ASCENSION OF OUR LORD JOY/JR. GOYA MEETING SCHEDULE 2015 / 2016 JOY/JR. GOYA MEETING SCHEDULE 2015 / 2016 (We begin promptly at 5:45 p.m. with dinner followed by the meeting; we end at 7:20 p.m.) PARENTS: Book to be used for teaching this year s sessions: Teenage Ten Commandments. Each date includes the youth s discussion topic for that day along with the associated reading and page number in the book. Please discuss with your children what they learned after each meeting. Total Book/Registration/Activity Fee - $40.00. Checks should be payable to the: ASCENSION OF OUR LORD. Please write in memo of the check: JOY/Jr. GOYA Registration
THIS YEAR S THEME: The Ten Commandments: Life s Road Map MONTH DAY/DATE SUBJECT SEPTEMBER Monday 21 JOY/Jr. GOYA Welcome Back Registration & Agiasmos Service Introduction to this year s theme and book: The Ten Commandments: Life s Road Map Monday 28 Introduction to the Ten Commandments (p. 12) OCTOBER Monday 5 Monday 12 First Commandment: I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods before Me. (p.21) No Youth Group Meeting Columbus Day Monday 19 Second Commandment: You shall not worship graven images. (p. 29) Monday 26 Imitating the Saints & Remembering St. Demetrios NOVEMBER Monday 2 JOY and Jr. GOYA Bowling @ Brunswick Zone, Vernon Hills - 5:30 p.m. 7:20 p.m. GOYA Bowling @ Brunswick Zone, Vernon Hills - 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Monday 9 Service Project: Meet at Feed My Starving Children in Libertyville. Please arrive by 5:45 p.m. We will be there until 7:30 p.m. ***PLEASE NOTE: DINNER WILL NOT BE SERVED THIS EVENING. [Sunday 15] Monday 16 JOY and Jr. GOYA Poinsettia Sales 7 th & 8 th Graders take prepaid orders on Sundays Nov. 15 th, 22nd and 29 th and Dec. 6 th (PICK-UP ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13th) NO YOUTH MEETINGS METROPOLIS CLERGY-LAITY, MADISON, WI
Monday 23 Monday 30 Third Commandment: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. (p. 37) Thanks. Food Bag Collection Diakonia Project for G/A Nursing Home Visit DECEMBER [Saturday 5] Monday 7 [Sunday 13] Monday 14 Monday 21 [Friday 24] [Saturday 25] Monday 28 Gingerbread House Making Continue Diakonia Project for G/A Nursing Home Visit - (Poinsettia Orders Due) JOY and Jr. GOYA Poinsettia Sale Pick-up - Jr. GOYA to help carry plants to cars. Meet @ Greek-American Rehabilitation Center (Wheeling) for Christmas Caroling 5:30 p.m. No Youth Meeting Christmas Week Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord (CHRISTMAS EVE) Great Vespers @ 5:00 p.m. All youth and families encouraged to attend services THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD (CHRISTMAS DAY) Orthros 8:15 a.m. / Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m. All youth and families encouraged to attend services Parish Family Ice-Skating @ Centennial Ice Arena in Highland Park JANUARY 2016 [Tuesday 5] [Wednesday 6] EVE OF THE EPIPHANY Vesperal Divine Liturgy 5:30 p.m. AGIASMOS All youth and families encouraged to attend services EPIPHANY DAY - Orthros 8:15 a.m. / Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m. AGIASMOS Monday 11 Fourth Commandment: You shall keep the Sabbath Day (p. 44)
Get Ready for YOUTH SUNDAY and Sign-up/Registration for St. John Chrysostom Oratorical and Arts Festival [Sunday 17] Monday 18 Dive For the Cross --- Meet at the Recreation Center of Highland Park at 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. No Youth Group Meeting Martin Luther King Jr. Monday 25 Fifth Commandment: Honor your father and your mother. (p. 52) Get Ready for YOUTH SUNDAY FEBRUARY Monday 1 Sixth Commandment: You shall not kill. (p. 60) Get Ready for YOUTH SUNDAY Monday 8 Seventh Commandment: You shall not commit adultery. (p. 65) [Sunday 14] YOUTH SUNDAY - GOYA serves as ushers, takes collection; GOYA hosts Brunch at the Royal Melbourne following Church services Prices TBD; Brunch to be prepaid; Reservations are to be made prior to this date. All youth groups, parents, relatives, and friends of the Ascension are invited to attend. Monday 15 Monday 22 SKI TRIP TO ALPINE VALLEY Eighth Commandment: You shall not steal. (p. 73) & Begin Sunday of Orthodox Icon Project Monday 29 Ninth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness. (p. 79) MARCH Monday 7 Monday 14 Preparing our Lenten Road Map & Finish Sunday of Orthodox Icon Project Sign-up for Confessions KATHARA THEFTERA CLEAN MONDAY (Great Lent Begins) Lenten Supper at 5:45 p.m. and Great Compline at 6:30 p.m. (For Youth, their families and all Ascension Parishioners) Begin Missions Awareness ; pass out Mission Boxes; GOYA to assist with the evening. Sign-up for Confessions
[Sunday 20] Monday 21 SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY Procession of Icons at the end of the Divine Liturgy Pan-Orthodox Great Vespers 6:30 p.m. Site TBA No Youth Group Meeting Spring Break [Sunday 27] Joy/Jr. GOYA Begins Easter Lily/Spring Flower Sale 7 th & 8 th Graders take prepaid orders on Sundays March 27 th, April 3 rd, April 10 th, and April 17th. (Plants to be picked up on Palm Sunday, April 24 th.) Monday 28 Tenth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor s house, or anything that is your neighbor s. (p. 86) Confessions (5 th, 6 th, & 7 th Graders) Ascension JUNIOR OLYMPICS SIGN UP (JOY / Jr. GOYA / GOYA) - Presentation and Events Sign-up APRIL Monday 4 Monday 11 Monday 18 [Saturday 23] [Palm Sunday 24] Parish Oratorical and Arts Festival (Specific time and details TBD; Parents, Families and Friends invited to attend) DIAKONIA PROJECT for G/A Nursing Home Residents (Easter Lily Orders Due) Confessions (4 th & 5 th Graders) Ascension JUNIOR OLYMPICS SIGN UP (JOY / Jr. GOYA / GOYA) - Events Sign-up Final Lesson on Ten Commandments: Life's Road Map SATURDAY OF LAZARUS Orthros at 8:00 a.m. & Divine Liturgy at 9:00 a.m. followed by Lenten Retreat for Youth Kindergarten through 8 th Grades PALM SUNDAY - JOY & Jr. GOYA Easter Lily/Spring Flower Pick-up (Jr. GOYANS to help carry out plants to cars) [Good Friday 29] HOLY FRIDAY Jr. Goyans and Goyans invited at attend services and decorate the Kouvouklion, wrap eggs, etc Acolytes will have Altar Clean-up -- 8:00 a.m. Reading of the Royal Hours, 9:30 a.m. Begin decorating, clean-up, etc, 3:00 p.m. Apokathelosis (Unnailing from the Cross) Service. Lenten lunch will be served. [Saturday 30] HOLY SATURDAY Proti-Anastasi Divine Liturgy - 8:00 a.m. Resurrection Service and Paschal Divine Liturgy - 10:30 p.m. MAY [PASCHA SUNDAY 1] HOLY PASCHA Great Vespers of AGAPE- 11:00 a.m. Monday 2 No Youth Group Meeting Bright Monday
[Saturday 7] Monday 9 Monday 16 Monday 23 Metropolis of Chicago - St. John Chrysostom Oratorical and Arts Festival (Location TBA) Meet @ Greek-American Rehabilitation Center (Wheeling) at 5:30 p.m. - DIAKONIA PROJECT Presentations Recap of the Year followed by a look to next year Final meeting of the year Cook-out @ Church [Friday 27-Sunday 29] JUNIOR OLYMPICS Metropolis of Chicago JUNE [Wednesday 8] [Thursday 9] Great Vespers for our Church s Feast Day 7:00 p.m. All youth and families encouraged to attend services Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord - Orthros at 8:15 a.m. & Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. ATTENTION PARENTS - PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: (Reminder Parents must be current PAID Stewards of the Ascension of Our Lord for the year 2015.) 1. Schedule subject to changes, if necessary. All meetings will be held at the Ascension of Our Lord Greek Orthodox Church, unless a different location is specified. 2. Notices for special events, collections, etc. will be passed out at meetings and noted in the Sunday Bulletins prior to the event. 3. Parents are requested to get your child(ren) to dinner on time, so we may begin with prayer together and not delay our program. Also, please make sure you are at Church waiting to pick up your child(ren) by 7:25 p.m. If you child(ren) has/have to leave early, please let us know and come inside to pick up your children. 4. All parents of the JOY and Jr. GOYA members are requested to share in the responsibility of hosting a dinner on a given Monday evening. Two families may host dinner together to share expenses, etc Guidelines are available at the time of sign-up. 5. Any questions regarding the program or if a parent is interested in lending some assistance, may be directed to Fr. Sotiri, by calling the Church at 847-482-1200.