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September 30, 2012
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
 
II Corinthians 6:16-7:1:  St Paul reminds us that as God has promised to dwell with us, we are to be holy, cleansing ourselves from ungodliness.
 
Luke 6:31-36:  From St Luke’s account of the Sermon on the Mount we hear our Lord teach us to love our enemies, to be unselfish in our giving, and to have mercy upon those who do us wrong rather than condemning them.
 
Troparion of the Resurrection:  O compassionate One, thou didst descend from the heights; thou didst submit to the three-day burial, that thou might deliver us from passion.  Thou art our Life and our Resurrection, O Lord, glory to thee.
 
Troparion of Hieromartyr Gregory:  Thou hast become like the Apostles in their states, a successor to their throne, finding indeed the intelligential ladder, O thou God-inspired.  Therefore, thou hast followed the Word of God in righteousness, and striven unto blood for the Faith.  O Martyr among Priests Gregory, intercede with Christ God to save our souls.
 
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, September 30   (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost)
            8:50 a.m.         — Orthros
            9:00 a.m.         — Christian Education 
         10:00 a.m.       — Divine Liturgy 
         1:00 p.m.         — Young Adults
           
Monday, October 1   (Protection of the Theotokos)
Office Closed   — Father John’s Day Off
           
Tuesday, October 2 
            6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
           
Wednesday, October 3  
6:30 p.m.         — Daily Vespers
7:30 p.m.         — Choir Practice
 
Thursday, October 4    
6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
11:30 a.m.       — Men’s Lunch
 
Friday, October 5   
6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
 
Saturday, October 6    (Apostle Thomas)
5:45 p.m.         — Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers
 
Sunday, October 7   (Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
            8:50 a.m.         — Orthros
            9:00 a.m.         — Christian Education 
         10:00 a.m.       — Divine Liturgy
         5:30 p.m.         — Youth Group
 
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Eucharist Bread …was offered by the Davises for the Divine Liturgy this morning.

Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                                    Eucharist Bread                     Coffee Hour
September 30               Davis                                       D. Root/Dansereau/Dale Cooper
October 7                     Meadows                                Pigott/Freundt/Turner
October 14                   Yeatts                                      POT LUCK MEAL
                                                                                        (set-up:  Algood/Bassinger/Yeatts)
October 21                   Abraham                                  R. Root/Abraham/Davis
October 28                   Bassinger                                 Schelver/Lavric
 
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#
September 30                  Warren Strain                      II Cor. 6:16-7:1                173
October 7                         Kh. Sharon Meadows       II Cor. 9:6-11                   179
October 14                       Mildred Morris                   Titus 3:8-15                     322
October 21                       Phillip Lasseter                   Gal. 1:11-19                     188
October 28                       Kh. Be’Be’ Schelver           Gal. 2:16-20                     193
 
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.
 
Please remember the following in your prayers:  Pete and Maria Costas; Steve, Sheryl and Stephen Chamblee; Amy and Brantley Oliver; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Sam and Lamia Dabit and Sammie; David Turner’s mother Mary Jean; Georgia Buchanan, George Johns (Georgia’s grandson) and his family; Dorin and Carolina Lavric and Victor (Carolina’s brother); Mary Greene (Lee and Kh. Sharon’s sister); Fr. Stephen Tewfik; Dn. Howard and Sh. Gail Shannon.
 
Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.
 
Please remember Fr. Joseph and Kh. Joanna Bittle, and their daughter Abigail, in your prayers. 
 
Please be reminded that the Sacristy/Vestry which is adjacent to and behind the altar in our church is considered by the Orthodox Church to be part of the Sanctuary (Altar area) and should not be entered without the blessing of the priest for a specific purpose.  If you need to speak with a member of the clergy while they are in the Sanctuary, please ask them to come to you in the nave.
 
Fall Festival/Square Dance:  We are planning a Fall Festival with Square Dancing for the month of October.  The date will be Saturday, October 27th, beginning at 2:00 p.m. (Please note the change in time!!)   We will not have Ninth Hour Prayers that day and Great Vespers will begin at 6:00 p.m.
 
Building Fund:  As we proceed with the plans for the approval by the City of Madison and Metropolitan PHILIP for our addition/renovation, we are reviewing our Building Fund.  We currently have over $150,000 in the fund and are regularly adding to it.  The Parish Council has decided to apply cash donations from the Sunday offering to the Building Fund – UNLESS it is specified or otherwise apparent that these are intended as a regular tithe/donation.  Of course, other donations by check, etc., specified for the Building Fund are always welcome!  So feel free to chip in a little (or lot!) extra as you are able.  With God’s grace, we look forward to this next phase of our building program and beyond to the next phase of building a new main church building/temple.
 
Many Thanks!! to Anastasia Jones for her service as President of the Ladies of St. Peter this past year.  Thanks as well to Brenda Baker who will succeed her in the office of President.  Sandra Strain has agreed to remain as Treasurer.  Anyone willing to serve as Vice-president should contact Brenda.
 
The new Quarterly Schedule is available on the table in the hallway.  Please be sure to pick one up.  If you are unable to do Eucharist Bread or Coffee Hour on the Sunday you are assigned, please swap with someone else and be sure to let Kh. Sharon know so that the change can appear in the announcements.  If you are unable to read the Epistle on your Sunday, please swap with someone and let Reader Basil and Kh. Sharon know about the change.
 
Coffee Hour guidelines have been posted on the refrigerator in the kitchen.  These list the items to be set out for Fasting and Non-fasting Coffee Hours along with guidelines for setting out the food and for storage afterwards.  Please be sure that the power switch on the dishwasher is turned off when you are through with clean-up.  (It has been left on the last two weeks).
 
Parish Ministry Teams:  The Ladies of St. Peter are making a change to focus more on service and spirituality and away from administrative tasks.  Therefore we are forming Parish Ministry Teams to handle some of the tasks that have been handled by the Ladies of St. Peter in the past few years (as well as some other needs not handled by them).  We are looking for volunteers to serve on these teams and hope to have both men and women involved (especially our Young Adults).
 
When you host Coffee Hour or the meal for a Feast, please make sure that the oven, warmer, and coffee maker are turned off afterwards.  On several occasions in the past, the cleaning ladies have found the oven still on when they came in to clean later during the week.
 
Calendar Items:
*    The Men of the parish meet for lunch and fellowship on the first Thursday of the month.
*    October is Teen Month in our Archdiocese.
*    Fall Festival and Square Dance – Saturday, October 27th, beginning at 2:00 p.m.
*    Stewpot schedule (together with Holy Resurrection) – December 29th.
 
Fasting Discipline for September/October
The traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of the month. 
 
Major Commemorations for October
         October 1               Protection of the Theotokos
October 6               Apostle Thomas
October 9               Apostle James, Son of Alpaeus
October 18             Apostle Luke
October 23             Apostle James, Brother of the Lord
October 26             Great-martyr Demetrios
 
Happy Birthdays in September/October:
         September 30         —    Laura Yeatts
         October 1               —    Emily Parker
         October 3               —    Reader Basil Baker
         October 4               —    Rod Parker
         October 7               —    Glenn Morris
         October 8               —    Brantley Oliver
         October 10             —    Phillip Lasseter
         October 16             —    Jesse Milnor
         October 17             —    Max Baker
         October 20             —    Anna Kathryn Stewart
                                       —    Justyn Schelver
         October 23             —    Anne Habeeb
         October 24             —    Jean Kafoury
         October 25             —    Kathy Willingham
         October 28             —    Lamia Dabit
                                       —    Mona Fahmy
         October 29             —    Kh. Be’Be’ Schelver
 
Happy Anniversaries in October:
         October 17             —    Phillip and Nikki Lasseter (#3!)
         October 18             —    Oliver and Laura Yeatts (#4!)
         October 22             —    Walter and Charlotte Wood (#29!)
 
Quotable:  “While present in all human beings, the heart lies hidden and barely functions in most people most of the time.  In one of our liturgical texts it is described as a beautiful mirror covered in dust.  Sometimes there is so much dust that it seems as if the heart does not exist at all, but at other times the action of prayer starts to brush the dust away, revealing the glory that lies beneath.  The cleaner the mirror, the more polished it is, the more clearly it reflects the glory of God.  Once we start to clean the mirror—which is, essentially, the work of prayer—then the mirror slowly comes into view, the dust is gently swept away from its surface, and the light can shine once more.”
                                                 Archimandrite Meletios Webber, Bread and Water, Wine and Oil: an Orthodox Christian Experience of God
 
 
Worship:         Sunday, October 7, 2012 (Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
 
         Scripture:                               II Corinthians 9:6-11; Luke 7:11-16
         Celebrant:                              Father John
         Epistle Reader:                      Kh. Sharon Meadows
         Prosphora:                             Meadows
         Coffee Hour:                          Pigott/Freundt/Turner                              

9/23 announcements

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September 23, 2012
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Conception of the Forerunner and Baptist John
 
Galatians 4:22-27: In the reading from Galatians we hear of the two sons of Abraham, one by Hagar and one by Sarah.  We are reminded that these children symbolize the two covenants, and the two Jerusalems, one in slavery and the other free and she is our mother.
 
Luke 5:1-11:  In the reading from the Gospel of St Luke we see Simon Peter, James, and John become disciples of our Lord.
 
Troparion of the Resurrection: Thou didst shatter death by thy Cross; thou didst open paradise to the thief; thou didst turn the mourning of the ointment-bearing women into joy, and didst bid thine Apostles proclaim warning that thou hast risen, O Christ, granting the world Great Mercy.
 
Troparion of St. John:  Rejoice, O barren one, who had not given birth; for behold thou hast conceived clearly the one who is the dawn of the Sun who was about to illuminate the whole universe, blighted with sightlessness.  Shout in joy, O Zachzrias, crying in favour, Verily, the one to be born is a Prophet of the High.
 
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, September 23   (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost; Conception of the Forerunner and Baptist John)
            8:50 a.m.         — Orthros
            9:00 a.m.         — Christian Education 
         10:00 a.m.       — Divine Liturgy
            5:30 p.m.         — Youth Group
           
Monday, September 24   (Protomartyr Thekla)
Office Closed   — Father John’s Day Off
           
Tuesday, September 25 
            6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
           
Wednesday, September 26   (Apostle John the Theologian)
6:30 p.m.         — Daily Vespers
7:30 p.m.         — Choir Practice
 
Thursday, September 27    
6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
 
Friday, September 28   (Venerable Chariton)
6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
 
Saturday, September 29   
7:30 a.m.         — Bible Study with Breakfast
5:45 p.m.         — Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers
 
Sunday, September 30   (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost)
            8:50 a.m.         — Orthros
            9:00 a.m.         — Christian Education 
         10:00 a.m.       — Divine Liturgy
         1:00 p.m.         — Young Adults
 
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Eucharist Bread …was offered by the Joneses for the Divine Liturgy this morning.
 
Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                                    Eucharist Bread                     Coffee Hour
September 23               Jones                                       Strain/Dabit
September 30               Davis                                       D. Root/Dansereau/Dale Cooper
October 7                     Meadows                                 Pigott/Freundt/Turner
October 14                   Yeatts                                      POT LUCK MEAL (set-up:  Algood/Bassinger/Yeatts)
October 21                   Abraham                                  R. Root/Abraham/Davis
October 28                   Bassinger                                 Schelver/Lavric
 
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#
September 23                  Walt Wood                          Gal. 4:22-27                    314
September 30                  Warren Strain                       II Cor. 6:16-7:1               173
October 7                         Kh. Sharon Meadows        II Cor. 9:6-11                  179
October 14                       Mildred Morris                    Titus 3:8-15                    322
October 21                       Phillip Lasseter                    Gal. 1:11-19                    188
October 28                       Kh. Be’Be’ Schelver            Gal. 2:16-20                    193
 
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.
 
Please remember the following in your prayers:  Pete and Maria Costas; Steve, Sheryl and Stephen Chamblee; Amy and Brantley Oliver; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Sam and Lamia Dabit and Sammie; David Turner’s mother Mary Jean; Georgia Buchanan, George Johns (Georgia’s grandson) and his family; Dorin and Carolina Lavric and Victor (Carolina’s brother); Mary Greene (Lee and Kh. Sharon’s sister); Fr. Stephen Tewfik; Dn. Howard and Sh. Gail Shannon.
 
Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.
 
Please remember Fr. Joseph and Kh. Joanna Bittle, and their daughter Abigail, in your prayers. 

Please be reminded that the Sacristy/Vestry which is adjacent to and behind the altar in our church is considered by the Orthodox Church to be part of the Sanctuary (Altar area) and should not be entered without the blessing of the priest for a specific purpose.  If you need to speak with a member of the clergy while they are in the Sanctuary, please ask them to come to you in the nave.
 
Fall Festival/Square Dance:  We are planning a Fall Festival with Square Dancing for the month of October.  The date will be Saturday, October 27th, beginning at 2:00 p.m. (Please note the change in time!!)   We will not have Ninth Hour Prayers that day and Great Vespers will begin at 6:00 p.m.
 
Building Fund:  As we proceed with the plans for the approval by the City of Madison and Metropolitan PHILIP for our addition/renovation, we are reviewing our Building Fund.  We currently have over $150,000 in the fund and are regularly adding to it.  The Parish Council has decided to apply cash donations from the Sunday offering to the Building Fund – UNLESS it is specified or otherwise apparent that these are intended as a regular tithe/donation.  Of course, other donations by check, etc., specified for the Building Fund are always welcome!  So feel free to chip in a little (or lot!) extra as you are able.  With God’s grace, we look forward to this next phase of our building program and beyond to the next phase of building a new main church building/temple.
 
Many Thanks!! to Anastasia Jones for her service as President of the Ladies of St. Peter this past year.  Thanks as well to Brenda Baker who will succeed her in the office of President.  Sandra Strain has agreed to remain as Treasurer.  Anyone willing to serve as Vice-president should contact Brenda.
 
The new Quarterly Schedule is available on the table in the hallway.  Please be sure to pick one up.  If you are unable to do Eucharist Bread or Coffee Hour on the Sunday you are assigned, please swap with someone else and be sure to let Kh. Sharon know so that the change can appear in the announcements.  If you are unable to read the Epistle on your Sunday, please swap with someone and let Reader Basil and Kh. Sharon know about the change.
 
Coffee Hour guidelines have been posted on the refrigerator in the kitchen.  These list the items to be set out for Fasting and Non-fasting Coffee Hours along with guidelines for setting out the food and for storage afterwards.  Please be sure that the power switch on the dishwasher is turned off when you are through with clean-up.  (It has been left on the last two weeks).
 
Parish Ministry Teams:  The Ladies of St. Peter are making a change to focus more on service and spirituality and away from administrative tasks.  Therefore we are forming Parish Ministry Teams to handle some of the tasks that have been handled by the Ladies of St. Peter in the past few years (as well as some other needs not handled by them).  We are looking for volunteers to serve on these teams and hope to have both men and women involved (especially our Young Adults).

Calendar Items:
*    The Men of the parish meet for lunch and fellowship on the first Thursday of the month.
*    October is Teen Month in our Archdiocese.
*    Fall Festival and Square Dance – Saturday, October 27th, beginning at 2:00 p.m.
*    Stewpot schedule (together with Holy Resurrection) – December 29th.
 
Fasting Discipline for September/October
The traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of the month. 
 
Major Commemorations for September/October
         September 23         Conception of the Forerunner
         September 26         Apostle John the Theologian (repose)
         September 28         Venerable Chariton the Confessor
         October 1               Protection of the Theotokos
       October 6               Apostle Thomas
       October 9               Apostle James, Son of Alpaeus
       October 18             Apostle Luke
       October 23             Apostle James, Brother of the Lord
         October 26             Great-martyr Demetrios
 
Happy Birthdays in September/October:
         September 25         —    Rick Carlton
         September 30         —    Laura Yeatts
         October 1               —    Emily Parker
         October 3               —    Reader Basil Baker
         October 4               —    Rod Parker
         October 7               —    Glenn Morris
         October 8               —    Brantley Oliver
         October 10             —    Phillip Lasseter
         October 16             —    Jesse Milnor
         October 17             —    Max Baker
         October 20             —    Anna Kathryn Stewart
                                         —    Justyn Schelver
         October 23             —    Anne Habeeb
         October 24             —    Jean Kafoury
         October 25             —    Kathy Willingham
         October 28             —    Lamia Dabit
                                         —    Mona Fahmy
         October 29             —    Kh. Be’Be’ Schelver
 
Happy Anniversaries in September/October:
         September 26         —    Rod and Emily Parker (#8!)
         October 17             —    Phillip and Nikki Lasseter (#3!)
         October 18             —    Oliver and Laura Yeatts (#4!)
         October 22             —    Walter and Charlotte Wood (#29!)
 
When you host Coffee Hour or the meal for a Feast, please make sure that the oven, warmer, and coffee maker are turned off afterwards.  On several occasions in the past, the cleaning ladies have found the oven still on when they came in to clean later during the week.
 
Quotable:  “Further, one might guess that the heart is capable of constant awareness of God, and we can see that awareness, albeit in a weakened state, whenever we quiet the mind long enough to hear the silence.  The heart functions at an altogether more profound level than the mind, achieving states of awareness and experience far removed from the tyranny of the logismoi or the vanity of emotion.”
                                                 Archimandrite Meletios Webber, Bread and Water, Wine and Oil: an Orthodox Christian Experience of God
 
 
Worship:         Sunday, September 30, 2012 (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost)
 
         Scripture:                                II Corinthians 6:16-7:1; Luke 6:31-36
         Celebrant:                               Father John
         Epistle Reader:                      Warren Strain
         Prosphora:                              Davis
         Coffee Hour:                           D. Root/Dansereau/Dale Cooper                         

9/16 announcements

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September 16, 2012
Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross
 
Galatians 2:16-20:  We hear from St Paul’s letter to the Galatians that we are justified by faith in Christ, not by works of the Law; and that we now live our lives by faith in the Son of God.
 
Mark 8:34-9:1:  In our reading from the gospel of Mark we hear our Lord tell His disciples that self-denial is required for true spirituality.
 
Troparion of the Resurrection:  When Mary stood at thy grave looking for thy sacred body, angelic powers shone above thy revered tomb, and the soldiers who were to keep guard became as dead men.  Thou led hades captive and wast not tempted thereby.  Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst give life to the world;  O thou who art risen from the dead!  O Lord, glory to thee.
 
Troparion of the Holy Cross:  O Lord, save thy people and bless thine inheritance, granting our believing kings victory over the Barbarians, and by the power of thy Cross preserving thy commonwealth.
 
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 Holy Cross:  Do thou, who of thine own good will wast lifted up upon the Cross, O Christ our God, bestow thy bounties upon the new nation which is called by thy Name; make glad in thy might those who lawfully govern, that with them we may led to victory over our adversaries, having in thine aid a weapon of peace and a trophy invincible.
 
 
CALENDAR
 
Sunday, September 16   (Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross)
            8:50 a.m.         — Orthros
            9:00 a.m.         — Christian Education 
10:00 a.m.       — Divine Liturgy
12:00 p.m.       — Ladies of St. Peter
1:00 p.m.         — Young Adults
           
Monday, September 17   
Office Closed   — Father John’s Day Off
           
Tuesday, September 18 
            6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
           
Wednesday, September 19  
6:30 p.m.         — Daily Vespers
7:30 p.m.         — Choir Practice
7:30 p.m.         — Parish Council Meeting
 
Thursday, September 20    
6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
 
Friday, September 21   
6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
 
Saturday, September 22   
5:45 p.m.         — Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers
 
Sunday, September 23   (Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross)
            8:50 a.m.         — Orthros
            9:00 a.m.         — Christian Education 
10:00 a.m.       — Divine Liturgy
5:30 p.m.         — Youth Group
 
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Eucharist Bread …was offered by the Schelvers for the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross this past Thursday and by the Morrises for the Divine Liturgy this morning.
 
Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                                    Eucharist Bread                     Coffee Hour
September 16               Morris                                      Skirtech/Skirtech/Parker
September 23               Jones                                       Strain/Dabit
September 30               Meadows                                 D. Root/Dansereau/Dale Cooper
 
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#
September 16                  Tom Skirtech                       Gal. 2:16-20                    193
September 23                  Walt Wood                         Gal. 4:22-27                     314
September 30                  Warren Strain                      II Cor. 6:16-7:1                173
 
Please be reminded that the Sacristy/Vestry which is adjacent to and behind the altar in our church is considered by the Orthodox Church to be part of the Sanctuary (Altar area) and should not be entered without the blessing of the priest for a specific purpose.  If you need to speak with a member of the clergy while they are in the Sanctuary, please ask them to come to you in the nave.
 
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.
 
Please remember the following in your prayers:  Pete and Maria Costas; Steve, Sheryl and Stephen Chamblee; Amy and Brantley Oliver; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Sam and Lamia Dabit and Sammie; David Turner’s mother Mary Jean; Georgia Buchanan, George Johns (Georgia’s grandson) and his family; Dorin and Carolina Lavric and Victor (Carolina’s brother); Mary Greene (Lee and Kh. Sharon’s sister); Fr. Stephen Tewfik; Dn. Howard and Sh. Gail Shannon.
 
Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.
 
Please remember Fr. Joseph and Kh. Joanna Bittle, and their daughter Abigail, in your prayers. 
 
Welcome and Many Years! to Michel Root who was baptized yesterday.
 
Fall Festival/Square Dance:  We are planning a Fall Festival with Square Dancing for the month of October.  The date will be Saturday, October 27th, beginning at 3:00 p.m.  We will not have Ninth Hour Prayers that day and Great Vespers will begin at 6:00 p.m.
 
The Planning Committee for the City of Madison approved our revised master plan at their monthly meeting this past Monday evening.  Our next step will be to submit a detailed site plan for the renovations and additions to the Fellowship Hall.  This will be considered at the Planning Committee’s next meeting in October.  Shortly thereafter we will be able to start the process of construction.
 
The Northside Sun has interviewed Father John about the renovations here at St. Peter’s.  Their article will be appearing in the very near future.
 
Building Fund:  As we proceed with the plans for the approval by the City of Madison and Metropolitan PHILIP for our addition/renovation, we are reviewing our Building Fund.  We currently have over $150,000 in the fund and are regularly adding to it.  The Parish Council has decided to apply cash donations from the Sunday offering to the Building Fund – UNLESS it is specified or otherwise apparent that these are intended as a regular tithe/donation.  Of course, other donations by check, etc., specified for the Building Fund are always welcome!  So feel free to chip in a little (or lot!) extra as you are able.  With God’s grace, we look forward to this next phase of our building program and beyond to the next phase of building a new main church building/temple.
 
Calendar Items:
*    The Men of the parish meet for lunch and fellowship on the first Thursday of the month.
*    Fall Festival and Square Dance – Saturday, October 27th, beginning at 3:00 p.m.
*    Stewpot schedule (together with Holy Resurrection) – December 29th.
 
Fasting Discipline for September
The traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of the month.  September 14th is also a strict fast day in remembrance of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. 
 
Major Commemorations for September
         September 16         Euphemia the all-praised
         September 20         Martyr Eustathios and his family
         September 23         Conception of the Forerunner
         September 26         Apostle John the Theologian (repose)
         September 28         Venerable Chariton the Confessor
 
When you host Coffee Hour or the meal for a Feast, please make sure that the oven, warmer, and coffee maker are turned off afterwards.  On several occasions in the past, the cleaning ladies have found the oven still on when they came in to clean later during the week.
 
Happy Anniversaries in September:
         September 4           —    Ben and Jenna Skirtech (#11!)
         September 6           —    Richard and Vickie Curtis (#26!)
         September 15         —    Tom and Kathy Willingham (#22!)
         September 26         —    Rod and Emily Parker (#8!)
 
Happy Birthdays in September:
         September 3           —    Lee Greene
                                       —    Geraldine Quirk
         September 4           —    Fr. John Henderson
         September 8           —    Nikki Lasseter
         September 9           —    Rebecca Dansereau
         September 10         —    Dorin Lavric
         September 12         —    Alvin Buckles
         September 15         —    Lynda Costas
         September 18         —    Carolina Lavric
         September 25         —    Rick Carlton
         September 30         —    Laura Yeatts
 
Quotable:  “It is probably appropriate to say that the heart is quiet rather than noisy, intuitive rather than deductive, lives entirely in the present, and is, at every moment, accepting the reality God gives in that moment.  Moreover, the heart does not seek to distance or dominate anything or anyone by labeling.  Rather, it begins with an awareness of its relationship with the rest of creation (and everything and everyone in it), accepting rather than rejecting, finding similarity rather than alienation and likeness rather than difference.  It knows no fear, experiences no desire, and never seeks to defend or justify itself.  Unlike the mind, the heart never seeks to impose itself.  It is patient and undemanding.  Little wonder, then, that the mind, always impatient and very demanding, manages to dominate it so thoroughly.”
                                                 Archimandrite Meletios Webber, Bread and Water, Wine and
                                                             Oil: an Orthodox Christian Experience of God
  
 
Worship:         Sunday, September 23, 2012 (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost; Conception
of the Forerunner)
 
         Scripture:                                 Galatians 4:22-27; Luke 5:1-11
         Celebrant:                                Father John
         Epistle Reader:                       Walt Tood
         Prosphora:                               Jones

      Coffee Hour:                   Strain/Dabit                  

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September 9, 2012
Sunday before the Elevation of the Cross and
Sunday after the Nativity of the Theotokos
 
Galatians 6:11-18:  In the conclusion of his letter to the Galatians, St Paul reminds them that to be cir­cumcised or uncircumcised is not the issue, but rather to be a new creation in Christ Jesus.
 
John 3:13-17:  In the Gospel of John we hear Jesus speak concerning His purpose for coming into the world:  to save mankind through His death and Resurrection.
 
Troparion of the Resurrection:  Let us believers praise and worship the Word, co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our salvation; for he took pleasure in ascending the Cross in the flesh, to suffer death, and to raise the dead by his glorious Resurrection.
 
Troparion of the Nativity of the Theotokos: Thy nativity, O Theotokos, hath proclaimed joy to the whole universe; for from thee did shine forth the Sun of justice, Christ our God, annulling the curse, and bestowing the everlasting blessing, abolishing death and granting us life everlasting.
 
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 Nativity of the Theotokos:  By thy holy birth-giving, O pure one, Joachim and Anne were delivered from the reproach of barrenness; and Adam and Eve were delivered from the corruption of death; thy people do celebrate it, having been saved from the stain of iniquity, crying unto thee, The barren doth give birth to the Theotokos, who nourisheth our life.
 
CALENDAR
 
Sunday, September 9   (Sunday before the Elevation of the Cross and
after the Nativity of the Theotokos)
            8:50 a.m.         — Orthros
            9:00 a.m.         — Christian Education 
10:00 a.m.       — Divine Liturgy
12:00 p.m.       — Pot Luck Meal
5:30 p.m.         — Youth Group
           
Monday, September 10   
Office Closed   — Father John’s Day Off
           
Tuesday, September 11 
            6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
           
Wednesday, September 12  
6:30 p.m.         — Daily Vespers
7:30 p.m.         — Choir Practice
 
Thursday, September 13    
6:00 a.m.         — Daily Orthros
6:00 p.m.         — Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy
 
Friday, September 14   (Elevation of the Holy Cross)
NO Daily Orthros
 
Saturday, September 15   
10:30 a.m.       — Michel Root’s Baptism
5:45 p.m.         — Ninth Hour followed by Great Vespers
 
Sunday, September 16   (Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross)
            8:50 a.m.         — Orthros
            9:00 a.m.         — Christian Education 
10:00 a.m.       — Divine Liturgy
12:00 p.m.       — Ladies of St. Peter
1:00 p.m.         — Young Adults
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Eucharist Bread …was offered by the Hendersons for the Divine Liturgy last Sunday, by the Algoods for the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos yesterday morning and by the Woods for the Divine Liturgy this morning.
 
Eucharist Bread and Coffee Hour Schedule:
                                    Eucharist Bread                     Coffee Hour
September 9              Wood                                       POT LUCK MEAL
                                                                                    (set-up: Fahmy/Brock/Stephanie Baker)
September 13          Schelver                          
                  (Thurs. p.m.– Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross)
September 16             Morris                                     Skirtech/Skirtech/Parker
September 23             Jones                                       Strain/Dabit
September 30             Meadows                                D. Root/Dansereau/Dale Cooper
 
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#
September 9                    Tom Willingham                Gal. 6:11-18                     198
September 13              Sh. Charlotte Algood         I Cor. 1:18024                 311
                  (Thurs. p.m. — Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross)
September 16                   Tom Skirtech                      Gal. 2:16-20                    193
September 23                   Walt Wood                         Gal. 4:22-27                    314
September 30                   Warren Strain                      II Cor. 6:16-7:1              173
 
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.
 
Please remember the following in your prayers:  Pete and Maria Costas; Steve, Sheryl and Stephen Chamblee; Amy and Brantley Oliver; Aidan Milnor, the Milnor family; Sam and Lamia Dabit and Sammie; David Turner’s mother Mary Jean; Georgia Buchanan, George Johns (Georgia’s grandson) and his family; Dorin and Carolina Lavric and Victor (Carolina’s brother); Mary Greene (Lee and Kh. Sharon’s sister); Fr. Stephen Tewfik; Dn. Howard and Sh. Gail Shannon.
 
Please continue to pray for the health of His Grace, Bishop ANTOUN.

Please be reminded that the Sacristy/Vestry which is adjacent to and behind the altar in our church is considered by the Orthodox Church to be part of the Sanctuary (Altar area) and should not be entered without the blessing of the priest for a specific purpose.  If you need to speak with a member of the clergy while they are in the Sanctuary, please ask them to come to you in the nave.
 
Please remember Fr. Joseph and Kh. Joanna Bittle, and their daughter Abigail, in your prayers. 
 
Fall Festival/Square Dance:  We are planning a Fall Festival with Square Dancing for the month of October.  The date will be Saturday, October 27th, beginning at 3:00 p.m.  We will not have Ninth Hour Prayers that day and Great Vespers will begin at 6:00 p.m.
 
Michel Root will be baptized next Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m.  Please pray for her, her parents and her Godmother, Brenda Baker.
 
Building Fund:  As we proceed with the plans for the approval by the City of Madison and Metropolitan PHILIP for our addition/renovation, we are reviewing our Building Fund.  We currently have over $150,000 in the fund and are regularly adding to it.  The Parish Council has decided to apply cash donations from the Sunday offering to the Building Fund – UNLESS it is specified or otherwise apparent that these are intended as a regular tithe/donation.  Of course, other donations by check, etc., specified for the Building Fund are always welcome!  So feel free to chip in a little (or lot!) extra as you are able.  With God’s grace, we look forward to this next phase of our building program and beyond to the next phase of building a new main church building/temple.
 
Calendar Items:
*    The Men of the parish meet for lunch and fellowship on the first Thursday of the month.
*    The Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross will be celebrated with Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy on Thursday evening, September 13th, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
*    Michel Root’s baptism – Saturday, September 15th at 10:30 a.m.
*    Fall Festival and Square Dance – Saturday, October 27th, beginning at 3:00 p.m.
*    Stewpot schedule (together with Holy Resurrection) – December 29th.
 
When you host Coffee Hour or the meal for a Feast, please make sure that the oven, warmer, and coffee maker are turned off afterwards.  On several occasions in the past, the cleaning ladies have found the oven still on when they came in to clean later during the week.
 
Fasting Discipline for September
The traditional fasting (no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, wine and oil) is observed on all Wednesdays and Fridays of the month.  September 14th is also a strict fast day in remembrance of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. 
 
 
Major Commemorations for September
         September 9           Righteous Joachim and Anna
         September 16         Euphemia the all-praised
         September 20         Martyr Eustathios and his family
         September 23         Conception of the Forerunner
         September 26         Apostle John the Theologian (repose)
         September 28         Venerable Chariton the Confessor
 
Happy Anniversaries in September:
         September 4           —    Ben and Jenna Skirtech (#11!)
         September 6           —    Richard and Vickie Curtis (#26!)
         September 15         —    Tom and Kathy Willingham (#22!)
         September 26         —    Rod and Emily Parker (#8!)
 
 
Happy Birthdays in September:
         September 3           —    Lee Greene
                                         —    Geraldine Quirk
         September 4           —    Fr. John Henderson
         September 8           —    Nikki Lasseter
         September 9           —    Rebecca Dansereau
         September 10         —    Dorin Lavric
         September 12         —    Alvin Buckles
         September 15         —    Lynda Costas
         September 18         —    Carolina Lavric
         September 25         —    Rick Carlton
         September 30         —    Laura Yeatts
 
Quotable:  “The doings of the mind are easy to talk about.  When it comes to describing the heart, words begin to fail, and the experience of silence becomes more and more important.  There is no rightness or wrongness here.  Here there is simply awareness.”
                                                 Archimandrite Meletios Webber, Bread and Water, Wine and
                                                             Oil: an Orthodox Christian Experience of God
 
 
Worship:         Sunday, September 16, 2012 (Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross)
 
         Scripture:                                Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1
         Celebrant:                               Father John
         Epistle Reader:                       Tom Skirtech
         Prosphora:                              Morris
         Coffee Hour:                           Skirtech/Skirtech/Parker