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and St. Anne Ukrainian Catholic Churches Administrator: Rev. Fr. Lubomyr Zhybak 330-888-8881 (cell) E-mail: zhybak@hotmail.com Church St. Anne Church 2016 526 West Rayen Avenue Youngstown, Ohio 44502 E-mail: yngholytrinity@att.net Website: www.holytrinityucc.com Deacon Donald Billy Dean Chance, Administrative Assistant Office Hours: 10a-2p, Mon-Fri Office: 330-744-5820 Fax: 330-744-5820 (please call ahead) Social Hall: 330-746-9528 Confessions: Every Sunday 15 minutes prior to Divine Liturgy (Other times available by appointment) 4310 Kirk Road Austintown, Ohio 44511 E-mail: stanneugcc@gmail.com Website: www.stanneucc.com Deacon Tom Bury Deacon Tom: 330-518-1296 Social Hall: 330-799-0084 Hall Rental: 330-402-1115 Maintenance/Property Manager: 330-402-1115 Confessions: Every Sunday 15 minutes prior to Divine Liturgy (Other times available by appointment) For all Sacramental Celebrations, please contact the office as soon as possible. At the passing of a loved one, contact the funeral home and they will schedule the arrangements with the priest and/or deacon. Sunday, December 25, 2016 Liturgical Greetings Greeting: Christ is Born! Khry-stos Razh-da-ye-tsa Response: "Glorify Him!" "Sla-vee-te Yo-ho" Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Tone 7/Epistle: Galatians 4:4-7 Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12 Next Sunday: January 1, 2017 Sunday Before Theophany Tone 8/Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:5-8 Colossians 2:8-12 Gospel: Mark 1:1-8 Luke 2:20-21 & 40-52 Glorify Him!

Divine Liturgy Schedule for () and St. Anne s (SA) Churches Day: Date: Place Time: Intention: Offered By: Responder: Sun Dec 25 9:30am 10:00am Christmas Compline Christmas Divine Liturgy Divine Liturgy for the People; Myrovannia to follow J. Kicz Mon Dec 26 9:00am Synaxis of the Theotokos Divine Liturgy for the People Choir Tue Dec 27 SA 9:00am Feast of St. Stephen the Protomartyr Divine Liturgy for the People J. Bodak/C. Elias K. DeNiro Wed Dec 28 1:00pm Thu Dec 29 9:00am Fri Dec 30 9:00am Sat Dec 31 Sun Jan 01 Funeral Liturgy for Kay Bury Lois Pronick Choir Dora and Michael Kopczyk, Jr. Liturgy of Thanksgiving the Lord s Graces Received in 2016 M. Woloszyn J. Bodak/J. Billy No Service SA 8:30am 11:00am Feasts of the Circumcision of Our Lord and St. Basil the Great Divine Liturgy for the People P. Machingo J. Kicz From the Desk of Prayers Requested This Christmas season, I have been fortunate enough to receive many wonderful gifts from our parishioners. I would like to thank you all for your cards and gifts this year. Merry Christmas to you all! You are kindly asked to remember, in your charity, the soul of Katherine Bury, who passed away late last week. May God grant Katherine Eternal Memory. "Vichnaya Pamyat" Funeral arrangements for Katherine are as follows: Panakhyda Tuesday, December 27 at 6:30pm Kinnick Funeral Home Funeral Liturgy Wednesday, December 28 at 1:00pm Church St. Anne s St. Anne s Blue Vigil Light Jean Yash is sponsoring the Week of Dec 26 - Jan 1 for her grandson, Captain Brian Hewko Eternal Light Ann and Delores Karnofel are sponsoring the Week of Dec 26-Jan 1 in memory of their husband and father, George Frommelt Elizabeth George To our dear Family Parishioners celebrating their Birthday this week. Our very Best Wishes and Blessings! Dec 26: Luba Baker Dec 29: Anna Patoray Dec 30: Jeffrey Jones St. Anne s Dec 28: Stefan Bury Peter Karnofel Marion Izak Carol Kalosky Annual Christmas Appreciation Dinner Choir members, readers, cantors, et al. are invited to this year s Appreciation Dinner which will take place at: MVR Restaurant (410 N. Walnut St.) Wednesday, January 11, 2017 5:00pm Carol Kaszowski Karen Kihm Ann Blazina Ann Krill Annie Borovitcky Fr. Ignatius Kay Bury Joyce Lesigonich-Padavick Dee Dashko Paul Lesigonich John Fecych Louis Mancini Dan Malarcik Gene Smereka Irene Perish Parish Office Schedule Carl Smith George Popovich Ann Stevens Marie Schuller The church office will be CLOSED on Monday, December 26, 2016 Na Mnohaya ee Blahaya Leeta ECF Classes are cancelled for 12/25 and 1/1 but will resume on January 8, 2017. St. Anne s Counters Dec 25 Diane, Sonny, Sylvia Jan 1 TBD

Remember Our Shut-Ins this Holiday Season This is a time to remember our parish family members who are unable to attend Divine Liturgy. We want them to know that we miss them, we love them, and are praying for them. Remember them in your prayers. Call them. Send them a note of cheer. Anne Adamosky Ivy Woods Manor 9625 Market St. North Lima, OH 44452 Ann Blazina 215 East Main St. Girard, OH 44420 Ann Borovitcky Humility House 755 Ohltown Rd. Austintown, OH 44515 Delores Dashko 534 Brandon Ave. Struthers, OH 44471 Nick Drahush Assumption Village 9802 Market St. North Lima, OH 44452 Catherine Hnatiw 139 Rosemont Ave. Austintown, OH 44515 Anna Humeniuk Inn at Ironwood 6699 Ironwood Blvd. Canfield, OH 44406 Ann Karnofel 1528 Greenwood Ave. Girard, OH 44420 Dora Kopczyk 5645 Bonnell Dr. Boardman, OH 44512 Dan Malarcik 71 Melbourne Ave. Youngstown, OH 44512 Harry & Charlotte Nachim 650 Esme Drive Girard, OH 44420 Pauline Onyzczak St. John XXIII Home 2250 Shenango Valley Freeway Hermitage, PA 16148 Irene Perish 50-6 Talsman Dr. Canfield, OH 44406 Delores Shuluga 4160 Bob-O-Link Dr. Youngstown, OH 44511 Janina Sodomora Austin Woods 4780 Kirk Rd. Austintown, OH 44515 Mary Volinchak 4707 New Rd. Austintown, OH 44515 Mary Yaworsky Briarfield Manor 461 S. Canfield-Niles Rd. Austintown, OH 44515 Irene Zapotocky 3310 Sherdian Rd. Youngstown, OH 44502 St. Anne s Mary Bespiaty 1546 Pimlico Dr. Youngstown, OH 44515 Rose Burton 3039 DeCamp Rd. Youngstown, OH 44511 George & Susan Frommelt 218 South Aspen Court, Unit 2 Warren, OH 44484 Elizabeth George Hampton Woods 1525 E Western Reserve Rd. Youngstown, OH 44514 Marion Izak Meridian Arms Assisted Living 650 South Meridian Rd. Youngstown, OH 44509 Carol Kaszowski 43 Venloe Dr. Poland, OH 44514 Lillian Klus 2945 Avery Circle Springfield, OH 45503 Paul Lesiganich 7481 Hitchcock Rd. Youngstown, OH 44512 Ann Nagy c/o Charlene Nagy 433 Bradley Rd. Bay Village, OH 44140 Vince Pompili Trilium Place Room #402 1500 Trillium Crossing Dr. Columbus, OH 43235 Betty Powers 284 Bradford Dr. Canfield, OH 44406 Peter Rapovy 2534 Schenley Ave. Youngstown, OH 44511 Eugene Smereka 80 S Hazelwood Ave. Youngstown, OH 44509 Patricia Volinchak 3672 Burkey Rd. Youngstown, OH 44515 Jeanne Yash Hampton Woods 1525 E Western Reserve Rd. Youngstown, OH 44514 and St. Anne s Shut-Ins If parishioners of both parishes know of any individual(s) not listed on the above list who should be, please contact the office with any information you can provide. Thank you. Many thanks go out to Ms. Joann Stokowski for her generous donation to Church in honor of her aunt Ann Karnofel s 94th birthday on December 20th!

Вих. ВА 16/585 ENG CHRISTMAS PASTORAL LETTER OF HIS BEATITUDE SVIATOSLAV Most Reverend Archbishops and Metropolitans, God-loving Bishops, Very Reverend Clergy, Venerable Monastics, Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters, in Ukraine and throughout the world And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 Christ is born! Glorify Him! Today our hearts are filled with lightsome Christmas joy. The eternal God becomes man, so that man might be united and reconciled with Him forever. The Son of God becomes the son of the Virgin from Nazareth and allows Himself to be carried in human arms. For us, Christians, this great and unfathomable Mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God is the key to knowing the nature of God and understanding the history of salvation. The Nativity of Christ shows us who God is and who we are to be in relation to Him and to one another. Gazing upon the pre-eternal God born in a simple stable cave, the Church sings: From the bosom of the Father You came forth, O Lover of mankind, and in ineffable humility accepted supernatural poverty. You, O Lord, deigned to dwell in a cave, and, as a child, You, the Creator and Lord, are nursed at the breasts. Therefore, led by a star, the Magi bring You gifts, as to the Lord of creation, and the shepherds and angels wonder and cry out: Glory to God in the highest, Who is now coming in the form of a human being, to be born on earth (Sunday before Nativity, Matins Praises). In the birth of His Only-begotten Son among us, the almighty Creator of all that is seen and unseen shows us the reality of the most important and deepest truths on how parents are to regard their own child. He treats His creation as a loving Father, who sees to it that His small child has everything necessary for life and for growth to maturity, in His Image and Likeness. And in the figure of the Most Holy Theotokos, He reveals to us the grandeur of a mother, who shares of her own body in order to bring her child into the world, and with tenderness and dedication watches over it, bestowing upon it the highest efforts of her soul, her spiritual world, full of the grace of the Holy Spirit. The Only-begotten Son of God, True God from true God, in order to fulfill the will of His Father, chose to be conceived and be carried for nine months in a mother s womb, and to be born in all the frailty and weakness of human nature, taking on the form of a slave (see Phil 2:7). He did not merely become a human being, but took upon Himself all human susceptibility and helplessness, and having become an infant, experienced all the difficulties and dangers associated with human life. In Christ Jesus, God has once and for all taken upon himself the fullness of all that we consider being Human the full measure of human existence with all its greatness, but also all its drama. Based on this divine-human experience, the Almighty knows about that which hurts in me, why I cry or rejoice. He knows each one of us, because until the end of the world He continues to live with humanity and in humanity. He continues to share in every human suffering, He rejoices in every joy of ours, He continues to die in each human death, He continues to be persecuted and dishonored in each person whom the present world rejects and scorns. Christmas is the birth of God in me, the incarnation of the Son of God in my human history, in my life, no matter how trivial and complicated it may seem to me. Thus, my life, whatever the case, acquires meaning, for that, which is personally mine, has forever become personal for Him! Today Christ the Lord is born in the history of our people and of His holy Church for our sake and for our salvation. In this moment of history, which we are experiencing together, He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to intercede, as we read in the Epistle to the Hebrews (7:25). As then in Bethlehem Jesus needed Mary and Joseph to bring him into the world of mankind, so today He needs us, Christians of the third millennium, so that through our faith we might bring Him into our world, into present history and culture. Even more, we must bring Christ, born today for our salvation, into the corners of our personal, family, and social life. God wants to enter there and be personally present. However, He respects our free will and waits for us to be open to Him. Therefore, it depends on us: to let Jesus Christ into our lives, or to close the door before Him, as was the case with the inns of Bethlehem. Where God is received, there everything is brought to life and is renewed. Those who open their hearts to Him receive hope, a new sense of their own existence, today and for the future. And on the contrary, where He is rejected or not allowed to enter everything dies, is subject to decay, ruin, and corruption. There one abides under the authority of death, is subject to false gods, violence, and deceit, and in the end loses meaning in his or her life, loses hope in tomorrow, as everything dies before their eyes already today. So let us celebrate Christ s Nativity, allowing the Savior who is being born to enter into our intimate selves. Let us wrap Him in the swaddling clothes of our personal, family, and social life. Let us warm Him with our hope, like the wise men who followed the Christmas star. May our everyday life be enlightened by the tender love, that the Divine Babe pours out on us. In our personal lives let us avoid sin and do good. Let us make an effort, so that our thoughts and life choices be filled with God. Let us live in such a way that our neighbors might see that we are God s children, following His Word and His Commandments. In difficult times let us not forget that our Lord God loves with His limitless love, which is greater than our mistakes and failures, is stronger than our sins and offenses. Our Creator desires that we always be able to bring this love of His into the lives of others and to bring it to life in our relationships and in our actions. Christmas is not only an historical event in the days of Herod, king of Judea (Lk 1:5). Christmas is a spiritual event of God s unceasing presence, embodied in every moment and every place, fulfilled for me and in me. In our family lives, in everything, let us seek to live in love and harmony. Parents, remember that most frequently children create an image of God on the basis of your behavior, your love for one another, your sacrifice, generosity, and joy of life. Teach them to pray with sincerity first of all by your own example. In all remember that your children have been entrusted to you by the very Creator and Heavenly Father, so that you might raise them in love for Him, and for His glory. Especially in these festive days, provide them with wonderful Christmas memories, so they might experience the joy of the Christian life, which allows one to overcome all difficulties and adversities.

In our social life, especially in midst of today s economic and political challenges, and military conflict, let us remember that God is with us! We are not alone in the pain, suffering, and blood of this war. In His birth our Lord is made incarnate also today, in this historical moment in which we are called to live and die, build and restore, defend our Country from its enemy, and heal the wounds of the past and present. On Christmas Day, it is to us that St. Paul speaks, calling us to holiness of life: so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God (Eph 3:17 19). As Christians, we are called today to be like the shepherds in the Gospel, who first received the news of the birth of the Savior, to carry it into the world and share it with our neighbors. In fulfilling this Christmas task, let us fill our homes, churches and our whole land with the singing of our ancient koliada-carol. Today let our koliada resound in all Ukraine and wherever there beats a Ukrainian heart! Let the joy of today s feast fill us with hope of victory, not ours, but Christ s, who alone can bring together that, which today seems hopelessly divided, both in Ukraine and throughout the world. Let us carry the newborn Savior in our caroling to all who today are sad or feel lonely. Let us share our joy and Holy Vigil Supper with those who thirst and hunger for justice and human attention. Let us visit those who are imprisoned, who are far from home or travelling. Let us carry the heavenly light of Christmas to the wounded and the suffering. Let us remember in prayer those held captive, those who suffer abuse and call out to God for the light of hope while under fire in the so-called demarcation line, on the occupied territories of Eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Let us be united in our thoughts and prayers with our soldiers, who are courageously defending our Christmas. Let us not forget about those, who anxiously await their safe return. Wherever you may be, Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the youngest to the oldest, whether in Ukraine or abroad, from my sincere heart I wish each of you a tasty kutia, a Christmas full of cheer, and a happy and blessed New Year! Christ is born! Glorify Him! SVIATOSLAV Given in Kyiv at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, on the feast of the Holy and All-Praised Apostle Andrew the First-called, the 13th of December in the 2016th Year of our Lord My Dear Friends, Christ is born! Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth. Today Bethlehem receives the One, Who at all times sits with the Father. Today the angels sing the praises of the newborn Infant. Glory to God in the highest and on earth: peace and good will to all. This stichera from the Matins of the Nativity of Our Lord says it all: our Savior, the Prince of Peace, is born for us from the Virgin Mary let us give praise to Him! Alleluia! Today our hearts are filled with joy, because Christ is born! Today Heaven and earth rejoices, because God became man! Today Heaven and earth are joined, because the King of Kings reveals Himself to us! What an incomprehensible mystery! What an immense mercy! What an infinite love! The Son of God is being born in Bethlehem today to bring us authentic peace. Often, we identify peace as an absence of conflict, as a rather political reality. While governments and other national and international organizations have their own definitions of peace, which are based on various political and juridical fundamentals and which apply to the limited areas of influence, our newborn Savior is bestowing on us quite a different kind of peace. The Babe from Bethlehem gifts us with peace that has neither political nor physical boundaries but transcends the entire visible and invisible created realm. This peace is He Himself! We direly need Christ s peace in our midst today: from Ukraine s Donetsk and Luhansk to Germany s Berlin; from the torn by war and terrorism Middle East and Africa, especially Syria and Turkey, to the recently terror-stricken Columbus, Ohio. Even latest U.S. presidential elections brought division and hatred among many Americans. We need Christ s peace in our countries, in our States, on the streets of our neighborhoods. Yet, above all we need our Lord s peace in our hearts! And this is where the larger peace is born in that very sacred and intimate realm of each of us, which only our Lord fully knows and is able to transform. There is a famous Latin proverb that states: Nemo dat quod non habet, which means: no one gives what he doesn t have. If we don t have Christ s peace in our hearts, we won t be able to spread it and share it. Unless we receive the good news of the birth of our Savior with a child s sincerity, we won t be able to comprehend the Source of our life. Today, when mankind seems to be particularly wounded, is the time to truly welcome the Prince of Peace into our hearts, filling them thereby with the genuine exultation. May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ fill your hearts and the hearts of your loved ones with the authentic joy and peace that only He can give during this Christmas season and unto ages of ages! Blessed Christmas to all of you! Christ is born!

Name of Sponsor Luba Baker Doug & Donna Beck; Trevor & Marshall Beck Deacon Don & Jean Billy Deacon Don & Jean Billy Deacon Don & Jean Billy Deacon Don & Jean Billy Joan Bodak Olga Brown Steve & Arelda Bury Steve & Arelda Bury Andrea Curran Mary Fedak & Family Ann & Delores Karnofel; Donna & Doug Beck; Trevor & Marshall Beck John Kowal & Family Karen Kowal & Family Rich & Mary Mines Harry & Charlotte Nachim Harry & Charlotte Nachim Harry & Charlotte Nachim Harry & Charlotte Nachim Maria Patterson J.R. Scrip Delores Shuluga Patrick & Johna, children; grandchildren; sisters Diane & Joann; and brothers Steve & Joe Smolinsky Anne Soroka, Pamela, & Douglas Anne Soroka, Pamela, & Douglas Soroka Family Fred Jr., Cheri, Matt, and Tyler Woak Fred Jr., Cheri, Matt, and Tyler Woak Marie Woloszyn In Memory: In loving memory of Charles Baker In loving memory of Brian Beck In loving memory of mom & dad, Mary and Frank Bodak In loving memory of mom & dad, Mary and John Billy In loving memory of aunt Annie Bodak and uncle Ace Serroka In loving memory of son, Matthew Stephen Billy In loving memory of parents, Frank & Mary (Murosko) Bodak; grandparents, Michael & Krystyna Bodak and John & Catherine Murosko; nephew, Matthew Stephen Billy; sister-in-law, Mrs. Patricia (Fedina) Bodak; and friend, Stefano Katchmar In loving memory of Carl R. Brown and Mom & Dad Glus In loving memory of Stephen & Catherine Bury In loving memory of Kenneth & Doris Beeson In loving memory of parents, Frank & Pauline Orzechowski In loving memory of Joseph Fedak In loving memory of Pete Karnofel In loving memory of father and grandfather, Nick Kowal In loving memory of mother and grandmother, Betty L. Genetta In loving memory of Stefan & Julia Syvanych In loving memory of Nicholas & Mary Nachim In loving memory of Samuel & Anne Nerone In loving memory of Terrence Nachim In loving memory of Frank Bielak In loving memory of August, Josephine, and Michael Soroka In loving memory of parents, John & Irma Scrip In loving memory of husband/father/grandfather, Paul Shuluga In loving memory of Patty Smolinsky In loving memory of Michael Soroka, Jr. In loving memory of Michael & Mary Sulak In loving memory of Stefanie Martin In loving memory of dad and grandpa, Fred Woak Sr. In loving memory of grandparents and great-grandparents, Michael & Anna Woak In loving memory of parents, Wasyl & Pelagia Hewko; and brother, Basil Hewko

Name of Sponsor Mary Belasco Mary Belasco Mary Belasco Joyce Budinsky, Carol & Keith Kalosky Deacon Tom & Charlene Bury & Family Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chance Angie Fetchet Angie Fetchet George & Susan Frommelt & Sons George & Susan Frommelt & Sons Catherine & Patty Hnatiw Nick, Leda, Nickey & Lisa Kasnevich Nick, Leda, Nickey & Lisa Kasnevich Ed & Emilia Kreitzburg Myron, Tamara, Alexander & Nathan Lischak Myron, Tamara, Alexander & Nathan Lischak Nicholas & Elaine Mamrich Nicholas & Elaine Mamrich Nicholas & Elaine Mamrich Nicholas & Elaine Mamrich Walter & Joan Natyshak Walter & Joan Natyshak Walter & Joan Natyshak Betty Powers Joseph Rapovy Rod & Karen Scenna Rod & Karen Scenna Rod & Karen Scenna Rod & Karen Scenna David, Roseann & Amanda Stackhouse John & Margaret Tchoryk Paul & Barbara Welch Paul & Barbara Welch Paul & Barbara Welch Harry & Joann Yankowski Fred, Lil & Paul Yasnowski In Memory: In loving memory of parents Joseph & Rose Perehinez In loving memory of sister Olga Fry In loving memory of brother-in-law David Senvisky In loving memory of parents and grandparents Andrew & Ann Budinsky In loving memory of parents and grandparents Stephen & Yvonne Bury In loving memory of husband, father, and grandfather Michael Fetchet In loving memory of parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents Michael & Mary DeSantis In loving memory of Agnes Bell In loving memory of George, Harriet, Barry, and Geoffrey Frommelt In loving memory of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chovan Jr. In loving memory of Paul & Anna Kasnevich In loving memory of Helen (Halya) & Dmytro Senko In loving memory of parents and grandparents John & Myroslava Lischak In loving memory of grandparents and great-grandparents Kazymyr & Elizabeth Bulwan In loving memory of parents and grandparents Olga & Nick Mamrich In loving memory of parents and grandparents Helen & John Tych In loving memory of brother and uncle Bob Tych In loving memory of uncle and aunt Walter & Marge Sitnick and cousins Walt & Roberta Sitnick In loving memory of parents Walter & Ann Natyshak and parents John & Margaret Simko In loving memory of sister Margaret Granchie In loving memory of brother Andrew Simko In loving memory of Michael & Anne Powers In loving memory of the parents and grandparents Helen & Fritz Borovitcky In loving memory of the parents and grandparents Roseanne & Oliver Scenna Health of the Parish In loving memory of aunt Anne Slusarczyk In loving memory of parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents John & Anna Sitnick In loving memory of Michelle Terlesky Chance Family health, happiness and prosperous New Year Welch Family health, happiness and prosperous New Year In loving memory of parents and grandparents John & Mary Suhar In loving memory of father and Dido Joseph Yasnowski

Announcements Sunday Socials We d like to say Thank You to Our Parish of and those at St. Anne s for sponsoring this week s socials. Parishioner Census and Church Dues Be sure you have returned your census form and are paid up on those annual dues. 2017 Parishioner Envelopes and Calendars 2017 church envelope boxes and calendars will be available in the church basement following today s Divine Liturgy as well as the parish office throughout the week during office hours. Sunday Radio Program *Christ Among Us* Tune in to WPIT-730AM - Pittsburgh, PA every Sunday at 2:00pm (EST) or listen to the radio program on-line at www.wpitam.com. You can also listen any time at http://stjosaphateparchy.com/listen/ This program is brought to you each Sunday at this time to reach those who are elderly or ill, and those who are not able to attend their church for Sunday worship. This program is sponsored by the Diocesan Resource Committee of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma, OH, and by your contributions. Each Sunday we will bring to you the word of God and hope to brighten your lives with joy and solace. Ukrainian Radio Program Reminder to tune in on Saturday evening and listen to our own Marie Woloszyn and Anne Soroka as they dedicate our favorite Ukrainian music to listeners. Saturday: 7:30pm to 9:00pm WKTL (90.7) Remember Our Parishes and Eparchy in your Will The Church was a mother to you in life, providing for your spiritual needs. Please remember, St. Anne s Church, and the St. Josaphat Eparchy in your Last Will and Testament. Volunteering in Ukraine As a follow-up to last week s posting from Sr. Ann regarding volunteering in Ukraine, the following Youtube video illustrates the summer camps which are conducted for middle-school age children across Ukraine. The address is https://youtu.be/qr4yje5h-tm Submissions and Requests If members of both parishes have news, information, and/or events they would like to share across the /St. Anne s audience, please feel free to submit this information to the Office by telephone or e-mail by noon on Fridays. December Food Sales (Net) Pyrohy - $7,230.00 Bread - $1,140.00 Kolachi - $5,124.00 Dues Several parishioners have inquired about the status of their dues payment outside of office hours. For the purposes of our parishioners paperwork - and as a reminder for those who have inquired - the following envelope holders are still without dues payments as of December 23rd: #3 #8 #11 #12 #14 #20 #27 #30 #31 #34 #35 #39 #43 #49 #51 #54 #55 #60 #71 #78 #102 St. Anne Financials For the Week Ending Sunday, December 18, 2016 Loose Offerings: $ 19.00 Sunday Offering: $ 380.00 Dues: $ 30.00 Maintenance: $ 3.00 Energy Needs: $ 55.00 Christmas Flowers: $ 40.00 Christmas Offering: $ 375.00 Kolachi Sales: $ 124.00 Total Deposit: $ 1,026.00 Attendance: 39 Financials for the Week Ending Sunday, December 18, 2016 Candle: $ 37.00 Sunday Offering: $ 660.00 Dues: $ 10.00 Maintenance: $ 15.00 Cook Book Sales: $ 15.00 Christmas Plants: $ 10.00 Christmas: $ 1,100.00 50/50: $ 18.00 Sunday Social: $ 15.00 Total Deposit: $ 1,880.00 Dec 50/50: $ 21.00 Attendance: 53