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
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Epistle: Hebrews 2:10-16 Gospel: Matthew 4:18-23
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered by
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 - Baby Shower for
- Teen Group – All
Teen Meeting,
- Sons of Thunder,
Monday
-
First Hour,
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Tuesday - Third Hour,
- Men’s Lunch,
- Catechumen/Inquirers Class
- Choir,
Wednesday - Third
Hour,
- Vespers,
- Children’s reading time immediately following
Vespers
- Wednesday Teaching,
- Parish Council
Meeting,
Thursday - Third Hour,
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Friday - First Hour,
- Third Hour,
- Sixth Hour,
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Saturday - Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday - Orthros,
- Divine
Liturgy,
Divine Liturgy
Sunday, June 13,
PRIEST: Fr. Nicholas HOMILY: Fr. Nicholas
DEACONS: Dn. James
& Charles READER:
HOLY BREAD: Karen Bell USHER:
ALTAR SERVERS: Caleb, Luke S.,
Misha, Alex, Jake & Joe
COFFEE HOUR: Gary &
WELCOME TEAM:
Fr John’s out of town dates:
June 16-20 –
July 19-23 –
*APOSTLES
COMMEMORATIONS
June 6: Venerable Hilarion the New, of the Dalmaton
monastery; Venerable Vissarion of Egypt and Attalos the wonder-worker.
June 7: Hieromartyr Theodotos, bishop of
June 8: The translation of the relics of Great-martyr
Theodore the General (“Stratelates’); Martyrs Nicander and Kalliope; New-martyr
Theophanes of Constantinople.
June 9: Cyril, patriarch of
June 10: Martyr
Alexander and Virgin-martyr Antonina of Constantinople;
Venerable Theophanes the monk of
June 11: Apostles
Bartholomew and Barnabas; Venerable Barnabas; The commemoration of the
appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a monk on Athos and the revelation of
the hymn “It is Truly Meet.”
June 12: Venerable Onouphrios the Great; Venerable Peter the Athonite; Venerable Arsenios of Konevits.
June 13: Martyr Aquilina of Byblos in
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DAILY SCRIPTURE
Sunday Hebrews
Monday Romans 7:1-13 Matthew
Tuesday Romans
Wednesday Romans 8:2-13 Matthew
Thursday Romans
Friday Romans 9:6-19 Matthew
Saturday Romans
Sunday Romans 5:1-10 Matthew
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Teen Group Events
TODAY - June 6 – All Teen Meeting,
NEXT WEEK
June 13 - All Teen Meeting,
June 16-20 Parish Life Conference
Upcoming Events
July 11-15 Teen Camping Trip –
more
information to come
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Catechumen/Inquirers class will meet Tuesday at
Graduate Sunday – We will recognize the following new graduates on Sunday, June 13:
High School Irene
Hodges
Zach Lyons
Ethan Sanderlin
Patrick Sudduth
Kristianna White
College
Myron Klimkowski
Graduate school
Law school
Medical school Tom Stickle Univ. of Tennessee
Sons of Thunder - We will be meeting tonight at
Future Icons in the church - Several have asked about approved subjects for the
remaining icons to be added in the church.
There is a list available in the parish hall containing the individual
saints already present in the iconography in the church, as well as those which
are “approved” or under consideration.
Kroger & Schnucks cards are available in the office for those
interested. Each time you use your Schnucks card or Kroger Gift Card,
Upcoming
Wednesday Night
Teachings:
June 9 –
June 16 – No teaching –PLC
June 23 –
June 30 –
NEXT MONDAY
June 14 July 26 August 7
It’s time again for the
St. John Summer Potluck Pool Parties at the
Parish Life Conference in
June 16-20
There is registration
information on the Parish Life Conference (
Next year our parish is hosting the
conference. We will need most of our parishioners to be
involved in some way to adequately host our diocesan gathering. Attending this year’s conference is a great
way to get prepared to assist for next year.
Consider attending!
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 (
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“There is no question about that which is bred in the uterus, both growing, and moving from place to place. It remains, therefore, that we must think that the point of commencement of existence is one and the same for body and soul.”
~St. Gregory of Nyssa, 335-394
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Many of us have a fondness
for saints from the
Venerable Cedd (6/7) was the eldest of four
brothers (
St. Aidan was well-known for his personal austerity and disregard for
the trappings of wealth and power, so that Sts. Cedd
and
Wednesday, we remember
one more Celtic saint, Venerable Columba of Scotland (6/9). Those of us
senior citizens will enjoy his biography, The Legend of Saint Columba by
Padraic Colum and illustrated by E. Mackinstry. This old book will bring back memories of similar
books enjoyed in elementary school by us middle aged parishioners.
St. Kalliope
(6/8) is one of several saints we notice because of her interesting name. It
means the beautiful voiced, in Greek. She suffered great tortures for her
faith in 250 A.D.
Friday (6/11) we commemorate
a beautiful story behind a hymn and an icon of the Theotokos. One night,
as a monk was alone and reading the hours, a monk he did not know knocked on
his door and joined him in prayer. As they sang a hymn by St. Cosmos to the
Theotokos, the stranger interjected the words “It is truly meet to bless Thee,
O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God,” and then
continued with “More honorable than the Cherubim…” The icon glowed and
the stranger wrote the “new” words to the hymn on a tile with his finger.
He said, “Sing in this manner, and all the
Orthodox as well.” Then he disappeared. These words began to be sung in the
Divine Liturgy, and the icon was later sent to the
Antiochian Women of
invite you to:
A Baby Shower for
Today at
(located at No.2 Vance & Wagner)
Marjo is registered
at Babies-R-Us, Target, & landofnod.com
Please contact Claire Van Drimmelen if you
would like to contribute to the group gift.
A Wedding
Shower celebrating the upcoming
Marriage of
Sunday,
June 27
During
Coffee Hour
Please
contact
purchase of furniture for the couple
Antiochian Women of
Calendar
Baby
Shower for
TODAY, June 6th,
Upcoming
Book Club Titles
June 7th,
We will be discussing My
Life in France by Julia Child
July 12th – The
Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge
September 13th – Three
Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Women’s
Teaching
Summer
Dates: June 10, July 8, & August 5
Next Meeting -
Thursday, June 10th at
June 11– Bring your
lunch and join us following
Sixth Hour prayers
Wedding
Shower for
June 27 – Coffee Hour
In the room off the
kitchen
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 Golgotha. If you do not reach the point of despair, you
will never see the Light.” ~Gerondessa Gavriella
“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