* Please join us after the Liturgy for coffee hour in the Parish Home. This week’s coffee hour is sponsored by team Red. Thank You!

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

* Our next Adopt A Highway trash pick up is scheduled for Nov 17th, weather permitting. The back up date is Nov 24th.

* FALL GENERAL ASSEMBLY is Sunday, Nov 11th. Please make plans to attend.

* The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation has released the 2018/19 scholarship application on today October 1^st. The Foundation will accept applications from eligible Greek American college students through January 31, 2019, and will distribute $250,000 in scholarship awards to exceptional undergraduates as follows:

Twenty (20) Awards of $10,000 each based on academic merit and financial need. Twenty (20) Awards of $2,500 each based solely on academic achievement
Undergraduate students of Hellenic descent from all fifty states are encouraged to apply. Applications should be submitted electronically as instructed by January 31, 2019. 
For more information, go to https://www.panhellenicsf.org/

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 Ways to Support our church through everyday purchases:

Kroger Community Rewards makes fund-raising easy..all you have to do is shop at Kroger and swipe your Plus Card!  Just sign in to your Kroger account and click on community rewards. Our Church Organization number is UF318

 

 

 We are now listed as a charitable organization on Amazon!

AmazonSmile—same products and service. You MUST use www.smile.amazon.com to have your purchases eligible. Going through the regular website will not give us credit. 

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/76-0424472

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 In Our Prayers

Eric Richards, Howard Hoover (Lou’s friend), Sheila (Michael Savage’s sister), Robert Finch, 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).

The servants of God Costas Hatzisavvas (Cali & Rety’s father), Evgenia Kirkou (Deena’s mother), Marisa Lewis-Mateo (Creighton’s cousin), and Anna Lewis (Evangelia's sister and Callie Suniga's Aunt). May their memory be eternal.

FALL GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Sunday November 11, 2018 at 12:45 PM

Tentative Agenda:

Determination of Quorum

Election of General Assembly Chair

Review and Approval of:

Fall 2017 General Assembly Minutes

Spring 2018 General Assembly – no quorum

June 28, 2018 Special General Assembly Minutes

State of the Parish (Eric Richards, Parish Council President)

Old Business: (Mike Savage, Parish Council Vice President)

1.   Status of Church properties

2.   Status of Live Oak House & Property

Status of Parish Home garage to kitchen renovation

New Business:

1.  Appointment of 2018 Audit Committee

2.  Presentation of nominees for Parish Council elections on December 9, 12 PM – 3 PM

3.  Appointment of Election Committee (3 members required)

Board of Auditors Report – 2016 & 2017 (Angela Loveless, Sylvia Mourtakos, Christopher Wood)

Treasurer and Stewardship Reports: (Demetrios Mourtakos, Parish Council Treasurer)

1. 2018 YTD Financial status

2. 2018 YTD Stewardship status

3. 2019 Budget review and approval

Committee Reports:

Greek Festival Committee Report (Sylvia Mourtakos)

Sunday School (Mary Maxson)

Greek School (Deena Metaxas)

Mt. Olivet Cemetery Update (Michael Loveless)

Other Items for the Good of the Parish:

Adjournment:  

Coffee Hour

Please join us after the Liturgy for coffee hour in the Parish Home. This week’s coffee hour is sponsored by team Red. Thank You!

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

Nov 4:  Red
Nov 11: Blue
Nov 18: Pink
Nov 25: Yellow

Parish Council Nominations

 How can you use your talents to help our church grow and to help others grow in their faith?

Among the duties of a Parish Council member are:

Property maintenance, financial management, long range planning, educational programs and fellowship activities of the parish.

A Parish Council member attends Church, attends meetings, helps out on events. To be a good council member requires a lot of time, work, enthusiasm, and interest. This could also be the most spiritually rewarding volunteer position you will ever hold with the parish.

Please contact Fr. Florin or Eric Richards for more information.

 

PHILOPTOCHOS

We are Halfway There!!

Our ladies are taking a stand to make the kitchen in the parish home more functional to allow for more efficient fundraising support for our church (greek festival, bake sale, christmas/easter breads, catering, etc). We have enough funds to complete the conversion, but are running short of equipping the new space with suitable appliances. Please consider making a donation to our Philoptochos so we can have these appliances ready to install in time for our Christmas bake sale. Items needed are:

·     New oven and vent hood: $3,170

·     Air Condition system: $4,00

·     Sink: $438

·     Mop sink: $280

·     Stainless steel tables: $3

·     Kitchen Faucet: $119

Any size donation would be gratefully accepted, and are tax deductible. May God bless all of us and the remodeling effort, so that we can have a kitchen we can work in and put to good use. 

DONATE

COMING SOON - PHILOPTOCHOS BAKE SALE -details soon to follow

 

Introduction to Orthodoxy Class

Our classes have come to completion. Our next class will be in January or February, depending on interest. Many thanks to Father Florin, Angela and Michael Loveless for spearheading this valuable course.

 

Sunday Church School

Sunday School will be held immediately following communion. We invite all youth present to join us in activities to grow as Orthodox Christians. Congratulations to all our youth that participated in our special Oxi Day program last week. A special thanks to Deena Metaxas for her special planning and to the parents for help in their preparation.  

 

Community Christmas Card

Once again, St. John's will be sponsoring our annual "Community Christmas Card."  Proceeds benefit the Priest's Benevolent Fund. Sign-up forms are available in the Narthex.  A minimum of $25.00 donation is required.  Please turn in your form to Sylvia Mourtakos or email the form to the office - office@stjohnclearlake.org.

 

Bookstore/Gift Shop

Featured This Week

 

Large diptych; large icons of Christ and Mother of God. Each of the two icons is 3-1/2" X X5"; folds with two hinges. Mounted on wood.

See Colette at the coffee hour!   

 

Narthex Rotation Schedule

We are looking for volunteers to help with this Ministry. This is first contact with parishioners and/or guests visiting us for the first time.  You do not need to be on Parish Council to volunteer for this ministry. A smile and gentle demeanor goes a long way in welcoming a newcomer to our church. Please contact the office to volunteer.

Nov 4      Eric Richards, Georgios Rigas

Nov 11    Demetrios Mourtakos, Eric Richards

Nov 18    Ross Leo, Demetrios Mourtakos

Nov 25    Michael Savage, Ross Leo

Dec 2      Georgios Rigas, Michael Savage

Dec 9      Maria Simeon, Georgios Rigas

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.

Nov 4   Metaxas Family Nov 11 Maria Saphos Nov 18 Cleopatra Nelson Nov 25 Helen Gazaw Dec 2   Evangelia Gazis Dec 9   Kika Tampouridou

Dec 16 McFalls Family Dec 23  Maria Simeon Dec 30  Zaneta Rapos Jan 6    Andriana T Jan 13  Ellie Ashley Jan 20  Soula Koumbias