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1 the Official Newsletter Publication of HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH November 2017 Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart! HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH Hillcrest Road Dallas Texas Office Fax htgoc@holytrinitydallas.org Web Site:

2 Holy trinity greek orthodox church Hillcrest Rd. * Dallas, Texas * * Rev. Presbyter Peter Kostakis, Acting Proistamenos frpeter@holytrinitydallas.org Clergy Reverend Protopresbyter Reverend Presbyter John Essa, Retired Christopher Constantinides Reverend Presiding Deacon Priest Mark Pakes Reverend Frchristopher@Holytrinity.info Deacon Athanasios Sharpley Reverend Reverend Deacon Deacon Christopher Mark Pakes Stern Administration Tom Priscilla Clark, Administrator Owens tclark@holytrinitydallas.org Church Administrator Maureen powens@holytrinity.info Rakow, Financial Assistant mrakow@holytrinitydallas.org Maureen Rakow Vickie Wells, Executive Assistant vwells@holytrinitydallas.org Financial Assistant mrakow@holytrinity.info Liz Strong, Administrative Assistant lstrong@holytrinitydallas.org Vickie Wells Executive Basil Administrative Xeros, Neokoros Assistant bxeros@holytrinitydallas.org vwells@holytrinity.info Demetrios Buck, Youth Director dbuck@holytrinitydallas.org Support Staff Torye Basil Morris, Xeros, Facilities Neokoros Manager Torye tmorris@holytrinitydallas.org Morris, Facilities Manager 2011 Parish Council 007 President Parish Council Harry Tomisides Vice President Christopher Nick Cimino Canellos Treasurer Vice President Sam Alin Paulos Voicu Recording Treasurer Secretary Dimitrios Bill Horiates Zaemes Corresponding Secretary Charles Pappas Max Adams Louis Antos Monica Arroyo Matt Fossey Nic Carayannopoulos James Chappel Ellena Fox James Dolmas Amelia Fritz Tasos Kaiafas Clergy Administration Recording Secretary Jimmy Horiates Corresponding Secretary Mary LeBrecht Members Christina Hochleutner Peter Hronas George Karahal John Nickolas John Lymberopoulos Constantine Fotis Papanicolaou Mathas Frank Hellen Mihalopoulos Smith Michael Wade Petridis Stephens Daniel Mary Shaheen Ann Trapalis Dimitri Tsevoukas Church Office Hours Monday Thursday 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Bookstore Hours Sundays after Divine Liturgy until 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays 2-5:45 p.m. 1st Wednesday of the month after Paraklesis Holy Trinity Church is under the Jurisdiction of The Holy Metropolis of Denver 4550 E. Alameda Ave. * Denver, CO Tel. (303) Fax (303) The Holy Archdiocese of America 8 E. 79th St. * New York, NY Tel. (212) * Fax (212) and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Ekfonesis November 2017 Sunday Bulletin All information to be included in the Sunday Bulletin is to be submitted to the office no later than Wednesday at noon. Please submit each article as an attachment to Vickie Wells at: vwells@holytrinitydallas.org Memorial Service, Artoclasia Service & 40 Day Blessings All Memorials, Artoclasias, & 40 Day Blessings may be arranged by contacting Liz Strong in the church office at or Lstrong@holytrinitydallas.org Sunday Worship Service Orthros 8:15 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m. Weekdays Orthros 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m. 2

3 Pastoral Reflections by Fr. Peter Kostakis Wellness Through Thanksgiving What is wellness? It s hard to hear your faith has made you well, repeated by Christ to some of those who received His healing. After all, we often may try very hard to be faithful, while we ourselves or someone in our prayers is not feeling so well at all, no matter how faithful we are. The Lord s cleansing of ten lepers is a very helpful teaching. Ten lepers ask Christ for healing. All ten are healed. Only one returns in thanksgiving. Jesus says to that one your faith has made you well. Just a minute! Didn t all ten get well? How come just one is hearing your faith has made you well? Aren t they all well? Apparently not! Christ must mean that wellness does not simply mean being disease-free! The thanksgiving that comes in our faithful relationship to Christ brings the wellness that can endure all suffering and death until the ultimate healing of eternal life! All diseases come to an end! Death comes, but it is not an end! It is followed by Resurrection. Sickness and death on earth are not the worst that can happen to us. Christ will eventually give life to each one of our bodies at His second and glorious return! Healing and cleansing come to all of us eventually. How frightening, how miserable to think of having a completely restored, resurrected, and everlasting body that is not well! What we want is to be well at the coming of the Bridegroom, so that we are called out to the resurrection of life and not the resurrection of judgement! Are we getting ready for this call? Are we giving Christ our thanks, returning to Him to thank Him for visiting us, understanding first-hand our suffering, speaking with us, blessing us, loving us, offering us forgiveness, and promising to give us Resurrection? Are we worshipping Him and trying to serve others? That s the real wellness: bodily and spiritual wholeness, united to Christ in joy and holiness! If we keep the faith and express the faith through the loving works that flow from thanksgiving, then, together with the one cleansed leper, we will all hear the wonderful words of the Savior: Your faith has made you well! Have a blessed Thanksgiving! 3

4 Stewardship 2017 Pastor Quits Sports By Arthur Nahatis Football in the Fall. Basketball and Hockey in the winter and Baseball spring and summer. Your pastor has been an avid sports fan all his life. But he s had it! He s quitting this sports business once and for all. You ll never get him near one of those stadiums or arenas again. Want to know why? 1. Every time he went they asked him for money 2. The people whom he sat with didn t seem very friendly 3. The seats were too hard and not comfortable at all 4. He went to many games but the coaches of those teams never came by to visit him at his home or business and ask his opinion of things. 5. The referee made some decisions that he just couldn t agree with. 6. He suspected that he was sitting with some hypocrites as they seemed to be more concerned what others were wearing rather than to see the game. 7. Some games went into overtime and he was late getting home. 8. The band played some songs that he wasn t familiar with. 9. It seems that they always scheduled games when he wanted to do other things 10. He was taken to too many games by his parents when he was growing up. 11. He recently read a book that really explained sports and now he feels that he knows more than the coaches do anyhow. 12. He doesn t want to take his children to any games because he wants to let them choose for themselves what sport they like best, if any! The irony of this story is that our excuses of why we don t support our church are ridiculous. When you consider the sacrifice that God gave to us as a gift, the suffering and death of His own son here on earth so that we can all enjoy eternal life, is a priceless gift that is unmatched. Sure, the church DOES need your financial support to continue to prosper and grow. Yes, based on our membership, our home needs approx. $1,200 per family 4 each year to operate. While some may feel that $100 per month, per family, is WAY TOO MUCH to pay to church, ask yourself this: How much do we spend on an average for our monthly TV cable bill? Newspaper Subscriptions? Golf s Green fees? If we smoke, don t we spend considerably more each month for smokes than we do to support our House of God? How about those terrific coffees at Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Happy Hour once a week or more? It all adds up. Friends, it s not a question of CAN we afford it, it s a question of CAN we afford NOT TOO? While we started off talking sports, many of us would gladly spend $350-$500 just to attend one Cowboys game with a friend or family member and no one seems to care that a soda costs $4.75 and a beer as much as $11. Yet so many still only put a dollar into the collection basket each week as many of us have been doing since back in the 60 s. That s when $3,000 would by a Brand New Corvette. Today a corvette cost approximately $50,000+, yet many of us are still proudly putting in that $1 bill each week when inflation tells us that we should be putting in at least a $10 bill. Same thing with our stewardship, many of us CAN afford $1,200 a year, $100 per month or $3 a day, which would cover all of our operating expenses here at Holy Trinity. If we could make monthly payments to insure better health, how much would we gladly pay each month? That s priceless, isn t it? So isn t eternal life that God promises based on our faith, just as important if not even more so? It sure is to me! No one is asking you to Quit Sports however let s all join God s Team at Holy Trinity and do our part to insure the teachings and beliefs of our Mother Church through tithing and supporting all of our various ministries. Not as a simple spectator but as a happy, contributing member doing our part each and every month. You ll be glad you did!

5 CATECHETICAL CORNER Thanksgiving a time for family gatherings, delicious aromas emanating from the kitchen, eating to our heart s content, football games Is that all it is? In the November/ December Plus, a flyer appeared quoting a story by Norman Vincent Peale entitled Be Grateful and Find Peace, the story of a fourteen-year-old girl who was struck by infantile paralysis at the age of six that left her so crippled that she became practically helpless. Here is part of a letter she wrote to someone: I think that without a doubt I am the luckiest person in the world and here are the reasons. I was given the most marvelous thing of all, the gift of life and with it the ability to reason right from wrong and to remember all the happy moments of yesterday and to dream of the possibilities of tomorrow I don t always see with my eyes, I see with my heart too. As I look around me on a summer or a winter day I know that God is with me I have the most wonderful and understanding parents who ever lived I make a secret vow in my heart that tomorrow I will better myself, be a little more understanding, a little kinder, and thus make myself worthy of the many blessings God has so graciously bestowed up on me. May we all make such a vow so beautifully expressed by this young child of God. Amen, and Amen! A BLESSED AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! November Feast Days Hronia Polla to all who celebrate their name day this month! November 1 November 8 November 9 November 13 November 14 November 15 November 16 November 17 November 19 November 21 November 27 November 30 Cosmas & Damianos, the Holy Unmercenaries Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers: Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salaphiel, Jegudiel & Barachiel Nektarios the Wonderworker John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople Philip the Apostle; Gregory Palamas THE CHRISTMAS FAST BEGINS Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist Gregory the Wonderworker Obadiah, the Prophet The Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple The Great Martyr St. Catherine Andrew the First-Called Apostle St. John Chrysostom: Let us give thanks to God continually.... Let us give thanks to God continually. For, it is outrageous that when we enjoy His benefaction to us in deed every single day, we do not acknowledge the favor with so much as a word; and this, when the acknowledgment confers great benefit on us. He does not need anything of ours, but we stand in need of all things from Him. 5

6 Youth Ministries FOLLOW US Coming up this month: November 7 Volunteer Opportunity - Austin St. Shelter November 8 GOYA Meeting, 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity November 8 Tournament Registration Deadline!!! Last Month at GOYA... Holy Trinity Dallas GOYA realdallasgoya realdallasgoya Goyans during agenda meeting, learning about the Walking Saints: St. Dionysios, St. Gerasimos, and St. Spyridon A group photo during the Foil Statue competition. Group 3 presented their version of a fidget spinner foil statue! Group photo from the GOYA Car Wash! Thank you for all of your support. Money raised will go to the charity of the Metropolis Basketball Tournament 6

7 Youth Ministries JOY meets every first Wednesday of the month at 7-8 p.m. at Holy Trinity Open to all Holy Trinity 1st-5th Grade Next Gathering - November 1, at 7 p.m. Last month at JOY... HOPE meets the first Wednesday of the month at 5-5:45 p.m. at Holy Trinity Open to all Holy Trinity children 3 to 5 years old Next Gathering - November 1, 5 p.m. 7

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9 Helping Philoptochos bake for the Holiday Greek Pastry Sale is just like taking a four day cruise to the Greek Islands. (Really. We would never tell lies in Church.) COME HELP US BAKE!!! (Baking days start at 9 a.m.) Wednesday, November 8 & Wednesday,Thursday & Friday, November 15, 16 & 17 It s for a good cause and includes lunch! Would you like to know more about the Orthodox Christian Faith? Faith Enrichment Class Wednesday Evenings at 7:00 p.m. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Meeting in the Community Center Boardroom For more information contact deaconclint11@gmail.com 9

10 The Star in Frisco Join the Senior Fellowship... for a tour of the headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys. Date: Monday November 20, 2017 Departs at: 9:30 a.m. Returns at: 2:30 p.m. Departs from Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Cost: $20.00 for transportation & tour Lunch (on own) at: To Be Selected Seats are limited. Please reserve your seat before November 6, by calling: Annette Dempsey at A reminder: There is NO luncheon in November. 10

11 Holy Trinity Bookstore Your bookstore volunteers have been working hard to provide you with books and materials that enhance, encourage, and reinforce our Orthodox Faith. To that end, we now have a young adult section and the selections are growing every month. If there is a child or young adult in your life in school, chances are their English or reading class requires them to free read on a weekly, if not daily, basis; why not make one of those fiction books one that is written by an Orthodox author? Incorporating well written books that are in line with our Faith will help them to understand and see that our Faith is who we are, something that we live every day, not just something we do on Sundays. The St. John Oratorical Festival topics have been announced and are as follows: Junior Division (Grades 7 9) 1. In John 15:13 15, Jesus teaches about friendship to His disciples. Discuss the importance of friendship in your life. 2. Choose a parable from the Gospel of Luke and discuss how it speaks to our contemporary life. 3. Talk about a time and circumstance when you were in awe and wonder where you sensed the majesty of God. 4. Discuss how prayer, fasting, serving others, or study of Orthodoxy assists you with your relationship with Christ and the Church. 5. In Mark 2:1 12, four men remove a roof in order to bring a paralytic to Jesus to be healed. How inventive are we in bringing people to Jesus for healing? Senior Division (Grades 10 12) 1. People often say, It felt right in order to explain their decisions. How many of our decisions factor in not only our feelings but also the will and commandments of God? 2. Christ s disciples made the commitment to follow Him without knowing what the outcome might be. What does it mean to follow Christ today? 3. How can we have religious conversations on social media in an age of trolling? 4. Christ said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear (Mark 4:9). The Lord said this with reference to the way we hear the word of God. What is our response? 5. Our lives are saturated with violence, not only in terms of the proliferation of war and terrorism but even as entertainment through movies and video games. In such an environment, how can a Christian cultivate virtues that lead to empathy, peacemaking, and self-sacrifice? The bookstore and library team are ready to help you find the resources you need. Stop by and browse, chat with us as you consider which topic you would like to choose. We are open on Sunday after the Divine Liturgy until 12:30 p.m. and Wednesday 12:30-5:45 p.m. We hope to see you then! You can reach us at ht-bookstore@holytrinitydallas.org 11

12 Holy Trinity Academy s Annual Campaign is here! With your donation, we can continue to provide an outstanding educational experience to our students. Your contribution sends a message that Holy Trinity Academy makes a difference in our children s lives. Thank you for supporting HTA Hillcrest Rd, Dallas, TX

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14 * Save The Date * Save The Date * Save The Date * Community Philanthropic Awards Gala Saturday, January 27, 2018 ~ 6:30-11:30 p.m. $75/person Malachite Ballroom, Intercontinental Hotel Dallas Dallas Pkwy, Addison, TX Please join the entire Holy Trinity Community to honor: Basil Xeros & Dean Xeros for their lifelong philanthropic works to the Holy Trinity Church Community & the Austin Street Center, Dallas Donation opportunities available at the event in their honor! Tickets sold after church starting November 11th Hosted by AHEPA Family Dallas Chapters Evening of Philotimo Philanthropic Awards Gala Honorees Basil Xeros Dean Xeros Austin Street Shelter The Mary Kay Foundation Penelope House AHEPA Family Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund Cocktail Reception, Dinner, Program, Dance Greek Music by Jimmy Kapuranis 14

15 We are looking for Healthy Greek Native Speakers years old We are studying how native Greek speakers produce consonant clusters like ps, st ks. Your data will help us develop new treatments for people with speech communication disorders. Where? At Callier Center, UTD Richardson campus. How? Small sensors will be placed on your tongue, lip, jaw, and forehead using small amounts of dental glue or tape. Your speech will be tracked and recorded by a device called 3D EMA. During the experimental session, you will be asked to pronounce and repeat some phrases. These will be recorded together with your tongue and lip movements. You will receive one SONA credit (UTD students only) for completing the participation. evi@utdallas.edu Lab Phone: Evdoxia Doli, Doctoral Student For William F. Katz, Ph.D/ UTD Callier Center for Communication Disorders 15

16 General Interest Coffee Hour! Sunday, November 5 HTA Sunday, November 12 General Assembly Sunday, November 19 DOP Founders Day Coffee & Bake Sale Sunday, November 26 Maids of Athena To volunteer your organization contact Amelia Fritz at amfrtiz1816@sbcglobal.net Can t Make the Service on Sunday? There are now additional ways to hear the sermon and participate in the service if you can t physically be present at Holy Trinity. Videos: During the service Sunday morning you can view the live Webcast on our site at Click the webcast link at the top and watch the service live. You can also watch past weeks videos by clicking the desired service on the right of the webcast window. Audio: You may go to and on the front page go to sermon podcasts and click the sermon you would like to listen to. You may also go to and download their app on your phone or mobile device. Search for Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Dallas and subscribe to our podcasts. Facebook: Check out many great videos, pictures, articles and links on our Facebook page at Caregivers Support Group Next Meeting on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. The Caregivers Support Group meets the second Saturday of the month in the Boardroom of the Community Center. Caregivers provides support for the Caregiver in a confidential setting. For more information, contact Steve Pakes spakes1@att.net, Bill Lane lanetex@yahoo.com, or Presv. Alexandra Poulos presvyalex@verizon.net Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Parish Council Schedule Matt Fossey, Dimitri Tsevoukas, Nick Cimino, Jimmy Horiates, Louis Antos, Ellena Fox Amelia Fritz, Stamati Arakas, John Nickolas, Bill Zaemes, Peter Hronas Hellen Smith, Wade Stephens, Alin Voicu, Mary Ann Trapalis, Fotis Papanicolaou, Mary LeBrecht Matt Fossey, Dimitri Tsevoukas, Nick Cimino, Jimmy Horiates, Louis Antos, Ellena Fox 16

17 General Interest Parish Registry Baptisms Brigid Netz Please note our practice for submitting names for prayers for health! Please us at or call the Church Office at ( ) before the 5th of the month. Each entry will be for a month duration and must be renewed each month. MISSION BLANKETS FALL OUTREACHES Thanks to The Yarn Guild members, we just sent our 3rd box of baby blankets to Maison de Naissance Maternity Hospital in Haiti. It was co-founded by a Greek Ob/ Gyn in Kansas who still volunteers her time there regularly. The photo shows Fr. Peter praying over the blankets and the babies who will be receiving them. Our next shipment will be the last of 90 blankets that we have committed to the Hatzikyriakio Girls Home in Piraeus, Greece. All we need now is 23 ready- made twin size blankets or large throws to complete the batch. One we get them, we will trim each one to give it a personal touch. Just drop off the donations in the church hall, where there is a designated collection box. The goal for these is December 1st, so that they can arrive in Greece by Christmas. Another way to contribute is to give a check to help With shipping costs. These should be made out to Holy Trinity, with " Mission Blankets" in the memo line. You all have been so generous!! The thank you notes That we get from the orphanages are very touching. We pass that appreciation on to you. We love you all!!! Karen Antos & Nancy Hebert Frank Paul Boardman has been elevated by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the high office of the Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the oldest and highest t honor in Christendom. The Archon Investiture service will take place presided by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of America Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of Holy Trinity Sunday, October 22, Frank Paul Boardman has a Master s in Byzantine Architecture and Master s in Science of Marketing. For the past 15 years Mr. Boardman has chaired the Metropolis of Atlanta Plan Catechism Committee which oversees all proposed community structural advancements in keeping with Byzantine Architecture and each community master plan. Congratulations to his wife, Demetra and children: Floriana, Constantine, Stavros. AXIOS and Congratulations! Harry Cavalaris, Ekdikos Regional Commander Order of St. Andrew Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate If you wish to extend your best wishes to Archon Elect Frank Paul Boardman, I have attached his frankboardman@hotmail.com 17

18 Strict Fast 3,10,15,17,22,24,29 November 2017 Wine/Oil Allowed 1,8 Fish Allowed 16,19-21,23,26-28 Day Event 1 Wednesday Sts Kosmas & Damianos Orth 8:30a Div Lit 9:30a; HT Bookstore OPEN 12:30-5:45p; HOPE (D) 5p; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Paraklesis (C) 6p; JOY (D) 7p; F E (BR) 7-8p; Philop Brd Mtg 7p (A); GOYA B ball Sr Boys 7-9p 2 Thursday Adult Bible Study (BR) 10:45a; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Men s B ball (O) 7p 3 Friday No activities 4 Saturday Great Vespers (C) 5pm 5 Sunday Orthros 8:15a Divine Liturgy 9:30a; 2nd Tray/ Patiarchate for Sts Cosmas & Damian; Cat Schl (CC) & Adlt Cat Schl (C) after HC; Coffee hosted by HTA after Div Liturgy; HTHD Practice (A,D) 1-3p; GOYA B ball (Gym) 4:30-6p 6 Monday Yarn Guild (BR) 10am-2pm 7 Tuesday Pkleball (Gym) 1:30-3:30p; Austin St Cooking (K) 2:30 & Volun leave 5:30p; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Adult GS (GS Rm) 7-8:30p 8 Wednesday Synaxis of the Holy Archangels Orth 8:30a Div Lit 9:30a; Philop Baking (K) 9a-3p; HT Bookstore OPEN 12:30-5:45p; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Paraklesis (C) 6p; Faith E (BR) 7-8p; GOYA (A) 7p; GOYA B ball (Gym) 7-9p 9 Thursday St Nektarios the Wonderworker Orth 8:30a Div Lit 9:30a; Philop Baking (K) 9a-3p; Adult Bible Study (BR) 10:45a; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Men s B ball (O) 7p; 10 Friday Young Adult Conference Houston; Philop Baking (K) 9a-3p; 11 Saturday Young Adult Conference Houston; DOP Baking (K) 9a-4p; Caregivers (BR) 10-11a; GOYA Jr Boys B ball 11a- 12:30p; GOYA Jr Girls B ball 3-4:30p; Great Vespers (C) 5pm 12 Sunday Young Adult Conference Houston; Orthros 8:15a Divine Liturgy 9:30a; Cat Schl (CC) & Adult Cat Schl (C) after HC; General Assembly (Gym) 11a; Breakfast/Brunch by AHEPA following Div Lit; GOYA B ball (Gym) 5-6:30p 13 Monday St John Chrysostom Orth 8:30a Div Lit 9:30; Yarn Guild (BR) 10am-2pm 14 Tuesday Philop Baking (K) 9a-3p; SF Committee Mtg (BR) 1-3p; Pkleball (Gym) 1:30-3:30p; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; AHEPA (Gym) & DOP Gen Mtg (A) 6:30p; Adult GS (GS Rm) 7-8:30p 15 Wednesday Philop Baking (K) 9a-3p; HT Bookstore OPEN 12:30-5:45p; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Paraklesis (C) 6p; Faith E (BR) 7-8p; Philoptochos Gen Mtg (A); GOYA B ball (Gym) 7-9p 16 Thursday Philop Baking (K) 9a-3p; Adult Bible Study (BR) 10:45a; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Men s B ball (O) 7p; S.A.L.T. (A) 7p 17 Friday Philop Baking (K) 9a-3p; No activities 18 Saturday Philop Baking (K) 9a-3p; Great Vespers (C) 5pm 19 Sunday Orthros 8:15a Divine Liturgy 9:30a; Cat Schl (CC) & Adult Cat Schl (C) after HC; DOP Founder s Day Coffee & Bake Sale after Divine Liturgy; Philop Baking (K) 12-2p; 20 Monday Yarn Guild (BR) 10am-2pm 21 Tuesday Pkleball (Gym) 1:30-3:30p; NO HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Parish Council Mtg (A) 6:30p 22 Wednesday HT Bookstore OPEN 12:30-5:45p; NO HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Paraklesis (C) 6p; NO Faith E (BR) 7-8p; GOYA B ball (Gym) 7-9p 23 Thursday Thanksgiving Day - OFFICE CLOSED 24 Friday OFFICE CLOSED; Cooking Austin St. Meal 8-11am (K) Please check the web calendar at for schedule changes 18

19 November 2017 Day Event 25 Saturday St. Katherine Orthros 8:30a Divine Lit 9:30a; GOYA Jr Boys B ball 11a-12:30p; GOYA Jr Girls B ball 3-4:30p; Great Vespers (C) 5pm 26 Sunday Orthros 8:15a Divine Lit 9:30a; Cat Schl (CC) & Adult Cat Schl (C) after HC; Coffee hosted by Maids of Athena following Div Lit; Pick-up for Philoptochos Bake Sale (A) 12-2p; GOYA B ball (Gym) 4:30-6p 27 Monday Yarn Guild (BR) 10am-2pm 28 Tuesday Pkleball (Gym) 1:30-3:30p; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Adult GS (GS Rm) 7-8:30p 29 Wednesday HT Bookstore OPEN 12:30-5:45p; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Paraklesis (C) 6p; Faith E (BR) 7-8p; GOYA B ball (Gym) 7-9p 30 Thursday St Andrew Orthros 8:30a Divine Lit 9:30a; Adult Bible Study (BR) 10:45a; HTGS (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Men s B ball (O) 7p A, D, O Alpha, Delta, Omega CC Community Center GS Greek School CS Catechetical School DL Divine Liturgy AFE Adult Faith Enrichment HTHD Holy Trinity Hellenic Dancers HC Holy Communion WW West Wing GENERAL ASSEMBLY READ ALL ABOUT IT! Or place your vote. Yes, friends, it is that time of year again. It is time for the General Assembly: Nov. 12, 2017 We could say be there or be square, but we won't. How important is the General Assembly? Well you decide; some of us voted for our current President of the USA, some of us didn't vote at all, and some voted for another person. Your voice, your vote, and yes even your questions matter. Come to hear about the successful Festival we have had and the steps we are taking toward fulfilling your resolution on becoming a 100% stewardship supported parish. We will also be deciding on our next year's budget among other items. Now we'll say it, be there or be square! Your Parish Council 19

20 EKFONESIS NOVEMBER 2017 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Hillcrest Road Dallas, TX Holy Trinity Cemetery Lots Available Cemetery plots are still available in the Orthodox Christian Garden at Restland. Prices in the funeral industry continue to rise, so please don't miss this opportunity to secure your family s burial needs. Please contact: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Office Pre-Purchase: $2, At Need: $2, Ekfonesis Information Deadline Please be reminded that all information to be included in the next Ekfonesis must be in the Church office no later than the 15th of the month. Please submit each article as an attachment to: vwells@holytrinitydallas.org Layout Editor: Vickie Wells 20