Mission San Jose Community
Bulletin for April 2004
Community Prayer Meetings at Holy Family Parish in San Jose: Our weekly prayer and praise meetings will be every Sunday from 4 to 5:30pm at Holy Family Catholic Parish in San Jose ( 4848 Pearl Avenue ) in the Community Center. As always, these prayer meetings are open to anyone who would like to join us in praising GOD and learning more about MSJC. Check us out on the web at http://www.msjc.org
No Prayer Meeting on April 11th or 25th: There will be no prayer meeting on Easter day, April 11th so everyone can enjoy Easter with their families. Let us praise Jesus for his resurrection and giving us eternal life with him and the Father. No prayer meeting on April 25th either since the church is using the Community Center. There will be a prayer meeting on May 2nd.
MSJC Day of Recollection: MSJC will be hosting a day of recollection in Santa Cruz right off the ocean at the Shrine of St. Joseph the Guardian of the Redeemer (544 West Cliff Drive) on Sat. April 24th from 9 am. to 2 pm. All are welcome to attend. We will have a talk in the morning from one of the priests at the Shrine and then Mass and lunch is included. Cost will be $10 a person. Space is limited to 40 people. We will need RSVPs by April 15th so they can have a lunch count - to RSVP, please call Judy Bateman. For directions, get a flyer at the prayer meetings or from the web site.
MSJC Gifts of the Holy Spirit talk series starts in April and goes thru June : MSJC will be having a series of talks on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit starting in April during the Sunday prayer meetings. Here is the schedule of the talks:
Gift of Wisdom - April 4th Gift of Understanding - April 18th Gift of Counsel - May 16th
Gift of Fortitude - May 23rd Gift of Knowledge - June 6th Gift of Piety - June 13th.
Gift of The Fear of the Lord - June 27th
MSJC Ministry Schedule: Below is the Ministry Schedule for the following weeks:
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Children's Ministry: MSJC offers our children a time to learn about the Lord under our Children's Ministry for Toddlers
(ages 6 mos to 4 years) and School Age Children (5 yrs to 12 yrs). The toddlers will be in the Parish Nursery Room, while the School Age Children will be next door to them in the Conference Room. For info on this ministry, please pick up a Parent info sheet and Conduct Guidelines in the Children Ministry rooms. If you have any questions or comments, please call Susan Kingsley. We use the Catholic Kids Net program for School Age children. MSJC has both parent volunteers and baby sitters for the Toddler Ministry - parents sign up as toddler assistants to help out baby sitters when needed. The School Age Ministry has parent volunteers. All Children Ministry volunteers must be fingerprinted due to a requirement of the Diocese of San Jose. Please contact Colleen Murphy at Holy Family (408-265-3181) to set up an appointment to do that.
Mark your calendars: Next pizza nite is Sunday, May 23rd. The Northern California Catholic Charismatic Convention is May 28th thru 30th at Santa Clara Convention Center. The Catholic Family Life Conference is in Anaheim again this year on Aug. 21 - 22. Our annual Summer picnic will be at Emma Prusch Farm Park again on Saturday, August 28th from 10 am. - 5 pm. We are in need of 2 coordinators for the picnic, please contact Gary Herbst or Dan Franke if interested.
Prayers/Prayer Line Info: Anne Hashimoto is our volunteer for the Prayer Line Ministry. Please send her your prayer request by email. To be part of the Email Prayer Line, please tell her or send her your email address and she will add you to our Prayer Line email list.
MSJC Council Meetings: The MSJC Council meets the first Monday of every month to discuss MSJC activities and other business items. The current council members, who have just recently been re-elected, are John Colon, Dan Franke and Gary Herbst. Please contact one of the council members for more information on meetings or location.
Supporting MSJC: Mission San Jose Community has tax-exempt status with both the Federal and State governments. You can help support MSJC with your tax-deductible contributions which can be given to Chris or Susan Kingsley. A financial report is available to anyone who requests one from Chris Kingsley for review of the finances for MSJC.