MEMORIAL TODAY
Memorial today for Alice Marinos (6 mos). May her memory be eternal.
PHILOPTOCHOS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAKE SALE
It's finally here! Our Ladies Philoptochos' biggest fundraiser of the year is back in action! Order your bake sale goodies just in time for the holidays.
Ladies - our baking dates will be 3 Sunday's on December 1, 8 and 15.
Download the order form
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CARD
Once again, St. John’s will be sponsoring our annual “Community Christmas Card.” Proceeds benefit the Priest’s Benevolent Fund. This fund allows Father to provide help anonymously to those in need of immediate assistance. Sign-up forms are available in the Narthex and online on our homepage. A minimum of $25 donation is required. Please turn in your form to Sylvia Mourtakos or email the form to the office: office@stjohnclearlake.org Deadline is December 8th.
PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Polls will be open from 12—3pm. No absentee or proxy voting. There are 3 candidates on the ballot for 3 open 3 year terms (2020-2022).
Candidates listed in alphabetical order are: Creighton Balinbin, Bill Gazis, Demetrios Mourtakos
COFFEE HOUR
Coffee hours are continuing in the Sunday School rooms after the Liturgy. Our teams will be providing light (non-cooked) foods. This week’s coffee hour is sponsored by the Orange Team. Thank you!
Dec 01 Team White
Dec 08 Team Red
Dec 15 Team Blue
Dec 22 Team Pink
Dec 29 Team Yellow
SUNDAY AND GREEK SCHOOL
We will have Sunday School following communion. We invite all youth to join us so we can prepare for our Christmas program next Sunday December 8th. Please parents have your children here to participate in our Christmas program on the 8th.
Children’s Greek School classes are on Saturday mornings at 10am.
Adult Greek School classes are on Wednesday evenings at 7pm.
IN OUR PRAYERS
Neil Maxson, Karen Helstrom (Mariam's friend), Tammy Cromartie (Ty’s mother), Panagiota (Dimitri’s niece), Merja Tambourides, Mary Ann Donefas (friend of Colette’s), Robert Finch, Remy Koks, Abigail Robertson, Nicole, Demitri (Creighton’s daughter, & grandson
CLEAR LAKE GREEK FESTIVAL
We have wine for sale. Apelia Rose - $7; Nemea Red - $10; Moschifilero Mantinia (white) - $11 and Oenodea Cab Suv Syrah - $12. Also, beer for sale - $1.25 for 16 ounce bottle. See Sylvia.
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.
Dec 01 TBD, Deena Metaxas
Dec 08 Maria Simeon, TBD
Dec 15 Bill Gazis, Maria Simeon
Dec 22 Lou Marinos, Bill Gazis
Dec 29 Chryse Padilla, Lou Marinos
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.
Dec 01 Helen Gazaw
Dec 08 Lela Yunakou
Dec 15 Evangelia Gazis
Dec 22 Kika Tampouridou
AMAZON AND KROGER GIVES US MONEY!
If you are an AmazonSmile customer, you can now support St. John The Theologian Greek Orthodox Church in the Amazon shopping app on your Android device! Easy set up instructions can be found on the home page of our church website.
Link your Kroger Plus Card to Community Rewards #UF318.
Many thanks to those who have linked their Kroger card and used the special URL link for AmazonSmile!