2022 GREEK FESTIVAL
A ministry lead by Thimi Saites
St John's 36th Annual Greek Festival
September, 23rd - 25th to the Custom House Plaza.
This is a BIG community effort for our church. We need EVERYONE participating in this festival more than ever before!! Our fellowship and focus are strengthened over these 3 days working together.
- Set up during the day on Friday means laying tarps down for the booths (as required by State Parks), setting out tables and chairs, adding booth signs, covering tables, and showing our vendors where to set up. Helpers keep the job easier and faster.
- Taverna Night on Friday evening, 5pm to 9pm: Invite as many as you can to an evening with drinks, small bites, music and dancing.
- Saturday, 24th The full festival will begins at 11 am and runs until 7pm. The official Opening Ceremony will be at 1 pm with the raising of the Greek flag by our Greek Officers in uniform. The day continues until 7pm when we say good night and invite our guests back the next day.
- Sunday, 25th: The final day of the festival begins at 11am and runs until 4 pm. By 4 pm, booths will be packing up supplies and clearing the booth area.
- Clean Up: The State Parks requires us out of the plaza by the end of the day, Sunday. So booths will be broken down, everything boxed up and hauled out, all garbage removed.
We need you to help lighten the effort, participate, spread the word, and get as many people visiting the festival as possible. You can make a difference on the success and enjoyment our guest will experience.
There is still one opening: Soda. Please call if you are able to take this booth.
Volunteers are still needed. SIGN UP HERE!!!
We are excited to get started, working with you again and to continue the great success of our past festivals.
Community
FOOD BANK SERVICE
A Ministry Lead by Despina Hatton
Join us on the second Tuesday of each month, 9:00 -10:30am. Our next turn is on
September 13
Location: St Francis Xavier Catholic Church
1475 La Salle Ave, Seaside, CA 93955
Community
CATECHISM CLASS THIS SUNDAY
A Ministry led by Father Ion
There will be no class this Sunday. We will regroup on the Sunday after Labor Day.
The Catechism Class is invites you will join our catechumens after lunch/fellowship:
- Topic: The Heart
- Presenter: Father Ion
- Location: Saint Nektarios Chapel
- Resources (text and audio): https://www.stjohn-monterey.org/adult-education/2.-the-heart
Please pray for our catechumens.
Education
EVENING BOOK FORUM
A Ministry led by Kathy Shaw
Join the Book Forum at a new date and time: We next meet on
Wednesday evening, September 14 at 8:00pm.
Please prepare with Ch. 5, 6, & 7.
We continue reading The Archbishop, A Novel , by by Hieromonk Tihon (Savatie Bastovoi). Please order your copy as soon as possible. Click here for Amazon orders.
ABOUT THIS BOOK: A Christian Orthodox Classic.
If God exists, then why does He allow such endlessly mundane earthly suffering?
Set in Imperial Russia, 1900: Resigned, hopeless, and fighting a Church he no longer believes in, Father Paul’s crisis of faith and despair in the seeming futility of his chosen vocation opens up the powerful and emotionally engaging story of The Archbishop. Rather than abandoning his parish in search of the truth, Father Paul’s quest is a simple one: to find the true essence of Christianity.
Adult Education, Community
ORTHODOXY 101: A JOURNEY TO FULLNESS
A ministry led by Angela Wagoner
JOURNEY TO FULLNESS: An Introduction to the Fullness of the Original Christian Faith
The Journey to Fullness presentations and small groups discussions will meet via Zoom this Tuesday from 8:00pm.
Education
BE A FESTIVAL SPONSOR
There is so much preFestival expenses to launch a great Festival
- Property Rental Deposit
- Order food, drinks, and supplies to be delivered
- Order the Booth rentals
- Advertising
- Permits and labor deposits for Guards, Set up, water station
On and on goes the list!!!
Do you know that many years ago, we were forced to borrow from the Building Fund to accomplish this, paying the fund back after the festival?
Today, we rely on Festival Sponsors and individual donations toward these many expenses leading up to the festival.
We are asking you to help us in a couple of ways:
- Contact businesses and people you think could help us. We can provide letters for you to send out.
- Give generously to the PreFestival fund. Click on Festival Sponsor Page. OR send a check to Saint John the Baptist Church with “Festival Donation” in the description.
If you can send out Sponsor forms to businesses you frequent, let Mary K know and the form/cover letter will be emailed to you.
YOUNG ADULT HIKE
This is a hike for all. We will select the trail according to the hiker's preferences. Bring hiking boots, water and sun screen. Hopefully, it will not be too hot that day...
Read the details and SIGNUP HERE.
CHURCH UNIVERSITY
A ministry led by Father Ion
The Church University has gone through some changes. We now gather Monday-Friday from 9am for PRAYER, BIBLE AND REFLECTIONS. This is also an opportunity to connect, to embrace and to be embraced. Check the online schedule.
My the Lord bless our readers who lead us in prayer:
- Monday - Thimi
- Tuesday - Mikael
- Wednesday - Kathy
- Thursday - Mary
- Friday - Christina and Socrates
Worship and Education
EPISTLE READERS
A ministry lead by Matt Taylor
We thank God for those who take the opportunity to serve Him. Among them are our readers - as noticed during our last few Sunday services. Here they are:
Matt, Oleg, Nate, Hussam, Jacob
Please contact Matt directly if you would like to serve in this ministry.
Worship
SERVING THESE SUNDAYS and more
A ministry led by Angelina Taylor
Thank you for your effort and participation in bringing a dish to share for our fellowship coffee hour. In addition to Father's great homilies, our fellowship hour is special, unique and provides an opportunity for us to come together to enjoy each other's company, with as little stress as possible, in the preparation process. As always if you cannot participate when it is your week, kindly let Angelina know so she can make other
September 11
Parish Council: Dr. Michael Bachik
Greeter: 2nd Sunday - Rania Zavitsanos, Anne Zavitsanos,
Fellowship Gratitude Meal: GOLD TEAM – Thank you to Thimi, Temia, Marissa, Ita, and Angelina
September 18
Parish Council: David Zajicek
Fellowship Gratitude Meal: PINK TEAM - Thank you to Rania, Mark, Nadia, Mary, and Presbytera Ana
Community
ONLINE RESOURCES
- Zoom with video here.
- By phone dial - add the following string to your address book: 16699006833,,9475885646#,,,,*871732#