February 21st, 2021
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If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/triod1.pdf
Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download):
http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy:
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_triod1_af_feb08.htm
Propers for the Restricted Liturgy (Saturday, February 27th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_triod1_sat.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:
| Sunday, February 21st | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy
1:30 p.m. Wedding |
| Saturday, February 27th | 9:00 a.m. Restricted Liturgy
5:00 p.m. Vigil (with confessions during and following the Vigil) |
| Sunday, February 28th | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
Our Annual Parish Meeting will be held after the Liturgy, on Sunday, February 28th, 2021. If you are an Orthodox Christian, aged 21 or older, and have completed a membership form, you can be a member, and participate in the meeting. If you cannot be physically present, but wish to participate via the Internet, please let Fr. John Whiteford know. If you are interested in serving on the parish council, please speak to Fr. John Whiteford or Fernando Maldonado.
If any of you are need of any help, because of a burst pipe, or other problems related to the weather and the power outages this past week, please let me know.
If anyone in your family is graduating this year, please let Fr. John Whiteford know. We want to be sure to recognize their achievement.
Our next Slavonic Liturgy will be on Saturday, March 20th.
The tentative House Blessing Schedule is posted here: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/houseblessings2021.htm Please review it, and let Fr. John Whiteford know if the day you are listed on will work. If you are not listed, but want to be, let him know that too.
If you are interested in participating in a week night Bible Study, which would be held at the Church (though we will probably stream it for those who cannot come), let Fr. John Whiteford know. We will do it on Tuesday evenings, beginning on March 23rd.
Our next Parish Council meeting will be held on Friday, February 19th, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be to discuss and approve the proposed annual budget for the General Parish Meeting. Meetings are currently being held via the internet.
You will find texts for reader services that you can do at home through the Sunday of the Last Judgment, here:
https://fatherjohn.blogspot.com/2021/02/reader-services-through-sunday-of-last.html
Sisterhood News: The Sisterhood Council will meet on Wednesday, March 3rd, at 7:00 p.m.
Bookstore News: Christmas ornaments are discounted 20%.
Parish Finances:
Calendar year to date total (01 January thru 31 December 2020):
Tithes: $160,887.00
Building Fund: $36,649.00
For December 2020:
Tithes: $10,874.00
Building Fund: $6,475.00
Average Monthly Expenses $11,196.00
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read “The Parable of the Publican and Pharisee,” by Fr. Victor Potapov, here:
https://orthochristian.com/100727.html
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can also listen to the sermon “The Publican and Pharisee,” by Fr. John Whiteford, here:
https://www.saintjonah.org/podcasts/sermons/publican&pharisee.mp3
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 2/21/21 (No Fast): Rosa Mahand (more Sponsors Needed).
Next Sunday: 2/28/21 (No Fast): Pizza provided by Parish Council.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 2/21/21 – Team Dee Dee.
Next (Ending on): 3/7/21 – Team Fernando.
Vigil Reader:
This Saturday: 2/20/21: Rdr. James Hall.
Next Saturday: 2/27/21: Rdr. Joshua Gonzales.
Liturgy Reader:
This Sunday: 2/21/21: Rdr. James Hall.
Next Sunday: 2/28/21: 2/21/21: Rdr. James Hall.
Commemorations from the past week:
Kevin Shaw’s birthday – Tuesday, February 16th.
Joan Marie (Johanna) & Rdr. Steven Pennings’ wedding anniversary – Wednesday, February 17th.
Fr. Vladimir Trussin’s Birthday – Thursday, February 18th.
Melissa (Mary) Holloway’s birthday – Friday, February 19th.
If you have corrections or additions, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Prayer Requests:
Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Metropolitan Mark; Archimandrite Ioann (Magram), Archpriest Andre Papkov, Archpriest Geoffrey Korz, Archpriest Emil Hutnyan, Archpriest Anthony Nelson, Archpriest George Brooks, Archpriest Antonio Perdomo, Archpriest John Maxwell, Matushka Debra Maxwell, Priest Benigno Pardo, Matushka Tatiana Trussin, Matushka Parasceva Brooks, Matushka Olympia Sibley, Matushka Margarita Pardo, Matushka Patricia Whiteford, Thekla Podrasky, Ann (Eleanor) Wandke, Ann (Sonia) Shepherd, Elizabeth (Lori) Hritz, Zoe Wren, Denise (Leslie) Barnett, Marina Watson, Billy (Jean) Holloway, Demetra Durham, Sarah (Anna) Herzog, Cassie Hunt, Mike (Apollos) McBride, Yelena Yegorova, Galina Lay, James and Sophia (Cynthia) Hirsch, Demetra; Panagyiota; Georgia; Nathaniel Barrett Mahand; Jack (John) Mahand; Elizabeth Kowasic; Joan Marie Pennings; Robert Carlisle; James Marsh; Katherine Garbett Casanova; Renee (Ann) Nahlous; John Nicholas Ostis; Garrett (Maximus) and Merilee (Mary) Eidson; Georgy; Valentina Kramareva; Anna (Oksana Mahecha’s sister); Evgeny (Fr. Sergei Baranov’s father-in-law); Viacheslav Chebotko; Natalia Petrova; Tatyana Grigorieva, and the Child Irene Harrington, who are ill.
For Nikolai, who is struggling.
For the safety and salvation of those in Kiev: Vladimir, Yelena, Tatiana, Alexei, Maria, Ivan, and Artem.
For the newly reposed Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk, Irina, Vadim Vorobyov, Mikhail Baytin, Aida Moussa, Nicolay (Wiktor Charytoniuk’s uncle and Godfather), and the Orthodox who have perished in the pandemic, and those slain in the violence in Syria, Lebanon, Ukraine, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Laura Ibanez.
Non-Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Aiden, Ann Kellis; Shawna Hiu; Misty; Harold Wren; Bethany; Shiela; Cecilia Beck; Rohayu; Infant Jared; Laura Odom, Leslie Swain (Ben Bryant’s mother); Melissa Munster (Moses Munster’s mother); Heather Tolliver (Melissa Holloway’s daughter); Pam Morris (Eleanor’s niece); Keaton Munster, Jeff Perkins, John Williams, William Allen (Eleanor’s adopted brother), John Ward (Rdr Demitri Likomitros’ Uncle), King Kotchavar, Debbie, Carol Schwendeman, the Vanderhider family, Donna Beauchamp, Nicoline and Kent, John Lay, Melissa Hall, Margaret, Angelica, Luna, Chad Holloway, Bridgette Dunlap (Matrona Marsh’s cousin), Adriana Mahand, Karym Kinnibrugh, and William who are ill.
For Aki and family; and Johnnie.
The Captive Gregorios.
For the safety and salvation of those in Kiev: Lubov.
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
Toddlers (2-3): Taught by Mat. Genevieve Companik and Rosa Mahand (meeting in the Narthex).
Children, Age 4-7: Taught by Iryna Chebotko and Vera Yates (meeting in the Nursery).
Children, Age 8-12: Taught by Mat. Patricia Whiteford and Laura Sanchez.
Teens 13+: Taught by Christopher Cline and Cody Bornejko (meeting in the Church).
Teens and Adults: Taught by Tikhon Pino.
The Schedule for February 2021 and Great Lent:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/lent2021.htm
You can also see our online parish calendar of events and services here:
https://saintjonah.org/calendar/
Fasting in the Coming week: There is no fasting in the week following the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee.
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St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
