Services:

Sundays

8:30am Orthros, 9:30am Divine Liturgy

Upcoming Services:

• Thursday, November 21st - Great Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple 9am Orthros & Liturgy
  
• Monday, November 25th - St. Catherine 9am Orthros & Liturgy
  
• Monday, December 2nd - 6pm Pan-Orthodox Sacrament of Holy Unction at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Upcoming Memorials:

• December 1st
• 1yr Memorial - Mary Menis
• 6mo Trisagion - Theodore Skeriotis
• 9yr Trisagion - Gus Skeriotis

LOVE, HOPE, & JOY ADVENT GATHERING TODAY: We invite all of our PreK-6th Graders to bring their donuts at coffee hour to some special tables that the short lesson on the Nativity Fast, aka Advent, and the coming of our Lord at His Birth.

THANKSGIVING BASKETS FUNDRAISING & VOLUNTEERING: 

Join us as our Parish makes this annual offering of Thanksgiving meals for those in need in our area. Each and every financial offering, small or large, helps us accomplish this goal. Please bring your donation to the office marked for Thanksgiving Baskets. We will be packing and delivering baskets on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, November 23rd. If you would like to get involved, please speak to Sophia Chickos or Harriet Sickles.

$2,620 has been collected towards our $4,500 goal to complete the 50 Baskets.  Each basket, which feeds beyond just Thanksgiving Dinner, will cost roughly $90. Please join us in helping feed our neighbors.

BACKPACK ASSISTANCE: Due to the safety change at the Ambridge Area School District, all students are now required to use a clear backpack, leaving many families now trying to acquire these backpacks and having an additional expense for their children's schooling that they were not intending.  The elementary students have a delayed start to this change and our Philoptochos is taking a collection to help provide backpacks to help some of the student-families in need.  If you would like to contribute to help our neighbors, please donate to Philoptochos notifying its purpose.  Checks can be made out to "Ladies Philoptochos."    

PARISH ASSEMBLY: November 24th - We are notifying all members in good standing of our parish to please stay and attend our Parish Assembly on the 24th which will focus on the 2023 Audit, 2025 Budget, and the 2025 Festival.  

PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS - If you know someone who would serve well as a Parish Council member for 2025-2026, please to our Board of Elections: Jackie Bennis, Joanne Cain, and Kathy Stern.  Nomination forms are available in this email and on the pangari, please have nominations into the office on November 24th by the end of Liturgy.  You must also have your background check through Sterling completed and cleared by the nomination deadline, for any questions, talk to Jackie Bennis.  The election will take place on December 8th.  

FOCUS MEAL AMBRIDGE TOWERS - December 1st:  This Pan-Orthodox effort serving the residents of Ambridge Towers on December 1st will need volunteers from our parish to help make it possible.  2pm preparation for a 5pm meal at St. John the Baptism Parish Center.  Email [email protected] for more info. 

PARISH FAMILY NIGHT - December 11th, 6pm: We invite all LOVE+HOPE+JOY students, GOYAns, and their parents for Parish Family Night. Dinner will be provided.  This evening is designed to have family bonding time as well as age-based lessons on the same topic so that the whole family can be fed spiritually as one and as individuals.

2025 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN: Your Own from Your Own...See Our Church as it Could Be

We invite every parishioner to get involved in the 2025 campaign.  2025 Pledge Cards are available in your pew, on the pangari, by clicking this link, in the bulletin insert section, and online at htgoc.org/give.  Please pray about what stewardship gift you can make to the Church.  2025 Pledge cards were due by Stewardship Sunday on November 10th, but we will continue collecting.  Note: A 2025 pledge card does not make you a member for 2024 elections or parish assembly, the link for the 2024 pledge card is lower in this email.

2025: 60 Families Pledged so far! Thank You!

CHRISTMAS EVE LUMINARIES: Christmas Luminaries to honor or in memory of your loved ones are being sold to benefit the Georgia Antinopoulos Scholarship Fund. Please complete the form and give it to Jackie Bennis on or before Sunday, December 22, 2024.

NEW YEARS EVE DANCE - Make your reservation today by calling the office 724-266-5336! Dress to impress, Food included, Cash Bar, and music by Alpha Omega with Georgio from the Grecian Keys.

18 & Over—$50
10-17—$25
5-9—$15
Under 5—Free

Contact Jimmy Gregorakis to get involved.

PARISH PLEDGES $20,000 FOR THE NEW METROPOLIS CENTER at last week's Parish Assembly.  If you would like to add your own personal donation or pledge to the completion of the New Metropolis Center, please go to pittsburgh.goarch.org/pledge .

SUNDAY SCHOOL: The spiritual and religious education for our children is not only the 20-minute class following holy communion, it is attending each and every Sunday, hearing the hymns of the day, the readings for the day, Fr. Anastasios' kids' sermon, and worshipping alongside their family and community.  Their formation also takes place in the home and in the example led by their parents, fortify yourself for the journey by coming to church too.

2024 STEWARDSHIP CARDS

Thank you to our 147 families that have turned in their pledge cards totaling $222,090 pledged! 

That puts us at 67.3% toward our pledge goal of $330,000 for 2024.

If you haven’t submitted your 2024 pledge card, grab one today at the pangari.  We need a current pledge card on file for eligibility to vote in upcoming assemblies and election. 

YOUTH SAFETY - Please register at https://ncsrisk.org/goarch/.  This includes all Youth Safety Workers as well as Parish Council 

PRAYER CHAIN - Members of Holy Trinity are being brought together in efforts to pray for those in need of prayers.  Please contact Joanie Ondrako at 724-601-6298, Fr. Anastasios, or the Office to join the prayer team, a group of people who will pray for the names given each day.

Prayer requests can be submitted anonymously and will be on the prayer list as long as your request is wanted, even up to a year.

ONLINE GIVING & STEWARDSHIP: Is OPEN! Online giving can be found by clicking here!  Please consider your continued support of our church through becoming one of our online giving families.  You can make general contributions and stewardship contributions.

REGULAR GIVING: The church is still accepting donations in normal ways through the mail and drop-off.  Thank you to all of those who have continued to contribute in these challenging times.

YOU CAN NOW DONATE SECURITIES TO THE CHURCH  

In response to inquiries regarding the donation of securities to Holy Trinity, a new brokerage account has been established with PNC Investments to receive stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.  Donating appreciated securities is often preferable to donating cash as the donor may benefit from the current tax code, creating the opportunity for donors to consider even larger gifts.  Currently, this account can receive securities in lieu of cash for the fulfillment of stewardship pledges as well as directed gifts for special projects.  If after consulting with your financial advisor, you are interested in this form of giving, please contact any parish council member or the office for more information.

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