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NOTE PLEASE: THIS SUNDAY’S PARISH MEAL WILL BE A MEMORIAL MEAL FOR ARCHBISHOP PETER AND KONSTANTINE POPLAVKSY, BOTH OF WHOM WENT TO THEIR ETERNAL REST ON NOVEMBER 8, VLADYKA IN 2024 AND KP IN 2025.
ONE: CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FROM PARISH COUNCIL
Our parishioners have been extremely generous towards our building fund. At this point we have $723,000 in this fund and we thank you very kindly for your donations.
But in order to build the church only we need $2.2MM (the hall will be about another $1MM so we will build that to be sure, but in order to please the bank we are doing this in two discreet pieces: first the church, then the hall). Thus, we need a $1.5MM loan to cover the difference between cash on hand and the cost of the church. We have been working on this loan for some time. It is possible that we will get this loan. It is also quite possible that we will not. We simply do not know. But it does not look good at this point. The bank is concerned that we do not have adequate income to cover the loan cost. So are we. To be honest: collections are up. Again, we are thankful! But some people are not fulfilling their pledges made in support of the building fund. We need those pledges in order to afford the loan payments. Perhaps people’s financial situations have changed. That is understandable – it happens sometimes. But it would be good to get an update from folks if this is the case. It helps us to plan. Please contact our Treasurer, Mikhail Fisenkov, to provide updates.
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TWO: NOVEMBER WORK DAY IS SUNDAY THE 15TH
Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Clergy, Choir – EVERYONE! We all need to chip in an take care of the property the Lord has given to us, just as we all need to work together to execute our beautiful Divine Services. Please plan to join us to pitch in as we make our parish shine as the House of God that it is! Invite friends! Everyone is welcome! And it just isn’t fair to expect that “someone else” will do this. We all own our parish in that the Lord has given us to be here, and for the responsibility that He has given us to care for His House. SEE YOU ON NOVEMBER 15!
THREE: YOUTH GROUPS – STRUGGLING + YOUR HELP
We had another GREAT meeting of our Young Adult group last night! Great turnout! Everyone had fun! For our 9-12 and Teen groups we had the same turnout as last time: ZERO. So clearly there is a problem. We have children of that age in the parish – a decent number of them in fact. We cannot expect the children to force their parents to bring them to Youth Group. The parents have to want it – and it seems like maybe that is not true. So that likely means the parents do not perceive a value for their children in Youth Group activities. So we would like to solicit your feedback – how can we make Youth Group compelling for parents? The idea of Youth Group is to allow our young people to build strong bonds between themselves. And to learn to serve others. And to have easier access to our clergy. Those are all laudable goals we see it, but it is pretty clear we are not seeing this clearly. PARENTS: please take a few minutes to take this suvey – it will help us to better serve you and your families:
STV YOUTH GROUP SURVEY
FOUR: ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS FOR LIFE AT STV!
Our young people have established an Orthodox Christians for Life (OCL) chapter at STV! How often we talk about the need for the next generation to begin to step into leadership positions in our parish - and here is a great example of that! Three times per year the Holy Church commemorates conception,m thus teaching us that from the Orthodox point of view life begins at conception:
April 7: The Annunciation (Conception of Christ)
October 6: Conception of St. John the Baptist
December 22: Conception of the Theotokos
The Sunday following each of these feasts our OCL chapter will hold an event like a diaper drive, or a lecture, or something of the sort to remind us that the Church teaches us - not just in the abstract, but through the Divine Services - that life begins at conception. If the Church teaches us this as something important enough to be commemorated three times per year in the Divine Services, then this is a call to action. And our young people will lead that action! Be sure to support their efforts, and be sure to ask one of our priests if you have questions about the Church’s teaching in this regard. To be clear, this is about life in the womb, but this is also about “assisted suicide”, which the western world is embracing radically. Already more than 100,000 Canadians have been killed in this way. We are for life both at the beginning and end of life, and we have to be ready to be against the world in this regard. We thank our young people for being willing to lead us in this important struggle!
TIME SENSITIVE: OCL has an ESSAY CONTEST
FIVE: OUTSTANDING ARTICLE FOR ALL TO READ
EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS ARTICLE by Fr. Colin. It is meant for catechumens on one hand, but we are all learning and should be learning about our faith at all times. EVERYONE = ALL STV PARISHIONERS, FRIENDS, LOVED ONES, ACQUAINTANCES, COWORKERS, STRANGERS, ENEMIES, ETC. You will be glad you took the <10 minutes to read this!
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