Brothers and Sisters,
Greetings in the Name of the Lord.
Thanks to everyone who made the Annual Meeting such a pleasant experience. Our community has elected Dawn C. and Peter D. to serve on the council; John W. is the clergy appointee to the council. Our very special thanks to Brett H. and Natasha W. for participating in the election, as well.
This coming Saturday is the first Saturday of Souls for 2026. We will serve Orthros at 6am and Divine Liturgy at 8am. If you will be attending this Saturday, please print the names of those that you wish to remember in the Memorial Book in the narthex.
Fasting Days
Wednesday, February 11, and Friday, February 13
Daily Services
Monday, February 9-Friday, February 13: Orthros 5am; Vespers 5pm (but note the festal services, and please also note that it’s always a good idea to check the day before and make sure nothing has come up to change the regular schedule). However, Fr. Andrew, Seth Hart, and many other folks continue to broadcast daily readings from spiritual books online. They are now reading Hymns of Paradise by St Ephrem the Syrian. The schedule is as follows: M-F at 12pm.
In addition to the daily Synaxarion readings posted in the #synaxarion channel on Discord, the online team is now posting daily Bible Readings that will allow you to read through the Bible in a year. These readings are posted in the #bible-365 channel.
Tuesday, February 10
The Inquirer’s Class 7pm
Saturday, February 14 The Saturday of Souls
Orthros 6am
Divine Liturgy 8am
St Thomas School 4pm
Great Vespers 6pm
Sunday, February 15 Sunday of The Last Judgement
Orthros 8am
Church School 8:15am
Divine Liturgy 10am
Fellowship Hour Noon
Youth 1pm
Coming Up
It's time to register for camp! Every year, The Order of St Ignatius provides each parish with $1,000 to put towards camp scholarships. If you would like some of that scholarship money, please let Father Aidan know by Sunday, February 22. At that time, Father Aidan will let each family know how much they will receive. Also, please note that you still need to register for camp, and that receiving scholarship funds does not guarantee that you will get into a camp.
This year, Great Lent begins on Monday, February 23. Please take a look at the website calendar and start planning how you will fast and when you will make your confession. We also need to be thinking about which Lenten services we will attend, what kind of spiritual reading we want to do, how we will help others, and how much we want to increase our giving. If we will plan ahead, we will be able to take full advantage of these special seasons.
This year, the Saturdays of Souls fall on February 14, March 7, and March 14, as well as on May 30. On those Saturdays, we pray for our departed friends and loved ones, but we also prepare for our departure from this life, and our Burial Society can help us with a lot of those practical details. Members of the society will be present on each Saturday, and they can answer all your questions and help get you started on that process that so very many of us just try to postpone. Since there are four Saturdays of Souls, our hope is that all of us will attend the Divine Services on at least one of those days, so look at your calendar and go ahead and pick a Saturday on which you can join us.
Our Moment of Grace and Courtesy
Let’s be sure and pick up after ourselves when we are done with fellowship hour. Please make sure that all your plates and silver ware and coffee cups make it back to the kitchen in the Long Fellowship Hall, and please put all napkins and food scraps in the trash can. If you are sitting outside, be sure that you haven’t left anything on or under the picnic tables; if you are sitting inside, check the carpet and pick up any food or crumbs. If your children are not sitting with you, please make sure that they also clean up after themselves.
an unworthy priest
aidan