Jan 10: Ordination of Fr. Wes, Fr. Sam, and Fr. Peter to the office of Suffragan Bishop,
St. Louis, MO.

Jan 17: Parish Epiphany Party
Where: Fr. Jim's - call 334-0475 for directions
Time: Drop in between 3 and 6 PM

Jan 1: New Year's Day

Jan 2: Don Maurer Birthday

Jan 4: Lou Snyder Birthday

Jan 5: Bev Strother Birthday

Jan 9: Jenny Pate Birthday

The word epiphany means a manifestation, usually of divine power. In this case, the Epiphany of our Lord commemorates three events: The Baptism of Jesus (Jesus' sonship to God was manifested to the world), the visit of the Wise Men to Bethlehem (Jesus was manifested as king to the Gentiles), and the miracle of the wine at the marriage feast at Cana (which demonstrated His power to perform miracles). It is also the final day of the twelve days of Christmas, which began on December 25th.

The Apostle Peter was led by God's grace to acknowledge Jesus as the Christ (Matthew 16:13-20).

Paul's entire life can be explained in terms of one experience - his experiencing a vision of the resurrected Jesus while on the road to Damascus. In an instant, he saw that all the zeal of his dynamic personality was being wasted. Perhaps he had never seen Jesus, who was but a few years older. But he had acquired a zealot's hatred of all Jesus stood for, as he began to harass the church. Now he himself was "possessed", all his energy harnessed to one goal- being a slave of Christ in the ministry of reconciliation, an instrument to help others experience the one Savior.

Paul's life became a tireless proclaiming and living out of the message of the cross: Christians die baptismally to sin and are buried with Christ; they are dead to all that is sinful and unredeemed in the world. They are made into a new creation, already sharing Christ's victory and someday to rise from the dead like him.