Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Sunday of the Paralytic
May 19, 2019
Councilors: Maria Hicks, Harry Kaffenes*, Leon Kythas, Mary Winstead
Altar Group: St. Gregory the Theologian
Ambassadors: Lisa Klemes, Michael Mathes
Last Day of Sunday School
A special thank you to Sunday School Teachers for guiding and nurturing our youth.
New members or visitors, please stop by the Welcome Table across from the candlestand.
Orthros and The Divine Liturgy are broadcast live online each week
AXIOS! Archbishop-elect Elpidophoros
On May 11, 2019 the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate unanimously elected Metropolitan ELPIDOPHOROS of Bursa to be the Archbishop of America. Let us join together in welcoming Archbishop-elect Elpidophoros!
AXIOS! Archbishop-elect Elpidophoros
NATIONAL AHEPA DAY CELEBRATION
Christ has risen! It is a time of celebration. Sir Walter Raleigh AHEPA Chapter #10 would like to invite our community to come and celebrate National AHEPA Day on May 19th after Church in the fellowship hall. We will be hosting a luncheon to honor our seniors {65+} and veterans. The meal will be: spaghetti, meatballs, home-made sauce, garlic bread, salad, apple cobbler, and coffee/tea/water. We will only charge $5 for adults & kids and only $3 for seniors & veterans. There will be a limited number of tickets! Please purchase your tickets this Sunday. Thank you for supporting us and honoring our seniors and veterans!
GRADUATION SUNDAY IS JUNE 2ND
If you or your loved ones are graduating from High School, College, or Graduate School please fill out a form found on the candle stand and submit it to the Church Office. Let us honor your academic achievements! Deadline for submissions is Monday May 27th.
2019 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Spring is a very busy time of year for most families. Please don’t forget to submit your stewardship commitment for 2019. If you have not yet turned in your pledge, please do so via one of the methods listed below at your earliest convenience.
We are SO CLOSE! We are just 23% away from hitting our budget goal for the year.
EVERY PLEDGE COUNTS AT THIS CRITICAL TIME!
*Website / Online Giving:
http://www.holytrinityraleigh.org/ministries/stewardship-ministry/online-giving
*Place stewardship form in the Narthex Stewardship Form Drop Box
*Give stewardship form to a Parish Council Member
Take stewardship form to the Church Front Office
*Mail stewardship form to the Church:
5000 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh, NC 27612 (Attn: Church Office)
If you have any questions, please contact Stewardship Co-Chairs:
Angela Georgallis (acgeorgallis@gmail.com / 919-339-3169)
George Georgallis (ggeorgallis@hotmail.com / 773-251-8127)
PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS
Christos Anesti!
Elections for 2019-2021 Board will be held May 19th, following the AHEPA luncheon honoring our seniors and military veterans. Your vote matters!
ALL HANDS ON DECK!!!! We are asking for our members to step up and “adopt a month”. Each month’s group will provide a day’s lunch {25 meals} for the ladies at the Women’s Shelter. This would require the group to prepare the meals for lunch the night before. You can fix bag lunches, purchase items for lunch (i.e. potato salad, rotisserie chicken, rolls, etc.), or pick up some pizzas for these women who have fallen on hard times. We have made a great start in our 1.5 million meals with the Rise Against Hunger event, but we need to continue our outreach in our community. Please contact Rhonda Milkovich at remilkovich@gmail.com to reserve your month.
Greek Festival 2019 Volunteer Kickoff Luncheon – Sunday June 2nd
Please join us for the 2019 Greek Festival volunteer kickoff luncheon after services on Sunday June 2nd.
We offer this free luncheon to thank everyone who volunteered last year and start signing up volunteers for this September! Due to the continued growth in attendance we need to sign up even more volunteers. We are asking for college groups or corporations to consider sending a team to work a couple of three hour shifts as part of their community service and to support all the wonderful organizations that benefit from the Festival. If interested, please contact Stacey Armistead or Dori Riley at stacey.armistead@duke.edu or dori.riley@gmail.com for more details
Festival Program Advertisement & Sponsorship Opportunities
As you know, we are gearing up for our 38th Annual Greek Festival on September 6-8. Again this year, we will have a Festival Program for all guests. The Program has many advertising and sponsorship options and has been a great source of income for our festival. This is a great opportunity to advertise your business as our festival has up to 20,000 attendees each year. You can also purchase space in our Program to honor a friend or family member, memorialize a departed loved one or just wish us a successful festival.
Do you know a business owner who may want their business featured in our Program that will be seen by over 20,000 festival attendees? Sponsorship forms are available at the candle stand and a table will be set up in the fellowship hall with information on our advertising and sponsorship opportunities.
The deadline for sponsorships and ads is July 15th so act now!
KITCHEN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Kitchen Management Committee met to establish guidelines to ensure proper use and cleaning of our kitchen and equipment. Each organization/individual who uses the kitchen for ministry use, meetings, coffee hour, etc will be asked to designate a point of contact. This individual will receive detailed instructions for how each area of the kitchen should be cleaned. For your convenience a checklist will be provided and should be completed and returned to the office. All use of the kitchen should be scheduled through the office and included on the church calendar. If you are interested in joining our committee, please contact Mary Wehbie at maryellen.wehbie@gmail.com.
Thank you for helping us maintain a safe and clean kitchen!
CCCM INVITES ALL
Everyone is invited to join us on May 26th in the library after Divine Liturgy for a meeting in which we will be discussing plans for the completion of the Church garden, relevant speakers to address the Church community, large-scale composting, and other environmental issues affecting our community. Anyone interested in listening to CCCM's plans and/or providing input is urged to attend
NURSERY HAS LIVESTREAM
Parents of little ones, please keep in mind, when your little one is unhappy, our Nursery is available and has a big screen TV where you can continue to view the Liturgy until you’re ready to return.
This Week at Holy Trinity
SUN MAY 19TH
SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC
8:30AM: ORTHROS
10:00AM: LITURGY
11:30AM: NATIONAL AHEPA DAY
12:30PM: PHILOPTOCHOS GENERAL MEETING (MP)
HELLENIC DANCE
12:30PM: YOUTH B (FH)
1:30PM: YOUTH A (MP)
2:00PM: TEENS (FH)
TUES MAY 21ST
7:00PM: ADULT GREEK DANCE
THURS MAY 23RD
7:00AM: MEN’S GROUP
9:15AM: WOMEN’S GROUP
SAT MAY 25TH
10:00AM: BAPTISM– LANEY
1:00PM: BOYS BASKETBALL
SUN MAY 26TH
SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
8:30AM: ORTHROS
10:00AM: LITURGY
11:30AM: COFFEE HOUR– CAPETANOS FAMILY
12:00PM: CCCM (L)
HELLENIC DANCE
12:30PM: YOUTH B (FH)
1:00PM: YOUTH A (MP)
1:30: TEENS (F11)