THE VOICE. of St. George. March St. George Orthodox Church 5191 Lennon Road Flint, MI Volume 23, Number 7

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1 St. George Orthodox Church 5191 Lennon Road Flint, MI Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit #251 Flint, MI Address Service Requested THE VOICE of St. George Published Monthly with Special Editions by St. George Orthodox Church -- Flint, MI March 2014 Volume 23, Number 7

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3 Assumption (Greek) 2245 Baldwin Road Grand Blanc, MI St. George (Antiochian) 5191 Lennon Road Flint, MI St. Mary Magdalene (OCA) 2439 S. Long Lake Road Fenton, MI St. Nicholas (OCA) 2143 South Center Road Burton, MI ~ 2014 Great Fast ~ Pan-Orthodox Divine Services and Potluck Dinners Great Compline (Mondays) We will be celebrating the Great Compline service together every Monday night at St. George. The service begins at. This beautiful service allows us to experience the Great Fast more deeply. Confessions will be available from 6pm and after the service. Lenten Hours (Wednesdays) St. Nicholas will celebrate the Lenten Hours at 9am. Presanctified Divine Liturgy (Wednesdays) We will be celebrating the Presanctified Liturgy together Wednesday evenings beginning at 6pm according to the schedule below. Holy Communion is given at the Presanctified Liturgy. To partake of Holy Communion, please be prepared with prayer and fasting (not eating or drinking anything after lunch). Confessions will be available only prior to the Liturgy from 5:30pm 6pm. On the Great Feast of the Annunciation (see below), Divine Liturgy begins at 6pm. Potluck Dinners: A Lenten Dinner follows each liturgy. Please bring a covered Lenten Dish (no meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish, wine, olive oil or their by-products) to the hall prior to the beginning of liturgy. Please note on the Great Feast of the Annunciation, fish, wine, and olive oil are allowed. If you have questions, call the church office where the combined service will be celebrated. March 5 th Presanctified Liturgy or Compline at each church March 12 th Presanctified Liturgy Combined at St. Mary Magdalene March 19 th Presanctified Liturgy at each church March 25 th Annunciation Vesperal Liturgy Combined at Assumption 6pm March 26 th Presanctified Liturgy Combined at St. George April 2 nd Presanctified Liturgy at each church April 9 th Presanctified Liturgy Combined at St. Nicholas April 12 th Preparation of Gifts, Divine Liturgy ~ Raising of Lazarus, and Lenten Breakfast Combined at St. Mary Magdalene 9:30am Assumption is located 1 ½ miles west of Holly Road on Baldwin Road. St. George is located between Linden and Dye Roads on Lennon Road. St. Mary Magdalene is located ¼ mile east of Torrey Road on South Long Lake. St. Nicholas is located ½ mile south of Lippincott on Center Road.

4 Decorations for the Great Fast, Holy Week, and Pascha 5 Icon Flowers for the Madayeh/Akathist $30 each March 7 th March 14 th (Taken) March 21 st March 28 th April 4 th 2 pounds of Incense $50 each One Pound One Pound Carnations for the Holy Cross (Taken) $235 Palms $200 Fern Arrangements for Palm Sunday and Holy Week (8 needed at $40 each) One Arrangement One Arrangement One Arrangement One Arrangement One Arrangement One Arrangement One Arrangement One Arrangement 2 Icon Flowers for Lazarus Saturday/Palm Sunday $30 each One Icon One Icon 4 Icon Flowers for Holy Week $30 each One Icon One Icon One Icon One Icon Flowers and Decorations for the Tomb (Taken) Rose Water / Bay Leaves for Holy Saturday (Taken) Donations toward Pascha Flowers $25 each $25 each $25 each $25 each $25 each $25 each 3 Icon Flowers for the Resurrection $30 each Two Icons One Icon One Icon 3 Paschal Candles $95 each One Candle One Candle One Candle Please print clearly Your name: For the health of: In loving memory of: The names of the Living and Departed will be remembered at the service for which the item will be used. Please fill out this form, put it in an envelope (with check made out to St. George/Decorations ), and drop it in the Sunday Offering Tray or send it to the church office.

5 Daily Prayer Life Remember the newly departed servants of God who have fallen asleep in the Lord: Archpriest George Aswad (+January 31 st ), Archpriest John Elias (+February 11 th ), Abe Abraham (+January 29 th, former member of the Archdiocesan Board of Trustees), and Joseph Nassif (+February 1 st, uncle of George Nassif). May their memory be eternal! Remember our parishioners who are ill, recovering, or in need, especially His servants: Nayef Aboujamra, Androlla AbuAita, Hanna Abuaita, Housam Abousamra, Pamela Bassett, Evelyn and James Delbridge, Pauline Farah, Camille Ghantous, Nadera Ghantous, Phyllis Good, Carol Haddad, Roland Haddad, Nawal Iseid, Betty Khouri, Edward Khouri, Jean Khouri, Mariam Khoury, Janet Lakis, Norma Lazar, Lourice Matta, Danny Mortensen, Aida Nassar, Laura Nassar, Elaine Salim, Elaine Shaheen, Michael Silpoch, William Sophiea Jr., Lois Teunion (Bob s wife), those who are suffering in Syria, Egypt, the Middle East, and the Philippines, the supporters and benefactors of St. George, and the members of our Parish Council, Ladies Auxiliary, Teen SOYO, Altar Servers, Altar Society, Chanters, Choir, Church School, Ushers, and YAF (Young Adult Fellowship). Remember the servants of God who are with child: Rasha Abuaita and Amira-Amy Helal. For the following, please update Fr. Joe whether they should remain on our prayer list Thank You! Remember the family and friends of St. George parishioners: Archimandrite Roman Braga and Mother Seraphima (Dormition Monastery), Clemence Bassett, Shawna Hale, Connie and Matthew Parrott, and Mary Zawacki (mother/friends of Dn. Michael and Pam Bassett), Kinan Turjman (nephew of Sahar Abdallah), Michel Abuaita (father of Mary Khoury), Michel Abuaita (brother of Janett Abuaita), Youssef and Georgette Damouni (parents of Lina Burbar and May Gantos), Samira Gantous (former parishioner), Stephanie Long (former parishioner), Maha Qassis (sister of Ziyad Ibrahim), George Ishak (nephew of Amira Hanna), James Gorr (father of Melissa Bathish), Lilly Hissin (aunt of Naila Banna, Hiam and Inam Bathish), Elias Ibrahim (uncle of Rula Alkazaha), Annie Guevara, Doug Halstead, Amir Hekmati, Bob Loth, Bella Ward, Rebekah Augenstein, Anna Oppenheiser, Art Reyes, and Eileen Shaheen (friends/family of Sally Joseph), Hanna Abu-Nimer and Shadi Kaileh (relatives of Karam and Aida Nassar), Loretta and Daniel Karpelenia (mother/brother of Denise Ghattas), Jenna Marsico (niece of Jim Delbridge), Sarah Najjar (friend of Kelly Sanderson), Lucille Kiley (mother of Susan Salomon), Sue McCarthy (friend of Elaine Shaheen), Nassim Salomon (brother of Janet Abueita), Shafeka Qurpan (mother of Amira Hanna), Megan Meade (relative of Bob Teunion), Elaine Gejoff, Marcella Moorman, and Dennis Perez (from St. Mary Magdalene), Gloria and John Zelenko (from St. Nicholas), Helene Nicola (aunt of Leslee Abud), Paul Thomas (cousin of the Salim s), and Vicki Toma (sister of Fr. Joe). Congratulations and God bless: Mejhdy Abu-Aitah (son of Jiries and Sharon) who graduated with honors in December 2013 from the University of Michigan-Flint with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. Announcements The GREAT FAST begins on Monday, March 3 rd and continues until Pascha on April 20 th. The traditional fasting discipline (no meat, poultry, cheese, eggs, dairy, fish, wine, olive oil, or their by-products) is observed on all days with the exception of wine and olive oil being allowed on Saturdays and Sundays, and fish, wine, and olive oil being allowed on the Great Feast of the Annunciation (March 25 th ) and Palm Sunday (April 13 th ).

6 The Great Fast begins Our preparation for the Feast of Feasts (Pascha), begins on Monday, March 3 rd and lasts until our midnight celebration of Pascha on April 19 th /20 th. This preparation is based on our increased participation in the three disciplines of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving (Matthew 6:1-18): 1. Prayer - By attending the Lenten services as well as increased daily prayer life at home, we spend more time with God. 2. Fasting - By restricting the types and frequency of meals, we experience physical weakness and learn to depend more on God than on our ourselves. 3. Almsgiving - By giving to those less fortunate than ourselves, we cease to consider ourselves as the most important of all people (Food for Hungry People and other programs). Our experience of Christ's Resurrection on Pascha truly depends on how deeply we enter into these three disciplines. The additional week day services gives all of us a wonderful opportunity to increase our Prayer life and be strengthened in Fasting and Almsgiving as well. We should strive to come to as many as possible whether we regularly attend Saturday Vespers and Sunday Services or not. Questions? Please see Father Joseph for guidance during this special time of seeking our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Great Compline Mondays at at St. George Lenten Hours Wednesdays at 9am at St. Nicholas Presanctified Liturgy & Potluck Wednesdays at 6pm (check calendar for location!) Supplication to the Virgin Mary / Madayeh Fridays at at St. George Great Vespers and Confessions Saturdays at 5pm at St. George THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF REPENTANCE (CONFESSION) He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. (Proverbs 28:13) The Great Fast is THE TIME for all parishioners to receive the Holy Sacrament of Repentance (Confession) especially if you plan on receiving Holy Communion on Palm Sunday (April 13 th ) or Pascha (April 20 th ). Fr. Joe hears Confessions by appointment before or after most Divine Services, Sundays between 8:30am- 9:30am, by appointment during the week, and on Saturday evenings after Great Vespers which is the perfect time when no one is rushed. Please do not wait until the last minute! Because of many extra responsibilities, Fr. Joseph will not be able to hear Confessions on Palm Sunday or after Holy Wednesday (April 16 th ). In addition, Holy Unction (on Holy Wednesday) is a Sacrament of the Church and we must be prepared with Confession in order to be anointed. If you would like to go to one of the other Orthodox priests during our combined Pan-Orthodox Services, Fr. Paul, Fr. Matthew, and Fr. Angelo are available 30 minutes before each service begins. Confessing of our sins opens the door to our personal celebration of our Lord s Glorious Resurrection -- PLAN NOW and BE PREPARED!!! Our Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting Lenten Potluck Dinners after our celebrations of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Please bring what is listed below according to the first letter in your last name. If you have any questions, please see or call President Aida Nassar FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 TH A-F G-J K-R S-Z Desserts Relish Dish or Bread Salad or Side Dish Main Dish FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 TH A-F G-J K-R S-Z Salad or Side Dish Main Dish Desserts Relish Dish or Bread FOR OUR COMBINED CELEBRATION ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 TH A-F G-J K-R S-Z Main Dish Desserts Relish Dish or Bread Salad or Side Dish FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 ND A-F G-J K-R S-Z Relish Dish or Bread Salad or Side Dish Main Dish Desserts On the 1 st Sunday of the Great Fast, March 9 th, we have a special procession celebrating the restoring of the Holy Icons into the Orthodox Church. Please be sure our children bring a Holy Icon from home to carry in the procession!

7 Please mark your calendars and come to help out during our once-a-month commitment at the soup kitchen on Tuesday, March 25 th from 9am-12:30pm. If you have questions or want to sign-up, please contact Jim and Evelyn Delbridge ( ). Coming Events in April 13 Palm Sunday and Church School Bake Sale Great and Holy Week 20 Pascha ~ The Glorious Resurrection of our Lord and Feast of Feasts! Available dates: March 9 th, 16 th, and 23 rd -- sign-up poster is in the Hall. Hosting information is in the Hall and Lounge and includes: bringing whatever you wish to serve and cleaning up afterwards. St. George provides coffee, cups, cream, and sugar at a charge to the host of $25. For more information, please see Manal Abuaita. On Cheesefare Sunday, March 2 nd, no meat products are to be served. During the Great Fast (March 3 rd April 19 th ), no meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish, wine, olive oil or their by-products are to be served. Our average monthly offerings need to be $20,954 to meet our 2014 Budget. In January, our offerings were $11,999 which means we were short $8,955. If you haven t already, please fill out your 2014 Offering Form as soon as possible and support the work of St. George. EVERYONE wants to make coming to church a positive experience for themselves and to be good examples for our children and visitors! Fr. Joe and our Ushers are committed to helping our parishioners have a positive and prayerful atmosphere. Father has given full authority to our Ushers to keep things orderly such as; the right time for people who are late to enter the church, to keep people from talking in the church (including the Narthex), making sure the Lounge is quiet while following the service, etc. If you have any questions, please speak with Fr. Joe.

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11 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Great Vespers and Confessions 5pm 2 Cheesefare Sunday Forgiveness Vespers 12:30pm Food Drive 10am-1pm 9 1 st Sunday of the Fast Orthodoxy Sunday Procession of the Holy Icons 16 2 nd Sunday of the Fast St. Gregory Palamas 23 3 rd Sunday of the Fast Adoration of the Life-Giving Cross 30 4 th Sunday of the Fast St. John of the Ladder Parish Falafel Lunch 3 The Great Fast Begins! Great Compline and Canon of St. Andrew Great Compline Great Compline Great Compline Great Compline 4 Great Compline and Canon of St. Andrew Annunciation of the Theotokos North End Soup Kitchen 9am-12:30pm Vesperal Assumption 6pm *Assumption Church 2245 Baldwin Road (between Holly and Fenton Roads) Grand Blanc March is Antiochian Women s Month 5 Lenten **St. Nicholas 9am Presanctified Liturgy and Lenten St. George 6pm Lenten **St. Nicholas 9am Combined Presanctified Liturgy and ***St. Mary Magdalene -- 6pm Lenten **St. Nicholas 9am Presanctified Liturgy and Lenten St. George -- 6pm 26 Lenten **St. Nicholas 9am Combined Presanctified Liturgy and Lenten St. George 6pm 6 Great Compline and Canon of St. Andrew st Supplication to the Virgin Mary 2 nd Supplication to the Virgin Mary ** St. Nicholas Church 2143 South Center Road (1/2 mile south of Lippincott) Burton rd Supplication to the Virgin Mary 4 th Supplication to the Virgin Mary Great Vespers and Confessions 5pm Pan-Orthodox Retreat (see flier) ***St. Mary Magdalene 2439 S Long Lake Rd (north of North Road) Fenton Great Vespers and Confessions 5pm Great Vespers and Confessions 5pm Great Vespers and Confessions 5pm

12 As of February 18, 2014 The Bible says a tithe is giving 10% of our income to God through His Holy Church. In the Old Testament, the tithe was the maximum. For Christians, the tithe is the minimum! ALL of our 240 families need to make an Offering as soon as possible. Don t let anyone rob themselves of this blessing from God! Our budget for 2014: $251,452 Number of Families who still need to offer: 155 Total Offered by 84 Families/Individuals: $77, New Offerers: 25 Increase in Offering: 12 Offering Range: according to how God has blessed you! Your commitment is NEEDED!!! Please fill out the 2014 Offering Form as soon as possible. THANK YOU!!!

13 ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LIST!!! We thank the following families for turning in their 2014 Offering Form in support of God s work at St. George. If your name is not listed, please fill out your 2014 Offering Form and mail it to the Church or put it in the Sunday Offering Tray. Thank You and God Bless You! New this year in BOLD (did not fill out a form last year) Increase in Offering is Underlined As of 2/18/ Anonymous 2. Mr. and Mrs. Fares Abdallah 3. Mr. and Mrs. Youssif Abousamra 4. Mr. Ayham Abuaita 5. Mr. and Mrs. Fouad Abuaita 6. Mr. and Mrs. George Abu-Aita 7. Mr. George M. Abuaita 8. Mr. John Abuaita 9. Miss Lina Abuaita 10. Mr. and Mrs. Najeb Abuaita 11. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Abuaita 12. Miss Rachel Abuaita 13. Mr. and Mrs. Raed Abuaita 14. Mr. Samer Abuaita 15. Mr. Tamer Abuaita 16. Mr. and Mrs.Tawfiq AbuAita 17. Miss Yara Abuaita 18. Mr. and Mrs. Jiries AbuAitah 19. Fr. and Mrs. Joseph Abud 20. Mrs. Laila Abud 21. Mr. and Mrs. Anwar Abueita 22. Mr. and Mrs. Atallah Abueita 23. Mr. and Mrs. Emil F. Abueita 24. Mr. and Mrs. Issa Abueita 25. Mr. and Mrs. Ibrahim Abufarha 26. Mr. and Mrs. Maher Alatrash 27. Mr. and Mrs. Majdi Alkazaha 28. Mr. and Mrs. Khaled Al-Khouri 29. Mr. and Mrs. Basil Andoni 30. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Assaf 31. Mr. and Mrs. Ceasar Banna 32. Deacon and Mrs. Mike Bassett 33. Mr. and Mrs. Adeeb Bathish 34. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bathish 35. Mr. Anthony Daoud 36. Mr. and Mrs. Issa Daoud 37. Mr. George David 38. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy David, Sr. 39. Mrs. Iman David 40. Mr. and Mrs. James Delbridge 41. Mr. and Mrs. Youssef El-Chaer 42. Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Elia 43. Mr. and Mrs. Ayman Elias 44. Miss Christine Elias 45. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Farah 46. Mrs. Vera Farah 47. Mr. Elias Gantos 48. Mr. and Mrs. George Gantous 49. Mr. and Mrs. Jamil Ghantous 50. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ghattas 51. Mr. Halim Ghazale 52. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Green 53. Mr. and Mrs. Nasri Haddad 54. Mr. Ronald Haddad 55. Mr. Rene Hanna 56. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Hanna 57. Subdeacon Salim Hanna 58. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hawkins 59. Miss Daisy Isaac 60. Mr. Daniel Isaac 61. Mr. Goni Ishak 62. Mrs. Sally Shaheen Joseph 63. Mrs. Najwa Joubran 64. Mr. and Mrs. George Mitri 65. Mr. and Mrs. Jamil Nassar 66. Mr. and Mrs. Karam Nassar 67. Mrs. Olga Nassar 68. Mr. and Mrs. Souheil Nasar 69. Mr. and Mrs. George Nassif 70. Mr. and Mrs. Maher Qazaha 71. Mrs. Aida Raffoul 72. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Saadeh 73. Mrs. Mary Salim 74. Miss Logan Salomon 75. Miss Elaine Shaheen 76. Mr. Richard Shaheen 77. Mr. and Mrs. William Shaheen, Jr. 78. Mr. and Mrs. Ric Shahin 79. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Silpoch 80. Mr. Habib Skafi 81. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Sophiea 82. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Teunion 83. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Thomas 84. Mr. Essa Yacoub

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15 Namedays, Birthdays and Anniversaries March 1 to March 31, 2014 Birthdays March 1 Sean M. McCann 2 Nisreen AbuFarha 3 Andrew M. Alkazaha Pam K. Bassett 4 Jeremy A. Meshraky 5 O'Myah Vaughn 6 Janet Abueita Samir "Sam" H. Khoury Amanda Rishmawi Martha Shahin 7 Nancy Haddad 9 Sami B. Abuaita 10 Lina Masaad 11 Anthony W. Abu-Farha Kali R. Goff 12 Maggie David Zeid Helal John E. Joseph 13 Sami Abufarha 14 Tony Fakhoury 16 Jon Bassett Branden B. Jones Devin B. Jones 17 Preston Haddad 20 Roland "Rollie" Haddad Deacon David J. Lazar 21 Amal I. Abu-Aita Nidal Ishaq Laney M. Thomas 22 Jack E. Green Aziz M. Rishmawi Raji "Roger" J. Salomon 23 Sandra "Sandy" H. Mitri 24 Issa Alqazaha Samir Haddad Raghda Ishaq Miriam Khoury 25 Maher Abufarha Sami Alsahouri Najwa Joubran Monica J. Rodriguez 26 Amjad N. Abusaada 27 Julian J. Masaad 28 Nicholas F. Abdallah Miar Abu-Aita Vivian N. Isaac 29 James "Jim" Delbridge 30 Anthony R. Abueita Caitlin A. Abu-Farha Laura "Laurie" E. Harrison Namedays March 18 Edward Anton Khouri 25 Miar Abu-Aita Wedding Anniversaries March 1 Mr. and Mrs. Adnan Yacoub 6 Mr. and Mrs. Anan Alkhoury 13 Mr. and Mrs. Karam Nassar God Grant You All Many Years!

16 St. George Orthodox Church V. Rev. Fr. Joseph M. Abud, Pastor G-5191 Lennon Road Flint, Michigan (810) Deacon Michael Bassett Web Site: saintgeorgeflint.org Divine Services for the Lord's Day Saturday {Confession*} 5 PM Sunday {Confession*} 8:30 AM 9:30 AM {Arabic & English} 8:50 AM 10:00 AM Church School follows Holy Communion from September to May * Confessions may also take place by appointment with Father Joe during the week. Major Feast Days (see schedule of Divine Services) Theme for Church School, Creative Festivals, and Parish Life Conference Parish Council, Departments, & Organizations PARISH COUNCIL Ric Shahin Chairman ricshahin@sbcglobal.net Any parishioner may attend meetings and speak during Parishioner Comments. ALTAR SERVERS Subdeacon George Gantous, Head Sacristan ramigrana@yahoo.com ALTAR SOCIETY Theresa Farah, Coordinator theyungwon@aol.com CHOIR Reader Gregory Farah, Director gclsfarah@prodigy.net CHURCH SCHOOL Janet Abueita, Director cooeita@aol.com LADIES AUXILIARY Aida Nassar, President karam@charter.net TEEN SOYO Hazar Abu-Aita, President hazarabuaita125@yahoo.com YOUNG ADULT FELLOWSHIP (YAF) Coordinators Watan Abuaita or wabuaita@umflint.edu and Christine Elias or celias1220@gmail.com Office Hours CHURCH SECRETARY: Laura Nichols laura-stgeorge@comcast.net Monday Thursday 9am-3pm, Closed on Friday