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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
St. Nicholas Bulletin - September 10, 2023
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Christ is in our midst! Христос међу нама! Cristo esta entra nosotros! | |
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How to Wear a Wedding Garment Every Day
Fr. Philip LeMasters
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.
Glory to Jesus Christ!
There are times when we want to make sure that we are dressed appropriately for what we are doing. Some have to wear uniforms to work or school each day and will be disciplined if their clothing does not meet the standard. Most people develop a sense of what to wear for everything from athletic events to weddings and funerals. How we dress says something about our attitude toward what is going on and toward others, especially our host, our employer, or those we are gathering to honor or support.
If that is true for us today, it was all the more so for guests at a wedding in the first century, especially the wedding of the son of a king. It was the custom in those days for the host to supply each guest with a wedding garment, clothing suitable for the occasion. Consequently, no one in attendance could have a good excuse for not being dressed in a way that honored the host, the bride and groom, and marriage itself as a sign of God’s blessings from generation to generation. It is understandable, then, that the king in the parable threw out the guest who was not wearing a wedding garment. For by neglecting to put on the garment he had been given, he was refusing to show respect for the celebration, much less to take part in it in a worthy manner.
Though we often overlook them, there are many times in the Bible when putting on particular kinds of clothing manifests our relationship with the Lord. Adam and Eve stripped themselves naked of the divine glory by turning away from God. As we chant in preparation for Theophany, Christ appeared in the waters of the Jordan in order to clothe the naked Adam with “the first robe,” to restore fallen humanity and the entire creation as participants in His divine glory. Remember what St. Paul said of baptism, “As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” (Gal. 3:27) In the Orthodox baptismal service, the priest puts a white garment on the newly baptized person immediately after he or she comes out of the water with the words “the servant of God is clothed with righteousness…” Then the chanter sings “Grant to me the robe of light, O Most Merciful Christ our God, Who clothes Yourself with light as with a garment.”
The connection to today’s parable is clear. The wedding garment is our baptismal garment, our putting on Christ, our participation in the healing and blessing of humanity that He has brought to the world. The Savior so often used a wedding feast as a sign of the Kingdom of God. The Book of Revelation presents the marriage banquet of the Lamb as the fulfillment of all things. Christ is the Groom and the Church is His Bride. In every Divine Liturgy, we enter mystically into that heavenly celebration, that eternal wedding banquet that is the salvation of the world.
The question for each of us, then, is whether we are living in a way that is appropriate to our exalted identity as participants in this great banquet. Do we act, think, speak, and believe in ways that fit with the beautiful garments Christ has given us? Of course, He Himself is our garment for we have put Him on in baptism. Through the God-Man, we become true participants in the divine nature, nourished by His own Body and Blood. We are not only guests at the wedding, but the ones being united to the Lord in a deep, binding covenant that changes our very identity. As always, God’s salvation is personal and organic, fulfilling His gracious intentions ever since He made us male and female in His image and likeness.
The man in the parable had much less responsibility than we do. He had simply been part of the crowd, the good and bad, invited to a wedding on a given day. He would have worn the wedding garment for a short period of time, and doing so would have given him no obligations once the celebration was over. In contrast, our baptismal garment gives us a profound responsibility throughout our lives to live in a way that shines with the divine glory, that radiates the light of Christ to a world so filled with darkness, death, and despair. By putting on Christ, we accept a calling to do and say only those things that reflect His holiness, that flow from His righteousness and love. It is not enough simply to be baptized, for we must embrace the new life the Lord has given us and do all that we can to grow up spiritually into “the full stature of Christ.” (Eph. 4:13)
There are many kinds of uniforms that demand something of those who wear them. For example, soldiers and officers of public safety do not represent only themselves, especially when they wear their uniforms. They must follow codes of behavior that give them legal duties that the rest of us do not have to the point laying down their lives. When others run away from danger, they must run right into the thick of it. Athletes and musicians often wear uniforms, which identify them as people who accept a certain discipline and take on a new identity. Those who do not respect what their uniform stands for do not respect what their organization is about. In any demanding group endeavor worth its salt, people like that must eventually get with the program or find something else to do with their time and energy.
There is a parallel truth in the Christian life. We are members of the Body of Christ and must all work together for our collective health and well-being. A wedding celebration is a social event, and so is the Divine Liturgy. We do not commune with the Lord as isolated individuals, but as living members of Him and one another. We show our faithfulness not simply by what we do for a couple of hours on Sunday morning, but most profoundly by whether we live as those who have put on Christ every day of the week, when we are not at Church and are wearing other uniforms or performing other tasks not usually associated with religion. No matter where we are, how we are dressed, or what we are doing, we still wear the robe of light given us by our Savior. We are never off-duty or out of season as followers of Jesus Christ, and we must live accordingly. If we do not intentionally struggle to do so, we disgrace our high calling and risk excluding ourselves from the Kingdom.
At the end of the day, we must extend the holy joy of the Divine Liturgy into everyday life. That means making our time at work, school, home, and elsewhere an extension of the heavenly banquet, an offering of ourselves and world to the One Who is the source of life itself and all our other blessings. It means that we must clothe not only one small sliver of ourselves with Christ, but every aspect of our life in the world. We must not go around half naked spiritually or pretend that holiness concerns only one day of the week. The Second Adam has come to restore the entire creation, turning the water of our most mundane tasks into the wine of His glory. He wants us to celebrate and participate in the heavenly banquet every day of our lives. We will be able to do so only if we act as those who worthily wear a robe of light, as those whose true uniform is the baptismal grown, the wedding garment of heaven.
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Commemorating the Synaxis of the Serbian Saints, Venerable Moses the Black, Righteous Prophet Hezekiah, Righteous Anna the Prophetess and Daughter of Phanuel who met the Lord at the Temple in Jerusalem, Martyr Susanna Queen of Georgia, Recovery of the relics of St Job of Pochaev, Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves whose relics repose in the Far Caves of Venerable Theodosius, St Savva of Pskov
RESURRECTIONAL TROPARION—TONE 5
Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, born for our salvation from the Virgin; for He willed to be lifted up on the Cross in the flesh, to endure death, and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.
HOLY FATHER NICHOLAS TROPARION—TONE 4
Truly you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith; in icon of humility and a teacher of abstinence. Your humility exalted you; your poverty enriched you. O Father and Hierarch Nicholas, intercede with Christ our God that our souls may be saved.
SYNAXIS OF SERBIAN SAINTS TROPARION—TONE 4
As the enlighteners of the Serbs, O God-bearing Fathers, holy patriarchs and great shepherds, guardians of the Apostolic traditions, unshakable pillars, and teachers of Orthodoxy: Beseech Christ, the Master of All, to grant peace to the world, and to our souls great mercy.
SAINT MOSES THE BLACK TROPARION—TONE 1
You abandoned the Egypt of the passions, O Father, ascending the mount of the virtues with fervent faith, taking the Cross of Christ upon your shoulders; and being glorified in godly works, you proved to be a model for monastics, O Moses, summit of the Fathers. With them, pray unceasingly that our souls may find mercy.
RESURRECTIONAL KONTAKION—TONE 5
You descended into hell, O my Savior, shattering its gates as Almighty, resurrecting the dead as Creator, and destroying the sting of death. You have delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Man, and we cry to You: “O Lord, save us!”
HYMN TO THE MOTHER OF GOD KONTAKION—TONE 6
Steadfast Protectress of Christians and constant Advocate before the Creator; despise not the cry of us sinners, but come speedily to help those who call on You in faith. Hasten to hear our petition and to intercede for us, O Theotokos, for You always protect those who honor You!
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READERS:
This Week: Matins: Nick Ressetar Epistle: Teddy Sukhernik
Next Week: Matins: Milan Radanovic Epistle: Dasha Gencturk
EPISTLE: 2 Corinthians 1: 21-2:4
DEACON: Let us pay attention.
PRIEST: Peace be unto all!
READER: And with your spirit!
DEACON: Wisdom.
READER: The Prokeimenon in the Fifth Tone: You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever.
CHOIR: You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever.
READER: v: Save me, O Lord, for there is no longer any that is godly!
CHOIR: You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever.
READER: You, O Lord, shall protect us ...
CHOIR: ...and preserve us from this generation forever.
DEACON: Wisdom!
READER: The Reading is from the second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians.
DEACON: Let us attend!
READER: Brethren, now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand. But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.
PRIEST: Peace be unto you, reader!
READER: And with your spirit! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
READER: I will sing of Your mercies, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your truth from generation to generation.
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
READER: For You have said: “Mercy will be established forever; My truth will be prepared in the heavens.”
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
АПОСТОЛ: 2 Коринћанима 1: 21-2:4
Ђакон: Пазимо
Свештеник: Мир свима!
Читач: I Духу Твоме!
Ђакон: Премудрост
Читач : ПРОКИМЕН- глас 5 Ти ћеш нас, Господе, одбранити и сачувати од рода овога до вјека.
Хор: Ти ћеш нас, Господе, одбранити и сачувати од рода овога до вјека.
Читач: Помилуј ме Господе, јер неста Светих, јер је мало вјерних међу синовима човјечијим.
Хор: Ти ћеш нас, Господе, одбранити и сачувати од рода овога до вјека.
Читач: Ти ћеш нас, Господе, одбранити
Хор: и сачувати од рода овога до вјека.
Ђакон: Премудрост
Читач: Читање је од посланице Светог апостола Павла до Галатима
Ђакон: Пазимо
Читач: Браћо, Бог је онај који нас утврђује с вама у Христу, и који нас помаза, Који нас и запечати, и даде залог Духа у срца наша. А ја призивам Бога за свједока на своју душу, да штедећи вас не дођох више у Коринт. Не као да господаримо над вјером вашом, него смо помагачи ваше радости; јер у вјери стојите чврсто. А ово одлучих у себи да вам опет не дођем у жалости. Јер, ако вас ја жалостим, ко је тај који мене весели, ако не онај кога ја жалостим? И ово вам баш написах, да када дођем не будем ожалошћен од оних од којих би требало да се радујем, уздајући се у све вас, да је радост моја радост свију вас. Јер од многе жалости и с болом срца написах вам са многим сузама, не да се ожалостите него да познате преобилну љубав коју имам према вама.
Свештеник: Мир свима Читачу!
Читач: I Духом Твоме! Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Читач: Пјеваћу увјек милости Господње; од кољена на кољено јавићу истину Твоју устима својим.
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Читач: Јер си рекао: Милост ће бити основана заувјек; на Небесима си утврдио истину Своју.
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
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LITURGY GOSPEL:
Matthew 22: 1-14
At that time, Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.”’ But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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ЈЕВАНЂЕЉЕ:
Матеј 22: 1-14
Каза Господ причу ову: Царство небеско је као човјек цар који начини свадбу сину своме. И посла слуге своје да зову званице на свадбу; и не хтједоше доћи. Опет посла друге слуге говорећи: Кажите званицама: Ево сам објед свој уготовио, јунци моји и храњеници поклани су, и све је готово: дођите на свадбу. А они не маривши отидоше, овај у поље своје, а онај у трговину своју; А остали ухватише слуге његове, изружише их, и побише. И када то чу цар онај, разгњеви се и пославши војску своју, погуби крвнике оне, и град њихов запали. Тада рече слугама својим: Свадба је готова, а званице не бјеху достојне. Идите, дакле, на раскршћа и кога год нађете, позовите на свадбу. И изишавши слуге оне на путеве, сабраше све које нађоше, и зле и добре; и напуни се свадбена дворана гостију. А ушавши цар да види госте, угледа ондје човјека необучена у свадбено рухо. И рече му: Пријатељу, како си ушао амо без свадбеног руха? А он оћута. Тада рече цар слугама: Свежите му руке и ноге, па га узмите и баците у таму најкрајњу; ондје ће бити плач и шкргут зуба. Јер су многи звани, али је мало изабраних.
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~ The Week Ahead: Scriptures and Services ~ | |
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~Prayers for the Faithful~
In Our Prayers
Newly Illumined Emilia Renee and Delilah Marie Peterson, their parents and sponsors, Metropolitan Paul, Archbishop Youhanna, Archimandrite Nikodhim, Protinica Ljubica Jockovic, Protopresbyter Rodney Torbic, Popadija Sara Golic, Matushka Barbara Ealy, the child Katie Elizabeth and her parents Mileva and Michael Repasky, the child Metodija and his parents Fr. Dn. Milan and Mira Damljanovic, the child Louise Bare and her parents Zachary & Elizabeth, Shayle York and the newborn Šeren Lily, Emma Howell and the newborn Ana Lynn, Kyranna Baker and the newborn Avery Catherine, Michelle Adams, Addy Andy, Ferris Atty, Lori Bare, Dori & Doug Bert, Jonathan Bertsch, Darlene & Larry Black, Carole Blitva, Stephan and Barbara Blitva, Walter “Bud” Brown, Guiliana & Aleksandar Carricato, Leann Cox, Joseph Derk, Art Dils, Draga Donato, Tommy and Kara (Blitva) Dorsey, JoAnn Filepas, Anaya Garvin, Christian & Melanie Geib, Michael Geppert III, Dr Andrea Govelovich, Nick & Terry Govelovich, Kata Gruich, George Gutshall, Dan Hazlett, Basil Havalchak, Travis Heilman, Adam Herigan, Edith Herigan, Kay Himes, Edward Hojnicki, Nicole Stefan Imschweiler, Susan Jacobs, Slobodan Jovicic, Myong Sook Kim, Spencer Klinge, Dorothy Krnjaich, Henry Laichak, Peter Lalic, Dragan Lalovic, Robert Lambrix, Stella Wren Lappas, Catherine Lewis, Dick Livingston, Maggie Livingston, Boro Lojpur, Stephen Lundingrin, Dianne & Jim Martin, Rowan Martin, Jack McFall, Marija Miljkovic, Daria Milletics, Infant of God Ryan Leigh Moffitt, Dave Morris, Peter Mrgich, George Myers, Patty Navarro, Bosiljka Ninkovic, Lila Packer, Daniel Paddock, Vid & Marica Pejcic, Hope Pesner, Kobe Petrovich, Sue Petrovich, Tracy Petrovich, Linda Rodgers, Logan Roszkowski, Chloe Ruff, Nathan & Jane Rush, Greg Selman, Michael Schaffner, Maryann Seiders, Steven Semic, Benjamin Shaffer, Tessa Shaffer, John Sheaffer, Pat Shoemaker, Branko Smitran, Zorka Starcevich, Tim Stefan, Patricia & Joseph Sypniewski, Leonard Tepsich, Leroy Tepsich Jr, Savka Trivun, Edie & Michael “Bo” Venesevich, Rita Vorkapich, Kristina Vukalo, Steve Vulich, Paula Werner, Draga Worman, Dewey Yetter, Mileva “Millie” Yezdimir, Marija Zabrodnaya, Jason Zeigler, Ashley Ziobrowski, Demetrios & Eleni Ziogas, Miriam “Mim” Codan Ziolkowski
Those Who Need Special Care
COUNTRY MEADOWS MECHANICSBURG: Florence Ivanoff; MASONIC HOME ELIZABETHTOWN: Ray Foltz; RS: Cedo Lukic; SPRING CREEK: Chuck Belic
Those to be Baptized
Sloane & Berkeley Semic, Barrett Scott, Divna & Danica Mitrovic, Nora & Maeve Van Huysen, Sloane & Šeren York
Our College Students
Sophia Adams, Kyranna Baker, Cameron Barber, Michael Geppert, Anastasija Gligorevic, Cayden Healy, Matthew Hoover, Kalei Howard, Faith Kingsbury, Sophia Mummert, Kobe Petrovich, Christina Radanovic, Ioanna Radanovic, Madison Vorkapich, Anastasija Vukalo
Our Dearly Departed Loved Ones
Protopresbyter Srboljub Jockovic, Protopresbyter Alexander Veronis, Robert Bazdar, Ljuban Kosovac, John J Milakovic, Mileva Maran, Eva Orr, Helen Kapac
~Condolences Offered~
†HELEN KAPAC We offer our humble condolences to Stanley (son) and the Kapac family on the passing of our dearly departed sister Helen early Friday morning. May her soul dwell with the righteous, be numbered among the just, and may her memory be eternal!
~Parastos Offered~
Vjecnaja Pamjat! Memory Eternal!
†GEORGE KRNJAIC Offered TODAY after Liturgy in loving memory of his repose (5 years—Sept 7) by Christine, Stacy, Mike, Laurie & families.
†VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS ON 9/11 Offered TOMORROW after Liturgy in memory of the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001.
~Vigils Offered~
JIMI WERNER & TAYLOR GRENIER Offered lovingly on the joyous occasion of their recent engagement. From the first time we saw you together we could see God’s love at work. You both are very special to us all. May God grant you both all of life’s blessings and love’s joy! Ziveli! Mnogaja Ljeta! With much love and happiness from Jim, Paula, Philip, Baba and our entire family.
KATA GRUICH Offered in celebration of Grandparents Sunday, today!! God bless you and thank you for being the best Baba and Stara Baba ever!! Love your grandkids and great grandchildren.
TINA TEPSICH Offered in celebration of her birthday (Sept 10). May God grant you many more years! Ziveli! Mnogaja Ljeta! Love Kuma Nikki, Putz & family.
KATA GRUICH Offered for our beautiful Mom, Baba, Stara Baba in celebration of her birthday (Sept 14). May God bless you with many more years of love and happiness! With love from all of your family. Ziveli! Mnogaja Ljeta!
KATA GRUICH Offered for Kuma Kata’s birthday (Sept 14). May God shower her with His many blessings and good health. Love Kuma Tootsie. Mnogaja Ljeta! Many Years!
TOOTSIE KRNJAICH Offering vigils and prayers for our Kuma Tootsie. May God’s blessings be with her during her rehab period. From her Godchildren, Kat and families.
DARLENE BLACK Offered with love by the Barber & Geib Families for God’s Blessings during her recovery. We pray that He will bless her with good health. Our Love & Prayers are with her.
MICHAEL GEPPERT Offered prayerfully by Mom & Dad for improvement in health and God’s blessings and loving care during his recovery.
†JEFF LEWIS Offered in loving memory of his birthday (Sept 1). Memory Eternal! Vjecnaja Pamjat! Love the Lewis family
†GEORGE KRNJAIC Offered in loving memory of his repose (5 years—Sept 7) by Kata and family. Vjecnaja Pamjat! Memory Eternal!
†LEROY ‘SUG’ TEPSICH Offered in loving memory of his birthday (Sept 10) Vjecnaja Pamjat! Memory Eternal! Love Kata & family.
†JOE JAJICH Offered in loving memory of his repose (3 years—Sept 10) and birthday (Sept 11) by Kata & family. Vjecnaja Pamjat! Memory Eternal!
†PETER GRUICH Offered in commemoration of his birthday (Sept 11) by Kata & family. Vjecnaja Pamjat! Memory Eternal!
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Please continue to pray for all of those currently being persecuted for Christ's sake in Kosovo, Metohija, Montenegro, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, the Sudan, China, North Korea, for all of our brothers and sisters in Christ suffering throughout the world, especially in Ukraine and Russia, that they might be comforted with the Joy of our Lord, and for those who are unjustly persecuted that they may be strengthened by the love of Christ which knows no race.
LET US PRAY TO THE LORD!
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Stewardship Offering Information
Date 9/3/2023
Collection: $2,517.00
Date 8/27/2023
Collection: $2,865.00
Date 8/20/2023
Collection: $2,833.00
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September Birthdays
Elliott Klipa (Sep 2), Andjela Lojpur (Sep 3), Graham Bazdar (Sep 3), Dominik Bowser (Sep 3), Aleksandar Milanovich (Sep 4), Aleksandar Gerhart (Sep 4), Peter Barber (Sep 5), Lincoln Govelovich (Sep 6), Mike York (Sep 6), Radomir Raic (Sep 7), Misha Bowser (Sep 8), Stacey Mummert (Sep 9), Tina Tepsich (Sep 10), Bennett Spangler (Sep 12), Nemanja Jovic (Sep 13), Kat Gruich (Sep 14), Ben Shaffer (Sep 18), Zeljko Raic (Sep 18), Marija Miljkovic (Sep 20), Angie Vorkapich (Sep 21), Terry Govelovich (Sep 22), Dean Stefan (Sep 22), Milijan Lukic (Sep 22), Ljilja Lazarevic (Sep 24), Clara & Thea Goodling (Sep 25), Fran Radosevich (Sep 29)
September Anniversaries
Frank & Marie Brescia (Sep 2), Mark & Yovanka Hoover (Sep 9), Dori & Steve Barry (Sep 9), Alan & Marina Radanovic (Sep 9), Luke & Waad Jacobs (Sep 13), Val & Fran Radosevich (Sep 16), Tim & Kaitlyn Hook (Sep 19), Brian & Catherine Lewis (Sep 19), Tina & Lenny Tepsich (Sep 20), Jon & Mara Bebeau (Sep 25), John & Cindy Semic (Sep 26)
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FEAST OF THE BEHEADING OF ST. JOHN
The Feast will be celebrated tomorrow morning with liturgy at 9:00am. All are welcome.
PASTORAL EMERGENCY CALLS
As Father Christopher is still recovering from surgery, Proto Ilija Balach will be assisting with emergency calls. In case of pastoral emergency, please call or text Proto Ilija at 425.736.3016.
ST NICHOLAS SENIORS
The next Seniors meeting/luncheon will be held this Tuesday, September 12, in the Church Social Hall starting at 12 noon. This will be an indoor picnic and we are requesting picnic type food for the luncheon. Entertainment by CAHOOTS!! Please call Linda Yandric at 717-939-5309 or Terry Govelovich at 717-561-1590 and let them know what you plan to bring. Hope to see you there.
ADULT EDUCATION CLASS
As we begin the new Liturgical year, we also begin our Adult Education classes after Vespers on Wednesday evenings (starting in October). This year, Father Chris is asking what aspects of the Faith you are interested in learning more about. Please email at fr.chris@stnicholassteelton.org, or call 717.939.0251 to offer your suggestions.
CHURCH SCHOOL REGISTRATION
It is that time again, getting ready for a new academic year. Please follow this link to register your children for our Church School program. All children, ages 3—18 are expected to attend classes each Sunday to grow in the Faith and in fellowship.
https://forms.gle/SGWWhv3iBLWqJfHd7
SAVE THE DATE—OCTOBER 7, 2023
Chris & Jevgenija Radanovic invite everyone to the baptism of their granddaughter Avery Catherine on October 7 at 11 am with a lunch to follow in the hall. All are welcome!!
SAVE THE DATE—OCTOBER 28-29, 2023
SSS Josif Marinkovich 90th Anniversary Weekend! Concert, Banquet, Dance, etc. More information will follow!
WITH THE BLESSING OF HIS GRACE, BISHOP IRINEJ,
from Father Goran Mićić:
"Dear all, we are addressing you in the hour of our greatest pain. We are consumed by suffering for the child, whom we love more than our own lives. We beg you to share with us the pain and misery, which no one who has not gone through this "Path of Suffering" can even imagine. Namely, our 12-year-old son Petar fell ill with a severe form of soft tissue sarcoma (alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma). Three years ago, treatment began in Kragujevac, continued in Belgrade, and currently, the child is in Stuttgart. Since metastases appeared despite the therapy, Dr. K. Blatman, who is treating him, referred him to further treatment in the USA with sarcoma expert Dr. Peter Anderson to the Cleveland Clinic. We ask you to financially support Peter's journey in faith and hope that our beloved son will overcome this wicked disease. We are full of love for our sick child, but we are powerless before the clinic's request to pay a large sum of money. We send this request to you as a painful cry for the continuation of our son's life. "Give as much as you can" so that Petar could feel the joy of life and childhood that a serious illness took away from him. Parents, priest Goran Mićić and wife Kristina Mićić, from Kragujevac."
GoFundMe Campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pomoc-malom-petru?utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsApp&utm_term=undefined
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DEADLINE IS TODAY
If you need to make an address change. If you are not receiving envelopes and wish to. If you are receiving envelopes and no longer wish to. Please inform Daria Milletics by TODAY, September 10.
OFFICE CLOSURE
The office will be closed NEXT week (Sept 18-22) while Daria is on vacation. Please have any requests for the September 24th bulletin to her by Thursday, September 14.
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Office hours are Monday thru Friday from 9 am until noon. You may call the office during these hours at (717) 939-3872 or come by the office in person. Office hours will be adjusted when services are occurring during those hours.
BULLETIN DEADLINE
Bulletin Deadline is Wednesday at 11 am. Please send all requests to the church office at office@stnicholassteelton.org
You may also call (717) 939-3872
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September Charity
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
575 Scarsdale Road, Yonkers, NY 10707
(914) 961-8313
http://www.svots.edu/
The mission of St. Vladimir’s Seminary is to “serve Christ, His Church, and the world through Orthodox Christian theological education, research, and scholarship, and the promotion of inter-Orthodox cooperation”.
The Seminary offers educational programs for clergy, those preparing for clerical ministries, lay leaders and religious scholars so they “may build up Orthodox communities, foster Church growth through mission and evangelism, teach the Orthodox faith, and care for those in need”. The Seminary has a diverse student body and a strong faculty committed to teaching, learning, and serving the Church to the glory of God. Academic programs include Master level degrees in divinity, theology, and religious studies for lay leaders. A stimulating array of special academic programs is also available. We encourage you to visit the St. Vladimir’s Seminary website listed above to learn more about the exciting and challenging learning opportunities, programs and resources.
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