PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS
CHURCH SERVICES
May Services to be Announced
PARISH NEWS
●Pangari Schedule: Haitham Dib, Anthony Panetta, Maria Marinakis & Nick Efstatos.
●Greeter Schedule: Richard & Linda Haviland.
●Today's coffee hour will be hosted by Roula Michaelidis & Evanthea Tjoumakaris in the Fellowship Hall. If you are hosting the coffee hour please make sure that all products are nut free. We have children with severe nut allergies. Thank you! Please call or email Faten Dib 609-226-2691 or [email protected] today and offer to sign up for a Sunday to host the coffee hour!
●Kneeling Update: Please be advised that beginning today, as per instructions that we have received from his Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos, we will no longer be kneeling on Sundays throughout the entire church year.
●Maria Fotiou is collecting donations for Metropolitan Ambrosios and the Church of Korea. Please contact her at 609-321-0692 to offer your support.
●Go Fund Me Page: Our Holy Trinity Church has established a Go Fund Me Page to raise funds for our new church. It is posted on the church's Facebook page. Please share this post to your friends and families.
●Attention all Parish Council Members and Youth Workers: You should be receiving new email notifications from Sterling for training and/or screening. Please keep an eye out for those emails.
CHURCH REMINDERS ● Wearing masks is now optional in the church and throughout the community center. Those who are feeling sick should stay at home. ● We will continue to live-stream our church services.
RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION ● Holy Communion is offered to those baptized Orthodox Christians who are in canonical good standing and who have prepared themselves for the reception of the Sacrament by prayer and fasting. Blessed Bread is available for all our visitors at the very end of the Divine Liturgy. Our Sunday School students receive Holy Communion first and then we will approach from the center aisles, starting with the front pews, one pew at a time.
UPCOMING EVENTS 2025 (see attached flyers)
*April 29: Clergy Laity Conference
*May 3: Ocean City Block Party
*May 8: Parents Night - Please See Flyer
*May 10: Bus Trip to Holy Protection Monastery & St. Sophia Church
*June 5-8: Annual Greek Festival
*June 8: Pentecost
*June 9: Feast of Holy Trinity
SUNDAY SCHOOL● Father George and our Sunday School teachers are urging parents to be in church with their children by 10:00 am., so they can hear the bible readings, the Divine Liturgy and the youth sermon. Please make every effort to be in church by 10:00am.
PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS● Philoptochos Membership Drive: Our 2025 Philoptochos Membership Drive is under way. Our Philoptochos President Heather Koltoukis and the Membership Committee look forward to welcoming returning members and new members. We hope you will renew for the calendar year 2025 or if it is your first time, please consider joining us. Membership forms can be found in the narthex. Please complete and submit (along with your donation) to the church office or to the membership committee* This is a wonderful opportunity to be a member by joining the sisterhood of love and friendship while working together to make a difference in our local and worldwide communities! https://www.philoptochos.org/
Membership Committee: Dorrie Papademetriou [email protected] , Donna Efstatos [email protected] , Annette Ladicos [email protected] , Faten Dib [email protected] , and Ginny Kramvis [email protected].
● Our Philoptochos Chapter is pleased to offer the Father George Scholarship to 2025 graduating seniors! Please see the attached for more information. Completed applications must be received by May 1, 2025. Any questions, please contact any member of the Philoptochos Scholarship Committee: Dorrie Papademetriou, Presbytera Voula Liacopulos, Donna Efstatos, Kathy Carathanasis or Demi Zalman.
●Philoptochos will continue to sell Shop Rite Gift Cards. Please see attached flyer with information on how to purchase.
FESTIVAL COMMITTEE MEETING● The festival committee will meet on Wednesday, April 30th at 7:00 pm., via Zoom.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN MEETING● The capital campaign will meet on Thursday, May 1st at 6:00 pm., via Zoom.
BIBLE STUDY● Our next bible study group will meet on Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00 via zoom.
MEMORIALS● If you are planning a family memorial, please contact the church office far in advance of the date.
PARKING● Due to safety regulations, please do not park cars along the curb in front of the church and the community center during church services and other events. Thank you!