August 14, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

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1 Sunday Bulletin August 14, 2016 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Hillcrest Road, Dallas, Texas Office Fax Reverend Father Christopher Constantinides Reverend Father Peter Kostakis Reverend Father John Essa Reverend Deacon Mark Pakes Reverend Deacon Athanasios Clint Sharpley Reverend Deacon Christopher Stern

2 COMMUNION ETIQUETTE If you are either baptized and or confirmed as an Orthodox Christian and have spiritually prepared to receive Holy Communion, please come up from the middle aisle of the Church with reverence and humility, row by row, in a QUIET and ORDERLY fashion, and depart as directed. Please remain seated in your pews until a council member indicates your row should go forward. If you are standing in the back of the nave, please wait until all seated parishioners have gone forward and a council member indicates you should go ahead. In receiving Communion, you should place the cloth under your chin, recite your CHRISTIAN NAME, and wipe your mouth after receiving. Women, please remove your lipstick prior to receiving Communion. THANK YOU! PRAYERS FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN Brandon Bell, USAF 1st Lt. Thomas C. Bouras, US Army Nicholas Patitsas, 1st Lt. US Marine Corps Stephen Serniak, Major, USAF Space Command We are currently updating the list of active service members. Please submit the name of the person/s you would like added to this prayer list or vwells@holytrinity.info PRAYERS FOR HEALING 2

3 Sunday, August 4, 2046 Hymns at the Small Entrance RESURRECTIONAL HYMN, GRAVE TONE GREEN BOOK PAGE 88 O LORD BY YOUR SACRED CROSS PRIEST ENTRANCE HYMN, SECOND TONE Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ. Save us O Son of God, who did arise from the dead. We sing to You, alleluia! RESURRECTIONAL HYMN, GRAVE TONE GREEN BOOK PAGE 88 O LORD BY YOUR SACRED CROSS HYMN FOR THE FOREFEAST, FOURTH TONE In faith, O you people, leap for joy while clapping your hands; and gather in gladness on this day with longing and shout in radiant jubilance. For the Theotokos comes near to departing from the earth unto the heights; and we glorify her with glory as the Mother of God in our unceasing hymns. HYMN OF THE CHURCH, PLAGAL FOURTH TONE GREEN BOOK PAGE 115 O BLESSED ARE YOU KONTAKION OF THE FOREFEAST, FOURTH TONE (To the melody Epephanis simeron ) In the Immaterial Spirit, the whole world has been mystically adorned upon your glorious memory; and it cries to you joyously: Rejoice, O Virgin, the boast of the Christians. 3

4 Epistle Reading St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17 BRETHREN, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius; lest anyone should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. Gospel Reading Matthew 14:14-22 At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 4

5 Daily Commemoration of Saints Aug. 14 Forefeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; The Holy Prophet Michaias (Micah); Holy New Martyr Symeon of Trapezoundos (1653); Holy Hieromartyr Marcellus, Bishop of Apameia Aug. 15 The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary Aug. 16 Timothy of Euripus, founder of the Monastery of Pentele; Diomedes the Physician & Martyr of Tarsus; Translation of the Image of Our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ; Nicodemus the New Martyr of Meteora; Gerasimos the New Ascetic of Cephalonia; Holy Monk Penteles; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; The Six Martyrs Dorotheos, Sarantis, Jacob, Seraphim, Demetrios and Basil who contested in Megara; Manuel and John the New Martyrs; Stamatios the Martyr; Apostolos the New-Martyr Aug. 17 Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus; Straton, Philip, Eutychian, & Cyprian the Martyrs of Nicomedea; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Demetrios the New, Righteous-Martyr of Samaria; Eutychios, Eutychianos and Kassiani the siblings; Paul, Juliana, and those martyred with them (the executioners) Aug. 18 Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria; Hermos; Leontus; John & George, Patriarchs of Constantinople; Relics of Arsenios the Righteous of Paros; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Constantine the New Martyr of Capua; Matthew the New Martyr of Gerakari Aug. 19 Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2,593 soldiers; Holy Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thecla; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Eutychianos and Strategios the Martyrs Aug. 20 Samuel the Prophet; Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos; Afterfeast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary; Stephen, First King of Hungary; Hierotheos, Bishop of Hungary 5

6 Calendar of Events Sunday, August 14 8:15 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (S) 5 p.m. Great Vespers for the Dormition (C) Coffee hosted by Catechetical School in the Community Center immediately following Divine Liturgy. Monday, August 15 Dormition of the Theotokos 8:30 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (S) 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Yarn Guild (BR) Tuesday, August 16 1:30-3:30 p.m. Pickleball (Gym) 6:30 p.m. Parish Council Meeting (A) Wednesday, August 17 6 p.m. Paraklesis (C) 7-9 p.m. B ball Practice Sr. Boys (Gym) 7 p.m. Festival Church Tour Meeting (S) Thursday, August p.m. Sr. Fellowship Committee Mtg. (BR) 7 p.m. Men s Basketball (Gym) 7 p.m. S.A.L.T. (A) - for info contact frpeter@holytrinity.info Friday, August 19 No activities 6

7 Saturday, August 20 5 p.m. Great Vespers (C) Sunday, August 21 Teacher Recognition Day 8:15 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (S) 11 a,m. Special General Assembly (Gym) 12:15-4 p.m. HTHD Practice (Gym) 7 p.m. Greek School Pot Luck Dinner Coffee & Tiropita Sale hosted by HTHD in the Community Center immediately following Divine Liturgy. Catechetical School will begin on Sunday, August 28th. Adult Catechetical School is delayed until further notice. Parish Council Schedule August 14 Jim Dolmas, Dimitri Tsevoukas, Nick Cimino Jimmy Horiates, Louis Antos, Ellena Fox August 21 Ari Rigopoulos, Christina Hochleutner, Jim Chappel, Bill Zaemes, Peter Hronas 7

8 From the Parish Council: New Motor Pool Ministry Dear fellow parishioners, Holy Trinity would like to guarantee that every parishioner who wants to attend Sunday Liturgy is able to attend, regardless of their transportation circumstances. Some may be elderly and no longer able to drive. Perhaps they typically rely on a son or daughter to bring them, but the son or daughter is out of town. Other parishioners may simply be going through a spell without access to a car. We never want difficulties like these to stand in the way of someone s participating in the liturgical life of the Church. This is a challenge we all can help meet, together, through something that the Parish Council calls the Motor Pool Ministry, a network of parishioners willing to offer a ride to church to someone who lives in their area. How does it work? To start, parishioners who are interested and able to occasionally offer a ride to someone in their area sign up as MPM volunteers. The church office will maintain a list of all MPM volunteers. Then, someone who needs a ride will contact the church office staff, who will contact a nearby MPM volunteer. It s as simple as that. For the next few weeks, we will be soliciting volunteers. Once we have a large enough pool, with enough geographic coverage, we will start running a regular ad in the Sunday bulletin, Ekfonesis, and EMM with instructions for those who need a ride, on how to take advantage of the service. This will be a great blessing to our community if we can make this ministry a reality. If you would like to volunteer, you may the church office at htgoc@holytrinity.info. Please include your name and address, and please mention Motor Pool Ministry in the subject line. The Parish Council will also have a sign-up table at Sunday coffee hour for the next several weeks. We hope you will consider participating. Thank you for all you do for Holy Trinity, Your 2016 Parish Council 8

9 Holy Trinity Greek School Enrolling for Beginning this Sunday!!! Contact Presvytera Alexandra for information: Afternoon classes: T, W or TH, 5-6:30 pm Academic Year - Offering new Thursday Parent/Student Class Beginners, if enough enrolled Students must be 5 by September 1 st to enroll in Beginners A. Enrollment opportunities at Coffee Hours, after Divine Liturgy TODAY, August 14 & next week the 21st ADULT CLASSES Check Church website for information: OR Contact Presvytera Alexandra: presvy@holytrinityacademy.com Adult classes will begin on October 3rd & 4th, 7-8:30 p.m. Registration available at the Greek Food Festival at the Hellenic Cultural Exhibit Adult Classes: 7 8:30 pm Intermediate Level on Mondays -Efrosini Georgiadou Makrides Beginners 1 on Tuesdays Toula Barelos Dallas AHEPA Chapter 20 Announces Scholarship Awards The recipients of the 2016 AHEPA Scholarship Awards are: Lindsey Pearson attending Texas State University Malena Nygaard attending Texas A&M University Congratulations Lindsey & Malena! 9

10 Greek Food Festival years of family, food, music and...you! Join us this September 23, 24 & 25, as we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Dallas Greek Food Festival! Volunteer at: (Go to the bottom, click on Volunteer, password is Opa! case sensitive) It s time for our Greek Village to get together for food, fun and fellowship! Cooking & Baking dates have been set for our 60th Annual Greek Food Festival! Saturday August 27 Koulouria Saturday September 3 Kourambiades Monday September 5 Paximadia (Labor Day) Sesame Cookies Saturday September 10 Fenekia Saturday September 17 Baklava Sunday September 18 Package after Church We will start at 9 a.m. on all dates except on Sunday, Sept. 18th. This is a great way to volunteer your time and talents! Join us! Questions? greekfoodfestivalofdallas@gmail.com 10

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12 Mission Blankets While we wait for detailed shipping instructions from the Orthodox Orphanage in Sierra Leone, West Africa, it seems like a good time to send what we have ready to Greece. The country is dealing significantly with the Syrian refugees, so we plan to double down efforts in getting our blankets to orphans there. The first supply will go to a boys home in Patras. The next will be for an Orphanage in Mytilene, Lesvos Island - the entry point for most refugees going to Europe. This island needs all the help it can get. Thanks so very much for all the recent donations of twin blankets and also handmade crosses. We are busy trimming every blanket to make them all one of a kind. Thank you on behalf of the children and for the monetary gifts toward shipping costs. Last but not least, we really appreciate the translations of Greek into English for us done by Soula Lanier. You are all so kind-hearted and generous!! Keep those blankets coming!!! The collection box remains in the church hall, across from the office. God bless you, Karen Antos & Nancy Hebert P.S. We received this message in response to our recent shipment to Chandari, Greece: Dear Holy Trinity Church, I want to thank you one time again. We have received your perfect handmade blankets and are so excited. These blankets are essential for the girls because they are going to visit summer camp in the mountains. Yours sincerely, Vasiliki Manousis Manager of Christodoulio (Orphanage) 12

13 S.A.L.T. Fall Kick-off Meeting WHAT? Join us this month as we kick off a new year. Fr. Peter will lead a discussion on "Building Love for the Church." In addition, this will be an opportunity to get involved with S.A.L.T. and provide feedback on activities for the year. Dinner will be provided. Donations accepted. WHERE? Holy Trinity - Community Center, Alpha Room WHEN? Thursday, August 18 at 7-8:30 p.m. (reminder: we meet the third Thursday of every month) RSVP: If you plan on coming, please Vanessa (vanessa.andros@gmail.com) for dinner planning purposes. 13

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15 Weekly Bulletin 2015 Stewardship Report as of 8/10/16 Contributions received 1/1/15 to 8/10/ Stewardship Number of $ 2016 $ Contributed to % of 2016 Pledge No Change to Pledge 357 $425,659 Decreased Pledge 136 $152,394 Increased Pledge 195 $307,972 New Pledges 43 $23,575 TOTAL # of Pledges 731 $909,600 $531, % Jim Dolmas Harry Yianitsas 2016 Parish Council President 2016 Stewardship Chairman Holy Trinity Bookstore Holy Trinity Bookstore The Bookstore has beautiful icons for the Transfiguration of Our Lord and the Dormition of the Theotokos which are celebrated this month. We also have a table dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos with some excellent books, icons, etc. Look for the following great reads for you and/ or your children: The Story of the Virgin by Fr. Evagoras Constantinides, The Illustrated Life of the Theotokos for Children by Georgia and Helen Hronas and The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God by St. John Maximovitch. Also, did you know the Holy Trinity Bookstore houses a library? Thanks to the generosity of our members many books have been donated and are available to be checked out and returned at the bookstore. Summer Hours: SUNDAYS ONLY after Divine Liturgy until 12:30 p.m. Your Bookstore Team! 15

16 Stewardship Ambassador Matt Fossey Everyone here who knows me, knows I love golf. If I didn t have four beautiful kids, or a fantastic wife, you d probably know where to find me on most Saturdays. I got my first golf set when I was three, and I used to hit balls over the fence in my back yard. When I was old enough, my parents would drop me off at the course and I d hang around there all day. I hung around enough that eventually they put me to work and I started caddying. After that, I got promoted to grounds crew, which basically meant you had to get up at the crack of dawn to mow and rake and trim trees. I played golf in high school, and my coach was Mr. Tom Murphy, who was, and still is, the greatest man I ve ever known outside of my father. I looked up to him, I tried to emulate him, and he took me under his wing. I m lucky to have known him. So, as my kids are getting older, it s become really important to me for them to have the same experience I had. I want them to be able to play, and work, and learn from the game of golf just like I did. But I try my best not to play on Sunday mornings, because I know how much more important it is to teach them to love their faith. So I happened to not be golfing on the Sunday when Alin cornered me and asked me to talk about what stewardship means to my family and me; and true to form, I thought maybe I could relate to golf. However, golf is just a sport and it s really nothing when you compare it to the church. But still, the church needs someone to be the grounds crew, someone to run the shop, someone to manage the tee sheet, someone to clean the carts, someone to pay the bills, someone to be the ranger, and someone needs to be Tom Murphy, all so the rest of us can tee off, make the turn, and finish the round. And really, it s the only round you ever really need to play. And so that s it, if we all pay our green fees, and fill our divots, someday Holy Trinity will be celebrating its sixth hundredth anniversary just like St. Andrew s golf course in Scotland.