St. Mary’s Senior Group, “The Young @ Heart” invites all men and women; age 55 or older to a monthly potluck on the second Thursday of each month, September through June.
 
The March potluck will be on Thursday, March 14th, at 12 noon in Rooms A-B-C of St. Mary’s, Activity Center, Spring Lake. Please bring a hot dish, cold dish or dessert to share. Table settings and beverages will be provided. Following the potluck, there will be BINGO for those who would like to participate.
Please check for school closings on the day of the potluck. When weather conditions cause the Grand Haven Schools and/or Spring Lake Schools to be closed, St. Mary’s Senior Potluck will be canceled. If you have questions, please call Warren & Joyce Anderson at 842-8649. If you get the answering machine, please leave a message and we will return your call.
 

Ash Wednesday is on March 6th. Masses will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. There are many opportunities to serve at the 6:30 p.m. Mass. Feel free to sign-up.

If your child attends Faith Formation there will be a Communion Service with the distribution of ashes at 4:30 p.m. Please join your children if you're able.

If you are the head of a ministry and would like to reserve a table for the Ministry Fair the weekend of March 2/3 please call Bill Dunn, 616-842-1702. All requests need to be in by Wednesday, February 27 at noon. We would like as many ministries as possible to participate. Thank you in advance for your participation and support.
 

  Do you want an easy way to help lower the cost of your St. Mary’s School tuition, Faith Formation or Mission Trip? How about helping make additional payments for the Mary Light of Learning Campaign.  You should be using SCRIP!  SCRIP is a program where you buy gift certificates to pay for your purchases – food, gas, clothing, back to school supplies, gifts, etc.… 
It involves planning ahead about future purchases and buying gift certificates to pay for them. The benefit in return is given to your St. Mary’s School tuition, MLOL campaign, or religious education. Scrip Credits are disbursed four times per year (March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st), and would be applied to the balance on your account.
For example: Panera Bread offers a 9% kick-back. If you choose to purchase a $25.00 Panera Bread gift card to either use yourself on a future purchase, or you choose to give it as a gift, the total rebate earned is $2.25 on just that purchase alone. The total rebate you earn, is then split 75% to your family account, and 25% goes to run the Scrip program.  There are hundreds of vendors to choose from. Each vendor has chosen their own percentages to offer.
SCRIP is sold after all Masses at St. Mary’s Parish, or you can purchase at the Parish office during regular business hours.  Even if you start out small, just buying Grocery store cards and gas cards, which most of us use every week…these totals add up quickly!   For more information on the SCRIP program or to sign up, please contact the SCRIP office, or visit: https://www.stmarysl.org/scrip.html
 
 
Jennifer Grossman & Marci Hamilton
Scrip Coordinators
scrip@stmarysl.org, 842-1702 Ext #260
 
 
 

Morning Mass, Faith Formation, Youth Ministry and Evening Reconciliation is cancelled for today, Wednesday, February 6, 2019.