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THIS WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday, November 30th
St. Andrew the Apostle
8:15am Orthros 9:30am Divine Liturgy
Monday, December 1st
7:45am Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, December 2nd
St. Porphyrios
8:15am Orthros 9am Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, December 3rd
7:45am Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy
5:30pm-7pm Greek School 7:30pm Bible Class
Thursday, December 4th
St. Barbara
8:15am Orthros 9am Divine Liturgy
8:30pm Adult Greek School
Friday, December 5th
St. Savas
7:45am 8:30am Divine Liturgy
6pm Vespers at St. Nicholas Bethlehem
Saturday, December 6th
St. Nicholas of Myra
8:15am Orthros 9am Divine Liturgy
11am Agape Group meeting
6pm Vespers
40-Day Memorial for Maxwell Gregory with Flowers and Coffee Hour
on behalf of his parents, Mark & Maria Gregory and Family.
May his memory be eternal.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED
PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Haralambos Arahovas, Nicholas Dodge, John Papoutsis,
Kostas Pappas and Nicholas Theofanis.
We wish them the best for their three-year term.
2025 STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM: Fall Update
The summer vacation season is over and fall has begun. As is often the case, Stewardship payments significantly drop over the summer and we are behind schedule in meeting our budget of $565,000 for 2025.
- You should have recently received a letter from the Stewardship committee providing your pledge/payment status through August 2025. If you find any error, please contact the office immediately.
- o Please look at your current status and make every effort to meet the remaining portion of your commitment.
- o If you have not yet made your 2025 pledge, please do so either via the church office or on-line through the church website.
- o Please consider monthly or quarterly payments as that helps the church meet its financial obligations throughout the year.
- o Please consider a 5% increase over your prior year contribution in line with the church budget.
- o The AVERAGE annual contribution needed to meet our budget obligation is $1,440 ($120/mo.)
- Please keep in mind this monthly amount is less than what most people pay for cell phone or cable service each year.
- o The Leadership Stewardship contribution is $2,200 and above
The Church should be our priority for financial charitable contributions to support the numerous programs of our community. We have an active, vibrant community that will continue to grow and flourish with your continued support.
Bookstore news: The Bookstore is open on Sundays after Church. Please come by and see the wonderful selections. There are also great gift ideas. New items coming in every Sunday.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
Sunday, December 14th - General Assembly to approve the Budget for 2026.
Upcoming Events
- AGAPE Group ages 0 to 4 years old will meet this Saturday, Dec. 6th at 11am in the Church. Please bring your children.
- Archon Sunday next Sunday, Dec. 7th. The Archons of our community will have a special artoclasia service.
- Senior Citizen’s Christmas Gathering on Monday, December 8th at 11am at the Annunciation Church in Lancaster. Please let the clergy know if you are going by Dec. 1st. Please see attached flyer.
- Holy Confession will be offered on Tuesday, Dec. 9th from 11am – 1pm and 4pm – 5pm. If you wish to have another time, please make an appointment with Fr. Michael.
- GOYA Christmas Caroling on Friday, Dec. 12th and Saturday December 13th at 5pm.
- Divine Liturgy at Chambersburg on Saturday, Dec. 13th at 9am.
- Sunday School Communion on Saturday, Dec. 20th with 9am Divine Liturgy.
- Christmas Musical on Saturday, Dec. 20th at 4pm and Sunday, Dec. 21st at 1:30pm.
- Sign up for the Philoptochos Christmas Luncheon on Sunday, Dec. 28th at West Shore Country Club at the table in the Hall.
- GOYA will be going to Safe Harbour on Monday, Dec. 29th to give out food and gifts to those who are residing there.
On Friday, December 5th His Eminence Metropolitan Savas will be celebrating His Nameday for St. Savas at Sts. Constantine & Helen in Reading, PA along with an ordination to the Deaconate. If you would like to attend, please see flyer that is attached and respond.
Please sign up for the Christmas Flowers that will decorate our Cathedral for the Christmas season. Every year they look so beautiful.
2025 Community Christmas Musical
This year you will have 2 opportunities to see our Musical, “Letters from Yiayia, A Voyage of Hope.” A heartwarming story of faith, family and Christmas traditions that cross generations. It will be presented on Saturday December 20th at 4pm and Sunday December 21st at 1:30pm. Our cast range in age from preschool-adults. Please come and support them. (additional details on attached flyer)
Please consider advertising in our program, revenue from these ads help to offset costs of production including costumes, sets, cast meals etc. (an ad form is attached).
Preparing for Christmas: The Christmas Fasting Period started Saturday, November 15th. During this fasting period, as the Church teaches us, we refrain from all types of meat, poultry, eggs, and milk products. From November 21st, the feast day of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary to the Temple till Dec. 12th, the feast day of St. Spyridon, fish is permitted except on Wednesdays and Fridays. We will have Orthros Service at 7:45am and Divine Liturgy at 8:30am except for the feast days and Sundays that are mentioned in the SOURCE Calendar. This is a special opportunity to give the names of the living and deceased to be remembered for all the 40 days at the Oblation Table. Also please make an extra effort to attend these services and pray for your beloved family members. Please see flyer to write your names.
The 2025/2026 AHEPA OPA Discount Card is here!
We are happy to announce that the all-new 2025/2026 AHEPA OPA Restaurant Discount card is now available to purchase, just in time for the holidays. They make great gifts. The card features many of the same great restaurants that have participated in the past few years, as well as a number of new places to try. Please purchase a card, or more, for your own use, or to give as gifts to friends, that would love to try some of these fine restaurants. The card costs just $20 and provides a $15 discount off of a $30 food purchase for 22 of our favorite local restaurants, (many that are owned by members of the church). Funds raised by the card sales will go towards AHEPAs mission to ‘promote the ancient Hellenic ideals of education, philanthropy, civic responsibility, family and individual excellence through community service and volunteerism’. We have limited the number of cards to 250 this year. Discounts are available from November 2025 through October 2026. So, pick them up before they completely sell out! AHEPA will be selling cards on Sundays. Feel free to contact Anthony Ariano (anthonyariano67@gmail.com), or Dimitri Zozos (dzbail@aol.com), if you would like to purchase cards and will not be at church on Sundays. Thank you for supporting your local AHEPA Chapter.
PHILOPTOCHOS will be having Food Drive & MORE FROM NOW till December 29th. We will be collecting for the less fortunate in our area of Central Pennsylvania. You may bring your items to the Hall Foyer where boxes will be available to place your items in. Please be generous and give to others. The items needed are: Canned Foods, Dry Goods, Boxed Goods. Also, when donating canned or dry goods, please make sure that the items have not expired. Please check the expiration dates. We are also in need of diapers, toilet paper, paper products, baby food., Please donate. Thank you.
THIS WEEK'S ATTACHMENTS
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Lord's Voice
Foni Kyriou
Sr. Citizens Christmas Gathering Flyer
Metropolitan Savas Nameday Flyer
Christmas Flowers Donation Form
Names for Christmas 40-Day Liturgies Form
Philoptochos Food Drive Flyer
Christmas Musical Program Ad Form
Parent Letter for Musical
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