Young men, mature men, all men! Being a man in today’s world is a challenge. Being a Christian man is an even greater challenge! Join us for a meal and fellowship at Fr. Gregory’s on Sunday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m. No agenda, except for our mature men to mentor our young men, and our young men to inspire our mature men. If we support each other the body of Christ is strengthened and everyone wins, including Christian women, who need strong Christian men (just as Christian men need strong Christian women).

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FIVE LINES FOR EVERY ST. VLADIMIRIAN TO READ TO PREPARE FOR THIS WEEKEND!

The next STV Mother’s Group meeting is Sunday, October 20 at 6:00 p.m. at Fr. Colin’s house. Fr. Colin’s wife Katherine is leading and organizing the group and you should contact her for more information and to RSVP: info@stvladimiraami.org. This little block of time on Sunday night is a GREAT time for dads to spend quality time with their children so that moms can have a few hours to interact with other moms.

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Our next meeting is October 6! The Youth Group is for all our young people 9 years old and older. We divide the groups into appropriate age groups (9-12, Teen, Young Adult). ALL are strongly encouraged to participate!

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We present here a short educational offering for both children and adults on the upcoming Sunday's principle Gospel reading so that all can better prepare for the Divine Services. Parents are asked to review the children’s portion with their children. It is very important for us to attend the Divine Services on Sundays and whenever else we are able, but in addition it is our spiritual responsibility to educate ourselves and our families in the faith. It is our hope that this mid-week offering will be an aid in this regard. Please contact Fr. Gregory with questions or suggestions.

For Various Ages: from the Antiochian Archdiocese

FIVE LINES FOR EVERY ST. VLADIMIRIAN TO READ TO PREPARE FOR THIS WEEKEND!

Friends,

We have been talking throughout the summer a out how to shorten the announcements at the end of the Sunday Liturgy. I’ve sought your feedback, and have received some. I am thankful for that. I’ve thought about this a lot too. And at Liturgy on Monday I think I figured it out. We will have essentially NO announcements on Sundays. What does that mean?

We regularly send out information via email, post on FaceBook, Twitter, Telegram, our web site. We post flyers in church. The fact of the matter is – you have ample opportunity to learn what is happening at STV. It is not clear to me that having 10-15 minutes of announcements on Sunday really adds value. So I’d like to give you back the gift of time.

That being said, there are a few really important things that sometimes we need to talk about on Sundays. So how will we deal with those? How do you get the word out to the parish in such situations? You send me an email by 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays to get your announcement into this handout that we will prepare every Sunday and have available at the kissing of the Cross. We’ll publish this on Sundays on our web site too, in case you can’t get to church:

THE SUNDAY FIVE

I’ll still invite folks to stay for lunch, etc., but my remarks will be super short. There will not be a request for folks to make announcements in church – everyone who needs to do that can send me an email by 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Occasionally there will be a real emergency that needs to be addressed. Of course that will be allowed IF IT IS REALLY AN EMERGENCY. However, a lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency for the rest of us. :) You’ll need to ask me about your emergency BEFORE we get to the end of the Liturgy though. I can’t make that decision on the fly with the Cross in my hand.

Thank you for your understanding. I ask your continued understanding as we transition to this new system. Surely there will be some hiccups. Surely there will be an announcement that someone feels is an emergency, but I don’t. :) I will ask your forgiveness in advance for that. This will take a bit of planning on our part too (to meet the Thursday deadline). But we have to get this fixed, and this is the best way I can figure out to make it work. And there is not better time than the present to get this done.

In Christ,

Fr. Gregory

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