II Corinthians 6:1-10:  In our reading from II Corinthians, St Paul commends his and the other apostles' ministry as servants of God, explaining the means by which they were able to endure all things for the glory of God.

 

Luke 5:1-11:  In the reading from the Gospel of St Luke we see Simon Peter, James, and John become disciples of our Lord.

 

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 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, September 27  (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 9:00 a.m. – Christian Education
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 12: 00 noon – Brief meeting of Ladies of St. Peter
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

Monday, September 28   (Venerable Chariton)
 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off

 

Tuesday, September 29
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
  
Wednesday, September 30
 5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
 6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers, followed by Parish Council Meeting
 7:30 p.m. – Choir Practice

 

Thursday, October 1
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros

 

Friday, October 2
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
        
Saturday, October 3
 5:45 p.m. – Ninth Hour, followed by Great Vespers
 
Sunday, October 4 (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 9:00 a.m. – Christian Education
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Young Adults

 

 

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

 

Please be very careful with the Blessed Bread when you take after communion or at the end of the liturgy.  Because this bread has been blessed, we should take care not to let crumbs fall on the floor.  Parents, especially, please help your children to choose a small piece and treat it carefully.

 

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                    Eucharist Bread  Coffee Hour
 September 27     Freundts         Milnors
 October 4           Fahmys          POT LUCK
 October 11         Bakers            R. Roots
 October 18         Woods            Woods
 October 25         R. Roots         Algoods

 

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 #
September 27  Kh. Be'Be' Schelver     II Cor. 6:1-10         168
October 4        Brenda Baker              II Cor. 6:16-7:1      173
October 11      Tom Willingham          Titus 3:8-15           322
October 18      Tom Skirtech              Col. 4:5-18             324
October 25      Walt Wood                 Gal. 1:11-19          188
 
Memory Eternal!  Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Charlotte Wood and with Ken Jones and their families. Ken's mother, Kathryn Alker, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, September 19th , and Charlotte's father, Bob Thayer, on Friday, September 18th .  Both had been battling cancer for several months.   May their memory be eternal!

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver ;  Reader Basil's family (Dad, Bill; sister Betty; and uncle and aunt, James and Sarah Powell),  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).

 

Sunday School!  Sunday School has resumed!  Thanks to our teachers who volunteer for this important service to our church.  Parents are asked to have their children attend and be on time!

 

New Time for Great Vespers on Saturdays!!  We will begin to pray Ninth Hour on Saturday evenings prior to Great Vespers.  It was also decided by the Parish Council to move Great Vespers to an earlier time.  So, in the future, Ninth Hour will begin at 5:45 p.m., followed immediately by Great Vespers (around 6:00 p.m.).  Please make a note of this change in times.

 

Sunday Pot Luck!!  The Parish Council has agreed that we will begin having a Pot Luck meal on the first Sunday of each month instead of Coffee Hour.  There will be a sign-up sheet posted on the Bulletin Board in the Fellowship Hall in the weeks prior to the meal, so that we can have an idea of the food that will be brought.  If you can't bring a dish, sign up for set-up or clean-up.  Participation is open to all (men as well as children!!)  This is a wonderful chance for some fellowship.  Please be sure to mark it on your calendars!! 

 

Axios! He is Worthy!  Father Michael Dahulich has been elevated to the office of Bishop of New York and New Jersey in the OCA.  Please pray for him as he assumes this office and also for St. Thikon's Seminary where he has been serving as Dean.

 

Hay Ride!!!  Our annual Hay Ride is scheduled for Saturday, October 24th at the Nichols Boyd Pumpkin Patch where we have gone in the past.  We will not have Great Vespers that evening due to this activity.  Jennifer Skirtech is in charge and will have more information available shortly.  In the meantime, however, we need to get a head count.  A sign-up sheet is in the Fellowship Hall.  Please let us know if you are planning to attend.
  
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.

 

The Young Adults have begun meeting on Sunday evenings every other week at 5:30 p.m. They will begin reading the book Feast of Friendship by Fr. Paul O'Callaghan.  (The bookstore has a few copies, more will probably need to be ordered.)  Plans have also been made to have a meal with the meetings....bring your own "stuff" to grill, or whatever you'd like to eat.

 

Calendar Items:
 * Father Leo is serving the Divine Liturgy today at St. George in Vicksburg.

 
 * Father John is in Shreveport today for the consecration of the altar at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church where Father Daniel Bethancourt is serving as pastor.

 
 * Hay Ride at Nichols Boyd Pumpkin Patch!!

 
 * Future date for Stewpot is October 31st .

 
 * The MS Valley Deanery will hold its annual Teen Retreat the week-end of January 29-31, 2010 at John W. Kyle State Park in Sardis, MS.  Father James Coles, pastor of St. Ignatius Mission in Mesa, AZ, will be the speaker.  More details will be available at a later date.

 

Fasting Discipline for September/October
In September, and again in October, the traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil)  is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays.

 

Major Commemorations During September/October
 September 28 Venerable Chariton
 October 1 The Protection of the Theotokos
 October 6 Apostle Thomas
 October 9 Apostle James, Son of Alphaeus
 October 18 Apostle Luke
 October 23 Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord
 October 26 Great Martyr Demetrios

 

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!!

 

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.

 

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.  

Quotable: "Evil does not exist by nature, nor is any man naturally evil, for God made nothing that was not good.  When in the desire of his heart, someone conceives and gives form to what in reality has no existence, then what he desires begins to exist.  We should therefore turn our attention away from the inclination to evil and concentrate it on the remembrance of God; for good, which exists by nature, is more powerful than our inclination to evil.  The one has existence while the other has not, except when we give existence through our actions." 
    - St. Diadochos of Photiki 

 

    - Saints Basanuphius and John

 

 

 Scriptures:  II Corinthians 6:16-7:1; Luke 6:31-36
 Celebrant:  Father James
 Deacon:  Deacon Richard
 Epistle Reader:  Brenda Baker
 Prosphora:  Fahmys
 Coffee Hour:  POT LUCK

 

 

 

 
Galatians 2:16-20:  We hear from St Paul's letter to the Galatians that we are justified by faith in Christ, not by works of the Law;  and that we now live our lives by faith in the Son of God.

 

Mark 8:34-9:1:  In our reading from the gospel of Mark we hear our Lord tell His disciples that self-denial is required for true spirituality.

 

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 the Holy Cross:  O Lord, save thy people and bless thine inheritance, granting our believing kings victory over the Barbarians, and by the power of thy Cross preserving thy commonwealth.

 

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 of the Holy Cross:  Do thou, who of thine own good will wast lifted up upon the Cross, O Christ our God, bestow thy bounties upon the new nation which is called by thy Name; make glad in thy might those who lawfully govern, that with them we may led to victory over our adversaries, having in thine aid a weapon of peace and a trophy invincible.

 

 

Sunday, September 20  (Sunday after the Elevation of the Holy Cross)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 9:00 a.m. – Christian Education
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

Monday, September 21
 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off

 

Tuesday, September 22
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
  
Wednesday, September 23  (Conception of the Forerunner)
 5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
 6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers, followed by Parish Council Meeting
 7:30 p.m. – Choir Practice

 

Thursday, September 24  (Protomartyr Thekla)
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros

 

Friday, September 25
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
        
Saturday, September 26  (Repose of the Apostle John the Theologian)
 5:45 p.m. – Ninth Hour, followed by Great Vespers
 
Sunday, September 27  (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 9:00 a.m. – Christian Education
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Young Adults

 

 

Eucharist Bread: ...was offered by the Dansereaus for the Divine Liturgy this morning.  Joanna Meadows offered the Holy Bread for the service last Monday morning.

Please be very careful with the Blessed Bread when you take after communion or at the end of the liturgy.  Because this bread has been blessed, we should take care not to let crumbs fall on the floor.  Parents, especially, please help your children to choose a small piece and treat it carefully.

 

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                       Eucharist Bread        Coffee Hour
 September 20     Dansereaus          Joneses/Stewarts
 September 27     Freundts              Milnors
 October 4           Fahmys               POT Luck
 October 11         Bakers                 R. Roots
 October 18         Woods                 Woods
 October 25         R. Roots               Algoods

 

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 #
September 20    Mildred Morris              Gal. 2:16-20         193
September 27    Kh. Be'Be' Schelver       II Cor. 6:1-10        168
October 4          Brenda Baker               II Cor. 6:16-7:1      173
October 11        Tom Willingham            Titus 3:8-15          322
October 18        Tom Skirtech                Col. 4:5-18           324
October 25        Walt Wood                   Gal. 1:11-19         188
 
Memory Eternal!  Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Freundt family in the falling asleep in the Lord of Cal's brother, Chip, on Saturday, September 12.  May his memory be eternal!

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver ;  Reader Basil's family (Dad, Bill; sister Betty; and uncle and aunt, James and Sarah Powell), the Jones' and Katherine Alker (Ken's mother suffering from lung cancer and recently moved to hospice), Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family, Bob Thayer (Charlotte Wood's father who is suffering with pancreatic cancer) and the Wood family, the Freundt 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).

 

Sunday School!  Sunday School has resumed!  Thanks to our teachers who volunteer for this important service to our church.  Parents are asked to have their children attend and be on time!

 

New Time for Great Vespers on Saturdays!!  Starting next Saturday we will begin to pray Ninth Hour on Saturday evenings prior to Great Vespers.  It was also decided by the Parish Council to move Great Vespers to an earlier time.  So, in the future, Ninth Hour will begin at 5:45 p.m., followed immediately by Great Vespers (around 6:00 p.m.).  Please make a note of this change in times.

Sunday Pot Luck!!  The Parish Council has agreed that we will begin having a Pot Luck meal on the first Sunday of each month instead of Coffee Hour.  There will be a sign-up sheet posted on the Bulletin Board in the Fellowship Hall in the weeks prior to the meal, so that we can have an idea of the food that will be brought.  If you can't bring a dish, sign up for set-up or clean-up.  Participation is open to all (men as well as children!!)  This is a wonderful chance for some fellowship.  Please be sure to mark it on your calendars!!
  
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.

 

The Young Adults have begun meeting on Sunday evenings every other week at 5:30 p.m. They will begin reading the book Feast of Friendship by Fr. Paul O'Callaghan.  (The bookstore has a few copies, more will probably need to be ordered.)  Plans have also been made to have a meal with the meetings....bring your own "stuff" to grill, or whatever you'd like to eat.

 

 
 * Father Leo is serving the Divine Liturgy today at our church in Pensacola, FL, and will be at St. George in Vicksburg next weekend.

 
 * Father John will be in Shreveport the weekend of September 26-27 for the consecration of the altar at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church where Father Daniel Bethancourt is serving as pastor.

 
 * Future date for Stewpot is October 31st .

 

Fasting Discipline for September
In September, the traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil)  is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays; however, a strict fast is observed on September 14th (Elevation of the Holy Cross).

 

Major Commemorations During September
 September 20 Great-martyr Eustathios and his family
 September 23 Conception of the Forerunner
 September 24 Protomartyr Thekla, Equal-to-the-Apostles
 September 26 Repose of the Apostle John, the Theologian
 September 28 Venerable Chariton

 

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!!

 

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.

 

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: "Have the same attention for the Word as you have for the living man and firmly believe that the 'Word of God is quick and powerful' as a living being, as an angel and that, by reason of its spiritual fineness it is, '...piercing even to the dividing of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.' (Heb 4:12)"

    - St. John of Krondstadt   

 

 

 Scriptures:  II Corinthians 6:1-10; Luke 5:1-11
 Celebrant:  Father James
 Deacon:  Deacon Richard
 Epistle Reader: Kh. Be'be' Schelver
 Prosphora:  Freundts
 Coffee Hour:  Milnors

 

 

 

 
Galatians 6:11-18:  In the conclusion of his letter to the Galatians, St Paul reminds them that to be circumcised or uncircumcised is not the issue, but rather to be a new creation in Christ Jesus.

 

John 3:13-17:  In the Gospel of John we hear Jesus speak concerning His purpose for coming into the world:  to save mankind through His death and Resurrection.
 
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 Commemoration: As Thou dist reveal from on high the splendor of the heavens, so Thou didst reveal on earth the splendor of the dwelling of Thy holy glory!  Make it stand firm forever and accept there the supplications which we offer Thee unceasingly through the Theotokos, Life and Resurrection of all!

 

Troparion of the Forefeast of the Cross: We offer in supplication the life-creating cross of Thy goodness, Lord, which Thou hast granted to us who art unworthy: save the Orthodox Christians, only Lover of mankind, through the Theotokos.

 

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 of the Holy Cross:  Do thou, who of thine own good will wast lifted up upon the Cross, O Christ our God, bestow thy bounties upon the new nation which is called by thy Name; make glad in thy might those who lawfully govern, that with them we may led to victory over our adversaries, having in thine aid a weapon of peace and a trophy invincible.

 

 

Sunday, September 13  (Forefeast and Sunday Before the Elevation of the Holy Cross)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 9:00 a.m. – Christian Education
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 6:00 p.m. – Young Adults

 

Monday, September 14   (Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross)
    This feast is celebrated as one of the most important in the Church Year because it commemorates two events of great significance.  After St. Helen had found at Jerusalem the cross upon which Christ was crucified, she built a Church on Mount Calvary to hold the precious relic.  The Christians held the Holy Cross in such high regard that they soon began to celebrate this feast in honor of the finding of the Cross.
    In the year 614, the Persians invaded the Empire and took Jerusalem, and sent the case containing the Cross back to their country.  For fifteen years the Greek Emperor Heraclius waged war against the Persians, and finally in 629 defeated them, forcing them to make peace, and to restore the Holy Cross to him.  It is said that the case containing the sacred relics was returned to him with the seals still unbroken.  The Relics were replaced in the Church with great rejoicing, and to the original Feast in honor of the finding of the Cross was added another, in honor of its safe return to Jerusalem.
    A special feature of the Church Services on this day, is the procession in which the Cross is borne aloft on a tray of flowers and placed in the midst of the Church; the Priest then elevates it to the four corners of the compass, blessing thrice with it as he does so, and praying that God will protect and preserve the President and the Civil Authorities of our country and the Armed Forces, and guard and guide the Heirarchs and clergy of the Church, and protect and preserve all His faithful people from every evil.

 

 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off
 6:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
NOTE: This is a strict fast day.

 

Tuesday, September 15
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
  
Wednesday, September 16
 5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
 6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers
 7:30 p.m. – Choir Practice

 

Thursday, September 17
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros

 

Friday, September 18
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
        
Saturday, September 19
 8:00 a.m. – Work Day at the Church
 5:45 p.m. – Ninth Hour, followed by Great Vespers
 
Sunday, September 20  (Sunday after the Elevation of the Holy Cross)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 9:00 a.m. – Christian Education
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eucharist Bread: ...was offered by the Milnors for the Divine Liturgy this morning.  The Meadows offered the Artoklasis Bread for the service last Monday evening.

 

Please be very careful with the Blessed Bread when you take after communion or at the end of the liturgy.  Because this bread has been blessed, we should take care not to let crumbs fall on the floor.  Parents, especially, please help your children to choose a small piece and treat it carefully.

 

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                                         Eucharist Bread   Coffee Hour
 September 13                       Milnors                 Strains
 September 14 (Mon. morning) Joanna Meadows  Meadows
 September 20                       Dansereaus           Joneses/Stewarts
 September 27                       Freundts               Milnors

 

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 #
September 13                  Warren Strain                Gal. 6:11-18         198
September 14 (Mon. am)   Kh. Sharon Meadows     I Cor. 1:18-24       311
September 20                  Mildred Morris               Gal. 2:16-20          193
September 27                   Kh. Be'Be' Schelver       II Cor. 6:1-10        168

 

Sunday School!  Sunday School resumes TODAY!  Thanks to our teachers who volunteer for this important service to our church.  Parents are asked to have their children attend and be on time!

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver ;  Reader Basil's family (Dad, Bill; sister Betty; and uncle and aunt, James and Sarah Powell), the Jones' and Katherine Alker (Ken's mother suffering from lung cancer and recently moved to hospice), Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family, Bob Thayer (Charlotte Wood's father who is suffering with pancreatic cancer) and the Wood family, Chip Freundt (Cal's brother) and the Freundt 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).

 

New Time for Great Vespers on Saturdays!!  Starting next Saturday we will begin to pray Ninth Hour on Saturday evenings prior to Great Vespers.  It was also decided by the Parish Council to move Great Vespers to an earlier time.  So, in the future, Ninth Hour will begin at 5:45 p.m., followed immediately by Great Vespers (around 6:00 p.m.).  Please make a note of this change in times.

 

Sunday Pot Luck!!  The Parish Council has agreed that we will begin having a Pot Luck meal on the first Sunday of each month instead of Coffee Hour.  There will be a sign-up sheet posted on the Bulletin Board in the Fellowship Hall in the weeks prior to the meal, so that we can have an idea of the food that will be brought.  If you can't bring a dish, sign up for set-up or clean-up.  Participation is open to all (men as well as children!!)  This is a wonderful chance for some fellowship.  Please be sure to mark it on your calendars!!

 

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.

 

The Young Adults will begin meeting on Sunday evening every other week at 5:30 p.m., beginning next Sunday, September 13th .  They will begin reading the book Feast of Friendship by Fr. Paul O'Callaghan.  (The bookstore has a few copies, more will probably need to be ordered.)  Plans have also been made to have a meal with the meetings....bring your own "stuff" to grill, or whatever you'd like to eat.

 

 
 * Father Leo is serving the Divine Liturgy today at our church in Pensacola, FL, and will be at St. George in Vicksburg next weekend.

 
 * The feast of the Elevation of the Cross will be celebrated TOMORROW morning, September 14th with Divine Liturgy (only) at 6:00 a.m.

 
 * There will be a Work Day at the Church next Saturday morning, September 19th , starting at 8:00 a.m.  Come enjoy the fellowship and help spruce up the church!!

 
 * Father John will be in Shreveport the weekend of September 26-27 for the consecration of the altar at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church where Father Daniel Bethancourt is serving as pastor.

 
 * Future date for Stewpot is October 31st .

 

Fasting Discipline for September
In September, the traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil)  is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays; however, a strict fast is observed on September 14th (Elevation of the Holy Cross).

 

Major Commemorations During September
 September 14 Elevation of the Precious Cross
 September 16 Great-martyr Euphemia, the All-praised
 September 20 Great-martyr Eustathios and his family
 September 23 Conception of the Forerunner
 September 24 Protomartyr Thekla, Equal-to-the-Apostles
 September 26 Repose of the Apostle John, the Theologian
 September 28 Venerable Chariton

 

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.

 

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.

 

Quotable: "Nothing so edifies our neighbor as sincere and humble speech and manners; for this serves as a spur to others never to be puffed up.  And what can be more beneficial than this?"

    - St. John of the Ladder   

 

    - St. Theophan the Recluse

 

 Scriptures:  Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1
 Celebrant:  Father John
 Deacon:  Deacon Terry
 Epistle Reader: Mildred Morris
 Prosphora:  Dansereaus
 Coffee Hour:  Joneses/Stewarts

 

 

 

I Corinthians 16:13-24:  St Paul concludes his first letter to the church at Corinth with greetings from the Christians in Asia, and encouragements to be strong in the faith and submit to their spiritual elders.

 

Matthew 21:33-42:  From St Matthew we hear our Lord use the parable of the landowner to    foretell His' rejection by the Jews and the consequences to them for that rejection.

 

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 Archangel Michael: O ye foremost of the heavenly hosts, we who are unworthy, beseech thee that by thy petitions ye encompass us with the shadow of thine immaterial glory, preserving us who kneel and cry ceaselessly, Deliver us from oppressions, since ye are the prince of rank of dominions on high.

 

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 of the Nativity of the Theotokos:  By thy holy birth-giving, O pure one, Joachim and Anne were delivered from the reproach of barrenness; and Adam and Eve were delivered from the corruption of death; thy people do celebrate it, having been saved from the stain of iniquity, crying unto thee, The barren doth give birth to the Theotokos, who nourisheth our life.

 

 

 

Sunday, September 6   (Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Youth Group

 

Monday, September 7   (Labor Day)
 Office Closed – Father John's Day Off
 6:30 p.m. – Great Vespers with Litia and Artoklasia (Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos)

 

Tuesday, September 8  (Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos)
    The first feast of the liturgical year celebrates the birth of the Holy Virgin Mary, most blessed of women, chosen to bear God the Son, partaker in the Incarnation as the dwelling place of God.  To celebrate her birth and give honor to her life is unavoidably to anticipate the coming of the Messiah and to adore His person.  To remember her worthiness is to remember God's grace.  To wonder at her faith is to arouse ourselves to emulate her strength of will and her depth of trust.  As we enter the cycle of the year, we turn first to honor the Holy Virgin, she who by her role in history and by her place among the saints most reminds us of the coming of the Saviour and the life He gives us, who by the Incarnation became the ladder between Heaven and Earth, who as the Mother of Christ is also the Mother of all His brethren.

 

 6:00 a.m. – Festal Orthros
  
Wednesday, September 9  (Righteous Joachim and Anna)
 5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
 6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers
 7:30 p.m. – Choir Practice

 

Thursday, September 10
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros

 

Friday, September 11
 6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros
        
Saturday, September 12
 5:45 p.m. – Ninth Hour, followed by Great Vespers
 
Sunday, September 13  (Forefeast and Sunday Before the Elevation of the Holy Cross)
 8:50 a.m. – Orthros
 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
 5:30 p.m. – Young Adults meeting at the church

 

 

 

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

 

Please be very careful with the Blessed Bread when you take after communion or at the end of the liturgy.  Because this bread has been blessed, we should take care not to let crumbs fall on the floor.  Parents, especially, please help your children to choose a small piece and treat it carefully.

 

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                                     Eucharist Bread  Coffee Hour
 September 6                       Joneses         Morrises
 September 7 (Mon. evening) Joanna Meadows (Artoklasia Bread) No Meal
      (Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos – Great Vespers with Litia & Artoklasia)
 September 13                     Milnors           Strains
 September 14 (Mon. morning) Meadows     Meadows
 September 20                     Dansereaus     Joneses/Stewarts
 September 27                     Freundts         Milnors

 

Sunday School!  Sunday School will resume Sunday, September 13th.  Thanks to our teachers who volunteer for this important service to our church.  Parents are asked to have their children attend and be on time!

 

Please remember the following in your prayers: Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver ; 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), the Jones' and Ken's mother (suffering from lung cancer and recently moved to hospice), 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).

 

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 #
September 6                  Walt Wood                  I Cor. 16:13-24         152
September 7  (Mon. pm – Reading on Quarterly Schedule not done – Great Vespers instead)
September 13                Warren Strain              Gal. 6:11-18             198
September 14 (Mon. am) Kh. Sharon Meadows   I Cor. 1:18-24           311
September 20                Mildred Morris              Gal. 2:16-20             193
September 27                 Kh. Be'Be' Schelver     II Cor. 6:1-10            168

 

New Time for Great Vespers on Saturdays!!  Starting next Saturday we will begin to pray Ninth Hour on Saturday evenings prior to Great Vespers.  It was also decided by the Parish Council to move Great Vespers to an earlier time.  So, in the future, Ninth Hour will begin at 5:45 p.m., followed immediately by Great Vespers (around 6:00 p.m.).  Please make a note of this change in times.

 

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.

 

The Young Adults will begin meeting on Sunday evening every other week at 5:30 p.m., beginning next Sunday, September 13th .  They will begin reading the book Feast of Friendship by Fr. Paul O'Callaghan.  (The bookstore has a few copies, more will probably need to be ordered.)  Plans have also been made to have a meal with the meetings....bring your own "stuff" to grill, or whatever you'd like to eat.

 

 
 * We will celebrate the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos with Great Vespers with Litia and Artoklasia on Monday evening, September 7th .

 
 * The feast of the Elevation of the Cross will be celebrated on Monday morning, September 14th .

 
 * There will be a Work Day at the Church on Saturday morning, September 19th , starting at 8:30 a.m.  Come enjoy the fellowship and help spruce up the church!!

 
 * Father John will be in Shreveport the weekend of September 26-27 with his Grace, Bishop BASIL.  They will be consecrating the altar at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church where Father Daniel Bethancourt is serving as pastor.
 

 * Future date for Stewpot is October 31st .

 

Fasting Discipline for September
In September, the traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil)  is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays; however, a strict fast is observed on September 14th (Elevation of the Holy Cross).

 

Major Commemorations During September
 September 6 Miracle of the Archangel Michael
 September 8 Nativity of the Theotokos
 September 9 Righteous Joachim and Anna
 September 14 Elevation of the Precious Cross
 September 16 Great-martyr Euphemia, the All-praised
 September 20 Great-martyr Eustathios and his family
 September 23 Conception of the Forerunner
 September 24 Protomartyr Thekla, Equal-to-the-Apostles
 September 26 Repose of the Apostle John, the Theologian
 September 28 Venerable Chariton

 

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.

 

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.
  
Quotable: "Prayer is the lifting up of the mind and heart to God, the contemplation of God, the daring converse of the creature with the Creator.  The soul reverently standing before Him as before the King and the Life Itself.  The oblivion of everything that surrounds us.  Prayer is the food of the soul, its air and light, it life-giving warmth, its cleansing from sin; the easy yoke of Christ, His light burden."

    - St. John of Krondstadt   

 

    - St. Anthony

 

 

 Scriptures:  Galatians 6:11-18; John 3:13-17
 Celebrant:  Father John
 Deacon:  Deacon Richard
 Epistle Reader:  Warren Strain
 Prosphora:  Milnors
 Coffee Hour:  Strains

I Corinthians 15:1-11: Continuing our reading from I Corinthians we hear St Paul present the facts of the resurrection as the basis for our salvation and the cornerstone of our faith.

Matthew 19:16-26: St Matthew describes Jesus' encounter with the rich young ruler. In this incident we learn that spirituality is not founded only on keeping the law, but on giving mercy to others and denial of oneself.

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 Forerunner: The memory of the righteous is in praise. And for thee, Forerunner, the testimony of the Lord sufficeth; for in truth thou hast been revealed as nobler than all the Prophets, for having been considered worthy to baptize in the running waters Him who was preached. Therefore, thou dost strive for truth happily. Thou didst proclaim to those in Hades God appearing in the body, the Lifter up of the sin of the world, who granteth us the 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 of the Nativity of the Theotokos: By thy holy birth-giving, O pure one, Joachim and Anne were delivered from the reproach of barrenness; and Adam and Eve were delivered from the corruption of death; thy people do celebrate it, having been saved from the stain of iniquity, crying unto thee, The barren doth give birth to the Theotokos, who nourisheth our life.

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

Monday, August 31
Office Closed – Father John's Day Off

Tuesday, September 1 (Indiction of the Ecclesiastical Year)
September 1 marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year. The liturgical year is a body of sacred "signs" which have a present effect. Each liturgical feast renews and actualizes the event of which it is the symbol; it takes the event out of the past and makes it immediate; it offers us the appropriate grace; it becomes the "effectual sign." The liturgical year is a special means of union with Christ. Every Eucharist unites us intimately with Christ, for in it He is "both He who offers and He who is offered." Every prayer, being the prayer of the members of the mystical body, shares in the prayer of Him who is the Head of the Body and the only One whose prayer is perfect. We are called to relive the whole life of Christ: from Christmas to Easter, from Easter to Pentecost, we are exhorted to unite ourselves to Christ in his birth and in his growth, to Christ suffering, to Christ dying, to Christ in triumph and to Christ inspiring His Church. The liturgical year forms Christ in us; the liturgical year is Christ Himself, annus est Christus. It includes the cycle of feasts of the saints, the glorified members of the body of Christ. Their sanctity is but an aspect, a shining ray of the holiness of Christ Himself. To celebrate the feast of a saint is to celebrate a special grace that flows from Christ to that saint and so to us. In the same way that the feasts of our Lord in a mysterious way renew the events of His life, so the feasts of the saints make their lives, their merits and their deaths mysteriously actual. Commemorations of the martyrs renew the grace of their violent deaths, so that, as these were a participation in the passion of Christ, this passion is relived in remembering the martyrs. The liturgical year has but one and the same object, Jesus Christ; whether we contemplate Him directly or through the members of His body. Great graces and great spiritual opportunities are offered us during the course of the liturgical year. It provides a frame and support for Christian piety; it gives it a style which is sober and objective; it maintains a bond of unity among believers. Above all, it communicates an inspiration and transmits a life. It acquires its true meaning to the extent that it becomes an adoration in spirit, in truth.

6:00 a.m. – Festal Orthros

Wednesday, September 2
5:00 p.m. – Catechism Class
6:30 p.m. – Daily Vespers
7:30 p.m. – Choir Practice

Thursday, September 3
6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros

Friday, September 4
6:00 a.m. – Daily Orthros

Saturday, September 5
11:30 a.m. – Serving at Stewpot
5:45 p.m. – Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers (beginning around 6:00 p.m.) PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME

Sunday, September 6 (Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost; Miracle of the Archangel Michael)
8:50 a.m. – Orthros
10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy
6:00 p.m. – Young Adults

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

Please be very careful with the Blessed Bread when you take after communion or at the end of the liturgy. Because this bread has been blessed, we should take care not to let crumbs fall on the floor. Parents, especially, please help your children to choose a small piece and treat it carefully.

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
Eucharist Bread Coffee Hour
August 30 Morrises Dansereaus
September 6 Joneses Morrises
September 7 (Mon. evening) Joanna Meadows (Artoklasia Bread) No Meal
(Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos – Great Vespers with Litia & Artoklasia)
September 13 Milnors Strains
September 14 (Mon. morning) Meadows Meadows
September 20 Dansereaus Joneses/Stewarts
September 27 Freundts Milnors

Sunday School! Sunday School will resume Sunday, September 13th. Thanks to our teachers who volunteer for this important service to our church. Parents are asked to have their children attend and be on time!

Please remember the following in your prayers: Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver ; 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).

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 30 Tom Skirtech I Cor. 15:1-11 146
September 6 Walt Wood I Cor. 16:13-24 152
September 7 (Mon. pm – Reading on Quarterly Schedule not done – Great Vespers instead)
September 13 Warren Strain Gal. 6:11-18 198
September 14 (Mon. am) Kh. Sharon Meadows I Cor. 1:18-24 311
September 20 Mildred Morris Gal. 2:16-20 193
September 27 Kh. Be'Be' Schelver II Cor. 6:1-10 168

New Time for Great Vespers on Saturdays!! Starting next Saturday we will begin to pray Ninth Hour on Saturday evenings prior to Great Vespers. It was also decided by the Parish Council to move Great Vespers to an earlier time. So, in the future, Ninth Hour will begin at 5:45 p.m., followed immediately by Great Vespers (around 6:00 p.m.). Please make a note of this change in times.

Stewpot!!! We will be serving a meal at the Stewpot next Saturday along with members of Holy Resurrection. Please see Cheryl Pigott to find out how you can help.

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.

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

* We will celebrate the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos with Great Vespers with Litia and Artoklasia on Monday evening, September 7th.

* The feast of the Elevation of the Cross will be celebrated on Monday morning, September 14th.

* There will be a Work Day at the Church on Saturday morning, September 19th , starting at 8:30 a.m. Come enjoy the fellowship and help spruce up the church!!

Fasting Discipline for September
In September, the traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays; however, a strict fast is observed on September 14th (Elevation of the Holy Cross).

Major Commemorations During September
September 1 Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year
September 6 Miracle of the Archangel Michael
September 8 Nativity of the Theotokos
September 9 Righteous Joachim and Anna
September 14 Elevation of the Precious Cross
September 16 Great-martyr Euphemia, the All-praised
September 20 Great-martyr Eustathios and his family
September 23 Conception of the Forerunner
September 24 Protomartyr Thekla, Equal-to-the-Apostles
September 26 Repose of the Apostle John, the Theologian
September 28 Venerable Chariton

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.

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.

Quotable: "It is a wonderful thing when the heart is united, by means of lively faith, with the origin of life, the Holy Spirit; then it becomes calm, it expands, and thought is free and bright."
- St. John of Krondstadt

Weekly Quote: "Do not try to be verbose when you pray, lest your mind be distracted in searching for words. One word of the publican propitiated God, and one cry of faith saved the thief. Loquacity in prayer often distracts the mind and leads to fantasy, whereas brevity makes for concentration."

- St. John Climacus

Scriptures: I Corinthians 16:13-24; Matthew 21:33-42
Celebrant: Father John
Deacon: Deacon Terry
Epistle Reader: Walt Wood
Prosphora: Joneses
Coffee Hour: Morrises