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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
Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical
Council
Epistle: Titus 3:8-15 Gospel: Luke 8:5-15
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by
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 - No Teen Group today
- Young
Adult Group, at
Monday - First
Hour,
Tuesday - Third Hour,
- Men’s Lunch,
- Choir
Practice,
- Catechumen/Inquirer’s
Class,
Wednesday - Third
Hour,
- Vespers,
-
Wednesday Dinner,
Thursday - Third
Hour,
- OCF will meet at Barth
House,
Friday - First Hour,
- Third Hour,
- Stay & Play Group will meet in the
fellowship hall after third hour.
- Sixth Hour,
Saturday -
Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday -
- Orthros,
- Divine Liturgy,
Schedule
for Divine Liturgy Sunday,
October 19th
PRIEST: Fr.
Nicholas HOMILY: Fr. Nicholas
DEACONS: Dn. Tim & James READER:
HOLY BREAD:
ALTAR SERVERS:
COFFEE HOUR:
WELCOME TEAM –
Upcoming
meeting dates: Mondays, October 20th & November 10th
at
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.
COMMEMORATIONS
Oct. 12: Martyrs Probos, Andronikos and Tarachos at
Oct. 13: Marytrs Karpos, Papylos, Agathodoros, and Agathonika at Pergamos; Martyr Benjamin the deacon; Martyr Florentios of Thesalonika; New
Virgin-martyr Chrissa (Zlata)
of Meglin in
Oct. 14: Martyrs Nazarios, Gervase, Protase and Kelsos of Milan; Venerable Kosmas and Nicholas; Venerable Paraskeva of Epivat; Ignatios the wonder-worker, archbishop of Methymna; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha,
prince of Chernigov and wonder-worker of the Kiev Caves.
Oct. 15: Hieromartyr Lucian of
Oct. 16: Martyr Longinos the
centurion who stood at the cross of the Lord; Gall, enlightener of
Oct. 17: Prophet Hosea; Venerable-martyr Andrew of Crete.
Oct. 18: Apostle Luke the Evangelist; Martyr Marinos the Elder at Anazarbos;
Venerable Theodore and Simeon; New-martyr Gabriel of Egypt; Peter of Cetinje.
Oct. 19: Prophet Joel; Martyr Varos;
Mnason, Bishop of
**For reading material on the
saints for this week, visit the display in the church library.
DAILY
SCRIPTURE
Sunday Titus
3:8-15 Luke
8:5-15
Monday Ephesians 4:25-32 Luke 7:36-50
Tuesday Ephesians
Wednesday Ephesians 5:25-33 Luke 8:22-25
Thursday Ephesians
Friday Ephesians 6:18-24 Luke 9:12-18
Saturday I Corinthians 15:39-45 Luke
6:1-10
Sunday II
Corinthians 9:6-11 Luke
7:11-16
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. 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
Michael Bittle Fund – Holy Trinity
Orthodox Church –
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.
Pledge Cards – If
you have not already done so, please turn in your pledge cards to the church
office by October 15th.
Memorial Today ~ Urania
Alissandratos
Coffee Hour -
Tene, George, Theresa, and Julia Alissandratos
are sponsoring the coffee hour today.
They would very much like visit with people since three of the four no
longer live here. Please feel free to stay
for good “Greek fare” and conviviality in coffee hour.
Antiochian Women of St. John’s Calendar
Upcoming Showers:
Baby
Shower for Jodi Yzaguirre ~ Sunday, October 19th
~
Bridal Shower for Gigi
Snowden ~ Sunday, November 9th
Upcoming Book Club Dates:
Monday, November 3rd
– The Bishop’s Mantle
Women’s Teaching:
Upcoming Dates: November
13 ~ December 4
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.
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. (We ran out last week, if you did not get one, there are
additional copies downstairs today).
OCF –
Orthodox
Will meet
this at the CORN MAZE, (behind the Agricenter) at
Any
questions contact Ethan vanDrimmelen - 901.517.8520
Wednesday nights – It is our plan to begin Wednesday night
teachings on October 29. The revised schedule for Wednesdays will be
as follows:
Vespers
Dinner
Teaching
The teaching time
will be limited to no more than 45 minutes, so we plan to be finished at
LIBRARY
LINES – This week we commemorate
three who lived during Christ’s lifetime. Thursday we honor St. Longinus
(10/16), the centurion who stood at the foot of the Cross. Tradition says that
he was cured of an eye ailment when water and blood poured out of the wound
inflicted by Longinus in Christ’s side.
He was later baptized by the Apostles and martyred by Pilate.
Hardly a week
goes by that we don’t commemorate the uncovering or translation of a saint’s
relics. So, what’s so important about it? The Oxford Dictionary of the
A more
readable explanation is given in The Pearl by Whelton. (CAT/GEN/WHE) Chapter VI gives us his answers
to questions frequently asked by Protestants, or former ones like many of
us. His concise answer concerning relics
begins on page 139. Kallistos Ware connects this
practice with the theology of the body in The Orthodox Church (CAT/GEN/WAR).
See chapter 11. See also Holy Relics by T. L. Frazier (CAT/SPEC/FRA)
Friday we
celebrate the translation of the relics of The Righteous Lazarus. He lived thirty years after Christ called him
forth from the tomb as the bishop of
We know that
St. Luke (10/18) shows us the beauty of the Church in words and images. However, fewer may realize that he was one of
the Seventy. He accompanied
See the icons,
accounts of these saint’s lives and the translation of relics on the bulletin
board.
Teen Group Events
Today –
No meeting – Fall Break Camping Trip
Sunday,
October 19th – Meeting FOR ALL TEENS at the church,
Coffee hour – Since we initiated our “Small changes in Coffee Hour” as I termed them, we have had many comments, mostly
negative. To that end, we are putting
together another revision which we hope will better match the desires and needs
of our parishioners. Thanks to everyone
who offered your thoughts. If you have
additional thoughts or suggestions, please feel free to forward them to
me. Obviously it is impossible to please
everyone completely, but we hope to structure coffee hour to best facilitate
hospitality for our visitors and fellowship for our parishioners.
Please join us
for a
BABY SHOWER
for Jodi Yzaguirre
Sunday, October 19th from
at the home of
5637 Morning
to RSVP please contact Esther
Longa
if you are interested in the
group gift
please contact Kh. Martha Berge
Jodi is
registered at Target & Babies R Us
Mark your calendars!
Sunday, November 9th after coffee hour
A Bridal Shower for Gigi Snowden
at the home
of Fran Tylavsky
Gigi & Chase are registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond
If you are interested in participating in the group gift,
please contact
Shanna Massouh
Get
ready to have some FUN!
Saturday, October 18th
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 for the
children led by Bill Stanek.
·
Cookies for the COOKIE CONTEST that will be judged by Anne Schommer.
WHERE
TO GO:
The
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
FUN,
FOOD & FELLOWSHIP!!