STB Bulletin - week of 9/12- 9/18

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Week of September 12 - 18, 2021

... to Love, to Serve, to be Hope ...

LIVESTREAM MASS

available Sundays at 9:00 am.

FACE MASK:

Recommended for Saturday 5pm and Sunday 9 am Mass

REQUIRED for the Sunday 11:00 am Mass

TWO INVITATIONS FROM FR. TIM

CALENDAR

Saturday, September 11:

Food Shelf & Coffee Sales
5:00 pm Fr. Tim

Sunday, September 12:

Food Shelf & Coffee Sales
9:00 am MASS, Fr. Mike
RCIA Inquiry sessions, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am MASS, Fr. Tim
Baptism 12:30 pm

Monday, September 13:

Boy Scouts, Troop 451, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Tuesday, September 14:

Friends in Faith Bible Study, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
AA meeting, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Spirit of Justice Ministry , 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Boy Scouts, Troop 451, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Wednesday, September 15:

Mass at Stonehaven, 1:00 pm
Elementary FF Parent Only Info Meeting, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Thursday, September 16:

Lawn Mowing Crew Team 2
Mass, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Liturgy Committee, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Al-Anon meeting, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Friday, September 17:

No Event Scheduled

Saturday, September 18: Fall Festival!!

3:00 pm MASS, Fr. Tim
(NO 5:00 pm Mass)
Fall Festival, 4:00 pm

Sunday, September 19:

9:00 am MASS, Fr. Tim
11:00 am MASS, Fr. Tim

PREPARING FOR OUR FALL FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER 18

To make this all happen, WE NEED YOU!

Please consider volunteering to help out with all events this day.

SILENT AUCTION

by SEPTEMBER 1

FILL OUT FORM

and bring items by September 12.

To get ready and while you are out traveling this summer,

please also look for unique and interesting items for the Silent Auction

as well as bottles of wine for the wine toss.

Thank You!

ONLINE FORM

BLESSING OF BACKPACKS AND DEVICES

SEPTEMBER 11 & 12

THIS WEEKEND!

In celebration of the new school year all students are invited to bring their school backpacks and/or electronic devices to mass on September 11^th and 12^th. At the end of Mass you will be invited to bring them forward and the whole church will bless them.

THIS COULD BE YOU

Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something.

Looking for something to do…?

We still need 6 catechists for Middle School Faith Formation and would appreciate you sharing your gifts.

If you are interested, email Lori Skare, Middle School Faith Formation Coordinator.

ATTN FAITH FORMATION & SACRAMENT PARENTS!

Registration for Faith Formation classes and Sacramental Preparation for Pre/K – Grade 12 is now open!

DEADLINE to Register is this Monday, September 13, 2021

CLICK HERE to Register

ARE YOU AN ANIMAL PERSON?

Join our committee to plan and prepare our annual Blessing of the Beasts celebration. We will find a time to meet that fits everyone's schedule.

We’ll plan the music, the readings and the treats. We always have young people to help with the animals. This committee is open to all ages. You just have to love the beasts and want them to get blessed.

Email jackieg@stbeagan.org or call 651-452-8775.

CALLING ALL GARDENERS

or wanna-be landscapers!

The Worship Council is in need of a few volunteers on Saturday September 25 from 9am-11am to help clear the path of the meditation trail on the STB grounds in advance of an October re-dedication.

We need weed whackers, pruners and weed pullers. This is a great volunteer opportunity for families or confirmation students. We will meet at the front door at 9:00 am and walk the trail eliminating any weeds or tree saplings to make the trail walkable. At the dedication (date to be announced), Father Tim will hold a blessing ceremony and there will be a permanent little library with books and reusable meditation prayers that people can read as they walk this beautiful trail. Please help us to care for our beautiful creation.

Volunteers can email Molly Gantz @ mmgantz@comcast.net

VENEZUELA MISSION

Did you know the Archdiocese has been serving a mission Church in Venezuela for 50 years? Since 1970, The Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis has been sending priests to serve the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana, specifically Jesucristo Resucitado Parish in San Felix, to minister to the 11 poor barrios in the parish. Find out more and how you can help our mission parish on September 25/26 when Fr. Dennis Dempsey will be presenting our annual mission appeal at all of the Masses. A second collection will be taken up. Please put “Venezuela” in memo.

You can also go to DONATE HERE; choose Venezuelan Mission from the dropdown.

YOU ANSWERED THE CALL!

Thanks to the generosity of STB parishioners, the students at Red PineElementary will not be lacking for school supplies this school year.

The entire back half of a Ford Edge filled with hundreds of glue sicks, notebooks, crayons and markers and other school supplies was delivered to Red Pine Elementary a week ago.

Thank you for helping Red Pine Elementary students have a successful school year and for living our vision: To love, to serve and be hope!

HELP OUR GIVING GARDEN GROW BIGGER

The Giving Garden ministry has been growing and evolving, and we have a vision for how we would like to continue our efforts to support those in need.

CLICK HERE to find how you can be part of it.

The Giving Garden ministry is just one of the ways we are called to fulfill our mission to Love, to Serve and to be Hope.

MASS COORDINATORS NEEDED

One of the many ministries necessary to our weekend worship is that of Mass Coordinator. Now that we are fully open, the need is especially urgent.

The Mass Coordinator comes early to prepare what is needed for liturgy and leaves a little later after tidying up and making sure that the worship space is ready for the next mass. They also organize the collection and the gifts procession.

New Mass Coordinators train with our experienced Mass Coordinators before being their own. This is also a good ministry for couples or friends to do together.

All Masses could use more Mass Coordinators. They are usually scheduled for a month at a time, but scheduling can also be flexible.

Contact Jackie Graham at 651-452-8775 or jackieg@stbeagan.org for more information.

HELP OUR STB CHIDREN GROW INTO THEIR FAITH

Teens and adults check out this link to find out more about helping out with Sharing God’s Story (4- & 5-year olds) and / or Children’s Liturgy of the Word ( 6-9 year olds). This ministry will be offered only during the masked 11:00 Mass on Sundays beginning in October.

All volunteers must complete the safety of children requirements before participating. Go to www.virtus.org or email Pam at pamm@stbeagan.org for complete information.

MASS GREETERS

We are always in need of some help with greeters for all of our Masses.

This is a good ministry for men, women, couples and families.

Sign-up HERE.

SYNOD UPDATE

New update every week!

Are you someone who would like to see change but do not think you have a voice or a place to be heard?

The Synod small group process may be just what you are looking for.

Click here for latest update 8/15/21

GATHERING IN LOSS AND HOPE

September 1, 2021

God in whom we trust,

there is a part of us that is dying

and a part of us that is coming to life.

We want to have an open-hands attitude toward you and toward our lives,

but it is such a struggle to do so.

Remind us often of the peace which you extend to us.

Thank you for your beloved son who suffered

and gave us an example of trusting in you.

Renew us day by day.

Encourage us so that we may always be faithful to your call

deep within our hearts.

We open ourselves to the mystery of life

and to your love through Christ our Lord. Amen

*Closing prayer adapted from Joyce Rupp

STB VIRTUAL PRAYER WALL

Let's pray for each other!

When you get to this page, double click on the brick wall to post your prayer or a prayer request, or click on the "+" on the lower right of the wall.

STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE

GROWING THROUGH LOSS FALL SERIES

“It’s All the Things” An Overview of Grief

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Erica Staab-Absher, CMT, BSW

Spiritual Director, Director of HOPE Center, Faribault

When?

Tuesday nights

Where?

Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church, 3611 North Berens Road NW, Prior Lake

What time?

6:30 pm - Registration
7:00 pm - Speaker
8:00 pm - Support Groups (facilitated by trained leaders)

Freewill Offering

This program is offered to any adult experiencing a loss or major crisis

and to Pastoral Ministers, i.e., Befrienders and Stephen Ministers.

Questions?

For additional information, call: 651-452-8261 or e-mail: growingthroughloss@gmail.com

GOSPEL MEDITATION

We need to get our bearings straight and properly lay life’s cornerstone. Otherwise, the rest of our journey will be skewed, and our judgment clouded. We can recall Jesus’ famous rebuke of Peter, “You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Even he, as one of Jesus’ closest friends struggles with understanding things and grasping the big picture. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) a renowned and learned French Jesuit priest often has these words attributed to him: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Whether they were actually from his lips, they certainly mimic his thought. These wise words orient us and capture the essence of who we really are.

Many people consider spirituality an option. It is no wonder that they come to this conclusion when they predominantly define themselves using human terms and concepts. Immersed in this world view, they struggle finding any semblance of God because God does not work according to human expectations! This is especially true when suffering and death enter life’s picture. If we are only human beings having a spiritual experience, then we wrongly expect our spirituality to serve us as we desire. The human expectation is that my spiritual life is something that is useful in avoiding pain, hardship, and death, not something that gives the courage to live through it!

So, when we protest and get upset with God because our journey is becoming difficult, painful, treacherous, disappointing, and even pointing us toward death, Jesus rebukes us as he did Peter and gently reminds us how to see. It is God who inspires and opens hearts to see truth and beauty. In God, the true meaning of things is understood, and we receive a depth of insight and understanding that is not found following purely human paths. It is not our task to understand God, as God is beyond human understanding. Ours is the joyful privilege of simply resting in God’s presence simply because God is God and we are who we are. As spiritual beings having an exciting and adventurous human experience, it is in our DNA to do so. Through prayer we can let go and let be. This is how we lose our lives but then save them.

©LPi

RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

Can You Walk the Walk?

I’ve met and talked with enough people to feel confident that if you polled 100 fallen-away Catholics about why they didn’t want anything to do with the Church, the term “accountability” would pop up in almost all of their answers.

And to be fair, a lack of accountability isn’t just a Catholic problem. Talking the talk but not walking the walk has been a shortcoming handed down throughout the ages, across all creeds and nationalities.

Loving our neighbor, welcoming the stranger, clothing the naked, feeding the poor — it all sounds fantastic, especially when we’re the ones saying it. But the doing — well, that’s a different story, isn’t it? We would do well to remember that Christ calls one of his best friends “Satan” when Peter tries to convince Jesus to stray from his destiny.

Have you ever been called Satan by one of your good buddies? I’ll bet it’s not a great feeling. But think about what Peter was doing. He had just said, “You are the Christ.” And now, mere moments later, he’s saying: “Don’t say these things. Don’t say you’re going to suffer. Don’t say you’ll be killed.”

He was telling Christ to squander what the Lord had given him. He was telling him that having faith was fine, but being faithful? It’s just a little too hard. God has a destiny for you, too, and He’s asking you to be open to it. Maybe it’s not in your comfort zone. Maybe you don’t think you can do it.

Lord, give us faith — but help us, also, to do the work.

— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

©LPi