Pastor: Assistant:

Sunday Confessor: Liturgies:

Baptisms, Marriages:

Rev. Fr. Mark Gnutel Sr. Janet Kozak, SSMI Rev. Fr. Eugene Rudachek Sunday 9:00 am (English)

11:00 am (Ukrainian/English) Weekdays - as per bulletin schedule by appointment

Dec. 6, 2009 27th Sunday after Pentecost

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We praise you, O bishop of Christ, Nicholas, and we venerate your memory, for you pray for us to Christ, our God.

Sunday Ministry Schedule

December 06 December 13 December 20

Rosary Leonard Terrick Laura Lazurko Natalka Sharp Greeters Danny SchuréJuliane Sciable Paul/Tamara Kochan Kurt/Darlene Wright Epistle Dave Douchant Tracey Swintak Eugene Statkewich Ushers W.Bzovy/J.Kozakevich G.Preyma/F.Pacholuk T.Robinson/M.Henderson Eucharist Kevin Komarnicki Leonard Terrick Ned Derkach

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Sanctuary Sanctuary Icon of Mary Icon of Jesus

Dec 6 +Fred & Mary Wus (Harry Indzeoski)

+Peter Hyska (Elizabeth)

Donna`s health (Family)

John Kosc - birthday blessings

(Elizabeth)

Holy Family Calendar for Dec. 6 - 13

Sun. Dec 6 - 27th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Nicholas, Wonderworker

10:00 am - Divine Liturgy - For the parishioners (Fr. Mark) St. Nicholas Celebration to follow in the hall after liturgy.

Mon. Dec 7 - No Divine Liturgy

Tue. Dec 8 - No Divine Liturgy

Wed. Dec 9 -

9:00 am - Divine Liturgy - For the parishioners (Fr. Mark)

Thu. Dec 10 - 8:30 am -

7:00 pm -

Divine Liturgy - +Pauline Ohirko (Lena & Marianne Derkach)

Prayer group

Fri. Dec 11 - 8:30 am - Divine Liturgy - Trevor Scraba & friends for a safe trip (Judy, Zenon & Tyler Scraba)

Sat. Dec 12 - No Divine Liturgy

Sun. Dec 13 - Sunday of the Holy Fore-fathers

9:00 am - 10:00 am - 11:15 am -

Catechism, Youth Divine Liturgy - For the parishioners (Fr. Mark) Decorating the church for Christmas

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Help required

Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome

Please welcome to our parish today, on the Feast of

St. Nicholas, the choir RadistRadistRadistRadist. Please join them in the opening and

communion hymns which are published in the center of this

bulletin. Thank you and may God bless you and your music ministry.

Parish �ews

Catechism - Classes resume on Sunday, December 13th at 9:00 am.

Children’s Choir will sing the liturgy at 10:00 am on December 13.

Please note schedule change to the December calendar. There will not be a

Divine Liturgy on December 8 and 18 as previously published.

Christmas confessions will take place on Sunday, December 20th from 6:00-8:00 pm. Please set aside time with your family to come out and prepare

for the birth of our Lord with this important and healing sacrament.

Altar Servers - Please note that servers are need for all 3 Christmas liturgies. Parents, please let the office know when your child will attend (Dec. 24 5pm,

Dec 24 10pm, or Dec 25 10am), or whether they will be away.

St. John’s Haven Inc. - Maintenance person required for 44 unit senior’s apartment building. Experienced handy man required to do minor repairs and

various other duties. Call 284-2422 for more information.

Youth-Members who are involved in “Project Hope” are asked to meet in the

board room on Sunday, December 13 at 9:00 am sharp. The countdown is on!

The church will be decorated for Christmas on Sunday December 13th following liturgy. We encourage all our parishioners and families to make time and come out to help prepare for Our Lord’s birth. Donations towards the purchase of flowers and decorations for our church are greatly

appreciated. Many hands make light work.

Mark your calendars for our annual parish Christmas dinner on Saturday, January 9. Divine Liturgy will be at 5:00 pm with dinner to follow at 6:00pm.

Tickets will go on sale soon.

The family of the late Peter Hyska would like to thank everyone for their tremendous support, all the baking and the help provided. Thank you.

Mary’s Angels are for sale from the UCWLC in support of the Marian Hour, and are available every Sunday after Divine Liturgy until Christmas. The angels are “in loving memory” of a loved one. Angels may be taken home when purchased, and the names of the deceased will be hung on a tree near the Nativity during the

Christmas season.

HERE I AM TO WORSHIP (Opening Hymn) Light of the world, You stepped down into darkness, Opened my eyes, let me see. Beauty that made this heart adore You. Hope of a life spent with You. Here I am to worship, Here I am to bow down, Here I am to say that You’re my God. You’re altogether lovely. Altogether worthy. Altogether wonderful to me. King of all days, Oh so highly exalted, Glorious in heaven above. Humbly You came to the earth You created, All for love’s sake became poor. I'll never know how much it cost To see my sin upon that cross.

CHRIST, BE OUR LIGHT (Communion Hymn) 1. Longing for light, we wait in darkness. Longing for truth, we turn to You. Make us your own, your holy people, Light for the world to see. Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness. Christ, be our light! Shine in your Church gathered today. 2. Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing for hope, many despair. Your word alone has pow'r to save us. Make us your living voice. 3. Longing for food, many are hungry, Longing for water, many still thirst. Make us your bread, broken for others, shared until all are fed. 4. Longing for shelter, many are homeless, Longing for warmth, many are cold. Make us your building, sheltering others, walls made of living stones. 5. Many the gifts, many the people, many the hearts that yearn to belong. Let us be servants to one another, making your kingdom come.

Knights of Columbus

Dear fellow parishioners,

Holy Family Council has once again spiritually adopted an unborn child who is now in the fourth month in the mother`s womb. We invite everyone to pray for this baby and to save the date April 18, 2010 to

celebrate the birth with a baby shower and pancake breakfast.

Four Month Developing Baby - Our little baby now weighs 6 ounces. The baby has fingernails and eyelashes. The baby has its own unique fingerprints which will remain the same until death. The taste buds are working. The sense of hearing is developing and present at 14 weeks. There are no major developments anymore. Our spiritually adopted baby is already well-formed internally and externally. All that baby needs

now is time to gain weight and grow strong. What a miracle the baby is!

Congratulations to Ms. Theresa Gnutel, the winner of the Knights of Columbus 2009 Grey Cup Pool. The Knights of Columbus Council #8499

would like to thank all those who supported this fundraiser.

Keep Christ in Christmas coloring contest has been extended. Submissions can be made until Sunday, December 13. Please forward your works of art to Mr. John Nicholson. Prizes will be awarded on

Sunday, December 20th at the K of C family of the month liturgy.

UCWLC

1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: Final:

1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: Final:

Jean Uchach Stella Hyska B. Kackenhoff Andrew Obirek

Ernie Platschek Eric Koller Gloria Matskiw Brenda Luba

Correct Scores ($100):

Reverse Scores ($25):

Note the next UCWLC meeting will be on December 16 at 7:00 pm. Thank you to all who coordinated the fundraiser and to everyone who bought or sold tickets.

Conception of St. Anna December 9th

Saints Anna & Joachim (Baba and Dido of Jesus) were childless for 50 years of their married life. Then the Archangel Gabriel appeared to them, each separately, and foretold the birth of a daughter. God had heard their prayers. They had always been very devout and gave one third of their income to the temple, one third to the poor and lived on the remaining third. St. Joachim lived to be 80 and St. Anna lived to be 79. In response to the blessing and the archangel's prophecy, they dedicated Mary to the Lord and presented her to be raised in the temple from a young child.

$120 - 1 $100 - 2 $80 - 2 $75 - 1

$60 - 2 $48 - 1 $45 - 1 $40 - 4

$35 - 3 $30 - 6 $26 - 1 $25 - 8

$23 - 1 $20 - 25 $15 - 8

Sunday, �ovember 29 - The following is a breakdown of general donations received from 101 of 230 envelopes (includes direct deposit):

$12 - 2 $10 - 17 $5 - 16

Sunday Offerings for: Nov 1 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29

Envelopes $3747.45 $2280.00 $3266.00 $2194.20 $2356.90 Funerals - - - 100.00 - Cash Donations 63.00 17.25 49.00 23.00 58.35 Candle Sales 56.20 52.25 - 65.40 71.05

Church Maintenance 500.00 - - - -

Food Bank - - 51.40 - - Initial Offering - - - - - PRRF Fund 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00

Total $4446.65 $2369.50 $3436.40 $2697.85 $2661.30

Special Donations - Elevator $211.00 $50.00 $360.00 $230.00 $80.00 Holy Spirit Seminary 450.00 165.00 65.00 - -

Roof Repair 253.00 45.00 55.00 90.00 -

Flowers 60.00 - - 275.25 155.00

Icon Fund - - 1500.00 - -

Catechism Donation - - 50.00 - - Christmas Offering - - - 20.00 -

Pre-Christmas Outreach

The parish youth are sponsoring a needy family this Christmas, and we are asking for your help to fill a food hamper for them. Donations of non-perishable food items are most gratefully accepted. We are also accepting monetary donations for perishable items (meat, fruit, dairy..).

Items brought to the church by Friday December 18 will be included in the hamper. Items donated after December 18 will be donated to Winnipeg Harvest as time permits.

Thank you for your generosity, and for supporting our youth

ministry in helping the less fortunate.

Please see below for our list of required hamper items:

Christmas Hamper Wish List Quantity

Juice (100% fruit juice), 1 litre 3

Cans of Soup* (lentil, pea, vegetable) 4

Cans of Vegetables (including tomatoes* 4

Jelly powder 4 pkg

Cans of Fruit (packed in own juice) 3

Macaroni & cheese 5

Pasta-whole-grain (eg spaghetti, rotini, etc) 2

Spaghetti sauce* 1

Rice (brown, converted or parboiled) 2 pkg

Oatmeal (non-sweetened) 2

Canned Tuna (packed in water) 3

Peanut Butter 2

Pancake Mix 1

Syrup 1

Stuffing 1 pkg

Jam 1

Cookies 2 pkg

Cake Mix 3

Candy 2

Gravy Mix 3

Cranberry Sauce 1 can

Sugar 4 kg

Tea 1 pkg

Turkey 10 lbs

Scalloped Potatoes 2 pkg

OFFICE HOURS

Tuesday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Please submit announcements for parish bulletin by 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Our Holy Father �icholas gives us a beautiful example of a living, active, and sacrificial love of God and neighbour. His love of neighbour is universal, all-embracing, full of mercy and ready to assist in every necessity of soul and body. St. Nicholas saw Jesus Christ in his neighbour and that is why he quickly and generously hastened to help him in every need. The Holy Gospel says that at the Last Judgement the Lord will judge us by our works of love and mercy. Christ assures us of this when He says: “Amen I say to you, as long as you did it for one of these, the least of My brethren, you did it for Me.” (Matthew 25:40)