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Announcements for Sunday, April 25, 2010

April 25, 2010

Sunday of the Paralytic

Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark

In the miracle of the healing of the paralytic at the pool of Bethesda, we see the Son's power over life and sin, power which becomes fully evident in the Resurrection. The paralytic is a man crippled in body and spirit, for, even as He heals the body, Jesus warns against results of further sin. Christ frees us from our bodies of corruption and grants us flesh glorified in Him; He also frees us from the power of sin and grants us perfection in His Spirit. As the man at the pool accepted God's grace and found life, so let us walk in His light and come into His presence.

I Peter 5:6-14: In today's Epistle reading we are reminded that humility is the foundation of virtue, and that it is learned through submission and obedience to godly elders. We are also reminded that the devil and his angels explore us individually, looking for our weaknesses. Thus we must always be alert for his many-faceted attacks, ready to resist him at every turn.

John 5:1-15: Jesus demonstrates His lordship over creation and the Sabbath when He heals a sick man at the pool of Bethsaida.

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 St. Mark: O holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, intercede with the merciful God to grant unto our souls forgiveness of offenses.

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 Pascha: When Thou didst descend into the grave, O Immortal, Thou didst destroy the power of hades. In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, proclaiming "Rejoice" to the myrrh-bearing women, granting peace to Thine apostles and bestowing resurrection on the fallen.

CALENDAR

Sunday, April 25 (Sunday of the Paralytic; Apostle and Evangelist Mark)8:50 a.m.– Orthros

9:00 a.m.– Christian Education

10:00 a.m.– Divine Liturgy

11:30 a.m.– Ladies of St. Peter (during Coffee Hour)

5:30 p.m.– Youth Group

Monday, April 26

Office Closed– Father John's Day Off

Tuesday, April 27

6:00 a.m.– Daily Orthros of Paschal Season

Wednesday, April 28

5:00 p.m.– Catechism Class

6:30 p.m.– Daily Vespers of Paschal Season

Thursday, April 29

6:00 a.m.– Daily Orthros of Paschal Season

Friday, April 30

6:00 a.m.– Daily Orthros of Paschal Season

Saturday, May 1

4:00 p.m.– Choir Practice

5:00 p.m.– Catechism Class

5:45 p.m.– Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers

Sunday, May 2 (Sunday of the Samaritan Woman; St. Athanasios the Great)

8:50 a.m.– Orthros

9:00 a.m.– Christian Education

10:00 a.m.– Divine Liturgy

5:30 p.m.– Young Adults

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Eucharist Bread: ...was offered by the Milnors for the Divine Liturgy today.

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.

Please be reminded that Orthros begins at 8:50 a.m. and the Divine Liturgy around 10:00 on Sundays. Habitual late arrivals are a distraction from our worship of the Holy Trinity. One should not partake of communion when arriving after the reading of the Epistle.

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:

Eucharist Bread Coffee Hour

April 25 Milnors Dansereaus

May 2 Meadows POT LUCK meal

May 9 Joanna Meadows Strains

May 12 (Wed. p.m.) D. Roots Charlotte Wood (Feast of the Ascension)

May 16 Dansereaus Jones/Stewarts

May 22 (Sat. a.m.) Freundts Meadows(Saturday of the Souls)

May 23 (Pentecost) Fahmys Kh. Be'Be' Schelver

May 30 Bakers R. Roots

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 #

April 25 Kh. Sharon Meadows I Pet. 5:6-14 379

May 2 Mildred Morris Heb. 13:7-16 365

May 9 Sh. Charlotte Algood Acts 16:16-34 58

May 12 (Wed. p.m.) Brenda Baker Acts 1:1-12 63

May 16 Tom Willingham Acts 20:16-18, 28-36 66

May 22 (Sat. a.m.) Kh. Sharon Meadows Acts 28:1-31 72

May 23 Tom Skirtech Acts 2:1-11 77

May 30 Walt Wood Heb. 11:33 - 12:2 84

Please remember the following in your prayers: The Longa and Dn. Sidney Elliott families from St. John's in Memphis; Fr. Donald Lloyd; Sh. Charlotte Algood, Deacon Terry and their family; Fr. James and Kh. Linda Ellison; Bobby and Sue Webb (Deborah Finley's parents); Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver; Reader Basil's family; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.

The Esther Elliott Longa Memorial Fund has been established to help pay the medical expenses, which were very significant. If you are interested in participating, make your check out to St. Peter's and specify that it is for her memorial fund on the memo line. We will be sending a check early in May.

Our monthly Sunday Pot Luck Meal will resume next Sunday, May 2^nd.

Calling everyone (especially Men): We need more help in cleaning up following Coffee Hour and meals at the Church (especially the monthly Pot Luck meals). Since the cooking and set up are usually done by the women, this is a terrific time for the men in our parish to also serve. Please remember that those hosting coffee would always appreciate a little help in setting things back right afterwards. The more hands, the quicker the work.

Fasting Discipline for April/May

Traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish eggs, dairy, wine and oil) is observed on Wednesdays and Fridays of April and May, apart from the week following the Feast of Pentecost on Sunday, May 23^rd, during which there is no fasting. The Apostle's Fast this year extends from May 31^st until the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul on Tuesday, June 29^th.

Major Commemorations During May

May 2 Athanasios the Great (transfer of relics)

May 8 Apostle John the Tehologian

May 10 Apostle Simon the Zealot

May 21 Sts. Constantine and Helen

May 25 The Forerunner (3^rd discovery)

Calendar Items:

*Special Services to be held during the month of May:

Wednesday, May 12 – Orthros/Divine Liturgy (Feast of Ascension)

Saturday, May 22 – Orthros/Divine Liturgy (Saturday of the Souls)

*As is our custom, we will holding the Kneeling Vespers of Pentecost on Sunday evening, May 23^rd, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

*The Fast of the Apostles will begin Monday, May 31^st.

*Our next time to serve a meal at the Stewpot will be on October 30^th .

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.

Weekly Quote: "The goal of reading is the application, in our lives, of what we read. Not to learn it by heart, but to take it to heart. Not to practice using our tongues, but to be able to receive the tongues of fire and to live the mysteries of God. If one studies a great deal in order to acquire knowledge and to teach others, without living the things he teaches, he does not more than fill his head with hot air. At most, he will manage to ascend to the moon using machines. The goal of the Christian is to rise to God without machines."

- Elder Paisios the Athonite

WORSHIP:Sunday, May 2, 2010 (Sunday of the Samaritan Woman; Translation of the Relics of St. Athanasios the Great)

Scriptures: Hebrews 13:7-16 (St. Athanasios); John 4:5-42 (Samaritan Woman)

Celebrant: Father John

Epistle Reader: Mildred Morris

Prosphora: Meadows

Coffee Hour: POT LUCK MEAL

posted by Daniel Root at 2:55 PM Parish Life

Announcements for Sunday, April 18, 2010

April 18, 2010

Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-bearers

About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when our Lord was going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women who had received of His beneficence left their homeland and from then on followed after Him. They ministered unto Him out of their own possessions, even until His crucifixion and entombment; and afterwards, neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the Jewish rulers, they came to His sepulchre, bearing the myrrh-oils they had prepared to anoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils that these God-loving women brought to the tomb that they are called the Myrrh-bearers. Of those whose names are known are the following: first of all the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Matthew 27:56 and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was therefore their step-mother); Mary Magdalene; Mary, the wife of Cleopas; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of Herod Antipas; Salome, the mother of the sons of Zebedee; Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the evangelists have kept silence.

On this day we also make commemoration of Joseph of Arimathea, who was a secret disciple, and also of Nicodemus, who was a disciple by night. Joseph went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with Nicodemus, he gave Him burial out of reverence and love.

Acts 6:1-7: In the reading from Acts we see the establishment of the office of diaconate as an order of Church government with a purpose of serving the people and caring for their needs.

Mark 15:43-16:8: St Mark describes how Joseph of Arimathea claims the body of our Lord from Pilate to place it in his own tomb. On the third day, the three women learn from an angel that the Lord has risen from the dead.

Troparion of the Resurrection: When thou, O immortal Life, didst humble thyself unto death, then didst thou destroy death by the brightness of thy Godhead; and when thou didst raise the bowels of the earth, then all the heavenly powers exclaimed, O Christ, thou art the Giver of life! Glory to thee, O our God!

Troparia of the Ointment-Bearers: The pious Joseph, having brought down thy pure body from the Tree, wrapped it in fine linen, embalmed it with ointment, provided for it, and laid it in a new tomb. But thou didst truly rise, after three days, O Lord, granting the world the Great Mercy.

Verily, the angel came to the tomb and said to the ointment-bearing women, The ointment is meet for the dead, but Christ is shown to be remote from corruption. But cry ye, The Lord is risen, granting the world 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 Pascha: When Thou didst descend into the grave, O Immortal, Thou didst destroy the power of hades. In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, proclaiming "Rejoice" to the myrrh-bearing women, granting peace to Thine apostles and bestowing resurrection on the fallen.

CALENDAR

Sunday, April 18 (Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers)

8:50 a.m.– Orthros

9:00 a.m.– Christian Education

10:00 a.m.– Divine Liturgy

5:30 p.m.– Young Adults

Monday, April 19

Office Closed– Father John's Day Off

Tuesday, April 20

6:00 a.m.– Daily Orthros of Paschal Season

Wednesday, April 21

5:00 p.m.– Catechism Class

6:30 p.m.–Daily Vespers of Paschal Season

Thursday, April 22

6:00 a.m.– Daily Orthros of Paschal Season

Friday, April 23 (Great-martyr George)

6:00 a.m.– Festal Orthros of Paschal Season

Saturday, April 24

8:30 a.m– Workday at the Church

4:00 p.m.– Choir Practice

5:00 p.m.– Catechism Class

5:45 p.m.– Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers

Sunday, April 18 (Sunday of the Paralytic; Apostle and Evangelist Mark)

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 Joneses for the Divine Liturgy today.

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.

Please be reminded that Orthros begins at 8:50 a.m. and the Divine Liturgy around 10:00 on Sundays. Habitual late arrivals are a distraction from our worship of the Holy Trinity. One should not partake of communion when arriving after the reading of the Epistle.

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:

Eucharist Bread Coffee Hour

April 18 Joneses Morrises

April 25 Milnors Dansereaus

May 2 Meadows POT LUCK meal

May 9 Joanna Meadows Strains

May 12 (Wed. p.m.) D. Roots Charlotte Wood(Feast of the Ascension)

May 16 Dansereaus Jones/Stewarts

May 22 (Sat. a.m.) Freundts Meadows(Saturday of the Souls)

May 23 (Pentecost) Fahmys Kh. Be'Be' Schelver

May 30 Bakers R. Roots

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 #

April 18 Warren Strain Acts 6:1-7 38

April 25 Kh. Sharon Meadows I Pet. 5:6-14 379

May 2 Mildred Morris Heb. 13:7-16 365

May 9 Kh. Be'Be' Schelver Acts 16:16-34 58

May 12 (Wed. p.m.) Brenda Baker Acts 1:1-12 63

May 16 Tom Willingham Acts 20:16-18, 28-36 66

May 22 (Sat. a.m.) Kh. Sharon Meadows Acts 28:1-31 72

May 23 Tom Skirtech Acts 2:1-11 77

May 30 Walt Wood Heb. 11:33 - 12:2 84

Please remember the following in your prayers: The Longa and Dn. Sidney Elliott families from St. John's in Memphis; Fr. Donald Lloyd; Sh. Charlotte Algood, Deacon Terry and their family; Fr. James and Kh. Linda Ellison; Bobby and Sue Webb (Deborah Finley's parents); Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver; Reader Basil's family; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.

The Esther Elliott Longa Memorial Fund has been established to help pay the medical expenses, which were very significant. If you are interested in participating, make your check out to St. Peter's and specify that it is for her memorial fund on the memo line. We will be sending a check early in May.

Camp St. Thekla will soon be here! Applications for scholarships have already been submitted, but it is still necessary to send in the applications for camp, itself. Parents, please be sure that you have done this while space is still available!!

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.

Calling everyone (especially Men): We need more help in cleaning up following Coffee Hour and meals at the Church (especially the monthly Pot Luck meals). Since the cooking and set up are usually done by the women, this is a terrific time for the men in our parish to also serve. Please remember that those hosting coffee would always appreciate a little help in setting things back right afterwards. The more hands, the quicker the work.

Our monthly Sunday Pot Luck Meal will resume on Sunday, May 2^nd.

Calendar Items:

*Our next time to serve a meal at the Stewpot will be May 1^st (and again later on October 30^th ).

*Special Services to be held during the month of May:

Wednesday, May 12 – Orthros/Divine Liturgy (Feast of Ascension)

Saturday, May 22 – Orthros/Divine Liturgy (Saturday of the Souls)

*As is our custom, we will holding the Kneeling Vespers of Pentecost on Sunday evening, May 23^rd, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

*The Fast of the Apostles will begin Monday, May 31^st.

Fasting Discipline for April

Starting on April 12^th , traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish eggs, dairy, wine and oil) will resume on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Major Commemorations During April

April 11Thomas Sunday

April 23Great-martyr George

April 24Apostle and Evangelist Mark

Quotable: "The Resurrection of the Lord is the renewal of human nature, and the renewal, re-creation and return to immortality of the first Adam who was swallowed up by death because of sin, and through death, went back to the earth from which he was formed."

- St. Gregory Palamas

Weekly Quote: "Let us flee from the deceit of life and its supposed happiness and run to Christ alone, who is the Savior of our souls. Him let us endeavor to find Who is present everywhere, and when we have found Him let us hold Him fast and fall at His feet (Matthew 28:9) and embrace them in the fervor of our souls."

- St. Symeon the New Theologian

WORSHIP: Sunday, April 25, 2010 (Sunday of the Paralytic; Apostle and Evangelist Mark)

Scriptures: I Peter 5:6-14 (St. Mark); John 5:1-15 (Paralytic)

Celebrant: Father John

Epistle Reader: Kh. Sharon Meadows

Prosphora: Milnors

Coffee Hour: Dansereaus

posted by Daniel Root at 3:25 PM Parish Life

Announcements for Sunday, April 11, 2010

April 11, 2010

Thomas Sunday

On the Sunday following Easter, we hear the story of Thomas and are reminded of the all-permeating presence of Christ and the faith of those who followed the disciples. Even as walls and doors proved no obstacle to His coming to His followers, so nothing can prevent His presence with us. Even as He commissioned them to be peaceful of themselves and to bear His peace and life to those about them, so He grants us peace for ourselves and those we touch. Even as Thomas turned from his doubt to faith, so let us bow before our Lord and God in acknowledgment and praise. With Thomas and all the faithful who sing in heavenly worship, let us raise our hymn of adoration and life to our risen Saviour.

Acts 5:12-20: Through healing of the sick and the addition of new believers to the Church in Jerusalem we see the power of the Holy Spirit at work with the Apostles.

John 20:19-31: In our gospel reading we hear of the Apostle Thomas' doubt regarding Jesus' resurrection. When our Lord appears to Him he immediately believes; yet, the Lord pronounces a blessing upon those who believe without having seen Him.

Troparion of Thomas Sunday: While the tomb was sealed, thou didst shine forth from it, O Light. While the doors were closed, thou didst come in to thy Disciples, O Christ God, Resurrection of all, renewing in us through them an upright spirit, according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Kontakion of Thomas Sunday: With his anxiously searching right hand, O Christ God, Thomas did probe your life-giving side; for when you did enter, the doors being shut, he shouted with the rest of the Disciples, crying, You are my Lord and my God.

CALENDAR

Sunday, April 11 (Thomas Sunday)8:50 a.m.– Thomas Sunday

9:00 a.m.– Christian Education

10:00 a.m.– Divine Liturgy

5:30 p.m.– Youth Group

Monday, April 12

Office Closed– Father John's Day Off

Tuesday, April 13

6:00 a.m.– Daily Orthros of Paschal Season

Wednesday, April 14

5:00 p.m.– Catechism Class

6:30 p.m.–Daily Vespers of Paschal Season

Thursday, April 15

6:00 a.m.– Daily Orthros of Paschal Season

Friday, April 16

6:00 a.m.– Daily Ortros of Paschal Season

Saturday, April 17

5:45 p.m.– Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

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.

Memory Eternal! Esther (Elliott) Longa from St. John's in Memphis fell asleep in the Lord this past Monday evening. Please keep her husband, Luis; their newborn son, Elliott; her parents, Dn. Sidney and Sh. Mary Elliott; and her sisters, Sally and Rebecca in your prayers.

May her memory ever be eternal.

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:

Eucharist Bread Coffee Hour

April 11 Morrises Pigotts

April 18 Joneses Morrises

April 25 Milnors 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 #

April 11 Walt Wood Acts 5:12-20 32

April 18 Warren Strain Acts 6:1-7 38

April 25 Kh. Sharon Meadows I Pet. 5:6-14 379

Please remember the following in your prayers: The Longa and Dn. Sidney Elliott families from St. John's in Memphis; Fr. Donald Lloyd; Sh. Charlotte Algood, Deacon Terry and their family; Fr. James and Kh. Linda Ellison; Bobby and Sue Webb (Deborah Finley's parents); Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver; Reader Basil's family; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.

Camp St. Thekla will soon be here! Applications for scholarships have already been submitted, but it is still necessary to send in the applications for camp, itself. Parents, please be sure that you have done this while space is still available!!

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.

Pledge Letters for 2010 have been mailed. Please return yours as soon as possible, either by mail in the enclosed envelope, or by placing you pledge slip in the Tithes box at the back of the nave.

Calling everyone (especially Men): We need more help in cleaning up following Coffee Hour and meals at the Church (especially the monthly Pot Luck meals). Since the cooking and set up are usually done by the women, this is a terrific time for the men in our parish to also serve. Please remember that those hosting coffee would always appreciate a little help in setting things back right afterwards. The more hands, the quicker the work.

Sunday Pot Luck Meal was not held this month due to other meals which were held in conjunction with the various feasts. We will probably resume our monthly Pot Luck meals in May.

Calendar Items:

*Our next time to serve a meal at the Stewpot will be May 1^st (and again later on October 30^th ).

Fasting Discipline for April

Starting on April 12^th , traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish eggs, dairy, wine and oil) will resume on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Major Commemorations During April

April 11 Thomas Sunday

April 23 Great-martyr George

April 24 Apostle and Evangelist Mark

Quotable: " Whom have we, Lord, like you? The Great One who became small, the Wakeful who slept, the Pure One who was baptized, the Living One who died, the King who abased himself to ensure honor for all. Blessed is your honor! It is right that man should acknowledge your divinity, it is right for heavenly beings to worship your humanity. The heavenly beings were amazed to see how small you became, and earthly ones to see how exalted."

- St. Ephraim the Syrian

Weekly Quote: "All of us who are human beings are in the image of God. But to be in His likeness belongs only to those who by great love have attached their freedom to God."

- St. Diadochus of Photike

WORSHIP: Sunday, April 18, 2010 (Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearers)

Scriptures: Acts 6:1-7; Mark 15:43 - 16:8

Celebrant: Father John

Epistle Reader: Warren Strain

Prosphora: Joneses

Coffee Hour: Morrises

posted by Daniel Root at 3:20 PM Parish Life

Announcements for Sunday, April 4, 2010

April 4, 2010

Great and Holy Pascha

"Unique and holy day, King and lord of days, feast of feasts, solemnity of solemnities. . . " Thus we celebrate the Great Feast because of the resurrection of our Lord and begin the season of celebration which lasts through Pentecost. The paschal solemnities (of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday) are joined to the feast of the resurrection to endow the mystery of Christmas and the Incarnation with the fulness of its meaning and are the prerequisite condition for Pentecost. Easter, therefore, is the center, the heart of the Christian Year.

"Come, take light from the Light that has no evening, and glorify Christ, risen from the dead." The Church again represents the Christian mystery in terms of light; this Light, whose birth was marked by the star of Bethlehem, is shining among us with growing intensity; the darkness of Golgotha could not extinguish it. The physical Resurrection of Jesus would be without value to us if the divine light did not shine at the same time among us, within us. But the good news of the Resurrection is that the light brought by the Saviour now completely overcomes the darkness of our sins!

"Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and to those in the tomb He has given life!"

Acts 1:1-8: From our reading in Acts we are reminded that following the Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord, the Church would receive the Holy Spirit to empower Her in spreading the eternal gospel to all parts of the Earth.

John 1:1-17: Reading in the Gospel of John we see Jesus Christ as the eternally Begotten Son of The Father with Whom He has always existed. We also see John the Baptist coming to prepare the way for our Lord's ministry.

Paschal Troparion: Christ is risen from the dead; by Death has he trodden death, and upon those in the tombs, hath he bestowed life.

Hypakoe of Easter: They who were with Mary came before the dawn, found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre, and heard the angels say unto them, Why seek ye him as man with the dead, who dwelleth in light eternal? Behold the grave wrappings; make haste and declare to the world that the Lord is risen, and hath caused death to die; for he is the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind.

Kontakion of Pascha: When Thou didst descend into the grave, O Immortal, Thou didst destroy the power of hades. In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, proclaiming "Rejoice" to the myrrh-bearing women, granting peace to Thine apostles and bestowing resurrection on the fallen.

CALENDAR

NO FASTING DURING BRIGHT WEEK

Sunday, April 4 (HOLY PASCHA)

NO Morning Service

3:00 p.m.– Agape Vespers at Holy Trinity/St. John the TheologianGreek Orthodox Church

Monday, April 5

Office Closed – Father John's Day Off

Tuesday, April 6

6:00 a.m.– Bright Week Orthros

Wednesday, April 7

5:00 p.m.– Catechism Class

6:30 p.m.–Paschal Vespers for Bright Wednesday

Thursday, April 8

6:00 a.m.– Bright Orthros

Friday, April 9

6:00 a.m.– Bright Week Orthros

Saturday, April 10

4:45 p.m.– Bright Week Ice Cream Social

5:45 p.m.– Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers

Sunday, April 11 (Thomas Sunday)

8:50 a.m.– Thomas Sunday

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 Meadows for the Vesperal Liturgy on Thursday, by the Katools for the Vesperal Liturgy this morning and by the Schelvers for the Paschal service tonight.

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

April 3(Sat. p.m. - Pascha) Schelvers Christina/Anastasia/Charlotte Wood

April 11 Morrises Pigotts

April 18 Joneses Morrises

April 25 Milnors 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 #

April 3 (Sat. p.m.) Tom Skirtech Acts 1:1-8 25

April 11 Walt Wood Acts 5:12-20 32

April 18 Warren Strain Acts 6:1-7 38

April 25 Kh. Sharon Meadows I Pet. 5:6-14 379

Please remember the following in your prayers: Esther (Elliott) Longa, her husband Luis, baby Elliott and their family from St. John's in Memphis; Fr. Donald Lloyd; Sh. Charlotte Algood, Deacon Terry and their family; Fr. James and Kh. Linda Ellison; Bobby and Sue Webb (Deborah Finley's parents); Tom Skirtech, Amy and Brantley Oliver; Reader Basil's family; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Jared and Stacy Autrey and their daughter Olivia Kate (St. Ignatius in Franklin).

Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.

Camp St. Thekla will soon be here! Applications for scholarships have already been submitted, but it is still necessary to send in the applications for camp, itself. Parents, please be sure that you have done this while space is still available!!

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.

Pledge Letters for 2010 have been mailed. Please return yours as soon as possible, either by mail in the enclosed envelope, or by placing you pledge slip in the Tithes box at the back of the nave.

Calendar Items:

*Sunday, April 4^th – Agape Vespers (we are bringing desserts – see Christina)

*Saturday, April 10^th – Bright Week Ice Cream Social at the church at 4:45 p.m. prior to vespers.

*Our next time to serve a meal at the Stewpot will be May 1^st (and again later on October 30^th ).

Calling everyone (especially Men): We need more help in cleaning up following Coffee Hour and meals at the Church (especially the monthly Pot Luck meals). Since the cooking and set up are usually done by the women, this is a terrific time for the men in our parish to also serve. Please remember that those hosting coffee would always appreciate a little help in setting things back right afterwards. The more hands, the quicker the work.

Sunday Pot Luck Meal was not held this month and will not be held in April due to other meals which are being held in conjunction with the various feasts. We will probably resume our monthly Pot Luck meals in May.

Fasting Discipline for April

There is no fasting during Bright Week following Pascha. Starting on April 12^th , traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish eggs, dairy, wine and oil) will resume on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Major Commemorations During April

April 04 Holy PASCHA

April 11 Thomas Sunday

April 23 Great-martyr George

April 24 Apostle and Evangelist Mark

Quotable: "Keep the feast of the Resurrection. Be a Peter or a John; hasten to the Sepulchre, running together, running against one another, vying in the noble race (John 20:3-4). And even if you be beaten in speed, win the victory of zeal; not looking into the tomb, but going in."

- St. Gregory the Theologian

Weekly Quote: "The Savior becomes all thing to all, according to the need of each: to those who ask for joy, He becomes the Vine; to those who wish to enter, He becomes the door; to those who are under the weight of sin, He becomes a lamb, a lamb slain for them. He becomes all things to all, but He remains nonetheless what He is. He is called by a twofold name: Jesus because He gives salvation, and Christ because He is a priest."

- St. Cyril of Jerusalem

WORSHIP: Sunday, April 11, 2010 (Thomas Sunday)

Scriptures: Acts 5:12-20; John 20: 19-31

Celebrant: Father John

Epistle Reader: Walt Wood

Prosphora: Morrises

Coffee Hour :Pigotts

posted by Daniel Root at 3:35 PM Parish Life