Sunday, November 16, 2025

Tomorrow Sunday the 9th there will be the Memorial for Eugenia Mudrenko. During coffee hour there will be porcelain angels for sale that she used to collect, the funds from the sale will go into a memorial fund in her honor.

The Nativity fast begins Saturday the 15th.

The Christmas Outreach has begun. There are 28 families (50 kids) for parishioners to adopt. Please see Christine Sanchez if you wish to participate.

The Tailgate party received $366 in donations for the Alaskan seminarians. If you would like to donate towards this amount , see Judy Bushko.

St Tikhon’s is reprinting the Service Book for the Faithful; it contains the complete texts of Vespers, Sunday Matins, the liturgies of St. John and St. Basil, and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. If you wish to order one please let Katrina know, they will arrive at the beginning of December and cost roughly $25.

Sunday Nov 16th the monks from St John’s Monastery will be here to sell their icons.

Sunday Dec 14th the nuns from St Mary of Egypt Monastery will be here to sell their items.

Tuesday Nov 18th at 6pm is the last Zoom class on the Church Services for the year.

Tomorrow Nov 9th is OCA Stewardship Sunday. A collection will be made on that Sunday. But your donations can be made most easily through the OCA website or Checks should be made payable to; The Orthodox Church in America and mailed to:

PO Box 31409 Alexandria, VA 22310-9998

FOCA is taking orders for coasters. A set of 4 will cost $15, order forms are on the tables in the hall.

For The Bible and the Fathers for Orthodox, Monday the 3rd the Epistle is on page 458 and the Gospel is page 491.

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

We should always remember to tithe, as it is an offering to God. The tithe is very important to keep the church running, and keeping it cool during the hot summer months. For the month of September Income was more than our expenses by $59.

On Nov 19th there is a concert at American Lutheran Church of Sun City. Our parishioners James and Randall Legrende will be performing.

The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God.

St. John Chrysostom