ST. JOHN ORTHODOX CHURCH

 

1663 TUTWILER AVENUE

MEMPHIS, TN 38107

(901) 274-4119

www.stjohnmemphis.org

 

V. Rev. Fr. John Troy Mashburn, Jr.                                   Rev. Fr. Nicholas Meyers

Pastor                                                                          Assistant Pastor

 

    V. Rev. Fr. Basil Cushman                                                Rev. Fr. Donald Berge

Associate Pastor                                                                     Attached

 

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

 

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

October 5, 2008

Epistle:  II Corinthians 6:1-10               Gospel: Luke 6:31-36

                                                                                                                               

The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by Sue Ingram.

 

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                                October 5th  - October 12th (Wed. & Fri. Fast)

Sunday            - Teen Group – Life Chain, meet at the church at 1:30 p.m.

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

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

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

                        - Men’s Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

- No Choir Practice

- Catechumen/Inquirer’s Class, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday     - Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

- Vespers, 6:00 p.m.

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

- Parish Council Meeting (in library), 7:45 p.m.

- Welcome Team Meeting (in nave), 7:45 p.m.

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

                        - OCF will meet at Barth House, 7:00 p.m.

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

- Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

- Stay & Play Group will meet in the fellowship hall after third hour.

- Sixth Hour, 12:00 p.m.

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

Sunday            - Church School, 9:00 a.m.

- Orthros, 9:00 a.m.

                        - Divine Liturgy, 10:00 a.m.  

 

Schedule for Divine Liturgy                                                    Sunday, October 12th

PRIEST:                       Fr. John                                    HOMILY:        Fr. John

DEACONS:                 Dn. James & Charles                READER:        Mickey Hodges

HOLY BREAD:           Christi Yadron                          USHER:           Matt Spinolo

ALTAR SERVERS:     Ethan, J. Morgan, Luke L., Benji

COFFEE HOUR:         Meribeth & Charlie Harvey, Mickey & Sarah Hodges

TUPELO:                     Fr. Nicholas

 

Upcoming Memorial ~ October 12  ~ Urania Alissandratos

 

Coffee Hour for next Sunday, October 12 - Tene, George, Theresa, and Julia Alissandratos are sponsoring the coffee hour on 10/12, and they plan to have more food than usual.  They would very much like visit with people since three of the four no longer live here.  Come worship with us and stay for a good “Greek fare” and conviviality in coffee hour.

COMMEMORATIONS

 

Oct. 5: Martyr Charitina; John, bishop of Euchaita; Venerable Eudokimos of Vatopedi monastery on Athos; uncovering of the relics of the wonder-workers Peter, Alexis, Jonah, Philip and Hermogenes, metropolitans of Moscow.

 

Oct. 6: Apostle Thomas; Venerable Kendea; Venerable-martyr Makarios of St. Anne Skete on Athos; Innocent, metropolitan of Moscow, enlightener of the Aleuts and apostle to America.

 

Oct. 7: Martyrs Sergios and Bacchos in Syria; Hieromartyr Polykhronios; Priest Julian; Venerable John the Hermit and those with him; Venerable Sergios of Nurma.

 

Oct. 8: Venerable Pelagia the penitent; Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Antioch; Martyr Taisia of Egypt; Hieromartyr Artemon; Venerable-martyr Ignatios of Prodromou Skete on Athos; Venerable Philotheos, patriarch of Constantinople; Martyr Ignatios of Bulgaria.

 

Oct. 9: Apostle James, son of Alpheos; Venerable Andronikos and Athanasia of Egypt; Venerable Poplia the confessor of Antioch; Righteous Forefather Abraham and his nephew the Righteous Lot; Stephen the Younger, king of Serbia; Dionysios, bishop of Paris.

 

Oct. 10: Martyrs Eulampios and Eulampia at Nicomedia; Venerable Theophilos the confessor of Bulgaria; Venerable Ambrose of Optina.

 

Oct. 11: Apostle Philip, the deacon, of the Seventy; Venerable Theophanes the branded; Nektarios, Arsakios, Philotheos and Sisinios, patriarchs of Constantinople; Venerable Jonah.

 

Oct. 12: Martyrs Probos, Andronikos and Tarachos at Tarsus; Cosmas the hymnographer, bishop of Maiuma.

 

**For reading material on the saints for this week, visit the display in the church library.

 

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS       October 5 – October 12

Sunday             II Corinthians 6:1-10                Luke 6:31-36

Monday           Ephesians 1:22-2:3                   Luke 6:24-30

Tuesday           Ephesians 2:19-3:7                   Luke 6:37-45

Wednesday      Ephesians 3:8-21                      Luke 6:46-7:1

Thursday          Ephesians 4:14-19                    Luke 7:17-30

Friday              Ephesians 4:17-25                    Luke 7:31-35

Saturday           I Corinthians 14:20-25              Luke 5:27-32

Sunday             II Corinthians 6:16-7:1              Luke 8:5-15

 

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, Adam Clay, and Casey & Jessica Hardy (Davis).

 

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, 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, Joy White (pregnant), Jodi Yzaguirre (pregnant), Alicia Stickle (pregnant), 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. If you currently have any hotel-type toiletries accumulating in your bathroom closets, please bring them in...they are of great help to those we give bags of food to.

 

OTHER CONTINUING ALMS-GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

Diocese of Miami and the Southeast Mission Fund

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

St. Paul Mission Station – Tupelo, MS

St. John’s Alms Fund

St. John’s Camping Fund

 

 

 

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.

 

 

Life Chain – TODAY is Life Chain. As usual, we participate as a parish. For the last several years we have had about 45-50 people participate. Let’s see if we can increase that number this year. We will stand in midtown for only one hour, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. and will meet at the church at 1:30 p.m.

 

 

Antiochian Women of St. John’s Calendar

 

There will be a short AWOSJ meeting TODAY.

We will meet in the room next to the kitchen during coffee hour.

 

Upcoming Book Club Dates:

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

At the home of Kh. Pamela Mashburn

Monday, November 3rd – The Bishop’s Mantle

 

Women’s Teaching:

Upcoming Dates: November 13  ~  December 4

 

BABY SHOWER

for Jodi Yzaguirre & Baby

Sunday, October 19th from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

at the home of Esther Longa

to RSVP please contact Esther

Jodi is registered at Target & Babies R Us

if you are interested in a group gift please contact Kh. Martha Berge

 

 

OCF – Orthodox Christian Fellowship

Will meet this week at Barth House at 7:00 pm

Any questions contact Ethan vanDrimmelen

 

 

WELCOME TEAM – If you are interested in improving how we welcome guests, and assimilate newcomers, then please join us. The St. John Welcome Team will be meeting this Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. (after vespers and dinner) in the nave.

 

Apartment for Rent - At the beginning of November the first-level apartment in the duplex next door will be available for rent. It has two bedrooms, an office and one bathroom. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact the church office.

 

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 6:00 pm, and we plan to eat between 6:45 and 7:00.  Come pray and eat with us!!   

 

LIBRARY LINES – Time is one of the great mysteries of our life on earth.  We cannot imagine living outside of it, yet the fathers tell us that there is no time in eternity. This week we commemorate three saints who lived before and during Christ’s lifetime.  They once lived on earth, but today they live in the eternal now.

Thursday, we remember the Righteous Abraham and his nephew Lot (10/9).  God told him he would be the father of multitudes, and we even refer to God in some of our prayers as “God of our fathers, God of Abraham, Isaac and of their righteous seed.”

James, the son of Alpheos (10/9), was one of Christ’s disciples.  He was St. Matthew’s brother and accompanied St. Andrew on his missionary journeys.  He was martyred in Egypt by crucifixion.

Read about these and other saints and see their icons in St. John Library. 

 

 

Teen Group Events

 

 

TODAY, October 5th – LIFE CHAIN, 1:30 p.m. meet at the church

 

Next Sunday, October 12th – No meeting – Fall Break Camping Trip

 

 

 

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.

 

 

New Church Directories – There have been new church directories available in the fellowship hall for the past few weeks. Please pick up a copy if you have not yet done so.

 

 

Pro-life Corner – Join us today for the annual “Life Chain”.

 

 

Get ready to have some FUN!

 

Saturday, October 18th 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

ST.  JOHN PICNIC

 

WHAT TO BRING:

·        BYOE (bring your own everything) Food, drinks (non-alcoholic) & paper goods for your family. (Please do not bring any glass containers).

·        Games, balls, bats, Frisbees – anything that can be translated into FUN for all!

·        Guitars or other musical instruments for a sing-a-long led by Bill Stanek.

·        Cookies for the COOKIE CONTEST that will be judged by Anne Schommer.

 

WHERE TO GO:

The Germantown Municipal Park is located at the corner of Farmington Road and Exeter Road, beside the Germantown Performing Arts Center.  

 

If anyone is interested in volunteering for the picnic planning committee, (organizing group games/activities for children & adults, decorations, set-up/clean-up, etc.) please contact Karen Bell.

 

Come join your St. John Family for an afternoon of

FUN, FOOD & FELLOWSHIP!!

 

 

 

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