Parish Office The Baptism of the Lord January 10 & 11, 2015

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The Baptism of the Lord January 10 & 11, 2015

https://www.nativitybartlett.org

Parish Office Hours: Mon—Fri 9:00am to 5:00pm Phone: 901-382-2504 Fax: 901-382-3644 Emergency Phone: 901-603-3364 Pastor: Father Keith Stewart Associate Pastor: Fr. Robert Szczechura Deacon, Office & Facility Manager: Rev. Mr. Frank Larker [email protected] Administrative Assistant Angie 0’Neill [email protected] Director Religious Education Theresa Krier [email protected] Director Youth Ministry: Stephen Peyton Bulletin Editor: Pam Walton [email protected] Director of Music Ms. Paula Mowbray [email protected] Bookkeeper [email protected]

Mass Schedules Daily Monday —Saturday 8:00 a.m. Weekend Saturday Vigil 5:00 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m. Sunday 10:30 a.m Spanish Mass Sunday 5:00 p.m. Filipino First Sunday of Each Month (Tagalog/English) 12:30 p.m. Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. Holy Days As Announced

Sacraments Reconciliation — Saturday 4:15p.m. to 4:45pm or by appointment Baptism — by appointment; please contact the parish office Marriage — Contact the parish office at least six months before the wedding

NWG Christmas Party Dec 17

5 pm Children’s Mass Dec 24

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Please Pray for Our Sick

Ann Cissell Billy Dalton Mary Ann Dote Emilie Harris Joe Hennessey John Paul Lenti Mitzi Kearns Father Mike Morgera Joyce Rutschman West Frank Klein Antoinette Bagaglio Jeannette Platt Alice Julius Ed List Terry Gallagher Patrick Seago Carolyn Thompson Lawrence Burton Nancy Weedman Ann Wingate

Larry O'Neill John Patton Anthony Lawrence Reano Brittany & Dakota Schaf Ron Van Danny Styers Jerry Stewart Kelsey Sportsman Michael Gallagher Bob Burchfield Eva Holloway Ralph Peischl Gloria Johnson Ester Cirillo Mr. C. Dodd. Gilbert Lema Katie West Aleyamma Thomas Virginia Plaza

If you or a family member are hospitalized, please notify the Parish office. Notify the office to add or remove someone’s name from the list.

Mass Intentions

Pray for our Armed Forces

Parish Outreach Food for the Sick. If you know someone you know needs a meal prepared due to illness, surgery, birth of a baby, or some other need, please contact Susan Hanna at 385-8277 or [email protected].

10th Sat 8 am Annette Mason (Fr. Keith Stewart & Staff) 5 pm Mike Hall (Ramona Hall) 11th Sun 8 am Parishioners 10:30 am Tom Hollis (Eileen & Gerry Fitzgerald) 5:00 pm 12th Mon 8 am Sherry Murphy (Wilson Nelson) 13th Tue 8am Jennifer Astin Traylor-Conway (Fr. Keith Stewart & Staff) 14th Wed 8 am Winifred Perkins (Jon West) 15th Thur 8 am am Winnie Perkins (Gino & Joyce Bernardini) 16th Fri 8 am Winnie “Ma” Perkins (Daily Mass Group) 17th Sat 8 am Tom Hollis (Nativity Men’s Club) 5 pm Parishioners 18th Sun 8 am Winnie Perkins ( Fr. Keith & Staff) 10:30 am James Leo O’Kane (Trainor Family) 5:00 pm

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From Death to New Life May Those We have Loved & Lost Rest in Peace

SRA Joseph Bockhold; Lance Corporal Mark Earnest; Senior Airman Christopher Dill; Pvt. John David Dill; A1C Ryan C. Marlin; AO2 Andrew E. Hopson; Commander Derek A. Vestal, Pvt. Maria Witges, Captain Luke Sauber (USMC), Major Christopher J. Martindale, Richard A. Martin, Jr., BM1, (USCG) Captain Tami Kerns (US Army-Afghanistan) Captain Kevin Kerns (US Army-Hawaii) 2D Lieut Nicholas Burton.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Heb 1:1-6; Ps 97:1, 2b, 6, 7c, 9; Mk 1:14-20 Tuesday: Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2ab, 5, 6-9; Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: Heb 2:14-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95:6-11; Mk 1:40-45 Friday: Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 78:3, 4bc, 6c-8; Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: Heb 4:12-16; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17 Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-10; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Baptism of the Lord Monday: First Week in Ordinary Time begins Tuesday: St. Hilary Saturday: St. Anthony

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2 Corinthians 9:7: Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly

or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Offering for 12/27-28 Budget Actual Difference Thank you $8,000.00 _________ _________ Offering for 01/03-04 Budget Actual Difference Thank you $8,000.00 _________ _________ Will be reported on January 17 & 18th

Classes are held Wednes-

day evenings at 6:30 pm in

Stelling Hall.

Please contact Emanuel Villa at [email protected] for questions or problems with the Liturgical schedule.

Go to http://nativitybartlett.org/ministries/liturgical-ministers/ for the current bulletin

Coffee & Donuts -Men’s Club 01/11 Contact Men’s Club (Gil Morris) For Schedule 01/18 Contact Men’s Club (Gil Morris) for Schedule Collection Counters Jan 12: Check with Fr. Keith

Spring 2014 Adult Faith Enrichment for All. For a current schedule and to register go to www.cdom.org under Ministries: Institute for Liturgy and Spirituality.

ADULT FAITH FORMATION

First Friday Adoration Every month at Nativity 5-10 pm: Come Feb 6th and join us in worship. What is Eucha-ristic Adoration? Understood simply, Eucharist ic Adora-t ion is adoring or honoring the Eucharist ic Presence of Christ. In a deeper sense, i t involves "the contemplat ion of the Mystery of Christ truly present before us". During Eu-charist ic Adorat ion, we "watch and wait", we remain "si lent" in His Presence and open ourselves to His Graces which f low from the Eucharist . . . By worshiping the Eucha-r ist ic Jesus, we become what God wants us to be! Like a magnet, The Lord draws us to Himself and gently transforms us. In i ts ful lest es-sence .. . Eucharist ic Adorat ion is "God and Man reaching out for each other, at the same t ime!" The Eucharist is: Jesus truly present - Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity!

To set up recurring giving schedule or to even make a one time contribution, visit us online at nativitybartlett.org and locate the Online Giving button on the top of the page. Thank you for your generosity and support

of our parish, both this Christmas season as well as throughout the year.

St. Benedict High School has several opportunities coming up for middle school students to visit campus.

Please check the SBA web site,

sbaeagles.org/visitsba or call the admissions of-fice, 260-2873.

Please join us for the 2015 WOMEN'S MORNING OF SPIRITUALITY ON SATURDAY

FEBRUARY 25th at the Catholic Church of the Incarnation, 360 Bray Station Rd., Collierville, TN 38017.

TIME: 8:15 am to 1:30 pm. Doors open at 7:15 am with Continental Breakfast. Register

at www.womensmorning.com. The theme this year is: For I know the plans I have for you. plans to give you hope and

a future.

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Our Lady of Loving Protection Praesidium Please consider becoming a member of a global organization of men & women who have consecrated themselves to Mary and placed all their trust in her. Mary has an individual love for

each of her children. We have all been called to service so don’t pass the Legion by. Our meeting is on Thursday’s at 5 pm. If you are interested, we are a flexible group. You can call Felicya Parsels at 377-6122 or Michele Seago at 382-2801

GET INVOLVED!

Dear Nativity Parish we are looking for a few good men and women to join our ministry. To bring the word of God to the women at the prison. They enjoy the Catholic teaching and prayers. If you are interested, please call Richard Peyton, 833-9930

Nativity Chapter of Fishers of Men: Meet every Saturday after the 8 am Mass in Stelling Hall. The Gathering time is one hour. Änd He said to them, follow me and I will make you Fishers of Men.” Mark 1:17. Contact Walt

Hanna at 901-385-8277 or 857-4069 for more information.

Men’s Club The Men’s Club of Nativity

meets at 9 am in Stelling Hall on the “2nd Saturday” of every month. All men of the parish are members. Please join us for

breakfast & fellowship. Bring your ideas to add to our 2014-15 Calendar. Fresh & new ideals for fellowship and service are always welcome. Next meeting is 01/10/15

WOMEN’S GUILD Come Join us for fun, food, and fellowship (A Girl’s Night Out) at our next Meeting Tuesday Evening, Jan 27, 7 pm Stelling Hall, -The NWG Board.

Nativity Music Ministry

Wednesday Rehearsals: Resurrection Choir is the1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 9-10 am beginning 9/3 Lights of Nativity 3rd-8th Grade Choir is at 5:30 pm beginning 9/3 Judah High School Choir rehearsals 6:30 pm beginning 9/3 Thursday evening Rehearsals: Bell Choir beginning 9/04 5:30 pm Choir Practice at 7 pm

Helping Hands Ministry Meets the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 9 am each

month at Nativity. This ministry makes hats for the homeless & blankets for birthright babies. All are welcome to come to Knit & Crochet

St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen On 12/16, 9 volunteers from Nativity fed 147 people. The next Soup kitchen is 12/30. Volunteers meet at 8 am at Nativity on the 1st, 3rd, & now alternate 5th Tuesday of each month. If you would like to volunteer, there is a sign up sheet on the table in the Narthex. For more information, contact John Walton 901-568-0910. DEC Tuesday‘s 2,16, & 30

TOPs: Take off the Pounds Sensibly Do you need to lose a few pounds? If so, come and join our TOPS chapter. We meet in Stelling Hall on Mondays evenings from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at Nativity

Crochet &

There are containers in Baker Hall to place school supplies in during the course of the year for the students and teachers of the Jubilee Schools. This is an on-going church project. Your help is greatly appreciated by all!

Music Ministry Extra Do you have a favorite hymn(s) that you are just hankering to sing at Mass? Please write it down and place it in the mail slot for FAVORITE HYMNS found on the table in the Narthex.

All Ladies of Nativity Parish are welcome to join in a spiritual teaching-retreat by Father Michael Gaitley, “Consoling the Heart of Jesus”. We will begin our new study on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 6:30 pm. For more information contact Helen Lenahan at Nativitybartlett.org.

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Our parish is very busy and we receive many requests to use meeting spaces and the church grounds. Please contact Deacon Frank Larker at 382-2504 to schedule your event. All requests should be scheduled as far in advance as possible. Those who use our facility are responsible for setup and clean-up. You must notify the office if your event is cancelled. To have your event announced from the pulpit at the weekend masses, submit your information by 10:00am Friday morning.

Keep your Information Current If your phone number, work number, cell number, address, e-mail address, or name changes, please notify the office.382-2504 Thank-you!

Scheduling Events at the Church

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In order to prevent abuse and the devastating consequences for all involved, the Diocese of Memphis is providing information for anyone who needs help.

Tennessee Child Abuse Hot Line: 1-877-237-0004

In the Diocese of Memphis contact: Shari Lee, Victim Assistance Coordinator 901-652-4066 OR

Dr. Jim Latta, Office of Child and Youth Protection and Professional Responsibility 901-359-2027

To insure your information makes it into the bulletin date of your choice please be advised:

1. Your information needs to be written or typed and to the parish office no later than 4 pm Thursdays or emailed to [email protected] no later than 9 pm Thursdays. If you drop your info by the office or email it to office staff-it may or may not get to me in a timely manner. Emailing [email protected] by Thursdays will get your info into the bulletin in a timely manner. 2. The bulletin is sent to the publisher Friday at noon for the weekend-one week out. 3. Space in the bulletin is always a challenge, the sooner you get your announcement in the better. If space is at a premium, any given week, editing may happen to fit things in. Thank you for your cooperation. Pam Walton ANNOUCEMENTS TO BE MADE AT MASS BY FATHER NEED TO BE SENT TO ANGIE O’NEILL BY 4:30 PM Thurs

Note: What is turned in on Thursday for the bulletin is not for the weekend that comes within two days, but for the weekend after.

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Bulletin Guidelines

Have a Digital Picture of your group that you would like to

submit for use on the front of the bulletin?

Here is what you need to do. Make sure the picture is in a jpeg format, clear, not too dark, and not blurred. Close-ups are better than

events or groups that are at a distance. Also, make sure that the picture is of recent events no more than a month old. Give a little info about the picture and who is in it and you are good to go.

Just submit it to [email protected] or upload it to www.facebook.com/groups/830749576971608/

The Ministry Section is on Page 4, the youth ministry section and P.R.E. are on page 6. Please refer to these pages for meeting times and schedules. The whole bulletin is filled with events of interest-check it out. The regular Mass times can be found on the front page.

Coming the Week of January 11, 2015: Sunday. January 11. 2015: -Father Barron’s Catholicism Series 9 am in Stelling. Adult Faith class between the morning Masses-Come Join us -Life Blood in Stelling 12 to 3:45 pm - All Religious Ed Classes resume at their Normal Schedules -CYO 6-7:30 with New Youth Director Stephen Peyton Monday, January 12, 2015: -TOPs Take off pounds Sensibly 4:30 pm -Gourmet Club in Stelling Hall 7-8 pm Tuesday, January 13. 2015: Boy Scouts in Stelling 6-9 pm Wednesday, January 14, 2015: - See Music Ministry Block on Page 4 for Choirs & Practice times -Filipino Prayer Group 6 pm in Chapel -RCIA Meets at 6:30 pm -Women’s Prayer Group: “Consoling the Heart of Jesus” 7:15-8:30 pm Thursday, January 15. 2015: -See Music Ministry Block on Page 4 for Choirs & Practice times -Helping Hands Ministry 9-11:30 am -Legion of Mary 4:30 pm in Stelling Friday, January 16, 2015: 7th-12th Grade Lock in for 9 pm to 7 am Stelling Hall Saturday, January 17, 2015: -Fishers of Men Prayer Group meets at 8:45 am Sunday. January 18. 2015: -Father Barron’s Catholicism Series 9 am in Stelling. Adult Faith class between the morning Masses-Come Join us -KoC Pancake Breakfast in Stelling Hall after all Masses - All Religious Ed Classes are at their Normal Schedules -CYO 6-7:30 with New Youth Director Stephen Peyton NO PUPPET MINISTRY UNTIL JANUARY 25

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Youth & Young Adult Ministry

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Puppet Ministry: Open to 6th to 12th Grade youth Practices are Sundays, 4-5 pm beginning 09/14. Come join the fun and give your flare

for drama to your puppet avatar. Contact John Walton, 901-568-0910 for more info or to join up! Puppet Schedule. December 14-January 18-Mid Winter Break Practices will Resume January 25

Theology on Tap: You are invited to Theology on Tap, an exciting group for young adult Catholics in their 20s and 30s. Check out our website for all the latest information at totmemphis.org. Or follow us on Twitter @totmemphis.

Young Adult Opportunities

CYO 9-12 Grade Meets on Sundays from 6-7:30 pm Sept-May 6-8 grade Jr High Puppeteers 4-5:00 pm Sept-May; Pam Walton-568-0909, [email protected] Autumn and Winter Activities 2014 Dec 21-28: Christmas Break No Meetings Jan 4, 2014 CYO Resumes *Due to the Parish Christmas Party-there is only one meeting time for CYO & Puppets in December. Welcome Stephen Peyton, Nativity’s new director of youth ministry.

Scouting News

Nativity’s Scout Pack 258 meetings Contact Mark Owens 901-827-1262 or [email protected] for more information. The Boy Scouts meet from 6-9 pm on the 1st, 2nd, & 5th Tuesdays (when there is a 5th Tues) per month at Nativity

Catholic Student Centers! The Catholic Student Center at 3625 Mynders Ave at the corner of Patterson offers weekday Mass every Monday,

Wednesday, & Thursdays at 4:30 pm and Sundays at 5 pm. All are invited! For more information call Catholic Campus Ministry at 901-323-3051. Calling all college students! The school year has started & Campus Ministry in the Diocese of Memphis is in full swing! Come by our Catholic Student Center and get in-volved. Check out our FB page at www.facebook.com/memphiscso or www.facebook.com/RhodesCSA

Puppet Ministry

We are looking for assistant Catechists in all levels of the Atrium & Confirmation classes. Training will be provided. Please contact Theresa Krier if you are interested in learning more about Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. [email protected] 619-6709. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and Confirmation Classes started Sunday, September 7: 3yrs-K 9-10:15 am & 10:30-11:30 am Level I Atrium 1st –3rd Grade 9-10:15 am Level II Atrium 4th-6th Grade 6-7:30 pm Level III Atrium 7th-8th Grade 6-7:30 pm Confirmation I & II 12/21-28 No Classes, Merry Christmas- 01/04 Classes Resume

P.R.E. News

January Movie Marathon Lock-in for 7th-12th Grade youth: January 16 from 9 pm to 7 am X-Men Movie Theme Marathon. There will

be a sign up sheet on the bulletin board by December 20th & 21st.

VOYAGE RETREAT FOR 7TH & 8TH GRADERS

All 7th and 8th graders are encouraged to participate in the VOYAGE retreat, which will be held on January 23-25, 2015 at St. Benedict at Auburndale High School in Cordova. The retreat is designed to allow the participants to develop a better understanding of them-selves through their gifts and talents and to increase their self-esteem, self-worth, and self-confidence. Cost is $50.00 per partici-pant and registration forms can be found at www.cdom.org. The deadline to register is two weeks prior to the retreat weekend, which is January 9, 2015. For questions or more information, con-tact Dianne Dolan [email protected] or 901-373-1292.

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Memphis Deanery

Mark Your Calendars for January 11, 2015 Nativity's Lifeblood Drive is THIS Sunday from 12noon to 3pm. Only 1 out of every 30 people gives blood regularly. Why not give it a try and save a life? If you did not make an appt., stop by anyway. All attempts to donate will get a Lifeblood t-shirt. Give blood. Give life. (901-652-5475 Janet Sutton or e-mail ([email protected] )

Mark Your Calendars: Italian Winterfest, Sunday Evening, 01/11/15 at the Racquet Club of Mem-phis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave., Memphis, TN 5:00 pm. An evening of good food, good wine, good music and lots of fun. Join us as we celebrate the 2nd annual Honored Guest of Winterfest, Rev. Msgr.

John B. McArthur. Tickets are $45. per person, Available online at www.avemariahome.org. Also available at St. Louis Church. Contact Lisa Bell AMH-901405-3791 [email protected] or Catholic School Office-Mary Carmack 901-373-1205, [email protected]