(Updated 8/14/2024)
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
Serving Tricity Orthodox Christians
627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301
All are welcome at St. Nectarios!
Online DIVINE LITURGY - 10:00am
or
In-church TYPICA Reader Service - 10:00am
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
Serving Tricity Orthodox Christians
627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301
All are welcome at St. Nectarios!
Wednesday, August 14th at 7pm Online Vesperal Divine Liturgy, Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos
Saturday, August 17th at 10am. (IN CHURCH!) Saturday Divine Liturgy with Fr. Anthony Cornett from Tacoma.
Good attendance for Saturday Liturgies is an important step towards realizing our goal of returning to regular Sunday Services with a full-time Priest. Let us give Fr. Anthony a big welcome for his second visit to St. Nectarios!
Plans for Church activities will be discussed in the after-Service potluck Fellowship Time including the possibility of starting such Orthodox Christian Education classes this Fall (see below).
Christian Education: If there is interest and support, we will start Orthodox Christian Education classes this fall. The possibility of starting such classes will be discussed in the fellowship time after this Saturday morning’s Service. We will need at least two new volunteer teachers to help us conduct these classes. Please come - and help us restart much needed Christian education.
More Information - call Tammy or Jim 5O9 366-8745.
Services This Week:
Friday, July 5th: 7PM Online Akathist Hymn to Saint Nectarios
Saturday, July 6th at 5PM Vespers Service Online
7:00PM Online Akathist to St. Nectarios
5:00PM Vespers Service - Zoom / Facebook Online
10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online
1:00PM No Enquirers Class Today
7:00PM Vespers Service - Zoom / Facebook Online
9:30AM In-church: 10AM Copic Holy Liturgy Service
5:00PM Vespers Service - Zoom / Facebook Online
10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online
1:00PM Enquirers Class (Tentative)
10:00AM August 17th - Divine Liturgy, Fr. Anthony Cornett
5:00PM Vespers Service - Zoom / Facebook Online
10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online
1:00PM Enquirers Class (Tentative)
5:00PM Vespers Service - Zoom / Facebook Online
10:00AM Typica (in church) Reader Service + Fellowship
1:00PM No Enquirers Class Today
5:00PM Vespers Service - Zoom / Facebook Online
7TH SUNDAY OF ST. MATTHEW:
Call on God with your whole heart and He will respond to you
The two blind men considered Jesus as the son of king David and much more, by seeing the miracles He was doing. Jesus was a God-man with extraordinary power. His fame had spread throughout the region.
Jesus asked the blind men if they themselves believed that He could heal them. “Yes, Lord, they wholeheartedly responded.” And they were instantly healed. Jesus told them not to tell anyone of their healing, But, out of gratitude to Him, the now seeing men proclaimed the miracle to all.
What do we learn from the healing of the two blind men? First to have abundant faith in God and secondly, out of gratitude, to share God’s blessing upon us with the people around us.
In addition to our five senses, we have the important sense of the heart, our faith. This is our spiritual sense that helps us first to pray and express to God both our gratitude and thanksgiving for all His blessings to us; and secondly present to Him our needs. God responds to our needs if they will help us for our salvation. But sometimes He says no to our petitions, because they will cause us spiritual harm.
But not all the people rejoiced at Jesus’ healing of the blind men. The Pharisees, out of jealousy, tried to undermine Jesus’ miracles. They were telling people that Jesus does these miracles with the power of the devil. This is a blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. It is a grievous sin both for this life and also the eternal. If one does not recognize and accept the saving power of God, how can he be saved?
Let us avoid the blasphemy of the Pharisees and instead embrace the faith of the healed blind men and glorify God for all His blessings to us.
With love,
Fr. John P. Angelis
These Martyrs were twin brothers, and stonemasons. After the martyrdom of their teachers Proclus and Maximus, they left Byzantium and came to the city of Ulpiana in Illyricum, where a certain Licinius hired them to build a temple for the idols. The wages he gave them, they distributed to the poor, and when the temple was built, Floros and Lauros gathered the paupers, and with their help put ropes about the necks of the idols, pulled them to the ground, and furnished the temple as a church. When Licinius learned of this, he had the paupers burned alive in a furnace. Floros and Lauros were tormented, then cast into a deep well, where they gave up their souls to the Lord. When their holy relics were recovered years later, they poured forth myrrh and worked many miracles; they were enshrined in Constantinople.
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Prokeimenon. Grave Tone. Psalm 28.11,1.
The Lord will give strength to his people.
Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory.
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17.
Brethren, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius; lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
8th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 14:14-22
At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
ST. NECTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX MISSION CHURCH
Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco.
This Tri-Cities Christian Orthodox Community has a church located at 627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301. All are invited to attend. A light lunch fellowship time normally follows the In-Church Liturgy and Typica Services.
Prayers: Please send us (or call us) with names of those you would like to be included in our prayers for healing. Frist names may be entered in the St Nectarios - Pasco Group.
INFORMATION SOURCES
For information on services and activities, you may:
1) access our "Saint Nectarios - Pasco" Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227/
2) access the church website:
(copy/paste this url) https://www.stnectariostricities.org/ for Welcome to Our Parish Website | St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission (stnectariostricities.org)
3) The online (copy/paste this url) ../../../../../stnectariospasco/ for Saint Nectarios Bulletin is the best source of up to date) information on church Services and activities. ( http://bulletinbuilder.org/stnectariospasco/ )
NOTIFICATIONS
To receive the weekly Services Reminder by email, please send an email request.
For those not connected to the internet, please call Jim (on 5O9 366 8745) to request either
a) by a phone call on the 'week of the in-church Service'
or
b) by a weekly smart-phone Service reminder text message.
CHURCH SERVICES
Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Each month, we try to have at least one Divine Liturgy (with a visiting Priest). That Service is normally on a Saturday (or a Special Service/Feast weekday) and is scheduled when a Priest is available. In addition to communion during the Service, private meetings with the Priest are available by appointment (for personal matters, planning future events, and Confession).
Special Invitation - Saint Nectarios Church welcomes all: During Divine Liturgy, which is mostly in English, the Lord's Prayer is said by parishioners in their native languages. Currently the prayer is normally said in English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Greek. If you wish to participate (and perhaps add a language), just let us know.
On most weeks, we remotely celebrate Saturday Vespers and Sunday Online Divine Liturgy with Father John in the Seattle area. During the remote Divine Liturgy, Communion is served to Father's attending family and friends - but is unavailable to those participating online.
Online Greek Orthodox Vespers and Other Special Services are normally celebrated online with Father John in Seattle. The link for joining Zoom to actively participate in on-line Services is
https://goarch.zoom.us/j/98009355049?pwd=UmttUUN2aG4raUc4WS9Zelo1REYxdz09
On the last Sunday of each month, there normally is a Typica Reader Service with a Parish Fellowship Time. This in-Church Service is held as an opportunity to bring the local community together - and hopefully eventually returning St. Nectarios to having a full time Priest.
All are welcome to join in the celebration these Christian Orthodox Services.
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Coptic Church Services
Tri-Cities Coptic Church Services
Saint Mary and Saint Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church. This Coptic Church is currently holding services at the St. Nectarios Church. A Saturday or Sunday Holy Liturgy with a visiting Priest is normally held once per month either in the Tricities or in Spokane. All are invited to attend. A fellowship time and Christian Study Class for older students normally follows the Services. For more information, please contact Nader Samaan ([email protected]) or access the website:
(copy/paste this url) https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/ for https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/
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Call Jim/Tammy Droppo, 5O9 366-8745.