November 20, 2011 The Choir of the Holy Unmercenary Physicians
Announcements on the 23rd
Sunday after Pentecost, The Choir of the Holy Unmercenary Physicians, November
20th, 2011
Metropolitan
Hilarion to Serve and Ordain – God willing, he will come and serve with us on Friday and
Saturday, December 2nd and 3rd, and will perform the
ordination of Father Deacon Christopher Johnson to the priesthood during the
Divine Liturgy on Saturday morning. We
have so far heard that several other clergy are joining us as well. Glory to God! Please keep Father Christopher and Matushka Dorothy in your
prayers. Also, God willing, Metropolitan
Hilarion will add to the festivities the ordination to the diaconate of Monk
Damaskinos. We can expect therefore in
addition monastic guests, including Abbess Aemilliane and some of the sisters
of the Convent of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple.
A Souvenir of
the Visit of the Myrrh-Streaming and Wonder-working Icon of the Mother of God
of Iveron from Hawaii can be purchased for $15. It is a booklet containing the Akathist of St. Romanos in large print
and marked for singing,along with other devotional songs to the Mother of
God. We use it for our Wednesday evening
prayers before our copy of the wonder-working icon. Please buy one for the
support of our work, and use it in your own prayers.
Thanks are due
to God’s help and inspiration – Through
individual generosity borne in the hearts of givers, we have to date
accumulated nearly $44,000. As
Augustine’s prescient thermometer shows, our current goal to enable us to move
to our new property is $60,000. The
target keeps moving because research by our relocation and building group shows
new needs. This cannot be helped. And, because our status here is vulnerable,
we need to keep our goal to move ever in our prayers and help any way we can,
by donations and expertise. All these
contributions can be channeled into the efforts of…
Our Relocation and Building
Group – This group
is formed to coordinate our relocation efforts. If you would like to be part of this, please speak with Matushka
Deborah.
Ongoing Financial Support
for the Parish – Now is the time to make or renew your 2012 pledge. We cannot calculate what Holy Apostles means
to us. But we can very much calculate
the ongoing physical needs of the parish. Our treasurer is starting work on our 2012 budget. So please, fill out the pledge forms. They are available at the candle stand. Remember to complete the family information
part.
The Use of
Candles
– A candle represents the prayer of the one who set it out. During the service, please let the prayer
complete itself by allowing the candle to burn into the sand. Also, when lighting all the candles, please
also don’t discard any remaining candle unless it is burned down to the sand,
or very close to that. If you pull it
out to discard and discover that it still has some burning time left, please
put it back for relighting.
Pray for and
Visit the Aged – "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is
this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction." (James
1:27)
These
ladies are all in Riderwood just west of Rte 95, just past Calverton Shopping
Center and would appreciate contact and prayers: Olga Prisekin, Rosalie Belida,
Betty Chisholm and Dorothy Dague.
Service Opportunities
Meal Signups – Add your name to the list to offer a
meal in the upcoming weeks. No onw has
signed up for next week (November 27th.)
Church Cleaning – Be on the cleaning team
and/or support with a $40 donation for a weekly cleaning.
Nick’s Place – Please contribute non-perishable goods
for the local halfway house for young men recovering from substance abuse.
Holy Apostles Chariots takes turns picking up whoever needs a
ride to church. If you need a ride or
would like be one of the charioteers, please speak to our “chief charioteer,”
Kyril Shillenn.
The Choir needs
people and if you can sing you can be one of them. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings at 7
PM. This Thursday being Thanksgiving,
there will be a special rehearsal on Wednesday evening after the Thanksgiving
prayer.
Orthodox Christians on
Campus is meeting
this coming Tuesday evening at 7 PM as well as every Tuesday evening, in the
chapel at the Catholic Student Center at the intersection of Guilford Drive and
Knox Road by the University of Maryland in College Park. If you know a student who is Orthodox at the
University or a student who is curious about Orthodoxy, please let him know
about this. We have Vespers followed by
a speaker or discussion and Q & A. Sometimes
we go out to eat afterwards. This past
Tuesday, there were upwards of 40 people in attendance for Fr. Daniel
Byantoro’s talk.
St. Joseph’s Young Adults, our Orthodox young people’s group from
the Baltimore-Washington area, will resume meeting on Friday, December 9th,
at 7 PM at the Rectory.
Today is our Thanksgiving
Potluck, so let us please all gather and enjoy God’s bounty together
and give thanks to Him for His many benefits, including the efforts he has
inspired in those who prepared the meal.
Visitors and
Guests
please sign in the guest book to the right of the church-shaped donation box,
and, if possible, include any contact information such as address, telephone
and email.
Constantine
Zalalas will be giving a talk at our church on Sunday evening, December 11th,, at
6PM. He is part of the “Greek Friends of
Holy Apostles” who are fervently working to help us raise the needed funds to build
our church. Please mark your calendar
and come and support our parish and hear his inspiring talk. A flyer is attached.
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