Feasts/Services/Activities This Week Saturday, January 17 St. Anthony the Great ✦6:30pm Vigil ✦8pm Confessions Sunday, January 18 Ss. Athanasius & Cyril of Alexandria ✦9am Sunday School ✦10am Divine Liturgy ✦Altar Server Meeting immediately following Liturgy ✦12pm Fellowship Hour (Team III) ✦12:30-1:15pm Bread Ministry (Team D) ✦6-7:30pm HS Girls Meeting Sunday, January 18, 2015 Ss. Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria Readings for Today 1 Timothy 1:15-17 Luke 18:35-43 Tuesday, January 20 ✦11am Moleben for Local Needs ✦7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, January 21 St. Maximus the Confessor ✦6:30pm Vespers ✦7:20pm Christian Education: “The Bishop’s Liturgy” Friday, January 23 ✦7am Matins ✦8am Confessions Saturday, January 24 St. Xenia of Petersburg ✦6:30pm Great Vespers ✦7:15pm Baptism for Charles Johnson ✦8pm Confessions Sunday, January 25 St. Gregory the Theologian Zacchaeus Sunday • 9am Sunday School • 10am Divine Liturgy • 12pm Fellowship Hour (Team IV) • 12:30-1:15pm Bread Ministry (Team A) • 6-7:30pm Youth Group “Improvised” Outdoor Water Blessing at Lake Mingo Last Weekend St. Athanasius Orthodox Church 100 Lime Lane, Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356 www.athanasiusoca.org The Most Blessed Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the OCA The Most Reverend Archbishop Nikon of Boston, Locum Tenens of the Diocese of the South Reverend Justin Patterson, Rector Church Office Phone: 859-881-8144 Fr. Justin Cell: 859-361-2823 Office Email: [email protected] Fr. Justin Email: [email protected] Feast of Ss. Athanasius & Cyril of Alexandria Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is Today Thursday, January 22, 2015 marks the 42nd Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Did you know that AGC here in Nicholasville now has a Foster Care Program. See postcard on bulletin board for more information. Welcome Guests and Visitors! Please sign our guest book and let one of the greeters know you are visiting with us today so Fr. Justin can welcome you at the end of Liturgy. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have about our service. Holy Communion is open to all baptized Orthodox Christians who have fasted from food and water since midnight, had recent Confession, and are at peace with neighbors. Car Blessings today immediately after the Liturgy. If you want your car blessed, please pop your hood and open all doors. Altar Server Meeting this Sunday immediately following the Liturgy with subdeacon Simeon to discuss procedures and placements for our Dedication weekend, January 31 and February 1. All servers should attend. Budget Update as of Jan. 11 Budget YTD = $73,267.04 Offerings YTD = $59,181.29 Moleben for Local Needs is prayed each Tuesday at 11am. All names on our prayer list are prayed for by name as well as names submitted prior to the service. Service last ~30 minutes and everyone is welcome! Parish Council Meeting at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 20. Difference = ($14,085.75) Attendance Jan. 11 Mortgage Principal Adults: 57 as of 12/31/2014 Children: 44 $949,087.50 Visitors: 6 Dedication Weekend only 2 weeks away!! Vespers at 6:30 on Wednesday. The Christian Education topic will be “The Bishop’s Liturgy” with Fr. Justin presiding at 7:20pm. 2014 Tithing Letters have been mailed. If you note any discrepancy with your records, please email Chris Naughton: [email protected]. House Blessings need to be scheduled ASAP. Contact Fr. Justin if you want to schedule a time for your home or business. If you have already scheduled a time, please remember to email him the day before to confirm. February Events Mark your calendars for: • Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple, Feb. 2 • Men’s Night, Friday, Feb. 6. • “Inspired” Evening, Saturday, Feb. 7 • Climacus Conference in Louisville, Feb. 13-14 We need an assortment of votive candle holders for the banquet tables. If you have any you can loan for the banquet, please contact Mary Bradshaw. We also need five volunteers to wash 2-3 tablecloths each after the potluck on Sunday, Feb. 1. Please contact Mary Bradshaw if you can help. Please RSVP with your payment of $20 today. Payments may be placed in the office assistant’s mailbox #4. Note the “To Do” list of items that need attention prior to the Dedication. Please review and let Fr. Justin know how you can help. Thanks to Mary Cook for her many hours in working with our parish directory. Now that the photos are made, she will be working with the layout. Thanks to everyone who was able to come and have their photo taken. Date Readers Servers Handmaidens Prosphora Bread Ministry Fellowship Greeters Counters Jan. 17-18 Reader Rick Cook Patrick, Jared, JP, Silas (dk), LIam (dk) Beth Walther Shannon Cook Kathryn Pressley Team D (Lisa Powell, Linda Frangedakis) Team III (Bradshaw) Alina & Daniel Rusu Mary Cook Ellie Sutter Jan. 24-25 Subdeacon Simeon Siskar Ben, Jared, Michael, Jeremiah (dk), David (dk) Robyn Cook Myra Lourie Kathryn Pressley Team A ( Sarah Holiday, Frederica Lewis) Team IV (Walther) Paul & Linda Frangedakis Tim Powell Rebecca Wilson Jan 31-Feb 1 Subdeacon Bert Walther Ben, Patrick, Jared, JP, Michael, Liam (dk), Silas (dk) Rebecca Walther Lilliana Greathouse Alina Rizea Team B (Gann’s, Ben Worthington) Team I (Powell) John Mize Rebecca Wilson Laura Walther Mary Cook Feb. 7-8 Reader Ryan Winter TBA Suzannah Reeves Grace McCallum Alina Rizea Team C (Olga Saito, Volunteer Needed? Team II (Greathouse) Jordan Henderson Volunteer Needed Tim Powell Sarah Holiday