The temptation of the older brother in the parable of the Prodigal Son is a strong one. We need regualr reminders not to fall into this temptation. This is your reminder for today! A good read - and very spiritually helpful. Take the 10 minutes today to help yourself spiritually by reading this article!

English:

http://www.pravmir.com/archpriest-dmitr ... long-time/

Russian:

http://www.pravmir.ru/protoierey-dimitr ... dnevnosti/

This week's edition of The Path is up on our sound blog, Sound of the Parish:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/20 ... -2015.html

Please help us to raise sponsorships for our 2015 parish festival by visiting our festival brochure at the link here:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/2015fe ... ochure.pdf

This may be printed out and passed on to businesses you frequent. Do not UNDERESTIMATE your relationship to these businesses. They know you – and most are happy to help IF THEY ARE ASKED. And this is what we are asking you to do – ask and encourage them to support us.

If you or someone you know would like to support the festival by making an on-line donation you can do that by visiting this link and clicking on the “Sponsorship” in the “Links” box.

Thank you for your help and support!

Beginning with this month we will post a quarterly survey asking our parishioners to provide feedback about our parish. We value your opinion! The survey will be open for the month of June. It will then be open again in September, December, March, and June. The beauty of this survey is that it is fully anonymous! We estimate that the survey should take less than five minutes – please take the survey at the link below today - your opinion matters!

And to sweeten the deal: a $25 Amazon gift card will be randomly awarded to one of those who takes the survey. You must take the survey to be eligible. So please take the survey today!

http://goo.gl/forms/NPaEABIAEf

Please join us for our April cycle of all English services this Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. Don't forget: 9:00 a.m.! Join us! Invite friends and loved ones! Help spread the good news of the Orthodox Faith in our region!

It is our turn again to help the folks out at Alpha House by preparing a meal for them. This will take place on June 28. Please plan to join us! If you'd like to help please see Addie Lanterman in church or send a note to info@stvladimiraami.org This is a very rewarding experience - helping others for the sake of Christ. Please join us!

Mary Ann's 40th day is June 25. On that day we will meet at her grave at Forest Hill Cemetery at 6:00 p.m. to serve a pannykhida. If the weather looks questionable that day we will have the pannykhida at church. How will you know where to go? Check our web site at 4:00 p.m. that day. If we will move the service to the church a note will be posted there and an email sent out by 4:00 p.m. that day at the latest. IF THERE IS NO ANNOUNCEMENT/EMAIL WE WILL MEET AT THE GRAVE. You can also call Fr. Gregory if you are not sure.

Follow us on vKontakte! Find us here:

http://vk.com/stvladimirchurchrocor

Are you on vKontakte? Would you be willing to help our parish establish a presence there? We want to help those seeking a church home to find us – and we think in addition to our Facebook presence vKontakte will help us with this goal. Please help if you can! Contact Fr. Gregory to learn more.

Have you missed a Divine Service? Or do you know miss one soon? Please know that all Divine Services are posted on our sound blog, Sound of the Parish, at this link:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/

At that link you can also find The Path, lectures, and other pertinent sound files. Please visit today!

Once we have completed our festival and recovered for a week or so we are going to begin a new program at St. Vladimir's and WE NEED YOUR HELP. This program is called “The Way” and it is an introduction to Orthodox Christianity for those interested, and a great opportunity for those of us who are already Orthodox to learn more about our faith. The Way will be held at St. Vladimir's every Monday at 6:00 p.m. from September 28 through December 14. Yes – that is 12 whole weeks! And we need lots of volunteers. People will be needed to help prepare meals, lead discussion groups at the Monday sessions, and help with logistics. First and foremost we need a leader – someone to oversee the whole thing and organize the volunteers. This will be a great opportunity for our parish to introduce many new people to our Orthodox Faith – if we do it right. And with God's help and our hard work we WILL do it right! Please contact Fr. Gregory if you can help and especially if you are willing to be the leader. We need to get started on this now so when September 28 rolls around our church will be full of excited learners! Please join us as we run The Way! Learn more about the web site below:

http://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/courses/courses_way.html