TODAY Fellowship Hour is sponsored by Gerard Pelletier in honor of the 4thanniversary of his Chrismation and St. Joseph the Betrothed.
TODAY we would like to honor our Volleyball team for their amazing efforts in their playing and sportsmanship with a light luncheon. All are welcome to stay!
TODAY there will be a Sunday School meeting after Church for all teachers and subs in a classroom at 11:45 sharp. Lent and end-of-year planning will be discussed.
Church Calendar:
Monday, March 11: Clean Monday (Kathara Deuftera)
Saturdays of Souls: March 16 - 9 am service
Salutations (ΧΑΙΡΕΤΙΣΜΟΙ): March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12 – 7 pm service
Monday, March 25: Evangelismos - Annunciation Feastday, 9 am
(Nameday of H.E. Metropolitan Evangelos)
Palm Sunday: April 21
Great and Holy Pascha: April 28
Don’t forget our Spring General Assembly on March 24 after Church!
VOTE: Please take a moment to vote for our Flemington OPA! Festival as Best Foodie Event in Hunterdon Happening Magazine. Coming in First Place for the 4th consecutive year would be so important in our marketing campaign as we look for continued support from sponsors and patrons for our 2019 event. Go to the link below to vote. Thank you!
http://hunterdon.happeningmag.com/happeninglist/2019-everything-hunterdon-foodie-event/
Fellowship Hour: Please sign up outside the office or contact John Giannouris at (610) 680-7507 or john.giannouris@comcast.netif you are interested in sponsoring Fellowship Hour. Thank you.
A prayerful plea to all members of my loving family to help my niece, Mary Schiller, defray some of the cost of her lung transplant by contributing to a fund set up in her name at:
www.gofundme.com/help-mary-gianos-schiller-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief. Contributions can also be given to me in the form of checks payable to Mark Schiller. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Irene Gianos
Education: Sunday school meeting today after Church for all teachers and subs.
All Sunday School and Greek School students will receive envelopes to earn coins for St Basil Academy. This a voluntary almsgiving project. St Basil Academy is the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese home for children in need located in Garrison, NY. Let your child know about St Basil and how even coins can make a difference. Envelopes will be collected by Palm Sunday. Any questions please see Aimee Douvris or Maria Sfondouris. Thank you for having your children be a part of this mission.
Don’t forget our Saint John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival on Sunday March 31after Church. Additional information and the list of this year’s topics can be found at www.goarch.org.
GOYA Sights and Sounds: 13 of our GOYAns participated in Sights and Sounds last Saturday. They truly represented St. Anna well. Sights will be on display today during Fellowship Hour.
Sights
Wood working functional- Michael V 1st place
Wood working decorative- Michael V 2nd place
Sewing-Sophia Twitchell 1st place
Black and White photography- Sophia Twitchell 1st place
Digital Manipulated photography-Grace T. 2nd place
Ceramics-Stefania 3rd place
Sounds
English Singing Group-3rd place
Duet singing-Grace and Demitra 2nd place
Senior Instrument Solo-Yianni 3rd place
Junior Singing Solo-Demitra 3rd place, Lindsay 5th place
PC Corner: Trivia Night: We had our First Trivia night last week which was very successful. We had about 170 people at the event and based on feedback all participants had great time. We would like to thank all of those who helped organize the event, those who solicited gifts, those who contributed gifts and all of our parishioners and friends who came to support our Church.
2nd Annual Bistro: Our second Annual Bistro event is scheduled for Saturday May 18 and Sunday May 19. We know that some people will be busy with other things but we all know we will never have the perfect weekend for everyone. If you will not be available that weekend you can participate in the food preparation and other activities. All of our food and sweets are homemade.
The food preparation schedule is shown below. We will start at 6:30pm on the following dates:
March 21- Pastitsio
April 5 - Spanakopita
April 16 - Galatoboureko
May 7 - Baklava
The week of the event starting on Tuesday May 14 we will start the preparation of the remaining items.
Please register today for the days you will be able to assist with the food preparation
Security: As we have communicated with you previously, the PC has evaluated gaps in our security system and has approved an upgrade to the current security system to allow easier access and better security for the Church and for the rest of the facilities. The PC will schedule a meeting and will invite all parishioners, the heads of all ministries, and anyone else who has access to the church to participate in that discussion.
Iconography:The Iconographer should be in our Church sometime in May to complete the remaining North and South walls. This portion will complete the original iconography plan. We have placed the order for the wooden artifacts and we expect delivery sometime in August-September time frame. We are also working with a sign vendor to finalize the design of our monument sign at the entry of the driveway
Archdiocese Scholarship and Fellowship programs: Applications available at www.goarch.org.For more information, email scholarships@goarch.orgor call 212-774-0283. Deadline: May 3, 2019.
“Called to be Free” (Galatians 5:13): The Freedom of Orthodoxy”Lenten Retreat will be offered on Saturday, March 30 at St George Greek Orthodox Church in Ocean, NJ from 10 am – 3 pm. Guest Speaker: Fr. Barnabas Powell. Contact: George Moutis: 732-233-7987 or gmoutis@scinj.com.
“Why be Orthodox?” Lenten Retreat will be offered on Saturday, March 9 at the Annunciation/ Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church in Elkins Park, PA from 8:30 am – 2 pm. Guest Speaker: Aristotle Papanikolau, PhD. Contact: Church office at 215-635-0316 or office@anngoc.org
