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Dear <<First Name>>,

Glory to Jesus Christ! 

1. Come bask in the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos this Wednesday 11-20-19 at 6pm and Thursday 11-21-19 at 9am! Please e-mail Mat. Samantha if you can bring a dish to the potluck after liturgy.
























2. This past weekend the Moen family invited our amazing choir to a wonderful feast in thanksgiving for our choir member's beautiful singing at Vinnie and Linsey's wedding. The couple celebrated their 1 year anniversary on 11-4-19.

Here is a beautiful video of the wedding for you to enjoy :-) Many Years Vinnie and Linsey (and many more babies)!!! Click image to watch the video



3. The month of NOVEMBER is Stewardship Month!

We are grateful to almighty God for all His material and spiritual blessings this year! We look forward to celebrating His advent, finishing this year strong and prayerfully planning our giving for our 2020 budget. 

2020 Annual Budget Pledge Announcement:
To help Parish Council prepare next year's 2020 Annual Budget, we are requesting that  EVERYONE make a Pledge via Realm our Church Mgmt System (online or via app) for 2020 by Saturday  November 30th 2019The "Pledge" is the estimated amount of your material blessings that you plan to give in 2020 to support Christ's life giving mission in our world. (Even if you don't give via Realm, please enter your pledge amount there so we can get an accurate count of projected giving for 2020.)

Our hope is that we will have 100% of all our members pledging for 2020 as we have done in the past :-).Your continued support is vital as we continue to grow our beautiful mission community.

Save the Date: Our "2020 Annual Meeting" will take place Sunday, January 19th, 2020. (3rd Sunday of January)

4. 2020 Church Liturgical Calendars are here!
This year's theme is "Missions & Ministries" and we have pictures of our own beautiful community featured on the front page and in the month of April :-) Sbdn Steven our resident photographer took these wonderful images of our community which we now get to share with the entire OCA.

The Calendars are on sale now for $10.
You can buy them at church or via Realm. 
Click the image above or here to view a PDF of the entire calendar

EVENT CALENDAR:
Wednesday, 11/20
11-20-19: Festal Vigil: Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple

Thursday, 11/21
Festal Liturgy, 9am
11-21-19: Festal Divine Liturgy Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (Lenten potluck meal following)

Saturday, 11/23
Great Vespers, 5pm

Sunday, 11/24
CGS 8:50am-9:55am
Choir, 9:00am
Hours, 9:30
Liturgy, 10:00am
Prayer for Rebekah Hart's Upcoming Foot Surgery after Divine Liturgy followed by Fellowship meal
Teen Church SChool, 11:30am
St. Katherine's Vigil, 6pm @ St. Katherine GOC

Monday, 11/25
St. Katherine's Orthos 8:30, Liturgy 9:30am @ St. Katherine GOC

SAVE THE DATES:
***Click here to see all of our upcoming events!***
The Month of NOVEMBER is Stewardship Month :-)
11-15-19 Nativity Fast Begins! (Fish, Wine & Oil allowed on Sat/Sun; Wine & Oil allowed on Tues/Thurs)
11-26-19 Diaconal Ordination of Fr. Michel Mikail (from our very own St. John the Baptist Monastery) 9am at Ss Peter and Paul. All are welcome!
11-28-19 Thanksgiving Liturgy & Festal Potluck Meal
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CHURCH DIRECTORY with PICTURES!
As our community grows, we would love to offer our community a PDF directory of names, emails, phone numbers and addresses of current parishioners with pictures as well, so that we may get to know one another better. Please see Realm for the link to upload your individual photo or email it directly to frandre@stjohnaz.org. In addition to uploading a photo of you as an individual, family photos can be uploaded and will be added to our Family Tree wall in our fellowship hall (unless you don't want to be, let Father know). :-) Please upload a high resolution image that is printable.

“Sanctify those that love the beauty of Thy house. Glorify them in return by Thy divine power.” - from the prayer behind ambo at the end of liturgy

Big Thank You to everyone already signed up to help!!!

Many hands make light work:-) I would like every one in the parish to sign up, individually or as a family, to help clean the temple for 15 mins after liturgy on a rotational basis every Sunday throughout the year. Please sign up today at link below!

It is very important we keep our temple beautiful in order to glorify God and to welcome parishioners and guests into a beautiful worship space. Click here to reserve your Sunday Cleaning Ministry spot today!

Welcome to our new free online St John Library platform called Librarika!
Here are the instructions to become member :-)
Member / Patron

  1. Register for a new account here at Sign Up.
  2. Receive verification email and verify the email address.
  3. Log into https://librarika.com/ using a new account.
  4. Click on "Request Member Access" button at My Libraries section.
  5. Enter full URL of the library  https://stjohntempeaz.librarika.com/   and submit the request to automatically join.

 

11-28-19 St. John's First Thanksgiving Day Potluck Fellowship Meal Brunch after 9am Thanksgiving Liturgy Thursday, November 28, 2019!

One of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions while I lived in San Francisco CA, was starting the day with Divine Liturgy and then partaking in a glorious Festal Thanksgiving feast after service with my Holy Trinity Cathedral parish family.
I will supply a succulent Organic Turkey. For those who would like to join my family and I in the fellowship hall after Thanksgiving Liturgy please bring your favorite Thanksgiving dish to share.
Please click the following sign up sheet to let me know what you will be bringing and how many people in your party.
Get our Realm Connect app to plug into news, events, online giving and our community directory! 
Make sure to set u e-mail notifications to be apprised of current happenings and prayer requests.

God Bless,
Fr. Andre Paez, Rector



   916 S. 52nd St., Tempe, AZ 85281
  
   Office: 480-427-0630
   E-mail: frandre@stjohnaz.org
   Website: www.stjohnaz.org
  
- Confessions: After Saturday Great Vespers and by appointment.
Office Closed Mondays.
- Emergencies: I am on call 24/7

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