July 17th, 2022
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Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent5.pdf
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http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, July 17th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_july04_sun.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, July 23rd | 5:00 p.m. Vigil |
| Sunday, July 24th | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
The Parish Hall will be closed beginning on Saturday, July 9th for remodeling for the next month. There will be no regular Trapeza during this time. People can bring their own food and drinks, and can use the picnic tables and the restrooms in the Church, but the parish hall will be closed during this time.
The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, July 16th, at 9:00 a.m.
The next online Catechumen Meeting will be Wednesday, July 27th, at 7:00 p.m. and will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/gwc-njvf-wqd
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Thursday, July 28th, at 7:00 p.m.
Bookstore News: We have copies of the Prologue of Ohrid on sale for $75, while supplies last. The normal price is $135. We have copies of the Psalter that have Slavonic and Russian texts in Parallel columns for $15 each.
Parish Finances:
Calendar year to date total (01 January thru 31 May 2022):
Tithes: $79,586.16
Building Fund: $2,767.00
For May 2022:
Tithes: $16,850.06
Building Fund: $1,325.00
Average Monthly Expenses $13,252.00
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read “Son, Give Me Thy Heart,” by Archpriest (later Bishop) Mitrophan Znosko-Borovsky, here:
https://roca.org/oa/volume-iii/issue-21/son-give-me-thy-heart/
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to sermon “Split Devotion: 3rd Sunday after Pentecost Saint Matthew 6,” by Fr. Josiah Trenham, here:
https://thearena.sounder.fm/episode/split-devotion
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 7/17/22 (No fasting): There will be no regular Trapeza this week due to the remodeling of the Hall.
Next Sunday: 7/24/22 (No fasting): There will be no regular Trapeza this week due to the remodeling of the Hall.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 7/17/22 – Team Chebotko.
Next (Ending on): 7/31/22 – Team Marcus.
Vigil Reader:
This Saturday: 7/16/22: Rdr. James Hall.
Next Saturday: 7/23/22: Shane Martin.
Liturgy Reader:
This Sunday: 7/17/22: Rdr. James Hall.
Next Sunday: 7/24/22: Shane Martin.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 7/17/22: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jude Morgan, Nikolai Pino, Maksim Pino, Luka Chrisanthus, Jens Yates, Padraig McIsaac.
Next Sunday: 7/24/22: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Micah Morgan, Ivan Kuzmin, William de Carion, Ezra Wilkinson, James Powell, Everett Powell, Eric Lickwar.
Commemorations from the past week:
Paul Rodionov & Dmitri Galitzine’s Birthday – Monday, July 11th.
Shane (Paisios) Martin, Rdr. Peter Lickwar, Paul Jackson, Paul Rodionov, Piotr Fraczek and Piotr Galitzine’s Name day / Nikolai (Max) Goldmann, Christopher Morgan, Georgiana Chrisanthus, Iryna Chebotko & Thekla Podrasky’s Birthday – Tuesday, July 12th.
Angelina Medvedev’s Name day – Thursday, July 14th.
Nikitas Stevens’ Birthday – Saturday, July 16th.
Nicholas (Ethan) Peterson, Nicholas (Robert) McIsaac, Nikolai (Max) Goldman, Nicholas (Jonathan) Cantao, Tatiana Schwendeman & Alice (Alexandra) Cline’s Name Day; Angelina Medvedev’s Birthday – Sunday, July 17th.
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Prayer Requests:
Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Archimandrite Benedict (Nelson); Archpriest Andre Papkov; Deacon Vladimir Trussin; Thekla Podrasky; Ann (Eleanor) Wandke; 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, and Dennis Tilley, who are ill.
For Nikolai, who is struggling.
For the safety and salvation of those in Kiev: Vladimir, Yelena, Tatiana, Soldier Alexei, Maria, Ivan, and Artem.
For the newly reposed Tatiana, Xanthippe, and those slain in the violence in Ukraine and Syria.
Expectant Mothers:
Matushka Genevieve (Jennifer) Companik, Diakonissa Sarah Shephard, Rebecca Liepman, Lydia West, Elena Vilcu, Liza Dydyshka Wood, and Daria Pino.
Catechumens:
Annie Nowak, Jayden DeRosia, Jennifer Diaz, Howard Segal, Ryan Thomas, Alyson Good, Vanessa Canterbury, Deborah and Alexander Gessell, Jessica Scarborough.
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, Erik Minor, Liza, Linda Ballentine, and Vanessa Canterbury who are ill.
For 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.
For the newly reposed Concha and Miguel.
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
No Sunday School until it resumes in the end of Summer.
The Schedule for the Remainder of April through July 2022:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/april-july2022.htm
The Schedule for August through October 2022:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/aug-oct2022.htm
You can also see our online parish calendar of events and services here:
https://saintjonah.org/calendar/
Fasting in the Coming week: On Wednesday, July 20th, fish, wine, and oil are permitted. Friday, July 22nd is a normal fast day. All other days are fast free.
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St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
