Please pray for our brothers and sisters: Gloria, Niko, Elias, Christina, Christina, Malina, John, Pete, Vincent, Rose, Veronica, John Peter, Angela, Athena, John, Lynne, Deborah, Georgia, Ivana, Mary, John, Nancy, Jane, Michael, Kostas, Stephan, Deborah.
Holy Ascension Liturgy: Thursday, June 6 at 9:30am.
Last minute update: Clergy Laity Award Dinner with Archbishop Dimitrios as special guest!!! The Clergy-Laity Award dinner will be held on Sun. June 9, starting at 5 pm, at Lombardo’s, 6 Billings St., in Randolph, MA. $75 pp. Sign-ups are available in the Narthex, or please notify Father Costin, or Jim Sperelakis, of your interest in attending. We can also arrange a car pool, if there is interest.
We just learned that Archbishop Dimitrios will join us as the special honoree. It's a great opportunity for us to thank him and say goodbye. Please see insert from our Metropolitan.
This year's recipient, Andrea Jones, is truly a cornerstone member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Newburyport, MA. Devout and knowledgeable in our faith, always reliable, going ‘above and beyond’, are but a few words used to describe Andrea. She was married into the Greek Orthodox Faith 31 years ago, when she wed her beloved, and recently deceased, husband Bill, in 1988, at the Annunciation in Newburyport. They raised two lovely daughters, Georgia and Eleni. Andrea fondly recalls attending her first service in our faith, the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Annunciation recently celebrated it’s Centennial Year, and with Andrea serving as our 100th Anniversary Chair, it was a phenomenal celebration! Each month we held a uniquely beautiful and moving event, tied to an Orthodox theme. Due to Andrea’s organizational skills, drive, and passion for perfection – each monthly event was wonderfully orchestrated, and celebrated by all Parishioners, past and present. She even found time that year to organize and prepare a hardbound 100th Anniversary cookbook and offer cooking classes!
Andrea has taught, and continues to teach, Sunday School for 20+ years. In addition to educating our youth in the religious tenets of our faith, Andrea has also instituted a ‘shadowing’ program, training our young people to be the next generation of Church leaders. The students are allowed to perform some of the functions of, for example, the Parish Council members – an initiative enjoyed and appreciated by all participants.
Amongst her very long list of accomplishments are Parish Council Secretary for two terms; ‘Coffee Fellowship Hour Coordinator’ for 5+ years; organizer of ‘St. Basil’s Tea’, a philanthropic fundraiser, since it’s inception 3 years ago; Greek Food Festival kitchen manager and workshop leader.
We proudly applaud and appreciate Andrea Jones, as a strong ‘pillar’ of our Church!
Parish Council members on duty John Housianitis and Jim Sperelakis
Greek Ladies Aid Society Next meeting is Tuesday, June 4 at 7:00pm. Please try to attend. Every member's presence, thoughts and opinions are needed and greatly appreciated. Also please note that membership dues are still welcome. Also, please remember that the GLAS Scholarship Application is due, as the other church scholarships, on June 1st. The Scholarship and Gifts to graduating seniors will be given out in church on the last day of Sunday School which is June 9th.
Prosforo is offered today by Anna Chetsas
June 9 Andrea Jones
June 16 Melinda Patrick
June 23 Tina Klidaras
June 30 Lisa Housianitis
Scholarships: applications for the Church, GLAS, Housianitis, Klidaras, Nabhan scholarships are available i in the Narthex. The deadline is June 1st.
Greek Food Festival: Next meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 3rd at 6:30pm in the Klidaras
Conference room. Sponsorship letters and rates for the GFF Program are available in the Narthex and in this
bulletin. As always, we are late in the – your coordinator for the “Ad Book” Andrea Jones takes full
responsibility – game. Let’s push ahead to get the Program Book well under way by month’s end.
Upcoming workshops that need help are as follows:
Koulourakia- Monday, May 27th and Tuesday, May 28th 8:30am.
Kourembethes & Finikia - Friday, May 31st 10am
Pastichio - Monday, June 3rd 12:00 noon on.., Tuesday, June 4th 10am-4pm, Wednesday, June 5th 9am on
(most help needed this day)
Vegetarian Dolmathes - Thursday, June 6th 7pm-9pm
Spanakopita - Saturday, June 8th 10am
Dolmathes - Saturday, June 15th and Sunday, June 16th time TBD
Meatballs - Wednesday, June 26th and Thursday, June 27th time TBD
Galatoboureko- Wednesday, July 24th and Thursday, July 25th 9am-3pm
Rice Pudding - Wednesday, July 24th 3pm on...
Newburyport Adult and Continuing Education Thank you, Melinda Patrick our Guest Chef on May 23nd for demonstrating a wonderful orzo and shrimp dish – Greek food, naturally, for our finale! We paired this Santorini dish with a Greek wine from the same island. Melinda and Andrea rolled the festival signature grape leaves for all to try, the class prepared a salad and made baklava to take home while we also had some prepared ahead of time. This was our last of four International Cooking Classes offered through Newburyport Adult and Community Education (NACE) in Nicholson Hall. The fee allocated by NACE to the organizer goes directly to our Church.
Please consider enjoying and coordinating this fun community outreach. See Andrea Jones to talk about coordinating a 2019 Autumn course through NACE https://newburyportadulted.org/