Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Raleigh, NC
JUDGMENT SUNDAY
MARCH 7, 2021
We invite you to join us this Sunday to celebrate the Divine Liturgy whether in person or virtually. We also extend a special welcome to all newcomers.
CHILDREN’S CHANGE FOR CHANGE SUNDAY
This Sunday is “Children’s Change for Change.” Please be prepared to contribute any extra change to the basket for this very worthy fund as you leave the Liturgy.
ATTEND LITURGY VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON
Online Registration is required!
Due to the continued impact of COVID-19 and the decision to practice precaution for everyone, we are maintaining, but slightly increasing, the number of attendees at any given service to 60 parishioners. While we have increased the attendance to 60 parishioners/visitors, we ask that everyone remain diligent in social distancing and wearing masks. Instructions for registering to attend in person are provided below. For all who do not attend in-person, please join in with us through our live-streamed service at: www.holytrinityraleigh.org.
If you attended the Sunday service last week, please allow other parishioners the opportunity to attend and do not register for two or three consecutive services. However, if there are still openings 30 minutes before registration closes at 9:00 p.m. the evening before the service, then we encourage you to register. We also remind you: If for some reason, you cannot attend service after signing up, PLEASE remove your name(s) from signup at the website.
Please arrive early to Sunday service, before 9:45, giving time for check in. When attending the service, please wear a mask at all times, sign in upon entering, allow your temperature to be taken, and maintain proper distance with those attending.
Check in will include answering the COVID-19 questions below.
If you answer “yes” to any of the following COVID-19 questions, we ask that you not sign up for a church service at this time.
- Do you have any of the following symptoms that are new or worsening: cough, congestion, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, fever or feeling feverish, chills, muscle pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea?
- Have you had close contact with a person with confirmed COVID-19 in the last 21 days?
- Have you tested positive in the last 21 days for COVID-19?
Please be mindful of your fellow parishioners by not registering for all services.
If you have any difficulty signing up, please email: htgocrsignup@gmail.com
SIGN UP FOR SERVICES
Please click here to register for Liturgy, 1ST SATURDAY OF SOULS
Saturday, March 6 at 9:30 A.M.
You may email a list of your departed loved ones to Fr Paul at htraleighfr@gmail.com.
Please click here to register for Liturgy, JUDGMENT SUNDAY
Sunday, March 7 at 10:00 A.M.
Please click here to register for Liturgy, 2ND SATURDAY OF SOULS
Saturday, March 13 at 9:30 A.M.
Please click here to register for Liturgy, FORGIVENESS SUNDAY
Sunday, March 14 at 10:00 A.M.
Please click here to register for Service, FORGIVENESS VESPERS SERVICE
Sunday, March 14 at 5:00 P.M.
Please click here to register for FIRST PRE-SANCTIFIED LITURGY
Wednesday, March 17 at 6:00 P.M.
Please click here to register for Service, FIRST SALUTATIONS TO THE THEOTOKOS
Friday, March 19 at 6:30 P.M.
Please click here to register for Liturgy, 3RD SATURDAY OF SOULS
Saturday, March 20 at 9:30 A.M.
You may email a list of your departed loved ones to Fr Paul at htraleighfr@gmail.com.
SPRING GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Next Sunday!
The Spring General Assembly will be held on Sunday, March 14th at 12:30 p.m. (after the Divine Liturgy). All stewards will receive a 2021 information packet, through USPS mail this week, to review in preparation for this meeting. This meeting will be held virtually, through Zoom, to make things as safe and comfortable as possible for everyone due to the ongoing Coronavirus issues. You must sign up at: https://forms.gle/njoPAMf2ra68rK767, to attend this virtual General Assembly Session. All registered attendees will be emailed a Zoom link in advance of the meeting.
In order to attend and vote, individuals must meet the criteria below:
1. You must have been a Steward of the Church at least three months;
2. You must have returned a completed stewardship pledge card for the current year, pledging your fair share in financial support to the Parish; and
3. You must have fulfilled your previous year’s pledge (unless you are a new member).
Please join us!
2021 VIRTUAL LENTEN SERIES
BEGINNING SOON – MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
The first of six consecutive virtual Lenten Lectures begins Tuesday, March 16 at 7:00 pm via Zoom, with our former Pastoral Assistant, Robert Shand. He will speak “On Obedience”.
To attend this Zoom meeting, beginning at 6:55 p.m., please click this link:
https://goarch.zoom.us/j/93194281058
Here is the Lenten Series line up for the weeks to follow:
- Fr Micah Hirschy – March 23, “On Joyful Sorrow”
- Fr Michael Platanis - March 30, “On Detachment”
- Fr Robert Lawrence – April 6, “On Discernment”
- Fr Hieromonk Polycarp Strosnider – April 13, “On Fear”
- Fr Demetri Kangelaris – April 20, “On Vainglory/Humbling Ourselves”
- The link will be provided each week here in the bulletin
Please plan to attend these excellent sessions!
MESSAGE FROM PARISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT
You are always welcome to attend!
The March Parish Council meeting will be on Wednesday, March 17th at 7 pm. Due to COVID-19, we are currently meeting virtually using Zoom. All stewards and parishioners of Holy Trinity are welcome to attend any of these meetings. The discussion for this meeting will include an update to the 2021 YTD financial results as well as a discussion on the Capital Planning for the new sanctuary and church facilities led by George Pappas. For those who desire to attend virtually, please contact Jim Klemes at
jim.klemes@allwaysshred.com for details.
CHURCH BROADCAST INFORMATION UPDATE
We are moving exclusively to YouTube.com!
For those of you who have been watching the church broadcasts on Livestream.com and the 137 of you who are “followers”, we want to let you know that we will be leaving that broadcast platform due to the fees required by Livestream.com and the extra broadcast setup for each service required to maintain two different broadcast platforms. Livestream.com was our original home base for several years and last March we began simulcasting to the church’s YouTube channel because of the wider availability. We have over 325 subscribers on YouTube. Thanks to generous donations to the broadcast ministry, we are purchasing new equipment in order to improve our broadcasts which will begin today, on March 7, 2021, exclusively on the church’s YouTube channel. The links to both platforms provided on the church website, LIVE BROADCASTS, will be just one at that time. There will be a number of follow-up notifications of the transition off of Livestream in the next two weeks. Subscribers and followers who are on YouTube will not see any change from the transition. Thank you for your understanding. If you need assistance in this transition, please contact Chris Pappas at chris@polyconcpm.com.
2021 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Our 2021 Stewardship Campaign is off to a strong start thanks to those of you who have already submitted your commitment forms and pledges for the year. THANK YOU for being engaged and loyal partners in this critical ministry, especially during such extraordinary times!
As we prepare to for our upcoming virtual General Assembly on Sunday, March 14th, please remember that you must have pledged during the current 2021 campaign, and also fulfilled your pledge and turned in a commitment card during last year’s 2020 campaign, in order to be a voting member during the meeting.
Members can now submit their 2021 Commitment Cards ONLINE! For those of you who would like to remotely handle your stewardship this year, please click on the box that is titled Submit 2021 Stewardship Commitment Form Online –on either the church home page (http://www.holytrinityraleigh.org/community/parish-ministries/stewardship-ministry/) or stewardship page (http://www.holytrinityraleigh.org/), and it will take you to a Google Document to capture all the information that is on the typical paper commitment card. This active link can also be accessed by going directly to:(https://forms.gle/wMYzun2vQciEmrew6).
Now that this new feature is enabled, members can turn in their commitment cards electronically and then immediately afterwards go into online giving portal, Abundant Giving, (https://abundant.co/holytrinityraleigh/give), to set up their pledge and payment schedule online for the pledge component of their stewardship for the 2021 campaign.
Outside of this new online submit/online process, you can also submit your commitment card and pledge support via using these methods as before:
*MAIL your stewardship commitment card with pledge amount to Judy’s attention atHoly Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 5000 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh, NC 27612
*EMAIL your scanned commitment card with pledge amount to Judy athtraleighoffice@gmail.com
As always, if you have any questions or concerns regarding the 2021 campaign, the new online commitment card submission process, or your stewardship in general, please contact Angela Georgallis, Stewardship Co-Chair, at 919-339-3169 or acgeorgallis@gmail.com.
BOOKSTORE NEWS
Copies of the “Service of the Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos” are available for purchase. If you would like to purchase one, please see Judy in the office with a check for $14.50 made out to: Holy Trinity Bookstore or a Parish Council member following the Divine Liturgy. For questions, contact: Tamara at tamcosta@aol.com
2021 HOLY TRINITY SCHOLARSHIPS
The 2021 scholarship application is now available on holytrinityraleigh.org under “Resources”. High school seniors, college and graduate students are eligible to apply. Completed applications must be received in the church office by April 9. If you have a question about the scholarship process, please contact Penny Gallins at pgb0728@gmail.com. Thanks to the Holy Trinity families who sponsor scholarships!
SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY
Registrations to attend in-person are required.
Maximum capacity sixty (60) people per service
SATURDAY MARCH 6TH, 2021
1ST SATURDAY OF SOULS
9:30 A.M. LITURGY
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 9:15 A.M., DOXOLOGY AT 9:20 A.M.)
Please click here to register for Liturgy Saturday, March 6 at 9:30 A.M.
You may email a list of your departed loved ones to Fr Paul at htraleighfr@gmail.com.
SUNDAY MARCH 7TH, 2021
JUDGMENT SUNDAY (MEATFARE SUNDAY!)
10:00 A.M. LITURGY
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 9:45 A.M., DOXOLOGY AT 9:50 A.M.)
Please click here to register for Liturgy Sunday, March 7 at 10:00 A.M.
SATURDAY MARCH 13TH, 2021
2ND SATURDAY OF SOULS
9:30 A.M. LITURGY
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 9:15 A.M., DOXOLOGY AT 9:20 A.M.)
Please click here to register for Liturgy Saturday, March 13 at 9:30 A.M.
You may email a list of your departed loved ones to Fr Paul at htraleighfr@gmail.com.
SUNDAY MARCH 14TH, 2021
FORGIVENESS SUNDAY
10:00 A.M. LITURGY
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 9:45 A.M., DOXOLOGY AT 9:50 A.M.)
Please click here to register for Liturgy Sunday, March 14 at 10:00 A.M.
SUNDAY MARCH 14TH, 2021
FORGIVENESS VESPERS SERVICE FOLLOWED BY LITURGY
5:00 P.M. SERVICE
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 4:55 P.M.)
Please click here to register for Service Sunday, March 14 at 5:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 17TH, 2021
FIRST PRE-SANCTIFIED LITURGY
6:00 P.M. LITURGY
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 5:55 P.M.)
Please click here to register for Liturgy Wednesday, March 17 at 6:00 P.M.
FRIDAY MARCH 19TH, 2021
FIRST SALUTATIONS TO THE THEOTOKOS
6:30 P.M. SERVICE
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 6:25 P.M.)
Please click here to register for Service Friday, March 19 at 6:30 P.M.
SATURDAY MARCH 20TH, 2021
3RD SATURDAY OF SOULS
9:30 A.M. LITURGY
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 9:15 A.M., DOXOLOGY AT 9:20 A.M.)
Please click here to register for Liturgy Saturday, March 20 at 9:30 A.M.
You may email a list of your departed loved ones to Fr Paul at htraleighfr@gmail.com.
May God bless each of you!