PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS; December 9th PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS; December 9th
Parish Council candidates (vote for maximum of 21 only)

Only members in good standing may vote on December 9th; 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Apostolos Makridis
Nicholas Chihlas Diane Nikola
Nicholas Collins Lane Nordquist
Charlene Deftos Stacia Pantazelos
Pirro Deftos Costa Partalides
Kristi Fadel Marylou Sambatakos
Robert Fadel Angelo Scangas
Victor Fanikos Frank Varinos
Paul Foukas Arthur Vasilakopoulos
Peter Franggos Speros Venios
Sharon Kokoras Eric Zisis
Demetrios Limberakis

Please Note: Executive officers are elected by the Parish Council.



Centennial History Album Christmas Gift This year, we have an opportunity for a unique gift during this holiday season, our Centennial history album. This album is not only a permanent record of the Centennial year, but also contains a comprehensive history of our parishes first 100 years. In addition, the album contains information about our organizations, a section honoring our veterans, and a section dedicated to those who made a special Centennial gift to our Endowment Fund.
To place your Christmas order, please call the church office at 978 531 0777.Give a gift to someone special and help St Vasilios at the same time!
For Only: $ 29
We will ship the album to a loved one and include a personalized card


Christmas Pageant The Sunday School Christmas Pageant will be held at the end of the first liturgy on Sunday, December 16th in the church. There will be one practice for all participants on Saturday, December 15th in the church at 10:30 a.m. Please call Sophia @ 781-334-4686 or Pam @ 781-334-5144 with any questions.



Resource Center The icons which are  displayed on the shelf in the Narthex are available for purchase.  Please enclose  payments in the envelopes on the shelf and put on the candle tray.  Please call Kaye @978-531-2928 or Stephanie @ 978-531-1998 with any questions.


GREEK TRADITIONS & CUSTOMS BOOK Mary Franggos (978-531-1336) has copies of “A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America” by Mary Rouvelas for sale at $30/copy.


PTA NEWS Our next PTA meeting is Sunday December 9th during coffee hour, all are welcome.
The Christmas Community Breakfast will be Sunday, December 23rd. We are in need of help for set up on the Saturday before and serving at the breakfast. Please contact Christine Martins if you can help @ 978-774-8273.
Mary Kay Fundraiser for PTA
There will be a Mary Kay table set up during coffee hour on December 9th and 16th. You can stop by to purchase some last minute gifts. The PTA will receive 20% of all sales! You can also contact Melina Tansey @ 978-335-3129 to purchase product.
Christmas Caroling December 15th
We will be caroling to the Veterans and delivering the gifts we collected at the Christmas Party. We will meet at the church for a practice before caroling that day and come back the church for cocoa and cookies.


St. Vasilios Homecoming December 30th Attention all college students and young adults….
Please join us on Sunday, December 30th as we welcome you back to St. Vasilios during your college break. Please join us for the first Divine Liturgy, followed by a special coffee hour of refreshments and fellowship. For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Irene Martinoli at 781-245-1423 or email: ikmartinoli@yahoo.com


Christmas Giving Tree The Christmas Giving Tree has been set up in the foyer of the educational center. The Church School’s grades 7 and 8 came together to make ornaments and grade 6 decorated the tree. This year we will be sponsoring the Plummer Home for Boys in Salem, as well as the Philoxenia House in Boston, and again we will remember our military men and women serving around the world. Please remember those less fortunate in our communities by taking an ornament from the tree and returning the gift by Sunday, December 16th

Centennial Album PHOTOS NOTICE

December 2nd, December 9th

We asked parishioners to bring in historic photos for our recently published Centennial history album. We also were careful to instruct people to mark their photos in an appropriate way so that we could return them to the rightful owner, once the album was finished. Unfortunately, some were very meticulous in marking them and others ignored our instructions entirely. Therefore, on the above mentioned Sundays, there will be a table in the Educational Center with a Centennial Committee representative attempting to return the photos to the rightful owners. Please be considerate with their difficult task. If you are not interested in receiving your photos, we will retain any photos that are historically significant to our parish life. One thing we have learned through this process is that we have not always been good at recording organizations or important historic events. We will attempt to correct this in the very near future by setting up a small group of archivists that will attempt to correct that inadequacy.


St Val`s Men`s Club Christmas Dance; Dec 8th You’re invited to the St. Vasilios Men’s Club Christmas Dance
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Featuring
The Makredes Ensemble
Rev. Andrew Demotses Educational Center
$40 per person
6:30 p.m. Appetizers 7:30 p.m. Dinner
Roast Pork, Oven Baked Chicken, & Baked Haddock
BYOB Set-ups, Beer and Wine included, and Cash Bar available
For Reservations Call:
James Demotses (978) 531-8303
John Stavropoulos (603) 668-7057
Steve Stephanides (978) 744-8531
Snow Date: December 15, 2007
Reservations are available to non-members after November 14, 2007
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Philoptochos Annual Christmas Party; Dec 13th The Philoptochos "Athena"
requests the pleasure of your company at our Annual Christmas Party.

 Thursday, the 13th of December at 6:30 o`clock in the evening at the
Reverend Andrew J. Demotses Education Center, St. Vasilios Church,
Peabody, MA
 A catered buffet will be presented by Joanne Venios. $10.00 per person will be charged.
Presbytera Claire will give us a candy making presentation.
We will enjoy the music played by a DJ.
 In lieu of the Christmas raffle amongst the members, it is requested that you bring a $10 gift (i.e., paper goods, phone cards, dishtowels or a $10.00 cash gift) to be donated to the Philoxenia House.
 Please complete the following information for yourself and your guests.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
Names: _________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

Address:____________________________________________

Phone:_________________Total enclosed:  $ ______________
 
Please cut along dashed line and return this form by Thursday,
November 29th, with payment to:
Paula Raftopoulos
2 Wirthmore Lane
Lynnfield, MA  01940
781-334-4935


From our Youth Choir Director From our Youth Choir Director:
I want to  welcome all the new young voices who have joined us in the last few weeks.  Your sounds have given new life to our choir.  Thank you to all the parents who have encouraged our children and young adults to participate.  We can use even more! 
We are starting a vocal group called Greek Orthodox Young Voices with the collaboration of Greek churches in the North Shore.  Our first rehearsal is Saturday, November 17, at 12 PM, at Saint George in Lynn.  Anyone 8-18 is welcome to participate.  Our first performance will be on December 16 at the Newburyport Church as we will sing a few seasonal songs.  Please contact me with any questions or comments (978)750-9761, or email:
antoniosvatousios@danvers.org  


FOOD DRIVE The church school will be collecting canned goods for the  Crombie Street Shelter and Haven From Hunger.    These food   pantries  are in  desperate  need of supplies.  Please make every effort to contribute to this very worthy cause especially during the Christmas Season. Collections may be dropped off at the Giving Tree in the foyer of the Rev. Andrew J Demotses Educational Center.


Community Christmas Breakfast Continuing a yearly tradition, our community will gather together once again for the Christmas Community on Sunday, December 23rd immediately following the Divine Liturgy. On that day, the Divine Liturgy will begin at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast will consist of eggs, home fries, muffins, coffee or milk for the reasonable price of $5 per person. Please complete the form below and return it to the Church Office no later than Friday, December 14th.
Detach and return this form to:
St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church
5 Paleologos Street
Peabody, MA 01960

Your Name: ____________________________________
Your Tel: ______________________________________
Address: _______________________________________
No. Attending at $5 each: ______ Amt Enclosed $ ______
Please make checks payable to: St. Vasilios


Inquirer’s Class Have you ever wished you could attend an introductory class on the Orthodox Faith? Would you like to learn more about your faith? Are you interested in perhaps becoming Orthodox? You can find answers to these questions and more by attending the Inquirer’s Class that will begin meeting on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-8;00 beginning on September 11th. This group will meet for ten weeks. To reserve your spot in this informative discussion group please call the Church Office 978-531-0777.


Community Credit Union Donation Program From June 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 the Credit Union will donate $100 to the St. Vasilios Building Fund for every member of St. Vasilios who will open a savings and a checking account at the Peabody branch (32 Central St.), up to a maximum of $5000. Please consider helping the church by opening an account, and don’t forget to mention that you are a St. Vasilios member!



NO PARKING DO NOT PARK WHERE IT IS LEGALLY MARKED: NO PARKING". You will receive a ticket from Peabody Police Dept. reserved spots for New England Market when you attend our services. Violators will be towed. They are great neighbors and we don't want to offend them!


St. Stephen`s Ministry to the shut-ins We would like to thank all volunteers who made great efforts to visit most of our parishioners that are confined at home or in nursing homes. We have received many more requests, and we will continue the visits. Fr. Chris has called a meeting for Tuesday, April 24th at 1pm in the parlor room. Mary Franggos will lead a discussion on visitations. We ask the volunteers to bring a list of people visited, including addresses and phone numbers. Anyone interested in joining the group of volunteers is welcome to attend.