December 1st, 2024
Stump the Priest: Question: “What is the soul?” 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: Synaxarion.
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent23.pdf
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, December 1st):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_november18_t6.htm
Propers for the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos (Wednesday, December 4th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_entry.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:
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Tuesday, December 3rd 6:30 p.m. Vigil for the Feast of the Entry
Wednesday, December 4th 9:00 a.m. Liturgy for the Feast of the Entry
Saturday, December 7th 9:00 a.m. Slavonic Liturgy
5:00 p.m. Vigil
Sunday, December 8th 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy
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Announcements
We will be taking a special collection for the catastrophic fund, due to several families having been in need recently, and another one being in need after our funds have been exhausted.
Our next Bible Study will be held on Thursday, December 5th at 7:00 p.m. We will be studying the Epistle to the Romans, Chapters 8 and 9, beginning with Romans 8:1. To catch up on past sessions, click here. This Bible Study will be held only via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/qyx-zcfw-krg
The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, December 7th, at 9:00 a.m.
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Monday, December 30th, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/ief-prmf-pvo
We need a volunteer for Parish Youth Coordinator. If you are interested, please speak to Fr. John Whiteford.
We need volunteers to work on a capital campaign for the construction of the new Church.
St. Jonah Teen Winter Camp will be held from January 1st through January 4th in Alvin, TX. All teens ages 13+ are welcome to attend. 18 year olds can choose to be campers or volunteers. Parishioners of 18+ are invited to join as volunteers. The camp tuition is $110 per person. Please visit camp website stjonahcamp.org for further details. You can register to attend St. Jonah winter camp online:
For campers (13+): please register here
For volunteers (18+): please register here
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 Wednesday, December 4th, at 7:00 p.m., via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/fvu-xnke-hxc
To sign-up to be a presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/BE5pWuSAezurtJ1i8
Sisterhood News: On Saturday, 12/14 at 9 a.m., the Sisterhood will be making nutrolls, help appreciated.
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 October 2024):
Tithes: $204,094.13
Building Fund: $1,096,627.29
For October 2024:
Tithes: $17,382.08
Building Fund: $943.99
Average Monthly Expenses $19,840
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read the Sermon at the Burial of Archbishop Peter (Loukianoff), by Metropolitan Nicholas, here:
https://orthodoxlife.org/in-memoriam/sermon-metropolitan-nicholas-archbishop-peter-burial/
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to the Sermon “What Am I Gonna Do? (Luke 12:13-21),” by Fr. John Whiteford, here:
https://saintjonah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/luke12d.mp3
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 12/1/24 (Fast: fish, wine, and oil permitted): The Jabbour, Walling, and Nation families.
Next Sunday: 12/8/24 (Fast: fish, wine, and oil permitted): Whiteford, Lickwar, Jelinek families.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 12/8/24 – Team Eugenia.
Next (Ending on): 12/22/24 – Team Jessica.
Vigil Readers:
This Saturday: 11/30/24: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Next Saturday: 12/07/24: John Mullins & Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko.
Liturgy Readers:
This Sunday: 12/1/24: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Next Sunday: 12/8/24: John Mullins & Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 12/1/24: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Ivan Kuzmin, Padraig McIsaac, Ezra Wilkinson.
Next Sunday: 12/8/24: Team C: Mathieu Powell, Seraphim Powell, Constantine Powell, William De Carion, Luka Chrisanthus, Michael Chrisanthus.
Commemorations from the past week:
The Newly wedded Christian and Olga (Mila) Carrow.
Penelope Cline’s Birthday; Piotr and Maria-Anna Galitzine’s wedding anniversary – Monday, November 25th.
Marina (Maya) Marushkina, Demetra Durham & Elizabeth Chebotko’s Birthday – Tuesday, November 26th.
Matthew (Cory) Meissner, Mathieu Powell’s Name Day; Diakonissa Michelle Morgan’s Birthday – Friday, November 29th.
Richard Beaudoin’s Birthday – Saturday, November 30th.
Mikhaela Jennifer Diaz and Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko’s Birthday – Sunday, December 1st.
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; Maximus (Garrett) and 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, Savva (Tyler) Barrett, Dennis Tilley, Rdr. Gabriel Peña, Nun Barbara (Watts), John Watts, John Lickwar, Sophia Drobot, Mikhaela (Jennifer) Diaz, Svetlana, Gerald Campbell, Elizabeth De Carion, Daniel McLellan, Lydia Chernousova, and the children Caison Elisabeth Kellam, Anna Krutova, Stephanos Rosseau, 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: Archbishop Peter, Niklaus Doucet, and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Filofteia Fraczek, Caitlin Zelesnik, Emilia Mullins, and Emily Munster.
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, Nicholas Bruschi; Kristofer Sean Hutter; John Ryan Levy; Brianna Ivanyo; Christopher, Amanda, Naomi, Nova, and Natasha Gulden; Benjamin Grosvenor; James, Diana, Caspian (Cassian), and Beauregard Bartholomew Shepard.
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, Kent and Nicoline, 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, Michelle Brazzil, and Hurucaan Valerio.
For the repose of Carmelita Cline (Christopher Cline’s grandmother).
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
No Sunday School this week.
Schedule of Services for November 2024 through January 2025:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/november24-january25.htm
Schedule of Services for February 2025 through the end of Lent 2025:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/lent2025.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, December 2nd; Wednesday, December 4th; Friday, December 6th; Saturday, December 7th; and Sunday, December 8th, fish, wine and oil is permitted. On Tuesday, December 3rd; and Thursday, December 5th, wine, and oil are permitted.
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St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
