FROM THE PASTOR Dear Parishioners, Imagine you are watching the action of a roulette table in Las Vegas. Suddenly you have a vision. The numbers 12, 01 and 33 keep rolling in your mind, over and over. You ponder what this means and then it’s clear. The first two are the time, 12:01 p.m., and 33 is on the roulette wheel. At exactly one minute past noon, black 33 is going to hit. You can risk a small bet of $5.00 and win $175 or you can go to the ATM and draw out all your savings and put it on 33 black. This Sunday’s gospel is about someone who finds a huge treasure buried in a field. He goes off and sells everything to buy the field. The point of the story is not about risking everything on a game of chance (or about gambling). With God, the odds are always in favor of winning. Those who place all their hope in God win every time. Trust God and you will receive endless treasure.

Yours in Christ, Father Dave

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MASS INTENTIONS Monday - July 28 – 9:00 a.m.

REV. FRANCIS FOX Tuesday - July 29 – 9:00 a.m.

MARY BROKHOFF Wednesday - July 30 – 9:00 a.m.

FRANCIS, PAUL, ELMER LOTZ Thursday - July 31 – 9:00 a.m.

BETTY KETNER (Mary Ann Schweikert & Jo Gallagher)

Friday – August 1 – 9:00 a.m. CATHERINE BORTZEL (Mary Cuchara Family)

Saturday – August 2 – 5:00 p.m HERMAN & HELEN SCHEIBELHUT (Doyne & Scheibelhut Family)

Sunday – August 3 – 8:15 a.m. JANET GRECO (Gloria Tresca)

Sunday – August 3 – 10:30 a.m. BARBARA & CARL WEISS (Weiss Children) ========================================

PRAY FOR OUR SICK / DECEASED We remember in prayer those who are ill. We commend to our Divine Lord all of our aged people and those residing in nursing homes. Sick: Margie Glunz, Loretta & Harold Raybould, Dr. David Harvey, Fred Maskerines, Francis & Mary Burns, Bill Zaharis, Chuck Majestic, Rosalia Campion, Jeffrey Stock, Esther Smith, Robert Lynn, Mary Cuchara, Mildred Ditzler, Doris Schultz, Dorothy Prokop, Kathleen Drobnick, Robert Kline. ========================================

SCHEDULE 18 TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

5:00 p.m. – Saturday – August 2nd Reader: Carol Rizzardi Euch.Min.: Molly Zwiebel, Bill Schweikert Servers: Ethan, Sage, Lindsay Garvey Cantor: Lucilla Kochol 8:15 a.m. – Sunday – August 3rd Reader: Janet Daubert Euch.Min.: Gerry Schwartz, Ray Petrilla, Paul Gombola Servers: Stephen Messina, Caitlynn Schatz, Bryan Daniels Cantor: Tina Seiger 10:30 a.m. – Sunday – August 3rd Reader: Susan Hahner Euch.Min.: John Ventura, Charlie Miller, Joyce Gerace Servers: Ashley Weiss, Adrian & Evelyn Datte Cantor: Dave Derbes ========================================

CANDLE INTENTIONS BVM – IMO RJ Post by Bob & Irene Post St. Joseph – IMO Philip Marzullo by Marianne Wollyung Tabernacle – IMO Philip Marzullo by Marianne Wollyung Sanctuary Candles 1.IMO Dawn Wiest by Wiest Family 2&3. Special Intention by Wiest Family 4.IMO Jack Scheetz by Joanie Scheetz Guardian Angels 1.Special Intention by Chris Black 2.IMO Mary Wollyung by Joe & Barbara Wollyung ========================================

BANNS OF MARRIAGE II– MaraLynn Hudock of St. John’s

and Steven Arbogast of Our Lady of Hope, Shamokin ======================================== 2014 BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL- UPDATE

Total Goal: $ 33,068.01 Amount Collected: $ 11,342.00 Number of Donors: 117 Participation: 17.33%

======================================== QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What do you consider your treasure? Reflect! ========================================

Next Week’s Readings

18 TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (August 2/3) Reading I: Isaiah 55:1-3

Reading II: Romans 8:35, 37-39 Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21

======================================== God is Light and in Him is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:5

R. C. I. A. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

RCIA is for anyone who is interested in becoming Catholic or in updating and deepening their understanding of the Catholic Faith. Are you interested in deepening your own faith? Or do you know anyone who has expressed an interest in becoming Catholic? Please invite them to join us. Have them call St. John’s Rectory, 622-5470, to register for the RCIA sessions. All are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions! ========================================

PERPETUAL ADORATION Open Hours with Jesus

At the Divine Mercy Perpetual Adoration Chapel, Pottsville, we need an adorer for the

following hours: Mondays – 12 a.m.; 2 & 3 a.m.

Wednesdays – 1 a.m., 2 a.m., 3 a.m., 4 a.m. Saturdays - 12 a.m., 1 a.m., 2 a.m.

3 p.m., 4 -5:15 p.m.; 11 p.m. Please call Albert 573-0036 or Aleece 449-7678 "Where your treasure is, there is your heart...."

"Could you not watch one hour with Me?" (Mt 6:21; 26:40)

======================================== ‘FAITHFULLY FIT’

ST. JOHN’S FITNESS GROUP Join us to develop your mind, body, and spirit. Each

Wednesday @ 7p.m. until August 20, we will be meeting in Longinus Hall for a devotional and an informative discussion on fitness, followed by a walk or run. This is a great

opportunity for beginner runners or walkers, those who want to start a fitness routine, as well as seasoned runners. If you are under 18, please attend with a parent or adult guardian. For further information and to register, please email Sarah Hahner and Darren DeArment at saintjohnrun@outlook.com or call 570-617-8418. Please join us! ======================================== COLLECTION FOR THE CHURCH IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. Thank you for your generous contributions. Your gift is an expression of solidarity with the suffering people of this region. Through joining in the work of this Collection, you are helping to restore the Church and build the future. Please visit www.uccb.org to learn more about what your donations have accomplished ========================================

WEEKLY COLLECTION July 19/20: $ 4,851.51;

European Relief: $ 870.00 We thank our parishioners for their sacrificial giving. ========================================

LOOKING FOR A WAY TO HELP ?? For September 2014 we need help with ….

Pre-School & Children’s Liturgy A Mom to help out on Sunday’s during the first half of 10:30 Mass. CCD Teachers Someone who would enjoy teaching on Sunday mornings from 9 to 10:15.

We need a 6th Grade Teacher. CCD Aides Adult aides to help CCD teachers on Sundays mornings from 9 to 10:15.

If interested please fill out the form below and return to the rectory or call 622-5470.

I am interested in: • ________ helping with the Pre-School /

Children’s Liturgy on Sunday's during the first half of the 10:30 Mass.

• ________enjoy teaching during Sunday CCD from 9 to 10:15 a.m.

• ________ aides to help out the CCD teachers on Sundays from 9 to 10:15 a.m.

======================================== ST. JOSEPH CENTER FOR SPECIAL

LEARNING, INC. Two Employment Positions Available as follows: ** Program Coordinator for Transition Learning & Assessment … Coordinate and oversee program for transition learning and assessment for students with special needs in simulated work settings and community based jobs. Twenty-nine (29) hours per week @ $10.00 per hour, thirty-six (36) weeks per year (school year). Training provided. Education background preferred.

** School-age Pre-vocation Aide/Adult Program Direct Service Worker Substitute … This is a combined position. Assist students with special needs as part of in-house pre-vocation program. Twenty (20) hours per week @ $8.75 per hour, thirty-six (36) weeks per year (school year). Also be available as on-call Direct Service Worker substitute for Adult Habilitation Program, which may require additional hours per week as well as occasional summer hours.

Please forward résumé and references no later than August 6, 2014 to St. Joseph Center for Special Learning, Inc. principal Mrs. Julia Leibensperger by either mail: St. Joseph Center for Special Learning, Inc. 2075 West Norwegian Street, Pottsville, PA 17901. or email: stjosephcenter@comcast.net

NO phone calls or walk-ins please. Important: Please specify in your correspondence to which position you are applying.

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…Eccl. 3:11

THANK YOU DEPT.

Dear Parishioners, Two beautiful evenings of low humidity and just-right temperatures made our Mid-Summer Festival a huge success this year. I would particularly like to thank our Festival Committee, Rik Jochems, George Zwiebel, Sandy Frinzi, Noel Glunz, Kathy Vicic, Judy Meseravage, Joe Burns, Michelle Ambrose and Missy Scheetz for all their hard work and time in coordinating everything for the Festival as well as making sure everything was set up and ready to go for the Festival and cleaned up afterwards. I’d also like to thank all those who helped with our food preparation, as well as our parish staff. Also, a special thank you to those who helped set-up, clean-up, worked the stands or dedicated their time and talent in any way. Your efforts are also much appreciated in allowing things to run so smoothly. A heartfelt thanks to all who sponsored the Festival, donated prizes or baked. Finally, a special thanks to all who gave their support to the Festival by being there Friday and/or Saturday evening. The patronage of this event makes all the time and effort put into the Festival very worthwhile. There are still some bills to be paid, so the final results from the Festival will be in the bulletin within a few weeks. Once again, thanks to all for making this parish event so successful. Yours in Christ, Father Dave

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FOOD COMMITTEE

We wish to thank the many volunteers who helped with the food preparation for this year’s Mid-Summer Festival. From the workers who worked on the prep, the cutting of fruit, and those who worked at the food stand, again, a great big thank you. Noel Glunz, Kathy Norkus, Hermine Murphy Joe & Ann Burns Hermine Murphy Millie Fredericks Kathy Norkus Sandy Frinzi Bob Orlowsky Noel Glunz Carole Quirin Karla Garland Reene Reddington Rik Jochems Barb&Jerry Schoenauer Judy & Pete Meseravage Juleanne Steffan Barb Munster Diane Stoudt

Adalie Zanis ========================================

THANK YOU DEPT.

BAKED GOODS / DESSERTS Many thanks to all our bakers who donated their time and energy to bake for our Festival. Everyone enjoys all your delicious desserts. We look forward to your continued support and hope you’ll help us recruit more bakers. Thanks again,

Joan Deiter & Michelle Darhun Our Bakers

Monetary Donations Frank Lorenz & Helen Schaeffer

* * * * * * * * * SET-UP / TAKE-DOWN

As in all we do at St. John's, things don't "just happen" without the involvement of many people. We especially thank the following who helped to set-up and/or clean-up for our Festival. We had fun and it went very quickly. Set-Up / Take-Down

MAJOR SPONSORS Hahner Bros. Inc. Murphy Jewelers

The Quandel Group Ed & Carole Quirin

Rosenberger Plumbing & Heating Joe & Nancy Schlitzer

MISC. SPONSORS Coke Sponsor $100.00 Pizza Sponsor $ 50.00 Clown Sponsor $ 50.00 Bleenie Mix Sponsor $ 40.00 Ice Cream Sponsor $ 25.00

Mary L. Connell Ice Cream Sponsor (1) Paul & Mary Ann Filiac Ice Cream Sponsor (1) Joanne & Sterling Hepler Ice Cream Sponsor (2) Natalie Setlock&Billy Spleen Ice Cream Sponsor (1) Luis & Virginia Visot Ice Cream Sponsor (1) John & Bernice Petock Bleenie Sponsor (1) Mary Lou Roeder Bleenie Sponsor (1) Theresa Skrobak Bleenie Sponsor (1) Mr.&Mrs. James Loeper Coke Sponsor (1) Rita Lotz Coke Sponsor (1) Robert & Donna Spiess Pizza Sponsor (1)

* * * * * * * * * SPECIALS

Thank You to the following who donated items or baskets for our Specials Table …

BeeHive Salon Joe & Maureen Kurtek Consugar Family Miske Flower Shop

Sue & Jayne Eckley Murphy Jewelers Sandy Frinzi Nancy’s Fancy Flowers Lorraine Gurlavage Pod & Petal Cookie Hashin Prezelski Family Heaven&Earth Salon Pat Trabosh Joanne Hepler Carl & Antoinette Wiest Dan Zackus Thank You to Tony & Anne Gaburick for donating all the Hot Dogs. Thank You to Tim Coyle for donating all the Pierogies. Thank You to Mary & Joe LeBlanc for donating the blueberries for our Fruit Cups. Thank You to Maeve Ketner who made all the great signs for the Festival.

Thank You to Nick Michels, Dave Derbes, Dave, Cindy & Ashley Smith for donating their time in providing the great music entertainment. Thank You to St. Patrick's for the use of their canopies.

Thank You to Sandy Clauser for setting up the prizes for the various stands.

Thank You -- A very special and deserving Thank You to the Pugh Family and their relatives for preparing that delicious Pugh Family Bean Soup recipe and for donating everything needed for the stand.

* * * * * * * * * POT LUCK STAND

This year your generosity was overwhelming. We greatly appreciate all the donations made to the Pot Luck Stand. Thank you to all of our generous parishioners and to all the local businesses who so kindly contributed great prizes this year. We could not do the stand without your help. A big thank you also to Pete Meseravage, Pat Klassen, the Consugar’s and Dave & Jullie Vicic, for all their help in working and contributing to the success of the stand. We wish many blessings and love to all of you…

Judy Meseravage and Kathy Vicic

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DESPITE OUR VERY BEST EFFORTS, WE

INVARIABLY MISSPELL, MISPLACE, OR OMIT THE

NAME OF AN IMPORTANT PERSON …. YOU! WE APOLOGIZE IF WE HAVE DONE THIS. ========================================

CHANCE BOOK PRIZE WINNERS

$1,000 - Sharon $ 500 - Pat & Bill

$ 250 - Elison $ 100 - Tony Kochol $ 50 - Peggy Stoppi $ 50 - Jackie Dellamonica $ 50 - Louis Cross

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CYO VOLLEYBALL Sign-up Deadline is Thursday, July 31st

Practice will begin in August 2nd to 8th grade eligible to play Volleyball.

Registration forms are available at the rectory during the week or in the back of church on weekends. Please call

St. John’s Rectory 622-5470 ext. 3. PLEASE NOTE: We are looking for Assistant

Coaches to help with the JV & Biddy Programs. Please call the Rectory if interested.

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POT LUCK DONORS

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FESTIVAL PATRONS

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CCD Registration Forms are at the entrances of the Church. The longer form is for new students and new first graders. The

shorter form is for students who are presently attending class.

Registration Fee: $60.00 First Child All Other Children: $55.00 per Child

======================================== CYO SPORTS – SIGN-UPS

Registration forms for all St. John's CYO sports are available at the Rectory during the week or in the back of church on

weekends; please call 622-5470 ext. 3. Fee is $20.00 per family until August 1st; $40.00 after that date. CYO sports are open to all children – grades 2nd to 8th -- enrolled in a Catholic school or public school. Participants in public school must be registered for CCD in order to play CYO sports. ========================================

NEIGHBORING EVENTS ST. PAULINE VISINTAINER … You are invited to take part in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass followed by Veneration of the first-class relic of St. Pauline Visintainer, Patron Saint of Diabetics and of all who are sick at Our Lady’s Chapel in St. Patrick’s Church on Monday, July 28th at 5 p.m. ======================================== NATIVITY BVM HIGH SCHOOL NEWS ….

KEVIN BRENNAN MEMORIAL SUMMER CARNIVAL sponsored by the Green and Gold Club of Nativity BVM High School on August 1 & 2 on the school campus from 5 p.m. to midnight. Entertainment … Friday – The Irish Lads; Saturday – Tre’. Great food, kids and adult games of chance. ========================================

OUTREACH MINISTRY REACH OUT and TOUCH SOMEONE

St. John’s OutReach Ministry can help with light housekeeping, grocery shopping,

transportation, meals, etc. Volunteers are always needed. Call Margie Glunz at 622-3067 anytime with your needs and concerns. ======================================== FROM OUR PARISH NURSE … Janet Daubert If you take blood pressure medication and sometimes feel dizzy, unstable, light-headed, or prone to falls, ask your doctor if the drug may be at least partly to blame. These medications are lifesavers, but they can increase the risk of serious falls, as was confirmed by a study recently in JAMA Internal Medicine, which looked at nearly 5,000 people over age 70 with hypertension. The greatest risk of falling is during the first month or two after starting a new hypertension drug. =====================================

THERE IS STILL TIME * SHARE YOUR EATIN’ AND DRINKIN’ TREATS WITH US *

Treasured Recipes Volume II: Saint John the Baptist Parish FAMILY and FRIENDS

We are in need of the following categories:

IN MEMORY OF or IN HONOR OF (please specify which category … you can give their name and/or yours)

APPETIZERS BEVERAGES BREAD + ROLLS SOUPS COOKIES

VEGETABLES + SIDE DISHES THIS + THAT LIGHT + OR SUGAR FREE

Recipes can be e-mailed to stjbparish@comcast.net or to: Debbiemom@verizon.net

OR Drop in Collection Basket, at the rectory, or give to any Committee Member:

Michelle Darhun Debbie Herb Frances Lorenz Carole Quirin Millie Fredericks Karla Garland Judy Meseravage Eleanor Schaeffer Sandy Frinzi Maeve Ketner Barbara Munster Kathy Vicic

Our next meeting will be Tuesday July 29th at 6:30pm in the Rectory Fellowship Room.

*WE STILL COULD USE A COUPLE OF COMPUTER SAVVY TYPISTS!*