September 7th, 2025
Stuff from the Priest: “The Continuing Validity of the Moral Law of the Old Testament” 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: Indiction.
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent13.pdf
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, September 7th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_august25.htm
Propers for the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Thursday, September 11th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_beheading.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:
| Wednesday, September 10th | 6:30 p.m. Vigil for the Beheading of St. John the Baptist |
| Thursday, September 11th | 9:00 p.m. Liturgy for the Beheading of St. John the Baptist |
| Saturday, September 13th | 5:00 p.m. Vigil |
| Sunday, September 14th | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
We will be taking a special collection to help the suffering people of the Canonical Church in Ukraine this Sunday (and on the first Sunday of each month). If you write a check, or send in a payment electronically, please put “Ukraine” in the memo line. We will send the money to Metropolitan Onuphry.
The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, September 20th, at 9:00 a.m.
Please join us on Sunday, September 7th at 12.30 pm for a baby shower honoring three expecting moms: Mila (Olga) Carrow, Avie (Monica) Walling and Elizabeth de Carion. Click here to open your invitation, RSVP and see all three moms baby registries.
Everybody is invited to come to Movie Night, which will take place on Friday, September 12th at 6 pm at the parish hall. The event is planned as a St. Jonah teen camp fundraiser and the ticket price is $5. The movie shown will be “Man of God.”
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Monday, September 22nd, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/dbo-jubx-txe
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, September 9th, at 7:00 p.m., via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/zyx-pckg-jut
To sign-up to be a presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/zKZeN8iQAk8Jbzdz6
Sisterhood News: The Sisterhood Council’s Next Meeting will be on Thursday, September 25th, at 7:00 p.m. via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/pno-gtqe-baz
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 July 2025):
Tithes: $153,259.42
Building Fund: $25,661.63
For July 2025:
Tithes: $19,827.08
Building Fund: $2,036.99
Average Monthly Expenses $19,840
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read “The Untold Stories of Fr. Seraphim Rose: A Rare Conversation,” here:
https://orthochristian.com/172277.html
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to the sermon “The Beheading of St. John the Baptist and 9/11” by Fr. John Whiteford here:
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/amvon/the_beheading_of_st_john_the_baptist_and_9_11/
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 9/7/25 (No fast): The D. Gonzalez, Hison, and Rafaelano families.
Next Sunday: 9/14/25 (No fast): The Kettner and Zdvijkov families.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 9/14/25 – Team Wilkinson.
Next (Ending on): 9/28/25 – Team Kara.
Vigil Readers:
This Saturday: 9/6/25: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Next Saturday: 9/13/25: Rdr. James Hall.
Liturgy Readers:
This Sunday: 9/7/25: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Next Sunday: 9/14/25: Rdr. James Hall.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 9/7/25: Team C: Mathieu Powell, Seraphim Powell, Constantine Powell, William De Carion, Luka Chrisanthus, Michael Chrisanthus.
Next Sunday: 9/14/25: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jens Yates, John Turner, and Levi (Nicholas) Moreno.
Commemorations from the past week:
George Nahlous’ Birthday – Monday, September 1st.
Samuel Carlise’s Name day / Ezra Wilkinson’s Birthday — Tuesday, September 2nd.
Abby (Ruth) Hall’s Birthday; John & Vanessa Lardas’s wedding anniversary – Thursday, September 4th.
Ruby Grosvenor (Catechumen), Kennedy (Euphemia) Crain, Emma Marsh & Svetlana Silva’s Birthday – Friday, September 5th.
Veronica Callis’ (Catechumen) Birthday – Saturday, September 6th.
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, Rdr. James Lardas, Kristina Crain, James Powell, Cristin, Daniel Gonzalez, 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: Alexandra Jackson, and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Elizaveta Dydyshka Wood, Olga Carrow, Matushka Ruth McPherson, Catherine (Katie) Powell, Elizabeth de Carion, Anna Levy, Monica (Avie) Walling, Sophia Scott, Katherine Huss, and Lydia Martin.
Catechumens:
Howard Segal, Deborah and Alexander Gessell, Savita Bhatti; Jessica Palmer; Thomas Maroney, Nolan (Silouan) Boe, Nicholas Bruschi; Kristofer Sean Hutter; John Ryan Levy; Benjamin Grosvenor; James, Diana, Caspian (Cassian), and Beauregard Bartholomew Shepard; Richard and Dora Risner; William and Magdalena (Mattie) Gore; Hunter Jones; Christopher Holmes; Andres Lynch; Cameron Winters; Gregory (Tyler) Pemberton; Moses (Grayson) Culton; Caleb Greene; Daniel and Faith Simmons, Photina (Ebony) Jenkins; Matthew, Veronica, Addison, Sebastian, and Christian Callis; and Noah Plasek.
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, Ana Maria, Sean, Audrey, Bob Richardson, Dylan DeRosia, Phillip Rice, Tony Beavers, Steven Jimenez, 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.
The newly departed: Carola (Michelle Jimenez’s step mother).
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 August through October 2025:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/aug-oct2025.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 10th, Thursday, September 11th, and Friday, September 12th, 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
