July 10, 2011
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 6:18-23: St Paul, writing to the Romans, explains that when we were freed from sin we
became slaves to righteousness; therefore, we must resist enslavement to sin and instead become enslaved to God.
Matthew 8:5-13: Jesus shows His great mercy to those who have faith in Him when He heals the servant of a centurion.
Troparion of the Resurrection: Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad; for the Lord hath done a mighty act with his own arm. He hath trampled down death and become the First-born from the dead. He hath delivered us from the depths of hades, granting the world the Great Mercy.
Troparion of the Chains of St. Peter: O Holy Apostle, Peter, thou dost preside over the Apostles by the precious chains which thou didst bear. We venerate them with faith and beseech thee that by thine intercessions we be granted the great mercy.
Kontakion of the Theotokos: O undisputed intercessor of Christians, O mediatrix, who is unrejected by the Creator, turn not away from the voice of our petitions though we be sinners; come to us in time, who cry to thee in faith, for thou art good. Hasten to us with intercessions, O Theotokos, who didst ever intercede for those who honor thee.
CALENDAR
Sunday, July 10 (Fourth Sunday after Pentecost)
8:50 a.m. — Orthros
10:00 a.m. — Divine Liturgy
12:00 p.m. — Ladies of St. Peter
5:30 p.m. — Youth Group
Monday, July 11 (Euphemia the All-praised)
Office Closed — Father John’s Day Off
Tuesday, July 12
6:00 a.m. — Daily Orthros
Wednesday, July 13
5:00 p.m. — Catechism Class
6:30 p.m. — Daily Vespers
7:30 p.m. — Choir Practice
Thursday, July 14
6:00 a.m. — Daily Orthros
Friday, July 15
6:00 a.m. — Daily Orthros
Saturday, July 16
11:15 a.m. — Baptism of Sophie Elizabeth Dansereau
5:45 p.m. — Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers
Sunday, July 17 (Fifth Sunday after Pentecost)
8:50 a.m. — Orthros
10:00 a.m. — Divine Liturgy
1:00 p.m. — Young Adults
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eucharist Bread …was offered by the Hendersons for the Divine Liturgy today.
Please keep Walt and Charlotte Wood and their family in your prayers as Walt continues to recover from back surgery.
Please be reminded of the following:
Be very careful with the Blessed Bread when you take it after communion. Because this bread has been blessed, we should take care not to let crumbs fall on the floor. Parents, especially, please help your children to choose a small piece and treat it carefully.
Also, at the end of the liturgy, maintain a prayerful disposition during the veneration of the cross as the prayers of thanksgiving after communion are still underway. Please exchange your greetings with each other in the Fellowship Hall during Coffee Hour.
Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
Eucharist Bread Coffee Hour
July 10 Hendersons Ellis/Zouboukos
July 17 Schelvers Woods
July 24 Katools Algoods
July 31 Algoods Hendersons
Schedule for Epistle Readers – Page numbers refer to the Apostolos (book of the Epistles) located on the front pew. Please be sure to use this book when you read.
Reader Reading Page#
July 10 Tom Willingham Rom. 6:18-23 102
July 17 Tom Skirtech Titus 3:18-15 322
July 24 Sh. Charlotte Algood Rom. 12:6-14 113
July 31 Walt Wood Rom. 15:1-7 119
Please remember the following in your prayers: Fr. Leo, Kh. Be’Be’, Stephen and Amy, Justyn and Jeffrey; Steve, Sheryl and Stephen Chamblee; Maria Costas; Amy and Brantley Oliver; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Sam and Lamia Dabit; David Turner’s mother Mary Jean; Fr. Joseph Bittle, Kh. Joanna, their daughter Abigail and the rest of their family.
Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.
With Father John’s blessing, Carl Boschert has decided to pursue his catechesis at Holy Trinity and St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church in Jackson. Please keep him in your prayers.
Breakfast and Bible Study: we have begun a Bible Study of I Peter. The Bible Study will meet every 2-3 weeks on Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast. This is open to all who are interested. Be sure to come and enjoy the fellowship.
New Parish Directory: The Parish Council has decided to implement a new Directory with family pictures. If you have not yet had your picture taken, please make arrangements with Daniel Root. A group picture will be taken at a later date for the cover of the Directory.
Sophie Elizabeth Dansereau will be baptized next Saturday morning, July 16th at 11:15 a.m.
Calendar Items:
* The Men of the parish meet for lunch and fellowship on the first Thursday of the month.
* Father John will be out of town July 21-31st for the Archdiocese Convention in Chicago.
* The Annual Knucklehead Family Reunion (aka Men’s Fishing Trip) will be held in
Arkansas, on September 16-23 this year.
* We will be serving our next meal at the Stewpot in Jackson on November 19th.
* His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN will be here the weekend of May 6, 2012 to help us celebrate our 25th anniversary as a parish. The planning committee is working very hard to make our celebration a memorable one. There will be an evening event at the MS Museum of Art on Saturday, May 6th. Other events are being planned and more information will be available in the coming months.
We are looking for new faces in the choir….anyone 7th grade or older who is interested should contact Karen or Sh. Margaret.
Fasting Discipline for July
The traditional fasting discipline (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of the month.
Major Commemorations during July
July 11 Euphemia the all-praised
July 17 Great-martyr Marina
July 20 Prophet Elias
July 25 Dormition of Righteous Anna
July 27 Great-martyr Panteleimon
If you are the last to leave the building, please make sure that the heating and cooling unit in the Fellowship Hall is turned off.
Happy Birthdays in July:
July 2 — Irene N’Ser
July 7 — Nimer Fino (1992)
July 10 — Ramzi Kafoury
July 13 — Abraham Dabit
July 15 — Emad Fino
July 17 — Jackie Rezk
July 22 — Zachary Freundt
— Walt Wood
— Thomas Wood
— Amy Oliver
Happy Anniversaries in July:
July 3 — Emad and Suzi Fino (#23!)
July 25 — Reader Basil and Brenda Baker (#30!)
Quotable: ” ‘Nobody is as gracious and merciful,’ says St. Mark the Ascetic, ‘as the Lord is, but even He does not forgive the sins of the man who does not repent; … we are being condemned not because of the multitude of our evils, but because we do not want to repent.'”
Archimandrite Seraphim Aleksiev
Worship: Sunday, July 17, 2011 (Fifth Sunday after Pentecost; Sunday of the Holy
Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council)
Scripture: Titus 3:8-15; Matthew 5:14-19
Celebrant: Father John
Epistle Reader: Tom Skirtech
Prosphora: Schelvers
Coffee Hour: Woods
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