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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 7, 2013
2nd SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Tone 1. All Saints of America (All Saints of Russia). Ven. Thomas of Mt. Maleon. Ven. Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in The Ladder). Ven. Eudoxia, in monasticism Euphrosyne, Grand Duchess of Moscow. Martyrs Peregrinus, Lucian, Ompeius, Hesychius, Papius, Saturninus, and Germanus, of Dyrrachium in Macedonia. Martyr Evangelus, Bishop of Tomi in Romania. Martyr Cyriaca of Nicomedia.
Reader’s Schedule
DATE 3RD HOUR 6TH HOUR EPISTLE
July 7 RILEY, A RILEY, J WEREMEDIC
July 14 SOUDER, C WALES WALES
July 21 WEREMEDIC SOUDER, C CARPENTER
Date / Fellowship Coffee Hour / Service Duty / Church Cleaners / Library7-Jul / Souder Riley / Bunitsky Kendall / Finck / Nichols
14-Jul / Hojnicki Flynn Roberts / Morjana Harb / Whalen / Farrell
21-Jul / Kraiter Cretu / Elia / Baldytchev Fox / Gregors
A Good Samaritan collection will be taken Today and the first Sunday of each month. Please be generous with your offering.
Romans 2:10-16 (Epistle)
But glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God.
For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law(for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
Matthew 4:18-23 (Gospel)
And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
Vacation Bible School
A joint Vacation Bible School (VBS) will be held at Ss. Peter and Paul, Wilmington, DE on July 15-19 starting at 10:00 am and ending at 2:00 pm. Plans are for pre-school through 12th grade and volunteers are needed. Please contact Fr. Stephen Hutnick, Rector of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Wilmington (302-798-4455) if you are planning on attending!
Personal Examination for Clergy and Church Workers
1. Do I pray regularly every day? How do I do it? Do I need to make changes? If I do not pray regularly, what should I do? Do I have someone with whom I share my prayer life, and my spiritual life generally? Am I ready to take counsel and direction in this area, and in all areas of my spiritual life?
The saints tell us that prayer is the foundation of everything and the proof of everything. If we are not faithful in our prayer, we will not be faithful or fruitful in anything. The saints also tell us that a person who has himself as a spiritual guide has chosen a fool, no matter how smart or learned he or she may be. They also tell us that the cause of every person's failings and sins is to be "self-directed" and to live in spiritual isolation.
A Women’s Retreat, sponsored by the Department of Religious Education of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern PA, will be held on Saturday, August 17 at St. Tikhon’s Seminary Gymnasium. The topics for this year’s retreat are: “Prayer”, “Dealing with Stress/Emotions” and “Godly Women Who Were Not Afraid to Speak" The speakers will be Mother Barbara and Mother Magdalena of the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration, Ellwood City, PA and Matushka Valerie Zahirsky, Chairperson of the Department of Christian Education of the Orthodox Church in America. The cost for the retreat is $10 which includes lunch. It is open to all women 13 years and older.
Prayers for the Departed:
Father Gerasimos (Jerry) Rassias, Nabih Harb.
Prayers for the Sick and Needy:
Mat. Lisa Weremedic, Mark, Georgia Harb, Shawn McGee, Alice and William Dryden, Agnes Timchak, Olga Riley, Anna Hotrovich, Mary Guretsky, Marie Holowatch, Joseph Wojciechowski, Helen Bunitsky, Caroline Humphrey.
Prayers for Women and the Children to be Born of Them:
Catalina Finck, Ruth Kendall, Amanda Weremedic.
Prayers for Celebration:
Charlotte Lynn Kendall born on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 and her
parents Jeff and Ruth Kendall.
Jeremy & Catalina Finck celebrating their 4th Wedding Anniversary on July 4th.
A 40th day Panikhida will be held After the Divine Liturgy today for Nabih Harb, offered by the Elia family.
Fr. James and his family will be on vacation Monday, July 8, 2013 to Monday, July 15, 2013. Please contact Fr. Stephen Hutnick, Rector of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Wilmington (302-798-4455), should a ’clergy emergency’ arise. We will hold a reader’s Vesper service on Saturday (7/13) evening at 6:00 pm and Fr. Gregory Winsky will be serving the Divine Liturgy on Sunday (7/14).
Holy Synod issues Affirmation of the Mystery of Marriage
On Tuesday, July 2, 2013, the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America released an “Affirmation of the Mystery of Marriage.”
http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-issues-affirmation-of-the-mystery-of-marriage
The first section of the Affirmations, titled, “The Mystery of Marriage,” reads as follows.
“God creates human beings in His own image and likeness, male and female. He declares human life, with all that He makes, to be ‘very good’ (Genesis 1:27-31). “God wills that men and women marry, becoming husbands and wives. He commands them to increase and multiply in the procreation of children, being joined into ‘one flesh’ by His divine grace and love. He wills that human beings live within families (Genesis 1:27; 2:21-24; Orthodox Marriage Service). Please use the link for the entire statement.