July 7th, 2024
   
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If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com

The Orthodox Term of the Week: Person/Hypostasis.

Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:

https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent2.pdf

Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, July 7th): 

https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_pent2_june24.htm


Propers for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul (Friday, July 12th):

https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_sspeter&paul.htm

You can find propers for other upcoming Liturgies by clicking here, and upcoming Rubrics for services by clicking here.

Schedule of Service for the Coming Week
:

Thursday, July 11th

6:30 p.m. Vigil for Ss. Peter & Paul

Friday, July 12th

9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy for Ss. Peter & Paul

Saturday, July 13th

5:00 p.m. Vigil

Sunday, July 14th

9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy

3:00 p.m. Wedding

 Announcements

Michael Mahoney & Jessica Ann Klunder will be getting married on Sunday, July 14th.

The Parish Development Committee will be meeting with the Architect on Monday, July 15th, at 1 p.m. in the parish house.

The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, July 27th, at 9:00 a.m.

The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Wednesday, July 24th, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/gnr-xuca-hqy

Help Wanted: An elderly couple is looking for a Russian-speaking or French-speaking home attendant with a driver's license for a full time or part time job. The full time salary is about $2600 per month depending on the number of hours per week. They are offering a flexible schedule. They are located close to the intersection of Fondren Rd. and W. Bellfort. Please contact Nina at (832) 998 4418.

Catechumens: If you are a catechumen, or are not a catechumen, but would like to participate in classes for Catechumens, be sure to join the Catechumen io group online.

You can also join the St. Jonah Catechumen group on Telegram.

Our next Catechumen Meeting will be held on Thursday, July 18th, at 7:00 p.m., via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/rdg-ftop-xoj
To sign-up to be a presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/ULAXFvp8GyT6t83M7

Sisterhood News:
The next Sisterhood Meeting will be held on Friday, July 26th, via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/myp-fewu-atw

Cleaning Day is scheduled for Saturday, July 20th, 9-2 p.m.

Garage Sale will take place on Saturday, August 3rd, from 7-11 a.m.

You can become a Sisterhood member by filling out membership forms online, the paper forms located in the trapeza hall bulletin board. Make sure to join Sisterhood io group online to be up-to-date with all Sisterhood news and announcements.

Brotherhood News: You can join the Brotherhood io group online to keep up with all Brotherhood news and announcements, or follow their Telegram channel.

Parish Finances:

Calendar year to date total (01 January thru May 2024):

    Tithes:                 $121,981.86
    Building Fund:    $1,087,036.33

For May 2024:
  
    Tithes:                $45,494.25
    Building Fund:   $17,016.10
    Average Monthly Expenses $13,252.00

Recommended Reading for the week:


You can read "A History of the Apostles Fast," here:


https://orthochristian.com/62494.html

Recommended Listening for the week:

You can listen the Sermon "The Nativity of St. John the Baptist," by Fr. John Whiteford, here:


https://saintjonah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nativityofstjohn.mp3

Rotations

Trapeza:

This Sunday: 7/7/24 (Fast: fish, wine, and oil permitted): The Ely, Cantao, D. Gonzales, and the Mullins families.

Next Sunday: 7/14/24 (No fast):  Parish Potluck.

Cleaning Teams:

Currently: (Ending on):
7/14/24 – Team Chebotko.

Next (Ending on): 7/28/24 – Team Eugenia.

Vigil Readers:

This Saturday:
7/6/24: Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko & Steven Villarreal.

Next Saturday: 7/13/24: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.

Liturgy Readers:

This Sunday:
7/7/24: Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko & Steven Villarreal.

Next Sunday: 7/14/24: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.

Servers (Not including Adult Servers):

This Sunday: 7/7/24: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Ivan Kuzmin, Padraig McIsaac, Ezra Wilkinson.

Next Sunday: 7/14/24: Team C: Mathieu Powell, Seraphim Powell, Constantine Powell, William De Carion, Luka Chrisanthus, Michael Chrisanthus.
  
Commemorations from the past week:

Jace (John) Brazzil, Kashif (Jude) Bhatti and Jude Morgan’s Name Day; Samuel Carlisle’s Birthday – Tuesday, July 2nd.

Luke (Henry) Powell’s Birthday – Thursday, July 4th.

Andrew de Carion’s Birthday – Saturday, July 6th.

John Martin and Giovanni Jabbour's Name day – Sunday, July 7th.

If you have corrections or additions, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com

Prayer Requests:

Orthodox:
For the Servants of God,
Archimandrite Benedict (Nelson); Archpriest Andre Papkov; Priest Benigno Pardo; Deacon Vladimir Trussin; Deacon Jorge Luque-Martin; Presbytera Sarah Trembley; Thekla Podrasky; Ann (Sonia) Shepherd; Subdeacon Romanos and Zoe Wren; Denise (Leslie) Barnett; Marina Watson; Demetra Durham; Sophia (Cynthia) Hirsch; Joan Marie Pennings; Katherine Garbett Casanova; Renee (Ann) Nahlous; Merilee (Mary) Eidson; Rozanne (Anne) and Jerry (John Herman) Spires; Michael Murphy; Aleksandra Murphy; Valentin, Rada and Florentina, Sophia Petropoulos, Olga, Nathaniel (Barrett) Mahand, Eliasious, Rdr. John Economou, Robert McIsaac, Galina Lay, Lisa (Euphemia) Bornejko, Cosmas (Spencer) Burton, Jeffery Gallagher, Suzannah Soloviev, Savva (Tyler) Barrett, Dennis Tilley, Rdr. Gabriel Peņa, Nun Barbara (Watts), John Watts, John Lickwar, Sophia Drobot, Mikhaela (Jennifer) Diaz, Svetlana, Gerald Campbell, and the children Niklaus Doucet, Caison Elisabeth Kellam, Anna Krutova, Dimitri Moreno, and the soldier Aleksandr who are ill.

For Nikolai, who is struggling.

For Justin and Nadezhda who are suffering persecution.

For the safety and salvation of those in Ukraine: Vladimir, Yelena, Tatiana, Denis, Sophia, Soldier Alexei, Maria, Ivan, and Artem; and Dimitriy.

For newly reposed servants of God:
Archpriest George Larin, Archpriest James Bernstein, Sophia, and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.

Expectant Mothers:
Hannah Valerio, Lydia Martin, and Genevieve Companik.

Catechumens:
Howard Segal, Deborah and Alexander Gessell,
Lonnie Howard; Savita Bhatti; Jessica Palmer; John Nowak, Anne Nowak; Sean Elliott Burley;Thomas Maroney, Nolan (Silouan) Boe, Greg and Christian Carrow, Eddy Marushkin and Mila (Olga) Marushkina; Nicholas Bruschi; Kristofer Sean Hutter.

Non-Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Aiden, Shawna Hiu; Misty; Harold Wren; Melissa Munster (Moses Munster's mother); Heather Tolliver (Melissa Holloway's daughter); Gene and Beth Beggs, Scott and Carol Phillips,
Ana Crespo, Liza, Aida Diaz, Antonio, John Lay, Jennie Mobley, Kathleen Sorrentino, Andrea Engelke, Robin Nicole Thomson McMillin, Ernest Sibley, Julie Nelson, Charlotte LeBlanc, Sean and Audrey, who are ill.

For the Bruto da Costa family, Ken, Christina, Aki and family; and Johnnie, Damon and Elisabeth Myers, and their child, Dorothy, James Franklin and his family, Marcie Dark, Tim, Karen, Taylor, Lindsay, Jon, Alex, and Andrew Burns, Audrey and Michael Morgan, and Michelle Brazzil.


For the newly reposed Linda Stone (David Stone's mother) and Catheryn Mullins (John Mullin's grandmother).

If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com

Sunday School:

    We will resume Sunday School in the Fall.

Schedule of Services for May through July, 2024:

https://saintjonah.org/bltn/may-july2024.htm

Schedule of Services for August through October, 2024:

https://saintjonah.org/bltn/aug-oct2024.htm

You can also see our online parish calendar of events and services here:

https://saintjonah.org/calendar/

Fasting in the Coming week:
On Monday, July 8th; Tuesday, July 9th; Thursday, July 11th; and Friday, July 12th, fish, wine, and oil are permitted. Wednesday, July 10th, is a normal fast. We break the fast on Saturday, July 13th.

Click here for Miscellaneous Items of Interest. 

St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264