Oct. 20 bulletin - St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Allentown

2013 St. George Church Staff and Organizations
Pastor
The Very Rev. Anthony G. Sabbagh
Administrative Committee
Albert Bitar, Treasurer
Rehab Tabchi
Robert Mimari
Abe Assad
Nasser Sabbagh
George Nassoor
Office Administrator
Donna Becker
Custodian
Adnan Sabbagh
Building/Planning
Eli Mimari
Dr. George Nassoor
Altar Servers
Peter Attar, Subdeacon
Joseph Landino, Seminarian
Anthony Youwakim, Altar Boy Captain
Choir
Naida Abraham, Treasurer
Members:
Kh. Minerva Sabbagh
Mary Landino
Christina Attar
Jouhayna Al-Amm
Mishleen Bashour
Sean Thornton
Wayne Burke
David T. Davis
George Nassoor
Vilma Abraham
Delores Edwards
Helena Yurconic
Ron Benner
Amjed Khalil
Chanters
Hweida Moussa
Marwan Sabbagh
Antoun Saba
The Fellowship of St. John the Divine
Christina Attar, Chair
Abe Assad, Co-Chair
Rehab Tabchi, Treasurer
Ladies Altar Society
Diane Gharzouzi, President
Suzanna Zoudeh, Vice President
Ebtisam Richie, Treasurer
Fay Moses, Secretary
Children’s Relief Fund
Kh. Minerva Sabbagh
Sunday School
Ebtisam Moussa, Director
Teachers:
Abe Assad
Jennifer Alraei
Sana Bitar
Dr. Rehab Tabchi
Mary Landino
Nadia Davis
Jaklin Sabbagh
Reem Haddad
Teen SOYO
The Very Rev. Anthony G. Sabbagh,
Spiritual Advisor
Naife Khalouf, Advisor
Khalil Yacoub, Advisor
Karam Salibi, President
Fadi Deeb, Vice President
Mishleen Bashour, Treasurer
Clara Yazji, Recording Secretary
Mike Chekeif, Corresponding Secretary
Hilda Souid, Media Secretary
St. George Bookstore
Mary Landino, Chair
Kh. Minerva Sabbagh, Treasurer
Rehab Tabchi
Charitable Ministries
Annual Appeal for Syrian Orphanages
Kamal Abboud, Chair
Pastoral Discretionary Fund
The Very Rev. Anthony G. Sabbagh
Albert Bitar
Newcomer Committee
Naim Dergham, Chair
Ghassan Makdsi
Antoun Saba
Marwan Sabbagh
October 20, 2013
Tone 8, Eothinon 6
17th Sunday after Pentecost
On this day, we commemorate: Great-martyr Artemios at Antioch;
Gerasimos the New Ascetic of Kephallenia; Venerable Matrona of Chios
Divine Liturgy
Epistle
II Corinthians 6:16-7:1 (17th Sunday after Pentecost)
Vow ye and pay the Lord your God.
In Judah is God known.
The Reading is from Saint Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians.
BRETHREN, we are the temples of the living God; as God said, “I will live
in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my
people. Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the
Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you, and I will be a
father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.
Gospel
Luke 8:26-39 (6th Sunday of Luke)
The Reading of the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke
At that time: Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is
opposite Galilee. And as he stepped out on land, there met him a man from
the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived
not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell
down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me,
Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me.” For he
had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time
it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters,
but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus
then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart
into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and
they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down
the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the
city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and
they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone,
sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with
demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the
Gadarenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear;
so he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had
gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying, “Return
to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went
away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for
him.
Holy Bread
The Holy Bread is sponsored by:
Abraham Mamari
in loving memory of
Wadih Mamari
Holy Bread
The Holy Bread is offered before the Altar of God by Father Anthony for the
living servants of God: Kh. Nadia; Nicholas, Sawsan, George, Nibal and Helen
Khouli; Abraham Mamari; Wajih and Marie Khouly; Ronald and Leah Khouly;
Danny and Hala Khouly; Simon and Melissa Tabchi; Latify Mamari; Hiyam
Mamari; Albert Charlie Jr. and Family; David and Fay Moses; Patricia Charles;
Sophie Cunningham; Linda Barber, children and grandchildren; George, Hiyam, Rehab, Resam, Simon and Melissa Tabchi; Janet Hanna; Adnan Dib; Fadi;
Rahmeh and Nidal Tabchi; Leo, Layla, Sarah; Faisal and Nadia Daher; Nick, Ida
and Anesah Akari; Naife Khalouf; Nour Atiyeh; Afifi Skaf and Family; Zakieh
Hanna; Naziha Assad and Family; Lawahiz, Abe, John, Kate Assad; Mary Assad; Tom Pavlick; Joshua Assad Pavlick; George Assad; Michael, Mona, Wail,
Heather, Mitchell, Mallory, Abeer, Elyssa and Eyanna; Albert, Shadia and Christian Bitar; Ron Hanna; Charbel Elias and Family; Georges Bitar and Family;
Sueliman Bitar and Family; for the departed servants of God: Wadih Mamari;
Zaki Skaf; Georges and Tony Hanna; Hanna Daher, Jamileh Abboud; Wajih
Hanna; Elias and Danny Khalouf; Youssef Atiyeh; John Ray and Sameer Assad;
Badih Bitar; Ilona Hanna; Abdo Elias.
Memorial Service
A Memorial Service is held for the rest of the souls of the servants of God:
Wadih Mamari
(40-Day Memorial)
May the Lord grant rest to His servant and remember him
in His kingdom, now and forever.
Coffee Hour
We thank the following for sponsoring today’s Coffee Hour.
Please join us immediately folllowing Divine Liturgy.
Abraham Mamari
Special donations to the Church
We acknowledge families and friends who have honored dear ones with
monetary gifts given in the spirit of loving kindness.
$ Khouria Nadia Khouli to the Church in loving memory of Fr. George
Khouli; Nicola and Halon Khouli; for the good health of Nicholas, Sawsan, George, Nibal and Helen Khouli.
$ Abraham Mamari to the Church in loving memory of Wadih Mamari.
$ Wajih and Marie Khouly to the Church for the good health and with Best Wishes to Ronald and Leah Khouly on their First Wedding Anniversary. Happy Anniversary!; for the good health of Danny and Hala Khouly;
Congratulations and Best Wishes to Simon and Melissa Tabchi on their Wedding!
$ Latify Mamari to the Church in loving memory of Toufik Mamari.
$ Hiyam Mamari to the Church in loving memory of Ghassan Dabura;
Talat Leyous.
$ Albert Charlie Jr. and Family to the Church in loving memory of Gail
Charlie; for the good health of Albert Charlie Jr. and Family.
$ David and Fay Moses to the Ladies Altar Society in loving memory of
Gail Charlie.
$ Patricia Charles and Family to the Church in loving memory of Gail
Charlie.
$ Sophie Cunningham to the Church in loving memory of Gail Charlie.
$ Linda Barber to the Church in loving memory of Wadih Mamary and his
wife, Hanneh Nanouh Mamari; Suheil Barber.
$ Linda Barber to the Church for the good health of Linda Barber, children
and grandchildren.
$ George and Hiyam Tabchi to the Church for the good health of Rehab, Resam, Simon, Melissa Tabchi; Janet Hanna; Adnan Dib; in loving
memory of Fr. George Khouli; Brahim, Resmih, Nawal, Mtanios, Maria Hanna; Sulieman and Hanna Tabchi.
$ Rehab Tabchi to the Church in loving memory of Fr. George Khouli;
Brahim, Resmih, Nawal, Mtanios, Maria, Alfred Hanna; Sueliman and Hanna Tabchi; for the good health of George, Hiyam, Resam, Simon,
Melissa, Fadi, Rahmeh and Nidal Tabchi; Leo, Layla, Sarah. God’s blessings to Simon and Melissa Tabchi on their new marriage!
$ Faisal and Nadia Daher to the Church for the good health of Faisal and
Nadia Daher; in loving memory of Hanna Daher and Jamileh Abboud.
$ Nick and Ida Akari to the Church for the good health of Nick, Ida and
Anesah Akari; in loving memory of Wajih Hanna.
$ Naife Khalouf to the Church in loving memory of Elias and Danny
Khalouf; Youssef Atiyeh; for the good health of Nour Atiyeh.
$ Naziha Assad and Family to the Church in loving memory of Fouad Assad.
$ Afifi Skaf to the Church in loving memory of Zaki Skaf; for the good health of Afifi Skaf and Family.
$ Zakieh Hanna to the Church in loving memory of Georges and Tony
Hanna.
$ Abe Assad and Mary Assad to Church School for the good health of the
Assad and Pavlick Families; Lawahiz, Abe, John, Kate Assad, Mary Assad;
Tom Pavlick and Joshua Assad Pavlick; George Assad; in loving memory of John Ray and Sameer Assad.
$ The Bitar Family to the Church in loving memory of Badih Bitar and for the good health of Michael, Mona, Wail, Heather, Mitchell, Mallory, Abeer,
Elyssa and Eyanna; Albert, Shadia and Christian Bitar.
$ Ron Hanna to the Church in loving memory of Ilona Hanna.
$ Charbel Elias and Family to the Church in loving memory of Abdo Elias.
Upcoming Events
– OCTOBER –
Special Olympics Awareness Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday, Oct. 20
Sponsored by Teen SOYO. Special collection for the 2014 Special Olympics
Sports Camp at Antiochian Village.
Unangst Tree Farm Outing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday, Oct. 27
Sponsored by the Fellowship of St. John the Divine. See article on next page.
More info: Christina Attar (484) 359-0239.
– NOVEMBER –
Sunday School All Saint’s Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, Nov. 1, 1-3 pm
St. Paul’s Church Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . Sunday, Nov. 3, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
156 East Main St., Emmaus, PA (610) 965-2298
Annual Fall Bazaar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday-Sunday, Nov. 8-9-10
Soft Pretzel Fundraiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday, Nov. 24
Sponsored by Sunday School
Nanny needed
Part-time nanny needed eight days a month for two boys in Macungie home.
Salary negotiable. Please contact Janet Sallit-Laflouf for more information.
(610) 739-6260.
Choir Director needed
We are seeking a Choir director to provide leadership for our Church choir.
For more information, please contact Father Anthony or call the church office.
Within the Church
We wish each parishioner and friend of St. George Church a Happy Birthday
or Anniversary. May God’s blessings shine down upon them throughout the
coming year. Please keep the church office (610) 439-1232 informed of birthdays, anniversaries and special family events.
Best wishes for a wonderful Birthday/Anniversary and a year filled with good health
and happiness! May happiness be yours on this special day and in the year ahead!
Happy Birthday
10/21Danny Ihab Khalouf
10/24Sihem Sabbagh
Delores Edwards
Ghania Saliby
10/25Basel Bandak
Seham Nanoah
10/26Zakieh Khouli
Happy Anniversary
10/20/12 Ron & Leah Khouly
10/22/66 Bruce & Sandra Bilheimer
10/26/85 Jamal & Venice Salibi
Sponsors needed for Homeless Dinners
“Homeless Dinners” are offered to the poor in our
community from September through May and are
served by our Teen SOYO members. If you would
like to sponsor a Homeless Dinner at a cost of $380,
please contact Naife Khalouf, Teen SOYO advisor,
(610) 432-6101. Months open for sponsorship are
February and April. Thank you to all who support
Homeless Dinners.
October 27 visit to Unangst Tree Farm
Members of the Fellowship of St. John
the Divine (FSJD)
have planned a fun
event at Unangst
Tree Farm on Sunday, Oct. 27. Fall is a
great time of year to
visit. We invite you
to come join us in
celebrating the beauty of the fall season.
Meet in the Church
Hall and eat a quick bite together. You may bring your kids if you are a member
of FSJD. Fall activities at Unangst Tree Farm:
• A 6-acre and 1-acre Corn Maze
• Chickens (Observational Area)
• Petting Zoo (Come Feed The Animals)
• Corn Building (Loose corn with pails & shovels)
• Hayrides to/from pumpkin patch
• Pumpkin picking off the vine
• Fall accessories: cornstalks, straw bales, Indian corn, popcorn,
broom corn, squash, baking pumpkins, gourds, mums, and apples
• Larger variety of pumpkins
Bring some money to participate in these activities. We are very excited to have
new members this year. Thank you for signing up this past week to be a member
of the Fellowship of St. John the Divine.
Questions or comments – Christina Attar (484)358-0239 or [email protected]
Check out the Unangst Tree Farm website at http://www.unangst-treefarm.com/