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
Sunday
before Theophony
Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:5-8 Gospel: Mark
1:1-8
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by Judy Terry.
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 – Game Night,
Monday - First Hour,
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Tuesday -
Divine Liturgy for the Paramon of Theophany
and
Great Blessing of the Water,
Wednesday - Divine
Liturgy for Theophany and
Great Blessing of the
Water,
- Vespers,
- Story time for the children is
directly following Vespers
- Wednesday dinner,
- Wednesday teaching
Thursday -
Third Hour,
Friday -
Third Hour,
- Sixth Hour,
- ASWJ First Friday Brown Bag Lunch after
Sixth Hour
Saturday - Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday - Orthros,
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- Divine
Liturgy,
Divine
Liturgy for the Paramon of Theophany Tuesday, January 5,
PRIEST: Fr.
Nicholas HOMILY: Fr. Nicholas
DEACONS: Dns. James & Charles READER:
HOLY BREAD: Lynda Spinolo USHER:
COFFEE HOUR: Caitlyn Manning & Brandon Maas
Divine
Liturgy for Theophany Wednesday,
January 6,
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dns. Tim & James READER:
HOLY BREAD: Anne Dugan USHER:
COFFEE HOUR: Dn. James & Corinne Elliot,
Alexandra Klimkowski
Divine
Liturgy Sunday, January 10,
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dns. Charles & Tim READER:
HOLY BREAD: Sue Ingram USHER:
ALTAR SERVERS: Ethan, J. Morgan, Luke L., Deon
COFFEE HOUR: Kim Boone, Gary & Cindy Karnaghon
WELCOME TEAM: Brandon Maas, Claire Van Drimmelen
COMMEMORATIONS
January
3: Martyr Gordios of Cappadocia; Prophet
Malachi; Venerable Thomaidos; Venerable Genevieve of
January 4: The synaxis
of the Seventy Holy Apostles; Venerable Theoktistos
of Sicily; Venerable-martyrs Euthymios and his twelve
companions of Vatopedi monastery on Athos;
Venerable-martyr Onouphrios the deacon of Hilandar monastery on Athos; Eustathios,
archbishop of Serbia.
January 5: Martyrs Theopemptos
the bishop of
January 6: The Theophany
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Venerable Makarios Makris
of Vatopedi monastery on Athos and Pantocratoros monastery in
January 7: The synaxis
of the honorable, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; Julian the
deacon; Hieromartyr Romanos;
New-martyr Athanasios of Attalia;
Venerable Brannock of Braunton.
January 8: Venerable George the Chozebite; Venerable Agathonos of
Egypt; Venerable Domnica of Constantinople and
Venerable Makarios; Emilianos
the Confessor, bishop of Kyzikos; Martyr Theophilos the deacon of Libya; Cyros
and Atticos, patriarchs of Constantinople; New-martyr
Kyran; Venerable Gregory of the Kiev Caves.
January 9: Martyr Polyeuktos
of Armenia; Venerable Eustratios the wonderworker;
New-martyr Parthenas; Philip, metropolitan of
January 10: Gregory, bishop of Nyssa; Marcian the priest of
DAILY
SCRIPTURE
Sunday Colossians
Monday Hebrews
Tuesday Hebrews 12:25-26; 13:22-25
Mark 10:2-12
Wednesday James 1:1-18
Mark 10:11-16
Thursday James
Friday James 2:1-13 Mark
Saturday Colossians 1:3-6 Luke
Sunday 1
Timothy
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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 (
Teen Group Events
TODAY, January 3 – Board Game night,
at Bill & Terry
Harter’s home
Next week,
January 10 – Meeting with Middlers
This year’s Deanery Youth Retreat is approaching.
It will be Friday, January 29 - 31
at
Sons of Thunder
– We next meet Sunday, January 17th, at
Bulletin
Board – Please check the
bulletin board downstairs to see Christmas Greetings from Mother Nektaria as
well as from
New Opportunity – and bittersweet – Billy and
We will miss them very
much!! Please remember them in your
prayers. Many Years!
~ Fr. John
gg Future
Iconography Work gg
From the iconography plan put
forward by our iconographer,
(1)
Six major compositions – one each over the icons of Pentecost and Annunciation
on the front wall, one each on the side walls over the balcony rails as they
attach to the walls, and two on the back wall of the nave in the back of the
balcony;
(2)
Six major saint’s icons, similar to the one of St. Urania,
to be placed in the frames on the side walls of the nave;
(3)
Repainting of the walls in the nave using the blue color recently painted in
the sanctuary;
(4)
Painting the ceiling, also blue, but a shade or two lighter than the walls (we
hope to add some decoration, as well); and
(5) some additional decorative painting.
The
parish council will be discussing his plan in our next meeting and the
potential to complete it. If you are
pleased and desirous for this to go forward soon, let the council members
know. Without diverting your tithes and offerings, if you want to
contribute to the completion of the work, please do so, noting “Icon fund” on
your check or envelope.
~Father John
2010
Calendars are Here!
The
calendars for the New Year can be found in the bookstore for $3. Again, it includes feasts & fasting days
of the Church.
Food
Pantry
We have recently received some good donations to the
food pantry. However, at the moment we are still low on many items. Please
check the bulletin board and consider giving alms in this way.
Antiochian Women of
Women’s Book Club
Our next meeting will
be on January 4,
We will be discussing Gown
of Glory by Agnes Turnbull.
*Please note change of
location for this month
First Friday Brown Bag Lunch
Join us for a brown bag lunch downstairs
following Sixth Hour on Friday, January 8.
Women’s Teaching
We will meet on
Thursday, January 14,
Women’s Crafts Club
We will resume on
January 11,
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Today we remember the Prophet
Malachi(1/3), the “seal of the prophets” because he is
the last of the Old Testament prophets. He had the appearance of an angel
and one was his companion and reiterated his prophecies. He confronted problems
of intermarriage between Jews and pagans and of infidelity toward their Hebrew
wives. This and the negligent offering of tithes were signs of weakening
devotion to family and God. He prophesied the coming of the Forerunner
and Christ, and also the Last Judgment.
Last week we commemorated the
synaxis of the Theotokos (12/26). This week our synaxis (1/4) honors the Seventy,
men who Christ appointed to travel two by two to the cities He would
visit. Some of them, Sts. Mark and Luke the Evangelists, Timothy , Barnabas and Prochorus,
are familiar to us; most are not. They all have their own feast days, but
the Church commemorates them all together this week on Friday.
Theophany (1/6) was anciently celebrated as the most important
feast day besides Pascha. It even predates
Christmas as a major feast. Read about its significance and history as a
feast in the following St. John Library books: Christ in the Old
Testament (KID/HOP), Orthodox Saints (black & blue volumes)
(HAG/---/POU), Orthodox Feasts of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary
(CAT/SAC/WYB), The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (REF/PRO/EDE), Theophany of our Lord (KID/ELA) and Sermons
on the Major Holy Days of the Orthodox Church (CAT/SAC/CON).
See