This week we have a service on Tuesday, but instead of Vespers, we will have baptisms! Please join us as four of our catechumens will be received.  The service is at 6:00 p.m. followed by fellowship.

Wednesday morning there will be a Divine Liturgy at 9:00 a.m. (Hours at 8:40 a.m.)

Susan Skomorucha announced during our Special Parish Meeting that we have launched a strategic planning survey called the Effective Parish Assessment (EPA). We ask that parishioners and catechumens take 30 minutes of their time to complete the survey.  Your responses will be used to determine where our parish is today and where we want to be in the future. All responses are anonymous. 

To access the survey, do the following:

1. Use the QR code to the left of this news item, or use this link: https://effectiveparish.org/survey
2. On the Effective Parish Assessment page, click on the button labeled Take Effective Parish Assessment Now.
3. Once in the assessment, click the green OK button.
4. Answer the question about our parish by selecting WILMINGTON, DE - Saint Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church from the dropdown list. Be careful. There are currently two parishes in the list named Saint Michael the Archangel.
5. Answer the question about our jurisdiction by selecting Orthodox Church in America from the dropdown list.
6. Answer the remaining questions in the assessment.  Answer all of the questions in one sitting.  If you must step away from completing the assessment, then leave your browser open to the assessment.  Don't linger over your answers; go with your first impressions.  If a question does not apply to our parish, answer it with Neither agree nor disagree, or I don't know.  Finally, if you don't know something, then I don't know is the correct answer!

For additional information about this assessment or for assistance with completing it, please see Susan Skomorucha.

Moms, bring your children to weekday liturgy and hang around afterwards for fellowship and let the kids play. Also, keep an eye out for park play dates - next one is Friday, July 11th!

Here is the current schedule of play dates for the summer:

• July 11 at Lums Pond Playground (Bear, DE)
• July 25 at Nichols Park (Landenberg, PA)
• August 8 TBD (possibly at Tice house for a pool party)

The play dates will start at 9:00 a.m. and end at 1:00 p.m. 

Please bring water, snacks, and/or lunch. Contact Christina Tice with any questions. She is also interested in having some help with hosting & planning.

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.

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.