I Corinthians 1:10-17:  St.  Paul appeals to the Corinthians to put away their divisions and to be joined together in Jesus Christ.

 

Matthew 14:14-22:  In the reading from St Matthew we hear about Jesus' feeding the five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish.  In this miracle we see that Jesus is the Bread of Life.

 

Troparion of the Resurrection: Thou didst shatter death by thy Cross; thou didst open paradise to the thief; thou didst turn the mourning of the ointment-bearing women into joy, and didst bid thine Apostles proclaim warning that thou hast risen, O Christ, granting the world Great Mercy.

 

Troparion of the Proto-Martyr Stephen: The crown of the Kingdom hath adorned the brow of thy holy head because of the contests that thou hast endured for Christ God, thou first of the martyred Saints; for when thou hadst censured the Jews' madness, thou sawest Christ thy Saviour standing at the right hand of the Father.  O Stephen, ever pray to Him for us, that He would save our souls.

 

Troparion of the Chains of St. Peter: O Holy Apostle, Peter, thou dost preside over the Apostles by the precious chains which thou didst bear.  We venerate them with faith and beseech thee that by thine intercessions we be granted the great mercy.

 

Kontakion for Usual Sundays:  O undisputed intercessor of Christians, O mediatrix, who is unrejected by the Creator, turn not away from the voice of our petitions though we be sinners; come to us in time, who cry to thee in faith, for thou art good.  Hasten to us with intercessions, O Theotokos, who didst ever intercede for those who honor thee.

 

 

Sunday, August 2 ( Eighth Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

Monday, August 3
 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off
 6:30 p.m. – Paraklesis service

 

Tuesday, August 4
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
  
Wednesday, August 5
 5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
 6:00 p.m. – Orthros/Divine Liturgy – Feast of the Transfiguration

 

Thursday, August 6 (Feast of the Transfiguration)
  Before His Passion, Jesus ascended Mount Tabor with His disciples Peter, James and John, for the purpose of prayer.  There the three disciples beheld Him transfigured and saw a vision in which Moses the Lawgiver (shown on the icon on the right holding the tablets of the Law) and Elijah the Prophet appeared and spoke with Him.  "And He was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as light.  And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with Him" (Matt. 17:2-3).  The fact that Moses and Elijah appeared at the Transfiguration is very significant in that these two men were the leading figures of the Old Testament - which confirms the fact that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17).  Their presence confirmed that Jesus was indeed the Christ, the Messiah whom the people of the Old Testament had been anticipating.  The Gospel account also says that a voice from a bright cloud said "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased, listen to Him" (Matt. 17:5), further confirming the person of Jesus as the divine Messiah.  When the three disciples saw and heard these things they fell on their faces and were filled with awe (this is shown on the icon by the way Peter, James and John are depicted at the foot of the mount).  When they came down the mountain Jesus told His disciples to "tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead" (Matt. 17:9).  Jesus did not want everyone to know what had happened until the time was right.  The Kontakion of the feast gives understanding as to why Jesus allowed Peter, James and John to be present at His transfiguration: "On the mountain wast Thou transfigured, O Christ God, and Thy disciples beheld Thy glory as far as they could see it; so that when they would behold Thee crucified, they would understand that Thy suffering was voluntary, and would proclaim to the world that Thou art truly the Radiance of the Father." 

 

 NO Daily Orthros 

 

Friday, August 7
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
 6:30 p.m. – Paraklesis service
        
Saturday, August 8
 6:30 p.m. – Great Vespers
 
Sunday, August 9 (Ninth Sunday after Pentecost and the Sunday after the Transfiguration)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 6:00 p.m. – Young Adults

 

 

Eucharist Bread: ...was offered by Dn. Richard and Sh. Margaret for the Divine Liturgy this morning.

 

Memory Eternal!  Please remember the Archpriest James Kenna (age 74), who died in a car wreck this past Sunday.  Father James was the pastor at St. Elias in Austin, TX for many years.  He also founded many missions, including St. Sophia Orthodox Church in Dripping Springs, TX, where he was serving as pastor.  Father James spoke at St. Peter's during our early years as a parish and was a dear friend of many here.  Also, please remember his wife, Anne and their four children, as well as the parish of St. Sophia.

 

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                                         Eucharist Bread  Coffee Hour
 August 2                                  R. Roots         Freundts
 August 5 (Wed. Not Thurs. eve) Hendersons
          Feast of the Transfiguration
 August 9                                  Woods           Schelvers
 August 15 (Sat. morning)           Algoods
 August 16                                Katools           Chamblees
 August 23                                Schelvers        Pigotts
 August 30                                Morrises         Dansereaus

 

Congratulations and Many Years! ...to Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Baker – who were married last week (July 25th) in Newberry, S.C.  May God grant them many years!

 

Schedule for Epistle Readers   –  Page numbers refer to the Apostolos (book of the Epistles) located on the front pew.  Please be sure to use this book when you read.
    Reader   Reading Page #
August 2                 Sh. Charlotte Algood         I Cor. 1:10-17       124
August 5 (Wed. eve) Kh. Sharon Meadows       II Peter 1:10-19     401
August 9                 Warren Strain                   I Cor. 3:9-17         130
August 15 (Sat. morn) Brenda Baker                Philp. 2:5-11         403
August 16                Kh. Be'Be' Schelver          I Cor. 4:9-16         135
August 23                Tom Willingham               I Cor. 9:2-12         141
August 30                Tom Skirtech                   I Cor. 15:1-11       146

 

Memory Eternal!  Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Baker family in the falling asleep in the Lord of Reader Basil's mother, Mrs. Cleo Baker in Starkville.  May her memory be eternal!

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver (they will be moving to Monroe shortly); Jack and Ginny Henderson (Fr. John's parents) and their family; Reader Basil's family (Dad, Bill; sister Betty; and uncle and aunt, James and Sarah Powell), Ken Jones' mother (recovering from hip surgery), Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family, Penny and Dean Bruner and their family, Deborah and Paul Finley, Effie Johnson (Kh. Susan Cushman's mother) and the Cushman family (St. John's in Memphis) Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

 

 
 * The fast of the Dormition will begin August 1st and continue through the feast on the 15th .  As usual we will be celebrating the Paraklesis service on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings during this time.  Please make plans to attend as many of these beautiful services as possible.

 
 * We will celebrating the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord with Orthros and Divine Liturgy beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, August 5th .

 
 * The feast of the Dormition falls on Saturday this year.  We will be having Great Vespers on Friday evening, August 14th at 6:30 p.m. and Orthros and Divine Liturgy on Saturday morning, August 15th , beginning at 9:00 a.m.

 
 * Future dates for Stewpot meals are September 5th and October 31st .

 

St. Peter shirts....several of you placed an order for one of the shirts with our name on them.  They have arrived and the cost is $30.  If you ordered one of these, please see Fr. John.  We do have a few extras if someone wanted one but was unable to order it.

 

Fasting Discipline for August
The traditional fasting (no meat, fish, dairy, wine or oil) is observed August 1 through 14 (the Dormition Fast), except on August 6 (the Feast of the Transfiguration) when fish and wine are permitted.  After the 15th  the traditional is observed on the remaining Wednesdays and Fridays of the month.  August 29th is also a strict fast day in remembrance of the Beheading of the Forerunner.

 

Major Commemorations During August
 Aug 1   Procession of the Cross
 Aug 6   Transfiguration of Our Lord
 Aug 15   Dormition of the Theotokos
 Aug 29   Beheading of the Forerunner, John the Baptist (strict fast day)

Please supervise your children to avoid spills, ink stains or marks from their writing and drawing on our new chairs.  We also ask that you not allow them to stand on the kneelers.  Thank you for your help with this.

 

Those hosting Coffee Hour or feasts MUST be sure to place fresh trash bags in the trash cans when cleaning up afterwards.  If this is not done, items get thrown into the empty trash cans and then dumped as is into the cans outside.  The trash people will NOT pick up loose trash from the cans and have even dumped it out in the past.  This means that Father John has to pick these items up by hand and bag them!  Please help us with this!!

 

If you are the last to leave the building, please make sure that the heating and cooling unit in the Fellowship Hall is set to the optimum temperature for the building when unoccupied.  If you have overridden the programmed setting, please be sure to restore it to the original setting.  We are trying to keep our utility costs down.  If you do not know how to operate the thermostat, please consult with either Father James or Deacon Richard for instruction.       

  
Quotable:  "Do not hate the sinner.  We are, indeed, all laden with guilt.  If for the sake of God you are moved to oppose him, weep over him.  Why do you hate him?  Hate his sins and pray for him, that you may imitate Christ, who was not wroth with sinners, but interceded for them."

    - St. Isaac the Syrian   

 

 

 Scriptures:  I Corinthians 3:9-17; Matthew 14:22-34
 Celebrant:  Father John
 Deacon:  Deacon Richard
 Epistle Reader: Warren Strain
 Prosphora:  Woods
 Coffee Hour:  Schelvers

 

 

 

 

Galatians 3:23-29;4:1-5:  In this reading from Galatians we hear St. Paul explain that prior to the coming of Christ, we were under the Law and hence divided, but now that Christ has come we are justified by faith in Christ and have become one, belonging to Christ.  Therefore, we are no longer under bondage to the Law and the world, but are now free as children of God.

 

Matthew 9:27-35:  The Lord Jesus again demonstrates His mercy by healing two blind men and casting out a demon from a man possessed.  We see that the Lord has compassion for all those who are oppressed by sin, death and Satan.

 

Troparion of the Resurrection:  When Mary stood at thy grave looking for thy sacred body, angelic powers shone above thy revered tomb, and the soldiers who were to keep guard became as dead men.  Thou led hades captive and wast not tempted thereby.  Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst give life to the world;  O thou who art risen from the dead!  O Lord, glory to thee.

 

Troparion of St. Paraskeva:  Through thee the divine likeness was securely preserved, O Mother Paraskeva; for thou didst carry the cross and followed Christ.  By example and precept thou didst teach us to ignore the body because it is perishable, and to attend to the concerns of the undying soul.  Therefore, doth thy soul rejoice with the angels.

 

Troparion of the Chains of St. Peter: O Holy Apostle, Peter, thou dost preside over the Apostles by the precious chains which thou didst bear.  We venerate them with faith and beseech thee that by thine intercessions we be granted the great mercy.

 

Kontakion for Usual Sundays:  O undisputed intercessor of Christians, O mediatrix, who is unrejected by the Creator, turn not away from the voice of our petitions though we be sinners; come to us in time, who cry to thee in faith, for thou art good.  Hasten to us with intercessions, O Theotokos, who didst ever intercede for those who honor thee.

 

 

Sunday, July 26  (Seventh Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

Monday, July 27  (Great-martyr Panteleimon)
 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off

 

Tuesday, July 28
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
  
Wednesday, July 29
 5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
 6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers, followed by Parish Council Meeting
 7:30 p.m. – Choir Practice (New day of the week for practices)

 

Thursday, July 30
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros

 

Friday, July 31
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
        
Saturday, August 1  (Fast of the Dormition begins)
 6:30 p.m. – Great Vespers
 
Sunday, August 2  (Eighth Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 6:00 p.m. – Young Adults

 

 

 

Eucharist Bread: ...was offered by the Fahmys for the Divine Liturgy this morning.

 

Memory Eternal!  Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Baker family in the falling asleep in the Lord of Reader Basil's mother, Mrs. Cleo Baker in Starkville.  May her memory be eternal!

Congratulations and Many Years! ...to Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Baker – who were married yesterday (July 25th) in Newberry, S.C.  May God grant them many years!

 

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                                         Eucharist Bread      Coffee Hour
 July 26                                     Fahmys             Fahmys
 August 2                                  R. Roots            Freundts
 August 5 (Wed. Not Thurs. eve) Hendersons
          Feast of the Transfiguration
 August 9                                  Woods               Schelvers
 August 15 (Sat. morning)           Algoods
 August 16                                Katools              Chamblees
 August 23                                Schelvers            Pigotts
 August 30                                Morrises             Dansereaus

 

Schedule for Epistle Readers   –  Page numbers refer to the Apostolos (book of the Epistles) located on the front pew.  Please be sure to use this book when you read.
                                     Reader                      Reading             Page #
July 26                    Walt Wood                    Gal. 3:23-29; 4:1-5     160
August 2                 Sh. Charlotte Algood       I Cor. 1:10-17            124
August 5 (Wed. eve) Kh. Sharon Meadows     II Peter 1:10-19          401
August 9                  Warren Strain                I Cor. 3:9-17              130
August 15 (sat. morn) Brenda Baker              Philp. 2:5-11              403
August 16                Kh. Be'Be' Schelver        I Cor. 4:9-16              135
August 23                Tom Willingham             I Cor. 9:2-12              141
August 30                Tom Skirtech                 I Cor. 15:1-11            146

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver (they will be moving to Monroe shortly); Jack and Ginny Henderson (Fr. John's parents) and their family; Reader Basil's family (Dad, Bill; sister Betty; and uncle and aunt, James and Sarah Powell), Ken Jones' mother (recovering from hip surgery), Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family, Penny and Dean Bruner and their family, Deborah and Paul Finley, Effie Johnson (Kh. Susan Cushman's mother) and the Cushman family (St. John's in Memphis) Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

 

 
 * The fast of the Dormition will begin August 1st and continue through the feast on the 15th .  As usual we will be celebrating the Paraklesis service on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings during this time.  Please make plans to attend as many of these beautiful services as possible.

 
 * We will celebrating the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord with Orthros and Divine Liturgy beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, August 5th.

 
 * The feast of the Dormition falls on Saturday this year.  We will be having Great Vespers on Friday evening, August 14th at 6:30 p.m. and Orthros and Divine Liturgy on Saturday morning, August 15th , beginning at 9:00 a.m.
 * Future dates for Stewpot meals are September 5th and October 31st .

St. Peter shirts....several of you placed an order for one of the shirts with our name on them.  They have arrived and the cost is $30.  If you ordered one of these, please see Fr. John.  We do have a few extras if someone wanted one but was unable to order it.

 

Fasting Discipline for July/August
The traditional fasting (no meat, fish, dairy, wine or oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of July.  The traditional fasting discipline is also observed August 1 through 14 (the Dormition Fast), except on August 6 (the Feast of the Transfiguration) when fish and wine are permitted.

 

Major Commemorations During July/August
 July 27   Great-martyr and Unmercenary Panteleimon
 July 31   Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious Cross
 Aug 1   Procession of the Cross
 Aug 6   Transfiguration of Our Lord
 Aug 15   Dormition of the Theotokos
 Aug 29   Beheading of the Forerunner, John the Baptist (strict fast day)

Please supervise your children to avoid spills, ink stains or marks from their writing and drawing on our new chairs.  We also ask that you not allow them to stand on the kneelers.  Thank you for your help with this.

 

Those hosting Coffee Hour or feasts MUST be sure to place fresh trash bags in the trash cans when cleaning up afterwards.  If this is not done, items get thrown into the empty trash cans and then dumped as is into the cans outside.  The trash people will NOT pick up loose trash from the cans and have even dumped it out in the past.  This means that Father John has to pick these items up by hand and bag them!  Please help us with this!!

 

If you are the last to leave the building, please make sure that the heating and cooling unit in the Fellowship Hall is set to the optimum temperature for the building when unoccupied.

If you have overridden the programmed setting, please be sure to restore it to the original setting.  We are trying to keep our utility costs down.  If you do not know how to operate the thermostat, please consult with either Father James or Deacon Richard for instruction.       
  
Quotable: "How can I prepare for death in a Christian manner?  By means of faith and good works and by bravely bearing the miseries and sorrows that happen to you, so as to be able to meet death fearlessly, peacefully and without shame."
    - St. John of Krondstadt   

 

 

 

 Scriptures:  I Corinthians 1:10-17; Matthew 14:14-22
 Celebrant:  Father John
 Deacon:  Deacon Terry
 Epistle Reader:  Sh. Charlotte Algood
 Prosphora:  R. Roots
 Coffee Hour:  Freundts

 

 

Titus 3:8-15:  On this Sunday we read from St. Paul's letter to Titus, whom he warns to avoid delving into unprofitable and foolish questions about doctrine, and to reject heretics after two admonitions.

 

Matthew 5:14-19:  In this portion of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus teaches that we are to be Light in the darkness of this world, not hiding the glory of God from others, but rather, putting it where it can be seen.

 

Troparion of the Resurrection:  Let us believers praise and worship the Word, co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our salvation; for he took pleasure in ascending the Cross in the flesh, to suffer death, and to raise the dead by his glorious Resurrection.

 

Troparion of the Holy Fathers: Thou, O Christ, art our God of exceeding praise who didst establish our holy Fathers as luminous stars upon earth, and through them didst guide us unto the true Faith, O most merciful One, glory to thee.

 

Troparion of the Chains of St. Peter: O Holy Apostle, Peter, thou dost preside over the Apostles by the precious chains which thou didst bear.  We venerate them with faith and beseech thee that by thine intercessions we be granted the great mercy.

 

Kontakion for Usual Sundays:  O undisputed intercessor of Christians, O mediatrix, who is unrejected by the Creator, turn not away from the voice of our petitions though we be sinners; come to us in time, who cry to thee in faith, for thou art good.  Hasten to us with intercessions, O Theotokos, who didst ever intercede for those who honor thee.

 
CALENDAR

 

Sunday, July 19
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

Monday, July 20 (Prophet Elias)
 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off

 

Tuesday, July 21
 NO Daily Orthros
 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
  
Wednesday, July 22
 NO Catechism Class
 6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers

 

Thursday, July 23
 NO Daily Orthros

 

Friday, July 24 (Great-martyr Marina)
 NO Daily Orthros
        
Saturday, July 25 (Dormition of the Righteous Anna)
 NO Great Vespers – CANCELLED due to Matthew Baker's wedding in South Carolina
 
Sunday, July 26  (Seventh Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

 

 

Eucharist Bread: ...was offered by the Freundts for the Divine Liturgy this morning.

 

There will be NO Great Vespers service NEXT Saturday, July 25th due to the absence of our clergy for Matthew and Sally's wedding in South Carolina.  However, Father John will be returning Saturday night and services will be held as usual on Sunday morning. 

 

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
               Eucharist Bread  Coffee Hour
 July 19         Freundts         Hendersons
 July 26         Fahmys          Fahmys
 August 2      R. Roots         Freundts
 August 5 (Wed. Not Thurs. eve) Hendersons
          Feast of the Transfiguration
 August 9      Woods            Schelvers
 August 15 (Sat. morning) Algoods
 August 16     Katools           Chamblees
 August 23     Schelvers        Pigotts
 August 30     Morrises         Dansereaus

 

Schedule for Epistle Readers   –  Page numbers refer to the Apostolos (book of the Epistles) located on the front pew.  Please be sure to use this book when you read.
                            Reader                                 Reading                 Page #
July 19              Tom Skirtech                          Titus 3:8-15                   322
July 26              Walt Wood                             Gal. 3:23-29; 4:1-5         160
August 2           Sh. Charlotte Algood                I Cor. 1:10-17                124
August 5 (Wed. eve) Kh. Sharon Meadows        II Peter 1:10-19              401
August 9           Warren Strain                          I Cor. 3:9-17                  130
August 15 (sat. morn) Brenda Baker                  Philp. 2:5-11                 403
August 16          Kh. Be'Be' Schelver                 I Cor. 4:9-16                  135
August 23          Tom Willingham                      I Cor. 9:2-12                  141
August 30          Tom Skirtech                          I Cor. 15:1-11                146

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver (they will be moving to Monroe shortly); Jack and Ginny Henderson (Fr. John's parents) and their family; Reader Basil's family (Dad, Bill; Mom, Cleo; sister Betty; and uncle and aunt, James and Sarah Powell), Ken Jones' mother (recovering from hip surgery), Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family, Penny and Dean Bruner and their family, Deborah and Paul Finley, Effie Johnson (Kh. Susan Cushman's mother) and the Cushman family (St. John's in Memphis) Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

 

Father John will be traveling to California on July 16th for the Archdiocese Convention.  He will be traveling directly from there to South Carolina for Matthew and Sally's wedding and will be returning home late on the 25th .  There will be no catechism class or daily Orthros services during his absence, but daily vespers services will be held as usual on Wednesday evenings.  Please contact Father Leo or Father James for any pastoral needs.

 

St. Peter shirts....several of you placed an order for one of the shirts with our name on them.  They have arrived and the cost is $30.  If you ordered one of these, please see Fr. John.  We do have a few extras if someone wanted one but was unable to order it.

 

Please remember Sally Dubose and Matthew Baker in your prayers as they prepare for their wedding on July 25, 2009.

 

Please supervise your children to avoid spills, ink stains or marks from their writing and drawing on our new chairs.  We also ask that you not allow them to stand on the kneelers.  Thank you for your help with this.

 

 
 * The fast of the Dormition will begin August 1st and continue through the feast on the 15th .  As usual we will be celebrating the Paraklesis service on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings during this time.  Please make plans to attend as many of these beautiful services as possible.

 
 * We will celebrating the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord with Orthros and Divine Liturgy beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, August 5th .

 
 * The feast of the Dormition falls on Saturday this year.  We will be having Great Vespers on Friday evening, August 14th at 6:30 p.m. and Orthros and Divine Liturgy on Saturday morning, August 15th , beginning at 9:00 a.m.
 * Future dates for Stewpot meals are September 5th and October 31st .

 

Fasting Discipline for July:
The traditional fasting (no meat, fish, dairy, wine or oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of July.

 

Major Commemorations During July
 July 20   Prophet Elias
 July 25   Dormition of the Righteous Anna, Mother of the Theotokos
 July 27   Great-martyr and Unmercenary Panteleimon
 July 31   Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious Cross

Those hosting Coffee Hour or feasts MUST be sure to place fresh trash bags in the trash cans when cleaning up afterwards.  If this is not done, items get thrown into the empty trash cans and then dumped as is into the cans outside.  The trash people will NOT pick up loose trash from the cans and have even dumped it out in the past.  This means that Father John has to pick these items up by hand and bag them!  Please help us with this!!

 

If you are the last to leave the building, please make sure that the heating and cooling unit in the Fellowship Hall is set to the optimum temperature for the building when unoccupied.  If you have overridden the programmed setting, please be sure to restore it to the original setting.  We are trying to keep our utility costs down.  If you do not know how to operate the thermostat, please consult with either Father James or Deacon Richard for instruction.       
  
Quotable: "Do you desire to have communion with God in your mind by receiving the perception of that delight which is not subject to the senses?  Cleave to mercy.  For if mercy is found within you, it is formed by that holy beauty which it resembles."
    - St. Isaac the Syrian   

 

    - St. Diadochos of Photiki

 

 Scriptures:  Galatians 3:23-29; 4:1-5 (St. Paraskeva); Matthew 9:27-35
 Celebrant:  Father John
 Homily:  Father John
 Deacon:  Deacon Richard
 Epistle Reader:  Walt Wood
 Prosphora:  Fahmys
 Coffee Hour:  Fahmys

 

 

Romans 10:1-10:  St Paul, writing to the Romans, contrasts the righteousness of the law with the righteousness of faith and goes on to say that if we confess with our mouth and believe in our hearts that Jesus is Lord, then we shall be saved.

 

Matthew 8:28-34; 9:1:  In the gospel reading we see the authority of Jesus over the demons, who know   that they have been defeated even before the appointed time of His resurrection and later His second advent.

 

Troparion of the Resurrection:  Having learned the joyful message of the Resurrection from the angel, the women Disciples cast from them their parental condemnation, and proudly broke the news to the Disciples, saying, Death has been spoiled.  Christ God is risen, granting the world Great Mercy.

 

Troparion of the Chains of St. Peter: O Holy Apostle, Peter, thou dost preside over the Apostles by the precious chains which thou didst bear.  We venerate them with faith and beseech thee that by thine intercessions we be granted the great mercy.

 

Kontakion for Usual Sundays:  O undisputed intercessor of Christians, O mediatrix, who is unrejected by the Creator, turn not away from the voice of our petitions though we be sinners; come to us in time, who cry to thee in faith, for thou art good.  Hasten to us with intercessions, O Theotokos, who didst ever intercede for those who honor thee.
 

 

 

Sunday, July 12
 8:50 a.m. –  Orthros
 10:00 a.m. -- Divine Liturgy
 6:00 p.m. –  Young Adults

 

Monday, July 13
 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off

 

Tuesday, July 14
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
  
Wednesday, July 15
 5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
 6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers

 

Thursday, July 16
 NO Daily Orthros
 12 Noon – Ladies Reading Group
 (Father John leaves for Archdiocese Convention - July 16-July 25

 

Friday, July 17 (Great-martyr Marina)
 NO Daily Orthros
        
Saturday, July 18
 8:30 a.m. – Workday at the Church 
 6:30 p.m. – Great Vespers
 
Sunday, July 19 (Sixth Sunday after Pentecost and the Holy Fathers of the Fourth
   Ecumenical Council))
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

 

 

Eucharist Bread: ...was offered by the Dansereaus for the Divine Liturgy this morning.

 

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
             Eucharist Bread   Coffee Hour
 July 12     Dansereaus          Algoods
 July 19     Freundts              Hendersons
 July 26     Fahmys               Chamblees

 

There will be no Great Vespers service on Saturday, July 25th due to the absence of our clergy for Matthew and Sally's wedding in South Carolina.  However, Father John will be returning Saturday night and services will be held as usual on Sunday morning.

 

Schedule for Epistle Readers  –  Page numbers refer to the Apostolos (book of the Epistles) located on the front pew.  Please be sure to use this book when you read.
                    Reader                Reading                Page #
July 12      Tom Willingham      Rom. 10:1-10             108
July 19      Tom Skirtech          Titus 3:8-15                322
July 26      Walt Wood             Gal. 3:23-29; 4:1-5      160

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Amy and Brantley Oliver (they will be moving to Monroe in July); Jack and Ginny Henderson (Fr. John's parents) and their family; Reader Basil's family (Dad, Bill; Mom, Cleo; sister Betty; and uncle and aunt, James and Sarah Powell), Ken Jones' mother (recovering from hip surgery), Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family, Penny and Dean Bruner and their family, Deborah and Paul Finley, Effie Johnson (Kh. Susan Cushman's mother) and the Cushman family (St. John's in Memphis) Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

 

Please remember Sally Dubose and Matthew Baker in your prayers as they prepare for their wedding on July 25, 2009.

 

Father John will be traveling to California on July 16th for the Archdiocese Convention.  He will be traveling directly from there to South Carolina for Matthew and Sally's wedding and will be returning home late on the 25th .  There will be no catechism class or daily Orthros services during his absence, but daily vespers services will be held as usual on Wednesday evenings.

 

Please supervise your children to avoid spills, ink stains or marks from their writing and drawing on our new chairs.  We also ask that you not allow them to stand on the kneelers.  Thank you for your help with this.

 
 * The fast of the Dormition will begin August 1st and continue through the feast on the 15th .  As usual we will be celebrating the Paraklesis service on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings during this time.  Please make plans to attend as many of these beautiful services as possible.

 
 * We will celebrating the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord with Orthros and Divine Liturgy beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, August 5th.

 
 * The feast of the Dormition falls on Saturday this year.  We will be having Great Vespers on Friday evening, August 14th at 6:30 p.m. and Orthros and Divine Liturgy on Saturday morning, August 15th , beginning at 9:00 a.m.

 
 * Future dates for Stewpot meals are September 5th and October 31st .

St. Peter shirts....several of you placed an order for one of the shirts with our name on them.  They have arrived and the cost is $30.  If you ordered one of these, please see Fr. John.  We do have a few extras if someone wanted one but was unable to order it.

 

Fasting Discipline for July:
The traditional fasting (no meat, fish, dairy, wine or oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of July.

 

Major Commemorations During July
 July 17   Great-martyr Marina
 July 20   Prophet Elias
 July 25   Dormition of the Righteous Anna, Mother of the Theotokos
 July 27   Great-martyr and Unmercenary Panteleimon
 July 31   Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious Cross
   
Those hosting Coffee Hour or feasts MUST be sure to place fresh trash bags in the trash cans when cleaning up afterwards.  If this is not done, items get thrown into the empty trash cans and then dumped as is into the cans outside.  The trash people will NOT pick up loose trash from the cans and have even dumped it out in the past.  This means that Father John has to pick these items up by hand and bag them!  Please help us with this!!

 

If you are the last to leave the building, please make sure that the heating and cooling unit in the Fellowship Hall is set to the optimum temperature for the building when unoccupied.
If you have overridden the programmed setting, please be sure to restore it to the original setting.  We are trying to keep our utility costs down.  If you do not know how to operate the thermostat, please consult with either Father James or Deacon Richard for instruction.       
 
Quotable: "With the mental eyes of my heart, I see how I breathe Christ into my heart, how He enters into it and suddenly tranquilizes and rejoices it.  O, do no leave me to dwell alone, without Thyself, the Life-giver, my breath, my joy!  It is hard for me to be left without Thee."

    - St. John of Krondstadt   

 

Weekly Quote:  "We cannot 'prove' the existence of God, the Resurrection, or any of our beliefs in the way that we can 'prove' a mathematical or scientific assertion. Logically it is possible that there is no god, that all of 'reality' is accidental and meaningless. Sometimes we are especially conscious of this possibility and troubled by it. Sometimes just a particular aspect or doctrine of our faith, such as the Virgin Birth, becomes the subject of doubt. The 'good doubt' consists in not accepting doubt as final, in continuing to cry out to God even in the midst of doubt. The model here is the father of the demon-possessed boy who 'cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief' (St. Mark 9:24). In spite of his doubt, St. Thomas rejoined the other Apostles. Our faith is not about proofs but about a relationship with God as a person, and a relationship with any person involves faithfulness, patience and trust. From the 'good doubt' a deeper relationship and understanding can emerge. Likewise in the case of a doctrine, a good doubter might say, this doctrine seems wrong or unbelievable to me, but I recognize that over many centuries many Christians wiser than I have believed it, so I will place it in the Lord's hands and ask Him to enlighten me about it.
  A 'bad' doubter, on the other hand, is content. He says, 'I'm a Christian, but I'll decide what I'll believe.' Sometimes this is related to an unwillingness to obey God in some area. When doubts arise, continue to pray and try to obey God, and in time He will reward your faithfulness."

    - Father Paul Yerger

 

 Scriptures:  Titus 3:8-15; Matthew 5:14-19 (both readings are for the Holy Fathers)
 Celebrant:  Father James
 Homily:  Father James
 Deacon:  Deacon Richard
 Epistle Reader:  Tom Skirtech
 Prosphora:  Freundts
 Coffee Hour:  Hendersons

 

 

 

 

 

Romans 6:18-23:  St Paul, writing to the Romans, explains that when we were freed from sin we became slaves to righteousness;  therefore, we must resist enslavement to sin and instead become enslaved to God.

 

Matthew  8:5-13:  Jesus shows His great mercy to those who have faith in Him when He heals the servant of a centurion.

 

Troparion of the Resurrection:  Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad; for the Lord hath done a mighty act with his own arm.  He hath trampled down death and become the First-born from the dead. He hath delivered us from the depths of hades, granting the world the Great Mercy.

 

Troparion for the Holy Martyrs, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth, the Novice Barbara and those with them: Emulating the Lord's self-abasement on the earth, thou didst forsake royal mansions to serve the poor and disdained, overflowing with compassion for the suffering.  And taking up a martyr's cross, thou in meekness didst perfect the Saviour's image within thee.  Wherefore, with Barbara, entreat Him to save us all, O wise Elizabeth.

 

Troparion of the Chains of St. Peter: O Holy Apostle, Peter, thou dost preside over the Apostles by the precious chains which thou didst bear.  We venerate them with faith and beseech thee that by thine intercessions we be granted the great mercy.

 

Kontakion for Usual Sundays:  O undisputed intercessor of Christians, O mediatrix, who is unrejected by the Creator, turn not away from the voice of our petitions though we be sinners; come to us in time, who cry to thee in faith, for thou art good.  Hasten to us with intercessions, O Theotokos, who didst ever intercede for those who honor thee.

 
CALENDAR

 

Sunday, July 5
 8:50 a.m. –  Orthros
 10:00 a.m. -- Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. –  Youth Group

 

Monday, July 6
 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off

 

Tuesday, July 7
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
 6:30 p.m. – Choir Practice
  
Wednesday, July 8
 5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
 6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers followed by Clergy Meeting

 

Thursday, July 9
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros

 

Friday, July 10
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
        
Saturday, July 11 (Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised)
 6:30 p.m. – Great Vespers
 
Sunday, July 12 (Fifth Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 6:00 p.m. – Young Adults

 

 

 

Eucharist Bread: ...was offered by the Daniel Roots for the Divine Liturgy this morning.

 

Travels:  Father John is serving at St. Anthony Church in Pensacola this weekend.  Please contact Father James for any pastoral needs.  Father Leo will be at Camp St. Thekla for two weeks, beginning June 26th, along with some of our youth who will be counselors and campers.

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
             Eucharist Bread    Coffee Hour
 July 5         D. Roots             R. Roots
 July 12       Dansereaus         Algoods
 July 19       Freundts             Hendersons
 July 26       Fahmys              Chamblees

 

Schedule for Epistle Readers   –  Page numbers refer to the Apostolos (book of the Epistles) located on the front pew.  Please be sure to use this book when you read.
                Reader             Reading             Page #
July 5    Brenda Baker      Rom. 6:18-23          102
July 12  Tom Willingham   Rom. 10:1-10          108
July 19  Tom Skirtech       Titus 3:8-15             322
July 26  Walt Wood          Gal. 3:23-29; 4:1-5  160

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Amy and Brantley Oliver (they will be moving to Monroe in July); Jack and Ginny Henderson (Fr. John's parents) and their family; Reader Basil's family (Dad, Bill; Mom, Cleo; sister Betty; and uncle and aunt, James and Sarah Powell), Ken Jones' mother (recovering from hip surgery), Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family, Penny and Dean Bruner and their family, Deborah and Paul Finley, Effie Johnson (Kh. Susan Cushman's mother) and the Cushman family (St. John's in Memphis), Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

 

Please remember Sally Dubose and Matthew Baker in your prayers as they prepare for their wedding on July 25, 2009.

 

Father John will be traveling to California on July 16th for the Archdiocese Convention.  He will be traveling directly from there to South Carolina for Matthew and Sally's wedding and will be returning home late on the 25th .  There will be no catechism class or daily Orthros services during his absence, but daily vespers services will be held as usual on Wednesday evenings.

 

There will be no Great Vespers service on Saturday, July 25th due to the absence of our clergy for Matthew and Sally's wedding in South Carolina.  However, Father John will be returning Saturday night and services will be held as usual on Sunday morning.

 

St. Peter shirts....several of you placed an order for one of the shirts with our name on them.  They have arrived and the cost is $30.  If you ordered one of these, please see Fr. John.  We do have a few extras if someone wanted one but was unable to order it.

 

Please supervise your children to avoid spills, ink stains or marks from their writing and drawing on our new chairs.  We also ask that you not allow them to stand on the kneelers.  Thank you for your help with this.

 

 
 * Along with Holy Resurrection, we will be serving a meal at the Stewpot next Saturday, July 11th .  Cheryl Pigott is co-ordinating our efforts.  Please contact her to find out what you can do to help.

 
 * The fast of the Dormition will begin August 1st and continue through the feast on the 15th .  As usual we will be celebrating the Paraklesis service on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings during this time.  Please make plans to attend as many of these beautiful services as possible.

 
 * We will celebrating the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord with Orthros and Divine Liturgy beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, August 5th .

 
 * The feast of the Dormition falls on Saturday this year.  We will be having Great Vespers on Friday evening, August 14th at 6:30 p.m. and Orthros and Divine Liturgy on Saturday morning, August 15th , beginning at 9:00 a.m.

 
 * Future dates for Stewpot meals are September 5th and October 31st .

 

Fasting Discipline for July
The traditional fasting (no meat, fish, dairy, wine or oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of July.

Major Commemorations During July
 July 5   Venerable Athanasios of Athos
 July 11   Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised
 July 17   Great-martyr Marina
 July 20   Prophet Elias
 July 25   Dormition of the Righteous Anna, Mother of the Theotokos
 July 27   Great-martyr and Unmercenary Panteleimon
 July 31   Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious Cross
   
Those hosting Coffee Hour or feasts MUST be sure to place fresh trash bags in the trash cans when cleaning up afterwards.  If this is not done, items get thrown into the empty trash cans and then dumped as is into the cans outside.  The trash people will NOT pick up loose trash from the cans and have even dumped it out in the past.  This means that Father John has to pick these items up by hand and bag them!  Please help us with this!!

 

If you are the last to leave the building, please make sure that the heating and cooling unit in the Fellowship Hall is set to the optimum temperature for the building when unoccupied.

If you have overridden the programmed setting, please be sure to restore it to the original setting.  We are trying to keep our utility costs down.  If you do not know how to operate the thermostat, please consult with either Father James or Deacon Richard for instruction.       
 
Quotable: "Let simplicity accompany you everywhere.  Be especially simple in your faith and love.  For God is the eternally worshipped Unity, and so is our soul simple.  But the flesh hinders this simplicity when we gratify it."
    - St. John of Krondstadt   

 

    - St. Thalassios the Lybian

 

 Scriptures:  Romans 10:1-10; Matthew 8: 28-34; 9:1
 Celebrant:  Father John
 Homily:  Father John
 Deacon:  Deacon Terry
 Epistle Reader:  Tom Willingham
 Prosphora:  Dansereaus
 Coffee Hour:  Algoods