- QUESTIONS OF THE
WEEK
- Easter Sunday
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- The resurrection of Jesus Christ is
the turning point of all human history and the ultimate reason
why we believe that good will triumph over evil in this world
as in the next.
Adults: What can I point to in my own behavior
as a sign of the power of Christ’s resurrection working
in my life?
Children: What is one good deed that I can do for
someone this week to show that I am a child of the light?
R.C.I.A.
CONGRATULATIONS
Since last September, 7 members of our community
have been preparing for the reception of sacraments this Easter.
They have gathered together faithfully nearly every Thursday
evening to study and pray. We congratulate them and are very
grateful for the model of faith they have given to us!
The following Catechumens will receive the
Sacraments of Baptism, First Eucharist and Confirmation: Robert
Craig, Daniel Helman and Alejandra Marks.
These R.C.I.C. Catechumens will all be baptized:
Abagael Brier Webb, Allyson Anne Webb and Jonathan
David Casey Webb.
Anthony Frey will be received
into the Church with the Sacraments of First Eucharist and Confirmation.
THANK
YOU
We’d like to thank the women of our funeral
luncheon ministry who prepared and served food for Margie Ruman’s
funeral lunch last Saturday. And special thanks to Kathy
Schumacher for coordinating the effort!
Thanks, too, to the goodie baker ministry for
providing yummy snacks for our students during “study tables”
this past week and for fingerfood for the Easter reception.
ATTENTION
LITURGICAL MINISTERS: We need ministers for next weekend,
March 29/30. Please contact Nancy Sand, nsand@ctkathens.org,
or 592-3410, if you can help out.
MINISTERS,
please contact Nancy Sand, 592-3410, or email her at nsand@ctkathens.org
if you can help during Holy Week services.
EASTER
TIME
The fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost
are celebrated in joyful exultation as one feast day, or better,
as one “great Sunday.” (Athanasius) These, above
all others, are the days for the singing of the Alleluia. The
Sundays of this season rank as the paschal Sundays, and after
Easter Sunday itself, are called the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh Sundays of Easter. The period of fifty sacred
days ends on Pentecost Sunday. The first eight days of the Easter
season make up the octave of Easter and are celebrated as solemnities
of the Lord. On the fortieth day after Easter, the Ascension
is celebrated. The weekdays after Ascension until the Saturday
before Pentecost inclusive are a preparation for the coming of
the Holy Spirit. (General
Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar, #22-26)
BUS TRIP TO BRIDGEPORT
& WHEELING
The St. Francis Society of Athens is sponsoring
a bus trip to the Wheeling Island Casino on Friday, April
4. We will stop at St. Joseph Church in Bridgeport to have
Mass and lunch with Fr. Mucha. We will then travel to the Casino
for those who wish to spend a few hours there or you may continue
on to Oglebay Park for the tulip festival. Cost for the bus is
$30 per person. There will be additional charge for lunch. The
bus leaves Christ The King Church at 8:30 AM and will return
to Athens at approximately 6:00 PM. Please place your name on
the sign-up sheet located on the bulletin board in the Parish
Center.
BABY BOTTLE CAMPAIGN
The Pregnancy Resource Center in Athens, a
Christian, pro-life support center, will hold its annual Baby
Bottle Campaign on Sunday, April 6th. This year the Center is
encouraging gifts in honor of the mother of your choice. They
will then send her a beautiful Mother’s Day card telling
her of the gift of life you have made in her honor.
- LITURGY BITS AND BYTES
- Intercessions
within the Eucharistic Prayer
Following the offering, we make intercession. We pray for ourselves,
that “we may be filled with his Holy Spirit, and become
one body, one spirit in Christ.” We pray for the world,
for the Pope, bishops and clergy, and for those who have died.
Having offered the one, holy, and effective sacrifice, we pray
in Christ’s name for our needs and those of the world.
Copyright
© 2008 Resource Publications, San Jose, CA
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- This is the day the
Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
- BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
March 24 - 30
Birthdays: Gary Bentley,
Linda Blazier, John Colvin, Crys Cooper, Gary Dillinger, Alex
Fink, Dee Fogt, Castle Frame, Denise Gregory, Andrea Gulino,
Jean Holland, Bob Jackson, Thomas King, Chris Lewis, Samuel Milazzo,
Nancy Nottke, Andrea Pearch, Keike Perko, Kruz Smith, Jack Stover,
Andy Tompkins, and Jose Torres.
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- Students: T.J. Carolin, Daniel Grzesik and
Elizabeth Reichert.
Anniversaries: Jessica
& Clarence Caldwell (4th).
Prayers for the
Sick
Let's be one in hope and prayerful presence
to all on our prayer list and continue to pray for Pat Lambert,
Katy Hart and Bill Rader. (Remembered
in the petitions)
- VESPERS
“The Evening Prayer of the Church”
Sundays, 5:00 PM, St. Paul’s Church
everyone is welcome
VOLUNTEER
COORDINATOR NEEDED
Once a month, the Parish Community Service
Committee has helped put on a community dinner for 30 to 50 people
at the UCM house on College Street in Athens. A new leader is
needed to be responsible for preparing a menu and recruiting
about 5 parishioners to prepare and serve the food and clean
up. We can bring food we prepare ourselves or use the food pantry
at the UCM house.
The PCSC is starting a new schedule for these
dinners, concentrating on the summer months where there is greatest
need due to fewer student volunteers. The PCSC will be responsible
for these dinners on the 4th Thursday of June (June 26)
and the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of July and August (July 10
and 24, August 14 and 28). The event usually takes about
3 hours (arrive at 4:00 PM at the UCM house to begin food preparation;
dinner served at 5:30; cleanup finished by about 7:00PM).
Please call the parish at 592-2711 if interested.
SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE
James and Martha Bratton Scholarship
will be awarded to a student attending or planning to attend
a college or technical school. The amount may vary but will not
exceed $2,000. Applicants must be members of any Christian church
of Athens County and must have a grade point average of at least
2.5 on a 4.0 scale. Applications are available through the CTK
office; application deadline is April 15.
The John and Blanche Mussio Scholarship
will be awarded to a 2008 graduating student from any public
or Catholic high school in the Steubenville Diocese who plans
to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. Applicants must
be a participating member of a parish in the Diocese, have a
GPA of 2.5 or higher, class ranking within the top third of his/her
graduating class, a combined SAT score of 900 or a composite
ACT score of 20, and demonstrate financial need as determined
by the office of student financial services at Francsican University.
Deadline for applications is 4:00 pm on Wednesday, April 4. Applications
are available through the CTK office.
ART AND
SOUL: FESTIVAL OF NATIONS
This event takes place on Saturday, April
5, from 10 am to 12:30 pm at the First United Methodist Church,
College Street, Athens. Auction items include Paul Bradford watercolors,
wooden African animal carvings, a pet portrait by Bobbi Bradford,
Nantucket woven baskets, Longaberger baskets and many other items.
Sales from the auction support the mission of Rev. Herbert and
Mary Zigbuo United Methodist missionaries to Liberia, West Africa.
For more information, check out the brochure posted on the bulletin
board in the Gathering Space in church.
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