- Icons: If you have left an icon for blessing, please see Fr. Matthew after Liturgy today; many have been in the altar area for quite some time.
- Sunday School: Registration for Sunday School begins today for all students aged 2 (by Sep. 1) through 12th grade. Sunday School resumes NEXT SUNDAY, Sep. 7th.
- Parish Council: The Finance Committee meets Tuesday, Sep. 16th at 5:00pm, and the Parish Council meets at 6:30pm. (Note the change from Thursday, Sep. 18th.)
- Second Annual Benefit Concert: This year’s professional concert featuring jazzy music and benefitting Project Mexico will be held Sept. 20 & 21. Tickets are available during coffee hour for $25 each.
- Wondering how you can help the Benefit Concert? (1) Buy a ticket for yourself and friends to attend the concert, $25/person, (2) Buy an ad in the Ad Book in memory of a family member or to send your wishes from your family ($50 or $100), and (3) Ask friends who have a business to buy an ad to advertise their business or make a sponsorship.
- Cry Room Reminder for Older Children: Please remember the Cry Room is not a place to hang out during Liturgy. If you are there without your parent, you don’t belong there.
- Podcasts: Fr. Joseph Huneycutt’s talk on “The Scriptures and the Fathers on Marriage,” from the recent Couples' Retreat, is now available at: http://ancientfaith.com/houston/. Also, Fr. James recently gave an interview on the “Journeys to Orthodoxy” podcast on the Orthodox Christian network: http://www.myocn.net/index.php/Journeys-to-Orthodoxy/ (scroll down a bit).
- Coffee Hour Schedule: If your picture hasn’t been taken for our parish photo directory, look for Eddie and Melissa during coffee hour, and smile!
- Picture Time: Please continue to bring in non-perishable food items for the basket in the hallway of the Parish Hall.
- Feeding the Hungry: Please continue to bring in non-perishable food items for the basket in the hallway of the Parish Hall.
- Your prayers are requested for catechumens Taylor, Salvatore, Charlene, Michael, and Earl; healing for Elena and Nouhad; and for consolation for the Abdallah family on the passing of Shawkrat Ibrahim Musa (may his memory be eternal).
