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ONE: NOVEMBER WORK DAY IS THIS SUNDAY!
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!
TWO: ST. JOHN KOCHUROV COLLECTION THIS SUNDAY
Our diocese has a fund for assistance named after St. John Kochurov the first priestly martyr of the Russian Revolution who mostly exercised his ministry in Chicago. His feast day is this Friday, November 13. This Sunday we will take up a collection for the St. John fund. You can LEARN MORE HERE about St. John, the fund, etc. The site is a little dated – do not worry: it is still alive! And we have a new St. John Kochurov society executive team working on getting everything update and a bit modernized too. Please be generous this Sunday when you come to the Cross in your support for this very worthy cause!
THREE: YOUTH GROUPS – STRUGGLING + YOU CAN 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!
FIVE: LOTS OF DIVINE SERVICES COMING UP!
Some of these have been on the schedule – others are new. LOTS happening at STV during the week IN ADDITION to the usual Saturday night/Sunday morning schedule. The foundation of our community is the Divine Services – we build everything else on that foundation. Help us build the foundation AND help strengthen your faith. Everybody wins!
November 18, 2026: Sts. Galacteon and Epistime
November 21, 2026: St. Michael and All Angels
November 26, 2026: THANKSGIVING DAY + St. John Chrysostom
November 28, 2026: St. Paisius Velichkovsky – All English Cycle
December 4, 2026: Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
December 5, 2026: St. Michael of Tver – All English Cycle
December 7, 2026: Sts. Catherine and Mercurius
December 9, 2026: St. Innocent of Irkutsk
December 12, 2026: St. Mardarije of Libertyville, Wonderworker of Ann Arbor
BONUS: LOTS HAPPENING AT STV - NOT DIVINE SERVICES – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Please note the following - and please join us! We need volunteers for both efforts. St. Herman: contact Fr. Colin. St. Boniface: contact Fr. Gregory
DECEMBER 27-31: DIOCESAN ST. HERMAN CONFERENCE
DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 1: ST. BONIFACE DAYS
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