Copy
Dear brothers and sisters
Christ is among us!
He is and always will be!
In today's issue:
View our GOOGLE CALENDAR for a detailed week to week schedule
  • Saturday, November 20
    • Family Education Day: faith formation for the whole family at 3pm
    • Great Vespers & confessions at 5pm
  • Sunday, November 21
    • Divine Liturgy at 9:30am & fellowship with coffee hour
  • Thursday, November 25
    • Thanksgiving Service at 10am
  • Saturday, November 27
    • No Family Education Day
    • Great Vespers & confessions at 5pm
  • Sunday, November 28
    • Divine Liturgy at 9:30am & fellowship with coffee hour
The Nativity Fast begins November 28
The poster courtesy of Fr James Bozeman
Adjusted for Old Calendar use
As always before the Feast of St Nicholas, Singac R Club is organizing FOCA St Nicholas Wish List Project to support seminary families.
Next two Sundays, Nov. 21 & 28, we will be collecting gift cards or monetary donations.
Suggested gift cards include: Target, Amazon, Kohls, Barnes and Noble, Old Navy, Shop Rite, Wegmans, Sheetz.
Our reformatted Church School now meets on Saturdays.
It is part of the Family Education Day.
If you would like to register your child for the Church School, please click here.
All adults are welcome to the adult classes.
Join our online Book Study group, which meets every other week on Fridays at 8pm.
We are beginning to read a new book, "
The Religion of the Apostles" by Fr Stephen De Young. 
This is one of the best sellers among Orthodox books at the moment. The book "presents the Orthodox Christian Church of today as a continuation of the religious life of the apostles, which in turn was a continuation of the life of the people of God since the beginning of creation."
We meet via Google Meet; therefore, reply to this email to get the meeting link.
Click on the image for more

The Holiday season is upon us (or so the decorations at various department stores have been telling us since August). This season is also known as that time of year when you put on those extra pounds so that you would have something to lose heading into the summer.

For this reason, and for this reason along (I think) our St Anna's Altar Society is having a Christmas Cookie Sale.
 
To order your cookies, put down your name and the amount on the signup sheet on the bulletin board in the narthex (church vestibule), or contact Vickie Duin at 973-684-5844 or vduin@verizon.net

Cookies will be available for pickup on December 12, 2021
$12/container

each container is approximately 1.5lb
 
Members and friends of St Anna's will be making some of their family and traditional favorites. Anyone wishing to donate their time to make cookies is also asked to contact Vickie.
There is nothing so pleasing to God, as for a person to be thankful.
- Saint John Chrysostom
Click on image for the podcast episode
 
When you are asked about what your church believes, how do you answer? What is your level of understanding of the Orthodox Christian Faith? If salvation is not only a gift we cannot earn, but something we must live out as Christ taught, what is one valuable resource we can use to learn what our Faith teaches and why? How can we learn to better share the “εὐαγγέλιον,” the “good news” of Christ and the Orthodox Christian Church?
James, David, Marleen, Nargiza, Lydia, Robert, Elizabeth, Maria, Nikolai, Nicole, Michael, Katrina, Elizabeth, Santiago, Kristie, Karen, Nadine, PJ, Brandy, Barbara, Matushka Natallia, Barbara, Jessica
God grant you many years!
The Gospel lesson

give her something to eat


(click on image)
The Epistle reading

the world has been crucified to me


(click on image)
Saint of the day

synaxis of the 
Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers

(click on image)
Yours in the Lord,
Father Aleksey
Facebook
Facebook
Instagram
Instagram
Twitter
Twitter
YouTube
YouTube
Website
Website
Share Share
Tweet Tweet
Forward Forward
view this email in your browser
Copyright © 2021 Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Church, All rights reserved.


Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp