This Week in the Parish Saturday, January 31 • 4pm Great Vespers & Church Dedication • 5:20pm Wine & Cheese Reception • 6pm Banquet Sunday, February 1 Publican & Pharisee Sunday • 9:30am Hierarchal Divine Liturgy & Ordination of Subdeacon Simeon to the Holy Diaconate • 12pm Parish-wide Potluck (Team I - setup/cleanup) • 12:30-1:15pm Bread Ministry (Team B) • 6-7:30pm HS Girls Meeting Sunday, February 1, 2015 Publican & Pharisee Sunday Forefeast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple Readings for Today 2 Timothy 3:10-15 Luke 18:10-14 Monday, February 2 Meeting of the Lord in the Temple •7am Festal Matins for Meeting of the Lord in the Temple •8am Festal Liturgy for Meeting of the Lord in the Temple Tuesday, February 3 • 11am Moleben for Local Needs Wednesday, February 4 • 6:30pm Vespers • 7:20pm Christian Education: Video of Interview w/ confessor Fr. Roman Braga Friday, February 6 • No Matins Today • 7pm Men’s Night at Carl’s Saturday, February 7 • 6:30pm Great Vespers (no confessions) • 7:30pm Inspired, sponsored by St. Elizabeth Sisterhood Sunday, February 8 Prodigal Son Sunday •9am Sunday School •10am Divine Liturgy •12pm Fellowship Hour (Team II) •12:30pm Children’s Book Party •12:30pm-1:15pm Bread Ministry (Team C) •6-7:30pm Youth Group Meeting (scavenger hunt) This weekend we will Dedicate our new Church building, and Ordain Subdeacon Simeon Siskar to the Holy Diaconate! On Monday, February 2 we celebrate the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple and our 13th anniversary as a parish of the OCA. Glory to God! St. Athanasius Orthodox Church 100 Lime Lane, Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356 www.athanasiusoca.org The Most Blessed Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the OCA The Most Reverend Archbishop Nikon of Boston, Locum Tenens of the Diocese of the South Reverend Justin Patterson, Rector Church Office Phone: 859-881-8144 Fr. Justin Cell: 859-361-2823 Office Email: [email protected] Fr. Justin Email: [email protected] Welcome Guests and Visitors! Please sign our guest book and let one of the greeters know you are visiting with us today so Fr. Justin can welcome you at the end of Liturgy. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have about our service. Holy Communion is open to all baptized Orthodox Christians who have fasted from food and water since midnight, had recent Confession, and are at peace with neighbors. Welcome to our Dedication/Ordination Weekend! We are honored to have so many visiting clergy, their spouses, former parishioners, and friends with us to celebrate this weekend with us. Everyone is invited to stay after Liturgy to enjoy fellowship and a potluck in the parish hall. Parish-wide Photo will be taken outside in front of the church immediately following Liturgy (our first at this new location). Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple is Monday, February 2. We will serve Matins at 7am and Liturgy at 8am on this feast day. Moleben for Local Needs is prayed each Tuesday at 11am. All names on our prayer list are prayed for by name as well as names submitted prior to the service. Service lasts ~30 minutes and everyone is welcome! Vespers at 6:30 on Wednesday. Our Christian Education class will follow. Fr. Justin will show a video of an interview with confessor Fr. Roman Braga. No Matins on Friday, February 6. Budget Update as of Jan. 25 Budget YTD = $80,979.36 Offerings YTD = $64,114.29 Difference = ($16,865.07) Attendance Jan. 25 Mortgage Principal Adults: 66 as of 12/31/2014 Children: 51 $949,087.50 Visitors: 6 St. Elizabeth Sisterhood is sponsoring the following upcoming events: Saturday, Feb. 7 after Vespers--Inspired! Monday,Feb. 9, 7:30pm --Scent of Holiness discussion at Ellie Sutter’s Friday, Feb. 20, 7pm--Parish movie night featuring The Priest by Vladimir Khotinenko at Ellie Sutter’s. Men’s Night at Carl’s house on Friday, February 6 at 7pm Inspired! will be held on Saturday, February 7 following Vespers. Featured speakers will be Kriss Whitman, Danny Partin, and Tommy Evans. Plan on supporting this event, planned by Mattie Greathouse, to help us get to know our fellow worshipers better. Catherine's Pascha Book Party for kids will be next Sunday after the fellowship hour. Michelle McCallum will read this book by Charlotte Riggle about the Orthodox celebration of Easter. Order forms for books will be provided: $10 for paperback and $25 for hardcover. New Icon of St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Former parishioner Daniel Werner painted this beautiful icon for us. If you feel piety towards St. Elizabeth, please consider making an offering to offset the cost of $750. Ellie lives at 247 Glendover Road, Lexington, KY. For questions or more information contact Mary Bradshaw. Thanks to Mr. Don Lourie, Josh's father, for donating the new Royal Doors of the iconostasis to the church. Basket for Subdeacon Simeon is in the conference room if you would like to place a small gift for his Ordination to the Holy Diaconate and/or make a small contribution to the remaining balance on his new vestments No Confessions next Saturday (Feb. 7). Fr. Justin will hear confessions on Sunday during Sunday School or call him for an appointment. Date Readers Servers Handmaidens Prosphora Bread Ministry Fellowship Greeters Counters Jan 31 Feb 1 Subdeacon Bert Walther Ben, Patrick, Jared, JP, Michael, Liam (dk), Silas (dk) Rebecca Walther Lilliana Greathouse Alina Rizea Team B (Gann’s, Ben Worthington) Potluck( Team I cleanup) John Mize Rebecca Wilson Laura Walther Mary Cook Feb. 7-8 Reader Ryan Winter David M, Ian, Jared (dk), Michael (dk) Suzannah Reeves Grace McCallum Alina Rizea Team C (Olga Saito, Volunteer Needed?? Team II (Greathouse) Jordan Henderson Volunteer Needed?? Tim Powell Sarah Holiday Feb. 14-15 Reader Rick Cook Patrick, Jared, JP, Silas (dk), Liam (dk) Beth Walther Mandariah Reeves Mary Bradshaw Team D (Lisa Powel, Linda Frangedakis) Potluck (Team III cleanup) Alina & Daniel Rusu Mary Cook Ellie Sutter Feb. 21-22 Deacon Simeon Siskar Patrick, Jared, Liam, David (dk), Silas (dk) Robyn Cook Teresa Powell Mary Bradshaw Team A ( Sarah Holiday, Frederica Lewis) Potluck (Team IV cleanup) Paul & Linda Frangedakis Tim Powell Rebecca Wilson