Sunday, November 6 -
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
CHEERS!
If you are reading this or listening to this on Saturday or early Sunday, you still have time to bring food for our Thanksgiving baskets. Sunday, November 6, is the deadline! Here’s a list of the items we most crucially need:
Sweet Potatoes
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Brown Sugar
Box or Package of Mashed Potatoes
Stuffing
Cookies
Cranberry Sauce
Sweet Potatoes
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Brown Sugar
Box or Package of Mashed Potatoes
Stuffing
Cookies
Cranberry Sauce
Or: you can make a monetary donation; if doing so, clearly mark the envelope (in which you place your check or cash) with “THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE”. If writing a check, please make it out to “Holy Spirit Catholic Church” and write on the check “THANKSGIVING FOOD”. OR: you can go to our website and donate online. You must bring in food or donation by the end of this Sunday, November 6. The church closes at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday evening.
Be sure to visit our Gift Store, "Gifts of the Spirit” for many wonderful Advent and Christmas gifts and decorations.
Pick up this year’s Advent/Christmas pack: it’s a beautiful Christmas ornament celebrating our 15th Anniversary as a parish —plus a wonderful Advent Devotion Book. This package is only ten bucks, that is, $10.00. Get yours before they run out.
Friday of this week, November 11, is Veterans Day — a national holiday honoring women and men who have served in the U.S. armed forces, on the anniversary of the end of World War I. All of our offices and gift store will be closed. Of course, we will still have Mass at 7:30 a.m. The church building will be closed at 9:00 a.m.
Have a good week!. God bless you.
Fr. Bill
Have a good week!. God bless you.
Fr. Bill
Sunday Mass Schedule
Saturday 4:00pm live-stream
Sunday 7:30am
9:30am (ASL interpreted)
12:30pm
5:00pm
Daily Mass Schedule
Monday - Saturday 7:30am
Office & Parish Life Center Hours:
Monday - Friday
8am - 12pm & 1-4pm
702-459-7778
GOSPEL REFLECTION QUESTIONS
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
"Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full."
SECOND READING: 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5
GOSPEL: Luke 20:27-38; L156C
1) Has there ever been a time in your life when you've questioned the validity of resurrection, perhaps the death of a loved one? Does the idea of resurrection fill you with hope, anxiety or both?
2) How would you have responded to the question posed by the Sadducees?
3) What does it mean to be the apple of God's eye?
4) Paul tells the Thessalonians, "We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you, you are doing and will continue to do." What would you say if Paul wrote these words to you, today? Would you agree? Would you feel you are worthy of his confidence?
PRAYER REQUESTS
Do you need a prayer? Would you like to pray for someone? You can reply directly to this email (which will create a private comment) or click the 'Reply' button to leave a public comment.
We are united to one another through our prayer. We are praying for you. You are not alone.
THE LIGHTHOUSE -
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
Even if you've missed our previous sessions, we still invite you to join us! The Lighthouse meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. We look forward to gathering with the young adults (21-"35ish") of Holy Spirit.
We continue this week with week 5 of our series, "The Search: Who is Jesus?"
The most beautiful part of this story is this: we can know God's love, personally. This is the person of Jesus. But how did this seemingly insignificant carpenter born into poverty in a dusty corner of the Roman Empire become the most pivotal figure in all of history? Christianity isn’t simply a philosophy for life – the center of Christianity is a person. We look at the life of Jesus and what he came to do. Ultimately, we need to decide if Jesus really was who he said he was. We can’t sit on the fence. Because if Jesus really was who he said he was, we need to make him the Lord of our lives, and everything changes.
NEWS FROM THE GIFT SHOP
Would you like this beautifully decorated tree in your home? Or how about this sleigh filled with goodies from our gift shop. Enter our raffle to win! 1 ticket is $5, 5 tickets for $20. The 2 winning tickets will be drawn the first Sunday of Advent, November 27th. Good luck!
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Elementary-aged children are invited to enter the Keep Christ in Christmas button contest. Entry forms are available in the lobby. Please bring your entries back by November 13th.
Check out some of the winning designs from previous years of our contest!
Thank you for your donations to last weekend's Tootsie Roll Drive! This annual fundraiser is our way of giving to organizations which serve people with intellectual disabilities. With your help, we collected $2,064! 80% of this goes to Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada, and the remaining amount was donated to Special Olympics Nevada.
NOVEMBER TAIZE PRAYER
Taizé is a form a Christian prayer where we are invited to rest in God through the singing of psalm verses and other simple chants, alternating with periods of silent reflection.
GRIEF MINISTRY
JOIN OUR TEAM
Holy Spirit is in need of a full-time Audio-Visual technician to join our staff. This is a highly technical role to lead our church in sound, video, media, production, live-streaming and stage lighting for worship, liturgy, and ministries. This position requires flexibility of schedule to adjust to the needs of the church, with a wide variety of events that occur during the week, evenings, and weekends. Please click on the job posting below for more details. Send resumes and references to Scott Knisley.
COMMUNICATIONS CORNER
Director of Communications
Items submitted each week by Wednesday before noon are included in the e-Bulletin the same week. Your event will remain in the e-Bulletin leading up to the event. Please also submit your event to Christine Bravo to ensure it is in our parish calendar.
