Saint Philothea Greek Orthodox Church

JULY 6 - 4TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

COUNCIL OF MINISTRIES

VIEW THE COUNCIL of MINISTRIES CHART here 

Don't see your name on the Chart? Contact Presvytera Christine to be added.

COFM Leaders: Please schedule your spring & summer meetings with your people, to review progress, to set goals and budgets for the coming year. 

LITURGICAL MINISTRIES MEETING

Thursday, July 10 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the home of Fr. Anthony.

Philanthropy & Outreach

AGAPE LUNCH TEAMS & SCHEDULE click here

OCF Chew & Chat

To help this summer with New Student Orientation events please speak to Fr. Anthony.

BIGGER VISION DINNERS **4th Monday- NEXT July 28

Currently no one is signed up. Sign up here to cook or serve at BV.

JAIL MINISTRY

Saturdays of August, 9:00 - 10:00 am. To get involved, please contact Fr. Anthony. Standard background check through the county is required.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP July 7th at 7:00 pm at church.

You can obtain your discussion book, “Memory Eternal” from the church bookstore.

ACTS FOOD BANK **FIRST Tuesday Every Other month

August 5, 9:00 to 1:00 pm to stock shelves at the Area Churches Together Serving food bank of Oconee County. 130 E Thompson St, Bogart

SPAGHETTI DINNER

We look forward to you joining us in September! This fundraiser/ outreach features delicious food, live entertainment, and is open to the public

Education

INQUIRER'S CLASS

Will meet July 22 at Salzman home, 6:30 to 8:30 PM. RSVP to prchristine2@gmail.com for the address. Child care will be provided. This is open to those who want to learn more about the Orthodox Church.

CHOIR PRACTICE

Sundays 12 – 1 New voices welcomed.

YOUTH CHOIR

will sing every other month. For children 7 to 18 years old. Contact Maimee for details to join. Maimee.cannariato@gmail.com

ST OLYMPIA'S WOMENS BOOK STUDY Next Date: July 17

Meets 6:30 - 8:30. July will meet at: tbd. Text Regina to join the GroupMe for details.

BOOKSTORE & LENDING LIBRARY

is in the back classroom. View holdings here: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/St.Philothea.Library

SUNDAY SCHOOL is now on summer break. 

Stewardship

Parish Leadership Training

There will be 6 TRAINING WORKSHOPS:

3 in the Summer and 3 in the Fall

LEADERSHIP TRAINING IS FOR EVERYONE AND ANYONE who has a role in parish life! It could be anything from altar service to Bigger Vision, Agape Meals to Choir, etc. THE PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED BY PROFESSIONALS IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLIS including our own Tracey O’Malley who is employed at UGA in the Human Resources Department.

SUMMER WORKSHOPS – PREP AT HOME

We invite you to visit the website (link below) and review the slide deck for Modules 1 & 2 and 3. These you will do on your own at home. The remaining 3 Modules will be covered in 3 group discussion meetings this fall.

SUNDAY JUNE 29 - 4th SUNDAY OF MATTHEW

WE COMMEMORATE:

Sisoes the Great, Holy Apostles Archippus, Philemon and Onesimus, Loukia the Virgin-martyr, Rixios and the 24 Companion Martyrs, Juliana the Virgin-martyr

Resurrectional Apolytikion Mode 3

Let the heavens be glad. Let the earth rejoice exceedingly. For the Lord has shown strength with his arm. He trampled death by death. He became the first-born of the dead. Out of the belly of Hades, He has rescued us, and to the world He has granted the great mercy.

Entrance Hymn Mode 2

Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.

Kontakion Mode 2

O Protection of Christians that never falls, intercession with the Creator that never fails, we sinners beg you, do not ignore the voices of our prayers. O good Lady, we implore you, quickly come unto our aid, when we cry out to you with faith. Hurry to intercession, and hasten to supplication, O Theotokos who protect now and ever those who honor you.

Prokeimenon. Mode 3

Psalm 46.6,1

Sing praises to our God, sing praises.

Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.

Brethren, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.

When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

At that time, as Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress." And he said to him, "I will come and heal him." But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it." When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; be it done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.

St. Paisios the Athonite, July 12

Vigil beginning at 6:30 pm

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