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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
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Epistle: II Corinthians 9:6-11 Gospel: Luke
7:11-16
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 - Teen Group will meet at the church,
- Young
Adult Group, at Fr. John & Kh. Pamela’s home,
Monday - First
Hour,
Tuesday - Third Hour,
- Men’s Lunch,
- Choir
Practice,
- Catechumen/Inquirer’s
Class,
Wednesday - Third
Hour,
- Vespers,
-
Wednesday Dinner,
Thursday - Divine Liturgy for St. James, brother of
our Lord,
- 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,
Divine
Liturgy for
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dn. James & Tim READER: Billy Scrantom
HOLY BREAD: Kh. Pamela Mashburn ALTAR
SERVERS: Any who can
COFFEE HOUR: Dn. James & Sh. Corinne Elliott
& Judy Terry
Schedule
for Divine Liturgy Sunday, October 26th
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dn. James & Charles READER: Caleb McGee
HOLY BREAD:
ALTAR SERVERS: Caleb, Luke S., Alex, Deon
COFFEE HOUR: Chris & Anna-Sarah Farha,
Billy & Marjo Labonte
WELCOME TEAM –
Upcoming
meeting dates: Mondays, October 20th & November 10th
at
COMMEMORATIONS
Oct. 19: Prophet Joel; Martyr Varos;
Mnason, Bishop of
Oct. 20: Great-martyr Artemios at
Oct. 21: Venerable Hilarion the
Great; Venerable Christodoulos of Patmos; Hieromartyr Soctrates; Martyr Theodota; Venerable Philotheos,
Barnabas and Hilarion, bishop of Meglin
in Bulgaria; New-martyr John of Monemvasia;
Venerable-confessors Vissarion and Sophroios of Ciorara and Martyr Oprea of Salistie in Romania.
Oct. 22: Averkios the
wonder-worker, equal-to-the-Apostles and bishop of
Oct. 23: Apostle James, brother of the Lord; Ignatios, patriarch of Constantinople; James of Borovichi, wonder-worker of
Oct. 24: Great-martyr Arethas (al-Haarith) and those with him in
Oct. 25: Martyrs Marcian and Martyrios the notaries; Martyrs Chrisaphos
and Chrisanthe; Tabitha the merciful, raised from the
dead by the Apostle Peter; translation of the relics of Venerable Sabbas the Sanctified; translation of the relics of
Venerable John of Beverly.
Oct. 26: Great-martyr Demetrios the
myrrh-streaming of Thessalonika; Venerable-martyr Joasaph of Dionysiou monastery on
Athos.
**For reading material on the
saints for this week, visit the display in the church library.
DAILY
SCRIPTURE
Sunday II
Corinthians 9:6-11 Luke
7:11-16
Monday Philippians 1:1-7 Luke
Tuesday Philippians 1:8-14 Luke
Wednesday Philippians 1:12-20 Luke 9:44-50
Thursday Philippians 1:20-27 Luke 9:49-56
Friday Philippians
Saturday I Corinthians
Sunday II
Corinthians 11:31-12:9 Luke
8:27-39
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 –
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
Antiochian Women of St. John’s Calendar
Baby Shower for Jodi Yzaguirre ~
TODAY! October 19th ~
at the home of
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
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.
OCF – Orthodox
This week at the Barth House at
Any questions contact Ethan vanDrimmelen
Bulletin Boards - We have
several bulletin boards in the parish hall which have lots of information on
them. There is one dedicated to the
church school for samples of our children’s work. A second is dedicated to the women of the
church, and the third is for general parish, diocesan, and other Orthodox news
and events.
We have also begun a fourth board, on the door to the
pantry (straight ahead as you walk in the west doors) which will be dedicated
to “community issues and news.” If you
want to (1) share community events; (2) to sell, loan, borrow, or donate items;
(3) to offer to hire someone short or long term, or (4) to share other needs or
requests, this is the place to do it.
After four weeks, the item will be removed. If you wish for it to stay there longer,
please contact the office.
With
a centralized spot, I hope we can keep this important type of information
before people regularly. BE SURE to
check the board when you enter – there may be an opportunity for you or others!
LIBRARY
LINES – Who is a constant source of comfort when our
non-Orthodox relatives die? St. Varus (10/19) is much loved and prayed to saint in our
parish. He was a Roman soldier in
Asleep for 200 years! Our Holy Tradition passes
down to us stories of events that defy the natural order of the world. The seven sleepers of
Friday we honor the Joy Of All Who Sorrow Icon of the Theotokos (10/24). This is one
of the most beautiful icons of her. In
it, she is surrounded by flowers and scenes in which the faithful are
traveling, suffering in sickness and old age, and enduring other storms of
life. Healings are associated with this icon, and one by this name is in
Saturday we commemorate one
who reminds us of our much loved Urania. St. Tabitha(10/25) (Dorcas) was raised
from the dead by St. Peter. Her icon shows women surrounding her bier and
showing the Apostle the many garments she had sewed for them and their
families. She lived out her faith by showing her love to those around her.
See the extraordinary icons
of these commemorations and their stories in
Teen Group Events
Today,
October 19th – Meeting FOR ALL TEENS at the church,
Next
Sunday, October 26th – Corn Maze & Bible Bowl
Mark
your calendars – Fr. Michael Dahulich, Dean of St. Tikhon Seminary, is scheduled to be with us for the Divine
Liturgy next JUNE –
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.
Forgive me – A few items got lost in a stack while I was out of the country.
Enclosed in these announcements are two letters from the Metropolitan regarding
the Patriarch’s visit to the States at the end of this month.
Divine Liturgy for St. James – Come worship and pray with us
this
Thursday at 6:00 am as we remember the brother of our Lord!
Pro-life
Corner - Jane Roe – Last Sunday
afternoon I was able to hear a short talk by “Jane Roe,” of Roe vs Wade, the now infamous Supreme Court decision legalizing
abortion. Her name is actually Norma McCorvey. She is now
61 years old, a practicing Roman Catholic, and a dedicated pro-life advocate
since 1995. She is not a polished
speaker, although she speaks regularly all over the country. Her talk was simply about pieces of her
story, very simply told, and with the firm statement that “I was just
wrong.” While her Sunday talk was
short, in
her book, Won by Love,
she says the following:
“I was sitting in O.R.'s
offices when I noticed a fetal development poster. The progression was so
obvious, the eyes were so sweet. It hurt my heart, just looking at them. I ran
outside and finally, it dawned on me. ‘Norma,’ I said to myself,
‘They're right.’ I had worked with pregnant women for years. I had been through
three pregnancies and deliveries myself. I should have known. Yet something in
that poster made me lose my breath. I kept seeing the picture of that tiny,
10-week-old embryo,
and I said to myself, ‘that's a baby!’ It's as if
blinders just fell off my eyes and I suddenly understood the truth—‘that's a
baby!’
“I felt crushed under the
truth of this realization. I had to face up to the awful reality. Abortion
wasn't about ‘products of conception.’ It wasn't about ‘missed periods.’ It was
about children being killed in their mother's wombs. All those years I was
wrong. Signing that affidavit, I was wrong. Working in an abortion clinic, I
was wrong. No more of this first trimester, second trimester, third trimester
stuff. Abortion–at any point–was wrong. It was so clear. Painfully
clear.”
She is a simple lady, who
has lived a hard life, and has turned her life over to God. After the talk, I went up to her, simply to
hold and kiss her hand and say “God bless you – it took a lot of guts to do
what you did.” Even as I am writing
this, I have tears in my eyes as I remember what seemed to me to be a sadness in her eyes that may never leave. A small lady, shorter than, and as thin as,
Pamela, she simply said “thank you.” I
was the one blessed. Thanks be to God. - Fr. John
Please join us
TODAY 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.