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Saint James Parish Newsletter JULY 2018

Parish Big Choice Raffle The biggest fundraising event of the year is our annual Parish Raffle. Because of the overwhelmingly positive response to last year’s format, we have made very few changes this year. Once again, we are depending upon everyone make

an effort to sell or buy your tickets, and then, if possible, sell or buy some more.

The top prize is $25,000 to be used toward the purchase of any new or used car from Lynch of Mukwonago, or you can take $20,000 CASH instead (some conditions, beyond our control, do exist). There are also 74 other CASH prizes. We are limiting sales to the first 4000 tickets returned to the Parish Office or in the Sunday collection basket with their money; giving you a 1 in 53 chance of

being a winner. Tickets are priced at $25 each or the discounted price of 5 for $100. Packets of raffle tickets are available in the Narthex, the Commons, or

during regular hours at the Parish Office.

As an added value, the back of each ticket has a coupon for a $15 discount on an oil change at Lynch of Mukwonago between now and the end of the year (It’s okay to use the coupons, you do not need to possess the ticket stub to collect your prize). Our sponsor, Lynch of Mukwonago, has also offered to buy four tickets in the name of any St James Parish member who purchases a vehicle from them prior to our Parish Festival in August; you do need to

tell your salesperson about this when you buy your car.

“Let’s make our parish raffle another big s_ccess; we need yo_r help and s_pport to make this happen”. If you

haven’t already figured it out, this sentence can only be completed by “u”, “u”, and “u”. Thanks in advance for your

support. For more information or questions call Bob Lapczynski at 414-349-4954.

Parish Festival News

This year’s parish festival is rapidly approaching. The dates are Friday, August 24 and Saturday, August 25.

The Main Raffle drawing will be held on Sunday, August 26th in the Activity Center after the 10:30 Mass, followed by an appreciation luncheon for all festival volunteers. If all goes well, the main clean up/pack up should be done by early afternoon and then all can go home for some well-needed rest; get the

kids ready for the start of the school year, or catch a preseason football game!

We are making some exciting changes this year. We will be using food truck vendors instead of running a food court. The fish fry will remain on Friday, and the chicken dinner will be on Saturday. Bands and carnival rides will run both days, as well as kid’s games and the book booth. But we are also adding a Festival Marketplace, so please get the work out to any crafters you may know. If you have any questions, please contact festival chair Keith Fisher at 262-363-

3018.

Please return to the parish office any festival yard signs you have in your possession. It helps a great deal with keeping

our costs down.

Crafters Wanted

The St. James Festival Committee is seeking skilled artisans to feature in their Festival Marketplace. The booth fee is very reasonable, and a discount will be offered for anyone who also registers for the Country Christmas craft fair in November. The marketplace will run on Saturday from 10 am to 7 pm. Registration forms can be downloaded from the parish website, www.stjamesmukwonago.org. For additional information, contact Debra Dunn at

414-630-4444.

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Vacation Bible School

B & G Committee

Religious Education New date and time for “Shipwrecked” VBS!

Children of any denomination,

ages 4 years through complet-

ed 5th grade are welcome to

attend. The kids will learn that

“Jesus Rescues” through

songs, Bible stories, games and

crafts. Mon, July 30-Thurs,

August 2 from 6-8pm at St.

Theresa’s. We will also have a

family picnic and attend Mass

together on Sat, August 4. $18 per child. Each family is asked to

contribute towards snacks and each child will need to bring a plain

white t-shirt for painting. A $5 late fee will be applied after July 20.

MS and HS youth are encouraged to help out for service hours and

we need adult volunteers to help make this a success. For more info

or a registration form, please contact Laurie at 262-592-3075.

Forms are also available on the St. Theresa website,

www.sttheresaeagle.com

A few of you have asked whether St. James will be offering volunteer opportunities to the inner city of Milwaukee through the Micah 6:8 program again this summer. In a nutshell, the answer is no. That’s

certainly not to say that service work opportunities won’t be offered to the inner city, but after discussing the current work camp program offered with several St. James parishioners and staff, as well as volunteers, and organization heads, it was concluded that there is a great need for help right here in the St. James community and surrounding areas in addition to the

inner city of Milwaukee.

I am currently working on comprising a list of local organizations that would benefit from a visit from a St. James work crew. Once I get the list put together, I’ll schedule work days and offer them in the form of a sign up genius for families or groups to sign up. This will give each of us the flexibility to schedule service work experiences around our busy schedules while allowing each of us the experience of helping others in

need on various levels. What a great thing to teach our kids!

So, while we will not be heading into the inner city this summer, rest assured the service work experience will continue to be offered to our parishioners, and more importantly, to those organizations who work tirelessly to bring help to those most

vulnerable and in need.

Be watching later this summer for a listing of the various locations, opportunities and work details that you can sign up

for. Hopefully, there’ll be something for everyone!

Peace~

Susan

Susan Bashynski, OFS

Director of Religious Education K-11

St. James Parish

The St James Building and Grounds Committee

NEEDS your help!

Do you have Police/Security/Military or EMT/Medical/First Responder experience? Would you be interested in helping us form a Safety & Security Committee to better prepare the parish in the event of an unknown emergency? You and other volunteers, as a sub-committee of Building & Grounds, would decide how often and when to meet, or join us on the third Thursday of the month. To get more information or volunteer, call Tom or Sharon Krieger at

262-392-3144

Baccalaureate Thanks

Congratulation Class of 2018

Thank you to all the graduates and their families who

participated in the Baccalaureate Service on May 20. We wish

you success in all your endeavors. You are awesome. We will

keep you in our prayers.

We wish to thank Father Edward Tlucek for the beautiful Mass

and inspiring homely.

Thank you also to the Baccalaureate Committee, the parish

offices of St James and St Theresa, Christina Kuenzi for

beautiful music, Conference of Catholic Women and Knights of

Columbus Council 7048 for hosting the delicious breakfast.

The event was a great success.

This is an annual event to honor all seniors of St James and

St Theresa. Looking forward for the class of 2019.

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Parish Festival 2018 Bakery Booth Ladies and Gentlemen of the Parish…The St. James Conference of Catholic Women once again

are asking for your kind donations of your delicious bakery or any other home made desserts for

the Parish Festival Bakery Booth on August 24th or 25th . We are in need of your delicious cakes,

pies, coffee cake, fruit cobbler, cupcakes, bars, cookies or any other desserts or treats. Also

welcome are fresh vegetables from your garden as well as jams and jellies of any kind and canned

goods. All canned goods, jams and jellies should be labeled with name of goods and date when

made. All bakery should also be labeled as to kind, nuts or no nuts and if gluten free. You may

drop off your bakery or other goods at the Parish Office anytime Friday, August 24th or to the

bakery booth on the Festival Grounds after 1:00 pm. We will be selling deserts on Friday at the fish fry at 4:30 pm and at the opening

of the festival at 5:00 pm on August 24th. You may drop off your bakery or any other goods at anytime at the festival grounds Bakery

Booth on Saturday 25th .

Thank you in advance for your donations. Contact Maggie Albert – 262-363-0903 if you have questions

Are You Ready To Rummage?

We are holding a parish-wide rummage sale July 20-21 in the

St. James Activity Center. This will be an important fundraiser.

The tentative schedule is for drop off in the AC from Friday, July

13 through Monday, July 16 (sorry, NO early drop offs—we

don’t have anywhere to store them); sorting and pricing on Tues-

Wed-Thur, July 17-19; the sale itself on July 20-21; and pack up/

clean up on Sunday the 22nd. We are in need of some savvy

organizers who can help with the set up and pricing. Please

check the parish website for sign

up opportunities. We will also

have sign up sheets after Masses

in the Narthex and Commons.

Help make this a wonderful

community event that will kick

off a new fiscal year with a new

pastor!

Our deepest and most sincere thanks to all who turned out for

our second planting session last Saturday - we couldn’t have

done it without you! Our next get together will be on

Saturday June 30 from 9am to noon. This is a great

opportunity for youth service hours. Bring gardening gloves, a

pad to kneel on, narrow rakes if you have them, and whatever

type of hand tools you like to use. Questions? Call the parish

office at 262-363-7615, or email John McCormack at

McCormackJ@stjmuk.org.

Parish Rummage Sale Gardening Thanks

Dear Friends,

Many thanks to all of the parishioners from both Saints Theresa and James Parishes for helping to

celebrate the Golden Anniversary of my ordination to the Priesthood.

The voices of the combined choirs and musicians, the delicious snacks, schnecks and beverages,

those who helped prepare the foods and serve the three post-Mass gatherings, all who planned the

event, and the framed montage of historical photos, all contributed to a memorable anniversary

party. For a moment I thought I might be starting a new, tent ministry in my retirement, ala Neil

Diamond’s “Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show.” (Google it. LOL!) Fortunately for me,

and for folks everywhere, that is not the case. I’m not going on the road.

Instead, God willing, I will continue offering my ministry (primarily) to our parishes as we go

forward into the future together as two separate but collaborating faith communities.

I look forward to assisting Fr. Loyola as he accepts the call of the Holy Spirit as the next pastor of Saints Theresa and James Parishes.

Our parishes will continue to flourish under his leadership. So I say again, “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.” I have been greatly

blessed in my first 50 years as a priest. I would do it all over again without hesitation. Please continue to pray for an increase of

vocations to the priesthood.

Blessings and peace! Fr. Dennis

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Upcoming Events

SAINT JAMES PARISH NEWSLETTER

July

3 Prayer Shawl Ministry, Commons,

9-11:30 AM or 6-8:30 PM

4 INDEPENDENCE DAY

PARISH OFFICES CLOSED

8 Baptism Sunday, Church,

11:30AM-Noon

9-13 SVDP Summer Lunch Program, Activity Center Kitchen,

8 AM-Noon

10 $1000 Bingo, Activity Center,

7-9 PM

13-16 Parish Rummage Sale Drop Off,

Activity Center

17-19 Parish Rummage Sale Set-up,

Activity Center

20-21 Parish Rummage Sale, Activity

Center

22 Parish Rummage Sale, Clean-up,

Activity Center

19 SAGES meeting, Mukwonago

Village Hall, 1-3 PM

22 Baptism Prep Class, Parish Center

room 9, 11:30AM-1 PM

24 $1000 Bingo, Activity Center,

7-9 PM

30-Aug 2 Vacation Bible School,

St. Theresa, 6-8 PM

July

1, 8, 15, 22, 29 AA-New Beginnings Meeting, Parish Center room 11,

7-9 PM

2, 9, 16, 23, 29 Rosary, Church,

5:30-6 PM

2, 9, 16, 23, 29 Eucharistic

Adoration, Church, 6:30-9 PM

5, 12, 19, 26 Exploring the Sunday Readings, Parish Center room 8,

9-10:30 AM

For up to date calendar, visit www.stjamesmukwonago.org/Monthly-Calendar

SAGES SAGES-(Senior Adults Gathering for Education and Socialization) meets at 1:30 pm on the third Thursday of every month in the lower level meeting room of the Mukwonago Village Hall, at 440 Rivercrest Court. We have a very short business meeting, light refreshments and then have a program. Some of the programs are educational or informative, and some

are entertaining.

Future meetings scheduled are:

July 19th—Jessica Michna from Historical First Impressions will

present “Salem Witch Trials”

August 16—Ambassadors of Harmony (barbershop group).

Guests are always welcome except for June and December, when we have a meal for members only. If you wish to join, our annual membership fee is just $20, which is mainly used for our

programs.

Hope to see YOU at one or

more of our meetings.

For more information, call Marsha Grutzmacher at

262-363-8597 or email

mgrutzmacher@hotmail.com