STB Bulletin - week of 9/26- 10/2

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Week of September 26 - Oct 2, 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

VENEZUELA MISSION

THIS WEEKEND

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.

CALENDAR

Saturday, September 25:

Missionary Appeal
5:00 pm MASS, Fr. Denny Dempsey

Sunday, September 26:

Missionary Appeal
9:00 am MASS, Fr. Denny Dempsey
Inquiry Session. 10:00 am - 11:00 am
SGS/CLOW training, 10:00 am (Sharing God’s Story & Children’s Liturgy of the Word)
11:00 am MASS, Fr. Denny Dempsey

Monday, September 27:

Troop 345 in parking lot, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Tuesday, September 28:

Word Communion Service- Inver Glen, 10:00am
Friends in Faith Bible Study, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
AA meeting, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Wednesday, September 29:

Elementary FF welcome back families, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Middle School FF catechist training 7pm-8pm

Thursday, September 30:

Lawn Mowing CREW - Team 4
Mass, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Al-Anon meeting, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Friday, October 1:

Wedding rehearsal, TBD

Saturday, October 2:

Food Shelf and Coffee Sales Weekend
Nelson/Gallas Wedding, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
5:00 pm MASS, Fr. Tim Wozniak

Sunday, October 3:

Food Shelf and Coffee Sales
SGS/CLOW (9am and 11am Mass)
9:00 am MASS, Fr. Tim Wozniak
RCIA 10:15 am - 11:30 am
11:00 am MASS, Fr. Mike Erlander
Blessing of the Beasts, 2:00 pm
Confirmation Blue with Parents, 6pm -7:30 pm

CALLING ALL GARDENERS

or wanna-be landscapers!

TOMORROW!

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

ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY

OCTOBER 2

Next weekend!

Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 8:00 am

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BLESSING OF THE BEASTS

OCTOBER 3

Next weekend!

Plan to bring all your critters to the Blessing of the Beasts on the Feast of St. Francis,

Sunday, October 3, at 2:00 pm.

We will bless all the animals in our parish that walk, creep, run, fly, swim or slither.

Invite your friends to join us with their animals.

There will be treats for cats, dogs, rabbits, other furry friends, farm animals and people. Sorry, we can’t feed the lizards and the snakes, but they are welcome to come and be blessed! Masks are recommended.

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.

FALL FESTIVAL PHOTOS

Could not have asked for a better day to celebrate with all this past Saturday at our Fall Festival.

Thank you to all those who came to enjoy a lovely day and to all who volunteered.

As always, together we make this Festival continue its wonderful tradition every year!

SYNOD - SMALL GROUPS

OCTOBER 4

Just a quick reminder that we begin the Synod small groups next week.

Sessions 1 and 2 are on Monday, October 4 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm here at STB.

If Monday is not convenient, sessions 1 and 2 will also be held on

Tuesday, October 5 from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Want more details?

Click here for everything you will need.

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.

CLIMATE CHANGE

OCTOBER 25

http://iccsmtc.blogspot.com/

STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR:

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR:

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.

GROWING THROUGH LOSS FALL SERIES

“Self-Care During Grief”

Brittany Squillace,

MA, LMFT Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Grief Counselor, Best Self Therapy, LLC, Prior Lake

When?

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

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

VISITATION OPEN HOUSE

SEPTEMBER 28

Experience Vis! Join Us for an Open House!

In grades 9-12, Visitation School offers an all-girls education designed for girls just like you. We empower our students to become their best selves, to become leaders in and out of the classroom and to make a difference in our world. At our Open House, meet current students, learn about an all-girls education, see teachers in action and tour our beautiful campus.

visitation.net/openhouse21

GOSPEL MEDITATION

What are the little ones? They are the poor, the marginalized, the women and men at the well, the Zacchaeus’ looking for Jesus from a tree, those mired in sin, the blind who want to see, and the lame who want to walk. They are the lepers and the different ones who have been told that they are unclean, and the ones who suffer from abuse and grave injustices and oppression. They are children who want nothing more than to be loved and enjoy celebrating their innocence. These are all the little ones and they are all vulnerable. Life already brings them burdens, we don’t need to add to them.

St. Oscar Romero said, “When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises.” Why are so many people still so gravely hurting? We have the resources and the means to make things better. We choose not to. There are still those things called greed, pride, lust, apathy, jealously, gluttony, and anger that prevent us from seeing each other and people to be loved and not objects to be used. Is this how God intended things to be?

God loves what is good and upright. It doesn’t matter who did it or where it came from. In God’s eyes, the end result is always faith, hope, and love. Those will always unite a person with God. We fill our lives with many things that are not good either for ourselves or for others. All of us have to work to discover what it is, exactly, that leads to the world’s brokenness. There are people, systems, and ideologies in place that foster oppression and injustice rather than equity and fairness. Sadly, our complacency can be the greatest evil. Turning a blind eye, ignoring the truth, and believing that we are helpless to fix so great a problem, does little to move us closer to the kingdom of God. As members of the Body of Christ, we cannot condone anything that keeps people in misery.

As it is said, charity begins at home. Perhaps a good place to start is with our own households and making sure their foundations are properly laid.

©LPi

RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

Breaking the Stewardship Mold

Have you noticed how we always tend to pigeonhole one another — and ourselves? “I could never serve on the Parish Council. That’s for Rick and Ellen and that whole group of people who have done it for years.” “Greg takes care of faith formation in the parish — he always has. He doesn’t need my help.” “I can’t afford to give the big bucks like those families who sit up front can. My offering wouldn’t matter even if I did increase it.”

Thinking like this is a good indication that we aren’t in conversation with God about what His will is for our lives. If we have already decided what we are and are not meant to do, we aren’t likely to pray over it, to discern it.

We have to be open to the spirit of the Lord wherever it leads us, regardless of what we or others have come to expect from us. We human beings come to believe that we are such good judges of what others can offer — or what we ourselves can offer. But God has plans for us to which we aren’t privy. God calls everyone to serve Him in the way that pleases Him best, and only He can decide what that is. Everyday Stewardship demands a continual accounting of who we can be, what we can offer — even if it’s outside our comfort zone, even if it’s something that never occurred to us before.

There’s only one Person who can tell us what God wants from us. Do we even think to ask Him?

— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

©LPi