Brothers and Sisters,
Greetings in the Name of the Lord.
This coming weekend will be especially busy and especially joyful because Sunday is the Great Feast of Pentecost and that following Monday, June 24, is our parish feast day, The Nativity of the Forerunner. So, here’s what the schedule will look like:
Saturday, June 22, is the final Saturday of Souls for 2024. We will offer Orthros at 6am and serve the Divine Liturgy at 8am; that evening we will serve Great Vespers for Pentecost, and then we will Beat the Bounds, processing around our property, blessing the land and all the creatures, and whupping up on our King Herod piñata.
Sunday, June 23, is the Great Feast of Pentecost. We will keep the usual Sunday morning schedule—Orthros at 8am with Divine Liturgy at 10am, then we will have our Annual Pentecost Picnic (featuring, in honor of the Holy Forerunner, fried locusts and wild honey), and then, no later than 1pm, we will offer the beautiful service of Kneeling Vespers, which, this year, will be combined with hymns for the Nativity of the Forerunner
Monday, June 24, is our parish feast day, and we will offer Orthros at 5am and Divine Liturgy at 7am.
We hope to see you at all the Divine Services, and we hope you will join us for all the fun activities!
Our Calendar
Fasting Days
Wednesday, June 19, and Friday, June 21.
Daily Services
There will not be any daily services this week. Look for daily Orthros and Vespers to return on our parish feast day, Monday, June 24. Fr. Andrew, Seth Hart, and Matthew Groh and many other folks continue to broadcast daily readings from spiritual books online. They are now reading “The Ethics of Beauty”. The schedule is as follows: M-F at 12pm.
Also, our online team will now be reading the Daily Synaxarion on Discord. Just look for this channel: #synaxarion
Tuesday, June 18
Orthodoxy 101 7pm; you can also access the group on Discord
Odd Chanter Team Rehearsal 7pm
Thursday, June 20
The Bible Study, New Testament Edition 7pm; you can access this group on Discord
Even Chanter Team Rehearsal 7pm
Saturday, June 22
The Saturday of Souls
Orthros 6am
Divine Liturgy 8am
St Thomas School 4pm
Great Vespers and The Beating of the Bounds 6pm
Sunday, June 23
Pentecost
Orthros 8am
Divine Liturgy 10am
Pentecost Picnic Noon
Kneeling Vespers (no later than) 1pm
Monday, June 24
The Nativity of the Forerunner
Orthros 5am
Divine Liturgy 7am
Tuesday, June 25
Festal Choir Rehearsal 7pm
Orthodoxy 101 7pm; you can also access the group on Discord
Thursday, June 27
The Bible Study, Old Testament Edition 7pm; you can access this group on Discord
Liturgy Choir Rehearsal 7pm
St Thomas School
On Saturday, June 22, Gabe M. will be leading the discussion of chapter six of Volume V entitled, “Holy Unction”. Online access is available on Discord; like to participate online, you still need to sign-up ahead of time. Just send an email to remote.meetings@theforerunner.org by Thursday, June 13, to reserve your spot.
Coming Up
This coming Thursday, June 20, there will be a get together for middle and high School girls at 6:00 PM. The group will meet in the Parish House for pizza and games and Keri G. will give us a devotional to begin our evening. If you are able, please bring $5/person to help with expenses. If you have any questions, please contact DeAnne M. We Hope to see you there!
On Saturday, June 29, we will celebrate the Patronal Feast of our Patriarchate, the Feasts of Sts Peter and Paul. We will begin Orthros at 6am and offer the Divine Liturgy at 8am, so please plan on joining us for this joyous celebration.
Our Moment of Grace and Courtesy
When we offer a weekday Divine Liturgy, there are typically no ushers available to serve. However, just because those friendly folks aren’t at the doors, the rules for entering the nave still apply. So, we need to remember and wait in the narthex during either one of the entrances, while the scripture lessons are being read, during the homily, and during the Holy Eucharist.
an unworthy priest
aidan