The feast of the Great Martyrs Cathering & Mercurius is celebrated on November 24/December 7 each year. Please join us at St. Vladimir's this evening at 6:00 p.m. and tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. Congratulations to all our parishioners celebrating their names days on this feast!

Zoe for Life, an Orthodox Christian non-profit that provides material assistance to mothers in crisis pregnancies, is in need of specific supplies for the holidays. So we will hold a special drive on December 11 to help them out! Zoe is in need of:

Infant clothing for boys...particularly sizes 3-6 months.
- Onesies
- Sleepers
- Long sleeved tops
- Pants

Disposable diaper wipes, baby blankets, socks and bibs are always needed...for both boys and girls.

Gently used stroller, car seat, diaper bag or pack 'n play.

Monetary donations.

For questions or to help please contact Marina Edwards at 734-358-9458.

The feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple falls each year on December 4 according to the civil calendar. That is this Sunday! Divine Services for the feast will be December 3 at 6:00 p.m. and December 4 at 10:00 a.m. (according to the usual Sunday schedule). Please join us for the feast! More information on the feast can be found below.

English:

https://oca.org/saints/lives/2016/11/21/103357-the-entry-of-the-most-holy-mother-of-god-into-the-temple

Russian:

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

Present, Past, and FUTURE Campers Welcome!

More information/Registration:

https://goo.gl/forms/l1ltqX6fY5cIQ1Vl2

Thank you to all who donated to the Diocesan Fund for those in Need on Sunday, November 27! We collected over $300 for this important effort! If you were absent last Sunday and would still like to help please contact our Treasurer, Marina Edwards, at treasurer@stvladimiraami.org

Thank you to all who helped make our Youth Group activities on Sunday, November 27 a great success! The next meeting of the Youth Groups will be December 11. Please save the date! More information/sign ups to come soon about 9-12 year old and teen groups. You can sign up NOW for the Young Adult Dinner!

9-12 Year Old Group: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
More info/sign up: COMING SOON!

Teen Group: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
More info/sign up: COMING SOON!

Youth Adult Group Dinner: 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Fr. Gregory's Home
More info/sign up: https://goo.gl/forms/ODls6pzsENmyRR0T2

After our festival, our Christmas Bake Sale is probably our greatest outreach to the community. Let there be no mistake – this is also a fund raiser. So , just like the festival, this can be a missionary activity that also supports our parish. So let’s all join together and make this the BEST BAKE SALE EVER! First, spread the word – share this flyer with everyone you know and everyone you don’t:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/bakesale2016.pdf

Get our Facebook event on your Facebook page – find that on our St. Vladimir Facebook page and share it!

Bake until you drop! Then take a breath, get up, and do it again! :) Contact our Head Sister, Leta Nikulshina, to let her know what you plan to bake so she can manage the overall event and make sure we don’t all make the same cookies. :) Her email is headsister@stvladimiraami.org and her cell number is 734-272-3826. Reach out to her today!

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_25th_pentecost.html

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

http://www.antiochian.org/sites/default ... 1-12-b.pdf

Please join us for "Ask the Priest on Facebook Live" on OCN and St. Vladimir's Facebook pages this Wednesday!

Now is the time to ask questions! Please send to: info@stvladimiraami.org

Please note that with our new parking lots comes a new paradigm of providing reserved spaces for expectant mothers and for guests. We have placed signs in the spots that are reserved for this purpose. It is essential that those who are visiting for the first time find easy parking – this is the reason for the four guest spots we have reserved for guests. It is also essential that we support those families with young children – this is the reason for the two spots we have reserved for these families. The Church encourages us to have as many children as we reasonably can – we want to acknowledge that reality with our parking lot design. Reserved spots are found in the newly-paved lot just north of the handicapped lot. Thank you for your support of our efforts in this regard!