Metropolis Ministries Sunday Today we celebrate the various wonderful ministries provided by our Metropolis. These ministries, featuring Philoxenia House, Marriage Seminars, the Metropolis Camp, Youth Retreats, and Stewardship Seminars, need your support. Because of this we will have a second collection to support these many ministries. Thank you for your generosity!

Thanks to our Prosphora Baker Thanks to Tina Klidaras who is offering the prosphora this week.

May Her Memory Be Eternal Please join in praying the Memorial Prayers for the 40 day Memorial of Asimina Markos.

The family of Asimina Markos will be offering the Fellowship Hour after Liturgy today in her memory.

Summer Hours and Sunday School Graduation Summer hours will begin today, Sunday, June 14. There will be a short Orthros beginning at 9:00 am and Divine Liturgy will begin at 9:30 am.

Sunday School graduation will be taking place at the end of Liturgy on Sunday, June 14. Please be here to support our children as they learn to love our Faith!

Congratulations to our Senior High Graduates: George Tsakirgis and John Pazar

Thank You A great big "Efcharisto" to Joanne Perreault who is now officially retired as the editor of "The Beacon". Joanne has faithfully produced this important organ of communication for our Parish Family for many years! Thank You!

Thank you also to Vanessa Crooks for setting up a new template for the Beacon and to Joanna Tsiantas who will be in charge of content. May God bless your efforts!

2009 Greek Food Festival – July 24, 25, 26 We need our entire church community to help make this year’s festival successful!

Please plan to attend our next meeting on Monday, June 15 at 7PM in Nicholson Hall.


The Giving Tree The Giving Tree has sprung once again into life. If we want to see it grow and make new leaves, we have to help! You will find the list of "leaves" in this Bulletin and at the Pangari. Please be generous and help our tree prosper. Last year the Giving Tree brough in a lot of important income for the Festival and helped make it a big success. Let`s try to do even better this year!

Can You Help at St. Basil`s This Summer? We will be needing people who will cook and who will oversee St. Basil`s Kitchen on June 29, July 6 and July 13. Please sign up on the board in Nicholson Hall and speak with Anita McMahon. A couple of people could join together to get the meal together or to serve it on these Mondays. Thanks for your generosity!

Book Club Vacation There will be no Book Club next week or for the rest of the summer. We will resume a new year of exciting reading and discussion in September. There will also not be a Paraklesis to St. Nektarios next week.

Orthodox Women`s Retreat The Sisterhood of Sts. Mary and Martha is hosting an Orthodox Women`s Retreat on Saturday, June 27 from 9 am to 5 pm (lunch included) at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, at 64 Harvard Ave., Allston, MA. The donation is $35 per person pre-paid, $40 at the door, and $25 for students. The speaker, Fr. Luke Veronis, will give two talks: "Facing the Challenges of Life with Faith and Joy: Learning from Lynette Hoppe" and "Capturing the Mission Spirit". For further information contact P.Paula Tishel: ptishel@yahoo.com or www.hrocboston.org or 617.680.5657.


Subscribing to the Beacon One of the topics that has been discussed at the last two Parish Council meetings has been how to reduce the
costs associated with publishing the Beacon. All stewards and some former stewards of our Church receive, via
bulk mail, their copy monthly. In total, roughly 250 copies are assembled, printed, collated and mailed at a
considerable cost of time, talent and money.
Given that many stewards have internet access and that the Beacon is posted on the Annunciation`s website at:
www.annunciationgoc.com, it was felt that it was unnecessary to mail it to those for whom we have email addresses. They they will receive it via email.

For those stewards without internet access/email addresses, they will be able to pick up their copy which will be available at the Pangari in the Narthex. To those former stewards and homebound stewards of the Annunciation who currently receive the Beacon and wish to continue receiving it, they will need to fill out the form found elsewhere in this bulletin, or contact the church office. If they do not, they will NOT receive the Beacon. These changes will become effective with the July edition of the Beacon. Thank you!

Come to the Metropolis Camp It`s time to apply for the Metropolis of Boston Summer Camp in Contoocook NH! Father and Presbytera and Don and Jill Argyrople will be going during the 3rd week of camp (July 13-19); it would be nice if all the kids from Newburyport could come that week! If your children have not yet been to the camp, why not try it? It is an amazing experience--just ask any of the children who have gone and go back every year. Not only is it fun; the children learn lots about their faith, make close friendships with other Orthodox children, and begin to deepen their own spiritual life. You can get an application at http://www.boston.goarch.org/youth_ministries/mbc/metropolis_of_boston_summer_camp_2009.html

Enjoy a Week of Summer Church Camp All the children of our parish are invited to our own Vacation Church Camp from Monday, August 10 to Saturday, August 15. The theme of the camp is "Feasts of the Theotokos". The children will learn about these feasts and about the most holy Theotokos through games, songs, crafts and activities. There will be a sleep-over for those who want from Friday to Saturday. The children will help chant the Liturgy for the Dormition of the Theotokos Saturday morning at 9:30 am. Applications for the camp will be available soon!

Hear Some Good Sunday Sermons Our own Fr. Kerry Saravelas is the host of the weekly Metropolis Radio Program which airs on Sunday mornings between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m. The Program is heard on WNTN 1550AM. But, in order to guarantee good and clear reception in the Greater Newburyport/ Southern New Hampshire area, it is strongly recommend that our faithful listen directly on the internet at www.grecianechoes.com Once on the website, just click-on "LISTEN" for the audio streaming. The program always consists of homilies in both Greek and English usually focusing on the Gospel Reading of the day.

What a great way to prepare for Liturgy, to spend 15 minutes meditating on the day`s Gospel reading and hearing an inspiring and cogent message to help with out spiritual struggles! Thanks to Fr. Kerry for this important and invaluable ministry.

Get Church Updates on Facebook Our Parish Family now has a group on the social networking site Facebook (www.facebook. com). If you have a Facebook account, find the site among groups. You need to ask for membership. If you do not yet have a Facebook account, you should make one. It is a good way of keeping in touch with your fellow Parish Family members and seeing what`s going on in our church! There is also a link to our Youth Groups page.