VOL Parish Weekly Bulletin November 20, 2016 | Page 4

November 20, 2016 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Confirmation Class Session II Confirmation classes will be held on January 28th & February 4th, 2017 Registrations for Session II are now being accepted. The deadline to register for Session II is January 18th, 2017. Please note: Registr ations WILL NOT be taken at class. If you do not live in the Visitation of Our Lady Church boundaries and are not a “registered” parishioner of VOL you must contact the Religion Office at 341-8477 for information regarding confirmation. Please visit the church website for more information: vol.org/confirmation-preparation Garden Ministry Please join members of our Gardening Ministry Saturday, December 3rd @ 8 a.m. for our annual fall planting on the Church grounds. Please bring your own gloves and any gardening tools you have. Refreshments will be provided. Visitation of Our Lady Annual Christmas Concert Thursday, December 8th @ 7 p.m. Make plans to attend the Visitation of Our Lady Annual Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church! The concert will feature Music from the VOL Children’s Choir, Soul Spirit, and The VOL Adult Music Ministry. A special treat this year will be a Christmas Cantata entitled “Were You There on Christmas” featuring several guest singers, musicians and narrator, former WDSU news anchor, Norman Robinson. The concert is free and open to the public. However, donations will be accepted for the family of VOL Kindergarten student Jourdan Loyola. 4 Welcome to Not a member? Want to become one? Call Mr. Danny @ 957-5848. New members always welcome!! All Jr. High & CYO members are invited to Area 51 on November 26th @ 7p.m. The cost is $22 per person and you must provide your own transportation. Permission slips can be found on our Facebook group or on our Youth Ministry page at vol.org. Youth in grades 5 – 7 are invited to attend meetings the second Saturday of each month in the youth room. Meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Teens in grades 8 – 12 are invited to attend CYO meetings the 4th Saturday of every month in the youth room. Meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. VOL will place in the last bulletin of the month the names of our active duty soldiers so that we can pray for them. By name! Daily! Please call our Parish Secretary, Kelli, at 347-2203 with the names of your active duty loved ones. Let us show our love for them with our prayers. Safe Sitter® Classes Oschsner Medical Center Westbank Campus 1st Floor Cypress Room November 21st ~ 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Class Fee: $45.00 Register: fam [email protected] or call 394-5529 Please bring your lunch and money for a drink. A snack will be provided. Make check payable to Ochsner Medical Center West Bank. Safe Sitter® is a medically accurate program that teaches boys and girls ages 11 to 13 how to handle emergencies when caring for children. This class teaches safe and nurturing child care techniques, behavior management skills, and appropriate responses to medical emergencies. For more information visit www.safesitter.org