All Saints Weekly Bulletin

^{Sunday, March 30th}

^{Sunday of St. John Climacus}

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Welcome to our visitors from Morton Methodist Church

Fellowship Hour hosted by the Parish Council

Epistle Reading

St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20

BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Gospel Reading

Mark 9:17-31

At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

Weekly Calendar



Sun. Mar. 30: Sunday of St. John Climacus (Wine & Oil Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Mon. Mar. 31: St. Hypatius the Heiromartyr (Strict Fast)

6:00pm Great Compline

Tues. Apr. 1: St. Mary of Egypt (Strict Fast)

Wed. Apr. 2: St. Titus the Wonderworker (Strict Fast)

        6:00pm Presanctified Liturgy w/ Lenten Reflection &

Potluck

7:15pm Theology & Culture Lecture: Repentance & Renewal: Reflecting on Dostoevsky During Great Lent by Dr. Octavian Gabor

Thurs. Apr. 3: St. Joseph the Hymnographer (Strict Fast)

Fri. Apr. 4: St. Plato the Studite (Strict Fast)

        6:00pm The Akathist Hymn

Sat. Apr. 5: St. Theodora the Righteous (Wine & Oil Allowed)

Sun. Apr. 6: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt (Wine & Oil Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Parish Announcements

Lenten Services – Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays until April 9^th

Great Compline – Mondays @ 6pm

Presanctified Liturgy with Lenten Reflection & Potluck – Wednesdays @ 6pm

Salutations to the Theotokos – Fridays @ 6pm

Theology & Culture Lecture Series – Wed. 4/2 @ 7:15pm (following Presanctified Liturgy)

The Theology & Culture Lecture Series is back! Our first lecture of the year will be offered by Dr. Octavian Gabor on Wed., April 2nd, at 7:15pm. The Lecture is entitled, “Repentance & Renewal: Reflecting on Dostoevsky During Great Lent”. For those attending the Presanctified Divine Liturgy that evening, the lecture will take place downstairs during our Lenten Potluck. There is also a Zoom option to hear the lecture – the link is on the parish calendar. We hope to see you there!

Memory & Tribute Votives – Accepting orders today through April 6th

We will be taking orders for the memory and tribute bags after services today and for the following 3 weeks. The final deadline for orders is Sunday, April 6, to ensure the bags can be ready for Holy Week. The bags are a free will donation, and each person who orders a bag will receive a ribbon cross bookmark. One per person. On Holy Friday at the afternoon services all the names of the deceased will be read by Fr. Funds raised through this activity will be used to purchase liturgical cloths and half of the fund will go to the Porch a food pantry on Ellis close to Main Street. No electronic donations will be accepted, so please see Hannah and Nikki after services. 

Sunday School– Sundays following Holy Communion (Preschool – Highschool)

Sunday School– Sundays following Holy Communion (Preschool – Highschool)

Sunday School is under way! Any children (Pre-school through High School) are welcome to attend class! Sunday School children and teachers come to receive Holy Communion first, and then go downstairs for class.

Prayers for Friday Salutations Services – Fridays @6pm

This year, we would like for our children and youth to have the honor of reading either the prayer to Theotokos or the prayer to Christ at the conclusion of the Friday Salutations services. For more info and to sign-up for one or both of the prayers on a Friday, click on the button below.

Great Lent, Holy Week & Pascha Flower Donations

Please help us to beautify our Church as we prepare to celebrate the services of Great Lent, Holy Week & Pascha. If you would like to donate specific flowers, please see the sign-up sheet in the Narthex. Otherwise, you can give a check to the church office with “flowers” in the memo, or give online by using the following link and selecting “flowers".

Wisdom of the Fathers

"Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience."

St. John Climacus

"Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons."

St. John Climacus

"Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before you at the very moment of his death, pass no judgment, because the judgment of God is hidden from men. It has happened that men have sinned greatly in the open but have done greater deeds in secret, so that those who would disparage them have been fooled, with smoke instead of sunlight in their eyes."

St. John Climacus