On behalf of all of our Catechism teachers, I would like to offer a heartfelt WELCOME BACK to our Annunciation youth!
Now, more than ever, we are looking forward to bringing our children together in-person to pray, learn, and have fun! To keep our students safe, please note that we require all children, teachers, and parents to wear masks while participating in classes. Though Covid may have us operating just a little differently than usual, we know that with your support and by the grace of God, we will have a wonderful and spiritually fulfilling year. At the end of today's liturgy, Father John will offer a special blessing for our youth, after which students will be invited back to the classrooms to meet their teachers and classmates.
PTO has also graciously prepared a "Welcome Back" buffet during coffee hour today - please join us!
If you haven't yet registered your child for Youth Ministries, please do so at://www.anngoc.org/ministry-life/youth-ministries/.

God Bless,
Jacinda Ojeda
Sunday School Director

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Youth Ministries Sunday, September 26, 2021

• September 26, after the liturgy - installation of GOYA officers, start of Sunday School and welcome back event hosted by PTO.
• October 1, - GOYA dance practice @ 7:30 in the church hall. 
• October 10, - "Kick Start to the College Process Workshop" hosted by Dr. Mendrinos - in the church hall *** after the liturgy.

2021-2022 PTO Membership Drive

Sarurday, October 9, 2021, PTO Trunk or Treat Evet

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An alternative calendar is available here until we work out the technical difficulties.

We are pleased to announce we have an upgraded mobile app! 

Vanco, our eGiving provider, has launched an updated mobile app called Vanco Mobile.
This new mobile app will be replacing GivePlus Mobile. With Vanco Mobile, you can send one-time donations or set recurring gifts.

How Do You Download Vanco Mobile?

It’s easy! Head over to the App Store or Google Play to download Vanco Mobile for free.

Be sure o download this app soon, as GivePlus Mobile will be retired as of September 30, 2021.

Current GivePlus App users will receive an email this week from Vanco with instructions on how to switch to the new app.

To give using Vanco Mobile, follow these five easy steps:

1. Search for our church by name.
2. Select your gift amount, fund, and frequency.
3. Enter your payment method. (You can save this information for future use!).
4. Choose whether you want to cover processing fees.
5. Click Submit to complete your donation.

You can also check out this Vanco Mobile How-To Guide for step-by-step instructions.

Please stop by the church office or call us if you have questions or need assistance.

Thanks to your generous and giving hearts, all our food donation requests for September have been fulfilled! If you were hoping to help this month, we welcome your donation ideas or your help in serving on September 30th! Please sign up here.

Our next scheduled serving date at Aviator Park is December the 30th. If anyone is interested in getting a team together to serve in October or November, please contact Angela Godshall.
As we close our Summer Water drive and wind down collecting books for Project Home we’d like to thank for you for all of your donations and support. We were grateful to receive enough boxed water and sustainable water bottles to distribute to all of those we serve on Thursday nights throughout the summer months at Aviator Park!

Also, we have delivered over 500 books to Project Home to date! We are planning one more delivery to Project Home the first week of October so please plan accordingly.

Our First Annual SOCKTOBER Sock Drive is right around the corner!
What is SOCKTOBER? If you don’t already know, SOCKTOBER is a national movement that gives everyone an easy and fun way to help those in need!

Beginning October 1st until October 31st, we invite everyone to bring in new socks of all sizes colors and patterns to benefit men, women and children in need in our area. Please place your donations in the Homeless Ministry basket located by the Resource Center on the balcony.

A big THANK YOU to our Philoptochos for kick starting our drive and donating six dozen pair of socks for those we serve at Aviator Park!
Please join in and be a part of this “sole warming” drive!

Thank you!

The Homeless Ministry

September is where our adventures begin for Matthew 25!

It’s always exciting to see where our ministry and the needs of the community direct us. We just made our delivery of eggs and butter to Seeds of Hope this past week. The pantry was always appreciative, and the shoppers relied on these two very essential foods from Matthew 25. We will continue to provide for the pantry every month.

We hope that our church family was unscathed by the recent wrath of the tornadoes. It got M25 thinking about how quickly lives can change in our area as we drove around the Ft. Washington and Upper Dublin neighborhoods when we made our pantry delivery. We realized that so many families were displaced, and once again, food insecurities are affecting our suburbs. We have begun to contact the schools in the hardest-hit areas, and with the help of the guidance counselors, we hope to provide food and supplies to some of these families. We will keep you informed as our endeavor unfolds! If you know of anyone in need, reach out to us, and we will do our best to purchase grocery store gift cards or specific foods for them.

With Covid numbers climbing and new variants, we will continue to exercise caution with our ministry. The pantry continues to prepare boxes for its shoppers. We always welcome non-perishable food donations to be placed in our bins. We will continue to purchase food from the monthly contributions we receive to keep everyone safe.

We made a $300 donation to Mattie Dixon Food Cupboard in Ambler this week and will be purchasing food for Somerton Interfaith Food Bank this month.

We look forward to our annual Turkey Drive and Angel Tree in November and December. Details to follow in the coming months.

If you’re thinking that this is a ministry you might enjoy being a part of, feel free to reach out to Sophia Penning at sophiagreekgirl@gmail.com or Lisa Trivelis oceancitymom@aol.com. We welcome new faces to help elevate the work we do!
Food for thought:

“LIFE IS LIKE A CAMERA. JUST FOCUS ON WHAT’S IMPORTANT. CAPTURE THE GOOD TIMES. DEVELOP THE NEGATIVES & IF THINGS DON’T WORK OUT…JUST TAKE ANOTHER SHOT.”

Bulletin Announcements

Please submit your material by Tuesday noon for the upcoming Sunday’s bulletin. 

Your submission should be an editable document (Word, Publisher, Google Doc, Pages), as well as your final PDF document.

Please send your submission to office@anngoc.org and Cc Fr. John at frjohn@anngoc.org for his review and approval.

All submissions will be placed on a first-come, first-served, space-available basis and are subject to editing and review.

Sunday Extra Services

Please call or email us at the parish office at least two weeks in advance if you would like to have a 40-day mother & child blessing, memorial, trisagion, artoklasia (the blessing of the five loaves-wine & oil), fanouropita (St. Phanurios bread), etc.

Requests are considered based on the ecclesiastical calendar.