8 S S ST T T. G . G . G . GEORGE EORGE EORGE EORGE C C CHURCH HURCH HURCH HURCH OF OF OF OF P P PRESCOTT RESCOTT RESCOTT RESCOTT (928) 777 (928) 777 (928) 777 (928) 777- - -8750 8750 8750 8750 Priest: Fr. John A. Peck Emeritus: Fr. William John Clark Parish Council: Dr. George Rizk, Raymond Zogob, Kris Wells, Kally Key, Bob Hunt, Robert Frisby, Dr. Andrew Gusty, Jelena Timotijevic, Liz Winney. Choir Director: Pres. Deborah Peck Sunshine: Anne Lunsford !../5.#%-%.43 Schedule of Services There will be an abbreviated memorial service For the handmaidenof God, Hala Saikalay, and the newly departed handmaiden of God, Amelia Markos. Wed. Jan. 25 6 pm Vespers & Parish Council Mtg Thurs. Jan. 26 6 pm Choir Rehearsal Fri. Jan. 27 10 am Divine Liturgy Please note: If you leave food at the Church following our Fellowship Hour, it will be discarded. We don’t have room to save leftover Fellowship Hour dishes. Please don’t be offended! CHOIR: Commit yourselves to rehearsing regularly. Remember that as real leaders of our worship, it is necessary that you attend our rehearsals. Pre-Lent and Lent are around the corner and there is much to master before the Paschal celebration. Make the decision to commit to this important ministry! Zacchaeus Sunday Sun. Jan. 22, 2012 Tone 7
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SSSSTTTT. G. G. G. GEORGEEORGEEORGEEORGE CCCCHURCHHURCHHURCHHURCH OFOFOFOF PPPPRESCOTTRESCOTTRESCOTTRESCOTT (928) 777(928) 777(928) 777(928) 777----8750875087508750
Priest: Fr. John A. Peck Emeritus: Fr. William John Clark
Parish Council: Dr. George Rizk, Raymond Zogob, Kris Wells, Kally Key, Bob Hunt, Robert Frisby, Dr. Andrew Gusty, Jelena Timotijevic, Liz Winney.
Choir Director: Pres. Deborah Peck Sunshine: Anne Lunsford
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Schedule of Services
There will be an abbreviated memorial service
For the handmaidenof God, Hala Saikalay, and
the newly departed handmaiden of God, Amelia Markos.
Wed. Jan. 25 6 pm Vespers & Parish Council Mtg
Thurs. Jan. 26 6 pm Choir Rehearsal
Fri. Jan. 27 10 am Divine Liturgy
Please note: If you leave food at the Church following our Fellowship Hour, it will be discarded. We don’t have room to save leftover Fellowship Hour dishes. Please don’t be offended!
CHOIR: Commit yourselves to rehearsing regularly. Remember that as real leaders of our worship, it is necessary that you attend our rehearsals. Pre-Lent and Lent are around the corner and there is much to master before the Paschal celebration. Make the decision to commit to this important ministry!
Zacchaeus Sunday Sun. Jan. 22, 2012 Tone 7
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Resurrection Hymn - Tone 7
Thou didst shatter death by Thy Cross. Thou didst open Paradise to the thief. Thou didst turn the sadness of the Myrrhbearing women into joy, And didst bid Thine Apostles proclaim that Thou art Risen, O Christ, granting to the world great mercy.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and
to the Holy Spirit,
Hymn of GreatMartyr George - Tone 4
Liberator of captives, defender of the poor, physician of the sick, and champion of kings, O trophy-bearer, Great Martyr George, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Hymn of the Theotokos - Tone 7
In that you are the treasury of our Resurrection, O all praised One. Lead forth from the bottomless pit of trans-gressions those who set their hope in you. For you have saved those who were guilty of sin in that you gave birth to our Salvation, O You who, before and after giving birth, were a Virgin.
Prokeimenon in the 7th Tone (Ps 29) The Lord shall give strength to His
people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace!
Offer the Lord, O you sons of God! Offer young rams to the Lord!
Epistle: 1 Timothy 4:9-15
T IMOTHY, my son, the saying is sure and worthy of full accep-tance. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope
set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Till I come, attend to the public reading of scripture, to preaching, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress. +
Alleluia in the 7th Tone (Ps 92)
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Thy Name, O Most High!
To declare Thy mercy in the morning, and Thy truth by night!
Date Readers
1-22 Kenny Scott & Jelena Timotijevich
1-29 Jelena Timotijevich & Mike Winney
2-5 Mike Winney & Kenny Scott
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Gospel: Luke 19:1-10
A T THAT TIME, Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a
chief collector, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it four-fold." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."+
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Parish Prayer List LIVINGLIVINGLIVINGLIVING: : : :
Fr. Thomas & Laurel Frisby, Libby Seifer, Helen Vlahakis, Richard, Justin, Kimmy, Melody Casper, Lynn Angebranndt, Cheryl Drake, Ruth Kleinman, Joseph, Winney, Jim & Michelle Smith, George Robertson, Molly Markos, Jen Kelley, Josh Hondaly, Susan Hill, Mary Ellen Halvorsen, Retta Baughman, Lola Rizk, Ameliana Gusty, Sam-son Winters, James Peck, Samin, Chad, Aidan, Victoria, Anastasia, Basil, Cassian, Luke, and Garet Trenham, Carrie, Griffin, Nolan, Grayson, Olivia Salicos & family, Scott & Katie Windsor, Benjamin & Joseph Peck, Gail & Vicki Brannock, Jennifer, Diane Berkholtz, Jerry Spires, Fr. Thomas Williams, Robin Hyduke, Nathan & Merilee Peck, Connie, Crystal, Tom & Kymie Bowden, James Anthony, Jim Burns, Alex, Sandy, Adrian, Melanie Schlapfer, Judy Raessler, Viola Hammerstrom, Ovi Lungu, Bill Kountanis, Darrell and Patty Bostic, Deon Christensen and family, Helen Ko, Campbell Mackenzie, Betty Dudney, Will Degenhart & family, Sky Rizk, Dumitri Popita, Tanya, Darlene, Glenn, Fr. Hans & Susan Jacobse, Fr. Bill Clark, Philip Winney, Lindsay, George Peter Rizk, Barbara Wright, Marnie Butts, Luke Glen, Charity Books, the Borza family, Elizabeth, Seraphima, Macrina, Mary, Silas, Susana, Robert, Kayla, Briana, Joel, Kelsey, Shaun, Theresa, Chris’ 2 grandmothers, Raymond Zogob’s father, Diane Robertson, Kathy & Chris Hough.
DEPARTED: DEPARTED: DEPARTED: DEPARTED:
Hala, Saikalay, Modine Bingham, Arthur Jarvinen ,Dushan, Gregoria, Mike Wogan, Bill Mueller, Joel McKalie, Marcus Ruttrell, infant Bailey Smith, Preston, Milanka, Charles Kirk, Michael Hicha, Jr., Ioanni Vlahakis, Kalliroi Vlahakis, Evagalia Vlahakis, Cassandra & Stephen Landis, James Devlin, Thomas Lindberg, Boyd Jackson, Irene Teneralli, Julianne Windsor, Allan Fairbanks, Robert Dery, George Nassimos, George Komashko, Fr. Antony Vladimir, Lambrini, Dominic Teneralli Sr., Dominic Teneralli Jr., Rose Bachmann, Janine, George Hicha, Lola Christie, Jackie Pelkey, Helen Shugrue, Eugenia, Elizabeth Higbee, Janet Maissen, Nat, Amanda, James, Abp Job, Abp Anthony, Don, Anastasia Jones, Jack Christensen, Ethel Hunt, Child Nicholas, John, Delores, Lydia (Letitia) Preda, Fr. Gabriel Cooke, Richard & Larry Peck, Randy Poffo, Chuck, Lisa Covington, Andrew Lubnick, Dennis Kontonis, Julia Sedon, Ariel Borza, Michael Hicha, Peter Rizk; Demos Vlahakis; Rhonda Dawson; Nicholas, Peter, Kay, Shirley, George Cosmakos; Bishop Innocent (Gula); Fr. Michael St. Andrew.
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Visitors We are happy that you joined us today, and we want you to know the following;
• Visitors and children are always welcome at all of our worship services.
• You won't be asked to do anything that would make you uncomfortable.
• We don't expect visitors to contribute anything financially to support our parish.
• Our children worship with us, and we love having them here.
If you are an Orthodox Christian, please introduce yourself to Fr. John before the service begins, so that, if possible, you may receive the Holy Mysteries of our Lord Jesus Christ.
If you are not an Orthodox Christian, we invite you to partake of the blessed bread distributed at the end of the service, to fill out a “Welcome” card (available in the Narthex), and to join us after the service for some hospitality!
Read Your Bible
Every Day (truth matters)
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SAINTS ALIVE The life and deeds of the heroes of our Faith
Apostle Zacchaeus of the 70
The saint who obeyed the call of Christ and was made one of His Apostles!
The holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle Zacchaeus was an apostle of the Seventy.
The Apostle Zacchaeus was a rich publican at Jericho. Since he was short of stature, he climbed a sycamore tree in order to see the Savior pass-ing by. After the Ascension of the Lord, St. Zacchaeus ac-companied St. Peter on his travels. Tradition says he fol-lowed St. Peter to Caesarea, where Peter appointed him the Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine. He died in peace.
On this Sunday the Gospel reading is about Zacchaeus the tax-collector. It tells how Christ brought salvation to the sinful man, and how his life was changed simply because he "sought to see who Jesus was" (Luke 19:3).
The desire and effort to see Jesus begins the entire movement through Lent towards Pas-cha. It is the first movement of salvation.
Our lenten journey begins with a recognition of our own sinfulness, just as Zacchaeus recognized his. He promised to make restitution by giving half of his wealth to the poor, and by paying to those he had falsely accused four times as much as they had lost. In this, he went beyond the require-ments of the Law (Ex. 22:3-12).
The example of Zacchaeus teaches us that we should turn away from our sins, and
atone for them. The real proof of our sor-row and repentance is not just a verbal apol-ogy, but when we correct ourselves and try to make amends for the consequences of our evil actions.
We are also assured of God's mercy and compassion by Christ's words to Zacchaeus, "Today salvation is come to this house" (Luke 19:9).
Glory to God for All Things!
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Congratulations to
the Frisbys! Fr. Thomas was ordained last Sunday to
