WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

March 31, 2024

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Sunday, March 31

Sunday of St Gregory Palamas

St Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska

Orthros/Matins 830am

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Divine Liturgy 930am

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40 Day Blessing

John Routos, son of Erica & Constantine Routos

Anthony & Alec Stelchook, sons of Laura and Remy Stelchook

Memorial Service

For the Servanst of God:

William Pappas (1 year), Fr. Antonios Papathanasiou (2 years)

For those that are not able to join us in person we welcome you to participate virtually by clicking here

PRAYER LIST

Click here to offer your prayers for those in need of prayer.

Click here to download A PRAYER IN TIME OF NEED

Click here to download a PRAYER FOR THOSE GOING THROUGH DEPRESSION

CHILDREN'S WORD

Click on the image above to download the current or previous Children's Word publications.

Click Here for This Week’s Theme: The Crowds Around Jesus

DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. BASIL - Please note that on the Sundays of Great Lent, The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is celebrated. The offering prayers for the Holy Gifts, are different than the prayers of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

COFFEE HOUR & FELLOWSHIP - Please know that during this Great Lenten Season, in following the fasting guidelines of the Church, there will be no meat or dairy products served.

EARLY START TIME NEXT SUNDAY - Please know that next Sunday, April 7 Matins will begin at 8am and The Divine Liturgy at 9am.

GRADE 5/6 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS - Congratulations to our Grade 5/6 Boys Basketball New England Regional Champions! We thank them and all teams that represented our St. George community this season. Thank you to all coaches, families and of course all players!

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APRIL 21 - The Spring General Assembly will be held following Divine Liturgy on Sunday, April 21. Come hear about the activities of the church and share your opinions and ideas of how we may serve the people of our community.

BASKETBALL BANQUET SATURDAY APRIL 6 @ 6PM - Inviting all basketball players and clinic participants to come to the Basketball Banquet and enjoy the end of season celebration!

>>UNFILLED NEED: SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS – Please sign up to be a teacher and share the teachings of our faith with the future of the church – the children! For more information on how you can help, contact Athena Bevan.

UPCOMING MEMORIALS – April 14: Nancy Dahlstrom (1 year)

PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED - Photographers wanted to take pictures at future events for the St. George Memory Project. Please contact the office fore more info.

CHOIR BOOK REQUEST – If you are unable to sing with the choir and still have a choir book in hand, please return it to the choir area. The choir is growing, and they need those books! Thank you.

PROSPHORA NEEDED – You are invited to make Prosphora to be used during the Divine Liturgy. Sunday Divine Liturgies use five loaves on average. We appreciate your help with this special need. See below for how you and your household can make this offering in your homes.

COMCAST AND YAHOO EMAILS – If you have a Comcast or Yahoo email address, please add the domain stgeorgenh.org to your safe sender list and check your spam or junk folder. There is an issue with Comcast and Yahoo rejecting emails sent to comcast.net or yahoo.com when sent as part of a group.

BASKETBALL BANQUET SATURDAY APRIL 6 @ 6PM - Inviting all basketball players and clinic participants to come to the Basketball Banquet and enjoy the end of season celebration!

SCHOLARSHIP PACKETS NOW AVAILABLE – Please contact the church office if you would like a scholarship packet.

TODAY FOLLOWING COFFEE HOUR

Library Photo ID Tuesdays at 7pm

We want to hear your stories and need your help identifying people in the pictures!

Join Zoom Meeting:

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Bible Study Every Wednesday at 11am!

We have resumed our Weekly Bible Study which will be every Wednesday at 11am! We are currently discussing Chapter 2 of St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians.

Join us as we all learn more about Scripture, our Faith and our Traditions!!!

Please email the Church office by clicking here so you can join if you would like to participate through zoom

ALL SESSIONS WILL BE ON ZOOM ONLY

Sunday of Orthodoxy

We thank everyone who participated in the procession on the Sunday of Orthodoxy!

Did you miss a sermon?

Maybe want to hear it again?

MAR. 17 YOUTH SERMON

Getting Ready for our Journey

Today's youth sermon begins with some info (about St. Patrick and what happened to him) and focuses on a Journey that all of us will be going on starting tomorrow, which is called "Clean Monday."

Where are we going? Why is it called "Clean Monday"?

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MAR. 17 MAIN SERMON:

Are We Ready for our Brackets?...No NOT the Bball One

At 6pm on Sunday evening, many from around the states and some around the world will be watching with hopes and dreams. Some will be happy they are in and others will be disappointed.

Did you know that we are also going into a Tournament? No, not the Basketball one, a much deeper one that has steps for each round!

What are they???

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EARLY START TIME NEXT SUN. APR. 7 MATINS 8AM DIVINE LITURGY 9AM

UPCOMING EVENTS

YOUTH SUMMER REGISTRATIONS

Click on each to find out all info

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Prosphoro

Bread has been the emblem of God’s providence for us, throughout humanity’s history. Both physical (bread as food) and spiritual - the επιούσιον (epiousion) or “supersubstantial” bread of the Lord’s prayer, the bread of Holy Communion.

In the Orthodox Christian church, the pinnacle of our worship is union with Christ, both spiritually but also physically, by consuming the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Since the Last Supper, before every Divine Liturgy, one or more of the faithful prepare and bring bread to church to be used as the Body of Christ in the Eucharist. The Orthodox church is liturgical. For those of us who bake prosphoro, the liturgy begins as we prepare to bake!

Prosphoro is an offering to God, made from His material gifts to us, and prepared lovingly and prayerfully.

A special website is available to share with the faithful this ‘proper’ method of preparation of the holy gift according to the Greek Orthodox tradition. Please click here to learn how to bake this beautiful offering.