“As a fish cannot swim without water, and as a bird cannot fly without air, so a Christian cannot advance a single step without Christ.”

+ St. Gregory of Nazianzus

Beginning on Saturday, June 15 we provide our parishioners the opportunity to bring non-perishable food items to St. Vladimir’s at every Divine Service. The bin to deposit these is located between the two bathrooms in the foyer of the parish church. This is a great opportunity to teach our children the value of helping those in need – a value our Lord made it clear that we should fulfill in the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. It is also a great opportunity to remind ourselves of this important Christian precept. Our goal here is to change our St. Vladimir family paradigm to “I am going to church – I need to grab a non-perishable food item and bring it with me”. Let’s all work hard on that paradigm so that in a small way we are all working together to follow our Lord’s commandment “...Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.”

Inspired by the incredible work of Fr. Vladimir Klimzo in Russia, and with the understanding that here in American the vast majority (perhaps up to 80% according to some studies) of families with special needs children or adult children do not attend church – ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD LIKE TO – we have established a Special Needs Ministry at St. Vladimir’s.

OUR FIRST CYCLE OF SERVICES OF THIS MINISTRY IS SLATED FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW!
Join us in providing a spiritual home for those seeking one, but struggling to connect with a parish family! Attend the services. Support those visiting. Help how you can. If we do our best, and we ask the Lord's blessing, we will do well.

With the blessing of Archbishop Peter our annual pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY is set for June 28-30. Space is limited – please reserve your place now by emailing Dmitri Knysh: dmitriknysh<at>hotmail.com. The pilgrimage will depart mid-morning June 28 and return the evening of June 30. Please join us if you can!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GLORIFICATION OF ST. JOHN AS YOUR PERSONAL SCHEDULE ALLOWS!

We have been offered the opportunity to host the Diocesan Cross Procession “Walk of Life” this Labor Day weekend. And we want to do it! This has always been a positive event for our parish, deanery, and diocese. We have always gotten more out of it as a parish than we have put in. But the timing is rough. This event will happen two weeks before our annual festival. So we need a volunteer to lead this effort – someone who is not on the festival committee or a festival lead. Please contact Fr. Gregory right away if you can help. Some things have already been put in place – so you wouldn’t be starting from scratch!

Here are pictures from previous Walks of Life at St. Vladimir’s:

Walk of Life 2016

Walk of Life 2015

“Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him...” (I Corinthians 16:2)

We present here our weekly collection information, links to our Donation Page, and our Treasurer’s Corner page.

Two Important pieces of information to remember as you review this data:

1. Income is captured ONLY from regular collections and the Network for Good “General Fund/Tithes” page. There are other income sources for the parish that are not captured here. We feel it is important to cover our baseline expenses (based on 2018 actual expenses) from regular collections and the General Fund/Tithes income, but we do not do that regularly (thus you will see a lot of red numbers at the weekly collection variance link). Please consider establishing a recurring donation at our General Fund/Tithes page or via bank transfer (contact our Treasurer, Mikhail Fisenkov at treasurer@stvladimiraami.org to learn more about bank transfers) to help us erase those red numbers.

2. Assure that your weekly tithe is provided to your parish – even when you are not present – by establishing a recurring donation at our General Fund/Tithes page or via bank transfer (contact our Treasurer, Mikhail Fisenkov at treasurer@stvladimiraami.org to learn more about bank transfers).

Link to Sunday's Collection Details

Link to our Donate Page – Why and How to Give

Link to St. Vladimir's Treasurer's Corner Page – Everything Financial at St. Vladimir's

Please contact Fr. Gregory, Jack, any of our Parish Council members, or our Head Brother or Head Sister. WE WANT TO HELP! And we offer these free options to help you stay connected with St. Vladimir's - even if it is hard for you to get to church on your own:

+Home Visits
+Rides to Church
+Home Computer help to allow you to listen to the Divine Services live every Saturday night and Sunday morning
+Subscription to "Sunday Reading" via post
+Subscription to "Good News" via post
+Subscription to each weekend's Divine Services on CD

If you know someone who has trouble getting to church, but that person is unlikely to see this announcement, please reach out and share this information with him or her.

Let not one think, my fellow Christian, that only priests and monks need to pray without ceasing and not laymen No, no; every Christian without exception ought to dwell always in prayer.

+ St. Gregory Palamas

We invite our parish family to invite friends and loved ones who are in need to our parish meal each Sunday at 1200. As a parish we have a responsibility and a desire to follow the Matthew 25 commandments of our Lord. This is a one small way in which we can do this. Spread the word! We are happy to have others join us for lunch!