Welcome to Saint Nicholas on this Sunday, December 17, Today we commemorate:

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1 Welcome to Saint Nicholas on this Sunday, December 17, 2017 Today we commemorate: 11th Sunday of Luke Daniel the Prophet & Ananias, Azarias, & Misail, the Three Holy Youths Dionysius of Zakynthos St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11 EPISTLE READING Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Daniel 3.26,27 Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers. Verse: For you are just in all you have done. The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11 Brethren, when Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.

2 Πρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς 3:4-11 Προκείμενον. Ήχος δ'. Δανιήλ Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν. Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν. Πρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς 3:4-11 τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα είναι απο Ἀδελφοί, ὅταν ὁ Χριστὸς φανερωθῇ, ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν, τότε καὶ ὑμεῖς σὺν αὐτῷ φανερωθήσεσθε ἐν δόξῃ. Νεκρώσατε οὖν τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, πορνείαν, ἀκαθαρσίαν, πάθος, ἐπιθυμίαν κακήν, καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν, ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρεία, διʼ ἃ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας Ἐν οἷς καὶ ὑμεῖς περιεπατήσατέ ποτε, ὅτε ἐζῆτε ἐν αὐτοῖς. Νυνὶ δὲ ἀπόθεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς τὰ πάντα, ὀργήν, θυμόν, κακίαν, βλασφημίαν, αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν μὴ ψεύδεσθε εἰς ἀλλήλους, ἀπεκδυσάμενοι τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι τὸν νέον, τὸν ἀνακαινούμενον εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν κατʼ εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτόν ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος ἀλλὰ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν Χριστός.

3 The Gospel According to Luke 14:16-24 GOSPEL READING The Lord said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and there is still room.' And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. For many are called, but few are chosen.'" Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 14:16-24 Εὐαγγελίου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην Ἄνθρωπός τις ἐποίησε δεῖπνον μέγα καὶ ἐκάλεσε πολλούς καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ δείπνου εἰπεῖν τοῖς κεκλημένοις ἔρχεσθε, ὅτι ἤδη ἕτοιμά ἐστι πάντα. καὶ ἤρξαντο ἀπὸ μιᾶς παραιτεῖσθαι πάντες. ὁ πρῶτος εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἀγρὸν ἠγόρασα, καὶ ἔχω ἀνάγκην ἐξελθεῖν καὶ ἰδεῖν αὐτόν ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον. καὶ ἕτερος εἶπε ζεύγη βοῶν ἠγόρασα πέντε, καὶ πορεύομαι δοκιμάσαι αὐτά ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον. καὶ ἕτερος εἶπε γυναῖκα ἔγημα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ δύναμαι ἐλθεῖν. καὶ παραγενόμενος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἀπήγγειλε τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα. τότε ὀργισθεὶς ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης εἶπε τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ ἔξελθε ταχέως εἰς τὰς πλατείας καὶ ῥύμας τῆς πόλεως, καὶ τοὺς πτωχοὺς καὶ ἀναπήρους καὶ χωλοὺς καὶ τυφλοὺς εἰσάγαγε ὧδε. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ δοῦλος κύριε, γέγονεν ὡς ἐπέταξας, καὶ ἔτι τόπος ἐστί. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος πρὸς τὸν δοῦλον ἔξελθε εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς καὶ φραγμοὺς καὶ ἀνάγκασον εἰσελθεῖν, ἵνα γεμισθῇ ὁ οἶκος μου. λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων τῶν κεκλημένων γεύσεταί μου τοῦ δείπνου. Πολλοί γὰρ εἰσιν κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δέ ἐκλεκτοί.

4 Welcome If this is your first time to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, we welcome you and look forward to meeting you. May God bless your time with us as we worship God The Father, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. If you are not familiar with Orthodox worship, please ask one of our ushers. If you are in need of spiritual assistance or would like to know how to become an Orthodox Christian, please speak to Father Andrew. Calendar Sunday December 17 Friday December 22 Sunday December 24 Monday December 25 Wednesday December 27 Sunday December 31 Divine Liturgy Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Nativity Great Hours 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Nativity Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM St. Stephen Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Announcements Church Bulletin Nicole Maverakis is now producing the weekly church bulletin. Please send any announcements to her at Articles should be submitted in text (*.txt) or Microsoft Word (*.docx) formats and pictures in JPEG (*.jpg *.jpeg *.jpe) format for inclusion in the bulletin. The deadline for submissions is on Friday 5:00 PM anything submitted after that time will not be included in the bulletin for the upcoming Sunday. Bible Study We are currently studying Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. We will then be taking a break until after the new year and will resume on January 10. Sanctuary Lights The two Sanctuary Lights on the Holy Altar are replaced every Sunday and burn for one week. You may offer one or both of them for a loved one. Please contact Fr. Andrew if you would like to donate towards one or both. The cost is $10.00 each. What God Has Done In Your Life We need stories from parishioners on What God Has Done In Your Life The stories can be submitted to Rosemary Georgiou: rosemgeorgiou53@aol.com Your story will be run for the entire month.

5 Ill Parishioners Reminder: If you know of any parishioners who are ill or hospitalized, please provide Father Andrew with the information as soon as possible. Beading Lessons Inna Hayek is providing art lessons with beading for children right after church every Sunday. Church Bookmobile St. Nicholas Bookmobile is adding many new items for sale. You may purchase items after Liturgy on Sunday or by talking to Elaine Manneh at cell or house at Greek Dance Greek dance will be on break through the Holidays and will resume: January 12 for Evdokia (ages 9-13) 7:00pm January 13 for Ta Pedakia (ages 5-8) 10:00 am Practices will be held in the church hall All new dancers are welcome! Church Cookbook We're creating a cookbook! St. Nicholas Philoptochos is creating a cookbook which hopefully will be published and ready for sale by Easter of 2018, but we need YOUR help. Please submit your favorite recipes with your name to emanneh@hotmail.com. Please submit them in word format so that I may type them into the given grid for the book. We'd love the MEN to enter their favorite recipes as well...the more the merrier. I'll be accepting recipes up to February 15th. Let's make this a great production of all our culinary talents. Make sure you include all the ingredients you use with the correct portions. Thanks, Elaine Manneh ( or cell )

6 Philoptochos Special Services are offered. Memorials: Koliva Small Tray - $30.00 Large Tray - $60.00 Prosfora 3 Loaves - $20.00 Artoklasia 5 loaves - $40.00 Trisagion: For your special requests, please call Vaso Bouras at (951) or Phofy Bachakes at (951) Please call Vaso or Phofy to make arrangements for services or events. Saint Nicholas Bookstore: Visit the St. Nicholas Bookstore in the Church Hall. There are a variety of gifts and books available. NewsDonateOur FaithPar

7 What God Has Done In My Life Christina s Miracle Story It was January 22, 2017 on a cold, rainy Sunday, that I had settled down to watch a nice inspirational movie called Heaven Is Real. Then at about 7:30pm, I received a call. It was a call from my ex-husband, asking me what I was doing? I thought it rather strange that he would call and ask me that. But then as gently and calmly as he could, he blurted out that Christina our daughter, had been in an accident, but that she was fine. It was a car accident, but she was alright, he reiterated. I felt like my heart had dropped to my feet! I began to ask him how, where I needed to get to her! In my nervous anxiety, I just wanted to be with her! He continued trying to assure me that she was at the hospital and was being well taken care of. They were just doing routine check over on her but that she was being released soon. No need for concern, her sister Alexandra and her husband were also there with her. He wasn t giving me much details about what happened, but that she was fine and that she would fill me in when I d see her. He kept assuring me that there really was no need for me to drive over an hour to be there, especially under the bad weather conditions. He made it sound as if everything was under control and there was no need for me to worry. After calming down, shedding a few tears, I thanked him and said goodnight. The remainder of the night I prayed and continuously thanked God for keeping her safe. Little did I know that my daughter s dad had been trying to spare me from the unbelievable details of her horrible ordeal! The next day Monday, she called me. She was not at work, but was staying at her dad s house. I had all sorts of questions for her. But mainly I just wanted to know what happened! As she began her story, I could not have imagined what I was about to hear. It had rained for three days and while still raining on that Sunday, her friends convinced her to meet them for an early dinner. She agreed. While they had a great time, soon it was time to say good-night and make her way home. As she was getting ready to go onto the freeway, while approaching the onramp her car hit a puddle causing her car to hydroplane! Without warning the car began spinning around and around out of control! It then slid into the concrete wall, flipping the car over and over and over! The car rolled three maybe four times! It finally landed upside down, so near the freeway that she could feel the strong wind of the passing cars! With the rain falling, the broken glass around her, she could hear voices! Then all of a sudden down on the ground next to her, appeared a man! I m a EMT, was the first thing that he said. I m here to help you, he told her. He continued to talk to her while, checking to see if she was bleeding or had any broken bones. He stayed with her until the paramedics arrived. As they pulled her out and loaded her onto the gurney, she looked for him to thank him but couldn t see him anywhere. She was taken to the hospital where a thorough work over was done. They performed head scan, internal scan. She was there for over three hours, while they ran all sorts of tests making sure that she didn t have any internal bleeding, head concussion or any other unforeseen problems. By the grace of God, the only slight injury was to her right knee. The doctor made her wear a removable cast, because he thought that maybe the tendon had been hurt. But it was nothing serious. As she s telling me her story, over the phone, all I can do is listen, cry and keep thanking God. She spent two days at home laying around, so bored. By Wednesday she decided to go back to work. All week, all I could do was to thank God over and over for His loving mercy and grace on my daughter.

8 On Saturday of that week, I went to see her. I hugged her as I d never hugged her before! Again, so thankful for having her. As we talked she told me about her new car being completely totaled. She also shared some most unique feelings. Feelings of peace that came upon her as her car was in the midst of turbulence. She described it as a voice coming to her and saying, ok here we go don t be afraid. Immediately she felt a peace, and quietness. She also told me that when she was upside down in her car the EMT who appeared to her had the bluest eyes. Upon her telling me that, I got chills all over my body and the movie that I had been watching at the time of her accident, came to my mind. The movie Heaven Is Real, is based on a true story about a little boy who dies and goes to heaven. While in heaven, he sees Jesus. He comes back to life and tells his parents about the things he saw. There s a part where the little boy tells his dad that he saw Jesus. He tells his dad that Jesus had the bluest eyes! What s really amazing is that when I was watching the movie, the boy said that Jesus had the bluest eyes I in a most sarcastic, making fun of the boy said to myself yeah right Jesus has blue eyes! No way! He was Jewish! So here I was now hearing the same thing from my daughter, There s absolutely NO doubt in my heart that Jesus Christ, was with her! Some people have said to her and to me oh you were really lucky, you had a BMW, those cars are really Strong! But it s not about the car or luck! The dictionary describes luck as chance! We as children of the Most High our Heavenly Father, God We don t live by chance! We don t live by luck! He s got us in the palm of His hand! He directs the path of our lives! He is a Lamp onto my feet. And a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105) It is so important to declare God s wondrous deeds as a testimony to others, especially to unbelievers and younger generations. By: Rosemary Georgiou

9 Dear parents, The Sunday School will be having the Christmas program on Sunday, December 24, 2017; the children have quite a show prepared: Christmas carols, guitar and keyboard carols, played by the Sunday School children under the instruction of Mr. Bonzonelos. Please join the Sunday school children for a wonderful Sunday afternoon with Christmas carols and support the children who prepared a wonderful Christmas caroling show. Thank you to all the parents for bringing the children for rehearsals, thank you to all the instruction given by the members of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.

10 Metropolis Summer Camp 2018 Dates Announced Greetings Reverend Clergy and Youth Workers, I am happy to announce the dates for Summer Camp 2018! Please share this information with your parishioners so that they can begin to plan for next summer! Due to high demand and long waiting lists the last few summers, we are excited to add a 4th session of camp! All four sessions are for campers ages 8-18, and as of now, campers are still limited to registering for only one session of camp. Online registration will open December 1, 2017 at Monthly payment plans are available, and this will help families spread out the cost for camp over 6 months. To register, a $100 non-refundable deposit is required. Stay tuned for more updates about summer camp! 2018 SUMMER CAMP DATES Staff Orientation Week: July 3 7 Session I: July 8 14 Session II: July Session III: July Session IV: July 29-Aug REGISTRATION FEES $500 Early Registration (December 1 December 31) $525 Normal Registration (January 1 February 28) $550 Late Registration (March 1 May 31) With Love in Christ, Johanna Duterte Director of Youth and Youth Adult Ministries Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco 245 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA Cell: (408) JDuterte@sanfran.goarch.orgWebsite:

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