Please pray for our brothers and sisters: Gloria, Niko, Christina, Malina, John, Louise, Pete, Vincent, Rose, Veronica, John Peter, Norma, Angela, Athena, John, Lynne, Deborah, Georgia, Ivana, Mary, John, Nancy, Jane, Michael.
Parish Council Members on duty: Maria Connor and Daphne Tikellis
Trisagion - CHRISTOPHER GENNA 21 month rememberance as he sleeps with our Lord. 2/25/1971~10/24/2016. May his memory be eternal!
Greek Food Festival Focus Group meeting Sunday, July 22nd after Church to finalize for the GFF.
Raffle tickets are selling like hotcakes! Many of you have already purchased tickets and we thank you as this helps us with the many upfront costs associated with the festival. If you have not yet purchased tickets or received a book in the mail, please contact Don Argyrople donargyrople@gmail.com. This is the ONLY raffle we will be running for the festival this year. A chance to win is $5 for one ticket or a book of 5 tickets for $20.
Please take some time to sign up for some shifts for the upcoming Greek Food Festival July 27-29th. It’s imperative that we have complete coverage in all areas. It’s our largest festival yet and working together will produce greater success and less stress!
You can access the sign up online through the sign up genius link: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c0a48adaa2fa5fe3-greek/29094198 or you can use the binder found in the Narthex and circulating at coffee hour.
To discuss where you would like to volunteer, e mail jennifercooperagoc@gmail.com or call at 598-484-8822 . Kids are also welcome to help!
Thank you for your love and support of AGOC!
Yankee Homecoming Parade! In celebration of our 100th Anniversary, we are marching in the Yankee Homecoming Parade to thank the community for their continued support. The date is Sunday, August 5th. The parade route is 2 miles long. It takes about two hours from start to finish. Typically starts between noon and 12:15pm ending around 2:00 – 2:15pm. Everyone is welcome to march. We will be carrying a banner thanking the community and highlighting our 100th Anniversary, waving greek flags and maybe even have greek music playing! If you are interested please contact Diane Hansen, dvhansen@verizon.net, or 978-462-5815.
100th Anniversary 100th Anniversary Centennial Sponsorship suggestions can be sent to Maria Connor at mariaconnor@comcast.net. The sponsorship form outlining the monetary levels are inserted in the electronic weekly bulletin and hardcopies available in the Narthex for you to solicit Sponsorships in sizes and cost from $250 on upwards. A single line message is available only to parishioners at $100. All sponsorships will be included in the Greek Food Festival book, Gala program and Commemorative hard cover book.
We continue preparations for the biggest Greek Food Festival ever at the end of July and our Gyros on Inn Street through the Yankee Homecoming Festival showcasing our “Food and Culture”. Our “Greek Orthodox Youth of America” have something special planned for August so watch this space for more details.
EIKONA is coming to our Annunciation Church in September! The three sisters Orthodox ensemble will be here in time for Paraklesis on the 21st, a Concert to celebrate our 100th Anniversary on the 22nd, then will join our Choir for Orthros and Divine Liturgy on the 23rd. We are experiencing music from Eikona's on cd during the distribution of antidhoron. Tickets for the concert are available at www.brownpapertickets.com under Eikona, or from Don Argyrople. Tickets are selling quickly - buy your tickets now so you don’t miss out. In support of the visit, Annunciation Note Card packages (6 cards and envelopes for $5 total) are again available. These beautiful cards feature a reproduction of Evan Freeman’s 2006 painting of The Annunciation Church. All proceeds go directly to support the Eikona Concert. See Don Argyrople to purchase cards.