July 7th, 2024
Stump the
Priest: Question: "How do you reconcile the
Orthodox practice of clergy and monastics not cutting their hair with
1st Corinthians 11:14, which says: "Does not even nature itself teach
you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him"?"
Click
here for the Answer.
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