May 28
Divine Liturgy and Other Services
05/28/2023
Sunday Services:Orthos 8:45am (live streamed)
Divine Liturgy 10:00am (live streamed)
Week Day Liturgies:
Regular Vespers/Paracleseis
Wednesdays at 6:00 pm unless otherwise noted on the calendar. There will be nightly Paracleseis at 6:00 pm August 1-14th except for August 5 &12.
June 13 5:45 pm Divine Liturgy Prophet Amos and St. Jerome
June 29 5:45 pm Divine Liturgy SS Peter and Paul
July 19 5:45 pm Divine Liturgy Prophet Elias
July 26 5:45 pm Divine Liturgy St. Paraskeve
Aug 5 6:00 pm Great Vespers Marietta, Holy Transfiguration (Reception to follow)
Aug 14 6:00 pm Great Vespers Dormition
Aug 15 8:00 am Orthros, 9:00 am Divine Liturgy, Dormition
Aug 29 8:00 am Orthros and Divine Liturgy Beheading of St. John the Baptist (strict fast)
Council of Ministries
05/28/2023
Council of Ministries Meetings
Schedule for Summer 2023
Meetings in June
Stewardship Thursday, June 1st at church 6:30-7:30 pm
Building and Grounds Tuesday June 6, at church 7:00-8:00 pm
Religious Education Thursday, June 8 at church at 6:30-7:30 pm
Check out our Council of Ministries chart see if you would like to get involved in a ministry of St. Philothea Orthodox Church www.stphilothea.org/ministries/council-of-ministries
PENTECOST PICNIC
06/03/2023
PENTECOST PICNIC Saturday, June 3rd at SS Constantine and Helen Romanian Orthodox Church following 3:00 pm Vespers. See flyer for details.
Greek Language Classes
06/04/2023
Greek Classes:
Will meet following Divine Liturgy on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month offering 45 minute classes. Our next class will be June 4th to plan for the summer.
*Please speak with Nicholas or Thirimachos if you would like to join the class.
ACTS Food Bank
06/06/2023
Volunteer at the ACTS Food Bank: St. Philothea’s remaining dates to volunteer will be Tuesday, June 6th, August 1st, October 3rd and December 5th. We will serve from 9:00 am-1:00 pm. See Fr. Anthony if you would like to help. at 9:00 am-1:00 pm. See Fr. Anthony if you would like to help. They are now allowing people to work who have been vaccinated.
Any and all support is appreciated! (Area Churches Together Serving) would like to help.
OCF News
06/11/2023
4th Quarter Sign-up is here. We will begin UGA Orientation for incoming Freshmen at the end of May-August (25 times total) and will need people to set up a booth for an hour and a half twice a week so that Orthodoxy will be a viable choice when they come on campus in the fall. Sign up here. See Fr. Anthony for details.
Thank you for your support.
Youth News
06/12/2023
VCS VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL:
AGES 3-11 will be June 12-14, 9:00-12:00 pm at church.
A Pool party will take place at Barb Knisely’s home Wednesday afternoon. More details to come. Register Here
MEN'S BIBLE STUDY
06/14/2023
MEN’S BIBLE STUDY Will meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesday’s of the month - June 14th, June 28th, July 12th, July 26th, August 9th and August 23rd after Vespers.
Please contact Garrett Klawuhn if you would like to join. garrett.klawuhn.gk@gmail.com
Happy Father's Day
06/18/2023
Happy Father’s Day to all our Fathers.
Thank you for your leadership and service on behalf of the family.
Parish Council
06/21/2023
Parish Council Meetings:
Wednesday, June 21st, July 19th and August 19th at 7:00 pm at the church
Bigger Vision
06/26/2023
Be a Blessing....Next Bigger Vision Meal: This Summer our schedulue is Monday, June 26th, July 24th and August 28th.
Bigger Vision is now allowing in person serving if you would like to join that ministry. Our next meal will be served Monday, May 22. Providing a meal for the homeless is a monthly event on the 4th Monday of the month, and we need to provide a protein, a starch, a vegetable, bread and dessert each month. Drop off is at the church at 4:30pm the Monday of the meal and Fr. Anthony will deliver it. This month we have Vegetable and Dessert covered.
Special thanks to everyone who has selflessly served to date at the Bigger Vision Homeless shelter.
Sign up online HERE. Sign up here to serve from 5:30-7:00 pm
You do not have to commit to every month but together we can do this. Please let Fr. Anthony know if you would like to join the team.
All contributions are appreciated!!
MoD Meeting
07/02/2023
MoD Meeting: June following the Divine Liturgy, and the Kneeling Prayers.
Inquirer's Class
07/02/2023
INQUIRERS CLASS:
Inquirers class on June 4 A “Sunday School” style class will be held during the Pentecost Kneeling prayers to accommodate the large families with children. Please contact prchristine@ilicons.us to be added to the email list.
Annual Golf Classic
08/07/2023
Golf Classic Tournament Planning Meeting:
Monday, August 7th at 7:00 pm via Zoom.
This helps raise funds to support the mission and ministry of St. Philothea and Bread for Life.
Save the Date: The Golf outing will be Monday, September 11, 2023
LEGACY/PLANNED GIFT
05/28/2023
LEGACY / PLANNED GIVING
Thank you to these families who have committed to including St. Philothea Greek Orthodox Church either in their will or in a life insurance policy. Please contact Fr. Anthony if you want to be included.
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Stewardship
05/28/2023
STEWARDSHIP REPORT 2023
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Age |
Total |
Number |
Range |
|
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20-40 |
$ 21,220 |
8 |
$500-$4500 |
($10,500 from two people) |
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40-60 |
$ 24,400 |
8 |
$500-$6,000 |
($14,500 from two people) |
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60-80 |
$ 61,330 |
21 |
$200-$10,000 |
(5.5 working) |
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Total |
$ 106,950 |
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Top 10 |
$65,480 |
4 working, 6 retired |
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< $1000 |
16 Pledges |
5.50% |
NOTE |
|
$1000 - $3,999 |
11 Pledgees |
22.50% |
|
|
$4000 - $6,999 |
9 Pledges |
40% |
|
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$7000 - $10,000 |
4 Pledges |
32% |
37 PLEDGING stewards TOTALLING $106,950 --for 2023
Analysis suggests the need to broaden our stewardship so as our retirees age, other families fill in. Please prayerfully consider an increase each year for the future of our community in Christ.
Stewardship payments: Checks can be mailed directly to Kate McClain 1001 Kings Court, Watkinsville, GA 30677 Your donations are always confidential.
Please consider Post dated Checks or setting up on-line payments for your monthly giving if you will be away this summer. This will help Kate pay the bills through the summer.
If you like to pledge your donation online, please click HERE
Book Store
FREE LENDING LIBRARY
The Life of St. Philothea is a beautifully illustrated hardback book about the life of our beloved patron. Available today in the bookstore $26. In addition to books we offer CD’s, prayer ropes, gift items and more.
The St. Philothea Lending Library is now accessible online for at-home browsing. Volunteers continue to refine the categories and subject tags for the 700 plus holdings. Please take advantage of this wonderful resource. librarycat.org/lib/St.Philothea.Library
Facebook Marketplace
FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE - Online Garage Sale.
Thanks to Kosta Vavlas and several parishioners we have already made over $600! Clean out your home and help raise funds for the Parish. Kosta is overseeing this ongoing Face Book garage sale and will guide us through this process on what we are looking to sell and how to promote it and close the sale. Your item will be picked up and delivered at the Sheriffs office where there are video cameras. If you have an item of value (~$50 or greater) that you would like to contribute so that it can be sold to raise funds for the Church please contact Kosta Vavlas (DimitriosVavlas@gmail.com 727-424-2194) to arrange for pick up. Clean, sellable items in good condition only, please. All proceeds will go to St. Philothea's operating expenses.
Athens Nurses Clinic Toiletry Collection
The Athens Nurse’s Clinic provides low-cost medical care for under-insured or uninsured patients with chronic illnesses.
Once again, the Philoptochos is collecting items for the Athens Nurse’s Clinic. The Nurse’s Clinic has had their funding decreased and are in need of these basic items. We will be collecting these items through-out the Lenten period. Please bring one or more of the following items to Church and they may be left in Fr. Anthony’s office or contact Karen Kimbaris, kakimbaris@yahoo.com or 706-310-0022 and she can collect the items.
Items Needed:
Shampoo/conditioner Soap or Body Wash
Toothbrush and Tootpaste Chapstick or Vaseline
Deodorant Shaving cream and Razor
Body Lotion Wash cloths
Socks Comb
Family Life Ministry
Meal Train:
Occasionally we have people in our community that need a little extra help with meal support during challenging times. In those cases a Meal Train Announcement will be emailed out by Regina Nasrallah. It is an easy and convenient way to provide very helpful support when a meal could really help out a family. Anyone can sign up.
We are looking for support for Maria Ortes, our MoD/Cleaning lady as she has 10 cancer treatnents left.
Also:
On behalf of Philoptochos, Mary Anna McClain is looking for meal assistance for a family located in Rutledge. You may have seen Father recently send out a prayer request for this family.
Below the link is the information on the family and if you can help along with St. John the Wonderworker, please do.
At the current moment due to health concerns, the family is using Hello Fresh. If you like to help out this family, here is the info on that service:
Good morning! You have all signed up to take a meal to the Vincent family in the next few weeks. They are so appreciative of all of the meals that they have received so far! Raymond needs to start eating Keto again for health reasons, so he has requested that we move to providing HelloFresh meals.
Keith Fischer has generously set up a Hello Fresh account and ordered the first week of food. The first box will be delivered this Thursday. Each box contains four meals, each of which are two servings. The first week is $40, after that it bumps up to $66 for weeks 2-7, and after that it bumps up to $91. They have some introductory discounts, which explains the changes in price.
If you would like to purchase a gift card online (https://www.hellofresh.com/gift), please enter Keith’s email (fischerkw1@yahoo.com), and he will apply it to their account.
The smallest gift card amount is $75, so if you would like to contribute toward one meal, instead of a full week, you can Venmo Keith (@kfisch218), and he will add the funds into their account.
Thank you all for your willingness to help and go with the flow, as things have been moving and changing frequently!
Keith Fischer has generously set up a Hello Fresh account and ordered the first week of food. The first box will be delivered this Thursday. Each box contains four meals, each of which are two servings. The first week is $40, after that it bumps up to $66 for weeks 2-7, and after that it bumps up to $91. They have some introductory discounts, which explains the changes in price.
If you would like to purchase a gift card online (https://www.hellofresh.com/gift), please enter Keith’s email (fischerkw1@yahoo.com), and he will apply it to their account.
The smallest gift card amount is $75, so if you would like to contribute toward one meal, instead of a full week, you can Venmo Keith (@kfisch218), and he will add the funds into their account.
Thank you all for your willingness to help and go with the flow, as things have been moving and changing frequently!
Coffee Hour
Coffee Hour – due to water damage in the social hall, we are currently having coffee hour in the narthex. The names and dates will remain as listed.
The 2023 Coffee Hour Hosting Schedule is available online. Everyone will have an opportunity to serve. Keep it simple. Coffee will be made by the Coffee Hour Committee. A simple cookie to go with coffee is sufficient for the host to provide. Then when coffee hour is winding down, the host will be responsible for cleaning up and putting things away.
Lacas Coffee is available for purchase for $10 a bag. It is what we are serving at coffee hour and the proceeds from the coffee sales will help subsidise coffee hour.
Click here for Hosting Schedule and let Presvytera know if you can host that day or need to change. 706-340-6366
AIOPA Events
05/28/2023
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Click for Kids | AIOPA Online Charity Campaign. Your support has the power to make a difference. Each year, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta treats hundreds of thousands of kids. As a not-for-profit, generous contributions from fundraisers help to ensure that CHOA can continue to provide the best possible care to kids now and in the future. By fundraising through Click for Kids, you can make a greater impact than ever before. It’s simple and fast and gives you the chance to help CHOA by contributing via our existing AIOPA campaign.
The next AIOPA event is Pentecost picnic Saturday June 3 following Vespers at 3:00 pm at SS Constantine and Helen Romanian Orthodox Church in Lilburn, GA. 664 Dickens Rd NW, Lilburn, GA 30047
