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

 

7th Sunday after Pentecost

July 11, 2010

 

Epistle:  Romans 12:6-14                              Gospel:  Matthew 9:1-8                                                        

The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered by Priscilla Neale.

 

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 11 – July 18  (Wed. & Fri. fast)          

 

Sunday            - Teen Group – Camping Trip

 

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

                        - AWSJ Book Club, 7:00 p.m. Corinne Elliott’s home

                       

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

                        - Men’s Lunch, 11:45 a.m.

- Choir, 7:00 p.m.

- Catechumen/Inquirers class, 7:00 p.m.

 

Wednesday     - Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

- Vespers, 5:30 p.m., meal to follow - please sign up

- Children’s reading time immediately following Vespers

- Wednesday Teaching, 7:00 p.m. –  topic TBA

- Parish Council, 7:45 p.m.

 

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

           

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

- Third Hour, 9:00 a.m.

- 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.

- Teen Group Meeting – Coffee Hour

- Holy Mystery of Matrimony for Jennifer Criswell & Bill Stanek, 4:00 p.m.

                               

 

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Divine Liturgy                                                                         Sunday, July 18, 10:00 a.m.

 

PRIEST:                      Fr. John                                   HOMILY:       Fr. John

DEACONS:                Dns.  James & Charles            READER:       John Cameron

HOLY BREAD:         Jack Turner                              USHER:          John McGee

ALTAR SERVERS:   Ethan, J. Morgan, Luke L., Deon, & Pavel

COFFEE HOUR:       Alex & Alexandra Klimkowski, Dianna Hildebrand

WELCOME TEAM:  Sarah Hodges and Gary Karnaghon

 

 

 

COMMEMORATIONS

 

July 11:  Great-martyr Euphemia the all-praised; Olga (Helen), princess of Kiev.

 

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.

 

 

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DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS                            July 11 – July 18

            Sunday                        Romans           15:1-7                          Matthew             9:27-35

            Monday                       I Corinthians      9:13-18                      Matthew           16:1-6

Tuesday                       I Corinthians    10:5-12                        Matthew           16:6-12

Wednesday                  I Corinthians    10:12-22                      Matthew           16:20-24

Thursday                     I Corinthians    10:28-11:7                   Matthew           16:24-28

Friday                          I Corinthians    11:8-22                        Matthew           17:10-18      

Saturday                      Romans           13:1-10                        Matthew           12:30-37

            Sunday                        I Corinthians      1:10-18                      Matthew           14:14-22

 

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- ALMS-GIVING OPPORTUNITIES –

St. John Alms Fund 

St. John Camping Fund

St. John Food Pantry

St. John Seminarian Fund

St. Paul Mission Station

Rachels’ Kids, Inc.

Diocese of Miami and the Southeast Mission Fund

Michael Bittle Fund – Holy Trinity Orthodox Church

– Little Rock, AR

 

 

 

ST. JOHN COMMUNITY:

 

 

Catechumen/Inquirers class will meet Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

Choir Practice, Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

 

 

 

Fr John’s out of town dates:

 

July 19-23 – Antiochian Village (Clergy Symposium)

 

Special services upcoming:

 

July 18 – Churching of Mindy and John David

August 8 – Forty day memorial for Marlene Kraker

August 15 – Memorial for Andy Alissandratos

October 10 – Memorial for Urania Alissandratos

 

 

Antiochian Women of St. John

Calendar

 

Upcoming Book Club Titles

July 12th – The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge

We will meet at 7:00 p.m. at Sh. Corinne Elliott’s home

 

Women’s Teaching

Next Teaching - Thursday, August 5 at 10:00 a.m.

 Anne Dugan’s home.

 

AWSJ Crafts Club

July 26 at 7:00 p.m. at Judy Terry’s home

 

 

[image]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, St. John will receive a percentage of your purchase.  This is a simple way to help the church while doing an everyday activity!

 

 

St. John Summer Pool Parties

July 26      &     August 7

Our next St. John Summer Potluck Pool Party will be Monday, July 26 at the Rhodes College pool.  Don’t miss the fun!  Bring your own meat, or vegetarian equivalent, and drinks (no alcohol, please) along with a side or dessert to share.  There will be a grill available for use.

 

Come relax and enjoy good food and fellowship by the pool!

 

 

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                                    Morality Corner

 

            In May I mentioned that many say we live in a “post Christian” age.  Older and more traditional moral standards have been called into question.  As I have worked trying to find or write short but meaningful items in the area of true Christian morality, I have found the task daunting.  Not for lack of need or material, but due to the need to say much more than can be said in a paragraph or two.  The very term “morality” itself has many and nuanced definitions.  As a simple working “definition,” maybe we should think of moral behavior as that which sustains life and immoral as that which destroys it.  This is not by any means perfect, but maybe it will get us further down the road.  Pressing that out, sustaining life ultimately means being connected to God, and being disconnected from God is the ultimate destruction.  Consequently we want to do all that we can to support and nourish our relationship with God.  Thus, those moral positions that the Church has embraced and lived for centuries are not meant to prevent pleasure, per se, but rather to protect our connectedness with our Lord and Creator, thus sustaining our life in eternity.                           ~Fr. John

 

 

 

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This week we honor two members of a royal family, Olga (7/11), princess of Kiev and her grandson, Great Prince Vladimir of Keiv, equal-to-the-Apostles.  St. Olga was called “Olga the Wise” because she conquered a city with the help of sparrows and pigeons. 

 

Thursday we commemorate Prince Vladimir (7/15), the Baptizer of Russia. He is the grandson of St.Olga, honored Sunday. He began the unification of Slavic lands, and St Hilarion referred to him as an 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.

 

Text Box: Teen Group Events TODAY – CAMPING! We will return Thursday, July 15 NEXT WEEK July 18 - Teen Meeting during Coffee Hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pray for our catechumens:  Memphis - Maria Cartagena, Maria Brackey, Lisa Martin, Ashley Newton, Sandy Childress, & Michael Hill. Tupelo - Shane Davis, Leah Hardy, Adam Clay, Casey & Jessica Hardy (Davis). Hernando – Donald Estes. Henning –John Kearney & Richard McKeal.

 

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 (Judy Terry’s mother),  Effie Johnson (Kh. Susan’s mother), Mary Clark, Kh. Jeanette (pregnant), Kim Hilal (pregnant), Gigi Sliger (pregnant), Ann Hicks (Dianna Hildebrand’s mother), Sue Ingram, Charles Ingram, Ted & Patty Greathouse (Shelley Snowden’s parents), June Peeples (Sarah Hodges’ mother), Allen Sudduth (Paul’s father), Elmo Thompson (Kh. Martha’s father), David & Erin Williams (Jill Healy’s children), Janet Berry (Joel Berry’s mother), Lydia Banicescu (Tupelo), Betty Wells (Karen Wells’ mother).