June 23rd, 2024
Stuff from the Priest: “An Orthodox Look at English Translations of the Bible.” Click here for the Article.
If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
The Orthodox Term of the Week: Aer.
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pentecost.pdf
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, June 16th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_pentecost.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:
| Friday, June28th | 6:30 p.m. Vigil for St. John of Shanghai |
| Saturday, June 29th | 9:00 a.m. Liturgy for St. John of Shanghai
11:00 a.m. Panikhida 5:00 p.m. Vigil |
| Sunday, June 30t | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
Godparents Needed: Join us at the upcoming Catechumen get together to learn more about assisting a catechumen on their journey toward baptism. Click here to let us know you will be coming. This get together will be held on Saturday, July 6, 2024, from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, July 27th, at 9:00 a.m.
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, July 3rd, at 7:00 p.m., via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/qoa-tnno-pzu To sign-up to be a presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/ULAXFvp8GyT6t83M7
Sisterhood News: The next Sisterhood Meeting will be held on Friday, June 21st, via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/kyx-kuod-syf
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 May 2024):
Tithes: $121,981.86
Building Fund: $1,087,036.33
For May 2024:
Tithes: $45,494.25
Building Fund: $17,016.10
Average Monthly Expenses $13,252.00
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read “A delegation of the Russian Church Abroad visits monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church,” here:
https://www.synod.com/synod/eng2024/20240618_enbelgrade.html
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen the Sermon “Our Fathers Have Told Us (Psalm 77),” by Fr. John Whiteford, here:
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/amvon/our_fathers_have_told_us
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 6/23/24 (No fasting): Parish Potluck.
Next Sunday: 6/30/24 (No fasting): The Hixson, Linares, and Martin families.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 6/30/24 – Team Nation.
Next (Ending on): 7/14/24 – Team Chebotko.
Vigil Readers:
This Saturday: 6/22/24: Nikolai Goldmann & Rdr. James Hall.
Next Saturday: 6/29/24: Shane Martin & Justin Wood.
Liturgy Readers:
This Sunday: 6/23/24: Nikolai Goldmann & Rdr. James Hall.
Next Sunday: 6/30/24: Shane Martin & Justin Wood.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 6/23/24: Team C: Mathieu Powell, Seraphim Powell, Constantine Powell, William De Carion, Luka Chrisanthus, Michael Chrisanthus.
Next Sunday: 6/30/24: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jens Yates, John Turner, and Levi (Nicholas) Moreno.
Commemorations from the past week:
Mathieu Powell & Tiffany Yates’s Birthday – Monday, June 17th.
Pablo Chong & Deacon Sergei Baranov’s Birthday – Saturday, June 22nd.
Kathleen (Aquilina) Mattocks & Austin (Thekla) Gutzke’s birthday – Sunday, June 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; 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; 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, Suzannah Soloviev, Savva (Tyler) Barrett, Dennis Tilley, Rdr. Gabriel Peña, Nun Barbara (Watts), John Watts, John Lickwar, Sophia Drobot, Mikhaela (Jennifer) Diaz, Svetlana, Gerald Campbell, and the children Niklaus Doucet, Caison Elisabeth Kellam, Anna Krutova, Dimitri Moreno, 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: Archpriest James Bernstein, and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Hannah Valerio, Lydia Martin, and Genevieve Companik.
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, Greg and Christian Carrow, Eddy Marushkin and Mila (Olga) Marushkina; Nicholas Bruschi.
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, 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, and Michelle Brazzil.
For the newly reposed Linda Stone (David Stone’s mother) and Catheryn Mullins (John Mullin’s grandmother).
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
We will resume Sunday School in the Fall.
Schedule of Services for May through July, 2024:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/may-july2024.htm
Schedule of Services for August through October, 2024:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/aug-oct2024.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 coming week, but we begin the Apostles Fast on Monday, July 1st.
Click here for Miscellaneous Items of Interest.
St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
