PLEASE JOIN US AS YOUR PERSONAL SCHEDULE ALLOWS!

Thank you to all who made donations to the St. Vladimir General Fund during the one-week $5,000 matching challenge. One of our parishioners generously volunteered to match every dollar up to $5,000 donated to our General Fund from Sunday, November 11 through Sunday, November 18. In total the General Fund received donations of $5,661 during this time. Thank you to all who made it possible to meet this challenge, and thank you to our parishioners who volunteered to fund the match!

If you missed the challenge don’t despair! You can still arrange a recurring donation for you and your family by visiting this link:

ST. VLADIMIR TITHING PAGE

“In the mercy of God, the little thing done with humility will enable us to be found in the same place as the saints who have labored much and been true servants of God.”

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Today is an interesting feast of St. George the Great Martyr. On this day the basilica in Lydda, where St. George’s relics were placed and where they remained for centuries, was consecrated during the reign of St. Constantine the Great. Although a minor feast of St. George it is not a minor feast for our parish family, since this is the Slava of Milo Radulovic, our founding Starosta and a huge force in the establishment of our St. Vladimir parish. We ask your prayers for Milivoje on this day, the day his family many centuries ago rejected paganism and became Christian. May the memory of our Milo be truly eternal and may the merciful Lord reward him in the next life for his work for the Lord’s Church in this life!

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FEAST

Please join us as your personal schedule allows!

One of our parishioners has given us a challenge. This parishioner will match all donations to our general fund up to $5,000 that are made by the end of the kissing of the cross after Liturgy on Sunday, November 5/18, 2018 - THIS COMING SUNDAY! We’ll have a special collection next Sunday in this regard at the cross, but you can make donations now by visiting our tithing page – all donations made during this time will be matched! So visit the page, set up a recurring donation, and know that your donations during this time have double the impact!

ST. VLADIMIR TITHING PAGE

Our Parish Council met on Thursday evening, November 8. Bottom line: we have not been doing a very good job of providing guidance to our parishioners about the spiritual obligation of financial stewardship. About 1/3 of the Lord’s parables touched this subject – yet we have not touched it comprehensively for years. And that is not fair to our parishioners. So we will begin to touch this subject a bit more actively. This is a spiritual issue – not a financial one. And this is the way we will approach it. No pressure – but education. We begin here. The Treasurer’s Corner page provides all sorts of information about why one should make a prayerful decision about stewardship, whether the Patriarch pays our electrical bills, allows you to ask a question of the Treasurer, see our weekly collections, and more. The Donate page is set up to make your life easy and to provide you peace – make a recurring donation after having made a prayerful decision about stewardship. We hope sincerely that these informational pages are helpful for all our parishioners and we welcome your feedback!

Treasurer’s Corner

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“A man obtains the fear of God if he has the remembrance of his unavoidable death and of the eternal torments that await sinners; If he tests himself every evening as to how he has spent the day, and every morning as to how he has spent the night, and if he is not sharp in his relations with others.”

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Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Vigil beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org:8000/liturgy.mp3

Please remember - the stream only broadcasts live services. If you would like to listen to previously recorded and edited services please visit our sound blog:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/

Young people who can read clearly and loudly are welcome and urged to participate! THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED IN PARISH LIFE! Research shows that it is very important for young people to be engaged now so they persist in the Church into adulthood.

The sign up sheet can be found at the link below. PARENTS: please contact Karl Meyer or Alexandra Pyrozhenko with questions!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18AHfYesuK3-z4HZ8-ysdAne4RlKaiFEdpPNz6oueoU4/edit?usp=sharing