May 11th, 2025
Stuff from the Priest: “Beginning to Read and Understand the Bible, Part 3: In Context.” 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: Mid-Pentecost.
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pascha3.pdf
Propers for the Paschal Liturgy (Sunday, May 11th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_pascha3.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:
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| Saturday, May 17th 12:00 Baptism
| 5:00 p.m. Vigil
| Sunday, May 18th 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy
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Announcements
We will be taking a special collection for Scholarships for the St. Jonah Summer Camp.
Our next Bible Study will be held on Thursday, May 22nd at 7:00 p.m. We will be studying the Epistle to the Romans, Chapters 15 and 16, beginning with Romans 15:14. To catch up on past sessions, click here. This Bible Study will be held only via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/nje-knth-tdz
Event Planning Committee: We will need to begin working on plans for the 100th anniversary of the repose of St. Jonah. If you would like to participate, please email Fr. John Whiteford. Our next meeting will be held via Google Meets, on Friday, May 30th, at 7:00 p.m. https://meet.google.com/rab-xqia-mug
The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, June 28th, at 9:00 a.m.
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Thursday, May 29th, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/dof-aqtw-qmw
We need volunteers to work on a capital campaign for the construction of the new Church.
Family Camping Trip at Lake Somerville: Join other Orthodox families for an outdoor adventure at Lake Somerville hosted by the St. Jonah Homeschool Co-op! Thursday, May 15th thru Saturday, May 17th. Details and RSVP: https://evite.me/4zPNYWVy1a
Summer Camp: The registration for DCMA St. Jonah Summer Camp is now open! It will be held in Camp Copass (Denton, TX) from June 9th-14th. The ages for campers are -11-18. You can find all the details about the summer camp 2025 on our website: https://stjonahcamp.org/teen-camp/
Regular registration: $550 (April 10th and after)
Referral bonus – if an old camper refer a new camper to attend the camp, he/she will receive $20 cashback each time a new camper signs up (The cashback can be sent by zelle or given in cash at the end of the camp week).
New camper discount: $40 off registration fee.
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 Tuesday, May 20th, at 7:00 p.m., via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/fjk-zkyt-yes
To sign-up to be a presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/BE5pWuSAezurtJ1i8
Sisterhood News: The Sisterhood Council’s Next Meeting will be on Monday, June 2nd, at 7:00 p.m. via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/pza-xwrz-xkz
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 March 2025):
Tithes: $63,228.87
Building Fund: $9,865.97
For March 2025:
Tithes: $21,562.41
Building Fund: $3,496.99
Average Monthly Expenses $19,840
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read “Paschal Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry” here:
https://orthochristian.com/169162.html
Recommended Viewing for the week:
You can listen to the sermon “Butter Mountain? (Psalm 67, Part 2),” by Fr. John Whiteford here:
https://www.saintjonah.org/podcasts/sermons/psalm67_part2.mp3
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 5/11/25 (No fast): The Kettner, Sieroschtanov, and Lardas families.
Next Sunday: 5/18/25 (No fast): The Hixson, Sisco, and Linares families.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 5/11/25 – Team Nation.
Next (Ending on): 5/25/25 – Team Chebotko.
Vigil Readers:
This Saturday: 5/10/25: Shane Martin & Justin Wood .
Next Saturday: 5/17/25: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Liturgy Readers:
This Sunday: 5/11/25: Shane Martin & Justin Wood.
Next Sunday: 5/18/25: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 5/11/25: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jens Yates, John Turner, and Levi (Nicholas) Moreno.
Next Sunday: 5/18/25: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Ivan Kuzmin, Padraig McIsaac, Ezra Wilkinson, John West.
Commemorations from the past week:
Nathaniel Henderson & Barrett Nathaniel Mahand’s Name Day – Monday, May 5th .
Matushka Sara Shephard and John Watts’s Birthday / George Sisco; Georgiana Chrisanthus, George Nahlous, George Hixson, Alexandra Chibukhchyan, Aleksandra Murphy & Alexandra Galitzine’s Name day – Tuesday, May 6th.
Jared (Alexis) Hirsch’s Name day; Piotr Fraczek’s Birthday – Wednesday, May 7th.
Marc Marushkin and Marco Maldonado’s Name day – Thursday, May 8th.
Rdr Gabriel & Anja Gesche Peña’s Wedding Anniversary / Rassophore-Monk David Mahand’s Birthday – Friday, May 9th.
Jason Stark’s Name day – Sunday, May 11th.
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; Maximus (Garrett) and Merilee (Mary) Eidson; Rozanne (Anne) and Jerry (John Herman) Spires; Michael Murphy; Aleksandra Murphy; Valentin, Rada and Florentina, Olga, Nathaniel (Barrett) Mahand, Eliasious, Rdr. John Economou, Robert McIsaac, Galina Lay, Lisa (Euphemia) Bornejko, Cosmas (Spencer) Burton, Jeffery Gallagher, Savva (Tyler) Barrett, Dennis Tilley, Rdr. Gabriel Peña, Nun Barbara (Watts), John Watts, John Lickwar, Sophia Drobot, Mikhaela (Jennifer) Diaz, Svetlana, Gerald Campbell, Elizabeth De Carion, Daniel McLellan, Lydia Chernousova, Stephanos Rosseau, Josiah Plumley, Christopher Gulden, Aleksander, Karen Vincent, soldier Aleksandr, Nathaniel Bhatti, Anna, Cynthia (Melangell) Rausch, and the children Caison Elisabeth Kellam and Anna Krutova, 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, Maria, Ivan, and Artem; and Dimitriy.
For newly reposed servants of God: Schema-Archimandrite Panteleimon (Voepel), and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Filofteia Fraczek, Caitlin Zelesnik, Elizaveta Dydyshka Wood, Laura Ibañez, Amanda Gulden, Olga Carrow, Matushka Ruth McPherson, and Catherine (Katie) Powell.
Catechumens:
Howard Segal, Deborah and Alexander Gessell, Savita Bhatti; Jessica Palmer; John Nowak, Anne Nowak; Thomas Maroney, Nolan (Silouan) Boe, Nicholas Bruschi; Kristofer Sean Hutter; John Ryan Levy; Mark and Brianna Ivanyo; Benjamin Grosvenor; James, Diana, Caspian (Cassian), and Beauregard Bartholomew Shepard; Aaron Lockhart; David Tyler Sprencel, Richard and Dora Risner; William and Magdalena (Mattie) Gore; Kristina & Kennedy Crain; Hunter Jones; Christopher Holmes; Cornell and Morgan Herg; and Andres Lynch.
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, Julie Nelson, Charlotte LeBlanc, Kent and Nicoline, Lara Regis, Piotr Fraczek, Ana Maria, Sean, Audrey, Bob Richardson, Dylan DeRosia, and the children Ava and Evelyn, 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, Michelle Brazzil, Robbin Russell, Naseem Bhatti, and Hurucaan Valerio.
For the repose of Leslie Yvonne (Rosa Mahand’s sister).
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
Children, Ages 3-4: Taught by Matushka Genevieve and Elizabeth De’Carion.
Children, Ages 5-6: Taught by Iryna Chebotko and Monica Moreno.
Children, Ages 7-9: Taught by Mat. Sara Shephard and Angela Daniel.
Children, Ages 10-12: Taught by Danny Gonzalez.
Teens and Adults: Taught by Fr. David Companik.
Schedule of Services for Bright Week through July 2025:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/april-july2025.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, May 14th; and on Friday, May 16th, fish, wine, and oil are permitted. 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
