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Worship Sunday Orthros 8:30 am & Divine Liturgy 9:30 am
Confession (by appointment)
Weekday Services (www.stgeorgegoc.org/calendar)
Streaming
Fellowship Hour Sunday following Divine Liturgy
Office Hours Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Our Mission St. George Greek Orthodox Church is a Christ-centered community that: inspires faith and worship, cultivates spiritual growth and fellowship, and encourages benevolence and outreach.
Our Vision Ascending together to the fullness of Life.
+STS. GREGORY PALAMAS & APOSTLE PHILLIP
Ladies Philoptochos Sunday
8th Sunday of Luke
8:30AM ORTHROS
9:30AM DIVINE LITURGY
10:30AM Sunday School
11:30AM Philoptochos Meeting
12:30PM Philoptochos Baking
+NATIVITY FAST BEGINS
+NATIVITY FAST+
9:30AM Philoptochos Baking
+ST. MATTHEW EVANGELIST
9:30AM Philoptochos Baking
6:30PM Parish Council Meeting
7:00PM Catechism - Sacraments III: Marriage, Ordination, (& Monasticism)
9:30AM Philoptochos Baking
1:30PM Bible Study
10:00AM Fall Bake Sale
+ENTRANCE OF THEOTOKOS INTO THE TEMPLE
Stewardship Sunday
8:30AM ORTHROS
9:30AM DIVINE LITURGY
10:30AM Blessing of Mural Icons
10:30AM Sunday School
11:00AM Fall Bake Sale
As the deliverer of captives, and the protector of the poor, a physician of the sick, the defender of kings, O Great Martyr Saint George Victorious; intercede to Christ our God, to save our souls.
Philip the Apostle
The Reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16
Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
8th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 10:25-37
At that time, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."
But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
Greeters: Paul Werger & Bill Clemons
Fellowship Hour: Thank you to Eric Chadwick & Andrea Faches for hosting this Sunday.
Please join us after Divine Liturgy for our Monthly meeting! In the Conference Room or on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84190834750?pwd=eWd5Qnk5Z2VJUHVWZTBYQzFtUmZlUT09 Meeting ID: 841 9083 4750; Passcode: 393838; or call +1 312 626 6799.
Bible Study meets this Wednesday, November 17, on Zoom only. Everyone is welcome to join us. We are studying Moses in the book of Exodus 3 and 4. ~17.
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83454268184?pwd=RkVJSmRYdndBdjVaR3NMcDV4SkJXdz09 Meeting ID: 834 5426 8184 Passcode: 596361 Or call +1 312 626 6799
Please contact Eleni Hoffhines or Fr. Perry if you could use some support/need a holiday dinner.
Our annual Bake & Craft Sale, which is our largest fundraiser of the year is just a week 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
Thank you to all who contributed to the October Pantry Drive for Focus’s Second Helping Pantry. The food was timely and very much appreciated and some of it will be used to help create Focus’s Thanksgiving Pantry Baskets for those in need.
We will offer a blessing next Sunday, November 21 immediately following Divine Liturgy for our new Mural Icons. Please join us in prayer.
We are looking for active parishioners in good-standing to run for election for our St. George Parish Council! 9 parishioners have confirmed interest so far. Our PC is a 12-person board.
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! Applications must be received by 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.
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.
Please join us on Saturday, December 4th 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.
St. George is looking to hire a Ministries Coordinator! Please see the job posting in the back of the bulletin.
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. We have one confirmed, open to others to help cover.
The parish bi-monthly newsletter was mailed last week, and is available to read here https://www.stgeorgegoc.org/assets/GladTidings/GladTidings-2021-NovemberDecember.pdf
"Youth Basketball" - 2022 Feb 4-6 Basketball Tournament - St. George, St. Paul Team Creation
Host: Our Sister Parish, St. Mary's, Minneapolis
Contact: Dan Simon, cobra5_0_99@yahoo.com or (612) 207-3405
See the flyer for more information!
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.
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.
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.
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.
This Apostle, one of the Twelve, was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was a compatriot of Andrew and Peter. He was instructed in the teachings of the Law, and devoted himself to the study of the prophetic books. Therefore, when the Lord Jesus called him to the dignity of apostleship, he immediately sought out and found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of Whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph" (John 1.45). Having preached Jesus the God-man throughout many parts of Asia Minor, and having suffered many things for His Name's sake, he was finally crucified upside down in Hierapolis of Phrygia.
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.
Click here to submit your 2021 Stewardship Pledge Form.
https://forms.gle/fykFQyeTLsca7yGf7
$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!
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.
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Ministries Coordinator Job Posting. Please share with those who may be interested!
Parish Council Nomination Form
Taught by Deb Korluka, begins January 11