Sunday, February 16, 2025

Sunday of the Prodigal Son

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Regular Services

Saturday: Vespers, 5:00 pm

Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 9:00 am

 

Address

1614 E. Monte Vista Rd.

Phoenix, Az 85006

 

Phone / Email

Fr. Mikel: 907-444-8545

Church: 602-253-9515

 

Directions To Saints Peter & Paul

 

Announcements

 

This Week...

February 15, 2025

There is Class/Bible study Feb 19th, at 6pm in the hall.

Today Saturday Feb 15th there will be “game night” at 3:30pm.  Please bring any board games that you wish to play so that there will be different board games. This game time will give everyone a chance to get to know each other better.

The nuns from St Macarius of Egypt will be here tomorrow to sell their items.

On Friday Feb 28th at 7pm there is a free concert at American Lutheran Church of Sun City, 17200 N Del Webb Blvd put on by the West Valley Youth Orchestra. Our parishioners James and Randall Legendre are part of the orchestra.  

Collections for Project Mexico are on the 1st Sunday of the month, next collection will be Sunday March 2nd.

The Food Drive this year will be for FOCUS; Fellowship of Orthodox Christians United to Serve, here in Phoenix

The Bookstore has several new arrivals, just in time for the Fast.

As we are now 2 weeks from starting the Great Fast we will be needing wine. If you would like to donate wine it is Manischewitz concord grape wine.

Next Sunday is Meatfare Sunday there will be a potluck coffee hour. It is the last day to eat meat until Pascha.

Cheesefare Sunday coffee Hour is sponsored, it is the last day to eat dairy until Pascha.

Marty Gala will have a sign up sheet for the meals after Presanctified Liturgies.

March 9th The Myrrh Bearers will have their Lenten Soup sale.

Steve Doerksen is seeking to organize a mission trip to Kodiak Island in Alaska for the last week of July. If you wish to attend please see Steve or Fr. Mikel.

We should always remember to tithe, as this is very important to keep the church running, and it is also an offering to God. For the month of January our expenses were  more than our income by $483. So we started off the year in the red.

In accordance with the Dioceses of the West’s Thriving Parish Program, I will be sending out a short 15 minute video on Monday, and there will be a discussion on Sunday the 23rd during coffee hour.

If we make every effort to avoid death of the body, still more should it be our endeavor to avoid death of the soul. There is no obstacle for a man who wants to be saved other than negligence and laziness of the soul.  + St. Anthony the Great

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Prayer List
We offer prayers for all of our parishioners who are ill or unable to attend services:
Gina Mudrenko
Jamie Arango
Elena Kerr
Marie Lobb
Antonia Adams-Clement
Ann Carroll
Walter Booriakin
May Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Physician of our souls and bodies, reach out His healing hand and bless these , His servants.

The Mission of The Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian Church, is to be faithful in fulfilling the commandment of Christ to “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”

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Saints Peter & Paul Orthodox Church
1614 E Monte Vista Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85006