SUNDAY MATINS/DIVINE LITURGY, 8:15 am
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During the weekend, if you are not able to find parking space in our lot, you may use the parking lots of either
just a block away.
Additonally, if you are able, please consider our elders, or single parents coming to church with their children and leave empty spots in our parking lot for them.
Respect our neighbors and our own safety!
EPISTLE: Ephesians 2:4-10 (pgs. 101-102)
HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 18:18-27 (pg. 114)
READER: Bob Gountis
ALTAR BOYS: Team B: Teddy C. Anagnostopoulos, Angelo Cicatello, Dimitris Dahl, Elias Dalianis, Blaise Dalianis, George L. Liapis, George P. Liapis, Markos Mamalakis, Dimitri Maniotis, Leonidas Melissourgos, Foti Papageorge, Andrew Roche, Vasili Tsiampas, Joseph VanCleve
USHERS: Tony Antonopoulos, Justin Ahlborn, Procopis Liapis, Apollon Limberatos, Niko Marlis
PROSPHORON: Renee Acra
HOSPITALITY: JOY
BOOKSTORE: Please call the office to volunteer
EPISTLE: Ephesians 2:14-22 (pgs. 103-104)
HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 18:35-43 (pg. 115)
READER: Bob Gountis
ALTAR BOYS: Team A: Andre Acra, Theodore G. Anagnostopoulos, Evan Anagnostopoulos, Nikita Athens, Angelo Gorgolis, Christos Konstantakis, Peter Konstantakis, George Kostopoulos, Spiros Limberatos, Makis Limberatos, Sam Patterson, Louis Tsagalis, John Tsagalis, Peter Tsagalis, Aristotelis & Dimitri Ziogas
USHERS: Alex Marlis, Sophia Menendez, Tony Panagopoulos, George Papageorge
PROSPHORON: Ana Stasinoulias
HOSPITALITY: Greek School PTO
BOOKSTORE: Jackie Papageorge
GOYA Christmas Card Sale
+Memorial: 1-Year Theresa DeLakis
7:30AM Prosforon: Renee Acra
8:15AM Matins
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
9:15AM Divine Liturgy
10:00AM Folk Fair
11:00AM Sunday School
11:15AM Hospitality: JOY
7:30PM BBALL: YAL2 Team
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
Epiphany will be closed; Teacher Training
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
Epiphany will be closed
Office CLOSED
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
6:00PM NO Adult Greek Classes - Thanksgiving
Nikki on Vacation
Epiphany will be closed
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
10:30AM NO Bible Study (Eng)
4:00PM NO Fish Fry
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
9:30AM No Greek School Classes - Thanksgiving
7:30AM Prosforon: Hara Kinis
8:15AM Matins
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
9:15AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Sunday School
11:15AM Hospitality: Greek School PTO
7:30PM BBALL: YAL2 Team
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
10:00AM +Funeral: Martha Pavlovic (Visitation @ 10am - Funeral @ 11:30am)
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
9:00AM Fr. Panteleimon on Vacation
6:00PM Adult Greek Classes
8:00AM +Matins/D. Liturgy - St. Nicholas
10:30AM Bible Study (Eng)
4:00PM Fish Fry
9:30AM Greek School Classes
4:00PM JOY: Craft-making for fundraising
+Memorial: 40-Days Steve Gaveras
+Memorial: 6-months Dionysia Wegel
+Memorial: 1-Year Konstantinos Kolintzas
Coming DEADLINE: The Vine announcements
7:30AM Prosforon: Peggy Gorgolis
8:15AM Matins
9:15AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM JOY: Fundraising (selling handmade items)
11:00AM Sunday School
11:15AM Hospitality: Sunday School
11:30AM Election for Parish Council
12:00PM Everyone: Christmas Church Decorating
12:00PM GOYA: Christmas Tree Decorating
1:00PM Golden Agers Christmas Party @ Zebb's Restaurant
7:30PM BBALL: YAL2 Team
We have upgraded our database to a new amazing system! Click on the following video to learn more about what we are in the process of setting up with your help!
Our church has moved to a new kind of church record keeping solution called Realm®. It primarily serves the administrative needs of our staff, but it also offers some exciting opportunities to support the way you are involved in our church. Not only will this improve work life for our ministry staff, it will make it easier for our church family to connect with each other, keep up with what’s going on, and grow as a connected community of believers.
So.... if we had your email in our previous database we have already sent you an invitation to join Realm Connect. After you accept the invitation and create your login, you can download the Connect app (find the link at the end of this post) and come join us in creating our very own connected community! If you can't find the Realm invitational email, please send me an email at church@stsconstantinehelenwi.org and request a Realm Invite. Ministry leaders should stop by the office to pick up their "Leader Guide" with helpful information.
Let's Connect!
Stay connected to our church wherever you go by downloading the free Connect -‐ Our Church Community app for iPhone and Android devices. Use it to communicate with your groups, RSVP to events, manage your giving, update profile information, and more. It makes it easier for us to connect throughout the week and know what’s happening
•News—Keeps everyone up-‐to-‐date with the latest posts, photos, and events for your group and for your church as a whole
•Posts—Post messages to your group and comment on posts by others in your group
•Photos—Capture your moments together and share them with your group
•Events—See event details (date, time, location, etc), submit your RSVP, and sign up to bring something
•Files —Access your group’s shared files
•Messages—Send your entire group, or select individuals, a message that starts a conversation
•Participants—See names and basic profile details for the people in your church or group, based on their privacy preferences
•Notification Settings—Manage your preferences for group notifications and emails
iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/connect-our-church-community/id1052274581?mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acstechnologies.android.realm.engagement
When fasting, this is the order of removing the different food groups:
1. Meat—We remove all meat products
2. Dairy/Eggs—We remove all dairy products and eggs
3. Fish—We remove all fish with a backbone
4. Oil/Wine—We remove shellfish and all vegan dishes with oil
5. Strict Fast—Bread, nuts, water-boiled soups
So, our calendar fasting symbols mean:
1. Fast-Free: Everything is allowed (in moderation)
2. Dairy/Eggs Allowed: No Meat
3. Fish Allowed: No Meat/Dairy/Eggs
4. Oil/Wine Allowed: No Meat/Dairy/Eggs/Fish
5. Strict Fast: No Meat/Dairy/Eggs/Fish/Oil/Wine or Shellfish
OCN's weekly bulletin for children
Letter with the results of our Special General Assembly
Annunciation church's choir invites you to arrive at church a few minutes early if you would like to help read or sing.
Winter sessions open October 18 at noon
Informational flyer for the new Policies for the Safety of Children and Youth from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Deadline is January 31, 2020
Registration opens December 2019 - The new Jr. Olympics Philanthropy Competition (Youth Causing Change) seeks to add a new element to the Jr. Olympics. It will allow all children from parishes to engage in competition for the purpose of charity to those in need. The Youth Causing Change will allow children, athletic and non, to come together as a parish to give to those in need. Not only will it allow the youth to cause change for a good cause; it will allow the children of our parishes to cause change and grow in Christ by working together philanthropically.
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First Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Matthew 28:16-20
At that time, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age. Amen."
First Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 28:16-20
Οἱ δὲ ἕνδεκα μαθηταὶ ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, εἰς τὸ ὄρος οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς. καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ, οἱ δὲ ἐδίστασαν. καὶ προσελθὼν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς λέγων· ἐδόθη μοι πᾶσα ἐξουσία ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς. πορευθέντες μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ῾Αγίου Πνεύματος, διδάσκοντες αὐτοὺς τηρεῖν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος. ἀμήν.
Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10.
Brethren, God who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God: not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Προκείμενον. Plagal Second Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 27.9,1.
Σῶσον, Κύριε τὸν λαὸν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
Στίχ. Πρὸς σἐ, Κύριε, κεκράξομαι ὁ Θεός μου.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους 2:4-10.
Ἀδελφοί, ὁ θεός, πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀγάπην αὐτοῦ ἣν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν συνεζωοποίησεν τῷ Χριστῷ - χάριτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι - καὶ συνήγειρεν, καὶ συνεκάθισεν ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· ἵνα ἐνδείξηται ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσιν τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις τὸν ὑπερβάλλοντα πλοῦτον τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἐν χρηστότητι ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν· θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον· οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἵνα μή τις καυχήσηται. Αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα, κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, οἷς προητοίμασεν ὁ θεός, ἵνα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατήσωμεν.
13th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 18:18-27
At that time, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said, "All these I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." But when he heard this he became sad, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."
13th Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 18:18-27
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄρχων λέγων· διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεός. τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας· μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, μὴ φονεύσῃς, μὴ κλέψῃς, μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου. ὁ δὲ εἶπε· ταῦτα πάντα ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου. ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει· πάντα ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι. ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα περίλυπος ἐγένετο· ἦν γὰρ πλούσιος σφόδρα. ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς περίλυπον γενόμενον εἶπε· πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ! εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστι κάμηλον διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν. εἶπον δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες· καὶ τίς δύναται σωθῆναι; ὁ δὲ εἶπε· τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ ἐστιν.
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