St. George Greek Orthodox Church - Bakersfield, CA : 2020-09-20 Bulletin

DUE TO THE COOLING WEATHER, SUNDAY'S CHURCH SERVICE WILL RETURN TO ITS NORMAL TIME OF 9:30 AM DIVINE LITURGY, 8:30 AM MATINS. PLEASE COME EARLY (7:30 AM) IF YOU CAN TO HELP SET UP OUTSIDE.

GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU+++

Father Joseph

St. George Secretary Position

The Secretary position is available . If interested please send your resume to Namaz Habroun, Parish Council President, at namaz.habroun@gmail.com. The days and hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10-2.

GUIDELINES FOR SECRETARY

These guidelines are developed by the Office Committee of the Parish Council in order to guide the secretary in his/her daily tasks and responsibilities. Keep in mind, requests from the Parish Priest move to the top of the list ahead of any request by Parish Council members or other parishioners. The Parish Priest has a responsibility to assign tasks timely and to allow 24 hours turnaround time.

DAILY

Check answering machine for messages and keep a written log of messages

Disseminate messages to appropriate person (Priest, Parish Council President, etc.)

Check mail box for incoming mail and sort mail using folders on office door

Check email for incoming email

Paperclip cover sheet to all accounts payable (invoices) and prepare checks for signatures

Answer phone calls and reply to emails

WEEKLY

After checks have been signed, enter them into accounting software and mail to vendors

Process bank deposit

Drive deposit to bank and obtain receipt

Request bulletin announcements and prepare the weekly bulletin.

Email bulletin to parish email list

Print 50-75 copies of weekly bulletin and place them in the Narthex and/or post the bulletin on our webpage.

MONTHLY

Assist Treasurer with preparing financial statements for Parish Council meeting

Assist Priest and Newsletter committee with printing and mailing newsletter

Reconcile all bank accounts

QUARTERLY

Contact bookkeeper for payroll quarterly reporting and payment to IRS

SEMI-ANNUAL

Assist the Treasurer and Parish Council President with photocopies of reports for the General Assembly

ANNUALLY

Prepare annual statement of giving and mail to parishioners

Print and seek reports/signatures for Metropolis reports on Parish Council Election, Financial Audit, etc.

Job Duties:

• Timely fulfil Parish Priest requests

• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality

• Contributions Entries– bank transactions, deposits.

• Mail Semi-Annual Stewardship and donations statements

• Reconcile Bank Accounts, Credit Cards by the 10th of the following month

• Accurate invoice coding to proper GL accounts.

• Investigate invoice discrepancies.

• Accounts Payable functions.

• Match checks to the corresponding invoices paid.

• Print and mail checks.

• File invoices and maintain organized vendor files.

• Support the monthly financial close process.

• Request bulletin announcements and prepare the weekly bulletin.

• Email bulletin to parish email list

• Print and seek reports/signatures for Metropolis reports on Parish Council Election, Financial Audit, etc

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 1+ years in Bookkeeping/Accounting

• Strong math and analytical skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

• Experience and Strong Knowledge of accounting principles: A/P, A/R, general ledger

• AA degree or equivalent in Bookkeeping/ Accounting-Preferred not required

• Willingness to undergo thorough background check

• Professional phone and in person etiquette

• Basic knowledge of the Orthodox Christian faith, calendar and sacramental guidelines preferred.

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Stewardship

1. Stewardship Form:

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Envelopes will be made available to all of our families so that we may continue our stewrship to our beloved parish during this crisis.

GOYA ZOOM

Will meet every Wednesday, Ages 12-18 at 3:00 p.m., Ages 5-11 at 4:00 p.m. Zoom meeting login will be emailed.

Bible Study

Please join us for Bible studies on Tuesday's at 7:30 p.m. Look for the link on our website or Facebook. Contact Irene Sinopole for information at 832-1871.

Parish Council

Next meeting is September 24th, at 7:00 p.m.

Prosphora Schedule

9/20 Basema Madain, 9/27 Mary Mekhel,10/4 Sahar Ayoub, 10/11 Joyce Cisneros, 10/18 Olympia Hackleman, 10/25 Basema Madain, 11/1 Mary Mekhel, 11/8 Joyce Cisneros, 11/15 Olympia Hackelman, 11/22 Basema Madain, 11/29 Mary Mekhel, 12/6 Joyce Cisneros, 12/13 Olympia Hackleman, 12/20 Basema Madain, 12/27 Mary Mekhel. Thank you.Please make arrangements with Sahar or Despina to bring the offering Saturday night either to the church or Father's home. We are looking for more people to make the blessed bread. Please approach Father Joseph if interested. If you want to learn more about how to make Prosphora, you can visit our Prosphoro site under the "Resources" tab on our website. Thank you.

Social Media

Follow and join us on Facebook!

St George Orthodox Christian Church of Bakersfield: www.facebook.com/StGeorgeOrthodoxBakersfield

St George Orthodox Community of Bakersfield (Facebook Group): www.facebook.com/groups/175227557308

General Announcements:

Legacy

Leave your mark!

Consider naming St. George Church as a beneficiary on your life insurance policy. It's a great legacy gift to your parish and very easy to do...just ask your provider for the change beneficiary form and complete and return to them. The legal name for the church is Hellenic Community St. George Church Tax ID #95-3575365 God bless you.

Endowment

Honor your loved ones birthday and or anniversary by making a contribution to the Endowment Fund in their name. Make checks payable to St. George Church and write Endowment Fund on the memo line. Distributions from the fund will benefit the youth and maintenance needs of the Parish. For more information contact a Parish Council Member.

Thank you.

Text Notifications

If you would like to be part of our system, please provide your phone number to Sahar (stgeosecretary@gmail.com).

This service will only be used to notify parishioners of any changes to service times or to provide information on events or occurences that affect the entire parish. We see this as being used infrequently but feel that we need to an effective way to communicate important information quickly.

Father Joseph's Hours

Father Joseph will be in the office Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 to 3:00.

Father will also maintain office hours on Friday evenings from from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for the sacrament of Holy Confession. He will be available to meet in the hall, narthex, or crying room on these nights. Please feel free to send Father Joseph a text message at 661-496-5768 during this time to check his availability. You will receive an estimated wait time if any.

Confessions appointments can be made with Sahar or Presbytera.

If you need to meet with Father please make appointments during the week. Sunday should be left for Father to have time to visit with parishioners during coffee hour. Please give him the time to do so unless it is an emergency. Thank you for your understanding.

Prayers/Thanksgiving

Glory to God for His Bountiful Blessings

Please add to your daily prayers for:

Catechumens:Angela, Nicholas
Our brothers & sisters unable to attend: Marika Psihoundas, Mary Valos & Beverly Balasis.
Healing: Marika, Victor, Helen K., Irene, Mary, Mary, Serephima, and others in our parish.
Those who are traveling George (Walter) and Judith Schartman.
Orthodox-Vera,Safi,Amy, Aurora,Natalia,Elaina,Naguib,Kaliope,Lorece Noel,Mary C., Sophia,Virginia, Petros, Panagi, Elle, Eva L., Nicholetta Y., Dan S., Monica, Yorgos K, Giorgos, Anna,Angela, Antonia, Stelios, Petros, Anne, Anna, Leonid, Mariyka, Archalia,Natalie, Eva,Eleni K.,Efstratios, Ourania, Christopher, Alice, Suha,Abla, Jennifer, Tom, Gabriela,Ion,Danny,Nadia, Niko, Musa Daoud, Vasiliki, Theodore, Achilles, Vasiliki,Labrini, Bert & Louise Moosios,Olympia,Margarita, Seraphim, Mary, Tika,Maria Sporaa, Athina, Helen, Gerry Collis, Nektarios,Marika,Noah A.,Nick K., Kyriaki, Fred, Hannah, Irene Sinopole, Helen Protopapas, Candess Strategos,Gene, Kathy, Sofia, Clemy (Clementina), Jane, and Matthew.
Non-Orthodox -Manar,Maher,Joanne, Bill,Kayla,Brittney, Justin, Amparo, Mark, Uvaldo,Yesenia, Angelica, David, Nancy, Bud Lung,Julie, Pamela Y., Debbie, Emmitt, Donna,Steve, Richard,Donald, Christina, Eva, Dominic,Gaby Garcia,Romona, Elea, Graysen Astumian, Marie,Michelle, Irma, Julie, Greg, Allyson, Margaret, Valerie, Martha Rogers, Joseph, Stephen, Elizabeth,Ellen, Ling, Richard, Christine & David, Debby.

Annivesaries

9/16 Chuy & Joyce Cisneros
9/17 Hesham & Sahar Ayoub
9/17 Osama & Angela Dawood
9/18 Matthew & Nahrain Antonaros

Birthdays

9/2 Naguib Mekhel
9/4 Nader Al-Sheikh
9/5 Nehemiah Little
9/9 Jimmy Andrews
9/10 Megan Pearse
9/15 Mary Mekhel
9/15 Nahrain Antonaros
9/19 Zain Ayoub
9/19 Fotini Stevens
9/21 Annette Londquist
9/23 Dena Southerd

Please note: All bulletin announcements must be received each week by 3:00 pm Tuesday to be included in the Sunday bulletin for that week.

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September 20 to September 27, 2020