April 2008 Announcements
Mission
to Haiti Fundraiser
Father
Gregory Williams, head of the ROCA Mission to Haiti, will give a presentation
describing the work of the mission and will discuss current events in Haiti.
The presentation will be held on Friday, April 11, 2008 at 7 pm at the church.
Light refreshments will be served. Guests will have an opportunity to purchase
Haitian folk art and Haitian Bleu coffee and participate in a raffle with great
prizes! Your generous support will be greatly appreciated.
Overnight
Lodging
For
those dear parishioners who travel far to attend the services, we have
parishioners in the immediate area who would be happy to have you stay with
them to allow you to attend all the services leading up to Pascha. For further
information, please contact the Starosta.
Paschal
Preparations
Volunteers
are needed to clean the Church in preparation for Pascha. A general cleaning of
the Church facility is scheduled for Saturday, April 19, 2008, at 11 a.m. Your
help is greatly appreciated.
Sisterhood
Kulich Sale for Pascha
The
Sisterhood will be selling Kulichi before Pascha. If you would like to place an
order for Kulichi, please sign up on the parish hall bulletin board.
From
the Treasurer
Many
thanks to parishioners who have made non-cash donations to our parish of items
for the adornment of our church and other parish needs. If you would like to
make a donation to the parish of something other than cash or a check, please
bring your dontation to the Starosta, Dimitri Gontscharow, or to the Treasurer,
Ruth Hinton, so that we may give you a receipt that you can then use to support
a charitable contribution deduction on your tax return. Thanks be to God for
the generosity of our parishioners!
March
Bliny Luncheon
The
Parish Council expresses their deep gratitude to the Sisterhood for making the
Bliny Luncheon during Maslenitsa such a huge success. The bliny were wonderful
and we appreciate all the hard work. Bravo to our Sisterhood!
ROCA
Website
The
Provisional Supreme Church Authority of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad under
the omophorion of Bishop Agafangel has a website in Russian and English at
http://ruschurchabroad.com/. The website
contains important news and documents about our Church. It also includes a Web Journal, where you can
ask questions of Bishop Agafangel (Russian only).
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Notes
Prosphora
are available for commemoration at the Liturgy.
Suggested donation is $1.
Candles are also available -- small candles are $1 each, and large
candles are $5 each. Vigil books, Divine
Liturgy books, and commemoration books are now available for purchase as
well.
If
anyone needs a ride to church or a place to stay for weekday or weekend
services, please contact Warden Dimitri Gontscharow, and he will try to arrange
for transportation or lodging. And, as always, please remember to keep our
Hierarch, Bishop Agafangel, and our clergy in your prayers.