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Bulletin for June 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.
No Prayer Meeting on June 20th and July 4th: There will be no prayer meeting on Father's day, Sunday, June 20th so everyone can enjoy the day with their families. Let us all pray for all fathers and fathers-to-be. Also, there will not be a Prayer Meeting on Sunday, July 4th because the church buildings are closed for Independence Day (there will be mass but no other gatherings that day).
Prayer meeting will be in Youth Hall from June 27th thru July 19th: Due to Community Inns, a rotating homeless shelter, using the Community Center, The Prayer meetings from June 27th thru July 19th will be in the Holy Family Youth Hall - the smaller building to the right of the Community Center. On July 26th, we will meet in the Community Center.
MSJC Gifts of the Holy Spirit talk series continues in 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 in June:
Gift of Knowledge - June 6th Gift of Piety - June 13th. Gift of The Fear of the Lord - June 27th
MSJC Pizza Night: MSJC will be hosting a free pizza dinner after the prayer meeting on Sun. June 27. This is an opportunity for fellowship and also for you to invite someone new. We will have signups to bring salad, soda and desserts on Sun. June 13th.
Holy Family Parking Lot Reconstruction this summer On June 27th and for the rest of July, there will be no on-site parking because of the church parking lot reconstruction. Parking will be available at Erikson school across the street or in the neighborhoods nearby. Please add 15 minutes to your time to get to the prayers meetings because of this parking situation.
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 our new Children's Ministry coordinator, Annie Esget. 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: The Catholic Family Life Conference is in Anaheim again this year on Aug. 21 - 22. You can sign up for the conference online at www.catholicresourcecenter.org or call 877-526-2151. 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.