale Plessas Lori Burbach Tanya Steckler Jackie Plessas Denise Landsiedel Susan Bjorgen Hannah Crane……………Staff

Young Empowering Stewards Youth Group

PARISH INFORMATION January 14, 2018 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sacraments /Faith Formation

Marriage Please contact the parish office, (839-7076), at least nine months in advance. Call to schedule an ap-pointment with the pastor.

Baptisms Please contact the parish office, (839-7076).

Religious Education Director: Mrs. Monica Perry, (839-7076). RE classes are Wednesdays: 4:00 and 6:00 pm.

Listen to a Homily Listen To A Homily on our

St. John Parish Website, www.stjohnminot.com.

It is under Liturgy/Sacraments

Coffee & Donuts and Welcome Newcomers

Second Sunday of the Month, after both Masses. Religious Articles Available for purchase in the office during parish office hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.

SCRIP … to support Catholic education in Minot is sold in the gathering space after the weekend Masses and in the parish office: Mon..-Fri., 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Knights of Columbus Council #1150; Dan Heald, (340-4869).Meet First Tuesdays: 5:30 pm.

Phone number/address changes With many using cellphones instead of land lines, it is difficult to contact parish members. Please help us update our parish phone num-bers and addresses. Contact Darcie in the parish office, 839-7076.

Name___________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________ City____________________________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________ Cell____________________________________________________

Eucharistic Adoration Mission on our Web Site The inspiring talks from Msgr. Thomas Richter’s mission, which focused on the beauty and power of Eucharistic Adoration, are all on Page 1 of our parish web site — www.stjohnminot.com .

New additions to our Parish website: www.stjohnminot.com Vatican You Tube Channel - is located under Useful Links (http://www.stjohnminot.com/useful-links) Youth Pages: - is located under Ministries (http://www.stjohnminot.com/youth-pages)

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HOSPITALITY January 14, 2018 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

THANK YOU! Thompson Larson Funeral Home

for years of providing our St. John’s Sunday missals.

Food Pantry 2017 Wrap-up Parishioners donate nearly a ton of food!

In 2017, St John parishioners donated 1,708 pounds of food items to Our Lady of Grace Food Pantry. In addition to many cash donations, the nearly ton of food will definitely help feed the hungry in the area. Thank you so much. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Thank you, ~ Cindy Rudnick

Real Presence Radio Job Opening Full-time Listener Relations Coordinator for the RPR network in Western ND and Western SD. Loves the Mission of Catholic radio; great phone and personal communication skills; sales experience, flexibility to travel; work some evenings; attend events or give talks one weekend a month. Resume, references to Lisa@yourcatholicradiostation.com. ~ Lisa Durkin.

Catechism in a Year Take two minutes of each day this year to go deeper into your Catholic faith. Catechism in a Year makes it easy and convenient. CLICK (i.e. open the daily email) read, contemplate and pray. It’s not too late. Sign up for free at flocknote.com/catechism.

Little Flower KC Breakfast—Jan 14 Council 9839 will host breakfast Sunday, Jan. 14, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parish activity center, serv-ing biscuits and sausage gravy, French toast, scram-bled eggs, sausage, juice and coffee. A freewill offer-ing will be for Parish Needs. All are welcome!

Please support our sponsoring parishioners & vendors. They make the bulletin possible. OUR SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

Vision Source

“We Help People See!” Dr. Bob Nyre Dr. Joshua Meshke (Parishioner) 852-2020

Much Appreciation to … ….. Cindy Rudnick for transporting the food every week from St. John Church to the Food Pantry.

St. John’s (Excellent) Cookbooks Pick them up in the gathering space for a free-will donation. Excellent all-occasion gifts!

Minot Catholic School News Scrip Profit Report: Bishop Ryan Catholic School earned $17,606.58 in Scrip rebates from October through December, 2017. Out of that total, $7,923.00 was credited toward fami-ly tuitions; the remainder is for the school's use. Thank you to those who purchase Scrip regularly. We encourage everyone to use Scrip gift cards for all your purchases of groceries, gas, household items, dining out, remodeling or building, or as gifts. Using Scrip helps lower tuition amounts and supports Bishop Ryan at the same time. The Scrip Program is such an easy fundraiser! You're shopping anyway for groceries, filling gas, eating out, buying household supplies, and the list goes on - why not use Scrip? By using Scrip, you’re supporting our Catholic school (a mission to our par-ish), and you're not at risk for credit card fraud. For those of you who are new to this, Scrip is using gift cards to pay for your purchases. Scrip is sold in the Bishop Ryan administration office, after the weekend Masses at all four parishes, and in the parish offices.

Lot-O-Dough Calendar Winners Jan. 1 – 7 $25 – Randy Jundt, Tim Potter, Darlene Demars, Francis Bartsch, Gloria Niess, Cathy Deckert, Lorna Nordlinder, all Minot; Sommerlu Bradley, Berthold; Lisa Anderson & Doug, Horace; Dave Fyfe, MT. $100 – Jeff McElwain, $200 – Tim Schmitz, both Minot. Congratulations to all the winners!

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PRAYER

January 14, 2018 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Gift of Prayer

Please renew prayer requests each month. To add or remove names, call

Darcie, 839-7076. Baby Aacen Huck Jeanne Karhoff Judy Luther Lisa Schriock JoNell Hatlelid Lisa Hoganson Darlene Aleyamma Kayanickupuram Ann Carr Charles Coleman Thompson Teresa Monley Mark Kasper Lauren Kettell The unemployed Garth Fritel Larry Alexander Mya Lambert Special Intention Rhonda Willenbring Dennis Aberle Aubrey Joy The homeless and hungry John Birkholtz Ricky Weinand Larry Halden Jodi Johnson Karen Woiwode In thanksgiving Serena Zietz Dwight Schmitt Special Intention Sally Mosser Vincent Degele Toni Evans Caesar (Lou) Carini Fallen-away Catholics Lisa Haskins Troy Kendall Paul Horn Those in mourning All the caregivers Rachel Ritzke The sick and homebound Special Intention For all our youth

St. John’s Prayer Line Call one of our Prayer Line leaders, Gladys Weeks, 839-5582; Jan Gemar, 852-6754; Donna Wachinski, 839-1374 or Rose Klein, 722-3974, to pass on your

special prayer requests to 60 + members.

Mass Intentions Sat-Jan 13 5:00 pm +Doug Picotte Sun-Jan 14 8:00 am The People 10:30 am +Lawrence & +Elizabeth Meyer Mon-Jan 15 Tue-Jan 16 9:00 am +Patrick Gores

With the 1st, 3rd and 5th graders from BRCS Wed-Jan 17 7:00 am +James L. Klein Thur-Jan 18 7:00 am +Colleen Schultz Fri-Jan 19 7:00 am +Luella Kary Sat-Jan 20 5:00 pm +Ernest Podolski Sun-Jan 21 8:00 am +Everett Ahmann 10:30 am The People

Living Stewardship In today’s first reading, we hear Samuel respond ea-gerly, “Here I am!” each time the Lord calls him. May we, too, be listening for the call of God in our lives and be ready to say like the Psalmist,

“Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.”

Pray for Our Military We pray for our troops and their families, for their many sacrifices, and for their safety. Every Friday, red, white and blue candles burn in St. John’s for all our mili-tary and veterans.

Genevieve Ethel Tompers

Mass of Christian Burial January 10, 2018

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Her, O Lord And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Her.

Vocation Views

“We have found the Messiah!” After his en-counter with Jesus, St. Andrew goes first to find his brother Peter to also bring him to Christ. Do not be afraid to bring others to Christ as well! (John 1:41)

Pray for Priests and Religious We pray daily for Pope Francis, our Bishops, Priests, Nuns, Brothers and for all those discernment.

The Carmelite Sisters of Hague, ND The Sisters will pray for your intentions. Mail re-quests to: The Carmelite Monastery, 2051 91st. SE, Hague, ND, 58542; www.carmeloftheholyface.com or leave a message on the prayer line, 701-336-7907.

Word of Life For all people: May God grant us courage to embrace his precious gift of life, even in the most difficult of circumstances; We pray to The Lord ...

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FORMATION

January 14, 2018 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

From The Pastor Happy New Year to all! I pray that this note finds you feeling abundantly blessed by God. A couple of months ago I spoke about discerning the gifts that God has given to each of us, and praying about how each of us will share our time and talent with our parish family. Now we are to make our commitment of treasure! I ask each one of us to intentionally place our financial commitment to God and His Church at the top of our priorities. I offer you my deepest gratitude for all that you have done, are doing and will do for our parish family. We depend on everyone’s generosity to thrive as God’s children. The following explains an objective layout and definition financial component of stewardship. God calls us to respond to His generous blessings with a joyful return of 10% from our first fruits. • Our parish is living the life of stewardship by making a 10% tithe to our Bishop/Diocese each month. The parish tithe is split: one-half of the 10% goes toward our God’s Share and the other half is distributed among our nine national collections. • By committing 3% of annual income for charities of your choice and by making a 7% commitment of treas-ure to our parish family, one is considered a full stew-ard. Your 7% is covering the Diocesan collections, tui-tion, heat, electricity, employee and priest payroll, and all other normal needs of the parish. • When a person/family chooses to tithe at “7% or greater,” you are verifying that you are giving a full tithe to your parish, 7%, and at least 3% to the poor (charities of your own choosing). Thus, you will not be expected to be assessed for the above listed items but can always give more if you desire to. Making our financial commitment helps the parish plan and budget for the future needs and avoid capital campaigns of sorts. (Cont. in next column)

BRCS Carnival – Jan 26/27/28 Supporting Catholic Education, this year’s events showcase traditional favorites and exciting changes.

Friday: Midway Games, Market Street and Fast Freddy’s Food Court, 5-10 p.m.; Bingo, 6-10 p.m.

Saturday: Midway Games, Market Street and Fast Freddy’s Food Court, 2-9 p.m., Bingo 3-9 p.m., Ger-man Night Dinner, 5-8 p.m. (adults $12, students $6). Sunday: The Big Lion Pancake Brunch, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (adults $10, students $5) and Midway Games, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Bingo noon -3 p.m. The Carnival wraps up on Sunday at 3p.m. with our Grand Prize Raffle Drawings with 21 cash prizes between $250 and $5,000. Fun for the whole family.

34th World Youth Day – Jan 22-27, 2019 (WYD) will be in Panama City, Panama, Jan. 22–27, 2019. The Bismarck Diocese will coordinate a trip for those 18 or older, Register by March 30, 2018.

(Pastor cont.)

• When a person/family chooses to tithe at lower than 7% but are working towards 7%”, you are giving the most you are able to at the current time to your parish and the poor; while working and praying to be at 10% (7%-parish; 3%-poor) within the next year or two. You will not be assessed typical fees such as CCD tuition, but will remain on the God’s Share mailing list. • When a person/family does not intentional deter-mine a percentage tithe and/or does not fill out a fi-nancial commitment form, things will remain as it has been in the past. Making our financial commitment helps the parish plan and budget for the future needs and avoid capital campaigns of sorts. It also helps families to budget as well as receive the benefits that come with charitable donations. May God’s blessing be upon you all

His mercy endures forever ✝ Fr. David Richter

Bishop Ryan Catholic School News

SCRIP Gift Cards: A large variety of Scrip gift cards are available after all the weekend Masses, along with Lot-O-Dough Calendars. These all make excellent gifts anytime for everyone on your list. Lot-o-Dough Calendars ($25 each) offer more than 300 chances to win cash in the weekly drawings, from 1 Jan. through 30 June. Win more than once.

FORMED-Catholic Faith on Demand For your FREE subscription to FORMED: 1. Go to formed.org 2. Click on Register 3. Create your FREE account by entering our par-ish code - FNN8CC - and your email address.

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EVENTS January 14, 2018 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Upcoming Parish Events Sun-Jan 14 Reconciliation……...…......9:30-10:15 am Sun-Jan 14 Coffee & Donuts after both Masses And Welcome New Parishioners Mon-Jan 15 Tue-Jan 16 Daily Mass………………………….9 am

(There will be muffins/cookies after Mass with the Bishop Ryan Catholic School 1st, 3rd & 5th graders.)

Tue-Jan 16 Finance Council………………....5:30 pm Tue-Jan 16 Parish Council……………………....7 pm Wed-Jan 17 Religious Education classes…...4 & 6 pm Thur-Jan 18 Blanket Ministry………..………9:30 am Fri-Jan 19 Eucharistic Adoration……..……until 9 am Sat-Jan 20 Reconciliation………..……..3:45-4:45 pm Sat-Jan 20 Holy Mass…………………...…..…..5 pm Sun-Jan 21 Reconciliation…..….…......9:30-10:15 am Sun-Jan 21 Sunday Masses…..….....8 am & 10:30 am Sun-Jan 21 KC #1150…..Breakfast after both Masses

St. John the Apostle A Stewardship Parish

The most vibrant stewardship parishes are those in which parishioners know that they are welcome, which fosters a sense

of ownership and personal involvement in living stewardship in the parish family.

Mass Ministers for Saturday, Jan. 20 5:00 p.m.

Lector - Lori Burbach. Ministers of Communion - Gail Merck, Darcie Haider, Micaela Haider, Doug & Karla Ritzke, Ed & Betty Hausauer. Altar Servers - Lance and Brea Pitner. Ushers - Joe Haider, Alexis Haider, Myron Feist, Joan Boulé. Greeters - Harry & Marylee Capaci, Myron & Kathy Feist. Gift Bearers - Sacristans - Ed & Betty Hausauer.

Mass Ministers for Sunday, Jan. 21 8:00 a.m.

Lector - Al Marsden. Ministers of Communion - Deacon Chuck Kramer, Tom & Joanne Lautenschlager, Dan Vander Vorste, Verla Walter, Arnold & Carol Weber. Altar Servers - Volunteers. Ushers - Wayne Walter, Jerry Schaefer, Dick Limke, Jim Coffin. Greeters - Wayne & Verla Walter, Dick & Jean Limke. Gift Bearers - Sacristans - Tom & Joanne Lautenschlager.

10:30 a.m. Lector - Troy Mosser. Ministers of Communion - Deacon Chuck Kramer, Bill & Teressa Brock, Gary Lucy, Marie Sidener, Dale Plessas, Deb Wentz. Altar Servers - Abby Godejohn, Kaitlin Lucy. Ushers - Gregory Zeece, Jerry Stai, David Mosser, Jim Foltz. Greeters - Dale & Jackie Plessas, Roxanne & Kacie Klein. Gift Bearers - Dale & Jackie Plessas. Sacristan - Marie Sidener. If you are unable to meet your scheduled commitment,

please find a substitute!

Taking down Christmas Decorations A very heartfelt thank you to those who helped me take down the St. John Christmas decorations Sunday: Darcie Haider, Margaret Schempp, the entire Steckler family: Robert, Tanya, Ethan, Hailey and Autumn, Frances Lovelace. You were very much appreciated. Thank you. ~ Emily Schroeder.

Knights of Columbus Breakfast—Jan 21 St. John’s KC #1150 will host a breakfast Jan. 21, from 8:30 a.m. to noon to support The Dakota Hope Clinic and Respect Life. Serving pancakes, ham, eggs, coffee, milk, and juice. Free-will donation. All are invited.

KC’s Blood Drive—Jan 16 At the KC Club, (2601 N. Broadway), 2

to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16. For appointment, call Jim Olson, 837-6200 or www.bloodhero.com, spon-sor code: H 1933. Bring a photo ID and donor card. Free cholesterol testing with every donation. www.UnitedBloodServices,org .

SEARCH for Christian Maturity— March 2-4 Bismarck Diocese-sponsored weekends in the Bad-

lands for youth ages 15 and older, full of faith, fun and friendships as youth minister to youth, sharing

Jesus and changing lives. Register two weeks before. http://searchinmedora.wixsite.com/search.

Cost-$75. A scholarship is available for those in need. Fr. Keith Streifel is the spiritual director.