St. James Parish, Jacobs Prairie, MN

	Lector	Intentions	Servers
Jan. 9 9am		Muriel Philippi
Jan. 12 8pm	Teri Braegelmann	Del Ritter	Laura Braegelmann
Jan. 13 9am	Terri Steven	For the Parishioners	Ben Dingmann, Ryan Fuchs
	Gift Bearers	Communion Ministers	Ushers
Jan. 12 8 pm	Math and Delrose Hondle	Jim Johannes, Cheryl Johannes, Maggie Anderson	Ken Simon and Art Fischer
Jan. 13 9 am	Fritz and Carol Schmitz	Carol Schmitz, Ann Jonas, Gregg Schleppenbach	Steve Heinen and Andy Janssen

Ministry Lists

Mark Your Calendar:

Card Party: Jan. 6, 2008

St. James Bazaar: June 7, 2008

Pork Chop Feed: Aug. 9, 2008

Events

From Our Pastor: The monks of Saint John’s Abbey will be gathering for their annual Monastic January Workshop from Monday through Wednesday, January 7th-9^th. I will be at St. John’s Abbey these three days during the day and returning in the evening to take any phone messages and will be here at night. In case of an emergency, I can be reached by calling St. John’s at 363-2011. The reception desk attendant will be able to contact me.

We will have Mass here at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday (January 9^th) morning. Father Elmer Torborg will be here for Mass.

2008 Calendars: A special thank you goes to the State Bank of Cold Spring for our beautiful 2008 calendars.

2007 Contribution Statements can be found on the table in the back of church for contributing envelope holders. Please pick yours up and save the parish some postage.

For 2008 the parish will be recording youth donations. It is felt that if they see how much there contributions add up over the course of a year it may encourage them to contribute regularly. Please encourage your children to use their envelopes.

There are still 2008 contribution envelopes on the table in the entryway of church. If you have not picked up your envelopes please pick them up and start using them.

Euchre Party: Sunday Jan 6, 2008. Groups 3 & 4 serve

Religious Education Program: Classes will tentatively resume Feb. 13, 2008.

Cool your needles: Quilting will resume in January.

KOINONIA RETREAT "Pascal Mystery" is the theme of this retreat. All retreats are held at Belle Prairie at the TEC Center just 3 miles north of Little Falls. The next retreat will be held Feb. 8th-10th, 2008, the first weekend in lent. Fr. Matthew Luft from St. Boniface Parish in Cold Spring will be the Spiritual Director. The retreat starts at 5:30pm on Friday and ends Sunday evening. Applications can be gotten from our website; centralmnkoinonia.org or by calling LeRoy or Mary Lou Raden at (320) 293-2080. Cost of the weekend is $50 (scholarships available for those in need) Consider taking time during lent for yourself. This retreat is open to all 20 years and older regardless of marital status. Lent is a wonderful time to take time out of our busy lives to make a weekend retreat.

Knights of Columbus Breakfast, Sunday, January 6, St. Joe Lab School, St Joseph, more info on bulletin board in back of church

Sunday Brunch, St. John the Baptist Parish Center, Jan. 13, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm.

**Have an announcement for the bulletin? Contact Karen at 250-3297 or karenschlangen@yahoo.com **

Bulletins January 13, 2008