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From St. Elizabeth Parish
- Save the Date
Save the Date: There will be a parish Potluck Thursday, June 26th at 6pm to celebrate the ordination anniversaries. Father Jesus: 10 years; Deacon Rich: 18 years; Deacon Mike: 3 years Please bring your favorite dish to share!
- Congratulations to our Graduates
Congratulations to our graduates:
Grace Artz: daughter of Evelyn and Garrett Artz, graduated from Elizabethton High School. Starting this fall, Grace will be attending Mercer University in Macon, GA and has plans to major in Environmental Engineering.
Genevieve Johnson: daughter of Nick and Vicki Johnson, graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in English and secondary education. She will begin teaching at Cane Ridge High School (Nashville School System) this fall.
Daniel Grubb: son of Matt and Kathleen Grub has finished his prerequisites for dental school at ETSU. He has been accepted at UT Health Science College of Dentistry in Memphis and starts July 7th.
- Abundant Life Meeting
Abundant Life Women’s Ministry group will meet Wednesday, June 18th at 6:30pm. All are welcome.
- Good News!
Good News! Bishop Beckman, Fr. Jesus, and the Board of Trustees for the Pope Francis Charitable Trust Fund have approved a grant application submitted by Donna Townsend to support our Angel Tree ministry. The grant award of $1,500 is to be used for elementary school children who are in need of coats, shoes, clothing and Christmas gifts.
- Volunteers Needed
Volunteers Needed: Are you interest in becoming more involved at St. Elizabeth? New Lectors, Ushers, Altar Servers, and Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist are always welcomed. Please contact Pandora at the parish office for more information at (423) 543-3412 or secretary@stelizabethsparish.com.
- Baby Bottle Fundraiser for TLC
Baby Bottle Fundraiser: The Abundant Life Ministry is sponsoring a Baby Bottle Fundraiser to benefit TLC Community Center of Elizabethton. All checks must be made payable to St. Elizabeth’s Church with TLC in the memo line. Bottles will be collected on Father’s Day, June 15th.
- Parish Pastoral Council
Members of the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) are Kathleen Grubb, Steve Hummel, George Bratton, Elsa Sneed, Esmerelda Lopez and Garrett Artz. The council may be contacted at ppc@stelizabethsparish.com.
- Scam alert
Warning: A new scam through emails that seems to be from Fr. Jesus asking for gift cards to surprise the staff. It is a scam. Fr. Jesus would never ask for gift cards or money through an email or text. Please be on guard.
- Reminder for Volunteers
Reminder for Volunteers – The diocese requires all adult volunteers in the parish to pass a criminal background check and to participate in Catholic Mutual Group (CMG) safe environment program. To access CMG Connect for the training and to set up the background check, please go to http://knoxville.cmgconnect.org
- Free Books and Bibles
There are free Bibles and books located on the ground floor near the Knights of Columbus room. Come and see.