Assumption Greek Orthodox Church Agape news June 2012
PARISH LIFE
PASTORAL MESSAGE Dear Parishioners of our Beloved Assumption, It is a necessity of the Church that we celebrate feasts on a cyclical calendar, so that as the Body of Christ we may commemorate the feasts of the church, but for the individual, each and every day we must commemorate His crucifixion and celebrate His resurrection. The hymns of Pascha are not chanted in the church, but must always resonate in our hearts. One of the most challenging disciplines for us as Christians is to develop a prayer rule that consistently reminds us of His sacrifice and subsequent great gift to us. So what should we do? Each day, at 9 a.m. (for His crucifixion), 12 Noon (for His surrender of His spirit) and 3 p.m. (for His removal from the Cross), remember to recite the Jesus prayer silently wherever you may be (start with 3 times and progress to 33 times) and end with the Lord s Prayer. Begin each day with a prayer thanking God for keeping you through the night and end each day asking him to keep you and your loved ones safe. Always bless your food and yourself before and after meals. Just a few moments of everyday to remember His awesome presence in our lives. Worshipping His Crucifixion and 3 rd Day Blessed Resurrection daily, I remain, In His Service, Rev. Father Jon Boukis PROISTAMENOS
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Congratulations to our kids with near perfect Attendance!!! With 3 Absences Stephanie Theofilis With 2 Absence Naina Biju Ninan & Naveen Biju Ninan Perfect Attendance!!! Vasilia Boukis ORTHODOX BIBLE STUDY Bible Study is an opportunity for us to apply the Scriptures to our everyday lives. The Bible is the Good News that enriches our faith and deepens our understanding of every issue that we face. This can only be done through obtaining the mind of the Holy Fathers. Let the scripture come alive in your life today!!! In the Fall we will once again resume our study of the Book of Acts. Please start the new ecclesiastical year with a renewed desire of learning the blessed scriptures and tradition of the Church.
PHILOPTOCHOS RUMMAGE SALE It s never too early to donate to the rummage sale. We have made space in the garage to store your clean, gently used treasures until August. Please bring them in a closed box so they can be stacked in the garage. You may bring them on Sundays. Leave them in your car and you can unload them into the classrooms or garage during coffee hour. Philoptochos Cook Out June 3 rd following Sunday Services on the South Lawn Ala Carte Items: Burgers ($4), Hot Dogs ($3), Souvlaki ($2) & Chips ($1) JUNE BIRTHDAYS AND NAMEDAYS 2 nd Carol Pappaspiros 4 th George Andrianopoulos 4 th Pete Lingris 6 th Cyleigh Maess 6 th Paraskevi Stamatoukos 7 th Carla Papageorgiou 8 th Andromahi Harrison 9 th Evangelos Dounoulis 9 th Alex Georgiadis 10 th Aimee Arvanitis 11 th Allison Dounoulis 13 th Elianna Lovejoy 14 th Alice Yarema 19 th Tracey Theofilis 20 th Jeffery Staken 21 st Deana Olvera-Mundt 22 nd Haline Akulow 22 th Ellen Kaldis 24 th Christina Papanikolaou 26 th George Lingris 29 th Christine Bagatelas 30 th Sophia Anderson 30 th Matt Miller Just a few of the Saints that are commemorated in June... 10 th All Saints 24 th St. Elizabeth, Mother of J. Bap. 11 th St. Bartholomew 29 st Ss. Peter and Paul
SUMMER FELLOWSHIP EVENTS The 6 th Annual Greek Cultural Golf Tournament Presented at TPC Deere Run by Monday, June 11 th at 9:00 a.m. See Fr. Jon ASAP if interested...cordially invites you and your guests to join us for a Night at the Ballpark! Come help us cheer on the Quad Cities River Bandits on June 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm. It is our goal to pack the ballpark. This is why we want you to bring your family and friends to the game on us. These FREE tickets are available on a first request basis. See Fr. Jon for tickets. July 24 th, the Parishes of the Assumption and St. George will be spending a day of fun and fellowship together at Six Flags Great America in Chicago. Tickets are $35 per person for admission and dinner. See Fr. Jon today for details!!!
COMEDY SHOW AT THE ASSUMPTION Seating will be given preferentially to those tables who reserve on a first reserved first assigned basis. Reserve your table today!!!
PENTECOST Celebrated June 3 rd Such, therefore, are the reasons for the feast of Pentecost: the coming of the All-holy Spirit into the world, the completion of the Lord Jesus Christ's promise, and the fulfillment of the hope of the sacred disciples, which we celebrate today. This is the final feast of the great mystery and dispensation of God's incarnation. On this last, and great, and saving day of Pentecost, the Apostles of the Savior, who were unlearned fishermen, made wise now of a sudden by the Holy Spirit, clearly and with divine authority spoke the heavenly doctrines. They became heralds of the truth and teachers of the whole world. On this day they were ordained and began their apostleship, of which the salvation of those three thousand souls in one day was the comely and marvelous first fruit. That which came to pass at Pentecost, then, was the ordination of the Apostles, the commencement of the apostolic preaching to the nations, and the inauguration of the priesthood of the new Israel. Therefore, together with the baptism of the Holy Spirit which came upon them who were present in the upper chamber, which the Lord had foretold as recorded in the Acts, "ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence" (Acts 1:5), the Apostles were also appointed and raised to the high priestly rank, according to Saint John Chrysostom. On this day commenced the celebration of the Holy Eucharist by which we become "partakers of the Divine Nature" (II Peter 1:4). For before Pentecost, it is said of the Apostles and disciples only that they abode in "prayer and supplication" (Acts 1:14); it is only after the coming of the Holy Spirit that they persevered in the "breaking of bread," that is, the communion of the Holy Mysteries- "and in prayer" (Acts 2:42).
SAINT PAUL Celebrated June 29 th Paul, the chosen vessel of Christ, the glory of the Church, the Apostle of the Nations and teacher of the whole world, was a Jew by race, of the tribe of Benjamin, having Tarsus as his homeland. He was a Roman citizen, fluent in the Greek language, an expert in knowledge of the Law. For this cause, from the beginning, Paul was a most fervent zealot for the traditions of the Jews and a great persecutor of the Church of Christ; at that time, his name was Saul. In his great passion of rage and fury against the disciples of the Lord, he went to Damascus bearing letters of introduction from the high priest. His intention was to bring the disciples of Christ back to Jerusalem in bonds. As he was approaching Damascus, about midday there suddenly shone upon him a light from Heaven. Falling on the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?" And he asked, "Who art Thou, Lord?" And the Lord said, "I am Jesus Whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks." And that heavenly voice and brilliance made him tremble, and he was blinded for a time. He was led by the hand into the city, and on account of a divine revelation to the Apostle Ananias, he was baptized by him, and both his bodily and spiritual eyes were opened to the knowledge of the Sun of Righteousness. And straightway- O wondrous transformation! - beyond all expectation, he spoke with boldness in the synagogues, proclaiming that "Christ is the Son of God" (Acts 9:1-21). As for his zeal in preaching the Gospel after these things had come to pass, as for his unabating labors and afflictions of diverse kinds, the wounds, the prisons, the bonds, the beatings, the stonings, the shipwrecks, the journeys, the perils on land, on sea, in cities, in wildernesses, the continual vigils, the daily fasting, the hunger, the thirst, the nakedness, and all those other things that he endured for the Name of Christ, and which he underwent before nations and kings and the Israelites, and above all, his care for all the churches, his fiery longing for the salvation of all, whereby he became all things to all men, that he might save them all if possible, and because of which, with his heart aflame, he continuously traveled throughout all parts, visiting them all, and like a bird of heaven flying from Asia and Europe, the West and East, neither staying nor abiding in any one place - all these things are related in the Book of the Acts, and as he himself tells them in his Epistles. Having completed the work of his ministry, he likewise ended his life in martyrdom when he was beheaded in Rome during the reign of Nero, at the same time, some say, when Peter was crucified.
CHURCH. J U N E 2 0 1 2 Sunday Monday Tuesday Fasting Symbols Strict Fast Wine and Oil Allowed Fish Allowed Fast Free Sunday of Holy Pentecost Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Kneeling Service of Pentecost Family Worship Philoptochos Cook-Out Sunday of All Saints Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Family Worship Coffee Hour All-English Sunday 2nd Sunday of Matthew Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Family Worship Coffee Hour 2nd Sunday of Matthew Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Family Worship Coffee Hour All-English Sunday 3 10 17 24 Greek Cultural 6 th Annual Golf Tournament at TPC Deere Run presented by 4 11 18 6:00pm - Softball Game at Riverside Life Center 25 6:00pm and 7:00pm - Softball Game Double Header at Riverside Life Center 5 7:00pm - Softball Game at Riverside Life Center 12 6:00pm - Softball Game at Riverside Life Center 19 Prayer Service 9:00am at the East Moline Correctional Center 26
. CALENDAR Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Saturday of the Souls Divine Liturgy 10:00am 6 7 8 9 Assumption Garden Club Courtyard Clean-up 10:00am 13 14 15 16 7:00pm - River Bandits Game at Modern Woodman Park 20 21 22 23 6:30pm - Parish Council Meeting 27 28 29 Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul Divine Liturgy 10:00am 30 Feast of the 12 Holy Apostles Divine Liturgy 10:00am
SERVICE SCHEDULE June 2 Saturday Saturday of the Souls 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy June 3 Sunday Sunday of Holy Pentecost 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy June 10 Sunday Sunday of All Saints 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy June 17 Sunday 2nd Sunday of Matthew 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy June 24 Sunday Nativity of St. John the Baptist 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy June 29 Friday Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy June 30 Saturday Feast of the Synaxis of the 12 Apostles 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Πρόγραμμα Ιερών Ακολουθίων 2 Ιουνίου Σάββατο Ψυχοσάββατο 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 3 Ιουνίου Κυριακή Κυριακή Η της Πεντηκοστής 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 10 Ιουνίου Κυριακή Κυριακή των Αγίων Πάντων 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 17 Ιουνίου Κυριακή Κυριακή Β του Ματθαίου 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 24 Ιουνίου Κυριακή Γενέθλιον του Ιωάννου Προδρόμου 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 29 Ιουνίου Παρασκευή Απόστολοι Πετρός και Παύλος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 30 Ιουνίου Σάββατο Σύναξις των Αγίων Αποστόλων 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία
DIAKONIA Prosforo Schedule June 3 Georgia Kouris June 10 Maria Georgiadis June 17 Georgia Eleftheropoulos June 24 Litsa Gregory Coffee Hour June 3 Philoptochos Cook-Out June 10 Dounoulis Family June 17 Celia Lubbers June 24 Haline Akulow Sunday Gospel and Epistle Readings June 3 Gospel John 7:37-52, 8:12 Epistle Acts 2:1-10 June 10 Gospel Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30 Epistle Hebrews 11:33-12:2 June 17 Gospel Matthew 4:18-23 Epistle Romans 2:10-16 June 24 Gospel Luke 1:1-25, 57-68, 76-80 Epistle Romans 13:11-14:4 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 June 3 St. Luke June 10 St. John June 17 St. Matthew June 24 St. Mark
Κυριακή της Αγίας Πεντηκοστής 3 Ιουνίου Μετά την Ανάληψη του Κυρίου στους ουρανούς, οι Απόστολοι και οι υπόλοιποι μαθητές του, καθώς και οι γυναίκες που απο την αρχή τον είχαν ακολουθήσει, η Παναγία Παρθένος Μαρία η Μητέρα του και τα αδέλφια του, περίπου όλοι μαζί 120 άτομα, γύρισαν απο το όρος των Ελαιών στην Ιερουσαλήμ και, μπαίνοντας στο σπίτι όπου έμεναν, ανέβηκαν στο υπερώο, δηλαδή στον πάνω όροφο του σπιτιού και εκεί, περίμεναν με προσευχή την επιφοίτηση του Αγίου Πνεύματος, σύμφωνα με την υπόσχεση του Σωτήρα Χριστού. Στο μεταξή εκεί, εξέλεξαν και τον Ματθία και τον συναρίθμησαν με τους ένδεκα Αποστόλους. Κυριακή των Άγιων Πάντων 10 Ιουνίου Τον κάθε ένα απο τους γνωστούς Αγίους, τιμούμε ειδικά σε κάποια μέρα του χρόνου. Επειδή όμως πολλοί μας είναι άγνωστοι και ο αριθμός τους πολλαπλασιάστηκε κατά καιρούς, γι αυτό η Εκκλησία όρισε, μια συγκεκριμένη γιορτή. Έτσι λοιπόν την ημέρα αυτή, τιμάμε με ευλάβεια όλους τους Δικαίους, Προφήτες, Όσιους, άνδρες και γυναίκες μαζί, γνωστούς και άγνωστους, όσους απο τον Αδάμ μέχρι τώρα απεβίωσαν με ευσέβεις και με τα καλά τους έργα δόξασαν τον Θεό. Αυτούς όλους και αυτές επίσης τις στρατιές των Αγγέλων, πρίν απ αυτούς δε και μαζί με όλους την Παναγία Θεοτόκο και αειπάρθενο Μαρία, τιμάμε σήμερα με την παρούσα γιορτή, προβάλλοντας τη ζωή της σαν παράδειγμα αρετής. Και παρακαλούμε όλους αυτούς τους Αγίους να πρεσβεύουν στον Θεό για μας προκειμένου η χάρη και το άπειρο έλεός Του να είναι μαζί με όλους μας.
Αποστόλοι Πέτρος και Παύλος Οι Πρωτοκορυφαίοι Απόστολοι ΠΕΤΡΟΣ και ΠΑΥΛΟΣ 29 Ιουνίου Ο Πέτρος καταγόταν απο τη Βηθσαϊδά της Γαλιλαίας και ήταν γιός του Ιωνά, αδελφός του αποστόλου Ανδρέα του Πρωτοκλήτου και ήταν ψαράδες στη λίμνη Γεννησαρέτ. Είχε νυμφευθεί στην Καπερναούμ, όπου έμενε οικογενειακά, μαζί με την πεθερά του. Ψαράς στο επάγγελμα, ήταν τύπος αυθόρμητος, ορμητικός, και η ζωή του κοντά στο Χριστό τη μαθαίνουμε απο τα τέσσερα Ευαγγέλια, ενώ την αποστολική του δράση, απο τις Πράξεις τών Αποστόλων. Έγραψε και δύο Καθολικές Επιστολές, μέσα στις οποίες, να τί προτρέπει στους χριστιανούς: "Νήψατε, γρηγορήσατε, ο αντίδικος υμών διάβολος ώς λέων ωμυόμενος περιπατεί ζητών τίνα καταπίη". Δηλαδή εγκρατευθείτε, γίνετε άγρυπνοι και προσεκτικοί. Διότι ο αντίπαλος και κατήγοράς σας διάβολος, σαν λιοντάρι που βρυχάται, περιπατεί με μανία και ζητάει ποιόν να τραβήξει μακριά απο την πίστη για να τον καταπιεί. Μετά την Ανάληψη του Κυρίου, ο Πέτρος, δίδαξε το Ευαγγέλιο στην Ιουδαία, στην Αντιόχεια, στον Πόντο, στην Γαλατία, στην Καππαδοκία, στην Ασία και τη Βιθυνία. Κατά την παράδοση (που σημαίνει ότι δεν είναι απόλυτα ιστορικά διασταυρωμένο) έφτασε μέχρι τη Ρώμη, όπου επί Νέρωνος (54-68) υπέστη μαρτυρικό θάνατο, αφού τον σταύρωσαν χιαστί, με το κεφάλι προς τα κάτω. Ο δε Παύλος γεννήθηκε στην Ταρσό της Κιλικίας και στην αρχή ήταν σκληρός διώκτης του χριστιανισμού. Όμως, με θαύμα γνώρισε το Χριστό και έγινε ο μεγαλύτερος κήρυκας του Ευαγγελίου, θυσιάζοντας μάλιστα και τη ζωή του γι αυτό. Ονομάστηκε Απόστολος τών Εθνών, και τη ζωή με τις περιπέτειες του θα τα δεί κανείς, άν μελετήσει τις Πράξεις τών Αποστόλων, αλλά και τις 14 Επιστολές του στην Καινή Διαθήκη. Ο Παύλος θέλει κάθε χριστιανός, όπως και ο ίδιος, να αισθάνεται και να λέει: "ζώ δε ουκέτι εγώ, ζή δε εν εμοί Χριστός".Δηλαδή, δε ζώ πλέον εγώ, ο παλαιός άνθρωπος, αλλά ζεί μέσα μου ο Χριστός. Και ακόμα, "τα πάντα και εν πάσι Χριστός". Να διευθύνει, δηλαδή, όλες τις εκδηλώσεις της ανθρώπινης ζωής μας ο Χριστός. Ο απόστολος Παύλος υπέστη μαρτυρικό θάνατο (χωρίς αυτό να είναι απόλυτα διασταυρωμένο) δι αποκεφαλισμού στη Ρώμη.
PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES Parish Council Meeting Minutes April 19, 2012 Call to Order at 6:40pm Roll Call Present: Deno Kandis, Roger Lovejoy, Orest Akulow, Liz Gorman, Celia Lubbers, Lambros Mihalopoulos, Sherry Kontos, Nick Passini, Cathy Diakogeorgiou Excused: Mike Haney, Biju Ninan Absent: John Thodos Minutes: OK Priest s Report: None Treasurer s Report: Current balance $6,545.07. $1,364 for candles from Friday and Saturday. Easter offerings was $700. The baskets passed during services were $326 and $400. Lamb dinner brought in $490. The luminaries and the wreath donations netted $1,700. President s Report: $403 collected in the mission jar. Celia to give the $ to Philoptochos and they will write the check to the church based in South Africa. Trees have been trimmed and are done. donations. The lift was paid for through The wiring in the kitchen has been completed. West completed the other wiring on the exit signs and the lighting posts outside. The overhang hole has been fixed. Needs to be painted. Sold 6 consecration books. Comedian contract has been signed. July 14 th is the date. Comedianjim.com. Celia has lined up the DJ and Riefe s for catering. Appetizers and social hour at 6pm. Show to start at 7:30pm. Celia to check with Andy to bartend and to Cathy for a waitress. $35 per person or $300 per table of 10. We will invite Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. Building fund has $5,118.36 West has been paid and rebate should be received soon.
Old Business: PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES June 11 th Golf Outing Liz Gorman, Georgia Lovejoy, and Denny Mekus are the committee working to get sponsorships and golfers. It s Greek to Me scheduled for Monday, again in May, and another one in July. May 9 th Luncheon (boxed lunches for dine in, carry out or delivery) Sherri and Celia looking for people to work that day and help out. Furnace: The furnace is cracked and needs to be replaced. We need several donations. We will finish the letter and send to the parishioners. The Amana unit from Bitler cost $29,605. The Bornhoeft Lenox units are $29,880. The Carrier units from West are $26,200. Bill s units are Heil at $26,500 as well as an Amana at $27,910. We need to pick one and have it replaced this summer. August 18 th Dinner We need to finalize plans at the next meeting. Easter bake sale grossed $1,500. New Business: None Motion to adjourn by: Lambros, 2 nd by: Nick Meeting adjourned at: 7:35pm As approved by the Spring Parish Assembly and as is necessary to ensure a safe facility, the 3 HVAC units above the fellowship hall, offices and kitchen will be replaced this summer. The total cost for this capital improvement is $30,000. Has each of us offered according to his ability (Acts 11:29) so that this necessary i m p r o v e m e n t m a y completed? HVAC UPDATE
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