St. Joseph Announcements
FOOD PANTRY: Please bring bags of peanut butter, pasta (mac n cheese, spaghetti noodles), canned tomatoes, jelly, canned corn, boxed cereals, and hygiene products to the Hall during office hours or around service times. Donation bins are across from the Secretary’s office.
2026 PARISH LIFE CONFERENCE, JUNE 10-13: This year’s PLC host is St John Chrysostom/Lakewood, CO. The keynote speaker is Presbytera Jeannie Constantinou, who will speak of the challenges of acquiring an Orthodox phronema in our quickly-growing parishes of today. Register here.
DOWAMA SCHOLARSHIPS for Graduating High School Seniors and for the continuing education of our clergy are available. Deadline extended to Monday, May 11. Attachment in eblast.
“THE FELLOWSHIP OF ST JULIAN will have its first meeting on Wednesday, May 13 at St Joseph. With the blessing of Metropolitan SABA, it is the first Antiochian medical professionals fellowship, which has so far 10 chapters across the US. Would love for you to join us, to emphasize that all our gifts are given from above to help all extend the healing of Our Lord to the healers, their patients, and churches. Please come and share the relationship between your faith and profession. We are stronger together in Christ.” -- Dr Aatif "Tif" Tirmiz
SOYO Saturday - May 23, 2-5PM: Come join us for food, fellowship, games, study, prayer, and Vespers all crammed into the best 3 hours of the month! Sign up in eblast.
MOCK BIBLE BOWL AT ST GEORGE - June 6, 4-8:30PM: Come cheer on our Bible Bowl team as they compete with other Houston teams as in this year's Mock Bible Bowl in preparation for the PLC. Bring signs! Cheer! Discourage Sal from hurling chairs in frustration! Afterwards, we will all attend Vespers at St George and then head out for dinner in Rice Village with Deacon Timothy (location TBD. BRING MONEY). As the date approaches we will make plans for carpooling.
GRAD SUNDAY - JUNE 7: Parents/Students -- members in good standing of St Joseph -- are welcomed to fill out the Grad Recognition Form (in eblast) and return to the church office by Monday, June 1. This is for spring 2026 high school and college grads. These students will be recognized at the end of the late liturgy on Sunday, June 7.
DO YOU WANT TO BE A PRIEST?
Register Now! Vocations Retreat is August 20-23, 2026. More info in eblast.
Próximamente: Liturgia mensual de los sábados -- ¡mayormente en español! Fr Meletios is brushing up; Dn Timothy claims a working knowledge, and Rdr Peter is up to the chanting challenge! More news to come!
IS ST JOSEPH PLANTING ANOTHER MISSION?
Fr Joseph is forming a committee.
PROSPHORA VOLUNTEERS: Thanks to all who have been signing up! Please consider signing up. The link is in the member’s section.
2026 MEMBERSHIP FORMS are available in the hall or online 
. A new form must be on file each year for members to be in good standing. Our General Fund, which pays the operating expenses of the parish, does not receive money from the archdiocese, festivals, dances, or galas. The members of St. Joseph Church are the sole source of parish income. Occasional fundraising events are for non-budgeted items, building projects, or special ministries. The work and ministry of St. Joseph Church is made possible by tithing and pledging members. May God bless your generosity!
BURIAL: St. Joseph is one of the contributing parishes making possible an Orthodox Cemetery in Houston; we have a section reserved for Orthodox Christians at Forest Park, Westheimer. Please help sustain this ministry by making your arrangements in advance; see Fr. Joseph for information. May God rest the souls of our faithful departed – and grant you and yours long life!
KROGER: If you have a rewards card with Kroger, please add St. Joseph's to your rewards program through the online community rewards! This can only be done at www.krogercommunityrewards.com. Thank you!
DEADLINES: The deadline for Monday’s eblast (other than Sunday pics) is Noon on Friday. The deadline for Sunday's bulletin is Noon on Monday.
HEALTH & WELLBEING: To better know about the people on our parish prayer list, Fr Joseph has assigned a Prayer List Coordinator, Susan Barry, to keep track of parishioners requests and keep the list up to date. To add a name, please email the Parish office and include your name and number.
Please pray for:
With Child: Bell Robinson (12/9), Tosobua Williams (9/12), Sharon Padilla (8/20), Leslie Guzman (7/11), Helen Bigby (7/4), Jennifer Turcios (5/22), Leah Almaraz (5/18)
Health & Wellbeing: Bob & Gayle Born, Georgia Gerkey, Jennifer Myres, Olivia Hinkle, Zechariah Hall, Don Ghiz, Gerry Smit, Natalia Randel, Gloria Squires, Margaret Vranesevich, Brian Wood, Marilyn Johnson, Liza Simon, Ashley Trlica, Ron Dunbar, Sarah Fraps, Claudia Baumbach, Harvey Ghiz, Ken Naff, Tanya Podowski, Chrysa Bova
Supported Ministries: The Saint Constantine School/College, Fellowship of St Moses the Black, East Spring Branch Food Pantry, Monastery of the Life-Giving Trinity, Holy Archangels Monastery, St Paraskevi Monastery, Orthodox Christian Mission Center/the MacDonalds in Albania, FOCUS/The Nest
Military: Noah & Adrian Messina, Julian & Arianna Garcia, Jacob Young
Catechumens: Nina Fierro, Emmanuel Lopez, Lila Dehoyos, Griselda Hernandez, Zachary & Mira Boon, Katja Rudyk, Justin Kulhanek, Kolbe Donovan, Leah Almaraz, Angel Ramos, Andres & Zeida EstradaKarina Cole, Dylan Schlegel-Smith, Andrew Hartzog, Moises Perez, Vanessa Perez, Jake Almarez, Alex Dehoyos, Erica Garcia, Julian Zuniga, Daniel Pop, Angie Reyes, Andrea Baez, Sam Raiffeisen, Jose Jimenez, Brandon Guajardo; Eric, Jordan, Ruth & Daniel Freeman; James Beck, Shervin Tavakoli, James Barry, Mina Kai, Darius Dempsey, Samuel, Helen & Jackson Bigby, George Chansomphou, Erik Rios, Van-Michael Graves, Javier Perez, Stewart Skinner, Trent Newton, Ryan O'Byrne, Ethan Perry; Samuel, Bell & Aria Robinson; Dulce Landin, Jonathan Hernandez, Rodrigo Pereira, Alan Arce, Cody Gil, Juan Navarro, Sterling McCrevey, William Villena & Alyssa Sanchez, Jamie Porier, Matthew Castillo, John Paul Carlson, Vincent Maradiaga, Collin Chen, Christian Groff, Justin Smith, Larry Delarosa Sr, Steven Salinas & Mirian Serrano, Katie Hire
Newly Illumined: Joseph Ortiz, Zoe Alexandra Hughes, Emma Photini Smith; Daniel, Stacy Elizabeth, Freyja Nina & Reagan Brigid McGovern; Brian Ignatius Wood, Sharon Anastasia Padilla; Matthew Blaise, Leslie Xenia, Renata Eudokia, & Luka Luke Guzman; Alexy Umanzor, Alexander Shevchenko, Andres Andrew Blanco, Christine Christina Stevenson, David Messenger, Anthony Walker, Mariam Pino
Departed: Petros Papas (Nick's father, 5/1), Daniel McLellan (4/28), Priest Timothy Barkley (4/5), Katherine Miller (4/7)
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