Hats Off to our Youth Group

Members, Shane and Lexi Tiffany, Kaitlin Barnes, Alex Pickel, Emma Bayuk, Isabella and Cassandra Klein, and Anne Marie and John Driver were part of a group that picked over 200 lbs of cherries donated from the St. Hilaire Farm and given to seniors in two housing complexes in downtown Kennewick. The seniors were thrilled with the cherries and it was a great way for our kids to give back the the community!

Stewardship in Action

Stewardship Message

“He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick – no food, no sack, no money in their belts.” - Mark 6:8

How different we are from the Apostles who took nothing when they ventured out to serve God?

Today, we make our journey through life more difficult because of all the material baggage that we drag along. Yet, the more we can let go of, the freer we are to serve God with love and joy.

This Week’s Stewardship of Time and Talent Salute

We salute our Perpetual Adoration Chapel Adorers for being so faithful during the year -- especially during the summer vacation months. We know the added graces our parish receives from these prayers help make our parish the wonderful parish it is.

Everyday-Everyway Stewards

Let us pray that we may learn from the Apostles to give up our strong attachment to material possessions.

Our Children’s Stewardship

Use some of these questions at dinner time to help get the conversation headed in the right direction.

• Do all families live as we do?
• Why do we have more than we really need?
• What can we do about the inequity in the world?

Parish Financial Stewardship Summary

Collection for July 5, 2009

Regular:

• 17,084.41 (Needed to make budget ($16,500)

Children’s:

• 8.35

School Endowment

• 548.00

Building Fund Report

5th Campaign Pledges

• $605,937.17

Building Fund Weekly Collection:

• 4,745.67

TOTAL BUILDING FUND TO DATE

Weekly Collections:

• 1,659,245.27

Silver Cans

• 1,643.55

Brown Roofed Churches

• 2,071.35

Memorials

• 18,881.96

Gifts

• 8,681.24

Fundraisers

• 112,754.75

Interest

• 74,588.85

Credit Card Fees

• <8,474.04>

Total Collected

• 1,920,554.94

CURSILLO NEWS

The Working Ultreya meeting will be July 18, 2009, in E Wenatchee at Holy Apostles Church, 10AM to 2PM with a potluck lunch.

Team building is going on for the upcoming Cursillos in E. Wenatchee, WA, October 1-4, for the Men and October 8-11, for the Women.

If you need an application for your candidates you can get them from our Cursillo website: www.cursillo.org/yakima/ .