SAINT JOHN MARON CHURCH SUNDAY BULLETIN 13th Sunday of Pentecost The Year of Our Lord 2014, Aug 31 Liturgy of the Word pg. 492, Creed pg. 748, Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles pg. 754 St. John Maron Church 300 South Flower Street Orange, CA 92868 714-940-0009 (Office) 714-594-4036 (FAX) www.stjohnmaronchurch.org 9:30am & 11:30am Sunday Liturgy Weddings: Allow six months Baptisms: Allow one month Confession: Before Liturgy. Pastor: Fr. Antoine Bakh fr.bakh@johnmaron.org Office Manager & Social Media: Joanne Marsh secretary@johnmaron.org Treasurer: John Ghaly johnghaly008@gmail.com Deacon: Al Harb ~ 714-871-4002 Subdeacon: John Younes ~ 714-777-8978 Head Altar Servers 9:30 ~ Joseph Yezbak 11:30 ~ Albert Karam Head Ushers 9:30 ~ Joseph Yezbak 11:30 ~ Tony Khoury Choir Serge El-Khoueiry ~ 562-225-3566 Youth Choir Sumayah Ferris ~ 714-636-7118 Council President Hend Hasrouni ~ 714-310-0625 Stewardship Chairman Bob Hamra Jr. ~ 714-520-3222 League President Andree Fontanella ~ 714-402-1861 Kitchen Committee Mona Abinajm~ (714) 271-9929 Spiritual Committee Tony Chemali ~ 714-747-1077 Religious Education Marie Ayoub: marie-jeanne@sbcglobal.net Arabic Classes Marlize Ayoub~ 714-402-1644 Education Committee Brigitta Ayoub ~ 562-882-8910 Young Adult Club John Coury ~ (714) 610-4602 Young Professionals Jacob Hanna ~ (951) 453-4608 Youth Group Alex Lazo ~ (949) 500-8759 Kids Club Hala Charbel ~ halacharbel@gmail.com 9:30am & 11:30am Liturgies are offered for your own intentions. Liturgy this week Wednesdays, Sep 3, at 7pm - Liturgy & Novena Thursdays, Sep 4, at 6:30pm - Liturgy & Adoration Fridays, Sep 5, at 7pm - Liturgy & Sacred Heart Devotion Parish Council Meeting: Wednesday, September 3, 7:30pm In Defense of Christians Summit in DC: http://www.idcsummit.org Pilgrim Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa see Flyer 2014 Festival: Sept 26-28, Fri, 6pm-11pm, Sat, 11-11, Sun, 11-9 Lemons: (fresh Lemons): Nada Salloum (bring to kitchen) Raffle Tickets & Prizes: Raghida Francis - 714 728-0041 Volunteers: Hend Hasrouni -714 310-0625, hend0324@gmail.com Festival Vendors: Vicky Abi Saber - 626 354-2092 Festival Meetings: Every Sunday at 10:30am 10 Sept. 21, in MYA room. The Dabké Dance troupe: Practice is every Sunday (except this Sunday, August 31) from 1:00-2:00pm for the younger group and 2:00-4:00pm. for the older group. Also Thursdays 7:30-10:00pm for the older group. Religious Education Classes start, next Sunday, September 7th, 9:30 am: please make sure you sign up your students. Enrollment (2014-2015) Forms: available in church hall or our website: www.stjohnmaronchurch.org Mrs. Marie-Jeanne Ayoub (714) 381-2077 or email at mariejeanne@sbcglobal.net. Arabic Classes: contact Dr. Marlize Ayoub (714) 402-1644.or Email: marlize05@hotmail.com Enrollment form stjohnmaronchurch.org 2 nd National Day of Remembrance of Aborted Children Sept. 13 Please contact Pattie Afif for more information: (951) 551-0454. See flyer Young Adult Retreat: Sept. 12-14. Contact John Coury 714-610-4602. Holy Cross Church Middle Eastern Food Festival Sept 13 & 14: See flyer Congratulations: We happily announce that Brian Froussine & Krystal Doumit were crowned on Aug.17. May the Lord bless their lives together. Congratulations: We happily announce that Jack Desarkissian and Tania Audish were crowned on August 23. May the Lord s grace shine upon them Banns: We happily announce the upcoming marriage of Joseph Naddour & Rima Abboud which will take place on Sept. 6. Last Week: 9:30am $882. 11:30am $1,365 Contributions $890.
The Thirteenth Week of Pentecost 1 Corinthians 3:1-11 The Role of God s Ministers I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ. I fed you milk, not solid food, because you were unable to take it. Indeed, you are still not able, even now, for you are still of the flesh. While there is jealousy and rivalry among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving in an ordinary human way? Whenever someone says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not merely human? What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth. Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor. For we are God's co-workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a~ wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must be careful how he builds upon it, for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ. Luke 8:1-15 Galilean Women Follow Jesus/The Parable of the Sower/The Purpose of the Parables Afterward Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources. When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to him, he spoke in a parable. "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some seed fell on good soil, and when it grew, it produced fruit a hundredfold." After saying this, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear." Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be. He answered, "Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that 'they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.' "This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God. Those on the path are the ones who have heard, but the devil comes and takes away the word from the' hearts that they may not believe and be saved. Those on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear: receive the word with joy, but they have no root; they believe only for a time and fall away in time of trial As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit. But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word. embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance."
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