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

 

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

July 12, 2009

Epistle:  Romans 10:1-10            Gospel:  Matthew 8:28-9:1

                                                                                                                               

The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by Kerry Sneed.

 

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                                       July 12th – July 19th (Wed. & Fri. Fast)

Sunday            - No Teen Group

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

                        - AWSJ Book Club, 7:00 p.m. at the home of Kh. Pamela Mashburn

                        - Sons of Thunder will meet at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Dn. James Elliott

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

            - Men’s Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

            - Catechumen & Inquirers Class, 7:00 p.m.

            - Choir, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday     - Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

            - Vespers, 5:30 p.m.

            - Wednesday Dinner, 6:15 p.m. Please be sure to sign-up.

            - Wed. Teaching, 7:00 p.m. Joshua will continue talks on the angelic realm

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

Friday             - Divine Liturgy for the Great Martyr Marina, 9:00 a.m.

                                    Breakfast Coffee Hour to follow

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

Sunday            - Orthros, 9:00 a.m.

                        - Divine Liturgy, 10:00 a.m.

                        - Sacrament of Holy Matrimony for Sally Elliott & Jason Boyle, 4:00 p.m.

 

Divine Liturgy for Great Martyr Marina                                 Friday, July 17th, 9:00 a.m.

PRIEST:                       Fr. John                                    HOMILY:        Fr. John

DEACONS:                 Dns. Tim & James                    READER:        TBA

HOLY BREAD:           Anne Dugan                             ALTAR SERVERS:  Any who can

COFFEE HOUR:         Anna-Sarah Farha, Caitlyn Manning

                       

Divine Liturgy                                                                         Sunday, July 19th, 10:00 a.m.

PRIEST:                       Fr. John                                    HOMILY:        Fr. John

DEACONS:                 Dns. Charles & Tim                  READER:        John Cameron 

HOLY BREAD:           Christi Yadron                          USHER:           John McGee

ALTAR SERVERS:     Caleb, J. Morgan, Alex, Deon

COFFEE HOUR:         George & Kim Hilal, Mitchell Childress, Karen Bell

 

Out of town dates for Fr. John:

July 20 – July 25 – Archdiocese convention, Palm Desert, CA

 

Upcoming Weddings:

Sally Elliott & Jason Boyle on July 19

Barbara McWilliams & Mikael Santana on September 6

 

 

 

COMMEMORATIONS

 

July 12:  Martyrs Proklos and Hilarion of Ancyra; Veronica, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by our Lord.

 

July 13:  The synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel.  Venerable Stephen of Mar Sabbas monastery and Heliophotos; Martyr Golinduch.

 

July 14:  Apostle Aquila of the Seventy; Joseph the Confessor, archbishop of Thessalonika; Peter, bishop of Crete; Venerable Onesimos of Magnesia and Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain (Hagiorite).

 

July 15:  Martyrs Kyrikos and his mother Julietta of Tarsus; Great Prince Vladimir (Basil) of Kiev, equal-to-the-Apostles.

 

July 16:  Hieromartyr Athenogenes, bishop of Herakleopolis; the 15,000 martyrs of Pisidia.

 

July 17: Great-martyr Marina of Antioch in Pisidia; Venerable-Irenarchos of Solovsky.

 

July 18:  Martyr Emilianos of Silistria in Bulgaria; John, metropolitan of Chalcedon; Stephen, patriarch of Constantinople.

 

July 19:  Venerable Macrina, sister of St. Basil the Great; Venerable Dios of Antioch; Theodore, archbishop of Ephesos; uncovering of the relics of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov; Stephen Lazarevic.

 

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

 

 

 

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS       July 12 – July 19

            Sunday                         Romans 10:1-10                        Matthew 8:28-9:1

            Monday                        Romans 16:17-24                       Matthew 13:1-23

            Tuesday                        I Corinthians 1:1-9                     Matthew 13:24-30

            Wednesday                   I Corinthians 2:9-3:8                   Matthew 13:31-36

            Thursday                      I Corinthians 3:18-23                  Matthew 13:36-43

            Friday                           I Corinthians 4:5-8                     Matthew 13:44-54

            Saturday                       Romans 9:1-5                            Matthew 9:18-26

            Sunday                         Romans 12:6-14                        Matthew 9:1-8

 

 

 

 

- ALMS-GIVING –

St. John Alms Fund   

St. John Camping Fund

St. John Food Pantry

St. John Seminarian Fund

St. Paul Mission Station, Tupelo

Rachels’ Kids, Inc.

Diocese of Miami and the Southeast Mission Fund

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pray for our catechumens:  In Memphis - Maria Cartagena, Maria Brackey, Lisa Martin, Barbara McWilliams, Jill Healy, Priscilla Neale, David Twombly, Rod & Trisha Ratliff (Jake & Cailyn), Nathan Powell, and Ashley Newton. In Tupelo - Shane Davis, Justin & Brandy Williams, Leah Hardy, Adam Clay, Casey & Jessica Hardy (Davis) and Justin Stevens. In Hernando – Donald Estes. In Henning – Bobby Johnson.

 

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),  Effie Johnson (Kh. Susan’s mother), Mary Clark, Hannah Snowden (pregnant), Shanna Massouh (pregnant), Kh. Johanna Bittle (pregnant), Ann Hicks (Dianna Hildebrand’s mother), Sue Ingram, Charles Ingram, Ted & Patty Greathouse (Shelley Snowden’s parents), Laura Greathouse, Reuben & Earlene Snowden (Gene’s parents), Joyce Bittle, Allen Sudduth (Paul’s father), Helen Robbins (Sheila Sudduth’s mother), Paul Sudduth, Brendan Healy (Jill’s son), and Eliot Twombly (David’s nephew).

 

ST. JOHN COMMUNITY:

 

Catechumen and Inquirers’ class will meet this week on Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m.

 

Sons of Thunder - Our next meeting for the men’s book club will be held at the home of Deacon James Elliott, 1666 Beard Place, Memphis, TOMORROW, Monday, July 13th at 7:00 p.m.  We will be reading Charlie Wilson’s War by George Crile.  Hope to see as many of you there.

 

 

Church Directory – With new additions & many updates we will be printing new directories at the beginning of August. Please check your information in the directory and contact Meribeth if you have any corrections to be made.

 

VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL – The children of our parish will be learning about the Fruit of the Spirit this year. The deadline to RSVP is this Tuesday, July 14th. Please contact Trisha Ratliff if you would like your children to participate or if you would like to help volunteer with snack time one of the days. Other details are provided on the bulletin insert. Please remember the children & those who are volunteering their time & effort in your prayers.

 

 

Antiochian Women of St. John’s Calendar

 

 

Book Club

TOMORROW, July 13th ~ 7:00 p.m. at the home of Kh. Pamela Mashburn’s

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society By Mary Ann Shaffer

 

First Friday Lunch

We meet the first Friday of each month to pray sixth hour together

and then enjoy our brown bag lunches in the fellowship hall.

Our next First Friday Lunch will be on Friday, August 7th. Please join us!

 

Women’s Teaching

Upcoming dates: August 13th, September 10th & October 8th

 

 

 

 

St. John Orthodox Church

is invited to witness

the Holy Mystery of Matrimony of

Sally Anna Elliott

&

Jason Patrick Boyle

 

Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIBRARY LINES – This week we commemorate Prince Vladimir (7/15), the Baptizer of Russia. He is the grandson of St. Olga, honored last week. He began the unification of Slavic lands, and St. Hilarion referred to him as apostolic sovereign like St. Constantine.

            Our Holy Mother Church commemorates many pious and influential women saints in July. St. Marina, honored July 17, was a pious virgin.  However, her life on earth was cut short by cruel tortures. While in a dungeon she battled a dragon and a demon disguised as a black dog.

            See their icons and stories in St. John Library.

 

St. John Library has new books! They are on the display cart.

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Jeremiah and Lamentations)

Do Something Beautiful For God by Anthony Coniaris

The Life in Christ by Nicholas Cabasilas

 

 

 

Teen Group Events

 

TODAY, July 12th – No Teen Group (Joshua at Camp St. Thekla)

 

Next week, Sunday, July 19th – No Teen Group (Elliott/Boyle Wedding)

 

 

Divine Liturgy – We will celebrate the Divine Liturgy for the Great Martyr Marina this Friday, July 17th at 9:00 a.m. There will be a fasting breakfast coffee hour following the service. Come and pray with us!

 

St. John Potluck Pool Parties

 

          Those who joined us a couple of weeks ago found out what a fabulous time can be had at a St. John Pool Party. There are two more this summer…make plans to be there!

 

Mark your calendars! - July 27th & August 17th