May 8th, 2022
Stuff from the Priest: The Pro-Abortion “Orthodox” (The Birth of a New Religion, Part 1) Click here for the Article.
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Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pascha2.pdf
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http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (May 8th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_pascha2.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, May 14th | 5:00 p.m. Vigil |
| Sunday, May 15th | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
Archbishop Peter told us last weekend that we should stop hearing confessions when the Liturgy begins, and so we will have to cut it off at that point. It is best to come to the Vigil for confession, but if distance requires that you confess in the morning, be sure to come early so as to allow enough time before the Liturgy.
The next online Catechumen Meeting will be Wednesday, May 25th, at 7:00 p.m. and will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/stv-irtu-sft
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, May 24th, at 7:00 p.m.
You will find texts for reader services that you can do at home through the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers (May 8th), here:
https://fatherjohn.blogspot.com/2022/04/reader-services-through-sunday-of-myrrh.html
Bookstore News: There are many new titles in from Holy Trinity Publications and St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood. Pascha egg jewelry and bow pins are available for sale now through until shortly before Pentecost. For any questions, comments, or suggestions, please e-mail bookstore@saintjonah.org
Parish Finances:
Calendar year to date total (01 January thru 28 March 2022):
Tithes: $46,572.35
Building Fund: $1,017.00
For March 2022:
Tithes: $18,993.25
Building Fund: $225.00
Average Monthly Expenses $13,252.00
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read the Paschal Epistle of Metropolitan Hilarion,” here:
https://www.synod.com/synod/eng2022/20220422_enmhpaschalepistle.html
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to the sermon “The Dynamism of the Early Church – Myrrh-bearers Sunday 2021” by Fr. Josiah Trenham, here:
https://thearena.sounder.fm/episode/the-dynamism-of-the-early-church
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 5/8/22 (No Fast): To be determined.
Next Sunday: 5/15/22 (No Fast): To be determined.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 5/8/22 – Team Eugenia.
Next (Ending on): 5/17/22 – Team Marcus.
Vigil Reader:
This Saturday: 5/7/22: Rdr. Moses Munster.
Next Saturday: 5/14/22: Rdr. Gabriel Peña.
Liturgy Reader:
This Sunday: 5/8/22: Rdr. Moses Munster.
Next Sunday: 5/15/22: Rdr. Gabriel Peña.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 5/8/22: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jens Yates, Micah Morgan, Nikolai Pino, Maksim Pino, Eric Lickwar, Ivan Kuzmin.
Next Sunday: 5/15/22: Team B: Padraig McIsaac, Ezra Wilkinson, Ezekiel Wilkinson, Jude Morgan, Luka Chrisanthus, Alex Kettner and Andrew Kettner.
Commemorations from the past week:
Matrona Marsh’s Name Day – Monday, May 2nd.
Hannah Mencher’s Birthday – Tuesday, May 3rd.
Nathaniel Henderson & Barrett Nathaniel Mahand’s Name Day – Friday, May 5th.
Matushka Sara Shephard and John Watts’s Birthday / Georgiana Chrisanthus, George Williams, George Nahlous, Aleksandra Murphy & Alexandra Galitzine’s Name day – Friday, May 6th.
Jared (Alexis) Hirsch’s Name day; Piotr Fraczek’s Birthday – Saturday, May 7th.
Ioanna Graeff, Tamara (Fabiola) Craig; Tamara Pino, and Marco Maldonado’s Name day – Sunday, May 8th.
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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, (Barrett (Nathaniel) Mahand, Eliasious, Dennis Tilley, and John Gentry, who are ill.
For Nikolai, who is struggling.
For the safety and salvation of those in Kiev: Vladimir, Yelena, Tatiana, Alexei, Maria, Ivan, and Artem.
For the newly reposed Archbishop Paul, Priest Vasily Melnyk, Hieromonk Ignatius and those slain in the violence in Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Elena Vilcu, Liza Dydyshka Wood, Daria Pino, Xenia Evind, Nina Bernardi.
Catechumens:
Annie Nowak, Jayden DeRosia, Jennifer Diaz, Howard Segal, Ryan Thomas, Alyson Good, Max Goldmann, and Vanessa Canterbury.
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, 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.
The newly reposed Matthew Walker (Matrona Marsh’s Cousin); Jose Guadalupe Ibañez (Joseph Ibañez’s grandfather); Peter Hödlmoser (Anja Peña’s father); Anthony Osinski (William Osinski’s father).
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
Toddlers (2-3): Mat. Genevieve Companik and Elizabeth DeCarion.
Children, Age 4-6: Taught by Iryna Chebotko and Vera Yates.
Children, Age 7-8: Taught by Mat. Sara Shephard and Jacob Kettner.
Children, Age 9-12: Taught by Matushka Patricia Whiteford.
Teens 13+: Taught by Christopher Cline and Fr. David Shephard (meeting in the Church).
Teens and Adults: Taught by Fr. John Whiteford.
The Schedule for the Remainder of April through July 2022:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/april-july2022.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 11th, wine and oil are permitted. On Friday, May 13th, 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
