REGISTER NOW for an Overnight Retreat for All Ages

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4 REGISTER NOW for an Overnight Retreat for All Ages T-Bar-M (2549 TX-49 New Braunfels, Texas 78132) Saturday & Sunday, April Join us for an exciting parish adventure! We ll enjoy the adventures T Bar M has to offer swimming pools and games, sports facilities, shuffleboard and ping pong and campfires while growing together in our Orthodox faith. Saturday, April 29 10:00am Sign in, Get Comfortable 10:30am - 12:30pm Youth to Adventure One Bubble Soccer, 11am 12:30pm 1:30pm Adults to Session One The Meaning of Crisis Lunch Free Play includes swimming, gaga pit, ping pong, basketball, horseshoes, washers, shuffle board, foosball, pool table, air hockey, etc. 3:00pm - 6:00pm Youth to Adventure Two Kid s Leadership Challenge 3:00pm 4:45pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:30pm Adults to Session Two Life Lessons Unpack into Lodge Rooms Break for Free Play includes swimming, gaga pit, ping pong, basketball, horseshoes, washers, shuffle board, foosball, pool table, air hockey, etc. Dinner Parish Campfire with S mores Sunday, April 30 8:30am 10:00am 11:00am Divine Liturgy Brunch Check Out PRICING $90/room (2-3- or 4-occupancy, as available) additional fee: $70/person (no charge, ages 3 and under) If pricing is an issue, please speak with Fr. Vasileios, Tom Gouris, or Elissa Bjeletich. Exceptions can be made. REGISTER BY 4/11. LATE RESERVATIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY THROUGH 4/22.

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6 YOUTH ACTIVITIES Are you part of the Facebook group for our church? If not, join us! We will use this as another way to communicate all the exciting things we have going on for the youth! HOPE/JO Y (prek through 5th grade) APR 29-30: Parish Wide Retreat at T Bar M. Registration Forms at transfiguration.org MAY 6: Fresa's Chicken Al 1703 S. First, Austin, TX 3:30PM Come for fellowship, queso and chicken! MAY 7: Ellinakia (Greek Dancing) meeting for K-5th graders 12:30 to 1:15 Meet on the walkway behind the church MAY 7: Bible 1:00 Junior (ages 8-12), Teen (ages 13-19) and Adult (20+) divisions. Registration at transfiguration.org MAY 21: Sunday School Showdown after Divine Liturgy. Lunch will be served. JUN 4: RR Express Baseball Game 1:05 PM, $11 a ticket. For tickets, bring $$ to the church office in an envelope w/ your name & "RR Express" JUN 17: Pool Party Boyer's JUL 8: Pool Party Gouris' JUL 11: Bowling Westgate Lanes $7.50 per person AUG 7-11: Vacation Church Camp 9AM-12PM, 3 years old-5th grade AUG 12: Visit to Holy Archangels Monastery GOYA (grades 6th through 12th) Find us on APR 23: Levendia (Greek Dancing) 12:30-1:00 APR 29-30: Parish Wide Retreat at T Bar M. Registration Forms at transfiguration.org APR 30: Levendia (Greek Dancing) 12:30-1:00 APR 30: Spring Basketball 1:30 to St. Michael's Catholic Academy MAY 7: Levendia (Greek Dancing) 12:30-1:00 MAY 7: Bible 1:00 Junior (ages 8-12), Teen (ages 13-19) and Adult (20+) divisions. Registration at transfiguration.org MAY 13: Game Boyer's 6:00 to 9:30 PM MAY 14: Levendia (Greek Dancing) 12:30-1:00 MAY 14: Spring Basketball 1:30 to St. Michael's Catholic Academy MAY 20: TGOC-- 5:00 with Lock-in to follow MAY 21: Sunday School Showdown after Divine Liturgy. Lunch will be served. MAY 28: Spring Basketball 1:30 to St. Michael's Catholic Academy JUN 4: Levendia (Greek Dancing) 12:30-1:00 JUN 4: RR Express Baseball Game 1:05 PM, $11 a ticket. For tickets, bring $$ to the church office in an envelope w/ your name & "RR Express" JUNE 10: Levendia (Greek Dancing) --Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio--please RSVP on Evite AUG 7-11: VCC volunteer opportunity 9AM - 12PM AUG 12: Visit to Holy Archangels Monastery

7 ATTENTION ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS! Fr. Vasileios will be honoring High School and College/University graduates on Sunday, May 21st, so please the office at with the following information no later than May 15: The correct spelling of your name, as you d like it to appear in the bulletin The school you will attend next Fall The high school (or college) from which you are graduating A digital copy of your senior portrait or another nice photo A note about hobbies or activities in high school (i.e. band, theater, soccer, etc.) A note about future plans, if known Please make sure you attend church on that Sunday LEVENDIA G R E EK D a n c e G R O U P E L L I N A KI A G RE E K D AN C E G RO U P Calling all rising Kinder through 5th graders join in the fun of learning traditional Greek Folk Dances! Our second meeting and introduction to Greek folk dance will be on Sunday, May 7th, 12:30-1:15pm. We will meet at the walkway behind the church. Please contact Smaranda Papanikolaou if you are interested: smapapatx@yahoo.com. Volunteers to help during practices and performances are needed! Our Levendia, GOYA aged Greek Dance Group, will be participating at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, on Saturday, June 10! Below are the dance practice dates to prepare for this performance. Sunday, April 23; Sunday, April 30; Sunday, May 7; Sunday, May 14 and Sunday, June 4 All Levendia dancers are asked to attend the practices Transf igura t ion Bib le Bowl Sunday, May 7 JUNIOR Teams: 3 players aged 8-12 TEEN Teams: 3 players aged or ADULT Teams: 3 players 20+. Registration forms and sample questions are available in Mt. Tabor Hall or by contacting the office at: office@transfiguration.org or Dr. Jacob Angelo at: giddoangelo@gmail.com Camp Emmanuel Senior Session: June 11-17, 2017 (Ages 15-18) Junior Session: June 18-24, 2017 (Ages 11-14) LAST WEEK TO SIGN UP!!! Registration Cost: $390* ($370 for siblings in immediate family) Registration Deadline: 11:59pm (mountain) April 30, 2017 Registration Link: dtregister/?controller=event&task=options&itemid=&eventid=91 If you have questions about registration, please contact: rsinos@denver.goarch.org

8 Pa s c h a G r e e t i n g s During the forty-day period from Pascha to Ascension, Orthodox Christians throughout the world greet one another with the Paschal Greeting: English - Christ is Risen / Truly He is Risen or Indeed He is Risen Greek - Christos Anesti / Alithos Anesti Spanish - Cristo ha resucitado / En verdad ha resucitado Ukrainian - Khristos Voskres / Voistynu Voskres Romanian - Hristos a Inviat / Adevarat a Inviat Arabic - Al masi h qam / Hakan qam Slavonic - Khrystos Voskrese / Voistyne Voskrese Swahili - Kristo Amefufukka / Kweli amefufukka