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www.stjohnmemphis.org
V.
Rev.
Pastor
Assistant Pastor
V. Rev. Fr. Basil Cushman Rev.
Fr. Donald Berge
Associate
Pastor
Attached
GREAT
VESPERS ORTHROS and
Saturday,
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of
“…the
Disciples were called Christians first in
Sunday after the Elevation of the Holy
Cross
Epistle: Galatians 2:16-20 Gospel: Mark
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by the Turner
Family.
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
Sunday - Teen Group – Soup Kitchen, meet at the church at
- No
Young Adult Group
Monday - First
Hour,
Tuesday - Third Hour,
- Choir
Practice,
- No
Catechumen/Inquirer’s Class (Classes will resume next week)
Wednesday - Third
Hour,
- Akathist
to
-
Wednesday Dinner,
Thursday - Third
Hour,
- Men’s Lunch,
- Paying Vespers,
- OCF will meet at
Friday -
Divine
Liturgy,The Repose of
Fasting
Breakfast Coffee Hour to follow
- No Stay & Play Group
Saturday -
Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday -
- Orthros,
- Divine Liturgy,
Divine
Liturgy - Repose of
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dn. Tim & Charles READER: Caleb McGee
HOLY BREAD: Laura Graham ALTAR SERVERS: Any who can
COFFEE HOUR: Sue Ingram & Judy Terry
Schedule
for Divine Liturgy Sunday, September 28th
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dn. Tim & James READER: Matt Spinolo
HOLY BREAD: Sue Ingram USHER:
John McGee
ALTAR SERVERS: Caleb, J. Morgan, Misha,
Joe
COFFEE HOUR: Nawar
& Reem Mansour, Rawad & Shanna Massouh
Patronal Feast – Repose of St. John the Theologian – We will celebrate the Feast
of St. John’s repose by praying vespers
Thursday night, September 25 at 6:30 PM (not on earlier schedules) and by
celebrating the Divine Liturgy Friday,
September 26, at 9:00 AM. Since this
is our patronal feast, we can have fish, wine and oil
that day. Come pray and worship with us!
COMMEMORATIONS
Sept.21: Apostle Quadratos of the
Seventy; Prophet Jonah; uncovering of the relics of Demetrios,
bishop of
Sept.22: Hieromartyr Phocas of Sinope the
wonder-worker; New-martyrs Isaac and Martin; Twenty-six Venerable-martyrs of Zographou monastery on Athos; Venerable Cosmas
the Bulgarian of Zagraphou monastery on Athos.
Sept. 23: The Conception of the Forerunner; Martyr Raidos; New-martyrs Nicholas and John; Venerable Xanthippa and Polyxena of Spain.
Sept.24: Proto-martyr Thekla, equal-to-the-Apostles; the
commemoration of the wonder-working icon of the Theotokos of the Myrtle Tree;
New-martyr Ahmed; Venerable Nicander of Pskov;
Venerable Silouan of Athos; the synaxis of all saints
of Alaska.
Sept.25: Venerable Euphrosyne of
Alexandria; Venerable-martyr Paphnoutios and those
with him; repose of Venerable Sergios of Radonezh; translation of the relics of Herman, archbishop
of
Sept.26: The repose of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
Sept. 27: Martyr Kallistratos; the
Apostles Aristarchos, Zenon
and Mark of the Seventy; New-martyr Aquilina;
Venerable Ignatios, abbot in
Sept.28: Venerable Chariton the Confessor, abbot of Palestine;
Venerable Neophytos and Auxentios;
Martyr Heliodoros; Prophet Baruch; Martyr Wenceslaus,
prince of the Czechs.
**For reading material on the
saints for this week, visit the display in the church library.
DAILY
SCRIPTURE
Sunday I
Corinthians 16:13-24 Matthew 21:33-42
Monday Galatians 2:11-16 Luke 3:19-22
Tuesday Galatians
Wednesday Galatians
Thursday Galatians
Friday Galatians 4:8-21 Luke
Saturday I Corinthians
Sunday II
Corinthians 4:6-15 Luke
5:1-11
Pray for our catechumens: In
Please remember in your
prayers: His
- 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.
OTHER CONTINUING ALMS-GIVING
OPPORTUNITIES
Diocese of
Michael Bittle Fund – Holy Trinity
Orthodox Church –
Project
Candles - There
are now six-day candles available for purchase in the narthex in addition to
the beeswax candles. They are in purple glass sleeves and are available to be
offered before the icons along the side of the church. Once the six-day candle has
burned out the glass sleeve will be refilled and available again in the narthex
for future offerings.
Memorials
Today
we offer Trisagion Prayers for Mary Allison Callaway.
September 18 will be the 10-year anniversary of her death. She was twenty years
old at her death. The last Feast she celebrated with us at
Upcoming
Memorial ~ October 12 ~ Urania
Alissandratos
Antiochian Women of St. John’s Calendar
Upcoming Book Club Dates:
Monday, October 6th
- Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos
Monday, November 3rd
– The Bishop’s Mantle
In October &
November we will meet at the home of Kh. Pamela Mashburn
Women’s Teaching Dates:
October 2 ~ November 13
~ December 4
GOOD LIBRARY
MANNERS: Please do not put library books, tapes, CDs
or DVDs back on the shelves. This applies to ones you have looked at and
decided not to check out as well as returned items. Recently several new, music
CDs have been placed on the wrong shelves and other parishioners have been
unable to find them. Unwanted and returned items need to be placed on the
second shelf of the circulation cart.
OCF –
Orthodox
Will meet
this week at
Any
questions contact Ethan vanDrimmelen
Soup Kitchen
– We will serve at the soup kitchen TODAY, Sunday, September 21st at
First Presbyterian Church. Since we will
be the only group assisting today, it is important that we have a good
turnout. We will need 24 volunteers,
teens and adults. This is a great alms activity for individuals and families.
Pro-life
Corner - Mark
your calendar for the annual “Life Chain,” October 5.
Wednesday Night Service and Meal - We continue our Wednesday night meals this
Wednesday. 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. The cost is $3.50. The service begins at
LIBRARY
LINES – Occasionally a story from the
lives of the saints makes its way into our everyday vocabulary. This whale of a tale is a story for children,
sailors, gardeners, and zoologists with tremendous theological significance!
Monday we commemorate the
Holy prophet Jonah (9/22). God called
him to bring His message to the wicked city of
He
was swallowed by a great fish and remained in his belly for three days. God
heard his cries and caused the whale to vomit him up on land. Jonah traveled on to
Read this account and its picture to us of
Pascha in The Book of Jonah (KID/CHO).
Of course,the book
includes color illustrations of Jonah in the whale. Icons of him and other
reading material about Jonah are on display in St. John Library.
Teen Group Events
This Sunday, September 21st – Soup Kitchen –
We
will meet at the church at
Next
Sunday, September 28th – Mid-South Fair
COFFEE HOUR SIGN-UP ~ Please
be sure to sign-up for a week to help out with coffee hour. This is a great way
to serve others in the parish. The sign-up sheet is on the table in the
fellowship hall.
From
the Fathers
“Watch your heart during all
your life - examine it, listen to it, and see what prevents its union with the
most blessed Lord. Let this be for you the science of all sciences and with
God's help you will easily observe what estranges you from God and what draws
you towards Him and unites you to Him.” -
“Censure from men afflicts
the heart; but if patiently accepted it generates purity.” - St. Mark the
Ascetic
“It often happens that Satan
will insidiously commune with you in your heart and say: ‘Think of the evil you
have done; your soul is full of lawlessness, you are weighed down by many
grievous sins.’ Do not let him deceive you when he does this and do not be led
to despair on the pretext that you are being humble. You should answer: ‘I have God’s assurance,
for He says: "I desire, not the sinner’s death, but that he should return
through repentance and live"’ (Ezek. 33:11) What was the purpose of His
descent to earth except to save sinners, to bring light to those in darkness
and life to the dead?”- St. Makarios of
“Every genuine confession
humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul
that it has been delivered by the grace of God.” - St. Maximos the Confessor