SAINT HERMAN ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. 5 th Sunday of Pascha: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman May 6, 2018

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1 THIS WEEK S SERVICES May 6 May 13 Sat. May 12 4:00pm: Great Vespers (no confessions heard after) Sun. May 13 9:00am: Orthros Sun. May 13 10:00am: Hierarchical Divine Liturgy PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS WELCOME to all who are visiting with us today! We hope you will feel at home here and, if you do not already have a church home, will consider becoming a part of the Saint Herman Church community. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING will be Wednesday May 9 at 6:00pm METROPOLITAN JOSEPH WILL VISIT MAY o Sat. May 12 4:00pm Great Vespers with the Metropolitan (no confessions will be heard after Vespers) o Sat. May 12 5:30pm Parish Dinner at Evangelos ($20/adult, $10/child; please reserve your spot with Kim Meals today, as the head count is due tomorrow) o Sun. May 13 9:00am Matins o Sun. May 13 10:00am Hierarchical Liturgy, o Sun. May 13 12:45pm: Parish Council lunch meeting with the Metropolitan CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ON BREAK UNTIL JUNE Fr. Matthew s class about the Divine Liturgy will resume in June. GOOD WORKS BASKET Current Collection: Emergency Hygiene Kits for IOCC Ends today We will assemble the kits during coffee hour today. If you wanted to donate but missed out, feel free to donate cash which will be used to pay for shipping the kits to IOCC. SAINTS & FEASTS OF THE DAY Fifth Sunday of Pascha: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman & After-feast of Mid-Pentecost; Righteous Prophet Job the longsuffering; Venerable Seraphim of Mount Domvu in Levadia; translation of the relics of Sabbas, first archbishop of Serbia SAINT HERMAN ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Diocese of Los Angeles and the West PRIMATE and DIOCESAN HIERARCH His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH PASTOR Rev. Fr. Matthew Howell DEACON Rev. Dn. Thomas Ross Contact Information 6988 N. En Dove Road Wasilla, Alaska Pastor s Phone: (907) priest@sainthermanwasilla.org 5 th Sunday of Pascha: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman May 6, 2018 A NOTE REGARDING HOLY COMMUNION Welcome! In the Orthodox Church, reception of the Holy Eucharist is reserved for baptized, chrismated Orthodox Christians who have prepared by prayer, fasting and a recent confession. If you are visiting from a non- Orthodox church or otherwise are not prepared to commune today, you are welcome to receive some of the unconsecrated, blessed bread which the acolytes are holding. We pray for all to be united in the Body and Blood of Christ! If you would like to learn how you can enter into communion with the Orthodox Church, please speak with our clergy.

2 THE EPISTLE V How great are Thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all. Bless the Lord, O my soul! The Reading from the Acts of the Saintly and Pure Apostles. (11:19-30) In those days, the Disciples, who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the Word to none except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, upon coming to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the Disciples were for the first time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the Disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea; and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. THE GOSPEL The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (4:5-42) At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob s well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as He was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink. For His Disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to Him, How is it that Thou, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria? For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, If you knew the gift of God, and Who it is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water. The woman said to Him, Sir, Thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Art Thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle? Jesus said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of THE GOSPEL (CONTINUED) the water that I shall give him will never thirst forever; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw. Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and come here. The woman answered Him, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You are right in saying, I have no husband ; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly. The woman said to Him, Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and Thou sayest that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming [He Who is called Christ]; when He comes, He will tell us all things. Jesus said to her, I Who speak to you am He. Just then His Disciples came. They marveled that He was talking with a woman, but none said, What dost Thou wish? or, Why art Thou talking with her? So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city, and said to the people, Come, see a man Who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ? They went out of the city and were coming to Him. Meanwhile the Disciples besought Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know. So the Disciples said to one another, Has anyone brought Him food? Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of Him Who sent Me, and to accomplish His work. Do you not say, There are yet four months, then comes the harvest? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, One sows and another reaps. I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor. Many Samaritans from that city believed in Him because of the woman s testimony, He said to me all that I ever did. So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. And many more believed because of His words. They said to the woman, It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.

3 SAINT HERMAN OF ALASKA ORTHODOX CHURCH 6988 N En Dove Rd - Wasilla, AK Reverend Matthew Howell, Pastor (907) MAY 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Apr 29 Paralytic Apr Mid-Pentecost :00am Divine Liturgy Vespers 6 Samaritan Woman 7 8 St. John the Theologian Ss. Cyril and Methodius 12 10:00am Divine Liturgy 4:00pm Great Vespers with Metropolitan JOSEPH (no confessions) 5:30pm Parish Dinner at Evangelos 13 Blind Man ASCENSION OF THE LORD :00am Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan JOSEPH Vespers with Litia Divine Liturgy TBA - Check Bulletin Vespers 20 Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council 10:00am Divine Liturgy 21 Ss. Constantine & Helen Vespers with Litia Fast Fast 27 PENTECOST Jun 1 Jun 2 9:45am Divine Liturgy with blessing of Dip Nets Country Fair Vespers 12:15pm Kneeling Vespers

4 Saint Herman Orthodox Church Presents the 8 th Annual * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - AM PM * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CARNIVAL GAMES Gyros * pie * * * PRIZES CupcaKe Bake-Off Ultimate Cake walk Bounce house * * Pie eating contest...and much more! on Instagram A Festival of Food, Games, Prizes & Family Fun!

5 u Your Help is Needed for the Country Fair The Country Fair is fast approaching on Saturday, June 2 Saturday, June 2 nd. Now is the time to donate for prizes and the Trading Post store at the Country Fair. If you like to shop, Target, Joann s and Michaels have great dollar bins with all kinds of fun items we can use for the prize booth. You can also donate money to help purchase these items. This year we would like to focus on homemade and handcrafted items to sell in the Trading Post. If you like to sew, knit, do crafts, woodworking, or make anything by hand, your skills are needed to donate to the Trading Post. Listed below are some suggestions of items we need... Suggested items needed for the PRIZE BOOTH: Bulk boxes of candy and gum: ring pops, m&m's, skittles... Big Water guns like super soakers Nerf dart guns Slip n' slides, sprinklers- any fun water toys Outdoor sports equipment- frisbees, soccer balls... Stuffed animals Lego kits OR...money to help purchase these items Suggested handmade items for the TRADING POST: Sewing, knitting or completed craft projects Quilts Hair accessories like headbands and hair clips for women and girls Aprons- adult and child size Canned goods, like jams and jellies Jewelry Handmade toys and items for children and babies-bibs, blankets, baby booties.. Woodworking projects-birdhouses, furniture... Handmade candles, soap, lotion Hanging flower baskets or pots filled with flowers or herbs u Please contact Kim Meals or Rebekah Johnson with your donation questions. All donation items can be dropped off in the downstairs room of the parish hall on the labeled table. All proceeds from the Country Fair will go towards the building fund of our parish. Please contact Kim Meals(907) , with any questions and to find out how you can be a part of the effort to help our parish and community at the Country Fair.

6 YOU CAN HELP THE YOUTH GROUP OF SAINT HERMAN ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH EARN DONATIONS JUST BY SHOPPING WITH YOUR FRED MEYER REWARDS CARD! Every quarter Fred Meyer sends a check to our church, which gets deposited into our Youth Group account to be used for camp and retreat scholarships and other activities. Here is how you can support our youth group: 1. Go to 2. At the top right of the screen, click Sign in or Register 3. After signing in, click Re-enroll or link your Rewards Card now under the section Are you a Fred Meyer Customer? 4. In the search box, enter or Saint Herman Antiochian Orthodox Church 5. Click the button next to our church s name, then click Enroll. Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping the Youth Group of Saint Herman Church earn a donation! You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today. If you do not have a Rewards Card, it is available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store. For more information, please visit

7 2018 Parish Life Conference Portland Don t Miss It! Dates: July 4 8, 2018 Venue: Red Lion Hotel on the River Hosted by: St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church Room rate: $129 (early bird) Hotel perks: Free high-speed Internet, free parking free shuttle to light rail station (easy access to downtown and other shopping areas tax-free shopping!) Here s what people are saying about Portland: Best U.S. tourism destination (U.S. Tourism Quality Performance Report) Food and drink capital of America (London Telegraph) One of 10 best food cities in America (Washington Post) #1 on American Greenest Cities list (Travel + Leisure) Best food town (Sunset)

8 2018 PLC in Portland The Highlights Early Bird Ticket Book: $170 (adults) $165 (teens) $125 (children) Room Rate: Portland) $129 (early bird great rate for Thursday Hospitality Night: Independence Day Party with Talent Show Friday Night: Bible Bowl followed by Swing Dance and Dessert Reception Saturday Morning: Brunch with Sayedna and Awards Saturday Afternoon: Oratorical Contest and Choir Festival Saturday Night: Hafli Sunday: Hierarchical Divine Liturgy