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SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN MAY 18TH, 2014 Sts. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Greek Orthodox Church Rev. Fr. Barnabas Powell, Proistamenos Jimmy Smith, Psaltis 3074 Bethelview Road Cumming GA 30040 (770) 781-5250 cell (770) 861-3544 www.stsrni.org We are an intentional Orthodox Christian Community for North Georgia!

WORSHIP Seventh Eothinon/Tone Four We are so very glad you have joined us today, and we pray you will be inspired and encouraged by your time with us. The Orthodox worship service is an ancient and timeless expression of how people have loved, served and worshipped God for many centuries, but it may be a bit of a different experience for you. Please feel free to use a service book or not and simply allow the words of the service to wash over you. The central act of our worship culminates in people receiving communion. This is a very special time for us all and we have some specific beliefs about our communion together. This is why we never impose this service on those who are not prepared or are not baptized Orthodox. This service may raise questions in your mind. Please feel free to ask Fr. Barnabas or Fr. Paul anything you wish after the service. At the end of the service EVERYONE is invited to come forward and receive a portion of the blessed bread from Fr. Barnabas. No one should leave church hungry! Know you are welcome and we are glad you are here. May God bless you and your family. Apolytikion in honor of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Having contended on Lesvos for the sake of Christ God, you have sanctified the island since the discovery of your sacred relics, O blessed ones; wherefore we honor you, O Godbearing Raphael, together with Nicholas and virgin Irene, as our divine protectors and intercessors with the Lord. Schedule for the Week Tuesday, May 20th - 7 p.m. Service for the 50th Anniversary of the Historic Meeting in Jerusalem of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I at Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta Wednesday, May 21st - 10 a.m. Scripture Study 6:30 p.m. Vespers Saturday, May 24th - 5 p.m. Great Vespers Parish Council On Duty Today - Plutarch Vamvakias & John Patrick Ushering Ministry - PC/Parishioners Welcoming Ministry - Eleni Jordan & Connie Condos Fellowship Ministry - Evon Patrick ACOLYTES Jacob Atkinson, Mike & Peter Jordanopolos, Spiro Kefalas, Thomas Miller, Mike Trainor, Alex & Niko Tzevelekos and Christos Zourzoukis SENIOR ACOLYTES Mike Manos, Dean Pryles Please pray for those faithful who are currently in need of our most fervent intercessions: Andrew, Angie, Bill, Bill, Brent, Carrie, Demetra, Diane, Dina, Donna, Ela, Elaine, Elizabeth, Christina, George, Gus, Harriet, Heidi, Igli, James, Jamie, Jerry, Joe, Maria, Michael, Nicky, Oni, Patsy, Paul, Peter, Taki, Tara, Violeta, John & Sheila Consos, Katherine & Sam Yalanzon

TODAY WE REMEMBER Sunday of the Samaritan Woman Reading: One of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima, located at the foot of Mount Gerazim. There the Israelites had heard the blessings in the days of Moses and Jesus of Navi. Near to this town, Jacob, who had come from Mesopotamia in the nineteenth century before Christ, bought a piece of land where there was a well. This well, preserved even until the time of Christ, was known as Jacob's Well. Later, before he died in Egypt, he left that piece of land as a special inheritance to his son Joseph (Gen. 49:22). This town, before it was taken into possession by Samaria, was also the leading city of the kingdom of the ten tribes. In the time of the Romans it was called Neapolis, and at present Nablus. It was the first city in Canaan visited by the Patriarch Abraham. Here also, Jesus of Navi (Joshua) addressed the tribes of Israel for the last time. Almost three hundred years later, all Israel assembled there to make Roboam (Rehoboam) king. When our Lord Jesus Christ, then, came at midday to this city, which is also called Sychar (John 4:5), He was wearied from the journey and the heat, and He sat down at this well. After a little while the Samaritan woman mentioned in today's Gospel passage came to draw water. As she conversed at some length with the Lord and heard from Him secret things concerning herself, she believed in Him; through her many other Samaritans also believed. Concerning the Samaritans we know the following: In the year 721 before Christ, Salmanasar (Shalmaneser), King of the Assyrians, took the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel into captivity, and relocated all these people to Babylon and the land of the Medes. From there he gathered various nations and sent them to Samaria. These nations had been idolaters from before. Although they were later instructed in the Jewish faith and believed in the one God, they worshipped the idols also. Furthermore, they accepted only the Pentateuch of Moses, and rejected the other books of Holy Scripture. Nonetheless, they thought themselves to be descendants of Abraham and Jacob. Therefore, the pious Jews named these Judaizing and idolatrous peoples Samaritans, since they lived in Samaria, the former leading city of the Israelites, as well as in the other towns thereabout. The Jews rejected them as heathen and foreigners, and had no communion with them at all, as the Samaritan woman observed, "the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans" (John 4:9). Therefore, the name Samaritan is used derisively many times in the Gospel narrations. After the Ascension of the Lord, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the woman of Samaria was baptized by the holy Apostles and became a great preacher and Martyr of Christ; she was called Photine, and her feast is kept on February 26. Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone: Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world. Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone: Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen. We Also Remember Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul, Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus and Benedimus Julian the Martyr Euphrasia the Martyr of Nicea

EPISTLE READING The Reading is from Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30 Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Psalm 103.24,1 O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom. Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul. IN THOSE DAYS, those apostles 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 on 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 Agabos 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. ΑΩ Ἐν ταῖς ἡμεραῖς ἐκείναις, διασπαρέντες οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἀπὸ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς γενομένης ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ διῆλθον ἕως Φοινίκης καὶ Κύπρου καὶ Ἀντιοχείας, μηδενὶ λαλοῦντες τὸν λόγον εἰ μὴ μόνον Ἰουδαίοις. Ἦσαν δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες Κύπριοι καὶ Κυρηναῖοι, οἵτινες εἰσελθόντες εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, ἐλάλουν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑλληνιστάς, εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν. Καὶ ἦν χεὶρ κυρίου μετʼ αὐτῶν πολύς τε ἀριθμὸς πιστεύσας ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον. Ἠκούσθη δὲ ὁ λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν Βαρνάβαν διελθεῖν ἕως Ἀντιοχείας ὃς παραγενόμενος καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐχάρη, καὶ παρεκάλει πάντας τῇ προθέσει τῆς καρδίας προσμένειν τῷ κυρίῳ ὅτι ἦν ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ πίστεως καὶ προσετέθη ὄχλος ἱκανὸς τῷ κυρίῳ. Ἐξῆλθεν δὲ εἰς Ταρσὸν ὁ Βαρνάβας ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον, καὶ εὑρὼν ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. Ἐγένετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον συναχθῆναι τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ διδάξαι ὄχλον ἱκανόν, χρηματίσαι τε πρώτον ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς. Ἐν ταύταις δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις κατῆλθον ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων προφῆται εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. Ἀναστὰς δὲ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὀνόματι Ἄγαβος, ἐσήμανεν διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος λιμὸν μέγαν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι ἐφʼ ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅστις καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος. Τῶν δὲ μαθητῶν καθὼς εὐπορεῖτό τις, ὥρισαν ἕκαστος αὐτῶν εἰς διακονίαν πέμψαι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἀδελφοῖς ὃ καὶ ἐποίησαν, ἀποστείλαντες πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους διὰ χειρὸς Βαρνάβα καὶ Σαύλου.

GOSPEL READING The Reading is from 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 you, 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, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you 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 water that I shall give him will never thirst; 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 you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that 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 the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show 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 do you wish?" or, "Why are you 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 told 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 word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world." ΑΩ

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE & UPCOMING EVENTS Father Barnabas is available to hear confession every Wednesday either before or after Vespers and by appointment. Please call or email the church office to request a time to meet with Father and avail yourself to this healing divine mystery of the Church. Father Paul is available on Sunday during Orthros to hear confession, but no later than 9:20 a.m. Please phone the church office to make an appointment. Please call the Church office for more information (770) 781-5250. Sunday, May 18th 8:45 a.m. Orthros 10 a.m. Divine Liturgy A meeting of Vacation Church Camp Team Leaders will be held at the Blue House following Coffee Hour. Contact Stamatia Hagen for more information at mamma2maria@gmail.com. Marietta Greek Festival 11 a.m. 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 20th Wednesday, May 21st Saturday, May 24th 7 p.m. 50th Anniversary of the Historic Meeting in Jerusalem of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I at Cathedral of Christ the King 10 a.m. Scripture Study 6:30 p.m. Vespers followed by Orthodoxy 101 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sts. RNI Yard Sale 5 p.m. Great Vespers SAVE THE DATE - May 29th Feast of the Holy Ascension 8:30 Orthros/9:30 Divine Liturgy

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Historic Meeting in Jerusalem of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 7 p.m. Cathedral of Christ the King 2699 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta 30305 404-233-2145 Followed by a Reception in Kenny Hall Officiants His Excellency, Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta Keynote Speaker: Fr. Ronald Roberson, C.S.P. Associate Director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Pan-Orthodox Baseball Outing Friday, June 13th Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Angels 1st Pitch - 7:35 p.m. Fireworks following the game! $20.00 per person (All ages welcome - bring your friends!) Deadline: Friday, May 30th, 2014 Registration forms available in the Narthex

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOOD DRIVE Hunger knows no season. Our Loaves & Fishes food collection barrel in the Narthex is empty. Please bring canned goods and non-perishable food items to fill our food barrel that we may share our blessings with those less fortunate. Visitors Welcome Dina Sarandis resides at The Oaks on Post Road and welcomes visits from fellow parishioners. Dina says THANK YOU to those who have visited her and wants you to know that she has really enjoyed the company. She looks forward to more visitors. John & Sheila Consos are now residing in Dunwoody 4355 Georgetown Sq., Unit 442 and would enjoy phone calls (770/232-5147) &/or visits. Sam & Katherine Yalanzon - 3100 Rivermont Parkway, Alpharetta 30022 678-921-0146 (after 1 p.m.) If you know of someone who would like a visit, please contact Helen McCart at 678-947-4771 or the Church Office. If you don t see someone for a while, please pick up the phone & make a call and let them know that they are missed. If you don t have time for visiting, a phone call or card would also be appreciated. Sts. RNI Bookstore News Your purchases through Amazon helps us raise money! We have a new e-store on Amazon for the Sts. RNI Bookstore. This is an Amazon webstore that we put items into categories like books, cds, jewelry, food, etc. and we get paid 10% on all sales through our store. If someone from the church wants to buy something on Amazon, they need to click through our link for us to get credit. Also, if anyone wants a book, cd, etc., not on our list, they need to let us know & we can add it to the site. Use the link: http://astore.amazon.com/stsrapnicireo-20 For more information or to add items, contact Aftan Romanczak at aromanczak@hotmail.com

COMMUNITY FUND RAISING May 24th Sts. RNI Community Yard Sale PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE The Ladies Philoptochos, in conjunction with the Parish Council, will be holding a Yard Sale on Saturday, May 24th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the church property. Please collect any gently used or new items that you wish to donate to the church to sell and bring them to the church the week of May 19th. Nothing broken will be accepted. All electronics and small appliances must be in working condition. We will have a few of our Festival Vendors joining us. We will also have a food concession and a pastry sale. Volunteers will be needed to help with set up, sales and clean up. Please save the date and join in this church-wide fundraiser. Contact Marie Chapman for more information and to volunteer to help at mommystargater@gmail.com OWN A PIECE OF THE PARISH LIFE CENTER The Parish Council fundraiser to complete renovations is underway. For $75/square foot, you could own a piece of our NEW Parish Life Center. Buy one or more for yourself, your children, your Godchildren, Yiayia or Papou. See a Parish Council Member for more information.

CHILDREN & YOUTH EDUCATION TODAY is the final day of Sunday School for the 2013-2014 year. Following the Divine Liturgy there will be a special awards ceremony for the Sunday School children. SAVE THE DATE - Vacation Church School June 9 through June 13, 9 a.m. to Noon for children ages 5 (must be 5 by June 9th) through 5th grade Registration forms are available in the Narthex. If you would like to volunteer to help or have any questions, please contact Stamatia Hagen at mamma2maria@gmail.com SWINGSET DONATIONS RECEIVED AS OF May 11th, 2014 4/2/2014 Irina H. Charlotte, NC $ 100.00 4/2/2014 John & Nikki B. Uniontown, OH $ 25.00 4/3/2014 Michele D. Fairlawn, OH 25.00 4/4/2014 Daniel & Marina E. Akron, OH 25.00 4/4/2014 Chris & Fontine H. Stow, OH 35.00 4/22/2014 Bill & Maria K. Marietta, GA 1,000.00 5/4/2014 Denise & Ryun L. Medina, OH 50.00 TOTAL DONATIONS $1,260.00

PHILOPTOCHOS Philoptochos is the philanthropic arm of the church, reaching out to those in need of assistance locally, within the Metropolis and nationally. 2014 Membership Drive is ongoing. It is time to renew your membership or join Philoptochos for the first time. Membership Forms are available in the Narthex. SOCIETY OF WISDOM Lunch Thursday, June 12th, at Noon Toscana Trattoria 4090 Johns Creek Parkway Suwanee 30024 678-215-0400 (Right turn off 141E onto Johns Creek Parkway. Restaurant on right, behind Enterprise Car Rental.) Please RSVP to Grace Chihlas At 404-326-0477 All are welcome.

ANNOUNCEMENTS WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY - Wednesday Bible Study has resumed and will meet on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. in the Library. Prosforo Baking - Prosforo Baking will be on Tuesday, May 27th, beginning at 9 a.m. in the Blue House. All who would like to come and help are welcome. Contact Stamatia Hagen at mamma2maria@gmail.com PROJECT COMFORT - If you enjoy crocheting or knitting (or would like to learn), please contact Emily Christie at singcookwrite@gmail.com or 678-447-3918. Emily has started a ministry to make baby blankets & shawls for newborns & sick or shut-ins or for someone who just may need some comfort & a warm hug. Project Comfort meets the first Monday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Blue House. FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY Our 2013-2014 Fellowship Hour Donation Campaign has begun. A suggested donation of $25/family helps cover the cost of the weekly Fellowship Hour. Checks should be made payable to Sts. RNI G.O. Church with Fellowship on the memo line. We hope you have enjoyed the refreshments provided over the past year and will continue to support the Fellowship Committee s efforts to serve you each Sunday. Thank you for your support of this Ministry.

ANNOUNCEMENTS STS. RNI FRIDAY FISH FRY Fridays 4:40 7:30 p.m. Beer Battered Fish, Hushpuppies, Fresh Fries, Fresh Coleslaw, Sandwiches, Platters and Family Meals STARTING FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH MENU Beer Battered Tilapia Sandwich with lettuce and tomato slices on oval roll, fresh tartar sauce or cocktail sauce, fresh fries and coleslaw - $10 Beer Battered Tilapia Platter - 9 oz of fish with fresh fries, huspuppies and coleslaw - $12 Beer Battered Tilapia Family Meal for Four - 24 oz of beer battered tilapia, hushpuppies, coleslaw and fresh fries - $30 Sweet Tea Canned Soda 2 liter Soda Greek Pastries Volunteers are welcome. Contact Aftan Romanczak at aromanczak@hotmail.com

CHURCH AND ALTAR WISH LIST Holy Water Font Hot Water Dispenser Anointing Brush $700 for Communion - $350 $40 Two Altar Candle Elevation of the Altar Rugs Holders - $1,000/pair Holy Cross Tray One 5x7 - $300 $600 Two 2x3 - $100 each Sprinkling Brush - $100 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN FOR OUR PARISH. If you would like to donate towards the purchase of any of these items, please contact John Patrick, Parish Council President. 2014 Parish Council John Patrick, President; Harald Hagen, Vice President; Kosta Bozzuto, Secretary; Chris Foxhall, Treasurer; David Chapman, Marie Chapman, Quay Farr, Bill Manos, Johnny Melts, Greg Pappas, Plutarch Vamvakias

November 2013 December 2013 1st Quarter Financial Status 2014 2nd Quarter Financial Status 2014 Parish Monthly Income/Expense Analysis January 2014 February 2014 March 2014 4/30/2014 5/16/2014 Greek Fest Xfer (External) $0 $0 $0 $0 $10,984.39 $0 - Op Acct & B&L (mortgage) External Income Op Acct External Income Subtotal Op Acct & B&L (mortgage) External Expenses Op Acct & B&L (mortgage) Net $11,751.35 $34,556.38 $15,047.98 $16,458.00 $12,809.00 $26,054.54 $5,653.00 $11,751.35 $34,556.38 $15,047.98 $16,458.00 $23,793.39 $26,054.54 $5,653.00 $23,575.07 $24,151.76 $21,305.68 $21,945.83 $23,773.00 $23,860.87 $12,162.19 $(11,823.72) $10,404.62 $(6,257.70) $(5,487.83) $20.39 $2,193.67 $(6,509.19)

To date the 86 families below have returned Stewardship Commitment Cards for 2014. Total Pledged: $131,262 - Average Pledge: $1,526.30 2014 Budget: $277,586 - Shortage: $146,324 James & Angeline Andropoulos George & Maria Andros Sarante & Julie Athenson Stephen & Deane Barnard Matthew & Brittany Beckett Anthony & Mary Birozes Renee Birozes Jordan & Lisa Boston David & Michelle Boyd Kosta & Carolyn Bozzuto Lenny Brown David & Marie Chapman Russell & Chyrisse Chason Grace Chihlas Julie Chokos Giles & Emily Christie Eddie & Connie Clark Connie Condos John & Sheila Consos Keith & Mary Druffner Gregory & Mariya Dunkel Quay & Trissie Farr Chris & Elizabeth Foxhall Robert & Jennifer Guano Harald & Stamatia Hagen Allison Hammond Christine Hatcher Michael & Ann Costakis Hayes Harriet Howell Mark & Jennie Johnson Eleni Jordan Panagiotis & Melanie Jordanopoulos Vasilis & Mary Kaloudis Aphrodite Levendakis-Kazazakis Tasso & Laura Kefalas Paul Kremer Melanie Loumakis David & Lynne Lucher Archie & Florence Lytle Tina Maheras Wade & Andrea Mancil William & Margaret Manos Bill & Audrey Marianes Riley & Ann Marvos George Matthews Al & Helen McCart Johnny Melts Bill & Mary Milam Matthew & Athena Miller Nikolaos Moissiadis Patricia Morris Nicolas & Teddie Panos Constantinos & Evelyn Pantazopoulos Lazaros & Christina Papadopoulous Gregory Pappas Gus Pappas Tom & Lillian Pappas John & Evon Patrick Michele Perry Mihai & Heidi Popa Fr. Barnabas & Presvytera Connie Powell Pam Powers Vic & Suzi Pryles Marina Raymond Donna Sagnelli Mary Samaltanos Dina Sarandis Taka & Kathy Shoji Jimmy Smith Estelle Sofikitis George & Anna Sofikitis James Stockdill Koko & Carol Tadros Steven & Thalia Thompson Ed & Anne Trainor Nick & Eva Thrasivoulou Brian & Jennifer Tubbs Greg Tzevelekos/Evie Atkinson Rusty & Christine Waldron Diane Walters Steven & Smara Wolff Plutarch & Tina Vamvakias Len Vanerstrom Jacob & Katherine Wilson Sam & Katherine Yalanzon George & Thalia Zazanis