St. Jonah Orthodox Church

Spring/North Houston, TX

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Sunday E-Bulletin for June 9th, 2019

June 13, 2019 By frjohnw

June 9th, 2019


Stuff from the Priest: “2019 Moscow Trip — Part 4” Click here for the Article.

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/pascha6.pdf

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http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Propers for the Sunday Liturgy:

https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_pascha6.htm

Propers for the Saturday Before Pentecost:

https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_satbfpentecost.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, June 15th 9:00 a.m. Slavonic Liturgy

5:00 p.m. Vigil for the Feast of Pentecost (with confession during and following the vigil)

Sunday, June 16th 9:00 a.m. Hours & Liturgy for Pentecost followed immediately by the Kneeling Vespers of Pentecost

    Announcements

Celebrate the Start of Summer! Sunday School Parish Pool Party (Parish Invited) Sunday, June 9, 2019, Following Trapeza, at the home of Spencer & Michelle Ostis Burton, 2 East Wedgewood Glen, The Woodlands, 77381; 281-296-7364. Don’t forget bathing suits & towels!

St. Anthony’s will have Vacation Bible School beginning at 9:00 a.m. on June 10 through June 13, 2019. You can register your child here: http://www.stanthonythegreat.org/index.php/ministries/32-stewardship-campaign-2015

We will have our next Slavonic Liturgy on Saturday, June 15th, at 9:00 a.m. This is a memorial Saturday, and so we will have a Litia for the departed at the end of the Liturgy.

The Next Parish Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 26th at 7:00 p.m.

Parish Development Committee: The floor plans and overall site plan for the new church and hall have been drafted.  The architects are now working on elevation plans and 3-D renderings to present to the parish on June 9th during trapeza.

Sisterhood News: The Sisterhood Meeting scheduled for June 23rd has been cancelled. A new date is pending but schedules are crazy this year already!  However, the sisterhood council will be having a brief (unofficial) meeting / discussion during the Pool Party on Sunday to finalize the Garage Sale fundraiser plans which will be published in a later bulletin. If you have any large items, i.e., furniture, appliances, lawn mowers, etc that you intend to put in the garage sale please take a picture and email it in jpg format to mholloway@hollowbecksolutions.com so that we can publish it in the ads we will be placing. The book club time is moved to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 8th instead of 1 p.m.

Bookstore News: Book club book: Short Trip to the Edge is available in the bookstore.


Recommended Reading for the week:

You can read “In Memory of Archbishop Alypy,” by Fr. Andrei Papkov here:

http://synod.com/synod/engdocuments/enart_protandreipapkovarchbpalypy.html

Recommended Listening for the week:

You can listen to the sermon: “Salvation is More than Not Going Down,” by Fr. Josiah Trenham, here:

https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/thearena/salvation_is_more_than_not_going_down

Rotations

Trapeza:

This Sunday: 6/9/19 (No Fasting) – The Hall and Shaw families.

Next Sunday: 6/16/19 (No Fasting) – Olga Shchepelina, Christopher McAvoy, and Melissa Holloway.

Cleaning Teams:

Currently: (Ending on): 6/16/19 – Team Kara.

Next (Ending on): 6/30/19 – Team Dee Dee.

Vigil Reader:

This Saturday: 6/8/19: Rdr. Moses Munster.

Next Saturday: 6/15/19: Rdr. Demitri Likomitros.

Liturgy Reader:

This Sunday: 6/9/19: Abby Hall.

Next Sunday: 6/16/19: Cody Bornejko.

Commemorations from the past week:

James Marsh’s Birthday; Constantine Nation, Titika (Constantina) Steven, Yelena Yegerova, Yelena Dorovskikh, Elena McCaughan, and Elena Shaw’s Name day – Monday, June 3rd.

Nataliya Nation’s Birthday – Wednesday, June 5th.

Robert Carlisle jr’s birthday – Thursday, June 6th.

Magnolia (Magdalena) Wilkinson’s Birthday; Cynthia (Melangell) Rausch’s Name day – Sunday, June 9th.

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

Prayer Requests:

Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Archimandrite Ioann (Magram), Hieromonk Ambrose, Archpriest Emil Hutnyan, Archpriest Anthony Nelson, Archpriest George Brooks, Archpriest John Maxwell, Matushka Debra Maxwell; Damon Sams, Matushka Parasceva Brooks, Matushka Olympia Sibley, Matushka Margarita Pardo, Thekla Podrasky, Ann (Eleanor) Wandke, Ann (Sonia) Shepherd, Elizabeth (Lori) Hritz,  Zoe Wren, Denise (Leslie) Barnett, Vera Zegarac, Kathryn, Sophia, Marina (Watson), Billy (Jean) Holloway, Demetra Durham, Sarah (Anna) Herzog, Cassie Hunt, Joseph Reynolds, Mike (Apollos) McBride, Yelena Yegorova, Galina Lay, Sophia (Cynthia) Hirsch, Demetra; Panagyiota; Georgia; Nathaniel Barrett Mahand; Elizabeth Kowasic; Joan Marie Pennings; Robert Carlisle; James Marsh; Gregory (Bob) Cain; Anna; Oleg; Larissa; Evdokia; George; Nectarius; Joshua Gonzales; Mary Saad; Katherine Garbett Casanova; Renee (Ann) Nahlous; and Child Irene Harrington, who are ill.

The Captives Metropolitan Paul; Ramon Cury, and Salma Cury.

For Nicholas.

For Nikolai, who is struggling.

For the safety and salvation of those in Kiev: Vladimir, Yelena, Tatiana, Alexei, Maria, Ivan, and Artem.

For the repose of Archpriest Dimitri Cozby; Vyacheslav (Olga Koulikova’s father), Sarah, Maurice Sill, and the Orthodox who have been slain in the violence in Syria, Lebanon, Ukraine, and the Holy Land.

Expectant Mothers:

Elizabeth Whiteford Cline.

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); Jacqueline Graham, Keaton Munster, Jeff Perkins, John Williams, William Allen (Eleanor’s adopted brother), John Ward (Rdr Demitri Likomitros’ Uncle), King Kotchavar, Debbie, Carol Schwendeman, Sergei Savitski, and Donna Beauchamp, who are ill.

For Aki and family; and Johnnie.

The Captive Gregorios.

For the safety and salvation of those in Kiev: Lubov.

For the Reposed: Jacqueline Graham (Zachary Kuykendall’s sister); Shane and Dorothy.

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

Sunday School:

    Summer Program after Trapeza. The Youth Choir will also be practicing after Trapeza.  If you have any questions about youth choir please contact Svetlana Cherskaya svechersk@gmail.com or (281) 220 7599.

The Schedule for May through July 2019:

https://www.saintjonah.org/may-july2019.htm

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

https://www.saintjonah.org/calendar/Calendar_St._Jonah/Parish_calendar.html

Fasting in the Coming week:

On Wednesday, June 12th, and Friday, June 14th, wine, and oil are permitted. All other days are fast free.

Click here for Miscellaneous Items of Interest. 

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

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