Announcements for 24th July 2005:

Please send your announcements to John by Wednesday for inclusion in the weekly bulletin. Email:

Call for Pictures:
If you have any pictures of past events for inclusion in the Picture Archive, please contact John or send them to his email address above.

Email Addresses:
If you are not receiving the weekly bulletin by email, it means we haven’t got your email address on file. Please send an email to John at his email address above so we can update our records.

Saint Paraskevi Feast Day Celebration:
The feast day celebrations will be held on Monday and Tuesday, 25th and 26th July. Please go to their website for full information: Click here to go there now.

Fast of the Dormition and Paraklesis Services
This year runs from Monday, August 1^st through Sunday, August 14^th . The fasting discipline during this fourteen day period is no meat, poultry, eggs, cheese, milk or other dairy products, fish, wine or oil, except on Saturdays and Sundays when there is dispensation for wine and oil, and on the feast of the Transfiguration (August 6th) when there is Dispensation for fish, wine and oil.  The canon of intercession to the Theotokos (Paraklesis) will be chanted every evening from August 8^th to the 12^th.

LADIES ALTAR SOCIETY OF THE MISSION OF THE HOLY FORTY MARTYRS

INVITES YOU TO A SPIRITUAL DAY

SATURDAY AUGUST, 20^th 2005

OUR SUMMER RETREAT

A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT

ICON and ICONOGRAPHY

Coffee Hour is back!
Thanks to our newly established Hospitality Ministry we are now holding coffee hour immediately following the Divine Liturgy in the narthex. All are invited to have a cup of coffee and meet someone new to the mission.

High School Graduates
On Sunday August 24^th we will acknowledge our High school/Sunday School Graduates immediately following Divine Liturgy, please see that your graduate will be in attendance.

Sunday School Teacher Workshop
On Sunday August 21^st following the Divine Liturgy there will be a Sunday school teacher workshop for anyone interested in teaching Sunday School this year. Even if you have never taught Sunday school before training and assistance will be provided.  We hope to have two teachers per class.

Holy Bread Sign-up List: For those who live a devout Orthodox Christian life, making prosphora (holy bread) is a very special way to serve God and His Holy Church. It is a privilege that requires a blessing from the priest. For those that choose to serve the church in this special way, a sign-up list is posted on the bulletin board in the Narthex of the chapel indicating the Sundays available. If you wish to offer the Holy bread in memory of a departed loved one or on a special occasion or if it is your first time offering Holy Bread contact Fr John directly Please be reminded that the holy bread must be brought to the church no later than Great vespers the evening before Sunday’s Liturgy

Father John will be traveling over the next few weeks but in case of emergency, he can be reached through the church voice messaging system.

Summer Mission Trip and Pilgrimage to Saint Tekhon:
St. Tikhon’s Seminary in South Cannan, Pennsylvania will be holding a “Dormitory Painting Project” from August 8th thru’ 23rd. Volunteers to assist in painting walls, etc., should contact Father John or John Morris. The only cost will be the airfare to Philadelphia as meals and lodging will be provided free of charge.

Ladies Altar Society
Please be advised that membership dues are being collected by the Executives of the Society for the present year, more information can be heard at their monthly meetings the first Tuesday evening of every month.

Father Ephraim from the Holy Archangels Monastery performs Divine Liturgy at 9:00 am every other Sunday at the Saint Paraskevi Convent. The next service will be on 31st October. Guests are made very welcome, and a small lunch is normally served after the service. The convent consists of a farm house but preparations are already underway to build the church. It is well worth a visit to this new lighthouse of Orthodoxy where you will find spiritual peace and tranquility.
The address is: Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Monastery, 6855 Little York Lane, Washington, TX 77880, Tel. (936) 878-2390. Click here for their website.

Bulletin Board/Communication;
At the entrance of the chapel you will notice that we have use of the cork bulletin board on the west wall. There you will see updates on the building project,  announcements from the various organizations within the mission, along with the monthly calendar.

Building Project:
Latest pictures now on site; taken on 17th June 2005. Click here to go there now.

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