We present here a short educational offering for both children and adults. 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 Adults: the explanation of last Sunday's gospel reading by Blessed Theophylact:

http://chrysostompress.org/c_18th_pentecost.html

For Children – an activity based on last Sunday's Gospel reading for various ages:

http://www.antiochian.org/sites/default ... 9-25-a.pdf

With the blessing of Archbishop Peter the Michigan Deanery is founding a Missionary Choir. The purpose of the Missionary Choir is to bring Orthodox Christianity to those areas in our state where there is no Orthodox Church and to support those smaller parishes that may need a bit of help from time to time (for instance, when the bishop visits for a hierarchal service). The choir aims to hold a concert monthly this academic year in various areas throughout our state, singing both Church Hymns and Folk Songs (and perhaps with even a Folk Dance or two) – and we are beginning this October! Please join us in this important missionary effort, which we hope will flower in the founding of new missions in our deanery! For more information please contact the Dean of the Michigan Deanery, Priest Gregory Joyce: ogrisha@yahoo.com, or the Director of the Choir, Anastasia Klimzo: cantor@stvladimiraami.org.

The feast day of our Diocesan Cathedral is the Protection of the Mother of God. Archbishop Peter asks all the clergymen of the diocese to gather at the cathedral in Chicago for the feast, and thus we do not generally have Liturgy here in Ann Arbor on this day. However, we WILL have a Readers' Vigil on Thursday, October 13 to mark the feast. Please join us!

As a rule the following will be the weekend schedule at St. Vladimir’s. This also includes information on how to learn more about these activities. Please contact the identified leader below for more information or with questions.

Saturday 3:00-5:00 p.m. - Fr. Gregory Available Time (Please Make an Appointment: https://calendly.com/ogrisha)

Saturday 4:00 p.m. - Youth Choir (Anastasia Klimzo: cantor@stvladimiraami.org)

Saturday 4:00 p.m. - Spiritual Discussion/Catechism for Adults (Fr. Gregory: ogrisha@stvladimiraami.org)

Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Church School (Lilia Vershynin: info@stvladimiraami.org)

Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Weekday Choir Rehearsal (Anastasia Klimzo: cantor@stvladimiraami.org)

Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Spiritual Discussion/Catechism for Adults (Fr. Gregory: ogrisha@stvladimiraami.org)

Saturday 6:00 p.m. - Vigil (Festal Choir – Roman Vershynin, Choir Director or Ken Doll, Head Reader info@stvladimiraami.org)

Sunday 9:00-9:45 a.m. - Confession for the elderly, the ill, the very young, or those who live more than one hour from St. Vladimir’s (Fr. Gregory: ogrisha@stvladimiraami.org)

Sunday 10:00 a.m. - Divine Liturgy (Festal Choir – Roman Vershynin, Choir Director or Ken Doll, Head Reader info@stvladimiraami.org)

Before & After Divine Liturgy - Brotherhood Duties (Vasiliy Golubets, Assistant Head Brother info@stvladimiraami.org)

Following Divine Liturgy - Weekly Parish Meal (Ksenia Nikulshina, Head Sister headsister@stvladimiraami.org)

Following Divine Liturgy - Weekday Choir Rehearsal (Anastasia Klimzo: cantor@stvladimiraami.org)

Following Divine Liturgy (some weeks) – Youth Group Activities (Fr. Gregory ogrisha@stvladimiraami.org)

Please find a thank you from Church World Service for the School Kits that our young people put together recently. Lots of times we do things and never hear what happens after that. Here we get to see that our efforts have helped others - and thank God for that!

http://stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets/cws ... -27-16.pdf

We are very thankful to have Anastasia Klimzo join us this year as our weekday choir director! Anastasia will be organizing a weekday choir and would like to invite those who are interested in singing or learning how to sing - especially those are available during the day on a regular basis. Instruction will be based on the Obihod tones. Please contact Anastasia to learn more: cantor@stvladimiraami.org.

Due to the Assembly of Bishops’ meeting taking place in Detroit this week it will be impossible for Fr. Gregory to host “Ask the Priest” as scheduled on October 5. Thus, this program will be held on October 7 after Vigil – about 9:00 p.m. Thank you for your understanding.

Please join us for the commemoration of the repose of the great Russian ascetic St. Sergius of Radonezh. Evening services will be held on Friday at 6:00 p.m., with Divine Liturgy at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. All are welcome to celebrate this great and universal saint of the Holy Church. More information is below.

English:

https://oca.org/saints/lives/2016/09/25/102725-repose-of-the-venerable-sergius-abbot-and-wonderworker-of-radone

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life1602.htm

TEENS AND PARENTS! Please join us for a hike and a picnic this Saturday after the Divine Liturgy (about 10:30 a.m.) at Hudson Mills Metropark. Please use the River Grove Parking Lot! Please bring one of the following and let Lilia Vershynin (734-276-7548 or info@stvladimiraami.org) know: Hot Dogs, Hot Dog Buns, Drinks, Napkins, Forks, Plates, Fruit. Let us know you are coming! Sign up at our Facebook event or contact Lilia to confirm you will join us. There is a plan if there is rain as well - but we need to know you are coming and how to contact you just in case. Don't wait until Saturday morning to make this call - do it now! :)

It is a true blessing to have the opportunity to partake of Holy Communion on one's patron saint's day. Fr. Gregory is willing to consider serving Liturgy on your name's day – yes YOURS. If you would be willing to attend the Divine Services on the eve of the feast and on the feast itself, and to partake of Holy Communion on that day please contact him. This is not a guarantee that we can do this – but we can certainly try. But please don't tell him a week before. Something like six months before would be better – three months before as a minimum. See Fr. Gregory with questions!