* Please join us after the Liturgy for coffee hour in the Parish Home where we will have a complimentary luncheon sponsored by the parish. Many Years to you All!

* Reminder that our Intro to Orthodoxy Class will begin today after the coffee hour.

* Sunday School resumes this Sunday. It will be held immediately following communion. We anxiously await a new year with our youth to help them grow as Orthodox Christians. After church, the church will have a lunch with His Eminence.  Following lunch, our youngest parish members will have a chance to have a special dialogue with His Eminence. We again need donations for snacks and we need volunteers to help. 

* Weddings, Baptisms, Memorials, Christenings—please send a note to the office at least one month in advance to reserve the date. Thank you.

* Pack of pita bread for $1- below purchase price. See Maria Simeon.

METROPOLITAN ISAIAH'S ANNUAL  PASTORAL VISIT

Saturday & Sunday, September 8-9

Sunday Schedule

9:00 a.m. Orthros followed by Hierarchical Divine Liturgy

12:00 p.m. Luncheon sponsored by the Parish

1:00 p.m.  His Eminence speaks with our youth

1:30 p.m. Blessing of the Intro to Orthodoxy Class

 In Our Prayers

Abigail Robertson, Alice Marinos, Colette Quinn, Eugenia (Dimitri’s cousin), Eleni Safos (Maria's cousin), Gherghina, Vish, Mihaela and Dorin, Robert and Keng (friends of Andreea D.), Evangelia Mourtakos, Kathi and Niko Parris (Phyllis’s daughter and grandson), Nuvia Murillo (Irma’s sister/Athena’s Aunt), Juliana and Nicole (Creighton's mother and daughter).

Coffee Hour

The Coffee Hour program continues to be very successful!  This program ensures that we have coffee and after-Liturgy refreshments, not only for our Parishioners, but also as hospitality to our guests. The Coffee Hour can be the very important first contact for new members to our community, as well as an important fellowship time for all of our existing members. 

With this program, everyone who is a member gets the experience of hosting a Coffee Hour without the burden of doing it alone. It also provides a forum for the group of members each week to coordinate, work together and get to know one another better. It really can be a lot of fun!

Help support our coffee hour by adding your name to one of the teams listed below. Teams are called upon every 8 weeks or so, and each team member only has to bring one or two items. Email the office to add your name.

Parishioners, please allow only coffee hour team members to park in the driveway so they can have easier unloading access.

Yellow: Ashley, L. Rigas, A. & K. Tambourides 
Orange: Gazis, Marinos, Sokol, Suniga 
Purple: Agler, Loveless, McFalls, Richards, Savage 
Green: Metaxas, Saphos, Zachariades
White: Lyashman, Partlow, Ely, Mourtakos
Red: Gazaw, Padilla, Hammock, M. Tambourides, Zacharias 
Blue: Patelis, Rapos, Simeon, Yunakov 
Pink: Craioveanu, Quinn, Tsougarakis

Sep 9: Luncheon
Sep 16: Yellow
Sep 23: Orange
Sep 30: Purple

Philoptochos

Congratulations to our Philoptichos for being recognized at the Clergy/Laity conference as having the most new members of all Philoptochos chapters across the United States. Many Years to our Ladies who always acheive whatever they set out to do!

Introduction to Orthodoxy Class

Introduction to Orthodoxy classes begin today after the coffee hour. Registration forms for Introduction to Orthdoxy are available in the Narthex and online. Registration forms are available in the Narthex and online. His Eminence Metropolitan ISAIAH will offer some words of wisdom at the beginning of class. What a blessing! Completed forms may be turned in to Michael or Angela Loveless, or placed in the offering tray.

Sunday Church School

Sunday School resumes this Sunday. It will be held immediately following communion. We anxiously await a new year with our youth to help them grow as Orthodox Christians. After church, the church will have a lunch with His Eminence.  Following lunch, our youngest parish members will have a chance to have a special dialogue with His Eminence. We again need donations for snacks and we need volunteers to help. Church School Registration Forms are available in the Narthex and online.

Narthex Rotation Schedule

Sep 9       Eric Richards, Demetrios Mourtakos

Sep 16     Demetrios Mourtakos, Eric Richards

Sep 23     Ross Leo, Demetrios Mourtakos

Sep 30     Michael Savage, Ross Leo

Oct 7        Bill Gazis, Maria Simeon

Oct 14     Maria Simeon, Georgios Rigas

Oct 21     Bill Gazis, Maria Simeon

Prosforo 

Of the many ways of supporting our Church, there are few which stand out as uniquely personal offerings of faith. The offering of Prosforo bread for the Divine Liturgy is one of them. We are thankful to the handful of ladies who have faithfully fulfilled this responsibility over the years and we invite more of our faithful - especially young families with children - to make this a part of their lives as well. Want to be added to our Prosforo list? Please see Maria Simeon.

Please make sure that Prosforo is in church before the start of the Orthros service on Sunday. Please write the date (or put a sticker with the date) on the plastic bags with the Prosforo. That way the oldest will be used first. Thank you for your help.