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1 Assumption Greek Orthodox Church Agape news August 2012

2 PARISH LIFE

3 PASTORAL MESSAGE Dear Parishioners of our Beloved Assumption, When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! This testament from the Gospel of Luke shows us that before St. John the Baptist s birth, he was already preparing the way of the Lord. Before he was taken from the womb, the womb became a place of worship for in the womb he bowed to the Lord. This witness was a proclamation for his mother that compelled her to recognize the Λόγος, Christ the Word, being brought before her. This moment was not only a moment of revelation of Christ in her womb, but a moment in which the Virgin Mary became the mother to Elizabeth, who raised the Virgin Mary when she lived in the temple, and in fact the mother of all. Mary, the betrothed one, who dedicated her life to virginity, through whose virgin womb brought forth the Savior, stood before the one whose womb was opened after 50 years of marriage to bring forth the forerunner, John the Baptist! Thus it is with this understanding that we proclaim the Apolytikion of the Dormition: In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, delivering our souls from death by your intercessions. Let this not be only the proclamation of the choir or the Priest, but your own personal proclamation. A proclamation of the heart and body through fasting and prayer for 14 days and feasting on the 15th of August. Thanking the Lord for His Blessings on us, I remain, In His Service, Rev. Father Jon Boukis PROISTAMENOS

4 GARDEN CLUB Lonely (2005) Lush (2012) Look at how our landscape has gone from Blah to Bang How does this happen? It is by a few of our faithful who have offered their time and talent. The courtyard, the front landscape, the large trees, the property line junipers It s too much for the few. Come and join the Garden Club on August 11th at 10:00 a.m. and help our church be as grand as it can be. SPECIAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOTICE OF SPECIAL PARISH ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 12, 2012 An assembly of all the stewards* of the parish will occur on Sunday, August 12 th, following the DIVINE LITURGY. The agenda is as follows: 1. Opening Prayer / Attendance 2. Determination of Quorum* requirement of parishioners* 3. Election of Assembly Chairperson 4. Metropolis preapproved Parish Bylaws presented 5. Adjournment / Closing Prayer *Quorum, Steward and Parishioner The presence of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Parishioners in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. For further definition of quorum or steward/parishioner, please contact the church office or reference prior Spring or Fall Parish Assembly Notices.

5 PHILOPTOCHOS ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE Friday, August 3 rd - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 4 th - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Great Items from Over 50 Households! Kids Clothes Home Furnishings Knick Knacks Kitchen Items Seasonal Decor Books Toys and much, much more! Please bring your unwanted treasures (and all your extra shopping bags) to the Sunday School Rooms. Next Philoptochos Meeting is Sunday, Sept. 23 rd following the Divine Liturgy. AUGUST BIRTHDAYS AND NAMEDAYS 2 nd John Eleftheropoulos 4 th Jayde Maess 5 th Pres. Doreece Boukis 5 th Drew Minas 6 th John Stopoulos 7 th Angelina Zimmerman 8 th Abraham Chirackal 8 th Naina Ninan 9 th Panayioti Dokolas 13 th Vasilia Boukis 15 th Helen Panouses 17 th Dean Maess 21 st Eleni Argeros 21 st Angela Olvera 22 nd Diane Lamacki 22 nd Deno Minas 26 th Tom Gregory 26 th Jessica Maess 26 th Connor Miller 27 th Victor Cherevko 27 th Maria Georgiadis 27 th Chris Maess 28 th Maria Papageorgiou 29 th Lambros Mihalopoulos 29 th Anastasia Nikolopoulos 29 th Daryn Passini 30 th Molly Chirackal 30 th Kathy Papageorgiou Just a few of the Saints (Namedays) commemorated in July th Panayioti, Panayiota, Thespina 20 th Samuel

6 CHURCH NAMEDAY CELEBRATION Nameday Celebration Saturday, August 18 th Noon 10:00p.m. Please join us for a fun-filled day! Free Admission! Raffle Baskets! Great Food! Chicken Dinners, Pastitsio Dinners, Souvlaki, Greek Salads, Baklava Sundaes, Cash Bar, Greek Music, Dancing and More!!! Drive Through Open Noon - 2:00 p.m.

7 Basket BASKET Donations DONATIONS Donors Needed for Themed Baskets to be Raffled at the Nameday Celebration on Saturday, August 18, 2012!!! Value of the baskets should be $20 to $50. Themes can include: "Mom's night out" with restaurant gift certificates Movie Night" with microwave popcorn and gift card for a movie rental, Themes: Snowman, Sports, Bath gels/lotions, Chocoholic, etc. Be Creative!!! Kid s baskets are always a big hit!!! If you would like help but don t think you have the creativity to make a basket, the Philoptochos would be happy to take your monetary donation and make up a basket for you or just help you with a theme. Raffle tickets will sell for $1 each the night of the event. ALBUMS SACRAMENTS On Sunday, July 15 th, the Servant of God Brooke DeGrande was Chrismated at the Assumption Church by the hand of His Grace Bishop DEMETRIOS of Mokissos. Her Sponsor is Lambros Fotos. The Consecration and 90 th Anniversary Album is now available!!! Please contact the Church Office to get yours now!!! By the authority of His Eminence Metropolitan IAKOVOS, on Sunday, July 15 th, His Grace Bishop DEMETRIOS tonsured as Readers: Ludmilla Cherevko, Evangelos Dounoulis, Eleftheria Gregory, William Kandis, Nicholas Kontos, Vaseleke Lubbers, John (Jack) Miller, Matthew (Connor) Miller, Ninan (Naveen) Ninan, Helen Petaros, Anthony Stopoulos and Peter Stopoulos. Άξιος!!!

8 TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD Celebrated August 6 Our Lord had spoken to His disciples many times not only concerning His Passion, Cross, and Death, but also concerning the coming persecutions and afflictions that they themselves would endure. Since all these evils were near at hand, but the enjoyment of good things which they hoped to receive in their stead was yet to come, our Savior desired to give them full assurance, evidently and openly, concerning that glory which is prepared for those who endure to the end. Therefore, fulfilling that which He had promised shortly before, that "there be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in His Kingdom" (Matt. 16:28), He took His three foremost disciples and ascended Mount Tabor, where He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as the light. Suddenly, together with this dread and marvelous effulgence of light, there appeared those pinnacles of the Prophets, Moses and Elias, who spoke with the Lord Jesus concerning His saving Passion which was about to take place. Standing before Him as reverent servants, they showed that He is the Lord of both the living and the dead, for Moses came forth from Hades, having died many centuries before, and Elias, as it were from heaven, whither he had been taken up while yet alive. After a little while a radiant cloud overshadowed them and out of the cloud they heard that same voice which had been heard at the Jordan at the Baptism of Christ, testifying to the Divinity of Jesus and saying: "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well-pleased; hear ye Him"(Mt. 17: 5). Such are the marvels, truly worthy of God, celebrated in this present feast, which is an image and prefiguring of the future state of the righteous, whose splendor the Lord spoke of, saying: "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun" (Matt. 13:43). It is because of this that the Kontakion of this Feast is said daily (when there is not a great feast) in the Service of the Typica in perpetual commemoration of the glory that will be the lot of the Saints. According to tradition, the Lord's Transfiguration came to pass forty days before His Crucifixion; this is why the Transfiguration is celebrated forty days before the Exaltation of the Cross.

9 BEHEADING OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Celebrated August 29 The divine St John the Baptist, who by many miracles was both conceived and born; who was filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb: sealed with his own blood the truth of his words and was made a sacred victim for the divine Law at the hands of a transgressor. This was Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee, the son of Herod the Great. This man had a lawful wife, the daughter of Arethas (or Aretas), the King of Arabia. Without any cause, and against every commandment of the Law, he put her away and took to himself Herodias, the wife of his deceased brother Philip, to whom Herodias had borne a daughter, Salome. He would not desist from this unlawful union even when John, the preacher of repentance, the bold and austere accuser of the lawless, censured him and told him, "It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife" (Mark 6: 18). Thus Herod, besides his other unholy acts, added yet this, that he apprehended John and shut him in prison; and perhaps he would have killed him straightway, had he not feared the people, who had extreme reverence for John. Certainly, in the beginning, he himself had great reverence for this just and holy man. But finally, being pierced with the sting of a mad lust for the woman Herodias, he laid his defiled hands on the teacher of purity on the very day he was celebrating his birthday. When Salome, Herodias' daughter, had danced in order to please him and those who were supping with him, he promised her -- with an oath more foolish than any foolishness -- that he would give her anything she asked, even unto the half of his kingdom. And she, consulting with her mother, straightway asked for the head of John the Baptist in a charger. Hence this transgressor of the Law, preferring his lawless oath above the precepts of the Law, fulfilled this godless promise and filled his loathsome banquet with the blood of the Prophet. So it was that that all-venerable head, revered by the Angels, was given as a prize for an abominable dance, and became the plaything of the dissolute daughter of a debauched mother. As for the body of the divine Baptist, it was taken up by his disciples and placed in a tomb (Mark 6: 21-29).

10 PARAKLESIS The Small Paraklesis to the Theotokos is a service in which we offer our prayers to the Blessed Mother of God in which we ask her to pray on our behalf to the Lord. Our supplications are for health, guidance and deliverance from adversity. It is through her prayers that we are saved, for she is closer to the Lord than you or I, and we know through many miracles that her prayers are heard. Please take a moment and prepare a list of those for whom you would like to have prayers offered - bring the list to the Paraklesis and offer your prayers with the whole community. For those who cannot come, know that the Church is open and that prayers are being offered for all of us. Again we pray for mercy, life, health, peace, safety, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of sins of the servants of God

11 SERVICE SCHEDULE August 1 Wednesday Small Paraklesis Service (6:00 p.m.) August 3 Friday Small Paraklesis Service (6:00 p.m.) August 5 Sunday 9 th Sunday of Matthew 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy August 6 Monday Great Feast of the Holy Transfiguration 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy (Blessing of the Grapes) August 8 Wednesday Small Paraklesis Service (6:00 p.m.) August 10 Friday Small Paraklesis Service (6:00 p.m.) August 12 Sunday 10 th Sunday of Matthew 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy August 13 Monday Small Paraklesis Service (6:00 p.m.) August 14 Tuesday Eve of the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Church Nameday) 7:00 p.m. Great Vespers, Artoklasia and Reception August 15 Wednesday Great Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Church Nameday) 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy (followed by Artoklasia) August 19 Sunday 11 th Sunday of Matthew 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Hierarchical Divine Liturgy August 26 Sunday 12 th Sunday of Matthew 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy August 29 Wednesday Beheading of St. John the Baptist 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy

12 CHURCH. A Sunday Monday Tuesday U G U S T th Sunday of Matthew Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Family Worship Coffee Hour + Sacrament All English Divine Liturgy 10th Sunday of Matthew Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Family Worship Coffee Hour Special General Assembly 11th Sunday of Matthew Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Family Worship Coffee Hour All English Divine Liturgy 12th Sunday of Matthew Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Family Worship Coffee Hour 26 6 Great Feast of the Holy Transfiguration Divine Liturgy 10:00am Blessing of the Grapes Paraklesis Service 6:00pm :00pm and 7:00pm - Softball Game Double Header at Riverside Life Center 7 7:00pm - Softball Game at Riverside Life Center 14 Church Feastday Great Vespers with Artoklasia 7:00pm

13 . CALENDAR Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Rummage Setup 10am 2 Rummage Setup 10am 3 Rummage Sale 9:00am - 1:00pm Rummage Sale 9:00am - 1:00pm 4 Paraklesis Service 6:00pm Paraklesis Service 6:00pm Paraklesis Service 6:00pm 8 9 Paraklesis Service 6:00pm 10 Assumption Garden Club Courtyard Clean-up Prep for Feastday 10:00am Dormition of the Theotokos Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Artoklasia Feastday Luncheon 6:30pm - Parish Council Meeting Feastday Celebration Noon - 10:00pm Drive Through Open Noon - 2:00pm Sacrament Beheading of St. John the Baptist Divine Liturgy 10:00am Fasting Symbols Strict Fast Wine and Oil Allowed Fish Allowed Fast Free

14 Πρόγραμμα Ιερών Ακολουθίων 1 Αυγούστου Τετάρτη Μικρή Παράκλησις 6:00 μ.μ. 3 Αυγούστου Παρασκευή Μικρή Παράκλησις 6:00 μ.μ. 5 Αυγούστου Κυριακή Κυριακή Θ του Ματθαίου 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 6 Αυγούστου Δευτέρα Η Μεταμόρφωσις του Κυρίου 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 8 Αυγούστου Τετάρτη Μικρή Παράκλησις 6:00 μ.μ. 10 Αυγούστου Παρασκευή Μικρή Παράκλησις 6:00 μ.μ. 12 Αυγούστου Κυριακή Κυριακή Ι του Ματθαίου 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 13 Αυγούστου Δευτέρα Μικρή Παράκλησις 6:00 μ.μ. 14 Αυγούστου Τρίτη Προεόρτια Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου 7:00 μ.μ. Μέγας Εσπερινός (και Αρτοκλασία) 15 Αυγούστου Τετάρτη Η Κοίμησης της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία (και Αρτοκλασία) 19 Αυγούστου Κυριακή Κυριακή ΙΑ του Ματθαίου 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 26 Αυγούστου Κυριακή Κυριακή ΙΒ του Ματθαίου 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 29 Αυγούστου Τετάρτη Αποτομή Κεφάλης Αγίου Προδρόμου 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία

15 DIAKONIA Prosforo Schedule August 5 Marena Panousis August 12 Kathy Panouses August 15 Litsa Gregory August 19 Paraskevi Stamatoukos August 26 Toula Poulimas Coffee Hour August 5 Dounoulis Family August 12 Olvera Family August 19 Not Yet Reserved August 26 Not Yet Reserved Sunday Gospel and Epistle Readings August 5 Gospel Matthew 14:22-34 Epistle I Corinthians 3:9-17 August 12 Gospel Matthew 17:14-23 Epistle I Corinthians 4:9-16 August 19 Gospel Matthew 18:23-35 Epistle I Corinthians 9:2-12 August 26 Gospel Matthew 19:16-26 Epistle I Corinthians 15:1-11 Parish Council Ushering Teams & Schedule St. Matthew St. Mark St. Luke St. John 9:00 Celia Lubbers Cathy Diakogeorgiou Biju Ninan Deno Kandis 9:25 Nick Passini Michael Haney John Thodos Lambros Mihalopoulos 9:50 Orest Akulow Sherry Kontos Elizabeth Gorman Roger Lovejoy August 5 St. John August 12 St. Matthew August 19 St. Mark August 26 St. Luke

16 Η Μεταμόρφωσις του Κυρίου 6 Αυγούστου Κ α τ ά τ η δ ι ή γ η σ η τ ω ν Ευαγγελιστών, ο Κύριός μας Ιησούς Χριστός πήρε απο τους μαθητές τον Πέτρο, τον Ιωάννη και τον Ιάκοβω και ανέβηκε στο όρος Θαβώρ για να προσευχηθεί. Οι τρείς μαθητές Του, όπως ήταν κουρασμένοι απο τη δύσκολη ανάβαση στο Θαβώρ και ενώ κάθησαν να ξεκουρασθούν, έπεσα ν σε βαθύ ύπνο. Όταν, όμως, ξύπνησαν, αντίκρυσαν απροσδόκητο και εξαίσιο θέαμα. Το πρόσωπο του Κυρίου άστραφτε σαν τον ήλιο, και τα φορέματά Του ήταν λευκά σαν το φώς. Τον περιστοίχιζαν δε και συνομιλούσαν μαζί Του δυό άνδρες, ο Μωϋσής και ο Ηλίας. Αφού οι μαθητές συνήλθαν κάπως απο την έκπληξη, ο πάντα ενθουσιώδης, Πέτρος, θέλοντας να διατηρηθεί αυτή η αγία μέθη που προκαλούσε η ακτινοβολία του Κυρίου, ικετευτικά είπε να στήσουν τρείς σκηνές. Μία για τον Κύριο, μία για το Μωϋσή και μία για τον Ηλία. Πρίν προλάβει, όμως, να τελειώσει τη φράση του, ήλθε σύννεφο που τους σκέπασε και μέσα απ αυτό ακούστηκε φωνή που έλεγε: "Ούτος έστιν ο υιός μου ο αγαπητός, αυτού ακούετε". Δηλαδή, Αυτός είναι ο Υιός μου ο αγαπητός, που τον έστειλα για να σωθεί ο κόσμος. Αυτόν να ακούτε. Οφείλουμε, λοιπόν, και εμείς όχι μόνο να Τον ακούμε, αλλά και να Τον υπακούμε. Σε οποιοδήποτε δρόμο μας φέρει, είμαστε υποχρεωμένοι να πειθαρχούμε.

17 Η Κοίμησης της Θεοτόκου 15 Αυγούστου Όπως είναι γνωστό, επάνω απο το Σταυρό ο Κύριός μας Ιησούς Χριστός, έδωσε εντολή και την Παναγία μητέρα του παρέλαβε ο Ιωάννης ο Ευαγγελιστής στο σπίτι του, όπου διέμενε μαζί με τον αδελφό του Ιάκωβο και τη μητέρα του Σαλώμη, συγγενή της Θεοτόκου. Όταν δε ήλθε η στιγμή να τελειώσει την επίγεια ζωή της, άγγελος Κυρίου της το έκανε γνωστό τρείς μέρες πρίν. Η χαρά της Θεοτόκου υπήρξε μεγάλη, διότι θα συναντούσε το μονογενή της Υιό και Θεό όλων των ανθρώπων. Πήγε, λοιπόν, και προσευχήθηκε στο όρος των Ελαιών, όπου συνήθιζε να προσεύχεται και ο Κύριος Ιησούς. Έπειτα, γύρισε στο σπίτι του Ιωάννη, όπου έκανε γνωστή την επικείμενη κοίμησή της. Η παράδοση αναφέρει ότι την τρίτη ημέρα απο την εμφάνιση του αγγέλου, λίγο πρίν κοιμηθεί η Θεοτόκος, οι Απόστολοι δεν ήταν όλοι στα Ιεροσόλυμα, αλλά σε μακρινούς τόπους όπου κήρυτταν το Ευαγγέλιο. Τότε, ξαφνικά νεφέλη τους άρπαξε και τους έφερε όλους μπροστά στο κρεβάτι, όπου ήταν ξαπλωμένη η Θεοτόκος και περίμενε την κοίμησή της. Όταν εκοιμήθη, με ψαλμούς και ύμνους την τοποθέτησαν στο μνήμα της Γεσθημανή. Μετά τρείς ημέρες, άνοιξαν τον τάφο και έκπληκτοι διαπίστωσαν ότι η Παναγία αναστήθηκε σωματικά και ανελήφθη στους ουρανούς. Και βέβαια, όλη η ανθρωπότητα, με ευγνωμοσύνη για τις πρεσβείες της στο Σωτήρα Χριστό, αναφωνεί: "Χαίρε, ώ Μήτερ της ζωής".

18 PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES Parish Council Meeting Minutes June 21, 2012 Call to Order at 6:40pm with an opening prayer from Fr. Jon Roll Call: Present: Mike Haney, Roger Lovejoy, Orest Akulow, Liz Gorman, Celia Lubbers, Lambros Mihalopoulos, Sherry Kontos, Nick Passini, Biju Ninan, John Thodos Excused: Deno Kandis Minutes: Approved as submitted. Treasurer s Report: Current balance $1, Festival account has ~$20,000 in it, but need to transfer $5,000 from the festival account to the general fund. Golf tournament profit was $8,539 the cost per golfer was $ President s Report: Thank-you note from TPC for holding the golf outing there. Priest s Report: May Jr. Olympics Thanks to Sherry for making it happen! The kids did awesome and had great sportsmanship!! 21 July YAL get-together at The Doc s Inn. The golf outing was a success! Thanks to Georgia Lovejoy, Denny Mekus, and Liz Gorman for helping coordinate it. We filled all sponsorships except one. Monastery trip being planned with Fr. Ciprian looking at 8/11 or 8/14. Patio discussion Would like to have a plan where we target to have a few mini-festivals per year. Fr. Jon believes this sort of an addition will help to enable events. July 24 th Six Flags trip to Gurnee, IL for the day Old Business: Lighting proposal to only replace the lights in the high traffic area and just do the hall at sometime in the future.

19 PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES July 14 th Comedian Jim Open to the public. Currently have about 50 verbal commitments. Need a lot more participation. Furnace: We currently have raised $13,220 in donations. $9,680 is currently in the memorial fund. We have a gap of ~$5,000. A follow up will be sent to those that have not donated yet. August 18 th Assumption Name Day Feast: Dinner from 5-10pm. The menu will be ala carte. Souvlaki ($3 or 2/$5), chicken dinner w/salad ($15), pastichio w/salad ($10), Greek salad ($4) Roger is chairman for the bar. Liz is chairman for the pastry table baklava and sundaes. We have a D.J. Orest and Cathy volunteered to help in the kitchen. New Business: Constant contact program is $35/month and we are not using it very much. We will close that account and transfer the contacts to Fr. Jon s list. Should we consider having Trivia Nights again? 2 per year possibly? Do we need to begin talking to St. George about joint activities again? Need to consider getting the joint sub-committees together. (Deno, John, and Sherry will meet with them) 22 July is an All-English teaching service so we will put an ad in the paper to get more people here. Motion to adjourn by: Nick, 2 nd by: Roger Meeting adjourned at: 8:10pm with a closing prayer from Fr. Jon. FINANCIAL POSITION 2012 Budgeted General Fund Expenses $199, through July 19 th Total General Fund Expenses through July 19 th $113, Total Stewardship through July 19 th $75, YTD 2012 Shortfall of Expenses to Stewardship $38, Other General Fund Income (Candles, Events, Etc.) $19, Year-To-Date 2012 Shortfall $18,324.39

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