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

 

13th Sunday after Pentecost

September 6, 2009

 

Epistle:  I Corinthians 16: 13-24           Gospel: Matthew 21: 33-42

                                                                                                                               

The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by Jack Turner.

 

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                                   September 6 – September 13 (Wed. , & Fri. Fast)

Sunday            - Teen Group – Meeting with Middlers    

- Marriage of Barbara McWilliams to Mikael Santana, 3:30 p.m., reception

   to follow

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

Tuesday          - Divine Liturgy for the Nativity of the Theotokos, 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.

            - Great Vespers, 5:30 p.m.

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

            - Wed. Teaching, 7:00 p.m. – Continuing series on pornography

            - Parish Council Meeting, 7:45

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

                        - Women’s Teaching at Anne Dugan’s home, 10:00 a.m.

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

                        - Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

                        - Stay & Play group will meet after Third Hour in the fellowship hall.

                        - Paraklesis, 12:00 p.m.

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

Sunday            - Orthros, 9:00 a.m.

- Divine Liturgy, 10:00 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divine Liturgy for the Nativity of the Theotokos         Tuesday, September 8, 9:00 a.m.

PRIEST:                       Fr. John                                    HOMILY:        Fr. John

DEACONS:                 Dns. Tim & James                    READER:        Caleb McGee

HOLY BREAD:           Kerry Sneed                             USHER:           any available

ALTAR SERVERS:     any who can

COFFEE HOUR:         Fr. Basil & Kh. Susan, Caleb McGee

 

 

 

 

 

Divine Liturgy                                                                Sunday, September 13, 10:00 a.m.

PRIEST:                       Fr. Basil                                   HOMILY:        Fr. Basil

DEACONS:                 Dns. Charles & Tim                  READER:        Matt Spinolo

HOLY BREAD:           Kh. Pamela Mashburn              USHER:           John McGee

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

COFFEE HOUR:         Karen Bell, Chase & Gigi Sliger

 

 

COMMEMORATIONS

 

Sept. 6: The commemoration of the miracle of the Archangel Michael in Colossae; Martyrs Eudoxios, Andronikos and Kalodote.

 

Sept. 7: Martyr Sozon of Cilicia; Apostles Euodos and Onesiphoros  of the Seventy; New-martyr Athanasios; John, archbishop of Novgorod; Venerable Kassiane; Venerable Cloud of Nogent-sur-Seine.

 

Sept. 8: The Nativity of the Theotokos.

 

Sept. 9: The holy and righteous ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; Great-martyr Severian of Sebaste; the fathers of the Third Ecumenical Council; Venerable Joseph of Volotsk; uncovering of the relics of Theodosios, archbishop of Chernigov.

 

Sept.10: Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora; Empress Pulcheria.

 

Sept.11: Venerable Theodora of Alexandria; Euphrosynos the Cook; Martyrs Demetrios and Euantha; translation of the relics of Venerable Sergios and Herman of Valaam.

 

Sept.12: Hieromartyrs Autonomos of Italy and Coronatos of Iconium; Martyrs Okeanos; Venerable Daniel.

 

Sept.13: The commemoration of the founding of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem; Hieromartyr Cornelios the centurion; Martyr Aristeidos; Venerable Hierotheos the Younger of Iviron monastery on Athos; Great-martyr Ketevan, queen of Georgia; Six Martyrs at Tomi in Romania.

 

 

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

 

 

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS                            September 6 – September 13

            Sunday                         1 Cor 16:13-24                          Matthew  21:33-42

            Monday                        2 Cor 12:10-19                          Mark       4:10-23

            Tuesday                        2 Cor 12:20-13:2                        Mark        4:24-34

            Wednesday                   2 Cor 13:3-13                            Mark        4:35-41

            Thursday                      Gal 1:1-10, 20-2:5                      Mark        5:1-20

            Friday                           Gal 2:6-10                                 Mark        5:22-24; 35-6:1

            Saturday                       1 Cor 4:1-5                                Matthew  23:1-12

            Sunday                         2 Cor 1:21-2:4                           Matthew  22:1-14

 

 

- 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, Jill Healy, Priscilla Neale, Rod & Trisha Ratliff (Jake & Cailyn), Nathan Powell, Ashley Newton, Jennifer Criswell, and Michael Grossman. In Tupelo - Shane Davis, Justin & Brandy Williams, Leah Hardy, Adam Clay, Casey & Jessica Hardy (Davis). In Hernando – Donald Estes. In Henning – Bobby Johnson.

 

Please remember in your prayers: His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP, His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN, 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), Elizabeth Cameron (pregnant), Amy Gill (pregnant), Kh. Johanna Bittle (pregnant), Ann Hicks (Dianna Hildebrand’s mother), Sue Ingram, Charles Ingram, Ted & Patty Greathouse (Shelley Snowden’s parents), Laura Greathouse, Earlene Snowden (Gene’s mother), Joyce Bittle, Allen Sudduth (Paul’s father), Helen Robbins (Sheila Sudduth’s mother), Brendan Healy (Jill’s son), David Williams (Jill Healy’s son-in-law), 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.

 

Choir will meet Tuesday evening at 7:00

 

Updated Church Directories – Updated church directories are now available in the parish hall.  Be sure to pick one up.  Please remember that these are for personal use only.

 

2009 Parish Business Meeting & Parish Council Meeting Minutes can be found in the parish hall for your review. 

 

Prison Ministry – Volunteers are needed for the Prison Ministry for the next 4-6 weeks on Thursdays.  This is a full day commitment.  There are long or short term opportunities available.  Please see Fr. Nicholas for details. 

 

Sons of Thunder – Our next meeting will be on September 20th at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Mitch Childress.  While there is no specific book title to read, all attendees should read a literary work of their choosing by Wendell Berry.  Our discussion will center on the worldview found in Wendell’s poetry, fiction, and essays.  As usual, we will have a potluck meal, so all who attend should bring some food to share.

 

Wednesday Night Story Time for Kids – Parents can enjoy a small break and get their food while their children have some time hearing an edifying story on Wednesday nights.  After the service on Wednesday nights we will have a 10 minute story time for the children.  One of our parish priests will be reading to the children from one of the many children’s books in our library.  This will begin this coming Wednesday as Fr. Nicholas begins to read From I-Ville to You-Ville.

 

 

Community bulletin board – there is always new information going up – including which items are currently needed for the food pantry (currently canned fruit, pasta, & soup).

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. John Orthodox Church

is invited to witness

the Holy Mystery of Matrimony of

Barbara Jo McWilliams

&

Angel Mikael Santana

 

 TODAY, Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antiochian Women of St. John Calendar

 

   Please remember to sign up for AWSJ positions for the upcoming year.

The list can be found on the bulletin board.

 

Women’s Teaching

We meet at the home of Anne Dugan at 10 a.m. on the following Thursdays: 

September 10th & October 8th

 

Women’s Book Club

The book club will meet on Monday, September 14, 7:00 p.m. at

the home of Kh. Pamela Mashburn. 

We will be discussing A Place of Healing for the Soul:  Patmos by Peter France

 

Secret Sisters

Today is the last day to sign up!  Forms are in the basket on the piano in parish hall. 

Fill one out and return to Corrine Elliot or Judy Terry.

 

 

Upcoming Baptism:

Brooke Elizabeth White, September 19

 

Upcoming Chrismations:

Jill Healy & Priscilla Neale, September 20

 

LIBRARY LINES

 

This week we celebrate two feast days that seem very different in nature.  Wednesday we remember the fathers of the Third Ecumenical Council (9/9).  There, the Council rejected the teachings of Nestorius and affirmed the title Theotokos to the Most Holy One.

 

Friday, we celebrate the feast day of St. Euphrosynos (9/11). His icon adorns St. John Cooks Again (SPRR/LIV/STJ) and our kitchen wall over the sink.   Read about his life of humility in the introduction to the cookbook.  His story is told and accompanied with beautifully colored illustrations   in The Boy, a Kitchen, and His Cave by Catherine Contopoulos. (KID/CON)

 

Two very different backgrounds to our feast days!  Church history, particularly the Councils, may seem dry, but it is far from the case.  Read The First Seven Ecumenical Councils by Leo Davis (HIS/DAV), and you will see politics and intrigue played out in the lives of very devout and humble men who staunchly defended the truth.

 

Read about the life of St. Euphrosynos and you will see the same humility and devotion to Truth in meekness and quietness of thought.

 

 

 

 

 

Teen Group Events

 

TODAY, September 6 – Meeting with Middlers

 

Next Sunday, September 13 – Meeting with Seniors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For all to consider – Life is a journey to the Kingdom of God.  As we consider the day that we will cross over from this life to that, we should consider making a bequest in our wills to our parish and/or our Archdiocese.  This is easily done and is a great mercy to those who remain here praying in the world.  If you have questions, you can call the church office (274-4119) to speak with Paul Parham.

 

 

 

 

Pro-Life Corner

 

Remember – Copies of a petition are in the parish hall where you can sign, adding your name to others requesting that our local legislators cut off the flow of health department funds to the local Planned Parenthood office.