sunday, august 30, 2020
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Sunday, August 30, 2020
ST. LUKE THE
EVANGELIST
CATHOLIC PARISH
SLTE Parish Directory Pastor Fr. Ken Halbur ([email protected])
Associate Pastor Fr. James Downey ([email protected])
Deacons Fred Cornwell ([email protected]) Matt Halbach ([email protected]) Don Shannon ([email protected]) Fred Pins ([email protected])
Secretary Kendra Jorgensen ([email protected])
Director of Faith Formation David Reising ([email protected])
Bookkeeper Annette Bailey ([email protected])
Parish Coordinator/Registrations Nick Rahe ([email protected])
Music and Liturgy Ministry Cari Higgins ([email protected])
Parish Nurse Julie Shannon ([email protected])
SLTE School Directory Principal Misty Hade ([email protected])
Parish Address 1102 NW Weigel Drive
Ankeny, IA 50023
Parish Phone 515-964-1278
Office Hours Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm
Website www.slte.org
If you are interested in joining St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Parish, please
register online at www.slte.org under “Membership.”
We Worship • We Teach • We Care
MASS SCHEDULE
Weekend Mass Saturday 8:30am, 4:30pm—Vigil
Sunday 8:30am, 10:30am & 6:00pm
Weekday Mass Tues, Wed, Fri 7:00am
Thurs 5:30pm
Reconciliation Thurs 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Saturday 9:00-10:00am & 3:30pm
Adoration Thurs 6:00pm - 7:00pm Saturday 9:00-10:00am
Baptism: Baptism prep classes are required before the baptism of your first child. Registration can be done on-line at www.slte.org/events under “Baptism Preparation.” Our next class is October 2, 2021. Con-tact Deacon Fred Cornwell ([email protected]) if you have questions.
Marriage: Please contact the church office at least six months prior to the desired wedding date. Infor-mation and our Marriage Policy can be found on our website under Faith Formation-Sacraments-Marriage.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PARISH NEWS
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR MARRIAGE
Congratulations to Raegan Saun-ders & Zach Anderson whom were united in marriage on September 18, 2021 at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church.
We Worship • We Teach •We Care
PARISH COUNCIL
ATTENTION MEN OF ST. LUKE’S Are you being called to Knighthood? The St. Luke’s Council of the Knights of Columbus is seeking devoted Catholic men who value the Knight’s core principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism. These men must be willing to serve as role models in a world that needs men who lead, serve, protect, and defend. Is this man you? The St. Luke’s Council meets every fourth Monday of the month in the school meeting room. For more information, contact Grand Knight, Jason Richards at [email protected]
God is calling– how will you answer His call??
Ministry Schedule We will soon be asking for availa-
bility for the next Ministry Schedule. This sched-ule will be Oct-January and will include the Holy Days of Obligation including Christmas. If you have been inactive and are ready to change your status please contact Mike Roarty at [email protected]. We will be starting to schedule Altar Servers again with 2 needed for each Mass. We are in desperate need of Hospi-tality and Eucharist Ministers. Please contact Dana Bastian at [email protected] if you would like training.
September Summary
Thank you to those members who served on Par-ish Council these past few years and a warm wel-come to our newest members, Meg Schon, Josh Harry and Randy Gomez! We are happy to also welcome the 17 new families that joined St. Luke’s in August. This bring our total to 730 par-ish families. We continue to grow, along with the school with 278 students this year. Religious edu-cation also set a new record with 320 children enrolled. Exciting events are happening this fall with the Brick Campaign for the new Prayer Gar-den and Oxtoberfest, which will be held on Octo-ber 16. The next meeting will be on October 14.
RCIA Reminder The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) at St. Luke’s begins October 5th and runs Tuesday evenings until Easter 2022 (April 17). If you or someone you know is interested in becoming Catholic, please contact Deacon Matt Halbach at [email protected]. We’d love to talk with you to find out where you are on your faith jour-ney and help you grow closer to God!
WEEKLY CALENDAR ▲ MINISTRY SCHEDULE
Monday, September 27, 2021 6:00pm 1st Reconciliation/Comm. Parent Mtg.-Church 7:00pm KofC Business Mtg– Mtg. Rm Tuesday, September 28, 2021 7:00am Mass 6:30pm School Brd. Mtg– Conf. Rm. Wednesday, September 29, 2021 7:00am Mass 8:30am School Mass 1:00pm Faith w/ Deacon Fred 4:30pm R.E. K-10 5:30pm Family of Faith Mass & Potluck Thursday, September 30, 2021 5:30pm Mass, Reconciliation, Adoration Friday, October 1, 2021 7:00am Mass 7:00pm Wedding Rehearsal Saturday, October 2, 2021 8:30am Mass, Reconciliation, Adoration 9:00am Baptism Prep Class-Mtg.Rm. 1:30pm Wedding– Nate Hoeger & Brooke Tatz 3:30pm Reconciliation 4:30pm Mass Sunday, October 3, 2021 8:30am, 10:30am, 6pm Mass
Saturday, October 2
Sunday, October 3
4:30pm 8:30am 10:30am 6pm
Altar Servers:
Cross Bearer: Trey McKillip David Rafferty Pete Roeder
Sacristan: Karen Bishop Carol Hink Steve Wieneke Open
Back-up EM Dave Enos Eva Moritz Margaret Spikes Melissa Rahe
Eric Bryan Paul Moritz Samuel Knezevic Lisa Ringus
Rosary Open Rose Hartung
Breanne Knezevic
Hospitality Greeters:
Amy Thiel Tom
Manderscheid Open
Christina Carballo
Rhonda Schilmoeller
Peggy Manderscheid
Open Open
Tom Schilmoeller Bill Dolezal Open Open
Bert Geerdes Tom Judge Open Open
Lectors: Mike Haley Craig Oberreuter Adam Babbitt Joseph Brett
Music: Lindsay Kirstein & Cory Cornwell/Cari
Higgins
Margaret Spikes/Sabrina Cogdill
Cindy Clefisch/Sabrina Cogdill
Ministers Independence
Village: Kathy Johnson
Bridges: Mike Roarty
Money Counter: Gary Olson
COMMUNITY NEWS
Free Spirituality and Style Workshop at Thirsty Thursday October 7, 2021 at 7pm She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. Proverbs 31:25 Do you forget you were made in the image and likeness of God? Do you believe caring about your appearance is vain or shallow? Do you feel you have no style or time to care about it? Would you like to feel better about what you see in the mirror and feel empowered to change it? After this workshop you will better understand the importance of personal image, how it impacts your and your family’s lives, as well as your work and social life. You will leave with some easy and replicable tips to help you step up your style — with what you already own! Spirituality and Style is a program designed to open your eyes and minds to the possibilities of living fully and comfortably in your own skin while appreciating all the beauty God has bestowed upon our lives. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change! All women of the parish and their guests are invited to the Spirituality & Style Workshop in the new meeting space at St. Luke’s. For each woman who registers and attends, a $5 donation will be made to the Plus One Campaign to fund the new addition at St. Luke’s. Refreshments will be served. Please register at https://bit.ly/3tUMPnw or call (980) 552-1157 to reserve your seat.
September 26, 2021
Sunday: Nm 11:25-29/Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 [9a]/Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
Monday: Zec 8:1-8/Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23 [17]/Lk 9:46-50
Tuesday: Zec 8:20-23/Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7 [Zec 8:23]/Lk 9:51-56
Wednesday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5 [1]/Jn 1:47-51
Thursday: Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11[9ab]/Lk 10:1-12
Friday: Bar 1:15-22/Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9 [9]/Lk 10:13-16
Saturday: Bar 4:5-12, 27-29/Ps 69:33-35, 36-37 [34]/Mt 18:1-5, 10
Next Sunday: Gn 2:18-24/Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 [cf. 5]/Heb 2:9-11/Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12
MASS INTENTIONS
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 7:00am - +Craig Hand Wednesday, September 29, 2021 7:00am - +Judith Niedergeses 8:30am– +Evelyn Newton Thursday, September 30, 2021 5:30pm– +Clara Sertich Friday, October 1, 2021 7:00am– +Florentina Perez Saturday, October 2, 2021— 8:30am- People of the Parish 4:30pm– Dick Martin Sunday, October 3, 2021
8:30am - +Genevieve Moritz 10:30am - + Deacon Dave Wadle 6:00pm- People of the Parish
Please contact the office if you would like a Mass said for a deceased loved one.
One of the interesting things that I used to do when I was in
Creston was to wander through the ReRun thrift shop that the
parish ran, just to see the interesting things that happen to
show up. I always wondered how many items we see and just
have to have, because everybody needs multiple devices to
slice eggs, strawberries, bananas, etc. when really, a single
knife or a mandolin slicer will do it and take up much less
space in the cabinets.
We fall into these advertising traps telling us what we have to
have, and that having a little plastic gadget that can slice an
entire banana in one flip will save us a huge amount of time,
and just think of all of the things we can accomplish with that
time that we save! Being a “techie” I can find myself falling into
this trap. What is the newest gadget? Is it going to be so
much faster? Are we going to save time or to add conven-
ience? I realized that I have lots of different devices, including
my watch, lights, and stereo that can connect to the internet.
Do I need all of these things? Of course not! Do I need to be
able to turn my kitchen lights on in the house from my phone?
Of course not, but these things are kind of fun to have.
One of the things that I really like to do with technology is to
pray with it. Since I almost always carry my cell phone, I can
have prayer apps on it and set reminders about times to pray.
When I look at the sheer volume of items that went through the
thrift shop, I see how effective advertising really is. It has con-
vinced us to get this stuff and when we realize that we really do
not need it, off it goes to the thrift store!
How many items do all of us still have in our cabinets that we
purchased on a whim and used once or twice and then put
them away forever, put them in a garage sale, or ended up giv-
ing them away? We have lots of stuff. Stuff in the end is just
stuff and we can get by with far less of it most of the time. The
whole point of advertising is to tell us what we are lacking, but
if we have our faith, in reality, we lack nothing.
As Jesus says, “be rich in the things that matter in heaven and
not necessarily the things of the earth.” Then we will truly be
happy with Him. The things of the world will pass away, but the
riches in heaven will never pass away. Where do we look for
treasure, that new item that will be old and worthless later, or
God?
Fr. Ken
SCHOOL
LIGHTER SIDE
AFTERCARE NEEDS YOU! We are looking for help in our aftercare pro-gram from 3:30-5:30 Monday-Friday. If you are interested, or have a high schooler or college student interested, please contact Mrs. Hade at: [email protected]
JOB OPPORTUNITY
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Tax Credit Opportunity The Diocese of Des Moines established a school tuition organiza-tion (STO) in 2006 which provides signifi-
cant tax advantages for donors resulting in tuition assistance awards for families. Donations to the CTO are used to provide tuition assistance to eligible families whose children attend one of the sixteen Catholic schools in the Diocese of Des Moines. The criteria for receiving assistance is based on family size and income. The Catholic Tuition Organization awards at least ninety per-cent of the revenue to eligible families. A financial contribution to the Catholic Tuition Organization will provide the donor a 75% Iowa tax credit based on the amount of the contribution and the gift of knowing they helped to make a Catholic education available to many children who previously did not have the opportunity to attend the school of their choice. To learn more, visit: https://ctodsmdiocese.org/index.php
What Next? God was talking to one of his angels and said, “Do you know what I have just done? I’ve just created a 24-hour period of alter-nating light and darkness on Earth. Isn’t that great?” The angel said, “Yes, but what will you do now?” God said, “I think I’ll call it a day.”
Father Friday’s To the left- Fr. Ken talks about lives of the Saints with stu-dents in Miss Pollpeter’s Mid-dle School Religion class as part of the “Father Friday’s” initiated by Fr. Ken and Fr. James. Each week, either Fr. Ken or Fr. James meets with different classrooms to dis-cuss aspects of the faith as well as answer any questions from students. Just one more reason that an education at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic School is second to none!
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