Excerpts: My Life in Christ
Spiritual Instructions of St. John of Kronstadt
You gaze upon the icon of the Saviour and see that He looks at you from it with brightest eyes; this look is the image of how He actually looks upon you with His eyes, that are brighter than the sun, and sees all your thoughts, hears all your heartfelt distress and sighs. The image is an image, and represents in lines and signs that which cannot be delineated, cannot be given in signs, and can be comprehended by faith alone. Believe, then, that the Saviour always protects you and sees each one of you—with all your thoughts, sorrows and sighing, in all your circumstances, as upon the palm of the hand. “Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy walls are continually before Me,” says the Lord God. How much consolation and life are contained in these gracious words of the Almighty and Provident God! Therefore pray before the icon of the Saviour as before Himself. The Lover of men is present in it by His grace, and with the eyes depicted in it really looks at you: “The eyes of the Lord are in every place,”2 while with His ears as represented on the icon, He hears you. But remember that His eyes are the eyes of God, and His ears are the ears of the omnipresent God.
†St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ, translated by E.E. Goulaeff, p.5, 9-10
On Tuesday we will have Great Vespers and Fellowship at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday will be Divine Liturgy at 9:00 a.m. (Hours at 8:40 a.m.).
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Please join Sdn Thaddeus as he leads a weekly Bible Study on Thursday, October 10th at 7:00 p.m. in our Fellowship Hall. We will continue with Luke 22:28.
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Next Saturday, October 12th at 4:00 p.m. is the Youth Devotional. Please see Dan Peck with any questions.
Reminder: No snack or meal at this meeting since it is the shorter one. Vespers is at 5:00 p.m., so please dress appropriately for the service - not casually.
Take note that the printed copy of the October calendar is now available in the narthex (entrance hall to the Church temple.)
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We will have Church School and Foundations Class (Catechism) at 11:30 a.m. Please allow teachers and children to go first in the fellowship meal line.
All are welcome to Foundations Class. Catechumens should be striving to attend every class. Our high-school aged students are strongly encouraged to attend as well. Download The Orthodox Way of Life class text book if you have not already.
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Those who partake in communion should line up on the sides, next to the windows. Those in line on the choir side will commune from either chalice (Dn. James or Fr. Silouan). Those on the confession side will go strictly to that side’s chalice (Dn. Nicholas). There are a few who will come up the middle aisle due to age or health related reasons. No one else should. We are aiming to keep the middle aisle free as the “exit.”
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Father Silouan uses an opt-in email service to send out his communications (such as the Weekend Update) to the parish. This is a different service than the parish Listserv.
To sign up, click on “The Latest” in the menu above. Then click on "Email Signup" which is the first item in the drop-down menu.
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Don’t forget you can give tithes and offerings online, including designated funds. There are two ways to do this. First, you can use the green "Give" button on Father Silouan's "Weekend Update" emails. Second, you can use the menu on this page. Click on "The Latest," then click on "Church Connect." Finally click on the blue "Give Online" button.
| Date | Matins | Epistle | |
| Oct 13 | Skomorucha | Altschul | |
| Oct 20 | Plumley | Bergwall | |
| Oct 27 | Altschul | Wales | |
| Date | Coffee Hour | Service Duty | Church Cleaners |
| Oct 6 |
Riley / Hojnicki / Roberts / Flynn / Reed |
Stultz / Najemy | Baldychev / Shatley‑Sylvest |
| Oct 13 |
Long / Hill / Stoyanova / Kiflemariam |
Telep / Baldychev | Skomorucha / Plummer / Hines |
| Oct 20 |
M. Tsegay / B. Gabriel / Finlaw / Plumley / Plummer |
Bunitsky / Morjana | D. Peck / Long / Crozier |
| Oct 27 |
Morjana / Hamwi / Najemy / DiDonato |
Riley / Riley | S. Peck |
| Date | Servers |
| Oct 13 | TBD |
3 Oct 2024 at 12:18pm
This Week's Schedule
Tuesday, October 8th
Great Vespers & Fellowship
at 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 9th
St. Tikhon of Moscow
Hours
at 8:40 a.m.
Divine Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, October 10th
Adult Bible Study
at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 12th
Youth Group
at 4:00 p.m.
Great Vespers
at 5:00 p.m.
followed by
Confessions
Sunday, October 13th
Matins
at 8:00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
followed by
Fellowship
followed by
Church School
and
Foundations Class
Important Dates
Friday, November 8th
Parish Feast: St. Michael the Archangel
