WORSHIP SCHEDULE

SUNDAY DIAKONIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AGAPE LUNCH: HEAVY SNACKS TODAY

AUGUST 2: LENTEN POTLUCK

EXTRA SEATING + LIVESTREAM IN HALL

We are trying something new with a dedicated space in the social hall to offer more seating options during the Divine Liturgy. For now we are asking people to enter that area through the doors at the end of the hallway. We will open the doors to the Narthex when it is time to receive Holy Communion. Attendance varies from Sunday to Sunday so we will try this for a while and evaluate. Thank you for your patience.

NEW CATECHUMENS TODAY

Prayers for Daniel, Amber, Amelia, Teagan, and Cillian Boyd will be read today.

MEMORIAL PRAYERS TODAY

For Donald Connor, the beloved husband of Georgeta Connor. May his memory be eternal!

MEALTRAIN FOR ROMANO FAMILY

Share Christ's love by providing a meal for the Romano family as they mourn the loss of Maryanne's mother after battling cancer. May Kathleen's memory be eternal! Click Here For Meal Train

STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING

July 28 6:00 to 7:30 PM, Via Zoom

NEXT SUNDAY - USED ITEM EXCHANGE

Aug 2 All are welcome to add to and take from the exchange tables following Liturgy. Anything unclaimed will be donated to Project Safe. Organized by St. Anna Fellowship.

CRAFT DAY FOR CGS August 1, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

for adults only to help make the materials for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Atriums. See flyer below. PLEASE RSVP to: stephanie.knisely227@gmail.com

POTLUCK EVERY SUNDAY

Beginning August 16 it will be POTLUCK EVERY SUNDAY. The teams will still be assigned coffee set up and clean up responsibilities and we ask everyone to pitch in and help them as well. Breaking bread at our AGAPE MEAL is a great blessing.

GREEKFEST FAYETTEVILLE GA

August 22 6:00 PM All-you-can-eat buffet, open bar, live music, Greek dancing and more! Proceeds to benefit the building project for St Christopher GOC in Peachtree City. See GreekFest Fayette website and flyer below.

THE COUNCIL OF MINISTRIES

Philanthropy & Outreach

St Brendan's Men's Group

August 6 6:30 PM, preceded by Paraklesis at 5:45 PM. Men's Group will meet on the 1st Thursday of each month.

September 26: Washington Farms All are welcome! This will be a discounted group admission. More details to follow. 

To be added to GroupMe, text Meaghan at 706-255-5303 OR email stphilothea.stannasfellowship@gmail.com 

JAIL MINISTRY - AUGUST IS OUR MONTH

Every Saturday in August 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. at Oconee County Jail. Background check required prior to participation. Please see Father Anthony to get involved.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

August 3 and 17 at 7:00 pm at church. You can obtain your discussion book, “Memory Eternal” from the church bookstore. Meets the first and third Monday of the month.

VISITATION MINISTRY TRAINING

August 8 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Be the hands and feet of Christ by bringing His love to our homebound, hospitalized, grieving and postpartum parish family members. R.S.V.P. to Gabriela at 479-877-9380 for meeting location.

ACTS FOOD BANK **First Tuesday every other month

Aug 4th, 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 **Come and Help

SPAGHETTI DINNER

Will resume September 10

BIGGER VISION DINNERS **4th Monday- NEXT: July 27th.

This month, our chanters and choir members are providing the meal. We can always use hands to help serve in many ways! To learn more about it go to our BV webpage ...and... Join the BV GroupMe.

Education

BOOKSTORE

NEW CHILDRENS ITEMS NOW AVAILABLE Also, "The Life of St Philothea" book in stock. Check out some old inventory on sale too.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Aug 16 Sunday School Orientation

Aug 23 Blessing of the Backpacks

Aug 30 First Day of Sunday School

Sep 07 No Classes - Labor Day Holiday

BYZANTINE CHANT LESSONS

For beginners to learn Byzantine notation. Wednesday evenings after church.

INQUIRER'S CLASS

This is open to those who want to learn more about the Orthodox Church. Please email prchristine@ilicons.us for more information. Class begins Wednesday September 2.

CHOIR & YOUTH CHOIR New voices welcomed.

VIEW THE COUNCIL of MINISTRIES CHART here 

Don't see your name on the Chart? Contact Nina Lamson to be added.

OTHER NEWS

JOIN THE ONLINE PRAYER GROUP

to post prayer needs and to be a prayer warrior. To join send your email address to rose@lieffring.com. You will receive emails when someone posts a prayer request or you can post to st-philothea-prayer-group@googlegroups.com

A WORD ABOUT CHURCH SEATING - please...

• Fill in all the rows by moving in towards the center aisle.
• Our pews fit 5 or 6 persons, so be mindful of families so they can sit together.
• Single persons should fill in rows that may have only one or two seats left.

CEMETARY PLOTS

St. Philothea section in the Oconee Memorial Park in Watkinsville. Burial Plots available at our special group price. Click here to see the flyer.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ORTHODOX OBSERVER

News from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. OrthodoxObserver.org

TEAM LISTS: CLICK HERE. To be added or removed from a team, text Presvytera at 706-340-6366.

STEWARDSHIP

Please remember to turn in your 2026 Stewardship Pledge Card

 We Christians are called to share in the Life of Christ. Service to His Church and His people is our discipleship to Christ. It’s real and inspires the people of God to offer their very best of time, talent and treasures which are abundantly blessed. Truly, Service bears fruit!

SUNDAY July 26 - 8th Sunday of Matthew

WE COMMEMORATE:

The Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus, and Hermocrates; Paraskeve the Righteous Martyr of Rome; Prisca the Righteous Martyr; Moses the Hungarian; and Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of Alaska

Ressurectional Apolytikion - Grave Mode

You destroyed death by Your Cross, You opened Paradise to the Robber. You turned the Myrrh-bearing Women’s lament into joy, and You commanded Your Apostles to preach that You rose, O Christ God, granting the world the great mercy.

For St. Paravskevi Mode 1

Your diligence corresponded to your name, Paraskevi, which denotes preparedness. Through faith you inherited the promised dwelling that was prepared for you, O prize-winning Martyr. Therefore you pour out cures and healings, and you intercede on behalf of our soul!

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 4

Psalm 67

God is wondrous in His saints

Verse: Bless God in the Churches

Brethren, before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise. I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a slave, though he is the owner of all the estate; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us; when we were children, we were slaves to the elemental principles of the universe. But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.” And he said, “Bring them here to me.” Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

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