ST JOSEPH THE
BETROTHED
Melkite-Greek
Catholic CHURCH
725 W. Mt. Hope
Ave, Lansing, MI 48910 517-575-6264
FMailing Address: 921 Westover Circle, Lansing, MI 48917E
Rev. Father James
K. Graham, Pastor frjamie@earthlink.net
Rev. Protodeacon
Joseph Daratony
248-719-5169
Phone or
email Fr James with items for the bulletin by Thursday night.
Troparion of Lazarus Saturday (Tone 1)
O Christ God, when You raised Lazarus from the dead
before the time of your Passion,
You confirmed the future resurrection of all. We, too, like the children of old,
carry before You the symbols of victory and cry out to
You, O Conqueror of Death:
“Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
29 March 2015—Palm
Sunday: Triumphal Entry of the Lord into
Jerusalem. Holy Father Mark of Amethusa,
Deacon Cyril, and Companions martyred under Emperor Julian the Apostate.
Readings Apostolos: Philippians 4:4-9 Gospel: John 12:1-18
10:30
am Orthros (Morning Prayer)
11 am Divine
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom for the health and salvation of Fr Brendan, Fawaz, Joseph, Maarouf, Taylor Wood, Dennis Flint, Eleanora Lindo, Mikayla Slocum, Samira El-Chaer, Awatef
Chahine, Raymond Rashid, Bonita Saba, Griffin Barna, Jim Covello, David
Georges, Elias Atallah, Ralph Farhat, Robert Kuri, Pam Nakfoor, Isaac Salim,
Iva Butler, BJ and Liz, Cam, Janice, Jeanne, Wayne, Lucy Palmer, Kelsey, Kathleen
Edwards, Edgar & Katherine Fickenscher, David & Sandi, Kamal &
Eugenie Neimat, Clay Thomas,
Michael Maslowski, Elaine & Eva-Genevieve Scarborough, Michael Harmuth, Antonio
Carvalho, Elias Haggar, Dn. Joe & Marge Daratony, Fr Joseph Haggar; in
memory of Iskandar Indraous (Kay
Nakfoor), Nickolas Nakfoor (Dr
& Mrs John Broviac), Louis Zarka (Pete
Badawy), Elizabeth McCarthy, Jennie Morey
& Fred Doelker (Fr James).
Blessing of &
Procession with Palm Branches following the Divine Liturgy.
Special Little Entrance Chant Today
Priest: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the
Lord; the Lord is God and
has appeared to us.
has appeared to us.
People: O Son of God, who rode upon a donkey’s foal,
save us who sing to You,
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Troparia and Kontakion for Today
- Troparion of Lazarus Saturday, in Tone 1, Liturgikon, p. 206 (twice).
- Troparion of Palm Sunday, in Tone 4, page 207.
- Kontakion of Palm Sunday, in Tone 6, page 207.
Our Offerings to the Lord
The collection taken in the Liturgy is part of our
worship. We offer the Lord our lives,
our prayers, our gifts of bread and wine, and our financial gifts. About 150 people attended last Sunday’s Liturgy. Our offering totalled $1773 in the ordinary
collection and $150 for liturgy intentions.
Special Collection for Seminarians Today
The National Association of Melkite Women asks the
women in all parishes to raise money every year to support the men studying to
be priests in our American Melkite Church.
Our Lady’s Society will take the second collection today for our
seminarians.
All Services for Great & Holy Week & Pascha at
7 PM
Tues. 31 Mar.: Service of Repentance & Forgiveness (Confession), followed
by Service of Anointing with Holy Oil for Healing
by Service of Anointing with Holy Oil for Healing
Weds. 1 April: Vespers-Divine Liturgy for Holy Thursday: The Last Supper
Thurs. 2 April: Orthros for Good Friday with Passion Gospels: The Cruci fixion of the Lord
Friday 3 April: Combined Abbreviated Vespers for Holy Saturday (Descent
from the Cross) and Orthros for Holy Saturday (The Funeral of the
Lord—Ginnaz al Messih)
from the Cross) and Orthros for Holy Saturday (The Funeral of the
Lord—Ginnaz al Messih)
Sat. 4 April: The Procession of Triumph, the New Fire, Hajmeh, Paschal
Orthros, Divine Liturgy of the Resurrection of the Lord, Blessing of
Eggs, Bread, and Easter Baskets
Orthros, Divine Liturgy of the Resurrection of the Lord, Blessing of
Eggs, Bread, and Easter Baskets
Sun. 5 April: Holy & Glorious Pascha. No Services; the only services for
Easter will be on Saturday night
Mon. 6 April: “Agape” Vespers for Bright Monday
Donations for Good Friday and Pascha Flowers
Please make a generous
contribution to help pay for the flowers that will decorate the Tomb of Christ
on Good Friday and the church on Holy and Glorious Easter Sunday. The Divine Liturgy of Pascha will be
celebrated for the intentions of everyone who donates for the flowers. Use the form available in the narthex to list
your intentions for the living and the departed, put the form with your
contribution in an envelope marked “Pascha Flowers,” and put it in the
collection basket or send it to the church office. All intentions received by Thursday 2 April
will be printed in the bulletin for Pascha.
The Shepherd’s Care Collection Will Be on 12
April
The Shepherd’s Care is our
national diocesan Lenten charity collection.
A dollar a day—less than
the price of a cup of coffee—will add up to a $40 contribution at the end of
the Fast. There is an envelope for The
Shepherd’s Care dated 29 March, but the collection will be on 12 April.
Help Wanted
Someone is needed to take
charge of counting and recording the Sunday collections, using our computerized
collection ledger. He or she would not
have to be here every Sunday, but would have to ensure that two people would be
present to count and record the collection.
To volunteer , please see Fr James.
23rd Annual Food Festival Will
Run 7 & 8 May
Our Lady’s Society of St
Joseph Church will present the 23rd Annual Mid-East Food Festival on
Thursday and Friday, 7 and 8 May.
Everyone’s cheerful cooperative support is needed to make the Food
Festival a great success!
Flea Market Items Needed
Our Lady’s Society will again
have the flea market during the Food Festival this year. We welcome donations of nearly new and
lightly-used items, such as glassware, dishes, scarves, purses, interior decor,
children's games (complete), toys, books, music, jewelry, and accessories. No clothing.
See Dee Farhat about bringing your donations. Do not just dump them in the Flea Market
room.
Cedar Club Hafli Will Benefit Veterans, St
Joseph’s
The Ladies Cedar Club of
Lansing will present their Spring Hafli on Saturday 16 May at 7 pm at the Grand
Ledge Country Club, 5811 E. St Joe Highway.
Tickets at $35 each are available from Simone Ayoub, Lamia Haddad, Kay
Nakfoor, and Dalida Raad. The proceeds
from the hafli will benefit Wounded Warriors, a veterans’ support organization,
and the New Roof Fund of St Joseph Church.
Vision Statement Discussion Groups
At our Evening of Reflection
on the Vision Statement, Kay Nakfoor and Mr & Mrs Nimer Haddad offered to
host small group discussions of the Vision Statement. These discussions will start after
Pascha. They will allow people to come
to a deeper understanding of the spiritual foundations of our parish vision
statement. Please contact either Kay or
Nimer if you would like to take part in such a discussion group. The Vision Statement says what we believe our
church should be. It does not lay out a
plan for what our church will do. And it
is not a criticism of what we are now or what we are doing now.
St Joseph Melkite-Greek
Catholic Church envisions itself to be
a self-sustaining, always-renewing
Christian community
in which all people are welcomed and included
so that they can use their gifts of time, talent, and treasure
for sharing
the Good News of Jesus Christ;
for
building up the Body of Christ
through worship, education, service, and social activities
according to the Holy Tradition of Byzantine Christianity;
and
for working
together with other Churches with whom we have so much in
common.
common.
