Weekday Vespers is on Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00 p.m.  We have a weekday Divine Liturgy on Wednesday morning (December 11th) at 9:00 a.m. (Hours at 8:40 AM), and this Friday, December 13th we will sing the Akathist Hymn for the Nativity of Christ at 6:00 p.m.

The December Youth Group meeting is Saturday, December 14th at 2:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please note that there is only one Youth Group meeting this month.

We have several Nativity Fast giving opportunities - Please help donate to Eastside HUB See the list near the containers in the hallway to the Fellowship Hall. Donations can be made online or in the basket for the Veteran’s grocery gift cards. Donations to the Good Samaritan Fund always are welcome and needed. On Sunday, December 15th, Church School children will be soliciting for donations to help provide livestock to families in poverty here in the US and around the globe.

As always, fasting seasons are a good time to catch up on confession and get back in the habit if it has dropped off. (Per our bishop and guidelines confession should be on a regular basis, more or less monthly.) Father is available after all Vespers services and the Akathist services as well. He is also available by appointment before those services or at other times during the week.

Please help and join one of our primary volunteer teams: Fellowship Hour, Cleaning, and Service Duty (Candle Room / Usher). Sign-up sheets are on the display case across from the restrooms, outside the fellowship hall. 

Note: It will be assumed everyone is staying on their current teams - new sign-ups will be added to the current teams or extra teams will be added if we have enough volunteers. See Juliana Peck or Madrecita Emilia if you desire to make changes.

We have an opening for Treasurer and a general Council Member. Each position is for a 3-year term. Serving on the council requires one to be in good standing as defined by our by-laws as well as a blessing from Father. Please see Fr. Dn. James or Ruth Kendall to nominate yourself or another (best to ask Father before nominating another as well.)

We will have Church School and Foundations Class (Catechism) at 11:30 a.m.  Please allow teachers and children to go first in the fellowship meal line.

All are welcome to Foundations Class. Catechumens should be striving to attend every class. Our high-school aged students are strongly encouraged to attend as well.  Download The Orthodox Way of Life class text book if you have not already.

Those who partake in communion should line up on the sides, next to the windows. Those in line on the choir side will commune from either chalice (Dn. James or Fr. Silouan). Those on the confession side will go strictly to that side’s chalice (Dn. Nicholas). There are a few who will come up the middle aisle due to age or health related reasons. No one else should. We are aiming to keep the middle aisle free as the “exit.”

Father Silouan uses an opt-in email service to send out his communications (such as the Weekend Update) to the parish.  This is a different service than the parish Listserv.

To sign up, click on “The Latest” in the menu above.  Then click on "Email Signup" which is the first item in the drop-down menu.

Don’t forget you can give tithes and offerings online, including designated funds. There are two ways to do this.  First, you can use the green "Give" button on Father Silouan's "Weekend Update" emails.  Second, you can use the menu on this page.  Click on "The Latest," then click on "Church Connect."  Finally click on the blue "Give Online" button.