What is Stewardship?

Throughout sacred scripture God tells us that everything belongs to God. He made the world and all that is in it. He made us and blessed us with absolutely every gift we have. Our lives, our families, our health, our education, our unique talents and skills, our job and our income are all blessings from God, entrusted into our care for the good of all peoples. Thus, when we tithe we are really only giving back 10% of something that ultimately belongs to God anyway. The amazing thing is that our God is a generous and abundant God who lets us keep and enjoy 90% of all His blessings.

Early Church Course

A few parishioners have asked if last year’s Early Church Course might be repeated this year. This course would be given over 14 Tuesday nights stretched out from about mid-September to late January. The growth of the Church will be explored from about 30 A.D. to 500 A.D. Our Parish will provide the text for the course or you may choose to buy the book. Please call Jeff Pratte at 358-5876 if you are interested.

Protecting God’s Children

A Protecting God’s Children workshop will be held at Immaculate Conception Church, Park Hills, on August 22ndat 1:00 p.m. Deacon Mike Burch will present the workshop in the parish hall. Any adult who intends to volunteer in parish activities or ministries that include children must be in full compliance with the Safe Environment Program of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Attendance at a Protecting God’s Children workshop is required. Registration is encouraged but not required; walk-ins are welcome. Please call the Parish Office at 573-431-2427 to register.

Scrapbooking Workshop

The monthly Scrapbooking Workshop will be held this Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Church Hall. At each workshop there are tools to use, free gifts for attending, a small project to "Make & Take", products to purchase, and the advice of a veteran scrapbooker. Please call Jennifer Hopfinger at 573-358-7073 for more details.

Please use the volunteer sign up sheet for the Festival, which is enclosed in the bulletin this weekend. All we need is your name and telephone number. You may drop it in the collection basket.

Thank you to all of our parishioners who so generously contributed to our "Festival Dinner" special collection. If you were out of town, please drop your donation in the collection basket. If you did not receive a "Festival Dinner" envelope in your packet, you may use a butterfly envelope and mark it "Festival Dinner".Your generosity and prayers for the success of our festival are very much appreciated.

We are now accepting small items for our Flea Market such as CD’s, DVD’s, DVD players, books, lotions, candles, tools, etc. You may bring these items to the Church Hall or call Janie McCormick at (760) 877-7590 for pick up.

The folks at our Country Store would greatly appreciate your donations of homemade pies, cookies, brownies, cupcakes and cakes. Home canned jams, jellies, vegetables and homegrown fruits or vegetables are also very popular items. Please bring these donations the morning of the Festival or call Janie for pick up.

The Children’s Crafts booth at the Festival will need small jars and individual size clear water bottles – caps would be great. Thank you for your help – Patricia Murphy.

Daughters of Isabella

The Daughters of Isabella will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, August 9, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. We will have a baby shower and dinner meeting.Please call Jenny Akins at 573-358-5305 for more information.