Newsletter | July 5, 2022 |
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FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME |
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JOIN US FOR MASS THIS WEEKEND |
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Saturday at 5:00pm
Sunday at 9:00am
Sunday at 11:00am
PRACTICE OF CHARITY
Jesus urges us to treat everyone as our neighbor, whether we know them or not. As we hear in the hymn from Colossians, all are connected to one another and to creation itself through Christ, in whom "all things hold together." Imagine traveling that road to Jericho. What would have kept you from helping the person who had been attacked? What would have motivated you to help?
Please continue to self-screen and stay home if you are not feeling well. Sick, vulnerable, at-risk, and otherwise concerned persons are encouraged to celebrate Mass with us via livestream. We are doing our best to continue to provide a safe space to worship for everyone. Click here to see current COVID safety measures.
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Thank you to all our parishioners who supported the ACA this year. We have reached the goal set by the archdiocese of $96,000 and will have some monies coming back to the parish to help with the parking lot restriping and our Outreach efforts. We did not, however, reach our goal of 100% participation from our active families and only reached about 35% so far. We will continue to accept pledges through the first week of July. If you have any concerns that your pledge did not come through or was recorded to the wrong parish, please reach out to Ann Vandewark at avandewark@sjvkirkland.org. Thank you for your generosity and support of the Catholic Church in Western Washington.
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JERUSALEM MARKETPLACE
Vacation Bible Camp
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A huge thank you to everyone who supported and volunteered with Jerusalem Marketplace this past week! Your time and contributions are much appreciated and helped make this week a success. |
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HIGH SCHOOL ESPERANZA MISSION TREK |
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A thank you video to the SJV community from the youth leaders of the High School Esperanza Mission Trek.
If you are interested in joining our Trek, sign up for high school sophomores to seniors takes place September–October of each year. Meetings, fundraisers, and service opportunities take place throughout the school year to build team unity as our trekkers earn their way together.
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We have a couple of major projects happening this summer.
- The entire asphalt parking lot is due for a major work-over and it has been scheduled for July 4–15 weather permitting. Half of the parking lot will be closed down for one week but open for the weekend, and the other half will then be shut down the next week and then it will be all done for the weekend of July 16. And yes, parking spaces will be wider 😊. Extra proceeds from the ACA giving are dedicated to this project!
- Father Vu’s “Doors of Heaven” has Archdiocesan approval to proceed and the materials have been ordered. The project is scheduled to start around the first of September and will take at least of couple of weeks.
- The Mother Mary statue project is nearing completion. The little courtyard will be made by Bill Lamb and the Judy Smith memorial bench should be in place by the middle of July.
- The Rectory has a new chimney now so we don’t have to worry about it falling on Fr. Vu anymore.
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The Rectory will be getting a new fence. We will begin deconstructing the existing fence starting July 18 and then spending Saturday, July 23 building the new one. We will have a dumpster on site as of the July 18 to put what’s left of the old fence in it. We need at least 15 volunteers for all aspects of this project so we can knock this out in no time. Please email Greg, gleptich@sjvkirkland.org, if you can help during the week. Poor Fr, Vu has been doing everything he can to keep his fence from literally disintegrating.
- The grounds are looking great thanks in part to all the volunteers we have! A great big thank you to our fabulous Facilities Committee and their dedication and Tony’s Adopt-a-Garden Bed team.
- The Master Gardeners are doing so much with that little plot of grass in the north gravel parking area. Go by and check it out.
We can always use help around here, especially with gardening, spreading bark and other odd projects. If you have a particular skill, or just like puttering in particular areas, please let me know. You can always email Greg or leave your contact information at the front desk.
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SJV 50TH ANNIVERSARY STORY-LINE |
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As we continue our 50th Anniversary Year parish celebrations, we invite you to add to our “Story-Line.”
In the Social Hall, you will find panels that have a few photos on them. Please add yours under the heading you think best fits your photo(s) with a label saying what is happening, who is in the photo, and approximate date. (See examples on the panels.)
We are looking for all years and activities – baptisms, weddings, St. Vincent de Paul, parish picnics, Knights of Columbus, sandwich making, preschool, Vacation Bible School, processions, May Crowning, gardening, quilters, and on and on…. You are welcome to share as many as you like – please make sure they are all labeled.
We are hoping for a fun, organic, and “Light-filled” display of who and what SJV has been for 50 years. If you are not able to bring yours in person, you can mail them to the parish office and we will post them. All photos will become property of SJV so make sure you don’t give us an original or one that you might want back.
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PARKING LOT SEALING
July 4-8 and July 11-15
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Half of the parking lot will be closed for one week, and the other half will be shut down the next week. Sorry for any inconvenience. |
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WOMEN'S BOOK GROUP
Tonight, Tuesday, July 5 at 7:00pm
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The first Tuesday of each month our Women’s Book Group gathers with wine and chocolate to discuss a book that has been chosen by the group. You do not need to read the book to come to the book group. The July Book is The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree by Nice Leng'ete. The August Book is River of Fire by Sister Helen Prejean. Hope to see you tonight!
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YOUNG ADULTS
This Friday, July 8 at 7:00pm in the Rectory
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Faith & Brew with Father Vu invites young adults to gather in faith and fellowship. RSVP to Maybeth, mterashima@sjvkirkland.org, by noon on July 8. |
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SJV BOWLING TOURNAMENT
This Saturday, July 9 at 10:00am
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Make your team of four and join us for our first bowling tournament! A $50 entrance fee per person gets you two games, one pizza and soda for your team, and a chance to win prizes. This fun morning will support our parish’s programs and outreach.
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Join us for our next hike! We will meet near the trail entrance on the north end of the parking lot. A Discover Pass or $10 is required to park, or contact Susan to carpool from SJV. Please email Susan to sign up: sweaver@sjvkirkland.org |
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LAZARUS CENTER LUNCH MAKING
July 12 from 10:00am-12:00pm
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We can start making lunches again! Please join us on Tuesday, July 12 and Tuesday, July 26 at 10:00am in the social hall. The sack lunches we make will be taken to Lazarus Center, a day shelter for the homeless. All ages are welcome! This is a fun, easy, and fulfilling service opportunity for families. |
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SJV MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RETREATS
Men’s Retreat: July 15-17
Women’s Retreat: July 22-24
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The retreats are in Union Washington at the St. Andrew’s Retreat Center on the Hood Canal. Not only will you experience time away at a wonderful lodge, delicious food, and beautiful scenery, but you will also get to know people in our parish and have time to reflect on your relationship with God. Space is limited. Registration forms are on the welcome table. Please contact Fr. Vu or Laura Stanger with questions.
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SENIOR SINGLES
Saturday, July 16 after the 5:00pm Mass
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Join us for our second big dinner post COVID for only $8 a person. We will be serving hotdogs with condiments, potatoes salad, baked beans, watermelon and cantaloupe, ice cream bars, and wine. Please pay and sign up in the office before July 11. After dinner we will play the Right, Left, and Center dice game, so don’t forget to bring your four quarters. Congratulations to Cheryl who was our big winner last month. Friends are we welcome! |
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If you can help deconstruct Fr. Vu's existing fence and/or help build the new one, please contact Greg, gleptich@sjvkirkland.org.
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James Bond certainly needs to sleep with one eye, if not both eyes, open, as it seems that every time 007 tries to catch a few winks someone tries to kill him. No better example of this is from 1967's "You Only Live Twice". Can you recall the method used to try and put Bond to sleep for good utilized in this movie?
Answer: Dripping poison from a thread. "You Only Live Twice" opens with James Bond enjoying a tryst with a Chinese girl. While on the bed, Bond is trapped by the girl in the wall and is repeatedly shot by gunmen and declared dead. However, Bond is very much alive (hence the title). He is then sent to Japan to figure out why US and Soviet manned rockets are being captured in space and to stop the start of a nuclear war between the superpowers. In Japan, Bond meets secret agent Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi) and the two appear to fall in love. Despite the romance, Bond is required to undergo surgery to make him look Japanese (not really) and "marry" another agent (also beautiful of course) on a remote island that is the epicenter of the lost rockets. On the night before he departs, as Bond and Aki lay sleeping in their supposedly safe retreat, an assassin in the ceiling drips poison onto a thread lowered over Bond's mouth. How does Bond escape? The "poison dripping into the mouth" assassination method is fraught with uncontrollable variables. Here Bond simply rolls over and moves out of the way of the poison thread. Sadly, the graceful Aki snuggles closer to Bond and into the poisons path. Aki swallows the poison and dies. Bond awakens to the death rattle of his lover and grabs his gun and shoots the assassin.
New Question: No Bond movie is complete without some time spent with a good stiff drink. In 2006's Bond reboot of "Casino Royale", 007's drinking habits almost kill him as he is the victim of what type of near fatal condition?
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PARISH GALA DINNER & AUCTION
In His Majesty's Service
A Night of Bidding and Bonding
Saturday, November 5, 2022
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The auction will be here before you know it! Save the date to be a guest or to work the event!
While you are off on your summer vacation, please keep an eye out for interesting items for the auction. Remember, while the theme is “In His Majesty’s Service” and delightfully James Bond (who as you know went to all sorts of exotic and fun locations), the key to getting a good auction item is to think “if I want this, someone else might too” and buy two of something or if you are working with an agent or cruise company or hotel for your vacation – ask them to donate! Lots of times, companies will donate one if you buy one – game of golf in Pebble Beach or a parasailing adventure while you are in Hawaii…? Whatever fun you are having this summer don’t forget to livestream our Masses (or view on Facebook or YouTube later) and think about our auction!
We are looking to fill our auction committees and are in particular need of the following:
- Volunteer coordinator – keep track of sign ups, food for volunteers night of, as needed.
- Kitchen and general clean up help
- Night of auction -- dishwashing during auction and clean up to get in shape for Sunday Masses
- Day after auction – final clean up
- prior to auction
- night of auction
- Silent auction coordinator and set up (you get first chance to check out the goodies 😊)
- Live auction support – runners and spotters, recorders and accounting – ALL DURING AUCTION
- Decorations –
- coordinator
- help with design prior to auction – this would be great for those who have put their years on a ladder in, but have the institutional knowledge of what we have stored where and what works well, and …
- set up decorations including table settings
- Advertising – taking place prior to the auction.
FINALLY – we are looking for 27 people to design and make a centerpiece based on their choice of a Bond movie – for example, if you were to choose “From Russia With Love,” your centerpiece could consist of 3 Betta in a fish bowl, a small, white, Siamese cat, a couple of chess pieces, a small model of the Haga Sophia in Istanbul, and a model of the Orient Express. Just pull items/places from one of the movies and make an attractive, but fun centerpiece! Half the fun will be shopping for the pieces at a bargain price – the other half will be putting the items together in a fun way! Email avandewark@sjvkirkland.org to sign up for a centerpiece or any of the volunteer positions. Questions – call the parish office or email Ann.
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MEXICO CITY & OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PILGRIMAGE
Spiritual Director: Fr. Vu Tran
Group Leader: Grace Magbaleta
November 7-12, 2022
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Join Fr. Vu on this pilgrimage to see what is considered the holiest place in the Western Hemisphere.
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This information was presented in past newsletters. |
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ADOPT-A-GARDEN BED
Help keep the garden beds on our parish grounds beautiful.
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SJV SYNOD REPORT
Thank you for your participation and to our volunteers!
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SJV GOLF TOURNAMENT SIGN UP IS OPEN
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AFGHAN REFUGEE FAMILY ON FINN HILL
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FUNERALS
Do you know what to do if you lose a loved one?
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PRAYER CHAIN
Do you or someone you know need a prayer?
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ARCHDIOCESE OF SEATTLE SYNOD REPORT |
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Key themes of community, Church leadership and passing the faith to the next generation emerged when more than 11,000 local Catholics participated in listening sessions as part of Pope Francis’ global synod.
“I’m so proud of the many thousands of people in Western Washington who led, participated and invited others to prayerful dialogue.” -Archbishop Paul Etienne
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