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 of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
Epistle: Acts 6:1-7 Gospel: Mark
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered 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
The Orthodox Church understands the Eucharist, or
Lord’s Supper, to be – among other things – the paramount expression of
Sunday - Teen
Group – Meeting with Middlers,
Monday - First
Hour,
Tuesday - Third Hour,
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Men’s Lunch,
- Catechumen/Inquirers Class,
Wednesday - Third Hour,
- Vespers,
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Children’s reading time immediately following Vespers
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Wednesday Teaching,
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Parish Council Meeting,
Thursday -
Third Hour,
Friday - First Hour,
- Third Hour,
- Stay
& Play, downstairs in parish hall
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Paraklesis,
Saturday -
Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday -
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Divine Liturgy,
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Wedding Shower for Sandy Powell,
after Coffee Hour
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Teen Group, Meeting with Seniors,
- Sons of Thunder,
Divine Liturgy Sunday, April 25,
PRIEST: Fr. Basil HOMILY: Fr. Basil
DEACONS: Dns. James
& Charles READER:
HOLY BREAD: Kim Hilal USHER: Aaron White
ALTAR SERVERS: Ethan, J.
Morgan, Luke L., Deon, & Pavel
COFFEE HOUR: Brandon Maas
& Caitlyn Manning, Michael & Mindy Williams
WELCOME TEAM: Gary Karnaghon
& Brandon Maas
Upcoming
Weddings
Caitlyn Manning & Brandon Maas - May 2
Sandy Powell & Mitch Childress - May 16
Jennifer Criswell & Bill Stanek - July 18
*Fasting
Note: With the blessing of the Synod of
(the period
between Pascha and Pentecost).
COMMEMORATIONS
April 18: Venerable John, disciple of Gregory of Decapolis;
Venerable Euthymios and Athanasios
of Aegina; Cosmas the Confessor, bishop of Chalcedon;
New-martyr John of Epiros; Venerable Euthymios, enlightener of Karelia.
April 19: Hieromartyr Paphnoutios of Jerusalem; Tryphon,
patriarch of Constantinople; Venerable-martyr Agathangelos
of Esphigmenou monastery on Athos; Venerable Simeon
of Philotheou monastery on Athos; Venerable John of
Old Lavra in Palestine.
April 20: Venerable Theodore ‘the hair-shirt wearer’;
Venerable Athanasios and Joasaph
of Meteora; Apostle Zaccheos,
bishop of
April 21: Hieromartyr Januarios, bishop of
April 22: Theodore Sykeote, bishop
of Anastasiopolis; Apostle Nathanael; Martyr Nearchos; Vsevolod, prince of Psov; Martyr Epipodios of Lyons.
April 23: Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer; Martyr
Alexandra the Empress; Martyr Glykerios of Nicomedia;
New-martyrs George of Ptolemais and Lazarus of
Bulgaria.
April 24: Venerable Elizabeth the wonder-worker of Constantinople; Martyr Sabbas the General (‘Stratelates’)
of
April 25: Apostle and Evangelist Mark; Martyr Niki; Macedonios, patriarch of
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DAILY SCRIPTURE
Sunday Acts 6:1-7 Mark
Monday Acts 6:8-7:5,
47-80 John
Tuesday Acts 8:5-17 John
Wednesday Acts
Thursday Acts
Friday Acts
Saturday Acts
Sunday Acts
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Rachels’ Kids,
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Diocese of
Michael Bittle Fund – Holy Trinity
Orthodox Church –
Catechumen/Inquirers class will meet on Tuesday.
The Sons of Thunder Book Club is returning from its Lenten hiatus! We will
next meet on Sunday evening,
Secret Sisters-
We will begin another 2 month session at the beginning of May. The
deadline for turning in forms has been extended to April 24th. Forms can be found in the basket on the piano. Please fill them out and give them to
Wednesday Meals – Our Wednesday meals have been very successful over the
last year, allowing our parishioners to pray and visit afterward during the
week. Our goal has been to simply break
even, cost-wise. We are planning to vary
our offerings a little more, alternating between three providers. Additionally, in order to break even, we will need to go from $3.50 to $4.00 per
person. We hope this will not pose a
major problem to anyone.
Lost & Found – We have had a significant number of dishes, baskets, and umbrellas
along with various other items left at the church recently. Please check the tables under the icons in
the parish hall for any items that may belong to you. With the church’s growth, we have limited
storage space, so please claim your items as soon as possible. Thank you!
Mercy Meals - Sincere
thanks to everyone who has supplied a meal for our families with new babies and
other needs over the past few weeks - it has been much appreciated! If
you are able to provide a meal for the Dn Sidney Elliott Family, or the Longa
Family, please contact Anna-Sarah Farha.
Parish Life Conference 2010 – The Parish Life Conference, hosted by St.
George –
Future Icons in the church
Several have asked about
approved subjects for the remaining icons to be added in the church. Two lists are available and in the parish
hall, the first listing the individual saints already present in the
iconography in the church. The second
list is of those which are “approved” or under consideration.
Teen Group
Events
Today, April 18 – Meeting
with Middlers
NEXT WEEK, April 25 – Meeting with Seniors
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Our course to Pascha began
with Zacchaeus Sunday, and Tuesday we celebrate his
feast day. The journey began with
Christ’s encounter with this small man who was a publican. He is an icon to us of repentance because of his
faith in action; he climbed a tree to see Jesus and gave abundant restitution
to those he had cheated. Tradition tells us that he became a disciple of St.
Peter who appointed him as Bishop of Caesara in
We also honor two women this
week from very different backgrounds.
St. Alexandra (4/23) was married to the emperor Diocletian. She raised their daughter, St. Valeria, in
the Faith. They were both banished after
Valeria refused to marry Emperor Maximus. After his
death, they returned to
St. Elizabeth the
wonderworker (4/24) spent her life from childhood in a monastery. Her mother had been given a revelation that
her daughter was chosen by God for special blessings. She was a strict ascetic
and was given the gift of healing. She wore a hair shirt and kept a strict
fast. Tradition says that she lived and died between the sixth and ninth
century.
See icons of these saints and
their stories in St. John Library.
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Pray for our catechumens: In
Please remember in your prayers: His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP, His Grace, Bishop
ANTOUN, Dn. Sidney & Sh. Mary Elliott and family, Buddy Taylor, Margaret
Layman, Chris Hodges, Judy Smith (Julie Sanderlin’s
mother), Shirley Gore (
Antiochian Women of
AWSJ Crafts Club
Monday, April 26th,
AWSJ First Friday Brown Bag Lunch
May 7th – Join us for lunch following Sixth
Hour prayers
Upcoming Book Club Titles
May 10th,
We will be discussing The
Help by Kathryn Stockett
Upcoming Bridal Showers
Sandy Powell – April 25th following Coffee Hour
KROGER
AND SCHNUCK’S CARDS FUNDRAISING
SCHNUCKS
Simply register your existing Schnucks grocery card online or over the phone. If you do not currently have a Schnucks card, they are available free of charge in the office (see Trish).
Group Name:
Group ID: 500024054
Go to: www.escrip.com and follow the directions
or
Call 1-800-931-6258
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KROGER
The Kroger program works differently than the Schnucks program. You will need to purchase a $5 Gift Card from Trish in the office. You would then take the card to Customer Service at any Kroger store and have them load the desired amount (up to $500) onto your card. You may reload it as often as you like! You would then use your card to pay for your groceries, prescriptions or gas.
Worship
and litur
When one comes forward to receive the Eucharist, it is
proper to cross the arms over the chest.
When the communicant’s turn to receive is next, he should say, “The servant of God/the handmaid of God,
(your name by which you commune).”
You may then receive (1) by taking the Mysteries off the spoon and
closing your lips completely over the end of the spoon, just a child would who
is being fed by his parent (this is the safest and preferred method), or (2)
you may tip your head back slightly and open your mouth widely enough for the
priest drop the Holy Mysteries in your mouth.
Having received, it is appropriate to remain for the prayers of
thanksgiving following the dismissal.
Bridal Shower
Honoring:
Sunday,
April 25th
Location:
Registered with:
Williams-Sonoma
& Macy’s
Group Gift Contact:
From
the Fathers
“. . . With all my strength I pray
to God for you, that He may send into your hearts that fire, which our Lord
Jesus Christ has come to send on the earth (Luke 12:49), that you may have
power to govern rightly your intentions and senses and to distinguish good from
evil.”
~St. Anthony the Great
“Often our knowledge becomes
darkened because we fail to put things into practice. For when we have totally
neglected to practice something, our memory of it will gradually disappear. For this reason Scripture urges us to acquire
the knowledge of God, so that through our works we may serve Him rightly.”
~St. Mark the Ascetic
“Let us go forward with the heart
completely attentive and the soul fully conscious. For if attentiveness
and prayer are daily joined together, they become like Elias’s fire-bearing
chariot, raising us to heaven. What do I mean? A spiritual heaven, with
sun, moon and stars, is formed in the blessed heart of one who has reach a state of watchfulness, or who strives to attain
it.”
~St. Philotheus of
Sinai
“My children,
avoid criticism -- a very great sin. God is grieved whenever we criticize and
loathe people. Let us concern ourselves only with our own faults -- for these
let us feel pain; let us criticize ourselves and then we will find mercy and
grace from God.”
~Elder Ephraim of Philotheou
Mount Athos
“Blessed is he who is
not attached to anything transitory or corruptible. Blessed is the intellect
that transcends all sensible objects and ceaselessly delights in divine beauty.
If you make provision for the desires of the flesh (cf. Rom.
~St. Maximos the
Confessor