(Updated 8/24/2024) With Correction
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!
Saturday, August 24th at 5pm Vespers Service Online
Services This Week:
Friday, July 5th: 7PM Online Akathist Hymn to Saint Nectarios
Saturday, July 6th at 5PM Vespers Service Online
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).
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
“HAVE COURAGE!” JESUS SAID TO HIS FEARFUL DISCIPLES.
“Have courage” Jesus said to His fearful Disciples as they saw Him walking on the water. Peter even asked Jesus to also enable him to walk on the water. And he did, until he turned his attention away from Jesus and he became fearful of the waves and the wind. This happens when we allow doubts to enter our thinking and trust of God.
Men of Courage and faith become the revered heroes in a Confused and Threatening Atmosphere. They are the ones who have faith and values and live by them. For they are not swayed by the crowd mentality, by the prevailing public opinion, which changes frequently, as does the direction of the blowing wind, so to speak. They are not swayed by the crowd who one day shouts “Hosanna!” and a little later, misled by their leaders, shout “Crucify Him!”
But recall Joseph of Arimathea, the noble Nicodemus, John the Evangelist, Mary Theotokos, the Myrrh bearers who were courageous and honored Jesus even at His death. And they were not disappointed. They also saw Him Risen from the dead victorious.
In the world history we admire people who stood up and opposed the tyrannical men and movements which arrogantly attempted to step upon the rights of other people. We admired Leonidas who stood up against the Persians, saying “Molon lave,” “Come and get it, if you dare,” and they stopped the Persians in Thermopylae. We admired all the people and Nations who stood up and fought against those who dared step upon the human rights of the people: Recall the Magna Carta, the wars of Independence from slavery, Naziism, Fascism, Communism, atheism, secularism…
It is our turn to “have courage,” to stand up for our precious faith in Christ, the Victor of all ages; to live our life as He taught us. To support His Church, whose members we are. Christ then, through His Divine Grace which He offers us in the Sacraments of the Church, gives us courage and enables us to stand firm in what we believe. When Christ is in us, then the wind becomes calm, and the threatening waves stop battering the boat of our life.
With love,
Fr. John P. Angelis
Concerning the Apostle Bartholomew, see June 11
Saint Titus was a Greek by race, and an idolater. But having believed in Christ through the Apostle Paul, he became Paul's disciple and follower and labored with him greatly in the preaching of the Gospel. When Paul ordained him Bishop of Crete, he later wrote to him the Epistle which bears his name. Having shepherded in an apostolic manner the flock that had been entrusted to him, and being full of days, he reposed in peace, some ninety-four years of age.
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Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Tone. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 3:9-17.
Brethren, we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw - each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.
9th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 14:22-34
At that time, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them, saying "Take heart, it is I; have no fear."
And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?" And when they entered the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
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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