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St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church
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, 6:00 pm
Hours, Divine Liturgy & Fellowship: Sunday, 8:40 am
Sunday, July 6, 2014
4th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Tone 3. Ven. Sisoës the Great. Ven. Sisoës, Schema-monk, of the Kiev Caves. Holy Princess Juliana Ol’shánskaya. Martyrs Marinus and Martha, and their children, Audifax and Abbachum and those with them at Rome: Cyrinus, Valentine, and Asterius the Presbyter. Martyrs Isaurius the Deacon, Innocent, Felix, Hermias, Basil, Peregrinus, Rufus, and Rufinus of Apollonia in Macedonia (3rd c.). Martyr Quintus of Phrygia. Virgin Martyr Lucy, Martyr Rixius, and those with them at Rome: Martyrs Anthony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Arnosus, Capicus, Saturus, and others. Synaxis of the Saints of Rádonezh.
Reader’s Schedule
DATE 3RD HOUR 6TH HOUR EPISTLE
July 6 A. RILEY J. RILEY J. RILEY
July 13 SOUDER, C L. WEREMEDIC WALES
July 20 J. WEREMEDIC SOUDER CARPENTER
July 27 CARPENTER L. WEREMEDIC CAREY
Date / Fellowship Coffee Hour / Service Duty / Church Cleaners / Library6-Jul / Kraiter Cretu / Riley Baldytchev / Riley
13-Jul / Gerassimakis Bunitsky / Sulpizi
Finck / Carey
Bunitsky / Farrell
20-Jul / Morjana Whalen Bisrat / Souder
Poletaev / Manna
Mihret / Gregors
27-Jul / Shatley Hines LaChance / Bunitsky
Kendall / Finck / Dozier
Romans 6:18-23 (Epistle)
And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
His Eminence, Archbishop Joseph, has been elected Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America by the Holy Synod of Antioch, meeting in Balamand, Lebanon on Thursday, July 3, 2014. Axios!
Metropolitan Joseph was consecrated to the Holy Episcopacy on June 30, 1991 at Saint Mary Cathedral in Damascus, after many years of serving as a deacon and a priest. His Eminence was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1950. His Eminence was consecrated with the title, Bishop of Katana in Syria, and served as Patriarchal Assistant and Secretary of the Holy Synod of Antioch. In 1995, he was sent by Patriarch Ignatius to America and assigned to the West Coast Chancery by His Eminence, the late Metropolitan Philip. After self-rule status was awarded to the Archdiocese, Bishop Joseph was enthroned at Saint Nicholas Cathedral by Metropolitan Philip as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West on September 12, 2004. On December 11, 2011, at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Patriarchal Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand in Lebanon, Patriarch Ignatius elevated Bishop Joseph to the rank of Archbishop, in honor of his many years of service as a bishop both in the Archdiocese and in the Patriarchate of Antioch.
Matthew 8:5-13 (Gospel)
Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.
When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
May Financials - Year to Date
Income from operations $ 74,738.25
Expenses for operations $(75,977.07)
Year to date income/(loss) – May $ (1,238.82)
Announcing the 2014 Orthodox Institute, “Theosis: Your Life with God” which will offer courses on the topic of “Theosis.” These courses will serve as a spiritual retreat for those who attend and will educate them on this life-giving theology. The dates of the event are October 30-November 2, 2014, and the venue is The Antiochian Village, near Pittsburgh.
Prayers for the Departed: Zinaida Fomyna, Peggy Reynolds.
Prayers for the Sick and Needy: Fr. John Bohush, Fr. Sergius Willis, Mat. Lisa, Kamil Nassif, Michael Potter, William Dryden, Agnes Timchak, Olga Riley, Anna Hotrovich, Mary Guretsky, Marie Holowatch, Marie Karawulan, Joseph Wojciechowski, Barbara Hicks.
Prayers for Celebration: Paula Flynn celebrating a milestone Birthday this week.
Walter Ford celebrating his 90th Birthday.
Jeremey and Catalina Finck celebrating their 5th Wedding Anniversary.
National and Diocesan Assessments
For those that have elected to pay their National and Diocesan Assessments periodically over the year instead of one lump sum, this is a friendly reminder that now might be a good time to make a payment. We have envelopes available in the Narthex if you wish to use them. The yearly amount for both assessments is $160 or $40 quarterly per adult over 18 years of age.
FAMILY PROMISE IS BACK!
Family Promise is an outreach ministry that provides shelter, food, and fellowship to homeless families.St. Philip's Lutheran Church will be hosting families the week of July 20th-27th. If you can spend a couple of hours setting up, cooking, cleaning, chatting, playing, or a few hours sleeping, you can help provide shelter for those in need! We are seeking volunteers from St. Michael's to help host these families at St. Philip's. Please see the signup poster located in the Vestibule of the Church. If you have any questions, contact Ellen Gundersen. We hope to see you there!