ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
           REV. FR. RICHARD D. ANDREWS, PRESBYTER
www.stgeorgegoc.org

MAY 24, 2009 6th SUNDAY OF PASCHA BLINDMAN

TODAY`S EVENTS: Memorial Service at Roselawn Cemetery 12:30PM

Epistle: Tess Chadwick Prosfora: Rita Kanavati
Fellowship: American Legion Hellenic Post 129 Head Usher: Joe Weiser

Monday 5-25 Memorial Service & Program at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery 9:30AM
Memorial Day- Church Office Closed
Tuesday 5-26 Stewardship Committee Meeting 7:00PM
Wednesday 5-27 LITURGY- APODOSIS OF PASCHA (notice early start time) 8:00AM
GREAT VESPERS- ASCENSION OF OUR LORD 6:00PM
Oratorical Committee Meeting 7:00PM
Greek Festival Planning Meeting 7:00PM
Thursday 5-28 LITURGY - ASCENSION OF OUR LORD 9:00AM
Saturday 5-30 Spring Clean-up Day at Church 9:00AM
LITURGY- Eau Claire, WI 9:30AM
Sunday 5-31 ORTHROS & LITURGY- HOLY FATHERS 1ST COUNCIL 8:30AM
Sunday School & Greek School Graduation 12:00PM

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
All Those Who Have Been Baptized into Christ- Melina, daughter of Jeff & Marianne Balousek, was baptized on May 9th. Godparent is Melissa Christianson.

Congratulations- to Eric Chadwick & Andrea Faches on the birth of their daughter, Melina, on May 20th

Today’s Memorial Service at Roselawn Cemetery- beginning approximately at 12:30pm. Please prepare a list of departed loved ones. We are still planning for a central monument in our section and accepting donations.

Memorial Day- Fr. Rick will give the invocation for the formal Memorial Day (Monday May 25th) program and service at Fort Snelling National Cemetery which begins at 9:30AM. Church office will be closed for the holiday.

Think on These Things: A saint was asked, “Which is the more important: reading God’s Word or praying?” To which he replied, “Which is more important to a bird: the right wing or the left?” A.W.Tozer

Graduation Sunday Info Needed
Please send information about high school and college graduates who will be recognized on Graduation Sunday May 31st. We need name, name of school, degree and any future plans for jobs or further schooling. Deadline is May 27th.

Archdiocese Oratorical Festival
Please send sponsor donations to help co-host this event on June 12-13-14. We also have opportunities for Goya youth and adults to help welcome and serve our guests, especially for the Saturday breakfast and lunch her at St. George. Sunday Divine Liturgy and luncheon with Archbishop Demetrios will be at St. Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis on June 14th. Adults are $15 and kids under 12 are $7. Tickets are available in our church office.

Vacation Church School- is August 3-7th ; please mark your calendars and plan to attend and volunteer to help.
Come Receive The Light National Orthodox Radio Program: On this week`s CRTL May 29th, there will a guest speaker discussing the Ascension of Jesus Christ. Listen on Saturdays at 5PM, KKMS 980AM or anytime at www.receive.org

Spring Clean-Up Scheduled- for Saturday May 30th beginning around 9AM. Bring and label your own lawn and gardening tools. Contact Paul Pliakas for more info.

Lecture Series at St. Herman’s Orthodox Church This Week
Richard Benton will be presenting his lecture series titled Hosea: A Love Story. Richard Benton is Associate Lecturer of Jewish Studies for the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the UW Madison. The event will be held May 29th thru May 30th and the cost is $30. More information on the web at www.mnbls.org

Wisdom from the Fathers: Do not be reticent when you hear someone slandering his neighbor. Instead, say to him, “Brother, stop it! I do worse things every day, so how can I criticize him?” You accomplish two things when you say this. You heal yourself and you heal your neighbor with one bandage. St. John Climacus

Faith Youth Group Meeting Schedule
Please mark your calendars for these future meeting dates for the infant and toddlers youth group: July 18th, September 19th, October 24th, November 14th, and December 19th. All meetings will be from 9:30-11:30 and a snack is provided. Any questions contact Kelly Barbes at barbes11@msn.com.

Greek Festival Planning Meeting-this Wednesday May 27th at 7:00PM at the church. For more info contact Jean Pliakas at jwpliakas@aol.com. Greek Festival is August 22-23. Please mark your calendar in order to be there and help.

Philoptochos Decades Birthday Evening Buffet- will be at the home of Evelyn Boosalis on Thursday June 18th at 5:00pm. Please RSVP by Sunday June 14th to Evelyn at 651-429-7859.

Church Fathers Speak: We must not despair when we struggle and continuously see nothing but the slightest progress. We all do nearly nothing, some a little more, some a little less. When Christ sees our little effort, He gives us an analogous token, and so our nearly nothing becomes valuable and we can see a little progress. For this reason, we must not despair, but hope in God. Elder Paisios the Athonite

The Book Store- is taking orders for A Guide to Greek Traditions and Culture by Marilyn Rouvelas. This book describes ecclesiastical traditions, everyday customs, recipes and ways to celebrate feast days and holidays. Rouvelas’ writing style is straightforward, with clear explanations, making the book an invaluable reference and great gift-giving item. Order by June 1, 2009. Cost: $30.00.

Fr. Rick’s Wish List- Thank you to Lindsey Singer & Xenofon Papadopoulos for donating a digital camera. We also need a digital video camera that will store onto a memory card and/or a DVD. A used, good condition, item is acceptable. Thanks in advance for your thoughtfulness and generosity.

Sunday School Volunteers
We are recruiting volunteers for the Sunday School 2009-2010 year. Please see or email Andrea Faches (afaches@msn.com) to offer your services. Activities we need assistance with include: general planning, teaching & classroom support, Fall Kick Off, Christmas Program, Oratorical Festival, Saturday of Lazarus Youth Retreat and Graduation Sunday. Thanks to all the volunteers who`ve made 2008-2009 such a productive and meaningful year for all.

Sanctuary Renovation- thank you to everyone who helped with this project. Our sanctuary is beautiful and that helps reflect the beauty of God and His creation. Let us glorify Him with a generous donation to help complete this project. We have about $20,000 remaining to raise in order to pay for this project in full to avoid taking any loan. Doxa to Theo!

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St. George Greek Orthodox Church
1111 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105

Phone: (651) 222-6220
Fax: (651) 225-9276
Website: www.stgeorgegoc.org
Email: info@stgeorgegoc.org

Proistamenos: Rev. Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews
Email: fatherrick@usa.com