CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
As this is the second Sunday of the month, a second tray will be passed for donations to the capital development fund. Please support this effort.
PHILOPTOCHOS
Our Annual Philoptochos Vasilopita Auction will be held on Sunday, January 26 in the church after the Divine Liturgy. We encourage everyone to stay and bid on the beautiful Vasilopites and cakes that will be available. Our past auctions have been very successful as we have had several beautiful Vasilopitas to auction off. We are hoping this year will be no different. We welcome any kind of pita - cake, bread, sweetbread, apple strudel etc. with a coin in it and wrapped nicely for presentation. Our auction can’t be successful without your help. Proceeds from the auction benefit the children of St. Basil Academy, and scholarships for our youth entering higher level learning. Thank you in advance and we hope all of you will join us to have the best auction ever.
Philoptochos welcomes new members Elissavet “Soula” Vrettos, Thalia Savvidis, and Konstantina Manti. Welcome aboard!
AHEPA CHAPTER 518
AHEPA meeting this Sunday after church as we plan church fundraiser Gala and social outing. Everyone is welcome.
ASTERIA DANCE GROUP
ATTENTION ALL INTERESTED IN GREEK DANCING. If interested in dancing, please email asteriagreekdancers@gmail.com Thank you, Andrea Campbell
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 Green Team. Thank you!
Jan 12 Team Green
Jan 19 Team White
Jan 26 Team Red
SUNDAY AND GREEK SCHOOL
Your Sunday School is starting again this Sunday. It will begin immediately following communion. We invite all youth present from Pre-K to Senior High to join us. We have a very important part of the year in our church calendar. We plan many activities to help our youth understand their journey in Orthodoxy.
Greek School:
Classes resume on Saturday, January 11th. Wishing you all the best for the New Year 2020!
Warm regards,
Deena Metaxas & Jimmy Dimitris Tsiantopoulos
St. Kosmas the Aetolian Greek School
INTRODUCTION TO ORTHODOXY
Michael and Angela have two people interested in our intro to Orthodoxy class, which will begin mid-February at no cost of course. This course is not only designed for people new to the faith or wishing to learn about Orthodoxy, but also to those who are already Orthodox and would like to learn more. Please speak with Michael or Angela, read more on our website, or contact the office for more information.
IN OUR PRAYERS
Theodoros Pisimisis, 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 - $6. See Sylvia.
We have three (3) vacancies on the festival committee that need to be filled as soon as possible. The Greek Festival represents our biggest fundraiser for the church. If interested, please contact Chris Wood, or any parish council member.
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 12 Deena Metaxas, Bill Gazis
Jan 19 Lou Marinos, Deena Metaxas
Jan 26 Chryse Padilla, Lou Marinos
Feb 02 Demetrios Mourtakos, Ross Leo
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.
Jan 12 Zaneta Rapos
Jan 19 Andrianna Tambourides
Jan 26 Ellie Ashley
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 spec