St. Joseph Announcements
Coffee Hour: Next week’s hosts...the Choir. Meatfare Potluck is Sunday, Feb. 19th, and Cheesefare Potluck is Sunday, Feb. 26th. Bring your favorite meat and dairy dishes to share!
Scout Sunday: The Assembly of Bishops (a cross-jurisdictional organization of all the Bishops in the Orthodox Churches of North and Central America) has designated today “Scout Sunday.” We honor our Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and encourage other boys and girls to join them!
This Week’s PLC News:
- Each year, all of the clergy, and a host of the faithful from throughout our Diocese, gather with our Bishop for what His Grace likes to call our “Family Reunion.” There is a rotation in place for a different parish to host the event each year. This year, we at St. Joseph Church are the host parish—which means we'll all be working the event more so than being participants. After all, we are not doing this for ourselves but for our Brothers and Sisters in Christ throughout the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America. Next year, when the Conference is in Kansas City, we can all register, relax, and enjoy. If you are looking for a way to be involved in the planning and execution of this major event, please see Fr. Joseph or .
- Registration—Our Parish Life Conference webpage is now up and running! Members of St. Joseph Church should hold off on registering until various duties and availabilities are assigned and/or clarified—thanks!
- Three Judges and a Timekeeper are needed for the PLC Oratorical Festival on Thursday, June 7th, 10:00am-12:30 pm. If you know any Speech Teachers, Toastmasters, or anyone you think would make a good Judge or Timekeeper, please advise Margaret Vranesevich.
- Only 130 days until we host the Parish Life Conference for the Diocese! We need, well...EVERYONE. Find out how you can help facilitate our “Family Reunion” by contacting Fr. Joseph or .
Bible Study: Our weekly discussion of the Bible continues Feb. 6th, following Orthros at 9:00am. Join us!
Wednesday: This Wednesday we will have a Fast-Free Potluck after Vespers—join us and bring a dish to share! (Lenten Presanctified Liturgies and Fasting Potlucks begin on Feb. 29th.)
Lenten Meals-to-Go: Let us help you keep the Fast! The Daughters of the Theotokos will be providing prepared lenten meals for purchase to take home and enjoy during Great Lent. Meals will be available “to-go” after liturgy on select Sundays. If you are interested in helping prepare these meals, please see Kathy Luckenbach.
New Candle Stands: Several people have asked how to contribute toward the new candle stands mentioned last Sunday (pics available on the Parish Hall bulletin board); make check payable to St. Joseph Church and write “Candle stands” in the memo line. Thank you!
Pan-Orthodox Vespers: The annual celebration of the Triumph of Orthodoxy Vespers, sponsored by the Orthodox Clergy Association of Southeast Texas, will be held at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, 16900 Cypress Rosehill Rd., TX, on Sunday, Mar. 4th, at 5:00pm with reception to follow. More details are forthcoming.
Camp St. Raphael: Apply now! New this year—payment by credit card. The website CampStRaphael.org is up and running and has all the information you will need.
Special Time for Vespers, Feb. 18th: Due to a special PLC planning event, Great Vespers on Saturday, Feb. 18th, will be served at 5:00pm.
Parish Ministry Teams: The newly forming Fellowship of St. John the Divine has posted sign-up sheets for various parish ministries, including a new one for the Library/Bookstore, on a table in the Parish Hall. Offer your talents—please sign up today!
2012 Membership Forms: Please fill out a membership form for the new year. By our constitution, a new form must be filled out yearly; return forms to the church office.
Parish Directory: If you have any updates to your contact info, please contact or login to the member section and fill out the update form. The parish directory is available to all members online.
Chanting Workshop:With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Basil, the Protopsaltis of the Diocese Dr. Sam Cohlmia, will lead a mandatory workshop for Chanters in Houston on May 5th. Location and further details to be announced.
Lent: The Great Fast begins Feb. 27th; Pascha is Apr. 15th (Western Easter is Apr. 8th).
Feeding the Hungry: Please continue to bring in your gifts of non-perishable food for the hungry in our community; place your gifts in the cabinet in the Parish Hall.
Your prayers are requested for catechumens Susanna, Jeremy, Kerryn, and James; expectant mothers Wendy and Oana and their unborn children; and healing for Mary.
If you are currently a member of St. Joseph and would like to add an announcement to the bulletin and website, please email .