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St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church

Celebrating 100 years of Worship

1915-2015

2300 W. Huntington Drive, Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington, Delaware 19808

Rev. James Weremedic, Rector • (302) 995-6775 • Cell (570) 764-4323

Email: • Web: www.stmichael-delaware-oca.org

Vespers & Confessions: Saturday, 5:00 pm

Hours, Divine Liturgy & Fellowship: Sunday, 8:40 am

Sunday, January 4, 2015

30th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Tone 5. Forefeast of the Theophany. Sunday before Theophany. Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles: James, the brother of the Lord; Mark the Evangelist; Luke the Evangelist …. (1st c.). Ven. Theoctistus, Abbot at Cucomo, in Sicily. St. Eustathius I, Archbishop of Serbia. St. Aquila, Deacon, of the Kiev Caves. Martyrs Zosimus the Hermit and Athanasius the Commentarisius (Superintendent of Prisoners), Anchorites, of Cilicia. Ven. Euthymius and twelve other Monks, martyred at Vatopedi. Ven. Onuphrius of Mt. Athos.

Reader’s Schedule

DATE 3RD HOUR 6TH HOUR EPISTLE

Jan-4 WEREMEDIC, L SOUDER, C WEREMEDIC, J

Jan-11 CARPENTER WEREMEDIC, J CAREY

Jan-18 RILEY, J RILEY, A RILEY, J

Date / Fellowship
Coffee Hour / Service Duty / Church Cleaners / Library
4-Jan / Carey/Poletaev / Sulpizi/Finck / Baldytchev / Gundersen
11-Jan / Conover/Daubert
Steph George / Souder
Poletaev / Kutch
Sulpizi / Farrell
18-Jan / Kutch/ Sulpizi / Bunitsky/Kendall / Riley / Weremedic
25-Jan / Elia/Gunderson/Farrell / Elia/Morjana / Carey/Bunitsky / Conover

Services for the Feast of Holy Theophany:

·  Compline & Matins for Holy Theophany on Monday, January 5th at 7:00 p.m.

·  Divine Liturgy on Tuesday, January 6th at 9:00 a.m., with the Blessing of Holy Water, afterwards. Bring your own bottles for refill, please!

A Good Samaritan collection will be taken Today and the first Sunday of each month. Please be generous with your offering.

We welcome our visitors and guests and invite you to join us for coffee hour in the church hall following the Liturgy

2 Timothy 4:5-8 (Epistle, Sunday Before)

But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

Mark 1:1-8 (Gospel, Sunday Before)

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’ “ John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.


St. Michael’s 2015 Church Directory

We are in the process of updating St. Michael’s Church Directory for 2015. A copy of the current directory is in the Vestibule. Please take a moment to review your information to verify that what we have is correct. If it isn’t correct or complete, please make the necessary changes.

FAMILY PROMISE IS BACK!

Family Promise is an outreach ministry that provides shelter, food, and fellowship to homeless families. St. Michael's will be helping St. Philip's Lutheran Church(4501 Kirkwood Highway) host these families onFebruary 9th (Monday), February 10th (Tuesday) and February 12 (Thursday). If you can spend a couple of hourscooking, chatting, playing, or a few hours sleeping, you can help provide shelter for those in need!Weneed your help to host our guests!Please help us opendoors to these parents and children! Please see the signup sheet in the narthex. If you have any questions contact Ellen Gundersen at 610.388. 0695 or .

The sign-up sheet for House Blessings is in the narthex. Please indicate your preference for morning, afternoon or evening appointment. In addition, please indicate the days you will not be available. Father will schedule based on the information provided and will confirm a date/time with you. In addition, please provide a phone number to confirm appointments.

SAVE THE DATE! ST. MICHAEL’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY. Sunday November 8, 2015Plans are underway for an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of our parish this year! The event will take place in our church hall on St. Michael’s Sunday. following Divine Liturgy. Details will follow.Prayers for the Sick and Needy:

Mat. Lisa, Helen Bunitsky, Alfred Monikar, Peter Melnik, Lily Nassif, Agnes Timchak, Olga Riley, Anna Hotrovich, Mary Guretsky, Marie Holowatch, Marie Karawulan, Barbara Hicks.

Prayers for Women and the Children to be Born of Them:

Melissa Conover.

Prayers for Celebration:

Marie Holowatch celebrating her 92nd birthday.

Mary Guretsky celebrating her 93rd birthday.

Iryna and Joseph Sheeler celebrating their 5th Wedding Anniversary today.

WINTER COAT DRIVE

Please donate your "gently used" winter coats for men, women and children for the needy in our community. You may place them in bins in the narthex and in the entrance to the social hall. We'll collect coats through the end of January. Thank you for helping keep someone warm this winter.

The 2015 Parish Council ‘swearing in’ will occur on Sunday, January 11, 2015. Please prepare through Confession and Communion for your start of service to our Lord in this capacity.

2015 Parish Council Officers:

President: Suzy Dozier

Vice President: Open

Recording Secretary: Susan Skomorucha

Treasurer: Peter Eldridge (Split) James & Anne Riley

Financial Secretary: Sergey Baldytchev

Corresponding Secretary: Open

Trustee: Jeff Kendall

Purchasing Agent:Mary Anne Farrell (Split) Ellen Gundersen

2015 Diocesan Assembly (Bethlehem, January 29-30, 2015)

Representative: Suzy Dozier

Alternate: Subdeacon James Weremedic

2015 All American Council (Atlanta, July 20-24, 2015):

Representative: Ellen Gundersen

Alternate: Subdeacon James Weremedic

Auditors: Evelyn Kutch, Michael Sinovich and Ed Hojnicki