ST. JOHN ORTHODOX CHURCH

1663 TUTWILER AVENUE

MEMPHIS, TN 38107

(901) 274-4119

www.stjohnmemphis.org

V. Rev. Fr. Basil Cushman V. Rev. Fr. John Troy Mashburn, Jr. Rev. Fr. Donald Berge

Assistant Pastor Pastor

GREAT VESPERS ORTHROS and CHURCH SCHOOL DIVINE LITURGY

Saturday, 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Sunday, 10:00 a.m.

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

“…the Disciples were called Christians first in Antioch!”

Acts 11:26

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

August 10, 2008

Epistle: I Corinthians 1:10-18 Gospel: Matthew 14:14-22

The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by Sh. Margaret McKelroy.

Welcome to all those visiting St. John Orthodox Church. We are honored by your presence. It is our sincere desire that your participation today in the Divine Liturgy will draw you closer to Christ and His Church.

If you are from a non-Orthodox background you may see new things such as icons, incense, the sign of the cross, the veneration of saints, and a great deal of standing. These can be perplexing to the uninitiated eye. Rest assured that everything we do has a solid biblical foundation and a long history among Christian people. Please feel free to participate where you feel comfortable, and feel equally as free only to observe when you prefer.

The Orthodox Church understands the Eucharist, or Lord’s Supper, to be – among other things – the paramount expression of Christian unity. While it is our deepest hope that Christendom will one day fulfill Christ’s desire for true unity among all those who claim His name (John 17:21), the unfortunate reality of our day is that the various segments of Christendom are not unified with the historic Orthodox faith. Since participation in the Eucharist expresses a unity with all the dogma and practice of the Orthodox Church, non-Orthodox guests do not receive Holy Communion. The Holy Eucharist is reserved for those members of the Orthodox Church who have prepared themselves by prayer, fasting, and recent confession. All visitors and unprepared Orthodox are invited to partake of the blessed bread as they come forward to venerate the cross at the end of the Liturgy. Thank you for your understanding.

ST. JOHN CALENDAR August 10^th – 17^th (Dormition Fast thru August 14^th & Friday fast)

Sunday - Teen Group – Bowling

- Young Adult Group at Fr. John & Kh. Pamela’s home, 7:00 p.m.

Monday - First Hour, 6:45 a.m.

- Paraklesis, 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday - Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

- No Choir Practice or Catechumen/Inquirer’s Class

- Paraklesis, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday - Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

- Paraklesis, 6:00 p.m.

- Wednesday Dinner, 6:45 p.m. (be sure to sign-up!)

Thursday - Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

- Men’s Lunch, 12:00 p.m.

- Ninth Hour and Great Vespers, 6:50 p.m.

Friday - Divine Liturgy for the Dormition of the Theotokos, 9:00 a.m.

Fasting Breakfast Coffee Hour to Follow

- No Stay & Play Group

Saturday - Ninth Hour and Great Vespers, 5:50 p.m.

Sunday - Orthros, 9:00 a.m.

- Divine Liturgy, 10:00 a.m.

Schedule for Divine Liturgy Friday, August 15^th

PRIEST: Fr. John HOMILY: Fr. John

DEACONS: Dns. James & Charles READER: Joshua Armitage

HOLY BREAD: Judy Terry ALTAR SERVERS: Any who can

COFFEE HOUR: Corinne Elliott & Judy Terry

Schedule for Divine Liturgy Sunday, August 17^th

PRIEST: Fr. Basil HOMILY: Fr. Basil

DEACONS: Dns. Tim & Charles READER: Mickey Hodges

HOLY BREAD: Ellie Moore USHER: John Sneed

ALTAR SERVERS: Caleb, J. Morgan, Misha, Joe

COFFEE HOUR: Charlie & Meribeth Harvey, Dianna Hildebrand

The Dormition Fast - The traditional fasting discipline (no meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish, wine and oil) is observed during the fast which lasts from August 1st through 14th (with katalysis for wine and oil on Saturdays and Sundays, and for fish, wine and oil on the Transfiguration [August 6th]).

COMMEMORATIONS

Aug. 10: Martyr and Archdeacon Laurence of Rome; Hieromartyr Sixtus, bishop of Rome.

Aug. 11: Martyr and Archdeacon Euplos of Catania; Niphon, patriarch of Constantinople; commemoration of the miracle of Spyridon the wonder-worker of Kerkyra; New-martyrs Anastasios and Demetrios.

Aug. 12: Martyrs Photios and Anikytos of Nicomedia.

Aug. 13: Maximos the Confessor; Eudokia and Irene (Xenia) the empresses; Venerable Dositheos; repose of Tikhon, bishop of Voronezh and wonder-worker of Zadonsk; uncovering of the relics of Maximos of Moscow, fool-for-Christ.

Aug. 14: Prophet Micah; New-martyr Simeon of Trebizond; translation of the relics of Venerable Theodosios of the Kiev Caves.

Aug. 15: The Dormition of the Theotokos.

Aug. 16: The commemoration of the icon-not-made-by-hands of our Lord in Edessa. Martyrs Diomedes the physician of Tarsus in Cilicia and Alkiviades; Venerable Gerasimos the New Ascetic of Kephalencia; Timothy, bishop of Epiros; New-martyrs Nikodemos of Meteora and Apostolos (Stamatios) of St. Laurence; the New-martyrs of Megaris.

Aug. 17: Venerable Myron of Kyzikos, Eutychios, Eutychian, and Kassiane; Martyrs Thyrsos, Cyprian and Juliana; Venerable Alypios the iconographer of the Kiev Caves; Theodoretos of Solovky, enlightener of the Lapps.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS August 10 – August 17

Sunday I Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 14:14-22

Monday I Corinthians 11:31-12:6 Matthew 18:1-11

Tuesday I Corinthians 12:12-26 Matthew 18:18-22; 19:1-2, 13-15

Wednesday I Corinthians 13:4-14:5 Matthew 20:1-16

Thursday I Corinthians 14:6-19 Matthew 20:17-28

Friday I Corinthians 14:26-40 Matthew 21:12-14, 17-20

Saturday Romans 14:6-9 Matthew 15:32-39

Sunday I Corinthians 3:9-17 Matthew 14:22-34

Pray for our catechumens: In Memphis - James Pritchard, Leland & Courtney Murphree (Mary Charlotte), Gary & Cindy Karnaghon, Sue Brownlow, Larry Ichniowski, and Kinney Graham. In Tupelo - Shane Davis, Justin & Tifphanie Franks (Paris), Justin & Brandy Williams, Leah Hardy and Adam Clay.

Please remember in your prayers: His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP, His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN, Archimandrite Roman Braga, Rev. Fr. Mikhail & the faithful of Spaso-Pargolovo (St. Petersburg), Buddy Taylor, Margaret Layman, Chris Hodges, Jonathan Cushman, Jason Cushman, Judy Smith (Julie Sanderlin’s mother), Shirley Gore (Judy Terry’s mother), Stephen Wright, Linda Starr (friend of Mary Ann Coccaro), Effie Johnson (Kh. Susan’s mother), Mary Clark, Claire van Drimmelen (pregnant), Beauvais George (pregnant), Joy White (pregnant), Jodi Yzaguirre (pregnant), Alicia Stickle (pregnant), Andrew Alissandratos, Ann Hicks (Dianna Hildebrand’s mother), Sue Ingram, Alexandra Dense.

- ALMS-GIVING -

FOOD PANTRY - Please remember that we give items from the food pantry to a few specific families all year long and this is a wonderful way to give alms all throughout the year. We will continue to keep a bin just outside the parish hall for collection of these items.

HANDS-ON ALMS-GIVING OPPORTUNITIES - Rachel’s Kids – Interested in tutoring one on one, or donating food, drinks or paper serving items? Tuesday nights - Contact Lynda Spinolo, (751-8828), (355-0150), or email lspinolo@comcast.net.

OTHER CONTINUING ALMS-GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

Diocese of Miami and the Southeast Mission Fund

Michael Bittle Fund – Holy Trinity Orthodox Church – Little Rock, AR

St. Barbara Monastery – for the benefit of Sister Thekla (Anne Marie Harrison)

Project Mexico – www.projectmexico.org

St. Paul Mission Station – Tupelo, MS

Wednesday night service and meal – As we previewed at the parish meeting in the spring, we will continue our Wednesday night meals this next Wednesday. It will be catered, and we will all need to pay a small amount - $3.50. We will need to have a good estimate of the number of people who want to eat, so to participate in the meal, you will need to sign up on Sunday or call the office Monday and let us know how many in your family will plan to eat. We will start the Paraklesis that evening at 6:00 pm, and we plan to eat between 6:45 and 7:00. The parish council is very excited about this new activity, and soon we plan to add a teaching as well. Come pray and eat with us!!

Antiochian Women of St. John’s Calendar

Upcoming Book Club Dates:

We will not meet in August

Monday, September 8^th – Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Monday, October 6^th - Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos

Monday, November 3^rd – The Bishop’s Mantle

Meyers’ Contact Information – Please contact the church office if you would like their contact information. Photos of Fr. Nicholas’ ordination are posted at http://www.antiochianladiocese.org/pastevents.htm.

LIBRARY LINES – St. Matthias (8/9) is sometimes thought of as an extra apostle, a last minute fill-in. We remember that he was chosen “by lot” so he may seem like one who was chosen by chance. But, we know that there are no coincidences in the Kingdom of God. Unlike many of the Twelve who were uneducated, common men, St. Matthias studied under the hand of holy Symeon, the God-receiver. Read his story and see his icon in St. John Library.

St. John Library has also received six new CDs. Listen up!!

~ Fruits of the Spirit ~ Celebrate the Feasts

~ With the Voice of the Archangel ~ Vigil

~ Selections from the Divine Liturgy

~ Complete Orthodox Music Works by Rachmaninov/ vol 1/ Canticles of Vespers

Subdeacon John-Martin (Marty) Watt – One of our former parishioners, Marty Watt, has completed the late (clerical) vocations program in the OCA and Archbishop JOB (OCA) of Chicago and the Midwest has granted his petition for ordination to the diaconate. The ordination will, God willing, take place Saturday, October 11, 2008, at St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Christian Church in Dayton. The address is 4451 Wagoner Road. There will be a pot-luck reception/luncheon in the Parish Hall after the completion of the Divine Liturgy. Marty would very much appreciate your prayers. May God use him for the glory of the Kingdom!

New Phone Directory – There will be a new church directory printed at the beginning of September. Please look over your entry in the current directory and send any changes to me at meribeth@stjohnmemphis.org. - Meribeth

Dinner Clubs – Don’t miss out on the FUN! All current groups are encouraged to meet one last time before the end of August. Dinner clubs are groups of 6-8 St. John people who meet together for a meal once every two months for a year. The focus is on fellowship, not food. This is a great way to meet and get to know people and develop a sense of community. Those who want to commit to be in a new dinner club starting in September, please see the sign-up sheet in the fellowship hall. If you are interested in a group that will meet with children, please mark it on the sign-up sheet. The deadline for signing-up is Sunday, August 17th. Any questions or comments please call or email Sh. Margaret.

Teen Group Events

Today – Sunday, August 10^th – Bowling

Next Week – Sunday, August 17^th – Meeting at Church Election for Magistrates

Parish Council Recommendations – Each year we have two parish council members cycle-off the council, and two new ones take their place. The council is made up of seven members, two of whom serve ex-officio, the pastor (Fr. John) and the business manager (Paul Parham). A third member is selected by the clergy from their ranks. The other four are appointed by the pastor with the counsel of the clergy and the recommendations of the laity. In the parish hall are forms for you to make your recommendations. Please recommend three people, in order of your preference. It is important for everyone to give his input. The more participation we have, the more we can be in tune with the will of God. Departing members of the council are Emily Turner and Charlie Harvey. Thank you Emily & Charlie! Remaining on the council will be Fr. John, Paul, Lori O’Brien and John Cameron.