June 26th, 2022
Stuff from the Priest: Review: “Between Heaven and Russia,” by Sarah Riccardi-Swartz 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/pent2.pdf
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http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, June 26th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_pent2.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, July 1st | 6:30 p.m. Vigil for the Feast of St. John of Shanghai |
| Saturday, July 2nd | 9:00 a.m. Liturgy for the Feast of St. John of Shanghai
5:00 p.m. Vigil |
| Sunday, July 3rd | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
We will take a special collection for the expenses for John Gentry’s funeral. If you send in a payment by any other means, please note in your donation that it is for “Funeral Costs.” This funeral costs are $3,992.00. You can send in electronic donations by clicking here, or make a note in the memo line of your check.
Summer Day Camp: We would like to invite all kids to get together for a week of day camp at St. Jonah’s held Monday through Friday, June 27th through July 1st, 9 am to 3 pm. The link for the day camp registration is here: https://forms.gle/BpQijTn8gtraJbhF9 You can see pictures from last years day camp here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9kRAR6HrZJDmq8rG8
You can see pictures from the Summer Retreat this past week, here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ULq4ixjphxR31HAX9
Parents and those would like to volunteer can talk to Svetlana Cherskaya or Rosa Mahand. Volunteers who can help with hiking and outside activities for teen week can talk to Alexander Liepman. Day Camp volunteers please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094FAAAD2FA4F58-stjonah
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 Monday, June 27th, at 7:00 p.m.
Sisterhood New: The Next Sisterhood Meeting will be on July 8th, 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.
Parish Finances:
Calendar year to date total (01 January thru 28 April 2022):
Tithes: $62,736.10
Building Fund: $1,442.00
For April 2022:
Tithes: $16,163.75
Building Fund: $425.00
Average Monthly Expenses $13,252.00
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read a History of the Apostles Fast, here:
https://orthochristian.com/62494.html
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to sermon “Humility Makes Saints: All Saints Sunday 2022,” by Fr. Josiah Trenham, here:
https://thearena.sounder.fm/episode/humility-makes-saints
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 6/26/22 (Fast day: fish, wine, and oil permitted): The De Carion and Watts families, and George Hixson.
Next Sunday: 7/3/22 (Fast day: fish, wine, and oil permitted): The Kuzmin and Rafaelano families, and John Ely.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 7/3/22 – Team Nation.
Next (Ending on): 7/17/22 – Team Chebotko.
Vigil Reader:
This Saturday: 6/25/22: Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko.
Next Saturday: 7/2/22: Rdr. Moses Munster.
Liturgy Reader:
This Sunday: 6/26/22: Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko.
Next Sunday: 7/3/22: Rdr. Moses Munster.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 6/26/22: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Micah Morgan, Ivan Kuzmin, William de Carion, Ezra Wilkinson, James Powell, Everett Powell, Eric Lickwar.
Next Sunday: 7/3/22: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jude Morgan, Nikolai Pino, Maksim Pino, Luka Chrisanthus, Jens Yates, Padraig McIsaac.
Commemorations from the past week:
Mary Morgan & Deacon Sergei Baranov’s Birthday – Wednesday, June 22nd.
Kathleen (Aquilina) Mattocks & Austin (Thekla) Gutzke’s birthday – Thursday, June 23rd.
Leslie (Denise) and Clifford Barnett’s Wedding Anniversary – Saturday, June 25th.
Vladimir Powell’s Birthday; Kathleen (Aquilina) Mattocks’s Name day – Sunday, June 26th.
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; 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, (Barrett (Nathaniel) 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 Matushka Genevieve Glagolev, John Gentry and those slain in the violence in Ukraine and Syria.
Expectant Mothers:
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.
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: Monday, June 27th; and Friday, July 1st, are normal fast days. On Tuesday, June 28th; Saturday, July 2nd; and Sunday, July 3rd, fish, wine, and oil are permitted. On Wednesday, June 29th; and Thursday, June 30th, wine and oil are permitted.
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St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
