Sts. Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Boulder, CO PUBLISH DATE: November 1, 2009

 

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SCHEDULE SUNDAY
40 Day memorial for Eleni Sampson, wife of Earl Sampson.
Artoklasia service
11:30am Sunday School
5:00pm Orthodox Book Club
MONDAY
5:30pm Greek School
WEDNESDAY
5:00pm JOY
6:00pm Paraklesis
7:00pm Bible Study
SATURDAY
5:00pm Great Vespers

CHILDREN'S CHOIR This Sunday, our Sunday School children will be singing both the Trisagion Hymn & the Communion Hymn during Divine Liturgy.

PHILOPTOCHOS FEAST DAY This Sunday, the Philoptochos will pass a tray to collect donations for the Patriarchate's many philanthropic projects. Please give generously!

IOCC We would like to thank everyone for everyone for making the IOCC fundraiser a huge success last week. Through your generosity, we we able to raise over $1100.00 for IOCC. Thanks for all the donations and support!

SPECIAL PARISH ASSEMBLY We will be holding a Special Assembly on Sunday, November 8th, following Divine Liturgy. If you are a steward of the parish, you will be receiving further details in the mail.

FALL GENERAL ASSEMBLY Scheduled for Sunday, November 15th, following Divine Liturgy. If you are a steward of the parish, you will be receiving further details in the mail.

ORTHODOX BOOK CLUB Our Orthodox book club returns this Sunday evening (November 1st) at 5:00pm. The book we are currently reading is The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos Markides. Please see Ian or Fr. George for more information.

WOMEN'S RETREAT TO MOTHER CASSIANA'S It is that time of the year when we try to go to mother Cassiana's monastery. As you know the number of people that can go is limited by mother Cassiana at 11. The retreat is scheduled for Nov. 6-8. Please let Dana Gall or Lis Troicky know as soon as possible if you can make it.

OCMC FUNDRAISER DINNER We will be selling tickets after Liturgy for the November 15th OCMC fundraiser dinner. Adults are $10, children $5 and kids (5 and under) are free. Families are encouraged to bring their children since Cindy Stamus and Fran Gonis will have religious crafts and activities for the children while the parents are in the great hall learning more about missions.

GREEK SCHOOL Continues this Monday @ 5:30pm
Children: Please contact Fran Gonis. Fran can be reached by phone at 303-666-0333 or by email at Lgonis@juno.com.
Adults: Please contact Evi Deslis. Evi can be reached by phone at 720-304-3038 or by email at edeslis@earthlink.net


ORTHODOX MISSIONS AWARENESS PAN ORTHODOX MISSIONS AWARENESS FAMILY EVENING
Sunday, November 15 4:00-7:00 p.m., Assumption of the Theotokos Cathedral, 4610 E. Alameda Avenue, Denver. Featuring Nathan Hoppe (OCMC MISSIONARY, ALBANIA) and Darrell Fox and Sue Nelson Medical Missions Team, UGANDA
4:00 Opening Prayers in Church
4:15-5:00 Mission Information WALKABOUT
OCMC-Short Term-Long Term-Children’s Activities for both younger children and youth/teens
5:00 Dinner followed by speakers
7:00 Closing Prayers
For tickets or information contact: Helen Kretzmann, 303-773-3411, Helen@stcatherinechurch.org.
Please bring any used Orthodox Study Bibles or any recycled old prescription eyeglasses or readers to donate to UGANDAN Orthodox.
Tickets are $10 for Adults, $5 for Children 5-12, Free for Children under 5 years old . Mail in a check, payable to OCMC and mailed to St. Catherine Orthodox Church, Mission Event, Attn: Helen, 5555 S. Yosemite Street, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 or pay with a credit card over the phone to Helen or pay at the door with cash or check.


OLD CHICAGO PIZZA PALZ Old Chicago Pizza Palz are back! Purchase a gift certificate for $11 from the Philoptochos and receive a Large pizza of your choice at Old Chicago (up to $22 value). See Julie Powers today to make your purchase!

GROCERY CARDS Philoptochos is selling grocery gift cards in $25, $50, & $100 denominations for Safeway & King Soopers.  The cards are used like cash when groceries are purchased. Philoptochos makes money from the sale of the cards which is used for national, metropolis and local (church & Boulder County) philanthropic programs.  In 2008 Philoptochos made a little over $2,500 from the grocery cards.

WEBSITE UPDATE As there are many new items being added to our website, we've added a What’s New? section to the lower left-hand side (beneath links to the Parish Calendar, etc.) Please check here to find the latest additions to our website or new information.

PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS If you are interested in running for a seat on the parish council, then please contact either Dana Gall or Eric Elias as soon as possible.

FELLOWSHIP HOSTS November 1: Sunday School Children
November 8: Tinsley family (for Katie & Cassie's birthdays)
November 15: Jan Marose
November 22: Philoptochos
November 29: Open
December 6: Presbytera Kedrann (for the feast day of St. Nicholas)
December 13: Nick Kallan
December 20: Open
December 27: Open

MYRRHBEARERS November 1: Anna, Elizabeth & Marianna
November 8: Annalisa, Melina & Sophie
November 15: Brianna, Evie & Elizabeth
November 18: Demetra, Marianna & Melina
November 22: Hannah, Sophie & Evie
November 29: Anna, Elizabeth & Marianna

USHERS If you are unable to usher on your assigned day, please try to swap with someone else or arrange alternate cover. Recently there have been several occasions where no-one has been here to greet our visitors. Thank you!
November 1: George & Charleen Pappas
November 8: Christine Welker
November 15: Tony Sammoury
November 22: Pete & Cindy Stamus
November 29: Alex & Lis Troicky
December 6: George & Nicole Tsiouvaras
December 13: Angelos Voris
December 20: Jim & Julie Powers
December 27: Jim Zissimos


TO OUR VISITORS Thank you for visiting! Please come to greet the priest and receive a piece of blessed bread (called Antidoron – meaning "in place of the gifts" in Greek) at the end of the service. You are welcome to worship with us this morning, but please be aware that unless you are a baptized and chrismated (confirmed) member of the Orthodox Church, you may not receive communion. This is the teaching of the Holy Orthodox Church. If you would like more information, please fill out the cards found in the pews or speak to any member of the Parish Council.

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