December 19 marks the feast of the patron saint and protector of children St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. At St. Vladimir's we will have a Children's Liturgy on this day. Our Youth Choir will sing, young boys will serve as altar servers, young people will ring the bells, work in the kiosk, take up the collection, prepare the meal after the Liturgy, etc. Our young people will do everything associate with this Liturgy! Please take a moment now to sign up your child for the various duties associate with this Liturgy at this link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/137Tvs8DyJyoluZ-2N0lrWu06RjLDLITO4aGzU92FSQg/edit?usp=sharing

As is our usual practice with our Children's Liturgies, our Church School will meet after the Liturgy on this day and WILL NOT MEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

ALL YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE PARISH ARE URGED TO PREPARE THEMSELVES AND TO PARTAKE OF HOLY COMMUNION ON THIS DAY! Confessions will of course be held on the evening before. As the Liturgy begins at 9:00 a.m. there will be little time for Confession in the morning. Parents – please arrange for your child to confess at the evening service on 12/18/15 or earlier.

Please join us in making winter kits for the local homeless this Saturday (12/12/15) at 3:30 p.m. at St. Vladimir's. We especially encourage our young people to participate in this activity and their parents to help facilitate their participation. It is important for our young people to live their faith - to actively minister to those in need. This is an excellent opportunity to do that. Please join us!

Our Sisterhood Bake Sale is back! This year we are again pleased to offer delicious treats for the holidays to our parish family, friends, and the local community. Please spread the word – the flyer is here and is fully suitable for sharing with others. So please share!

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/bakesale2015.pdf

If you would like to help bake (and we know you do) please contact our Head Sister, Ksenia Nikulshina at headsister@stvladimiraami.org

December is shaping up to be a really busy month! Thus, in order to continue our tradition of one all-English cycle of services per month we will serve a Midnight Liturgy on December 12. More information here:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/midnightliturgy.pdf

Please join us! There are not many opportunities for us as Orthodox Christians to struggle physically – here is one and a good one. Participating in the Divine Liturgy is always good, but when we serve at midnight we cannot help but recall the early Christians who also served in the middle of the night to keep safe from the authorities which sought to destroy them. All are welcome!

Our Sisterhood Bake Sale is back! This year we are again pleased to offer delicious treats for the holidays to our parish family, friends, and the local community. Please spread the word – the flyer is here and is fully suitable for sharing with others. So please share!

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/bakesale2015.pdf

If you would like to help bake (and we know you do) please contact our Head Sister, Ksenia Nikulshina at headsister@stvladimiraami.org

There will be no adult discussion group tonight as was previously scheduled. We apologize for the inconvenience, but since no one has RSVP'd for the adult group meeting, and there are requests for special services tonight at the time of the adult group, we want to honor those requests for special services. Please contact Fr. Gregory with questions or concerns. We thank you for your understanding in this matter.

Please join us for the next meeting of our Adult Discussion Group this Friday at 7:00 p.m. at Fr. Gregory's in Saline. ALL ARE WELCOME! To RSVP and to learn more please visit the link below:

http://goo.gl/forms/E6V0oh01gh

Please find our December 2015 schedule of services and activities at the link below and please join us as you are able!

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/calendars ... lendar.pdf

December 1 is Giving Tuesday - an opportunity to consider our Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness and make a gift that really makes a difference in our world and not just to the profit margin of Walmart of Amazon. We present below some worthwhile giving options for you to consider as we approach Giving Tuesday and you hear more and more about it in the media.

St. John Kochurov Society:

http://www.sjksdcma.org/

Holy Trinity Monastery $50K Matching Gift Drive:

http://hts.edu/news_151119_1.html

Fund for Assistance of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia:

http://www.fundforassistance.org/

The next of the twelve great feasts of the Holy Church falls this coming Friday. This is the feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple. Services at St. Vladimir's are Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. and Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. Please join us as your personal schedule allows and please learn more about this important feast at the links below!

English:

http://oca.org/saints/lives/2015/11/21/ ... the-temple

Russian:

http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life2575.htm