A parish family has offered $2500 to our parish as a matching grant for the duration of the Nativity Lent (from now until January 7, 2020). How do we match that gift? By establishing a RECURRING donation to our parish. For every $1 given as a RECURRING donation to St. Vladimir’s we get $1 of that matching grant. A recurring donation is an automatic payment or transfer from your credit card or bank account to St. Vladimir’s that happens on a regular basis that you establish. Usually this is monthly, but you could do it using any frequency that is convenient for you. The key is that the donation be recurring – not a one time donation. Recurring donations are very important for our parish – and they are important for our parish family because they allow our parishioners to make their decisions about stewardship in a considered, prayerful way, and to fulfill the economic welfare piece of what a member of a parish is according to the Normal Parish Bylaws of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia:

“All Orthodox Christians of both sexes, regardless of their nationality, who have reached the age of 21 years, who pay the established membership dues, who make their confession and take Holy Communion not less than once a year, and who take care of the moral and economic welfare of the parish may become parish members.”

To learn more about how to make a recurring donation please visit this link:

MAKE A RECURRING DONATION
To learn more about why we give to the parish please visit this link:

WHY AND HOW TO GIVE TO ST. VLADIMIR'S
HELP US MEET THE MATCH! ESTABLISH A RECURRING DONATION TODAY!

If you have questions please email our Treasurer, Mikhail Fisenkov, at treasurer@stvladimiraami.org!

By joining St. Vladimir's you show your visible support of the parish which nourishes you and your family spiritually. We all hope the parish will be there when we need it (for marriages, funerals, baptisms, etc.). By joining the parish we support it both spiritually and financially and ensure it is there for us in our time of need, whether that be every day or a few times per year.

To renew your membership or to become a new member, please contact one of our membership coordinators (all speak English & Russian fluently): Dmitry Knysh (dmitriknysh@hotmail.com or 734-358-5996), or Konstantin Poplavsky (kepoplavsky@yahoo.com or 419-344-2071). We cordially invite you to join our parish family!

NEW FOR 2020! We ask everyone to fill out this Member Stewardship Information Form and hand it to a Membership Coordinator with your membership dues for the year:

MEMBER STEWARDSHIP INFORMATION FORM
LEARN MORE ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AT ST. VLADIMIR'S

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PLEASE JOIN US AT ST. VLADIMIR'S OR AT ST. HERMAN PARISH IN LAKE ODESSA FOR THEIR FEAST DAY!

In yesterday's sermon the article "Pascha of Incurruption" was mentioned. This is an article by the New Martyr St. Hilarion (Troitsky), one of the most important theologians of the 20th Century. You can find the article here:

PASCHA OF INCORRUPTION
The life of St. Hilarion can be found here:

LIFE OF NEW MARTYR HILARION (TROITSKY)

“Just as a person suffocates without air, so a soul without prayer becomes dead and insensitive.”

Metroplitan Onuphry of Kiev & All Ukraine

It is a pious tradition at St. Vladimir Church for virtually everyone to partake of the Holy Mysteries on the Feast of our Lord’s Nativity. Please confess early for the feast! Confessions will be heard at the following times – please take advantage of this opportunity!

Saturday, January 4: Confession 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. (by appointment: calendly.com/ogrisha)
Monday, January 6: Confession 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. (by appointment: see below), Confession during and following Vigil

Click here take an appointment for Confession with Fr. Gregory
Please note: those who have confessed beginning January 3 need not confess again before Nativity, but are welcome to partake of the Holy Mysteries having prepared themselves by reading the appointed prayer rule and attending the Divine Services for the feast.

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Our next Children's Liturgy is sent for Thursday, December 19 - the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Please sign your child up to participate today! The hours begin at 8:00 a.m. The sign up sheet can be found here:

SIGN UP SHEET FOR CHILDREN'S LITURGY