September 4th, 2022
Stuff from the Priest: Doubling Down on the Game of Thrones 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/pent12.pdf
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Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, September 4th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_august22.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, September 10th | 9:00 a.m. Slavonic Liturgy
5:00 p.m. Vigil |
Sunday, September 11th | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, September 10th, at 9:00 a.m. There will be no Trapeza, because there is a baby shower that afternoon.
The next online Catechumen Meeting will be Wednesday, September 28th, at 7:00 p.m. and will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/wwn-uygd-idm
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Thursday, September 29th, at 7:00 p.m.
John Lardas and Vanessa Marquez will be married on Sunday, September 4th, at 4 p.m. at St. Joseph Antiochian Orthodox Church.
Bookstore News: If you have any outstanding IOUs with the Bookstore, please see Cody and take care of them.
Parish Finances:
Calendar year to date total (01 January thru 30 July 2022):
Tithes: $108,373.64
Building Fund: $4,317.00
For July 2022:
Tithes: $13,258.45
Building Fund: $225.00
Average Monthly Expenses $13,252.00
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read about St. Monica, here:
https://www.roca.org/oa/volume-xvii/issue-154/saint-monica-model-of-wifely-forbearance/
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to sermon “The Damnable Gap (11th Sunday after Pentecost: St. Matthew 18)” by Fr. Josiah Trenham, here:
https://thearena.sounder.fm/episode/the-damnable-gap
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 9/4/22 (No fasting): The Craigs, Jessica Kravtsov, and Michelle Jimenez.
Next Sunday: 9/11/22 (Fast: wine and oil permitted): The Cline, Kettner, and Whiteford families.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 9/4/22 – Team Nation.
Next (Ending on): 9/18/22 – Team Chebotko.
Vigil Reader:
This Saturday: 9/3/22: Rdr. James Hall.
Next Saturday: 9/10/22: Shane Martin.
Liturgy Reader:
This Sunday: 9/4/22: Rdr. James Hall.
Next Sunday: 9/11/22: Shane Martin.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 9/4/22: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Micah Morgan, Ivan Kuzmin, William de Carion, Ezra Wilkinson, James Powell, Everett Powell, Eric Lickwar.
Next Sunday: 9/11/22: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jude Morgan, Nikolai Pino, Maksim Pino, Luka Chrisanthus, Jens Yates, Padraig McIsaac.
Commemorations from the past week:
Jack (John) Mahand’s Birthday – Monday, August 29th.
George Nahlous’ Birthday – Thursday, September 1st.
Samuel Carlise’s Name day & Ezra Wilkinson’s Birthday – Friday, September 2nd.
Abby (Ruth) Hall’s Birthday & Danielle (Marie) Tschebotarjew and Ivan Tschebotarjew’s wedding anniversary – Sunday, September 4th.
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, 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 Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware); Archpriest Alexander Padlo, and Presbytera Anna Hopko, and those slain in the violence in Ukraine and Syria.
Expectant Mothers:
Diakonissa Sarah Shephard, Elena Vilcu, and Liza Dydyshka Wood.
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, and Linda Ballentine 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:
Sunday School will resume on Sunday, September 11th.
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: Wednesday, September 7th is a normal fast day. On Friday, September 9th; and Sunday, September 11th, 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