Memorial Service
12/04/2016
The Memorial Service will be prayed this Sunday, December 4, for the servants of God:
Irene Kalantzis (40 days)
Damianos Vasselellis (40 days)
May their memories be eternal!
Parish Council Elections this Sunday
12/04/2016
In accordance with the Uniform Parish Regulations of the Archdiocese, parish council elections will take place at Saint Basil's -- this Sunday immediately following the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Geroge J Kostas Education building. Through the parish nominating process, 8 stewards have answered the calling with a willingness to serve Christ as Parish Council members at Saint Basil the Great Greek Orthodox Church:
Bessie (Vasiliki) Zgourides
Steve Adreno
George Koucouthakis
Gus (Constantine) Lagos
Marios Leptos
John Rigas
Petros Skoumpourdis
Nicholas Stellakis
All eligible stewards of the Saint Basil Spiritual Family are encouraged to prayerfully consider participating in the parish council election, as these 8 stewards have made themselves available to serve in the six open parish council seats.
May it be blessed by God!
Parish Vision Town Hall Discussions - Continued
Where there is no vision, the people perish. ~ Proverbs 29:18
As a spiritual family, we have begun small group and town hall style discussions on the five arenas of ministry. Remaining discussions this month are:
Cultural-based Ministries: Dec 5, 6PM in the hall
Activity-based Ministries: Dec 7, 7PM in the hall
Support-based Ministries: Dec 11, 7PM in the hall
Join your spiritual family at Saint Basil's by investing into this process as we strive to actualize the parish life that your family best serves our households!
* dates of town hall meetings will be announced at the general assembly
Weekday Liturgies
12/06/2016
This coming week we will celebrate the Divine Liturgy on the following morning:
December 6: Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, 9AM
We look forward to celebrating in commemoration of our Saint Nicholas!
May the saints pray for all of us!
Bible Study - Gospel Account of Luke
12/14/2016
No Bible Stdy this Wednesday. Bible Study will resume next week.
Join us for Bible Study on Wednesdays at 11 AM as we begin our exploration of the Gospel Account of Saint Luke.
Bring a Bible!
Bring a snack!
Bring a friend!
Stewardship Update
12/02/2016
Saint Basil Stewards have been responding to the invitation to articulate their commitment in 2016!
To Date: 222 Families have returned their Stewardship Commitment Cards, pledging $331,952 in support of the ministries and life of Saint Basil's.
100% Household Participation is our goal.
All parishioners and friends of Saint Basil's are invited and strongly encouraged to return completed 2016 Stewardship Commitment Card this Sunday!
* 2016 St Basil's Stewardship Commitment Card can be found in the attachments seciton of this week's bulletin.
Scheduling Sacraments & Blessing Services
It is imperative that the scheduling of Sacraments and Blessing Services (including: memorials & 40-day blessings) be done in advance, as some desired dates may not be ecclesiastically appropriate. Please contact the church office well in advance with scheduling requests.