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

* Daughters of Penelope will have a meeting today after church. We will be discussing membership dues and auction items & decorations for the Glendi in February.

* AHEPA save the dates....Sunday, Feb 3 - Super Bowl Party! Saturday, Feb 23 - Mardi Gras Dinner/Dance

* Introduction to Orthodoxy Class will begin on Sunday, Feb 3.

* The PanHellenic Scholarship 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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 In Our Prayers

Robert Finch, Remy Koks, Abigail Robertson, Alice Marinos, Juliana and Nicole (Creighton's mother and daughter).

The handmaiden of God Brandi Whitestone (Creighton and Trudy’s niece). May her memory be eternal.

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, 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, Haronitis

Jan 20: Blue
Jan 27: Pink

PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS

SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL

Sunday School will be held immediately following communion.  We invite all youth from Pre-K to senior high to join us.  Please mark the date Sunday, February 24th, we will hold our Parish St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival. This is open to all in grades 7th through 12th. I will have a meeting immediately following liturgy with those wanting more information on February 3rd. 

BOOKSTORE/GIFT SHOP

This Week's Feature

Prayer Rope (Komboskini)

An Orthodox object used solely for prayer.
1. Hold the prayer rope with our left or right hand and move from knot to knot with our thumb whispering simultaneously or meditating upon the prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me" or "Most Holy Theotokos save us".
2. During regular prayer, hold the prayer rope with our left hand between the thumb and the index finger and move from knot to knot. At each knot do two things: with our right hand make the sign of the cross over ourselves and say the prayer "Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me". When finished with all the knots of the prayer rope, continue following the same procedure, for as many times as our spiritual father has advised.  

See Colette at the Coffee Hour.

AHEPA CHAPTER 518/DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE CHRYSEIS 434

Daughters of Penelope will have a meeting today after church. We will be discussing membership dues and auction items & decorations for the Glendi in February.

Our AHEPA chapter is planning a SUPER BOWL Party on Sunday Feb 3 after 5:00  P.M. at the parish home.  Parishioners are invited to watch on big screen HDTV, play board games and of course participate in the super bowl lottery.  It will be a pot lock affair.  Save the date.

Save the date and shake the winter blues our Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance!

INTRODUCTION TO ORTHODOXY CLASS

The next Introduction to Orthodoxy Class will begin Sunday Feb 3 after the coffee hour (Approximately 12:30pm). See Michael or Angela Loveless for more information.

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.

Jan 20 Lou Marinos, Deena Metaxas

Jan 27 Chryse Padilla, Lou Marinos

Feb 3  Demetrios Mourtakos, Chryse Padilla

Feb 10 Ross Leo, Demetrios Mourtakos

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.

Whatever you do, work at it with All Your Heart as working for the Lord, not for men.  ~Colossians 2:23 

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