SAINT HERMAN ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. May 14, Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

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1 THIS WEEK S SERVICES May Mon. May 15 9:30am: Akathist to the Mother of God, Nurturer of Children Tue. May 16 6:00pm: Daily Sat. May 20 6:00pm: Great Sun. May 21 9:00am: Orthros Sun. May 21 10:00am: Divine 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. FOOD FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE collection totaled $ Thank you to all who contributed. From Pascha Sunday to the Sunday of Pentecost, the troparion O Heavenly King is not prayed. Also, there is no kneeling (or prostrations) until Kneeling on Pentecost. COUNTRY FAIR JUNE 3 see inserts for details NEW COFFEE HOUR TEAMS started May 7. Please see the attached insert for more details. Contact Susan Ross if you have any questions. RUMMAGE SALE June 23 & June 24. The Rummage sale to support our Christian Ed program will be June 23 and 24. If you can help set up, sell items, and clean up, then please contact Brigitte Dahl. Items to be sold can be brought to the parish hall at the end of coffee hour on Sunday June 18. SAINTS & FEASTS OF THE DAY Fifth Sunday of Pascha: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman and After-feast of Mid-Pentecost; Martyr Isidore of Chios; Hieromartyr Therapont, bishop of Cyprus; New-martyrs John of Bulgaria and Mark of Crete; Venerable Isidore of Rostov, foolfor-christ CHRISTIAN EDUCATION On break until August 22 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 Sunday of the Samaritan Woman May 14, 2017 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 How great are Thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all. V 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 THE GOSPEL (CONTINUED) sons, and his cattle? Jesus said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of 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 A GOOD Savior of WORD the world.

3 Coffee Hour Teams 1 st Sunday: Rebekah & Peter Johnson Captains 2 nd Sunday: Becky & Steve Moore - Captains Daniel & Rose Blakely Donna Young Chuck & Kai West Jim Kendall Kosta & Heidi Bunde Josh & Kim Meals Steve & Andrea Dittbrender Eli & Michelle Bos Andrew Smith Dee Barker Galina Zhelekhovskaya Alex & Jennifer Miller Lance Cowan Josh Elliott & Lydia Vance Jacob & Maggie Arvidson 3 rd Sunday: Jessica Morphis Captain 4 th Sunday: Brigitte & Tony Dahl - Captains Janice Vance Subdn. Peter & Michele Kamilos Rdr. Breandan & Helen Coleman James Davis Wilbur & Gloria Dittbrender Peter & Jolene Benson Linda Pressley Eli Leonard Bob & Mary Beth Feldman Amal & Rebecca Agalawatta Fr. Matthew & Pr. Anastasia Howell Tabitha Sherman Corrina O Docharty Dn. Tom & Susan Ross Ruth Lewis 5 th Sunday: EVERYONE to Clean Up!!! Everyone in the parish is asked to bring food every week. Please bring extra food when your team is scheduled.

4 7thannual COUNTRY FAIR SATURDAY JUNE rd am pm St. Herman Orthodox Church 6988 N. En Dove Rd. Wasilla, Alaska FOR MORE INFO, LOG ON TO: A Festival of Food, Games, Prizes, and Family Fun!

5 u Your Help is Needed for the Country Fair The Country Fair is fast approaching on Saturday, June 3rd Saturday, June 3rd. 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... 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 silent auction item donations are welcome Valuable items in new or like new condition will be considered for the silent auction u Please contact Kim Meals or Rebekah Johnson with any 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 Page 1 of 1 SAINT HERMAN OF ALASKA ORTHODOX CHURCH 6988 N En Dove Rd - Wasilla, AK Reverend Matthew Howell, Pastor (907) MAY 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Apr 30 Myrrh-bearing Women, St. Joseph of Arimethea and St. Nicodemus 6:00pm Daily 7 Paralytic St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre 8 St. John the Theologian 9 6:00pm Evening Service 10 Mid-Pentecost 11 Ss. Cyril and Methodius :00pm Chanter's Workshop 14 Samaritan Woman :00pm Evening Service 5:00pm Chanter's Workshop Blind Man Ss. Constantine & Helen with Litia 6:45pm Divine 28 Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council 29 Fr. Matthew to Kodiak May Fast 25 ASCENSION OF THE LORD 26 Jun 1 Jun 2 Fast 27 5:00pm Chanter's Workshop Jun 3 Country Fair 11am - 3pm with Litia Please consult the Sunday bulletin for changes to the monthly calendar. Confessions heard after and by appointment.

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