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St. George Greek Orthodox Church Fresno, CA

Rev. Fr. James C. Pappas, Presbyter

Dn. Ron Burkhard, Deacon

Parish Council Ashley Hyatt —President

Peter Vallis-Vice-President Amanda Sopp – Secretary

Michael Osborn-– Treasurer Dio Stefanopoulos—Past President Advisor

Mark Archon, Marean Bechara, Lorraine Bukilica, James Daniel Burkdoll, Tony Kokalis Jr., Ramzy

Khoury, George Papangellin & Elena Stefanopoulos

Ministries and Organizations A.H.E.P.A. & DOP Dan Miller & Evelyn Boosalis

Athena Philoptochos Society Elaine Sotiropulos

Bible Study & Studies In The Faith Fr. Jim Pappas 233-0397

Bookstore Cindi Boukidis, Madelyn Jones

Choir Themis Michailides 233-0397

Coffee Hour Pam Sopp at 209-986-5273

Cretan Club Tony Kocolas

Dance Ministries Bassel Khoury, Alexi Archon, Melina Kazanjian

“Friends of St. George” Eve Taylor & Ron Burkhard

Greek School Helen Sexton 325-7528

Maids of Athena Lia Forakis

Sons of Pericles Ioannis Kokkinidis

Stewardship Committee Parish Council

Sunday School, Youth & Young Adult Minis-tries, Altar Boys Dcn. Ron Burkhard 233-0397 rondalburkhard@gmail.com

Youth Choir Pres. Donna Pappas 233-0397

Sunday Duties for September 2019

PC Members September 1st Ashley Hyatt Marean Bechara Amanda Sopp Elena Stefanopoulos

September 8th No services at St. George due to Ordina-tion in Roseville September 15th Michael Osborn Mark Archon Lorraine Bukilica James Daniel Burkdoll

September 22nd Ashley Hyatt Marean Bechara Amanda Sopp Elena Stefanopoulos

September 29th Peter Vallis Dio Stefanopoulos Tony Kokalis George Papangellin

Epistle Readers September 1st English: Altar Boys Romanian: Cristian Panoff

September 8th No Services

September 15th English: Tony Kokalis Greek: Evelyn T. Boosalis

September 22nd English: Michael Makredes Greek: Phyllis Makredes

September 29th English: Pres. Donna Pappas Greek: Themis Michailides

Lord’s Prayer September 1st Eritrean Tesfai Family

September 8th No Services

September 15th Russian Luda Guibor

September 22nd Arabic De. Ted Nassar

September 29th Romanian Cristian Panoff

Prosforo September 1st Georgia Brandon

September 8th No Services

September 15th Kara Zografos

September 22nd Marie Antoniou

September 29th Melissa Kokalis

Angie Hyatt Helen Sexton Kara Zografos Phyllis Makredes

Coffee Hour Brew Crew September 1st Ramzi Khachadourian

September 8th No Services

September 15th Dr. Ted Nassar

September 22nd Nick Svigos

September 29th Ramzi Khachadourian

Religious Education & Upcoming Events

Sunday School Registration/Fall Religious Education Kick Off Join us following services on Sunday, Sep-tember 15th for the Religious Education Fall Kick Off. You can register for Sun-day school, and get information about Youth Group, Morning Bible Study, Stud-ies in the Faith, Young Adult Bible Study and Family Night. Check the upcoming Sunday bulletins.

Studies In The Faith, Morning Bible Study & Young Adult Bible Study Studies in the Faith classes, Morning Bible Study and Young Adult Bible Study will resume soon. Please check the upcoming Sunday bulletins for dates.

Sunday Church School The first day of Sunday school will be September 22nd. We have some exciting events this year, so don't miss out. You can register at the Religious Education Fall Kick Off, or on the first day of Sunday school.

Friends of St. George Backpack Drive With the generous support of our church community the Friends of St. George were able to provide 28 backpacks to the students at our neighboring Birney Elementary School. We provide the needed school supplies for those students whose families were unable to pur-chase items for them. Below is a thank you note from the Principal of Birney Elementary. I want to thank you, Fr. Pappas, and your entire congregation for such a generous gift. My admin team, our entire staff and, our kiddos are all very thankful for your awesome gift. It is evident in the way their faces light up when I present them with their new backpack. At-tached are a few pictures of some of our students receiving their backpacks. Please share

with your team. I look forward to working with you and your FOSG team and thank you for thinking of us in you mission to support our community. Respectfully, Mr. Gonzalez

Our Dcn. Rondal Christian Burkhard to be Ordained Through the blessing of Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, our pastoral assistant Ron Burkhard will be ordained to the Holy Deaconate. His ordination to the Deaconate will be on

Sunday, September 8, 2019 at his original home parish of St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church in Rose-ville, CA during the Divine Liturgy. He will serve as a Deacon of our parish until Sunday. September 29, 2019 when he will be elevated to the Holy Priesthood. He will then serve as our parish as a second priest. A reception to congratulate the future

priest and presvytera Ron and Maria will follow the services.

Sacraments

Memorials in September September 1st: Georgeta Roman– 40 days, Ellen Shaheen– 1 year May their memory be eternal. Put Your Stewardship on Cruise Control The summer months can get busy with vacations. Consider putting your stewardship on cruise control. You can setup automatic bill pay through your bank or go to the church website, http://stgeorgefresno.org/giving/treasure, and signup for automatic recurring monthly stewardship payments using your credit card through PayPal. Contact the church office for more information 233-0397.

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No Liturgy at St. George on September 8, 2019 Due to Ron Burkhard’s ordination in Roseville on Sunday, Sept. 8th, there will be no Divine Liturgy at St. George. We will join St. Peter Serbian Orthodox Church for Di-vine Liturgy at 9:30am.

Host a Sunday Coffee/Social Hour Dates to host a Coffee Hour are open. Hosting a Coffee Hour is a great way to celebrate any occa-sion. You can choose to host the entire Coffee

Hour or partner with other families. For info please con-tact Pam Sopp at 209-986-5273. Coffee Hour Dates for September & October September 1st: Michelle Banea in memory of her mother Georgeta Roman September 8th: No liturgy at St. George September 15th: Hosted September 22nd: Nick Svigos September 29th: Ordination All Sundays in October are available.

Greek Community of Fresno; St. George Greek Orthodox Church Special Assembly

Sunday, September 15, 2019 AGENDA

1. Determination of Quorum and Call to Order - President Ashley Hyatt 2. Opening Prayer– Fr. Jim Pappas 3. New Business A. Update on the progress of action items in the Strategic Plan adopted a year ago and approval of expenditures for preliminary design, estimating and entitlements for the New Community Center Building in order to develop an accurate budget and schedule over the course of the next 6-9 months. 4. Closing Prayer and Adjournment

Athena Philoptochos Society

Athena Philoptochos Society of St. George invites you to our first meeting of the New Liturgical Year on Monday, September 9, 2019

at 10:00am. Hands-on Fun & Fellowship will immediately follow the meeting in the St. George Social Hall. Members and non-

members welcome! All ages welcome! We will share our calendar for the 2019-2020 year and upcoming events, including Ron’s Ordi-

nation, Fall Philoptochos Conference, and the National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Angel Babies will resume on Monday, September 30th. Our new time for Angel Babies will be from 1:00pm to 6:00pm. We will pro-

vide refreshments on these work days, but will only serve dinner for our year-end celebration at our May meeting.

Camp Agape 2019

We are SO grateful for our enthusiastic team of young people who came up to St.

Nicholas Ranch the Wednesday before Camp Agape to help unload all of the sup-

plies, deliver bins and boxes to the appropriate rooms, move the ping-pong and

foosball tables, set up pool-side lounge chairs, break-down all of the empty boxes,

and distribute sleeping bags and towels. They worked hard and represented St.

George well! Thank you, Aidan, Alex, Alexi, Ellis, Harrison, and Michael, along

with Ron and Father Jim!

Saturday morning, Kopi came up to record a 10-Day Forecast with the families and

have fun with the kids. Amalia, Cindi, Elaine, Madeline, and Mia helped during the “Spa Afternoon” in the nail decoration area. An-

gelica Terlikas was a one-woman champion in the hair department covering all of the appointments. And Theodora Michaelides

brought up an artist who was a huge hit with sparkling henna tattoos!

The Camp Agape families had an amazing 4-day weekend enjoying the

Under the Big Top theme! Their time included canoeing at the lake, a

foam slip ‘n slide, cotton candy, a visit to the monastery, singing to-

gether, family photos and sweet memories. Athena Philoptochos thanks

everyone who donated to this incredible ministry and helped make this happen!

Diaconate Program

With the blessing of our Metropolitan Archbishop Gerasimos, he has given me his approval to pursue my studies in the Diaconate Pro-gram. It is an intense study for a candidate wishing to become an ordained deacon. This program is for three years, where it is divided into scriptural, theological readings; liturgical study as well as teleturgics and three summer sessions at the Theological School of the Holy Cross in Brookline, MA. The majority of my program primarily takes place at the home parish, St. George, where I am working very closely with Father James Pappas, in fulfilling the annual requirements, i.e. Liturgical understanding, teleturgics and pastoral care, with my continued required reading and papers. This summer I attended my first summer session at Holy Cross in which I found to be very rewarding and inspirational. There were approximately 29 candidates from all over the country. Three of us are from our Metropolis of San Francisco . We began each day with Orthros every morning at 7:45, then classes in “The Orthodox Liturgical Cycle”, “Scripture in the Orthodox Church” and “Major themes in Orthodox History”. Vespers at 5:00 then dinner, then Teleturgics, Intoning the Gospel, Musical Pitch and Petitions; and lecture on end of life care, from 7-9pm. Needless to say, a full day for the entire summer session. I am looking forward to next summer in which we will be studying an overview of the sacraments of initiation (baptism, chrismation and eucharist) and the sacraments of marriage and unction. One of the most important aspects of the summer session was the

Have you considered joining Philoptochos?

Please accept our invitation to join! We love working together and having fun together for the

good of our parish and community.

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introduction and meeting of the classmates. There is a special bond and fellowship that was developed, and I look forward to the continued communication through out the year with each other and the meeting again next summer. With the guidance of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, I believe that the next two years will be filled with a plethora of knowledge which will help me to achieve this special goal in assisting our parish, all to the glory of God, and to my ordi-nation. In Christ, S. Michael Makredes, Deacon Candidate

Twitter Isn’t Real: Opting Out of Amplified Outrage

Recently, a friend shared with me a statement on a personal issue that she wanted to post on social media. I urged her not to

do it, partly because of my own experiences with social media, and partly because I’m convinced that what happens on these plat-

forms isn’t nearly as consequential as we often feel they are.

I learned a lot about this a few months ago, when an article I wrote kicked off a pretty serious social media reaction. While many expressed gratitude for the article, it also set off a backlash on Twitter. Thousands of responses flooded my feed, most of them filled with outrage. It seemed overwhelming at the time, but a wise friend advised me to lay low, predicting it would be over in 72 hours. He was right. In fact, a few weeks afterward, when I asked people about the whole incident, hardly anyone was aware of it. I thought about this recently when one of our Colson Center board members sent around a video from a recent Senate hear-

ing. Last month, Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist with Google and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, testi-

fied on Capitol Hill about social media.

In his testimony, Harris made startling comments about Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. By far the most telling was how

he described these platforms. He called them “outrage amplifiers.” This emotional reaction—outrage—is the secret sauce in social

media’s success.

According to Harris, Twitter in particular is deliberately designed to spark, exploit, and perpetuate moral outrage. He cited

one study showing that every outrage-word a user adds to their tweet increases their retweet rate by 17 percent! Article after article

has documented the rise of “call-out culture,” the kind of online feeding frenzy that grips users and drives them—often in the space

of hours—to destroy individuals’ lives and careers for the smallest offenses. If Harris is to be believed, this outrage amplification isn’t

a bug in social media, it’s a feature. In fact, it’s their “business model.”

So far, my Twitter storms, and there have been a few, have blown over without any permanent damage. Many others aren’t

so lucky. Jobs, friends, good names, even personal and family security have been lost by many people, all because a small, outraged,

and ultra-amplified group of online activists decided to target them.

And, here’s something we may not know but should: Despite the constant buzzing of notifications on your phone, those

Twitter mobs are a small group. As economist Arthur Brooks points out, only 22 percent of American adults are even on Twitter,

and 80 percent of tweets come from just 10 percent of those users. In Brooks’ words, “If you rely on Twitter for political informa-

tion, you are being informed by ersatz pundits residing within 2.2 percent of the population.”

I love the way that Colson Center board member put it: We’re not so much being informed by social media as we’re being

“herded, goaded, addicted and otherwise cyber-farmed.”

For all of its bluster and potential damage, social media is an artificial and highly-curated world where the anger of a minor-

ity is amplified to earsplitting volume. To put it simply, Twitter just isn’t real life. Therefore, its outrage-based business model

shouldn’t determine what we think about, talk about, care about, or believe.

Now look, I’m still on Twitter. And I’m not necessarily telling anyone to shut down their account. But one thing we often

say on Break Point is that outrage is not a strategy. It is on Twitter, but it ought not be for Christians. Not only is outrage on Twit-

ter almost always based on sound bites and a lack of thoughtful discussion, it’s dishonest. Online mobs don’t care about the truth,

nor do they wait for all the details to emerge. Outrage habits run counter to everything followers of Christ should be known for.

So, if you don’t opt out of social media, at least opt out of the outrage. And before you hit that “tweet” button on that issue

you feel strongly about and you think everybody else is talking about, maybe ask a friend’s advice, first.

- Written by John Stonestreet

Don't forget to purchase a ticket for a chance to win a 2020 Jaguar F Pace!!

Tickets available in the St. George Church office (Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm,

or see a parish council member on Sunday.

Available in the St. George Bookstore: A new supply of prayer bracelets are now available in the Bookstore. There are many colors

available. Stop by the Bookstore this Sunday.

New Greek seasonings just in! We have two different spices to choose from, both made locally. Zesty the Greek and Cavender’s All Purpose Greek Seasoning. Stop by the Bookstore today.

Enjoy your Food Festival favorites year round with an all new cookbook, Food Festival Recipes. This cookbook will be available in the Bookstore.

With a price tag of only $6, these cookbooks will not last long.

This past year we developed Vision 100, part of our Strategic Plan. In the coming year we are implementing this

plan to grow our church and its ministries. Copies of Vision 100 are available in the Narthex or on our website at:

http://stgeorgefresno.org/st.-george-strategic-plan.

We invite you to be part of this vision by becoming a Financial Steward of St. George Church. By becoming a Fi-

nancial Steward of St. George Church, you will insure the success of the many current and future ministries we

provide.

Become a Financial Steward of St. George Church:

Fill out a confidential 2019 Stewardship Commitment Form below and return it to the church office or place it

in the offering basket on Sunday.

Fulfill your stewardship commitment in numerous ways:

Setup automatic monthly payments from your bank to the church.

(Mailing Address: 2219 N. Orchard St.; Fresno, CA 93703)

Make a one time Stewardship payment or setup automatic monthly payments with your credit card through

the church website: http://www.stgeorgefresno.org/giving/treasure OR fill out the credit card information on

the Commitment Form below and we will set up payments for you.

Mail monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual stewardship checks to the church office.

(Mailing Address: 2219 N. Orchard St.; Fresno, CA 93703)

Place monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual stewardship checks in the Sunday offering

tray.

Stewards Stewards of the of the Faith Faith All Things Are Possible To

The One Who Believes In Christ

Would you like more information about the following? ___ Sunday Church School ___ Youth Activities ___ Young Adults (OCF) ___ Morning Bible Study ___ Evening Bible Study ___ Friends of St. George ___ Philoptochos ___ Prison Ministry ___ Choir/Chant ___ Studies In The Faith

St. George Greek Orthodox Church 2019 Confidential Stewardship Commitment Form St. George Greek Orthodox Church 2019 Confidential Stewardship Commitment Form

Please fill out this form and return it to the church office or place in the offering tray on Sunday.Please fill out this form and return it to the church office or place in the offering tray on Sunday. Did you know that out of the 400+ families that our church ministers to, only 220 families are stewards? Of those 220 families, 78 families give less than $500 per year. If each of these 220 families gave at least $2,075 per year, we would be able to fulfill the financial obligations of our church. This would free up income from fundraisers, like the Food Festival, to use on property improvements and future growth. We ask

that if you have the means, please consider giving at least $2,075 per year in stewardship. If you already give at least $2,075 per year, we ask that you consider increasing your stewardship by 10% for 2019.

No matter what you are financially able to give, you are a valued member of St. George Church.

In gratitude and thanksgiving for God’s blessings, I/we offer Him through His Church the following Annual Tithe

An annual amount of: _____$2,075_____$2,400 _____$3,000 _____$3,600 _____$4,800 Other:______________

($173/mo) ($200/mo) ($250/mo) ($300/mo) ($400/mo)

Name: (first/last) __________________________________Cell Phone: _________________Home Phone: _____________

Spouse: (first/last) ____________________________Cell Phone: ______________Address: _________________________

___________________________City/State: _________________ Zip: _________

Please fill out the information below if you would like to make your stewardship donation using your credit card.

Name on card:__________________________________________________________ Card number: __________________________________ Expires: ________________ CSC#: __________ Billing address:_________________________________________________________________ Email Address: ____________________________________(Required) Monthly amount: _____________ Or One time donation amount:_____________

Thank you to the following people who Thank you to the following people who have donated to the Stewardship program in 2019.have donated to the Stewardship program in 2019.

Stewardship donations from January 1-JAugust 26, 2019 Anonymous Donors Randy and Litsa Acedo Donald and Nariman Ajluni Eli & Mireille Akel Michel and Mona Akel Katina Alfieris Steve and Fotini Alfieris Michael and Kathy Angelos Alexi & Megan Antoniou Tony and Marie Antoniou Joan Arabatzis Mark and Holly Archon Vi Archon Alex & Georgianne Aretakis Christine Bagetakos John and Maria Barbis Fadi and Marean Bedoush Fotis and Ellisa Billios Keith and Vassi Boone Bill Booras Danny and Amalia Booras David Boosalis Evelyn N. Boosalis Evelyn T. Boosalis James Boosalis Alexander T. Borgeas Kelly Bottcher Jim and Cindi Boukidis Georgia Brandon Michael and Lorraine Bukilica Daniel and Mina Burkdoll Ron and Maria Burkhard John and Terese Caire James Cardella Margaret Charmley Paul and Anita Chiames Jim and Tulla Chrisman Niccolina Clements Jann Coles Marie Papulias Cook Jonathon Crank John and Marina Crowe Merel Dagher Dr. Zaid Dagher and Fairoz Moussa Cynthia DiFuria Aaron and Elena Edwards Marcus Estabrooks & Kara Zografos Dr. Patricia Falcone Bill and Rebecca Farray Angela Foanehe Nora George Doris Ghattas Roubini Giannopoulos George and Dorothea Gianopulos Michel and Alexandra Gomez Art and Christine Gonos Elisa Gonzales

Ramzi and Melissa Nassar Sami and Tania Nassar Dr. Ted and Aida Nassar Janet Natsues Scott and Stephanie Nelson Nicholas Nomicos Jason Obenauf Michael and Kara Osborn Penny Pacheco Dean Paleologos Daniel and Dana Panoff Mary Jane Papadapoulos George and Mia Papangellin George and Barbara Pappas Fr. Jim and Pres. Donna Pappas Mavra Patropulos Chris and Gina Potzernitz Michael and Marcia Philippou Petre Pitulice Alice Ramirez Louis and Veronica Rivara Chris and Helen Rockas Joy Rose The Samaan Family Dr. Saul Jimenez-Sandoval and Dr. Mariana Anagnostopoulos Alexis Savaros Kay Schlotthauer Justin and Alexandra Schweitzer Bob and Helen Sexton Talbert and Melissa Simonian Dr. and Mrs. Jervy Smith Charles and Cathy Snow Eleftheria Sofianides Amanda Sopp Ernie and Pam Sopp Melissa Sopp Kopi and Elaine Sotiropulos Vasili and Crystal Sotiropulos. Joyce and Dan Souza Angelo and Barbara Stalis Bessie Stalis Mr. & Mrs. George Stallis Galatia Stanley Yannis and Alicia Stavropoulos Dio and Katie Stefanopoulos Elena Stefanopoulos Spero and Lauren Stefanopoulos Tom and Peggy Stefanopoulos Plato and Jackie Sterios Dee Stonebraker Wilson and Rowida Tadros Gigi Tahan Gabriela Tarau Deeb and Fahda Tayar Dan and Eve Taylor Marcia Taylor Richard and Angelica Taylor Saki and Angelica Terlikas

Thomas and Darlene Goumas Efi Gregory Luda Guibor Alex and Kristin Guirguis Yesmane Haile Dr. Harry G. Harris Tina Heliotes Hisham and Dida Hemaidan Tom and Irma Hill Ashley Hyatt & Brandon Weis Tom and Angie Hyatt Mary Katherine Jones Nathan and Alexis Jones Robert and Madelyn Jones Zoe Kaffen Husam and Najwa Kaileh Tom and Katie Kallos Nabil and Pauline Karam Jim Karas Andione Karastathas Constantine Kavalos Sophia Kavalos Rick and Gina Kazanjian Ramzi and Ellie Khachadorian Raed and Karen Khoury Ramzy and Doris Khoury Ioannis Kokkinidis Adolphe and Shahira Korkis Elaine Kourafas Raymond and Christine Kulina Goldie Lewis Mina Lighthall Nick and Jennifer Linneman Nicki Livanis Steve Loforti Elaine Long John & Donna Macris Dionisios Magulas & Demetria Papoulias William Magulas Dr. Constantine and Voula Makredes Michael and Tiffany Makredes S. Michael and Phyllis Makredes Kostas and Vera Margiolas Gloria Mas Greg and Dorie Mas Andrew Mastoras Michael and Alice McClelland Michael and Carre McDonough Alexandra McGrady Demi Mehas George and Cheryl Mehas Dr. Paul Michaelides Philip Michaelides Chris and Patricia Miljevich Cris and Amanda Moradian Art Murillo Christna Nasrawi Allan and Karen Nassar Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nassar

Jim and Tekla Tousounis Athanasios and Connie Triantis Aristides Tsikoudakis & Dr. Sabrina Nassar Peter and Demitra Vallis Alexandra Valos Carl Waddle Bill and Joanne Weaver Ben and Clio Weber William and Georgeanne White Penny Wills Michael & Georgette Winton Mark and Ellen Wolfshorndl

Voula Xenos James and Tracy Zografos Paul and Nickie Zografos Matthew and Julie Zoolakis

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SEPTEMBER 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Orthros at 8:30am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am

2 Church office closed in obser-vance of Labor Day

3 4 5 6 7

8 No Services at St. George Liturgy will be at St. Peter at 9:30am Ordination in Roseville

9 Philoptochos meeting 10:00am

10 11 12 FOSG Mtg 5:30pm

Building Com-mittee meeting at 6:30pm AHEPA/DOP Mtg 7:00pm

13 14 The Eleva-tion of the Life-Giving Cross: Orthros at 9:00am and Di-vine Liturgy at 9:45am Refreshments to follow

15 Orthros at 8:30am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am Special General Assembly

16 17

18 19 20 21

22 Orthros at 8:30am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am First day of SS Studies in the Faith

23 PC Mtg 6:30pm

24 25 26 Bible Study 9:30am

27 28

29 Orthros at 8:30am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am Ordination

30 Angel Babies from 1:00pm-6:00pm

Adult Resort Camp at St. Nicholas

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OCTOBER 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Bible Study 9:30am

4 5 Sunday School Zoo Trip

6 Orthros at 8:30am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am Studies in the Faith

7 8 9 10 Bible Study 9:30am FOSG Mtg 5:30pm Building Com. mtg at 6:30pm AHEPA/DOP Mtg 7:00pm

11 12

13 Orthros at 8:30am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am Studies in the Faith

14 Philoptochos Mtg 6:30pm, refreshments at 6:00pm

15 16 17 Bible Study 9:30am

18 19 Masquerade Gala Dinner

20 Orthros at 8:30am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am Studies in the Faith

21 22 Philoptochos Cooking 2:00pm-8:00pm

23 St. James-Orthros at 9:00am, Divine Liturgy at 9:45am Philo Cooking 8am-3pm

24 Philo Cooking 8am-finished Bible Study 9:30am

25 26

27 Orthros at 8:30am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am Fall General Assembly

28 29 30 31 Bible Study 9:30am

Angels Daisy Addicott and Cynthia Radoumis Joan Arabatzis John and Demetria Kallas Licouris–Wills families in m/o Robert Wills, Patricia, Tom, Pete & James Licouris Mina Lighthall in m/o beloved husband David R. Lighthall Andrew Mastoras Melinda Mastoras Y.M. Stavropoulos M.D. in m/o school teacher Kyria Eleousa Cynthia and Jerry Stiavelli Dan and Eve Taylor Marcia Taylor in m/o Bud Taylor

Communications Outreach Supporters: Our Angels and Archangels The Angel and Archangel Supporters no longer just support the St. George Monthly Newsletter. This ministry will now support the Communication Outreach program. Through this new multi faceted approach to communication, information will reach parishioners more effectively. If you would like to help offset the cost of the communication outreach ministry, which includes the monthly newsletter, parish website, text messaging system and list serve, we ask that you consider contributing $30.00 a year to become an Angel Booster, or $60.00 a year to become a Archangel Booster. Your name or the name of a loved one who’s memory you wish to commemorate, will be printed in The

Voice of St. George Newsletter for the calendar year of 2019. We thank you for your support which enables us to better inform the parishioners of St. George.

Archangel Supporter: $60.00 for 2019 Calendar Year (Per Family Name of Individual) Angel Supporter: $30.00 for 2019 Calendar Year (Per Family Name or Individual)

All donations towards the Archangel/Angel Supporter are for the Calendar year 2019. All names will run through Jan. 2020

Please print clearly the name or names exactly as you wish them to appear in the Newsletter. Name or Names: ______________________________________________________________________________________

And / Or In Memory of: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Archangels In m/o John, Bessie & George Antonaros Cathy and Tom Armstrong in m/o Arthur and Muriel Chimiklis of Stockton, CA Steve and Deborah Brandt in loving memory Anne Simonian Deborah Brandt in loving memory Leon and Louise Geneses Ernie and Andriana Bouskos Bill and Joanne Dau in m/o Gus and Anne Kossaras George Efthemon & Elizabeth Wellington in m/o Sam & Helen Eft-hemon Mary Gavrilis in m/o Byron Gavrilis and Stella Vlahotis Nora George in m/o William George Wayne Gomes Thomas Goumas/Denise Jordan in m/o Gust and Betty Goumas John and Demetria Kallas in m/o Demetrios and Vasiliki Vergon John and Demetria Kallas in m/o Pauline Kallas Jim and Toni Kalogrides in m/o Nick and Eleni Paleologos Elaine Kourafas and family in m/o Nick Tom Kourafas Charlie and Elaine Long in m/o Viola and Richard Abrahamian Judie Moradian in m/o Marvin and Marge Kootz

Irene Mabry in m/o Dennis Mabry Irene Mabry in m/o George and Vicky Kokalis H.N and L. K. Papadakis Angela Pappanastos In m/o Edna and Peter Petropulos– Stella Vlahiotis In m/o Alexander “Pappy” Papulias Kay Schlotthauer Alicia and Yannis Stavropoulos M.D. in m/o our parents Frank, Dena, Stephanie & Laura Siskey in m/o Bill & Anthie Kourafas John and Susan Stockton In m/o Spiro Xenos Paul and Nickie Zografos Matthew & Julie Zoolakis in m/o Melina Zoolakis

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