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ONE: NEW BUILDING PROJECT – WE NEED EVERYONE TO GIVE – WHY?
Our building fund is up to $425,000 or so now (it changes daily, so this might not be exactly right). Last Sunday folks gave $87,000+. We hope this Sunday will be every greater.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! We need to raise the $800,000 we’ve been talking about by St. Vladimir’s day or so. This allows us to arrange our loan, and when Bishop Spyridon breaks ground on Sunday, August 30 we will commence construction with big yellow trucks and everything right afterwards. We need to use every moment of this construction season to get our church and hall shelled in so we can keep working in the winter months and get our occupancy permit as soon as possible!
MEETING OUR GOAL IS OF THE ESSENCE! We will either meet our goal or we will not. Either way: we build. Because the annual parish meeting emplowered the parish council to build the church. And you have told us again and again: build the church! But if we don’t meet our goal the building process will be much SLOWER and much more ANNOYING in that we will have to keep asking for funds. And – it will cost more too if we have to build in fits and starts. The parish council has assumed thus far that when you empowered us to build the church at the annual meeting you did not expect us to do this without spending any money – so we are all in this together! We voted to build = we voted to spend. And that money needs to come from within our community. We will announce, God willing, on Monday what the parish council has given towards this project. Not person by person of course, but in aggregate. Because you need to know that every leader in the parish has thrown in their mite if we are asking you to do the same!
EVERYONE’S PARTICIPATION IS OF THE ESSENCE! We need to average $10,000 for each of our giving units (family or single) to get to $800,000. But we need EVERYONE to participate at a level that is a personal challenge. Not everyone can give $10,000. Others can give more. But EVERYONE needs to give. Why? Because we need to show the Lord and the world that we are 100% committed to this project. If we don’t ALL participate we are cheating each other. Fine – if that is what you want to do: cheat your parish family members. But to cheat the Lord? Our parish Treasurer may not know our hearts, but the Lord does. And if we are expecting others to build a new church for us we may want to make an adjustment to those hearts. Also, we are applying for grants to help us with the costs of the project. Why would the Lord bless us to receive such grants if we are not all “rowing in the same direction”? Of course He would not. And we should not expect such. Success only comes before work in the dictionary. This is especially true in the spiritual life – if we expect success before work we will be sadly disappointed. So let EACH ONE gives as the Lord has blessed him. If blessed with much: give much. If blessed with less: give less. The Lord did not praise the woman who gave two mites because she was rich and held back His blessings. He praised her because she gave EVERYTHING that she had – even though it was only two pennies. We are not asking you to give everything by any means! But if we all give what we can we can have hope that the Lord will bless our efforts and we will receive His praise – just as He praised the destitute widow in the Gospel account.
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TWO: ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACTION AT STV!
As part of our pro-life parish life at STV we are not only working to provide alternatives to abortion for expectant moms, we are also doing what we can to combat modern slavery: human trafficking. Unfortunately the USA is #1 in importing slaves via human trafficking. So that means WE need to be #1 in fighting this evil. We aren’t likely to form a tactical military group and head down to the Mexican border to stop the traffickers there, but at least we can help those who have been trafficked here. Julia McGlone and Bill Edwards are taking the lead for our STV family and will be working to help facilitate our labors to support those who have been trafficked. There is a home for child victims of trafficking here in Michigan. We want to begin to help them. Please talk to Bill or Julia if you would like to get involved. We will be collecting school supplies in this regard beginning this Sunday – a great way for everyone to get involved. There will be a bin at church with the sign above near it. But we also need volunteers to help with maintenance of the shelter, painting, cutting grass, etc. We need to do that at our house (our parish church) too, but we have so many people at STV now! We should be able to help others as well as ourselves. Please help if you can! You WILL strengthen your faith by serving others made in God’s image!

THREE: MOTHER RAPHAELA LECTURE IS JULY 19
Mother Raphaela is visiting us from Australia. She has kindly agreed to make a short presentation during the parish meal on Sunday, July 19 about the life of her monastery, and also to take questions about Orthodox Christian monasticism. PLEASE PLAN TO JOIN US!

FOUR: STV DAY IS 10 DAYS AWAY!
This year we celebrate our 45th year as a parish family. Thank God for that and happy birthday to us! Join us as Bishop Michael of Boston leads us on this significant day. Following the Liturgy and the Cross Procession Bishop Michael will bless our new silver cupolas! From a cherry picker no less! We will charge $50 per picture to go towards our building fund. Not really. :) Don’t miss our 45 birthday party as a parish as we begin with the most important aspect of our parish life, the Divine Services, and then continue with a big meal. We’ll remember those who have gone to their rest before us, celebrate those who are here now, and talk about our big plans for the future! Invite friends! All are welcome!
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FIVE: GROUND BREAKING IS AUGUST 30!
On Sunday, August 30 our ruling hierarch, Bishop Spyridon, will lead us in prayer. At that Liturgy a Deacon will be ordained for service in Fr. Moses McPherson’s parish in Austin, Texas. And Fr. Moses will join us too! It is going to be a great day, but it doesn’t end with the Liturgy! After the Liturgy we will process to the building site of our new church and hall and perform the blessing of the land and the official ground breaking. DO NOT MISS! Invite friends, loved ones, strangers, even people you don’t really like that much! EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Big parish weekly meal to follow the ground breaking, as always.
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BONUS: STV FINANCIAL AMBASSADORS – BUILDING OUR NEW CHURCH
At our parish meeting on Sunday, February 15, 2026 we made a very exciting decision! We voted to accept a revised design for our parish Church. The parish assembly empowered the parish council to build the church either to the south of the present parish church or to the north of our parking lots (on the festival field) – whichever is most financially advantageous for the parish. We are working hard to figure out that financial question now, and making good progress. But we need to pay for this revised design too. As we said at the meeting – we will pay for this in two ways: EVERYONE tithing, and NAMING OPPORTUNITIES. In the coming weeks our parish Finance Ambassadors (Marina Edwards, Mikhail Fisenkov, Dmitri Knysh) will approach each of our parishioners to discuss how each will give his “mite” to make our project financially strong and successful. That is, how to establish a tithe that works for you. Those conversations will remain anonymous and confidential. When we voted for the original design there was support, but the building fund did not grow in any appreciable way for several months. Thank God – this led us to the revised design! But if we think that SOMEONE ELSE will build OUR new church – we are frankly deluded. WE need to do this. And WE = ALL. Please prayerfully consider how you can support the revised design. Then join the winning team! Leave an Orthodox legacy for your children, grandchildren, and people you do not even know!