Bulletin January 18, 2015 - St Athanasius Orthodox Church

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Bulletin January 18, 2015 - St Athanasius Orthodox Church
Feasts/Services/Activities This Week
Saturday, January 17
St. Anthony the Great
✦6:30pm Vigil
✦8pm Confessions
Sunday, January 18
Ss. Athanasius & Cyril of Alexandria
✦9am Sunday School
✦10am Divine Liturgy
✦Altar Server Meeting immediately following Liturgy
✦12pm Fellowship Hour (Team III)
✦12:30-1:15pm Bread Ministry (Team D)
✦6-7:30pm HS Girls Meeting
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Ss. Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria
Readings for Today
1 Timothy 1:15-17
Luke 18:35-43
Tuesday, January 20
✦11am Moleben for Local Needs
✦7:30pm Parish Council Meeting
Wednesday, January 21
St. Maximus the Confessor
✦6:30pm Vespers
✦7:20pm Christian Education: “The Bishop’s Liturgy”
Friday, January 23
✦7am Matins
✦8am Confessions
Saturday, January 24
St. Xenia of Petersburg
✦6:30pm Great Vespers
✦7:15pm Baptism for Charles Johnson
✦8pm Confessions
Sunday, January 25
St. Gregory the Theologian
Zacchaeus Sunday
• 9am Sunday School
• 10am Divine Liturgy
• 12pm Fellowship Hour (Team IV)
• 12:30-1:15pm Bread Ministry (Team A)
• 6-7:30pm Youth Group
“Improvised” Outdoor Water Blessing at
Lake Mingo Last Weekend
St. Athanasius Orthodox Church
100 Lime Lane, Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356
www.athanasiusoca.org
The Most Blessed Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the OCA
The Most Reverend Archbishop Nikon of Boston,
Locum Tenens of the Diocese of the South
Reverend Justin Patterson, Rector
Church Office Phone: 859-881-8144
Fr. Justin Cell: 859-361-2823
Office Email: [email protected]
Fr. Justin Email: [email protected]
Feast of Ss. Athanasius & Cyril of Alexandria
Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is Today Thursday, January 22, 2015 marks
the 42nd Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in
the United States. Did you know that AGC here in Nicholasville now has a
Foster Care Program. See postcard on bulletin board for more information.
Welcome Guests and Visitors! Please sign our guest book and let
one of the greeters know you are visiting with us today so Fr. Justin can
welcome you at the end of Liturgy. Please feel free to ask us any
questions you may have about our service. Holy Communion is open to
all baptized Orthodox Christians who have fasted from food and water since
midnight, had recent Confession, and are at peace with neighbors.
Car Blessings today immediately after the Liturgy. If you want your car
blessed, please pop your hood and open all doors. Altar Server Meeting this Sunday immediately following the Liturgy with
subdeacon Simeon to discuss procedures and placements for our Dedication
weekend, January 31 and February 1. All servers should attend.
Budget Update as of Jan. 11
Budget YTD = $73,267.04
Offerings YTD = $59,181.29
Moleben for Local Needs is prayed each Tuesday at 11am. All names on our
prayer list are prayed for by name as well as names submitted prior to the
service. Service last ~30 minutes and everyone is welcome!
Parish Council Meeting at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 20.
Difference = ($14,085.75)
Attendance Jan. 11
Mortgage Principal
Adults: 57
as of 12/31/2014
Children: 44
$949,087.50
Visitors: 6
Dedication Weekend only 2 weeks away!!
Vespers at 6:30 on Wednesday. The Christian Education topic will be “The
Bishop’s Liturgy” with Fr. Justin presiding at 7:20pm.
2014 Tithing Letters have been mailed. If you note any discrepancy with your
records, please email Chris Naughton: [email protected].
House Blessings need to be scheduled ASAP. Contact Fr. Justin if you want to
schedule a time for your home or business. If you have already scheduled a
time, please remember to email him the day before to confirm.
February Events Mark your calendars for:
• Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple, Feb. 2
• Men’s Night, Friday, Feb. 6.
• “Inspired” Evening, Saturday, Feb. 7
• Climacus Conference in Louisville, Feb. 13-14
We need an assortment of votive candle holders for the banquet
tables. If you have any you can loan for the banquet, please contact
Mary Bradshaw. We also need five volunteers to wash 2-3
tablecloths each after the potluck on Sunday, Feb. 1. Please contact
Mary Bradshaw if you can help.
Please RSVP with your payment of $20 today. Payments may be
placed in the office assistant’s mailbox #4.
Note the “To Do” list of items that need attention prior to the
Dedication. Please review and let Fr. Justin know how you can help.
Thanks to Mary Cook for her many hours in working with our parish
directory. Now that the photos are made, she will be working with the layout.
Thanks to everyone who was able to come and have their photo taken.
Date
Readers
Servers
Handmaidens
Prosphora
Bread Ministry
Fellowship
Greeters
Counters
Jan. 17-18
Reader
Rick Cook
Patrick, Jared, JP,
Silas (dk), LIam (dk)
Beth Walther
Shannon Cook
Kathryn
Pressley
Team D (Lisa Powell,
Linda Frangedakis)
Team III
(Bradshaw)
Alina & Daniel Rusu
Mary Cook
Ellie Sutter
Jan. 24-25
Subdeacon
Simeon Siskar
Ben, Jared, Michael,
Jeremiah (dk), David (dk)
Robyn Cook
Myra Lourie
Kathryn
Pressley
Team A ( Sarah Holiday,
Frederica Lewis)
Team IV
(Walther)
Paul & Linda
Frangedakis
Tim Powell
Rebecca Wilson
Jan 31-Feb 1
Subdeacon
Bert Walther
Ben, Patrick, Jared, JP,
Michael, Liam (dk), Silas (dk)
Rebecca Walther
Lilliana Greathouse
Alina Rizea
Team B (Gann’s,
Ben Worthington)
Team I
(Powell)
John Mize
Rebecca Wilson
Laura Walther
Mary Cook
Feb. 7-8
Reader
Ryan Winter
TBA
Suzannah Reeves
Grace McCallum
Alina Rizea
Team C (Olga Saito,
Volunteer Needed?
Team II
(Greathouse)
Jordan Henderson
Volunteer Needed
Tim Powell
Sarah Holiday