Bulletin December 30, 2007

HOLY RESURRECTION ORTHODOX CHURCH

A Parish of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese--Ecumenical Patriarchate

10201 Democracy Blvd Potomac, MD 20854

Fr. Peter Zarynow, Pastor (cell phone:301-367-9051] ( frzarynow@gmail.com )

Rectory Phone: 301-299-5120 Church Hall/Fax 301-983-0847

Web: www.holyresurrection.com

Sunday 30 December 2007

Thirty-first Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday of the Forefathers

Prophet Daniel

Epistle: Colossians 3:4-11

Gospel: Luke 14:16-24

Tone Six

The Schedule of Divine Services for the Week is as Follows:

30 Dec. (SUN) 31^st Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10:00am

Coffee Social to follow

06 Jan. (SUN) 32^nd Sunday after Pentecost/Eve of the Nativity

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10:00am

No Coffee Social scheduled for today

Holy Night Supper 5:00pm

Compline on the Eve of the Nativity of Christ 7:00pm

07 Jan. (Mon) FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST

Singing of Carols 9:45am

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 10:00am

Christmas Coffee Social to follow

Announcements:

Confessions will be heard on Sunday mornings from 9:15-9:45am and by appointment. All faithful are encouraged to come to the Sacrament every 8 weeks, on average, to help maintain spiritual health. This is especially for those who frequently “with Faith and with Love come forward” to receive the Body and Blood of Christ! [NOTE: final opportunity to have your Confession heard before Christmas will be after Divine Services on Christmas Eve. Confessions will not be heard on Christmas Day, no exceptions.]

A reminder that we are in the season of the Pre-Nativity (Advent) Fast. All fasting guidelines apply.

There is no coffee social scheduled for next Sunday. Please keep this in mind. Volunteers are asked to help set the hall for the Holy Night Supper later in the day.

The annual Parish family Hoy Night Supper is scheduled for Sunday 6 January at 5pm. A signup sheet is posted on the bulletin board for the Pot Luck. Any help that can be offered as to the set up for the hall would be appreciated. Please Note: Because Christmas falls on a Sunday, it is not a Strict Fast Day. Only a regular meat fast is required, though all are encouraged to still make the foods traditional to the Holy Night Supper.

LAST CALL: Please hand in Poinsettia donation slips are due TODAY! Slips should be handed into Faith Breno. Donations will be listed in the Christmas edition of the bulletin. There are extra slips available in the hall. Also due today are all candle donations for Christmas.

”Lots-O-Luck calendars” for 2008 [The National ACRY fundraiser], will be offered for sale from now until early January.

Cost is $25 each. See Sheila to purchase them.

Church Wall Calendars are available in the hall on the table at the bottom of the stairs. Please take as many as you need, but not more. If you know someone who needs a calendar, but cannot make it to church, please take one for them.

Pan-Orthodox Christian Singles will have their next gathering on Saturday 12 January 2008. Directions to the event and party agenda are available on the parish hall info. table.

Excuse notes for Christmas Day, Monday 7 January, are available in the hall for our elementary, middle school and high school students. Parents need only fill in the student’s name and sign.

Appointment request forms for home blessings are available in the parish hall. Please fill out the form and place it in the collection basket as soon as possible. The forms will be returned to Father. Besides the forms, you may call the rectory to make an appointment. Thank you.

Please keep in your prayers Fr. Karl Kish, who is going to the Middle East for a few weeks, beginning on 1 January. He will be going to serve post Christmas Services for our troops stationed in the desert. May God grant him safe travel and bring him home safely! Mnohaja L’ita! Many Years!

Please pray for the following: Metropolitan NICHOLAS, Fr. Ronald Hazuda, Fr. Stephen Dutko, Fr. Kenneth Bachofsky, Fr. Stephen Jula, Fr. David Wine, Fr. David Smoley, Fr. Lawrence Barriger, Fr. Paul Herbert, Fr. Milorad Milosevich, Fr. Paul Stoll, Pani Yvonne Lysack, Pani Kathy Dutko, Ed ‘Skeets’ Williams, Les Miller, Steve Sheftic, Rudy Kormanik, Jason Janowick, Lois Erhard, MaryAnn Muchesko, Ivan Pop, Carol Miller, John Kloss, Mary Kesselak, Marge Chica, Michael Hall, Ronald Koval, Cindy Russell, Mary Matuga, Elaine Buchko, Dorothy Sudik, Amanda Matyok & son, Ann Dahulich, Dolores Boyal, Jody Springman, Pauline Kopchak, Anthony Rich, Erin Rich, Dorothy Mastronicola, Nicholas Yacko, Olga Shurkala, Mildred Bartko, PaňiMatka Anna Ivana & baby, Savannah and Caroline Boyd, Taina Ferguson, Jim Brown, Paňi Jodi Moriak & baby, Laura Detweiler, Maryann Gohr , Angie Walli

May the Lord Jesus Christ touch them with His Healing Hand!

Bulletin December 23, 2008

HOLY RESURRECTION ORTHODOX CHURCH

A Parish of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese--Ecumenical Patriarchate

10201 Democracy Blvd Potomac, MD 20854

Fr. Peter Zarynow, Pastor (cell phone:301-367-9051] ( frzarynow@gmail.com )

Rectory Phone: 301-299-5120 Church Hall/Fax 301-983-0847

Web: www.holyresurrection.com

Sunday 23 December 2007

Thirtieth Sunday after Pentecost

Martyr Mennas

Epistle: Colossians 3:4-11

Gospel: Luke 18:18-27

Tone Five

The Schedule of Divine Services for the Week is as Follows:

23 Dec. (SUN) 30^th Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10:00am

Coffee Social to follow

30 Dec. (SUN) 31^st Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10:00am

Coffee Social to follow

Announcements:

Confessions will be heard on Sunday mornings from 9:15-9:45am and by appointment. All faithful are encouraged to come to the Sacrament every 8 weeks, on average, to help maintain spiritual health. This is especially for those who frequently “with Faith and with Love come forward” to receive the Body and Blood of Christ! [NOTE: final opportunity to have your Confession heard before Christmas will be after Divine Services on Christmas Eve. Confessions will not be heard on Christmas Day, no exceptions.]

A reminder that we are in the season of the Pre-Nativity (Advent) Fast. All fasting guidelines apply.

Welcome to Fr. Karl Kish, currently assigned to Bethesda Naval Hospital & his family and to Fr. Deacon William Friedel from St. Michael Orthodox Church in Youngstown, OH. We thank them for coming and celebrating the Liturgy with us this morning. May God grant to His servants, PRIEST KARL ANDREW & DEACON WILLIAM, many years of Peace, Health, Happiness and Salvation! Mnohaja L’ita!

LAST CALL: Please hand in Poinsettia donation slips no later than 30 December. Slips should be handed into Faith Breno. Donations will be listed in the Christmas edition of the bulletin. There are extra slips available in the hall.

Pledge Sheets for 2008 are due today. If you lost your sheet, there are more available in the parish hall. These sheets help the Council prepare the budget for the coming year. If you have any questions see either Mike Buchko or Dan Breno.

”Lots-O-Luck calendars” for 2008 [The National ACRY fundraiser], will be offered for sale from now until early January.

Cost is $25 each. See Sheila to purchase them.

Church Wall Calendars are available in the hall on the table at the bottom of the stairs. Please take as many as you need, but not more. If you know someone who needs a calendar, but cannot make it to church, please take one for them.

The annual Parish family Hoy Night Supper is scheduled for Sunday 6 January at 5pm. A signup sheet is posted on the bulletin board for the Pot Luck. Any help that can be offered as to the set up for the hall would be appreciated.

Pan-Orthodox Christian Singles will have their next gathering on Saturday 12 January 2008. Directions to the event and party agenda are available on the parish hall info. table.

Excuse note for Christmas Day, Monday 7 January, are available in the hall for our elementary, middle school and high school students. Parents need only fill in the student’s name and sign.

Appointment requests for home blessings are available in the parish hall. Please fill out the form and place it in the collection basket as soon as possible. The forms will be returned to Father. Thank you.

“A Note of Thanks…”

Thank you to all of the parish family of Holy Resurrection for all of your prayers, candles and cards during my recent surgery and recovery. I still have a way to go, so please continue to pray for me. May God bless you for your kindness!

Love, Taina Ferguson

Please pray for the following: Metropolitan NICHOLAS, Fr. Ronald Hazuda, Fr. Stephen Dutko, Fr. Kenneth Bachofsky, Fr. Stephen Jula, Fr. David Wine, Fr. David Smoley, Fr. Lawrence Barriger, Fr. Paul Herbert, Fr. Milorad Milosevich, Fr. Paul Stoll, Pani Yvonne Lysack, Pani Kathy Dutko, Ed ‘Skeets’ Williams, Les Miller, Steve Sheftic, Rudy Kormanik, Jason Janowick, Lois Erhard, MaryAnn Muchesko, Ivan Pop, Carol Miller, John Kloss, Mary Kesselak, Marge Chica, Michael Hall, Ronald Koval, Cindy Russell, Mary Matuga, Elaine Buchko, Dorothy Sudik, Amanda Matyok & son, Ann Dahulich, Dolores Boyal, Jody Springman, Pauline Kopchak, Anthony Rich, Erin Rich, Dorothy Mastronicola, Nicholas Yacko, Olga Shurkala, Mildred Bartko, PaňiMatka Anna Ivana & baby, Savannah and Caroline Boyd, Taina Ferguson, Jim Brown, Paňi Jodi Moriak & baby, Laura Detweiler, Maryann Gohr , Angie Walli

May the Lord Jesus Christ touch them with His Healing Hand!

REMINDER: Candle donations for the Feast of the Nativity (7 Jan.) must be handed in by Sunday 30 December if you want them listed in the Christmas edition of the Bulletin.

Bulletin December 16, 2007

HOLY RESURRECTION ORTHODOX CHURCH

A Parish of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese--Ecumenical Patriarchate

10201 Democracy Blvd Potomac, MD 20854

Fr. Peter Zarynow, Pastor (cell phone:301-367-9051] ( frzarynow@gmail.com )

Rectory Phone: 301-299-5120 Church Hall/Fax 301-983-0847

Web: www.holyresurrection.com

Sunday 16 December 2007

Twenty-ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Prophet Sophonias

Epistle: Colossians 3:12-16 (Sunday) Hebrews 13:17-21 (St. Nicholas)

Gospel: Luke 17:12-19 (Sunday) Luke 6:17-23 (St. Nicholas)

Tone Four

The Schedule of Divine Services for the Week is as Follows:

16 Dec. (SUN) 29^th Sunday after Pentecost

Parish Celebration of St. Nicholas Day

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10am

St. Nicholas Day Luncheon/Sunday School Program to follow

Jr. & Sr. ACRY Church Decorating

19 Dec. (Wed) St. Nicholas Day/Advent Service

Moleben to St. Nicholas 7:00pm

23 Dec. (SUN) 30^th Sunday after Pentecost/2^nd Sunday before Nativity

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10:00am

Coffee Social to follow

Announcements:

Confessions will be heard on Sunday mornings from 9:15-9:45am and by appointment. All faithful are encouraged to come to the Sacrament every 8 weeks, on average, to help maintain spiritual health. This is especially for those who frequently “with Faith and with Love come forward” to receive the Body and Blood of Christ!

A reminder that we are in the season of the Pre-Nativity (Advent) Fast. All fasting guidelines apply.

Deepest sympathies are extended to Lois Erhard & family on the ‘falling asleep in the Lord’ of her aunt +Mildred Sukal. Funeral services were held last week at St. Nicholas Church, Homestead. May God grant rest to the soul of His newly-departed handmaiden, +MILDRED and may her memory be Eternal!

Please hand in Poinsettia donation slips no later than 30 December. Slips should be handed into Faith Breno. Donations will be listed in the Christmas edition of the bulletin. There are extra slips available in the hall

Do not forget the 2008 Pledge sheets. If you lost yours there are more available in the hall. Please have them in by no later than 23 December. If you have any questions see either Mike Buchko or Dan Breno.

For your Christmas table: extra strong homemade horseradish. Cost is $5.50/16oz. jar + shipping (shipping cost will not be known until order arrives). To order, please see Fr. Peter after Divine Services. Last day to order is 16 December.

”Lots-O-Luck calendars” for 2008 [The National ACRY fundraiser], will be offered for sale from now until early January.

Cost is $25 each. See Sheila to purchase them.

Church Wall Calendars are available in the hall on the table at the bottom of the stairs. Please take as many as you need, but not more. If you know someone who needs a calendar, but cannot make it to church, please take one for them.

The annual Parish family Hoy Night Supper is scheduled for Sunday 6 January at 5pm. A signup sheet is posted on the bulletin board for the Pot Luck. Any help that can be offered as to the set up for the hall would be appreciated.

Pan-Orthodox Christian Singles will have their next gathering on Saturday 12 January 2008. Directions to the event and party agenda are available on the parish hall info. table.

There are empty candle cylinders on the top of the stairs. We need parishioners to take a box or two each week for recycling. Thank you.

Thanks are extended to Linda Taveira-DaSilva for the alterations to the three sets of priest’s vestments. May God bless her for her labors! Many Years!

Please pray for the following: Metropolitan NICHOLAS, Archbishop Vsevolod, Fr. Ronald Hazuda, Fr. Stephen Dutko, Fr. Kenneth Bachofsky, Fr. Stephen Jula, Fr. David Wine, Fr. David Smoley, Fr. Lawrence Barriger, Fr. Paul Herbert,

Fr. Milorad Milosevich, Pani Yvonne Lysack, Pani Kathy Dutko, Ed ‘Skeets’ Williams, Les Miller, Steve Sheftic, Rudy Kormanik, Jason Janowick, Lois Erhard, MaryAnn Muchesko, Ivan Pop, Carol Miller, John Kloss, Mary Kesselak, Marge Chica, Michael Hall, Ronald Koval, Cindy Russell, Mary Matuga, Elaine Buchko, Dorothy Sudik, Amanda Matyok & son, Ann Dahulich, Dolores Boyal, Jody Springman, Pauline Kopchak, Anthony Rich, Erin Rich, Dorothy Mastronicola, Nicholas Yacko, Olga Shurkala, Mildred Bartko, PaňiMatka Anna Ivana & baby, Savannah and Caroline Boyd, Taina Ferguson, Jim Brown, Paňi Jodi Moriak & baby, Laura Detweiler.

May the Lord Jesus Christ touch them with His Healing Hand!

Bulletin December 9, 2007

HOLY RESURRECTION ORTHODOX CHURCH

A Parish of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese--Ecumenical Patriarchate

10201 Democracy Blvd Potomac, MD 20854

Fr. Peter Zarynow, Pastor (cell phone:301-367-9051] ( frzarynow@gmail.com )

Rectory Phone: 301-299-5120 Church Hall/Fax 301-983-0847

Web: www.holyresurrection.com

Sunday 09 December 2007

Twenty-eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Repose of St. Innocent of Irkutsk

Epistle: Colossians 1:12-18

Gospel: Luke 18:12-27

Tone Three

The Schedule of Divine Services for the Week is as Follows:

09 Dec. (SUN) 28^th Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10:00am

Coffee Social/Sunday School Rehearsal/Parish Council Meeting to follow

12 Dec. (Wed) Advent Service: Moleben to the Mother of God 7:00pm

16 Dec. (SUN) 29^th Sunday after Pentecost

Parish Celebration of St. Nicholas Day

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10am

St. Nicholas Day Luncheon/Sunday School Program to follow

Jr. & Sr. ACRY Church Decorating

Announcements:

Confessions will be heard on Sunday mornings from 9:15-9:45am and by appointment. All faithful are encouraged to come to the Sacrament every 8 weeks, on average, to help maintain spiritual health. This is especially for those who frequently “with Faith and with Love come forward” to receive the Body and Blood of Christ!

A reminder that we are in the season of the Pre-Nativity (Advent) Fast. All fasting guidelines apply.

Deepest sympathies are extended to the family of Fr. Michael Chendorain (Ss. Peter & Paul Church, Rockaway, NJ) on the ‘falling asleep in the Lord’ of his sister +STEPHANIE this past week. Please keep them in your prayers. May God grant rest to the soul of His newly-departed handmaiden +STEPHANIE and may her memory be Eternal!

Play rehearsal for Sunday School students will be today following Divine Services and next Sunday during class time. Students are to meet in the lower trailer. (next Sunday rehearsal begins promptly at 9:00am)

Please hand in Poinsettia donation slips no later than 30 December. Slips should be handed into Faith Breno. Donations will be listed in the Christmas edition of the bulletin. There are extra slips available in the hall

LAST CALL: The new edition of “The Orthodox Study Bible” (now with complete Old & New Testament) will be coming out in February. You can pre-order (with a discount of 40%!) through the church. Copies are $32.00 each (includes shipping) for hardback and $48 for leather bound [regular price is $49.95/hard cover or $79.95.leather +$8.95 S&H] Order deadline, to receive the discount is 9 December. See Gina Verbrugge to order. Payment is due at time of order. Make checks payable to Holy Resurrection Church. (Bibles ordered now will be available in February.)

The St. Nicholas Day Dinner is scheduled for Sunday 16 December (that’s next Sunday). A sign-up sheet for reservations and the ‘Pot Luck’ is posted on the bulletin board in the parish hall. Please fill it out as soon as possible.

Do not forget the 2008 Pledge sheets. If you lost yours there are more available in the hall. Please have them in by no later than 23 December. If you have any questions see either Mike Buchko or Dan Breno.

For your Christmas table: extra strong homemade horseradish. Cost is $5.50/16oz. jar + shipping (shipping cost will not be known until order arrives). To order, please see Fr. Peter after Divine Services. Last day to order is 16 December.

New address: Raymond & Georgene Ammon

7403 Near Thicket Way

Laurel, MD 20707

Phone: 240-264-1689

May God Bless them in their new home! Many Years!!

”Lots-O-Luck calendars” for 2008 [The National ACRY fundraiser], will be offered for sale from now until early January.

Cost is $25 each. See Sheila to purchase them.

Church Wall Calendars are available in the hall on the table at the bottom of the stairs. Please take as many as you need, but not more. If you know someone who needs a calendar, but cannot make it to church, please take one for them.

"THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE 20th CENTURY" An Exhibit dedicated to the spiritual revival of Russia and to the May 17, 2007 signing of the Re-Unification Act of the Russian Orthodox Churches, December 7-17, 2007, with a concluding Christmas Concert, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. More information can be found at insidethevatican.com website and click on "Russian Exhibit and Concert"

Pan-Orthodox Christian Singles will have their next gathering on Saturday 12 January 2008. Directions to the event and party agenda are available on the parish hall info. table.

There are empty candle glasses on the top of the stairs. We need parishioners to take a box or two each week for recycling. Thank you.

Thank you to all who helped and supported the Cookie Bake— Faith Breno

Please pray for the following: Metropolitan NICHOLAS, Archbishop Vsevolod, Fr. Ronald Hazuda, Fr. Stephen Dutko, Fr. Kenneth Bachofsky, Fr. Stephen Jula, Fr. David Wine, Fr. David Smoley, Fr. Lawrence Barriger, Fr. Paul Herbert,

Fr. Milorad Milosevich, Pani Yvonne Lysack, Pani Kathy Dutko, Ed ‘Skeets’ Williams, Les Miller, Steve Sheftic, Rudy Kormanik, Jason Janowick, Lois Erhard, MaryAnn Muchesko, Ivan Pop, Carol Miller, John Kloss, Mary Kesselak, Marge Chica, Michael Hall, Ronald Koval, Cindy Russell, Mary Matuga, Elaine Buchko, Dorothy Sudik, Amanda Matyok & son, Ann Dahulich, Dolores Boyal, Jody Springman, Pauline Kopchak, Anthony Rich, Erin Rich, Dorothy Mastronicola, Nicholas Yacko, Olga Shurkala, Mildred Bartko, Patty Wiegand, PaniMatka Anna Ivana & baby, Savannah and Caroline Boyd, Taina Ferguson, Mildred Sukal, Jim Browne

May the Lord Jesus Christ touch them with His Healing Hand!

Bulletin December 2, 2007

HOLY RESURRECTION ORTHODOX CHURCH

A Parish of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese--Ecumenical Patriarchate

10201 Democracy Blvd Potomac, MD 20854

Fr. Peter Zarynow, Pastor (cell phone:301-367-9051] ( frzarynow@gmail.com )

Rectory Phone: 301-299-5120 Church Hall/Fax 301-983-0847

Web: www.holyresurrection.com

Sunday 02 December 2007

Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Prophet Obadiah

Epistle: Ephesians 6:10-17

Gospel: Luke 13:10-17

Tone Two

The Schedule of Divine Services for the Week is as Follows:

02 Dec. (SUN) 27^th Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10:00am

Sr. ACRY Cookie Sale and meeting

03 Dec. (Mon) Eve of the Feast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple

Vesperal Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 7:00pm

05 Dec. (Wed) Advent Service: Moleben to the Mother of God 7:00pm

09 Dec. (SUN) 28^th Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday School 9:00am

Confessions 9:15am

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 10:00am

Coffee Social/Sunday School Rehearsal/Parish Council Meeting to follow

Announcements:

Confessions will be heard on Sunday mornings from 9:15-9:45am and by appointment. All faithful are encouraged to come to the Sacrament every 8 weeks, on average, to help maintain spiritual health. This is especially for those who frequently “with Faith and with Love come forward” to receive the Body and Blood of Christ!

A reminder that we are in the season of the Pre-Nativity (Advent) Fast. All fasting guidelines apply.

Attached to the bulletin today is a donation sheet for Christmas Poinsettias. There are extra slips available in the hall. Please hand them in no later than 30 December. Slips should be handed into Faith Breno. Donations will be listed in the Christmas edition of the bulletin.

The new edition of “The Orthodox Study Bible” (now with complete Old & New Testament) will be coming out in February. You can pre-order (with a discount of 40%!) through the church. Copies are $32.00 each (includes shipping) for hardback and $48 for leather bound [regular price is $49.95/hard cover or $79.95.leather +$8.95 S&H] Order deadline, to receive the discount is 9 December. See Gina Verbrugge to order. Payment is due at time of order. Make checks payable to Holy Resurrection Church. (Bibles ordered now will be available in February.)

The St. Nicholas Day Dinner is scheduled for Sunday 16 December. A sign-up sheet for reservations and the ‘Pot Luck’ is posted on the bulletin board in the parish hall. Please fill it out as soon as possible.

A retreat for Orthodox Women is set for Saturday 8 December at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in Falls Church, VA. Leading the retreat will be Mother Gabriella, Abbess of the Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, Michigan. More information is posted on the bulletin board.

”Lots-O-Luck calendars” for 2008 [The National ACRY fundraiser], will be offered for sale from now until early January.

Cost is $25 each. See Sheila to purchase them.

Church Wall Calendars are available in the hall on the table at the bottom of the stairs. Please take as many as you need, but not more. If you know someone who needs a calendar, but cannot make it to church, please take one for them.

For your Christmas table: extra strong homemade horseradish. Cost is $5.50/16oz. jar + shipping (shipping cost will not be known until order arrives). To order, please see Fr. Peter after Divine Services. Last day to order is 16 December.

Father needs some alterations on some of the sticharions. Is there a person in the parish handy with a sewing machine? If this is you, please give Father a call. Thank you.

Pan-Orthodox Christian Singles will have their next gathering on Saturday 12 January 2008. Directions to the event and party agenda are available on the parish hall info. table.

There are empty candle glasses on the top of the stairs. We need parishioners to take a box or two each week for recycling. Thank you.

"THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE 20th CENTURY" An Exhibit dedicated to the spiritual revival of Russia and to the May 17, 2007 signing of the Re-Unification Act of the Russian Orthodox Churches, December 7-17, 2007, with a concluding Christmas Concert, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. More information can be found at insidethevatican.com website and click on "Russian Exhibit and Concert"

Please pray for the following: Metropolitan NICHOLAS, Archbishop Vsevolod, Fr. Ronald Hazuda, Fr. Stephen Dutko, Fr. Kenneth Bachofsky, Fr. Stephen Jula, Fr. David Wine, Fr. David Smoley, Fr. Lawrence Barriger, Fr. Paul Herbert,

Fr. Milorad Milosevich, Pani Yvonne Lysack, Pani Kathy Dutko, Ed ‘Skeets’ Williams, Les Miller, Steve Sheftic, Rudy Kormanik, Jason Janowick, Lois Erhard, MaryAnn Muchesko, Ivan Pop, Carol Miller, John Kloss, Mary Kesselak, Marge Chica, Michael Hall, Ronald Koval, Cindy Russell, Mary Matuga, Elaine Buchko, Dorothy Sudik, Amanda Matyok & son, Ann Dahulich, Dolores Boyal, Jody Springman, Pauline Kopchak, Anthony Rich, Erin Rich, Dorothy Mastronicola, Nicholas Yacko, Olga Shurkala, Mildred Bartko, Patty Wiegand, PaniMatka Anna Ivana & baby, Savannah and Caroline Boyd, Taina Ferguson.

May the Lord Jesus Christ touch them with His Healing Hand!