Sunday Services Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Church School Following Holy Communion Week Day Divine Liturgy Orthros 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy 10:15 AM Evening Vesperal Divine Liturgy 6:00 PM Consult Echo Calendar or Weekly Bulletin for times.
Blessed are You, O Christ our God, who made fisherman all-wise, by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them, drawing all the world into Your net. O Loving One, glory be to You.
Holy Trinity’s Mission Statement: To worship and glorify God, by promoting the teachings, of the Greek Orthodox Faith. To encourage all members' participation through our Greek culture, educational programs, community outreach and fundraising activities while serving God, our community and humanity
Parish Council Members Ushering Today
Greg cook – Dr. Dean Kopan – Debbie Morris - Pete Papadimos
THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED ANONYMOUSLY
THIS WEEK’S EPISTLE READERS ARE: In English: Davis Jenkins In Greek: Vassiliki Leontis
IN THE HOSPITAL THIS PAST WEEK: Manuel Yakumithis (UTMC) Perastika and a Speedy Recovery
CONDOLENCES to the family of Matina Nicholas who passed away this past week and whose funeral is tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. here at Holy Trinity. (Viewing/Trisagion is 10:00 a.m. – 11a.m.)
Today is Godparent Sunday – Please remember to sit with your Godchild because we will read the rededication prayer together from our pews after the children's sermon. If your Godchild is in Sunday School you may sit with them in the front pews. May this day be a time to strengthen your relationship with your Godchild as you receive Holy Communion together.
Please support our youth today after Church and become Souper Bowl Champions and Tackle Hunger. The Goyans and HOPE and Joy will sell soup to support IOCC. $5 for a bottomless bowl and $2 for a single bowl.
GREEK SCHOOL today after Sunday school
THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:
Monday, February 4th -Parish Council meeting 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 5th -Byzantine Music Fellowship 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 6th -Bible Study 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
-Greek School children 4-6pm Adults 6-9 a.m.
Thursday, February 7th -AHEPA & Daughters joint meetings and dinner 6:00 p.m.
Friday, February 8th -GOYA Coffee talk with Fr. Larry 6:00 p.m.
WEAR RED Sunday, February 10th in support of Women’s Heart Health Awareness month
Prosfora bakers! It is scheduling time for February, March, April, and May. Check your schedules and please be generous with your time. Contact Connie Mynihan at 419-250-4899 or email: cmynihan5@gmail.comand sign up for your Sunday(s).
APOKREATIKO “Greek Mardi Gras” – Sunday, March 3rd 2019 following the Divine Liturgy
sponsored by AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope - Great food, Dancing, Fellowship. All proceeds to benefit AHEPA family scholarships.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: "On Sunday, April 7th there will be a drawing for Kroger Rewards participants. Please, bring your Kroger receipt indicating Philoptochos as your selection to the Kroger Community Rewards Program. You will then complete one ballot, which will be placed in a box for the prize drawing. If you are not linked to Philoptochos with Kroger Rewards, you still have time to sign up and shop before April 7th. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Philoptochos ID# is CM658."
Sunday Coffee Hours - There are many Sundays available and it is a great way for your family, or a few families together, to offer fellowship and refreshments to our community. Open Sundays: February 24th. In the event that no one signs up for a Sunday to host a coffee hour, only coffee will be available at the Community Center. So come one, come all and sign up today to host a "Holy Trinity Coffee Hour Please call the Church office today and offer to sign up for a Sunday to host a coffee hour!
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL GIFT …Our Holy Trinity Bookstore has children’s items, jewelry, and beautiful religious items.
ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR June 30th. The cost is $50 for 2 beautiful vases. It’s a great way to show your support in honor or memory of someone and beautify our altar too! Call the Church office if you’re interested.
UP-COMING MEMORIALS – February 10th Konstantine Petros, Jr. – 1 year May His Memory Be Eternal
Offerings Report: Sunday, Jan. 27th Candles: $205 Trays: $143 Stewardship: $1,637 Thank you!
Yesterday we celebrated the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple; today we honor the righteous Elder Symeon and Prophetess Anna, who prophesied concerning Him by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and were the first in Jerusalem to receive Him as the Messiah.
Third Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:9-20
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.
Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
Prokeimenon. Third Mode. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10.
Brethren, working together with him, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger; by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
16th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 25:14-30
The Lord said this parable: "A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more. So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.' And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.' He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." As he said these things he cried out: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"