ST.
JOHN
ORTHODOX CHURCH
1663 TUTWILER AVENUE
(901)
274-4119
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
“…the
Disciples were called
Acts 11:26
Second
Sunday after Pentecost
Epistle: Romans 2:10-16 Gospel:
Matthew 4:18-23
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by Kh. Pamela
Mashburn.
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
The Orthodox Church understands the Eucharist, or
Lord’s Supper, to be – among other things – the paramount expression of
Sunday -
Teen Group – Seniors,
Monday - First Hour,
Tuesday -
Third Hour,
- Men’s Lunch,
- Catechumen & Inquirers Class,
- Choir,
Wednesday - Third Hour,
- Vespers,
- Wednesday Dinner,
- Wednesday Teaching,
- Parish Council Meeting,
Thursday -
Third Hour,
Friday - First Hour,
- Third Hour,
- Stay & Play group will meet after Third
Hour in the fellowship hall.
- Sixth Hour,
Saturday - Ninth
Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday - Orthros,
- Divine Liturgy,
- Great Vespers,
Divine Liturgy Sunday,
June 28th,
PRIEST: Fr.
Nicholas HOMILY: Fr. Nicholas
DEACONS: Dns. James & Charles READER:
John McGee
HOLY BREAD: Sh. Margaret McKelroy USHER: Aaron White
ALTAR SERVERS: Ethan, J. Morgan, Luke L., Deon
COFFEE HOUR: Karen Bell, Kim & Jeff Boone
Upcoming Baptisms/Chrismations:
Maureen Grace Stickle will be baptized on July 4
Out
of town dates for Fr. John:
July 20 – July 25 – Archdiocese convention,
Upcoming
Weddings:
Sally Elliott & Jason Boyle on July 19
Barbara McWilliams & Mikael Santana on September 6
REMEMBER – The APOSTLES’ FAST continues this week. See the “Worship and liturgical reminders” item for more
information.
COMMEMORATIONS
June 21: Martyr Julian
of Tarsus; New-martyr Nikita of Nisyros near
June 22: Hieromartyr Eusebios, bishop of Samosata;
Martyrs Zeno and his servant Zenas of Philadelphia;
Alban, protomartyr of Britain; Venerable Anastasia of
Serbia.
June 23: Martyrs Agripinna of
June 24: The Nativity of the Forerunner; New-martyr
Panayiotis of Caesarea in
June 25: Venerable-martyr Febronia
of Nisibis; Martyr Longinos;
Venerable Prokopios of the skete
of Iviron on Athos; Venerable Dionysios
the Hagiorite, founder of Dionysiou
monastery on Athos; Vnerable Dometios,
abbot of Dionysiou monastery on Athos; Prince Peter
(Venerable David) and Princess Febronia (Venerable Euphrosyne), wonder-workers of Murom.
June 26: Venerable David of Thessalonika;
John, bishop of the Goths.
June 27: Sampson the
host of strangers; Mary and Joanna the myrrh-bearers.
June 28: The
translation of the relics of Cyros and John the unmercenary healers; Martyrs Papios
and Paul; Venerable Moses the anchorite; Venerable Simeon; Venerable Sergios and Herman, wonder-workers of Valaam.
**For
reading material on the saints for this week, visit the display in the church
library.
DAILY SCRIPTURE
Sunday Romans 2:10-16 Matthew 4:18-23
Monday Romans
7:1-13 Matthew 9:36-10:8
Tuesday Romans
Wednesday Romans
8:1-13 Matthew 10:16-22
Thursday Romans
8:22-27 Matthew
10:23-31
Friday Romans
9:6-19 Matthew 10:32-36; 11:1
Saturday Romans
3:28-4:3 Matthew
7:24:8:4
Sunday Romans 5:1-10 Matthew
6:22-33
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Rachels’ Kids,
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Diocese of
Michael Bittle Fund – Holy Trinity
Orthodox Church –
Pray for our catechumens: In
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 (
Catechumen and Inquirers’ class will
meet this week on Tuesday at
Change in upcoming festal celebration – We typically celebrate the end of the Apostles Fast
by celebrating the Feast of Ss. Peter and
Sons of
Thunder - Our next meeting for the
men’s book club will be held at the home of Deacon James Elliott on Monday,
July 13th at
Bulletin Board – Please make sure to take note of all the information
on our bulletin boards. The newest addition is a note from Anastasia Sutton Muñoz (Father Mark Sutton’s daughter); she is looking for a
childcare position.
A
new Bittle on the way! - Kh Johanna and
Graduate Sunday – Next Sunday,
June 28, we will honor our graduates:
Melanie
Stanek –
Brian
Boone –
If there are others we have
missed, please contact our church office
Antiochian Women of
First Friday Lunch
We usually meet the
first Friday of each month to pray sixth hour together and then enjoy our brown
bag lunches in the fellowship hall. Due to the holiday weekend on July 3rd,
our next First Friday
Lunch will be on Friday, July 10th.
Please join us!
Book Club
July 13th ~ The
We will meet at Kh.
Pamela Mashburn’s home
Women’s Teaching
The next Women’s
Teaching will be Thursday, July 9th at
We meet at the home of
wonderful time of teaching and
fellowship.
Upcoming dates: August
13th, September 10th & October 8th
Parish
Council Meeting – We will have our
overdue June meeting on Wednesday night following Charlie Harvey’s presentation
on Psalm 103, part 2.
BOOKSTORE
– New CD! A new recording has been released, entitled The Voice
of the Lord: Selected Hymns from the Feast of Theophany. The hymns are sung
in English by a choir, in a clear and beautiful Byzantine arrangement. This
recording will be a fine addition to the music library of anyone who loves the
ancient music of the Orthodox Church. The CD can be ordered on-line; in
addition, there are a few copies available in the bookstore.
Also, summer is a great time for little ones
to be learning Orthodox children’s hymns. There are a couple of children’s CDs
available in the bookstore. Please feel free to contact Sh.
Pro-life Corner:
“In our nation a child is a source of wealth,
and abortion is in contradiction with our culture and our morality.”
- The delegate
from
LIBRARY LINES – Who has more
feast days than any other saint? Hint: his birthday is Wednesday.
Jesus was his cousin, and he was the last Old Testament prophet. Like
Moses, he had devout parents, had enemies from his childhood and spent time in
great rivers and around locusts. He wore animal skins and is shown with
wings in some icons. See the icon of the nativity of
Saturday we commemorate the icon of
the Theotokos of “the Three Hands” and its connection with St. John of
Damascus, the hymnographer. Because of the saint’s
love for icons, Leo III made an accusation of treason against him to the caliph
of
St. Sampson the Hospitable (6/27) is
a saint who intended to pursue his salvation by living in the wilderness but
was given a different path by God. Christ directed him to spend his time among
men rather than live in solitude. He welcomed homeless wanderers, the
sick and the poor to his small house. God gave him the gifts of healing and
wonderworking, and he served the poor and sick until his old age. After
his peaceful death, his intercessions to God saved the hospice he founded from
a powerful fire.
See
icons and stories of these saints in St. John Library.
Teen Group Events
TODAY, Sunday, June 21st – Meeting with Seniors,
Following Sundays, June 28th & July 5th – No
Teen Group
(Joshua at Camp St. Thekla)
Other pool party dates for this summer: July 27th & August 17th
Worship and liturgical reminders:
This week we continue the APOSTLES FAST
– The traditional fasting discipline is
observed during the Apostles Fast which lasts from the Monday after All Saints
Sunday (June 15th this year) through June 28th (with katalysis for wine and oil on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, and for fish, wine and oil on Saturdays and Sundays).
Dear Faithful of
I have begun planning a pilgrimage to Holy Cross Hermitage
in
God bless you!
Fr. Nicholas
From
the Fathers
“In everything they the
Apostles did, they thought of God and lived in constant devotion to Him. This
spiritual state was their unceasing prayer.” -
St. Basil the Great
“Just as it is easier to sin
in thought than in deed, correspondingly, it is more difficult to struggle with
thoughts than with deeds.” -
Abba Dorotheos of
“Neither ascetism, nor vigils nor any kind of
suffering are able to save, only true humility can do that.” -
Amma Theodora
“Let your soul devote itself
to the prayer 'Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me' in all your worries, for
everything and for everyone. Don't look at what's happening to you, look
at the light, at Christ, just as the child looks to its mother when something
happens to it. See everything without anxiety, without depression,
without strain and without stress. There is no need to exert yourselves and strain yourselves. Let all your effort
be directed towards the light and towards acquiring the light, so that instead
of devoting yourselves to thoughts of despair, which do not come from the
Spirit of God, you devote yourselves to the praise of God.” - Elder Porphyrios
“Some want to go to the Resurrection without passing by way of
“Do not wish what
concerns you to be as seems (best) to you, but as God wishes; and you will be
free from cares and thankful in your prayer.” - St. Nilus
of Mt Sinai