SAINT BARTHOLOMEW

CATHOLIC CHURCH

www.StBartsElberta.com

Email: StBartsElberta@gmail.com

12795 Illinois Street Father James Dean, Pastor Reverend Mr. Kenneth Kaiser, Deacon

Elberta, AL 36530 Cell: 251-504-9062 Home Phone: 251-987-1503

251-986-8142 email: Father.JDD@gmail.com

Secretary: Paulette Corban Parish Catechetical Leader (PCL):

Office: 251-986-8142 Cell: 251-923-9787 Kim Frank (251-424-0103, kfrank@bcbe.org)

e-mail: StBartsElberta@gmail.com

Office Hours: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Monday thru Friday Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2015

Weekend Masses Saturday 6:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM & 10:30 AM

Weekday Masses

Tues at 6:00 PM Wed - Sat at 7:30 AM Confession Saturday 5:00 - 5:45 PM

Tuesday 5:00 - 5:45 PM

Thursday 6:30 - 7:20 M On Request

Let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.– 1 John 3:18

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading - Barnabas reported to the apostles how Saul had seen the Lord on the way (Acts 9:26-31).

Psalm - I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people (Psalm 22).

Second Reading - This is God’s commandment: that we may believe and love (1 John 3:18-24).

Gospel - I am the true vine; whoever remains in me will bear much fruit (John 15:1-8).

Kaechele Motors, Inc. 25203 State St. Elberta, AL

251-986-5219

Remember to support The

Prince of Peace Cemetery

Contact Jim Horak

for information

Dear Parish Family, Congratulations to our First Holy Communicants who will be receiving our Eucharistic Lord for the first time this Sunday at the 10:30 AM Mass. May this union with Jesus be fulfilled for each of them in Heaven when He calls them from this life to Himself!

Don’t miss out on the Natural Family Planning presentation this Tuesday evening, May 5th, at 7:00 PM by Dr. Mark and Debra Kummers. Everyone needs to understand the true meaning of human sexuality as there are always opportunities to impart this much needed knowledge (to children and grandchildren, to family and friends) Finally, May is our parish’s month to assist Catholic Social Services of Baldwin County in stocking their Food Pantry. The following items are urgently needed: canned fruit, jelly, chili, beef stew, instant potatoes. These items are needed on a regular basis: breakfast cereals, boxes of grits/oatmeal, spaghetti sauce, canned chicken and pork & beans. There are boxes in the vestibule of the Church – please help us to fill them each Sunday, starting next weekend!! Monetary donations are also gratefully accepted (tax-deductible checks should be made out to CSS and dropped in our collection basket at Mass). A reminder – they cannot give out expired or opened food items. In Christ, our Risen Lord, Father James Dean

Hell has no exits.

Heaven needs none

Come in after Mass and receive a dollar off of your meal!

W o l f e - B a y v i e w

Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc.

Gary Wolfe

Owner

Gary Simms

Manager

2551 S. McKenzie St. Foley, AL 36535

(251) 943-2391

Fax (251) 943-2392

19698 Greeno Rd.

Fairhope, AL 36532

(251) 990-7775

Fax (251)990-7776

27409 U. S. Hwy. 98

Daphne, AL 36526

(251) 625-2900

Fax (251)625-2888

25102 State Street

Elberta, AL 36530

(251) 986-3071

Fax (251) 983-3073

John P. Werner Thomas J. Werner

Ben Werner

The Boss: Janice K. Werner Boss in training: Jacy Werner

TOM’S

AUTO REPAIR, LLC

251-986-5135

11551 County Road 87 South, Elberta, AL 36530

Local Seafood Tradition since 1973 Locations in Foley and Orange Beach

Foley, Al 36535

If you like dancing

with the stars, you’ll love

rejoicing with the king.

Ted Hughes Realtor thughesbender@yahoo.com C 251-979-5663

956 West Beach Blvd. F 251-281-2089 Gulf Shores, AL 36542 T 866-948-2651

*If you are new to our church, please fill out one of our registration sheets available in the rear of the church.

The best thing to save for your

future is your soul.

Collection April 26th

Attendance: 241

Sunday Collection: $3,092.25

Thank you for your generosity.

Ministry Contacts:

Altar Server Vincent Kaiser 962-2119

Bereavement Committee Nita Kaiser 986-5222

Bulletin Ads Paulette Corban 986-8142

Burse Club Margaret Peterson 987-5251

Catholic Charities Glen Kaiser 943-4644

Catholic Social Services Nita Kaiser 986-5222

Engaged Encounter Deacon Kenny 987-1503

EMHC Bill Byerley 986-3993

Finance Council Andy Schaff 986-5341

Hospitality Alma Doege 986-5201

Knights Of Columbus Donald Rhodes 928-7310

Ladies Society Alma Doege 986-5201

Liturgy Committee Father Dean 986-8142

Marriage Encounter Deacon Kenny 987-1503

Music Ministry Erin Faulk 978-2383

Parish Council Marshall Holman 986-8751

Parish Hall Paulette Corban 923-9787

Prayer Line Pat Krauss 979-8871

Prince of Peace Jim Horak 986-5248

RCIA Father Dean 986-8142

Sanctuary Care Bill & Jill Byerley 986-3993

Ann Hansen 962-4914

St. Benedict School Jaivi Howell 986-8143

Welcome Committee Karen Krauss 986-8270

Prayers for the sick:

Veston Bailey, Steve Blankenship, Gene Boros, Alice Burkhardt,

Kyleigh Marie Cain, Jordan Darling, Baxter Duddy, Jim Earp,

Johnny Gottler, Dennis Kaiser, Tina Kliemisch, Kenny Kaiser

Jr., Eugene Klein, Lorraine Kowalski, Kevin Laird, Carol Legere,

Ron Lewis, Katherine Merritt, Mary Morgan, Fr. Howard

Moussier, Ella Poythress, Charles Peterson, Ann Ritchie, Babe

Rowan, Rhonda Smith, Chuck Valdos, Christina Villa, Debbie

Wallace, Tammy Wright and Zachery Wood.

Prayers for recently deceased (during the last year):

David Bitto,Thomas Byerley, Charles Chrenco, Audrey & Walter

Cummings, Alice Cruz, Dottie Dean, Gregory & David Florian,

Joe Gottler Jr., Kayla Green, Margaret Klein, Frederick

Konecek, Fred Leiterman, Marty McDonald, Doris Milan, Marilyn

Moussier, Rita Neumann, Frank Parker, Laura Platt, Beverly

Paszkowski, “Donne” O'Donnell, JoAnn Rhodes, Bobby

Warhop, Rhonda Willis, John Vargo.

Welcome to our visitors. For further information go to our website: www.StBartsElberta.com

or contact our Church Secretary at 251-986-8142 or by email (StBartsElberta@gmail.com).

Sick or Shut-in If you are ill or know of someone who is ill,

due to have surgery or in the hospital and would like a visit

from the pastor, please call Father Dean at 251-986-8142.

SUNDAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Date/Time Altar Servers Lector Extraordinary Ministers Ushers

____________ of Holy Communion__________________________________

5/2 6:00 PM J & M Akins B Wood B Byerley, A Doege M & D Krehling

5/3 8:00 AM N & N Spencer T Krehling M Kaiser JJ Danley, D Fischlein

5/3 10:30 AM I McCormick, T Chandler C Klingelberger M Klingelberger S & E Carter

5/9 6:00 PM J Werner, J Akins E Brewer A Bacher, B wood D & J Burkhardt

5/10 8:00 AM N & E Weeks P Corban M Kaiser E Frank, Volunteer

5/10 10:30 AM M & E Kaiser A Schaff C Klingelberger L & R Krauss

This week’s collection counters: 5/3:Y Gruber, A Bailey 5/11 L Kaiser, P Corban 5/17 J Krauss, T Morris 5/24: J & B Byerley 6/1:A Mullek, P Corban 6/7: R & K Krauss

Mass Intentions

5/2 6:00 PM St. Bartholomew Parishioners 5/3 8:00 AM † Mark Riley 5/3 10:30 AM First Holy Communicants

5/5 6:00 PM † David Bitto

5/6 7:30 AM † Fr. William Gorman 5/7 7:30 AM † Msgr. Joseph Jennings 5/8 7:30 AM † Richard C. Dean Sr. 5/9 7:30 AM End of Abortion

5/9 6:00 PM † Fr. William Gorman 5/10 8:00 AM † Ophelia Mullek

5/10 10:30 AM St. Bartholomew Parishioners

Upcoming Special Collections (To be taken up immediately after the first collection)

May 3 - Building & Maintenance

May 24 - Catholic Communications Campaign

St. Benedict School News….

The Arts at Saint Benedict Catholic School play a large part in the school culture. Performing arts such as choral music, dance, drama and string instruments, visual arts, and foreign language are all part of the broader curriculum. There is a great deal of information showing benefits of the arts including a 2008 study by The Education Commission of the States, which concludes that “arts can play a critical role in improving the academic performance of students. In a national sample of 25,000 students, those students ‘with high levels of arts-learning experiences’ earned higher grades and scored better on standardized tests than those with little or no involvement in the arts, regardless of socioeconomic status. Learning through the arts also appears to have significant effects on learning in other disciplines, with ‘students consistently involved in theater and music showing higher levels of success in math and reading.’” Not only do rainbow students benefit academically, but their happy anticipation of their arts classes clearly shows how they create hues in a black and white world.

Pictures of Parish Functions The Parish Council has requested pictures of parish functions to post on the bulletin board in the parish hall. Examples of the type of functions are as follows: First Communion, Confirmation, Vacation Bible School, church dinners and summer fun days. In order to facilitate this effort, it is requested that anyone in the parish who takes pictures of one of these events and would like to share the picture with the parish; please send an email with the picture attached to either Carl Klingelberger (carlklingelberger.ck@gmail.com) or Erin Faulk (erinfaulk@yahoo.com). We will then print out the pictures and post them periodically on the bulletin board for everyone in the parish to see.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Every Thursday beginning at 8:00 AM until Friday at 7:00 AM.

CCD News…...

Sunday, May 3rd is the last day of class. The students

in grades 3-10 will meet in the conference room

together. Pre-K will also have their last class of the

year this Sunday. There will be no refreshments due

to First Communion. Teacher’s will provide treats

instead. Have a great summer!

Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School dates have been set!

Mark your calendars for July 27th-31st.

Ladies Society News…..

We are still looking for your favorite recipe to

include in our new cookbook. Start getting them

together. The recipes may be taken to the church

office or put in an envelope addressed to Paulette and

dropped in the collection basket. Please give us your special

recipes to add to the collection we have.

Life Line Screening

St Bartholomew Catholic Church is pleased to offer a preventive health event. Life Line Screening, a leading provider of community-based preventive health screenings, will host their affordable, non-invasive and painless health screenings on 6/17/2015. Five screenings will be offered that scan for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries which is a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs which is a strong predictor of heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density screening, for men and women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis. Register for a Wellness Package which includes 4 vascular tests and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139 with our member discount). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete Also, we are happy to announce that Life Line Screening is working with us to provide our members $10 additional discounts off of a screening package in addition to a $10 donation to St Bartholomew Catholic Church. Please note that you must sign up on either the provided registration sheet (available on the flyers) or by calling the special Helping Hands registration number, which is 1-800-324-9458, in order for us to receive our $10 donation as well. If you prefer to visit the exclusive Helping Hands website to register, you may do so by visiting www.helpinghandsforhealth.com. You must sign up one of these three ways in order to get both the $10 discount as well as the $10 donation for our organization

ADORERS NEEDED!

These Adoration hours will be open soon. If you are

able, please consider signing up for one of them:

Thursday from 10:00-11:00 AM

Friday from 12:00-1:00 AM

Friday from 2:00-3:00 AM

The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Saturday Night Supper Social

May 16th after 6pm Mass Please come and bring a dish, dessert,

or just yourself!