PARISH NEWS
Pangari Schedule: Charles Krome, Maria Lianidis and Nick Kafkalas.
Philoptochos Memorial will be held today.
Also memorials will be held today for family members of Fotini Tsahourides and Clete Tsahourides. 40 day memorial for George Aslanides, 6 month memorial for Parthena and Andreas Avozaglou and a 10 year memorial for Maria Tsahourides. May their memories be eternal.
Philoptochos Past Presidents Thanksgiving: Today we will honor and thank our three recent past presidents of Philoptochos, Georgia Psilopoulos, Athena Sacco and Dorrie Papademetriou.
Today's Coffee Hour will be hosted by our Philoptochos Sisters. in the Fellowship Hall. If you are hosting the coffee hour please make sure that all products are nut free. We have children with severe nut allergies. Thank you! Please call or email Faten Dib 609-226-2691 or fattouneh@hotmail.com today and offer to sign up for a Sunday to host the coffee hour!
Dont' forget to register for Greek School and Sunday School! Registration forms are now available. (see attached flyers)
CHURCH REMINDERS
Mask wearing is now optional, but we are strongly encouraging those who are not vaccinated and those who have medical conditions to continue wearing masks.
We will not be social distancing as we were before. However, those with special medical situations should contact Ginny, Lisa, or Father George so that they can attend the services safely and with peace of mind.
We will no longer register online for church services.
We should also sanitize our hands upon entering the Church, and we are still not kissing icons or the priest's hand.
If anyone is feeling sick they should stay home in order to protect others.
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 26: Philoptochos Memorial
September 26: Philoptochos Past President's Luncheon
October 3: Sunday School Begins
October 9: Ocean City Block Party
October 15-17: Annual GOYA Welcome Back Weekend
November 6: Philoptochos Bid-N-Buy
RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION
Holy Communion is offered to those baptized Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves for the reception of the Sacrament by prayer and fasting. Blessed Bread is available for all our visitors at the very end of the Divine Liturgy. Our Sunday School students receive Holy Communion first and then we will approach from the center aisles, starting with the front pews, one pew at a time.
PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS
Philoptochos will continue to sell Shop Rite Gift Cards. Please see attached flyer with information on how to purchase.
Our annual Bid-N-Buy will be held on Saturday, November 6th. Please see attached flyer for details. This year we are asking for monetary donations. Let us do the shopping for you!
SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS
Sunday School begins October 3rd. Please hand in registration forms to the church office. Please contact Sarai Taraborrelli (sarai1southrey@gmail.com) if you have any questions.
We look forward to seeing all the children in Sunday School again!
GOYA NEWS
GOYA Fundraiser: Please see attached flyer for our GOYA annual fundraiser. Also attached is the flyer for the 5th Annual GOYA Welcome Back Weekend.
OCEAN CITY BLOCK PARTY
The Ocean City Block Party takes place on Saturday October 9th at 9th Street and Asbury Ave. This is a fundraiser that benefits the Church. Help is needed as listed below. If you can lend a hand at all, or just one of the times below it would be appreciated.
-Friday October 8th help is needed in the morning to slice onions in the commercial kitchen, gather and organize items needed for the Block Party, and then from 4:30p.m. to 5:00p.m. to load the truck at the commercial kitchen. The most important part where help will be needed this day is loading the truck at 4:30p.m.
-Saturday October 9th:
Beginning around 7:15a.m. at 9th Street and Asbury Ave. in Ocean City to unload the truck and set up;
9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. help is needed to cut tomatoes, cut Gyro, make Gyro’s, take customer’s orders, run the register, etc.;
5:00p.m. to 5:45p.m. help is needed to load everything into the truck;
6:15p.m. to 7:30p.m. help is needed at the commercial kitchen to unload the truck, wash items and put away.
Please contact Brian Sacco at 609-412-2305 or briansacco1@gmail.com to let him know if you can help. Thank You.
BIBLE STUDY
Our first Bible Study of the Ecclesiastical Year will be on Tuesday, September 28th, via Zoom at 7:00 pm. A link will be sent prior to Bible Study
MEMORIALS
If you are planning a family memorial, please contact the church office far in advance of the date, so that we can properly register your family for church attendance.
PARKING
Due to safety regulations, please do not park cars along the curb in front of the church and the community center during church services and other events. Thank you!