December 24th, 2023
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If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
The Word of the Week: Sticheron
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent29.pdf
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, December 24th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_hffathers_pent29.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:
| Saturday, December 30th | 5:00 p.m. Vigil |
| Sunday, December 31st | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
No Bible Study this week.
2024 Calendars: The Monthly Calendars have arrived. We ask for a $5 donation for these. But if that is a problem, just take one. We want every family to have a calendar.
If you or your children are interested in performing at the Christmas Yolka, please speak to Svetlana Cherskaya. All children are invited to participate in Yolka’s youth choir performance. The rehearsals will be held on Sundays during Sunday school in church, and on Thursdays during homeschool co-op.
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Friday, December 29th, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets:
https://meet.google.com/uuk-qoxx-odk
Catechumens: The next online Catechumen Meeting will be on Wednesday, January 3rd, at 7:00 p.m. and will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/gdt-evoa-icv
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.
Sisterhood News: The next Sisterhood Meeting will be held on Sunday, January 14th, after Trapeza. All the women of the Sisterhood are invited to attend.
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 30th October 2023):
Tithes: $155,040.48
Building Fund: $16,493.94
For October 2023:
Tithes: $14,254.85
Building Fund: $529.80
Average Monthly Expenses $13,252.00
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read “Epistle of the Synod of Bishops to the Clergy and Flock of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia,” here:
https://www.synod.com/synod/eng2023/20231211_ensynodepistle.html
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to the sermon “Thy hands have made me and fashioned me (Psalm 118:73-80)” by Fr. John Whiteford, here:
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/amvon/christ_david_and_the_psalms
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 12/24/23 (Fast: fish, wine, and oil are permitted): The Kim, Kravtsov, and Sisco families.
Next Sunday: 1/31/23 (Fast: fish, wine, and oil are permitted): The Howard, Koulikova, and Walling families.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 12/31/23 – Team Kara.
Next (Ending on): 1/14/24 – Team Fernando.
Vigil Readers:
This Saturday: 12/23/23: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Next Saturday: 12/30/23: Nikolai Goldmann & Rdr. James Hall.
Liturgy Readers:
This Sunday: 12/24/23: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Next Sunday: 12/31/23: 12/24/23: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 12/24/23: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jens Yates, and Levi (Nicholas) Moreno.
Next Sunday: 12/31/23: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Ivan Kuzmin, Padraig McIsaac, Ezra Wilkinson.
Commemorations from the past week:
Artem Chebotko’s Birthday – Monday, December 18th.
Jens (Nicholas) Yates, Omar (Nicholas) Chalhoub, & Nicholas Lay’s Name day – Tuesday, December 19th.
Filofteia (Jayden) DeRosia’s Name Day – Wednesday, December 20th.
Vassili Ivanov & Anastasia Martynenko Wedding Anniversary; Christina Marie Companik’s Birthday – Thursday, December 21st.
Anna Krutova, Anja Gesche Peña, Anna Liese Peña, Hannah Morgan, & Renee (Anna) Nahlous’s Name day – Friday, December 22nd.
Daniel Companik’s Birthday – Saturday, December 23rd.
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; 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; 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 Peña, Nun Barbara (Watts), John Watts, Sophia Drobot, Mikhaela (Jennifer) Diaz, Svetlana, and the children Niklaus Doucet, Caison Elisabeth Kellam, and Anna Krutova, 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, Soldier Alexei, Maria, Ivan, and Artem; and Dimitriy.
For newly reposed servants of God: Archpriest Lazar Kostur, Archpriest Michael Oleksa, Dmitrijs Cervjakovs, Anatoliy, Anne (Eleanor) Wandke,and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Vera Yates, Rachel Sisco, and Presbytera Christina Solis.
Catechumens:
Howard Segal, Deborah and Alexander Gessell, Adriane Melnyczuk, William Chandonia, Sabina Centinia, Christine Kim; Nina and Gerasimos Spiers; Josiah Plumley; Kashif (Jude) Bhatti; Savita Bhatti; Jessica Palmer; Janos Roszik; Dennis, Angela, Torin, and Tiergan Daniel; Justin, Ashley, Caroline, and John Turner, Alex Trevino, Moses Abishai Bhatti, John Nowak, Anne Nowak; Sean Elliott Burley; Pablo Chong; Zachary, Kelly, Evyn, and Ezra Locke; and Mason Boren.
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); Pam Morris (Eleanor’s niece); Zee Eidson, Michael and Brenda Eidson, for the child Mason Eidson, Gene and Beth Beggs, Scott and Carol Phillips, Jerald Spires, Shane and Tami Peacock, Larry West, Ana Crespo, Liza, Aida Diaz, Antonio, John Lay, Jennie Mobley, Linda Ballentine, Kathleen Sorrentino, Andrea Engelke, Robin Nicole Thomson McMillin and Ernest Sibley, who are ill.
For the Bruto da Costa family, Ken, Christina, Aki and family; and Johnnie, Damon and Elisabeth Myers, and their child, Dorothy, Scott and Shannon Eidson and their family, James Franklin and his family, Wayne Bo Peacock, Vince Powell and his child Rex, Richard, Teresa. Marcie Dark, Tim, Karen, Taylor, Lindsay, Jon, Alex, and Andrew Burns, and Michelle Brazzil.
For the newly reposed Jerald Vern Spires (Merilee Eidson’s grandfather).
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
No Sunday School this Sunday.
Schedule of Services for November 2023 through January 2024:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/november23-january24.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 25th; Tuesday, December 26th; Thursday, December 28th; Saturday, December 30th; and Sunday, December 31th, fish, wine and oil are permitted. Wednesday, December 27th; and Friday, December 29th, are normal fast days.
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St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
