THIS WEEK AT ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH Saturday, November 21
GOYA ADVENT RETREAT
No Great Vespers
9:00 AM Philoptochos Bake Sale

Sunday, November 22 NINTH SUNDAY OF LUKE
GOYA ADVENT RETREAT
8:30 AM Orthros
9:45 AM Religious Education:
Questions and Answers with Fr.
Shalhoub
10:30 AM Divine Liturgy
12:30 PM Choir Practice
1:15 PM HDF Choral Practice
2:00 PM Dance Practice

Wednesday, November 25
No Adult Education

Thursday, November 26 THANKSGIVING DAY
Office Closed

Friday, November 27
Office closed
No Greek School

Saturday, November 28
No Great Vespers

Sunday, November 29 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY
OF LUKE
FAMILY SUNDAY
No Religious Education
No Dance Practice
9:45 AM Orthros
10:30 AM Divine Liturgy
Memorial
12:30 PM Choir Rehearsal


Parish Council Members on duty this morning: John Psilos and Ron Demas
Next Sunday: Manny Miliotis and sam Wiersteiner


Please help us by informing the church of those who are ill, in the hospital, nursing home, or recuperating at home. Fr. Matthew needs to be informed in order to visit with them. Also, be sure to register in the hospital as Greek Orthodox so that Fr. Matthew may be able to visit you; this is due to the Privacy Laws in force.

Let us remember those who are ill, recovering, and/or homebound: Angelo Angeledes, Connie Batounis, Maria Bucci (mother of Sandra Papanikolaou), Koula Fragos, Harry Fronista, Demitra George, Dan Kirkby (brother of Matthew), Nick Lazaridis, Georgia Macris, Anne Pinkston, Helen Psillias (mother of Renee Theophilos), Marigo Ruch (sister of Renee Theophilos), George P. Saffo (Autumn Care), Tony Spirakis (Autumn Care), Fr. John Stavropoulos and GYSGT Stavros Tsantiles.

PLEASE NOTE: The office will be closed on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

WELCOME to Fr. John Shalhoub who will celebrate our Liturgy today while Fr. Matthew attends the GOYA weekend retreat from November 20 – 22 and vacation from November 23 - 28.

MEMORIAL: A 40 day memorial will be celebrated next Sunday, November 29, in memory of Angelis Haralambous. May his memory be eternal!

SYMPATHY: Our deepest sympathy to Nick Cotroukis and family on the falling asleep in the Lord of his mother, Coralia Cotroukis, on November 19th. Her funeral took place in Whiteville on November 21st. May her memory be eternal! ZOE SHE MAS!



NEWS AND UPDATES PHILOPTOCHOS is collecting various food items to package into food baskets and be given to needy families in our area for Thanksgiving. Along with the packaged foods collected, monetary donations are being accepted to be used for perishable foods (turkey, fruits and vegetables). Please give your monetary donations to a Philoptochos Board Member. If donating by check, in the memo indicate “Thanksgiving Food Drive.”

PHILOPTOCHOS is again selling poinsettias and collecting names for the parish Christmas card. Deadline is December 6th. Please consider sponsoring a card or purchasing a poinsettia.

THE GOYANs are sponsoring Salvation Army Angels. This program supports children whose family truly need assistance. Please see a Goya member. All unwrapped gifts to be brought to the church by December 8th.

OUR GOYANs will be selling wreaths at $15 each to be placed at the Wilmington National Cemetery on Dec 12th, in honor of all fallen veterans. Our GOYANs will receive $5 for every wreath sold. The program is called “WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA” with remembrance ceremonies world wide. For more information go to www.wreathsacrossamerica.org Our Group ID # is NCGOYA001 and cemetery location is NCWNCE.“ If you would like to sponsor a wreath with a credit card, you may do so on the website – just make sure to use our group id number and Wilmington cemetery location number. Otherwise if you would like to donate by cash or check, The GOYANs can accept up until Nov 22nd. Everyone is invited to participate in the ceremony on Dec 12th. The national goal is place a wreath on every grave. Keynote speaker this year will be Mike McIntyre.

INK CARTRIDGE RECYCLING- The JOY/ HOPE is continuing to recycle your old ink cartridges as well as old cell phones. Please drop them off in the collection box located in the Hellenic Center. We just got a check for $64.50! Thank you to everyone who is participating.

HELLENIC (GREEK) SCHOOL: If you would like to join our Greek school, are interested in teaching or for any other questions contact Alexandros Theodoropoulos at alexandros_a_t@hotmail.com or 910-791-8873.