Prosfora: William Clemons

Greeters: Jon Kennedy & Richard Kanavati

Fellowship Hour: Thank you to Philoptochos for hosting in observance of Patriarchate Sunday.

Patriarchate Sunday Today

Philoptochos will be passing a tray to help support the philanthropies of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, such as the Baloukli Hospital and nursing home, schools, shrines, and parishes. Thank you for your generosity!

Fall Phyllo Pickup Today

Thank you to all who placed orders  - phyllo is available for pick up in the fellowship hall following Divine Liturgy today, Sunday, November 7.

Bake Sale Pre-Orders Due Today, November 7

We are excited to announce that our annual Bake & Craft Sale will take place this year in-person! To ensure that we do not run out of our most popular items, they will be available by pre-order only. You can start ordering your favorite handmade delicious authentic Greek Baked Goods online by visiting the church web page www.stgeorgegoc.org. Or, you can fill out an order form (available in the Hall).  Orders will be accepted through Sunday, November 7. Your order will be packaged and available for pick up during our Bake & Craft Sale: Saturday, November 20th, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., and Sunday, November 21st, 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

While our most popular items will be only available by pre-order, we will have a special selection of unique and small-batch baked goods and holiday breads available during our in-person sale. In addition, our sale will also feature the Greek Bazaar, where you can find imported products, gift items, and apparel from Greece. New this year, we are introducing a craft corner—a wonderful place to find many unique and one-of-a-kind creations as well as last-minute gifts!

Philoptochos Gift Collection

Be a Christmas Blessing! FOCUS MN (our local Orthodox mission to the poor and homeless) is in need of new underwear and socks to distribute from its Rice Street location. All sizes welcomed. Especially needed in men’s sizes. Small bottles of laundry detergent also needed. If you are able to purchase items, please bring to church. Philoptochos will have a collection box in the narthex where you may place your gifts. Thanks to all of you in advance for your kindness to help meet these needs.

Fall Bake Sale Volunteers Needed

Our annual Bake & Craft Sale, which is our largest fundraiser of the year is just weeks away and we are in need of volunteers to ensure it is a success! Below is a link to Sign up Genius with a list of available shifts. Please take a look at the open shifts, and if you are available to help out please sign up. Feel free to share this link with your friends!!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CA5AD2BABFF2-philoptochos

Advent Luncheon

Please join us on Saturday, December 4^th for our annual Advent Luncheon. This year we are gathering at The Lowell Inn Stillwater Historic Hotel, in the Garden Room. All our welcome! Tickets are $30.  For more information and for tickets please contact Lisa Jordan at 651-470-6705 or by email at lisa@jordandrillingsolutions.com.

Blessing of the Mural Icons

We will offer a blessing on Sunday, November 21 immediately following Divine Liturgy for our new Mural Icons. Please join us in prayer. 

Serve on St. George's Parish Council

We are looking for active parishioners in good-standing to run for election for our St. George Parish Council. Serving on the council entails participating in monthly meetings, but more importantly volunteering for and leading the activities of our parish. Nominees must be members in good-standing for one year prior to the date of the election. Parish Council members serve 2-year terms with a potential three-term maximum (6 years in total). Join us in this vital work! Nominations close on November 18. See the back of the bulletin for the nomination form or pick up one at the candle stand. Turn filled-out forms into the church office. Please contact Fr. Perry, Dean Natto, or any member of the Parish Council if you have questions. Elections will take place on December 12, 2021.

Save the Date - Western Region Basketball Tournament

"Youth Basketball"

2022 Feb 4-6 Basketball Tournament - St. George, St. Paul Team Creation

Tournament Dates: Feb 4-6, 2022

Host: Our Sister Parish, St. Mary's, Minneapolis

Contact: Dan Simon, cobra5_0_99@yahoo.com or (612) 207-3405

• Local Participants - Practices
• When to start practices: Sunday after Church at 12pm but need a Start Date? 
• Consider we rent a practice facility and will try for Ramsey Middle School again.
• To make this practical, we would need to reach 10 weekly participants to begin.
• Categories: Case by Case exceptions for youth younger than 7 and Adults that are not Young.
• Joy: 7-12 years old - CoEd
• Goya: 13-High School Sr.
• YAL: Post High School to Boomer
• Coaches: 
• We need you, please volunteer, again! 
• All School-age Coaches will need to complete the Archdiocese Training/Screening.

Ministries Coordinator

St. George is looking to hire a Ministries Coordinator! Please see the job posting in the back of the bulletin.

Office Help in December & January

Our beloved administrative assistant Julie will be away in December and the beginning of January. We are looking for coverage for the office during that time (Dec. 15 - Jan. 5). Compensation $16/hour for approx. 20 hours/week. The compensated training will begin on December 1. Interested candidates, please contact Fr. Perry or Dean Natto. Volunteers are also welcome.

New Greek School Director

Thank you to Dr. Joanna Tzenis for accepting the role as Greek School Director! More information soon.

November-December 2021 Glad Tidings

The parish bimonthly newsletter was mailed last week, and is available to read here https://www.stgeorgegoc.org/assets/GladTidings/GladTidings-2021-NovemberDecember.pdf

Join us in January for an Iconography Class taught by Debra Korluka here at St. George!

See the flyer for more information!

Summer Camp 2022 – Staff Applications Due November 30! 

By God’s Grace, Summer Camp 2022 will be held at Camp Wapogasset July 2-8, 2022. Please prayerfully consider this amazing ministry! Summer Camp Staff Applications are due November 30, 2021. Questions? Please contact Doria at 612-825-9595 or Doria@stmarysgoc.org.

Apply at http://youth.stmarysgoc.org/ and follow 3 steps:

1. If new to this site please create a NEW account using a NEW Password. If returning please sign in with your username and password.  Please remember that the “forgot your password” link will send your password to the same email that you initially used. The retrieved password frequently ends up in spam or junk mail. If you still don’t receive your password within 30 minutes either Jon Klein Jon@stmarysgoc.org or Doria Saros Doria@stmarysgoc.org can reset it for you.

2. Create/Update a Profile.

3. Register for Summer Camp 2022.

A Glimpse of Life at Hellenic College

Click https://tinyurl.com/2btpf5ua to watch a video that offers a view of the richness of academic and spiritual life on the HCHC campus in Brookline, MA. 

Support for those in Need

Please contact Fr. Perry or our Ladies Philoptochos if you or someone you know is in need (food, clothing, shelter, etc.). Our Ladies Philoptochos, Missions & Benevolence, Discretionary support, FOCUS MN, etc. are here to help.

OCF Midwest 

The Midwest Regional Retreat will be held November 19-21 at the Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, IL. The speaker is Fr. Athanasios Minetos, and the topic is “Love is a Mission”. We’re going to explore the process that leads to true divine love, as well as look at the other variations and how it applies to our lives as Orthodox Christians through the guidance of St. Maximos. Register at https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E355495&id=33. For questions, email midweststudent@ocf.net.

2022 Ecclesiastical Wall Calendars

Please contact the office at office@stgeorgegoc.org or 651.222.6220 if you do NOT wish to have a wall calendar mailed to your home.

Post-Festival Wine Sales

The Festival Committee is selling the following wines:  Hermes Greek Red $9, Dionysos Merlot (Red) $12, Dionysos Fileri (White) $12, Hermes Moschofilero Mantina (White) $12. Please contact the office to purchase.

Our 2021 Archdiocesan theme comes from Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians, "…the greatest of these is love" (13:13). May we continue to fulfill our mission at St. George, especially through developing the gift of love.

You can now submit your 2021 Pledge Form Online

Click here to submit your 2021 Stewardship Pledge Form.

https://forms.gle/fykFQyeTLsca7yGf7

2021 Stewardship Goal

$185,484 of $250,000 (through September)

Pledges Received

As of October 29, 109 families have pledged $157,374 for the 2021 stewardship year.

Please consider submitting a 2021 pledge card and becoming active in our 2021 program today! Pledge cards are available on the candle stand. Please contact the office to have one sent to you, or print one from a pdf by clicking here. Pledge cards can be filled out and emailed digitally to info@stgeorgegoc.org or mailed to the church office. We thank you for supporting the ministries of our parish!

Welcome Visitors!

Thank you for joining us in worship. Whether you are an Orthodox Christian or this is your first visit to an Orthodox Church, we are pleased to have you with us. Although Holy Communion is offered only to baptized and chrismated Orthodox Christians, all are invited to receive the Antidoron (blessed bread) at the end of the service. The Antidoron is reminiscent of the agape feast that followed worship in the early Church. One does not have to be of Greek descent, nor speak Greek, to be an Orthodox Christian and member of our parish. All people, of any background, are welcome to join the Orthodox Church. For those interested in learning more about the Christian Faith or becoming a member of our church, please contact Fr. Perry after services or at frperry@stgeorgegoc.org or (651) 222-6220. You may also sign our Guest Book with your preferred contact and we will follow up. Finally, we hope you will join us in our hall upstairs after service this morning for fellowship and refreshments.