Third Sunday of Advent December 11, 2016

Advent Penance Service on Wednesday December 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. This is a time of renewal and recommitment to BE THE MISSION; allowing Chr ist the Servant to be born anew in your life and become flesh in your daily thoughts, words, and actions – leaving behind all the baggage that keeps us from being the mission of Christ in our acre of God’s world.

Christmas Eve Mass 4:00 PM in Our Lady of Peace Church, 4:00 PM in the Alumni Hall Gymnasium 6:00 PM in Our Lady of Peace Church and 10:00 PM in Our Lady of Peace Church

Christmas Day 10:00AM in Our Lady of Peace Church (no evening Mass)

New Year’s Eve December 31, 4:30PM in Our Lady of Peace Church New Year’s Day January 1, 9:00 AM in Our Lady of Peace Church and 11:00 AM in Our Lady of

Peace Church (no evening Mass)

Why go to confession? The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance) is more than a pious devotion that we pick or choose to participate in occasionally. The Sacrament is an opportunity to encounter Christ – the one who risked his life – literally – for the sinner, the lost one, the one who could not forgive and the one who believed that they could not be forgiven.

Sacrament of Reconciliation - Communal Penance Service Wednesday , December 14, 2016

7:00 PM

Is Forgiveness Important? The most difficult challenge we have in life is the ability to forgive and to be forgiven. Countless examples are around us of people who live without forgiveness. Families and friends are torn apart because we can’t forgive. Bitterness – Hostility – Grudges that we carry with us for years

and years; never letting the anger, never letting go of the hurt. Meet an angry person and you will meet a person who has

been hurt.

Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Servers, Ushers, and Greeters - You are needed for our Christmas Eve/Day and New Years Eve/Day masses! Please stop in the cry room and sign up - If you are interested in volunteering for any of these services, please contact Michael Reed in the church office or email him at MReed@christtheservantparish.org

Mass Intentions Tuesday December 13 9:00 a.m. Joseph Discipio by Julia Kaminski Wednesday December 14 9:00 a.m. Principal, Faculty, Staff and Students of Our Lady of Peace School

Thursday December 15 9:00 a.m. Rinaldo Aquino by Dessie Clark

Friday December 16 9:00a.m. Glenn Fete & Barbara Craddock by Marge Fete

Saturday December 17 4:30 p.m. Mary Kinsley by David Kinsley John Garrini by Family

Sunday December 18 9:00 a.m Sherry Andrews by Rich & Treva Aeling Edward Piccari by Family 11:00 a.m. Gemma & Donald Duplain by Duplain Family Joe Hawkins by Family 6:30 p.m. Steve Plottner & Morgan Cox by Cox/Cutlip Family

Liturgy “As Servants of Christ, through the various Liturgical Ministries, we offer our gifts to one another with the mutual kindness and respect, providing and enhancing opportunities for prayerful worship and

celebration.” Liturgy Pastoral Secretary: Chr is Thomas cftthomas1@att.net

Social Concerns “As servants of Christ, we will strive to be the presence of Christ to our parish and the wider community, providing counsel, assistance, and hope as we live the Gospel of God through our practice of the Corporal Works of Mercy. We offer our gifts with kindness and respect, enhanc-ing opportunities for fellowship and mutual support, led by Christ’s example of hospitality, diver-sity and inclusiveness.” Social Concerns Pastoral Secretary: John Cihon jci-hon@mpwservices.com

Third Sunday of Advent December 11, 2016

Baptism class On Sunday December 11th for parents who wish to have their child baptized in the months of December, January, February, and March. You must register ahead by contacting Jim Naegeli at 330-452-2202 or jnaegeli@neo.rr.com. Participants should meet in front of the church after the 9:00 AM Mass, approx. 10:00. The class will last a little over an hour.

No Food Collection at Christmas Masses Typically, a very large number of people attend the Masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. To avoid creating access and/or “traffic flow” problems at these Masses, we will suspend our food collection on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We urge parishioners to be especially generous with food donations during the weeks preceding Christmas, and we will resume “normal” food collections the weekend following Christmas.

Tree of Giving Thank you to everyone who took a tag from the tree or made a donation. Your kindness and generosity are truly overwhelming. Your spirit of giving will make this Christmas much brighter for many families.

December is shaping up to be another very good month for our food collection. This week we collected 491 lbs. of food, 40 lbs. of clothing, 11 lbs. of toiletries. Great job everyone! Catholic Charities will be very grateful when we deliver to them. Thank you again for your help.

General Parish and School Activities 50/50

Every Monday a winner will be drawn the winner will be posted in the following weeks bulletin. Put a dollar in the envelope to participate. The enve-lopes are found in your Stewardship Packets. -11/27/16 #21920 was drawn and won $117.00

Sponsor for the Week St. Luke

Parish Life Parish Life Pastoral Area Mission Statement

As servants of Christ, through the various Parish Life ministries, we offer our gifts to one another

with mutual kindness and respect, providing and enhancing diverse opportunities for fellowship, mutual support and ministry to our Parish community, led by Christ’s example of hospitality and inclusiveness.”

Parish Life Pastoral Secretary: Lynne Dragomier ldragom1@kent.edu

Christ the Servant Parish Stewardship

12/04/16 & 11/27/16 $11,119.00 Additional Religious Retirement $2,711.31

Third Sunday of Advent December 11, 2016

Trip to Italy

Anyone Who is interested in a group trip to Italy October 7 , 2017 with Lina Falcone for a 10 day escorted tour to Rome eternal city, Pompei, Capri, Assisi, Perugia, Venice, Mon-tecatini, Florence excursion, Si-ena, back to Rome. For more in-formation please call Lena Falcone 330.649.9439

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Blood Pressure Reading Ministry You are invited to have your blood pressure taken after the 9:00 a.m. Mass during Coffee Bar in Seton Hall today or AFTER 6:30 P.M. MASS in the back of the church just off the vestibule. Blood pressure monitor-ing is an important step in maintaining your good health! If you are a nurse, retired nurse, or LPN and wish to of-fer your gift to others in this ministry, please contact Bonnie Roden at 330- 494-2648 .

We Need Volunteers, Organizations and Sponsors to Help Us Help the Homeless

Where & When

The Martin Center, 1253 3rd St. SE, in Canton on December 24th from 1p to 4pm

What Is This Event?

On Christmas Eve, we are offering a complete meal, including turkey, ham and all the fixings to the homeless men, women and children in Stark County. In addition, we are also hoping to provide for many needs that day, including clothing, shoes, coats, and personal hygiene kits --- There is even a triage station planned, along with hair stylists, and make-up & nail artists. PLUS: Several of the most talented singers and artists in Stark County will join us on this special day of sharing the warmth of the holidays!

How Can You Help?

VOLUNTEER

Volunteers are needed to set up, serve meals, clean up, or even offer services to the homeless

FINANCIAL DONATION Most of the event’s needs have been covered through generous donors, there will still be some expenses, so

financial donations are welcome DONATE ITEMS

We need sleeping bags, tents, coats, socks, boots, shoes, Personal hygiene products.

(Drop off locations are listed on our website: https://sharethewarmthstark.org

How Can You Volunteer to Help?

https://sharethewarmthstark.org

Presented by: Anchor House, Addiction: Voices of Hope; The Martin Center, Refuge of Hope, 1480 WHBC & Mix 94.1..Plus many other area organizations and businesses.

VOLUNTEER NEEDS

Churches or individuals to help cook food; People to serve dinner, or help distribute coats, shirts, shoes, etc. Help with set up and tear down Volunteer professional hair stylists & nail artists

Third Sunday of Advent December 11, 2016

Join us for

Breakfast with St. Nick

Sunday, December 18th

After 9 AM Mass

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join us after 9AM Mass until 11:30 AM in the gym for breakfast,

coloring, cookies and a craft. Parents are welcome to join as

well. Bring your cameras!

We will be serving French toast sticks, sausages, milk, juice, cof-

fee (for adults). We will have gluten-free for those who have diet

restrictions.)

In lieu of fee, please bring a baby item (for Jesus’ birthday): baby

bottle, diapers, bib, rattle, lotion, shampoo, soap, clothing (new

or nearly new), etc.

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Homebound Eucharistic Ministry The parish is in need of Eucharistic Ministers who are willing to take the Eucharist to the homebound. If you would like to become a volunteer to visit our parish nursing homes Bethany, Stone Crossing and Canton Christian Home) or the hospitals, please call the parish office at 330.492.0757 or Rosemarie 330.492.0716. If you are or know of someone who is homebound , hospitalized or in a nursing home and would like someone to bring the Eucharist or visit with once in a while, please call 330-492-0757.

Hospital and Prolonged Illness Prayer List

Our Hospital and Prolonged Illness List is extremely important. We have implemented a prayer book in the church for names to be added by parishioners. Thank you.

Parish Events for the Week Ahead

Sunday December 11

New Beginners Alcoholic Anonymous meeting in the Gathering Room 7:00-8:00pm

Monday December 12

Parish Men’s Basketball

7:00-9:00p.m. Gym

Tuesday December 13 Seniors Group 2-4pm Gathering Rm. Garden Club 7-8pm Gathering Rm. Parish Adult Volleyball 8-10p.m. Gym Wednesday December 14 Bible Study 10am Gathering Room Men’s club 7-9pm Gathering Rm.

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Youth Ministry On December 29th, We will be hosting the Stark County Youth Ministries Christmas Par-ty. This party will be for the Youth Groups of all the Stark County Catholic Parishes. More details to follow.

Christmas Party The Ladies Guild and Senior Group are planning a Christ-mas Party to be held December 19th at noon. We will have good food, good entertainment and bingo all for $15 per person. Save the date and call for a reserva-tion by December 15 Joan Scarfone 330.493.4065 Jane Wheeler 330.493.0345. All are invited!

Donut Sunday Please join us for coffee and donuts after 9AM Mass, today Sunday December 11

Please do not schedule events anywhere on campus - in Seton Hall , Gym, Gathering Room, Kitchens , with-out first getting a confirmation from Mike Reed. During school days ( M-F) the school is given priority, unless other arrangements are made through Mike Reed. With the number of meetings / activities / we all need to work with procedure so as to avoid conflicts in scheduling . Msgr.