HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
The Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
March 12th, 2017
Councilors: David Kouba, Steve Flaherty, Jim Riley*, John Demos
Altar Group: St Gregory the Theologian
Ambassadors: Dakota Starr, Bechara Haddad
New members or visitors, stop by the Welcome Table across from the candlestand.
WELCOME FR. STEPHEN AND PRESV. KELLEY
Fr. Stephen Lawrence will be concelebrating the Divine Liturgy with us this Sunday March 12th!
Parish General Assembly March 19th
We will be holding our semi-annual Parish General Assembly on Sunday March 19th after Liturgy in the Fellowship Hall. Please plan to attend.
Oratorical Festival
The Local St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival will be held THIS SUNDAY MARCH 12th at 1:30 pm in the Church Sanctuary. Come and See!
Lenten Lecture Series Continues March 15th
We are celebrating the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts this coming Wednesday as well as hearing a lecture from our own Rob Shand who will be speaking on “Emotional Sobriety: Purity of Heart in the Orthodox Tradition”
Apply for College and Graduate School Scholarships
Applications for college and graduate school scholarships are available in the church lobby and on the church website. Applications are due March 31st. If you have questions, please see Stephanie Lyford.
AHEPA Greek Independence Day Celebration
AHEPA will be celebrating Greek Independence Day on Sunday, March 26th after Church. We will be serving a Lenten luncheon. The advanced adults tickets are $15.00 each {$18.00 for day of the event}. The kids lunch will have fish-sticks instead of the shrimp. The advanced kid tickets {12 and under} will be $6.00 each {$8.00 for day of the event}. PLEASE help us out and purchase your tickets early. Thank You for helping us in honoring our Greek heritage.
Lent and Holy Week Memorial Donations
Preparations for Easter have begun! We encourage anyone from the community to sponsor the supplies or flowers that will decorate the church. For the Salutations to the Virgin Mary, we encourage anyone with the name Mary to sponsor the Flowers on Friday nights during Lent. Please contact Rob Shand at 919-781-4548 or htraleighoffice@gmail.com or Elham Flaherty at 919-615-1752 for more information.
Lenten Drive for Backpack Buddies
The Backpack Buddies Program provides food to children who are unable to bring lunches for themselves in schools. Please bring the following items to Elaine’s table do that we can support this life saving program: Pasta spaghetti sauce, rice, mac and cheese, bottled water, cereal, granola bars, peanut butter, jelly, juices, pretzels/chips canned items: tuna, chicken breast, green beans corn, soups.
St. Anthony's Sr. Group:
Saturday, March 18th from 11:00 am - 1:30pm, in the Multipurpose Room, there will be a Chinese Auction and Pot Luck Lenten luncheon. The proceeds will benefit a charity organization.
Saturday, April 22nd, we will travel to Seagrove, NC potters 9th Annual Spring Kiln Openings and Studio Tours. Transportation will be available.
Please contact Toula at (919) 810-2903 to RSVP - by April 13th.
Church Library
Have you read a good book lately? Come by our CHURCH LIBRARY and check out a good book. Be inspired, get some help for you journey through Great Lent. We have biographies, books that are inspirational, devotional, and informative. Here are some suggestions: Christ In Our Midst: Letters from a Russian Monk- Fr. John, The Way of the Pilgrim, Beginning to Pray - Met. Anthony Bloom, The Practice of the Presence of God- Brother Lawrence, The Lenten Spring by Fr. Hopko Directions for Checking out a book are in the library or ask Helen McCallum or Rob Shand for more information. Have a blessed Lent!
TRY YOUR LUCK IN PRESCHOOL
PRESCHOOL kickoff starts today. We are State Board Certified and are aligned with NC Standard course of study. Enjoy the benefits of a comfortable, spacious and well- equipped classrooms with low teacher-student ratios. Learning activities are functional, stimulate thinking and creativity, promote social competency and instill a positive attitude towards learning. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Preschool’s mission is to provide an environment where children can grow and develop, intellectually, emotionally, spiritually and physically, while being immersed in the Orthodox culture.
How can you “come to someone in prison?”
Sign up on the Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry website (www.theOCPM.org) for the Matthew 25:36 Fellowship. For a $25.36 donation, you will enable the training of clergy and lay volunteers and you will also provide Icons, Study Bibles, Prayer Books, Correspondence Courses, and Devotional Materials. OCPM gives all Orthodox Christians the ability to visit Him in prison and fulfill His commandment. DID YOU KNOW…those in prison also work to do good for the community around them. Inmates in Johnston County tend to a garden and give food to the North Carolina Food Bank. Female inmates in Troy, NC sew garments and quilts which are given to local women and children in need. If you have any extra fabric scraps you can bring them to the collection bin in our Fellowship Hall and they will be given to these female inmates for their projects. Thank you for your support!
CCCM CORDIALLY INVITES OUR COMMUNITY TO TWO GREAT EVENTS
Saturday, April 22
EARTH DAY SERVICE at ST. SERAPHIM of SAROV CHAPEL at 10 A.M., followed by a Covered-Dish AGAPE MEAL, at the home of Maria Kazmierski, 3645 Mayapple Court, Wake Forest, NC27587. If you need directions, please call Maria at 919-529-2864. If you would like to carpool from the Church, please see or call Eula at 919-605-4470.
Saturday, May 6
SHRED-THON at HOLY TRINITY at 10 A.M. There will be a truck from PRO-SHRED in the Church parking lot to take all of our parishioners' tax and other papers to shred and recycle. Our sincere thanks to JIM KLEMES for providing this opportunity free of charge.
This Week at Holy Trinity
Sun. Mar. 12th
Sunday of St. Gregory of Palamas
Orthros: 8:30 am, Liturgy: 10:00 am
Memorials: Steve Poniros (40d), Katherine Scordalakis (40d), Nicholas Terezis (2yr)
Baptism - 12:30pm - Bigas (Stavros)
Oratorical Festival! 1:30 pm
Tues. Mar. 14th
Philoptochos C/L Committee Meeting: 5:45 pm
Parish Council Meeting: 7:00 pm
Wed. Mar. 15th
6th Hour Prayer Service: 12:00 pm
Presanctified Liturgy: 6:00 pm
Lenten Lecture Series: 7:00 pm
Thurs. Mar. 16th
Men’s Group: 7:00 am
Women’s Group: 9:15 am
Fri. Mar. 17th
Salutations to The Virgin Mary: 6:30 pm
Sat. Mar. 18th
St. Anthony’s Group: 11:00 am
Sun. Mar. 19th
Sunday of the Holy Cross
Orthros: 8:30 am, Liturgy: 10:00 am
Memorials: Elena Juncu (33yr)
Coffee Hour Sponsored by Philoptochos
Parish General Assembly