SAINT 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 All Saints (Tone 8)
O Christ God, your Church clothed with the blood
of your martyrs all over the world, as with purple and fine linen,
cries out to You:
“Send your mercy upon your people, grant peace to your fold,
and extend your great compassion upon our souls.”
31
May 2015—First Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday
of All Saints. Holy Martyr Hermios. (Tone 8)
Readings Apostolos: Hebrews 11:33-12:2 Gospel: Matthew 10:32-38, 19:27-30
10:30
am Orthros (Morning Prayer)
F Churching of Jasmine Jada immediately before
the Divine Liturgy E
11
am Divine Liturgy of St John
Chrysostom for the health and salvation of Maroun
Daher, Dennis Flint, Eleanora Lindo, Max, Angel, Simone, 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 & Liz, Cam, Janice, Jeanne, Wayne, Lucy Palmer, Kelsey,
Kathleen Edwards, Edgar & Katherine Fickenscher, Kamal & Eugenie Neimat, Clay Thomas, Michael Maslowski, Elaine &
Eva-Genevieve Scarborough, Antonio Carvalho, Elias Haggar, Marie Dahdouh, Dn.
Joe & Marge Daratony, Fr Joseph Haggar, Fr Damon Geiger, Fr James Babcock,
Fr Maximos, Dn. Robert Spencer, Dn. Daniel Klockowski; in
memory of Daniel Rahall
(2-year Memorial by his Family), Nickolas
Nakfoor (Abdo & Nadia Eljbeily),
Louis Zarka (Simone Ayoub), Sandy
Oade (Dana Aybout), and Michael
Harmuth (Fr James).
6 June 2015—No Great Vespers.
7
June 2015—Second Sunday after Pentecost.
Holy Hieromartyr Theodotos of Ancyra.
(Tone 1)
Readings Apostolos: Romans 2:10-16 Gospel:
Matthew 4:18-23
10:30
am Orthros (Morning Prayer)
11
am Divine Liturgy of St John
Chrysostom in memory of Nickolas
Nakfoor (David & Loretta Kresge),
Louis Zarka (Madeleine Saab & Family), Anis & Rosie Bulos and
Ernest Ferrar (Jenevieve Ferrar), Georgette
& Family (Georgette Haeck), Sandy
Oade (Robert Nakfoor), Fr
Sylvester McDermott and Michael
Harmuth (Fr James).
Music
for Today
1. Troparion
of the Resurrection in Tone 8, Liturgikon,
page 195.
2. Troparion
of All Saints, in Tone 8, page 219.
3. Troparion
of St Joseph, in Tone 4, page 30A.
4. Kontakion
of All Saints, in Tone 8, page 220.
Kinonikon
of All Saints: “Exult in the Lord, you
just. Praise from the upright is
fitting. Alleluia.”
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. Last Sunday, about 60 people attended the
Liturgy. Our offering totalled only $603
in the ordinary collection, $440 for stole offerings, $80 for the new roof, and
$23.25 for candles. Not everyone can
make an equal gift, but everyone can make an equal sacrifice. Please make a generous sacrifice to support
your church in proportion to the many blessings God has given you.
Last Day of Church
School Next Sunday; Recognition of Graduates
Church school classes will
meet next Sunday, 7 June, for the last time until the Fall. All students who have participated in the
classes with receive certificates in a short ceremony at the end of the Divine
Liturgy. At the coffee hour, all those
graduating from college, high school, and lower grades will be honored with a
cake. We congratulate Sari Eid, Piere
Khouri, and Vivian Nash, who are graduating from high school. Please give the names of other graduates to
Fr James by Friday of this week.
Our Lady’s Society
Officer Installation Today
The newly-elected officers
of Our Lady’s Society—President Nohad Eid, Vice-President Rabiah Eid, Secretary
Charlene Jones, Treasurer Pat Kuri, and Corresponding Secretary Awatef
Fawaz—will be installed in a short ceremony after the Divine Liturgy today,
Sunday 31 May.
Our Lady’s Society
Will Meet on Tuesday 2 June
Our Lady’s Society will meet
on Tuesday 2 June at 7 pm in the parish hall.
Parish Pastoral
Council Will Meet on Monday 8 June
The Parish Pastoral Council
will meet on Monday 8 June at 6:30 pm in the parish hall. Discussion will include nominations for
elections at the end of summer.
What Happens at the Clergy
Retreat?
Some people have inquired
what priests do on our annual retreat.
Do we just lie around the pool somewhere, drinking margaritas? In fact, the retreat does include several
periods of free time, because most priests seldom get enough time to
sleep. The retreat days are organized
around services in the chapel, conferences and discussions, and meals in the
dining room. Every day we gathered in
chapel for Divine Liturgy and prayer in the morning and in the evening. Different priests were assigned to celebrate
each service. Over three days, we had
five conferences, dealing with the demands people make on priests, the
difficulty of meeting parishioners’ expectations, and the need for friends
outside the parish. One evening was
devoted to sharing the news and activities (and difficulties) of the various
parishes.
New Facebook Page
Connects Great Lakes Melkites
At the recent Clergy Retreat,
it was decided to establish a Facebook page for news of all ten parishes in the
Great Lakes Region. The page went up on
Friday evening and in its first week has been liked by almost 350 people. Find it and like it at https://www.facebook.com/GREATLAKESMELKITES. We hope
that it will help develop closer relationships among our parishes and people in
this large area.
Melkite Association
of Young Adults Plans National Retreat 1-5 July
The Melkite Association of
Young Adults (MAYA) invites Melkites from around the country between the ages
of 18 (and at least one year out of high school) and 30 to their 20th annual
national retreat, at St. John’s University in Queens, NY, July 1-5. This retreat offers an opportunity to grow in
faith and fellowship. The cost is $299,
which includes a $25 membership fee, meals, transportation, and accommodations.
June 10 is the deadline for registration.
Register on the website, http://www.usmaya.org/events/retreat. Online
payments accepted.
Saints
and Feast Days in June
The two major feast days in
June are the Nativity of John the Baptist on the 24th and the commemoration
of Saints Peter and Paul on the 29th.
Other than the birth of Jesus
Christ on 25 December and the birth of Mary the Theotokos on 8 September, the
birth of the holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John is the only birthday on
the Church calendar. The story of the
miraculous circumstances around the conception and birth of John the Baptist
can be found in the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke (verses 1-80). Because John, the Lord’s cousin, would be the
one to announce Jesus to the world, to baptize Him, and to gather disciples who
then followed Him, Luke begins his story of the Good News with John’s story.
As the foremost of the
Apostles, Peter and Paul are honored on the same day. They were martyred in Rome in the reign of
the Emperor Nero in the year 67. Peter
responded with his brother Andrew the First-Called when Jesus said, “Follow
me.” Later, Jesus called him the rock on
which He would found His Church. Peter
was impetuous and not always quick to understand Jesus, but his faith was
strong. He preached the Gospel in Judea,
founded the Church in Antioch, and ended his ministry and his life in
Rome. Paul, a Pharisee, was a zealous
persecutor of the Christians until the Lord appeared to him on the road to
Damascus and changed his heart. Then he
became an even more zealous missionary of the Good News, founding churches all
over the Mediterranean world and becoming the first Christian theologian in his
letters or epistles, which we still read.
Traditionally, the Church has prepared for the feast of SS Peter and
Paul with a fast starting on the Monday after the Sunday of All Saints, which,
this year, is tomorrow, 1 June.
On 30 June, all of the Twelve
Apostles are honored. Other notable
saints commemorated in June are St Justin the Philosopher and Martyr on 1 June,
the great theologian St Cyril of Alexandria on 9 June, the Apostle Barnabas,
companion of St Paul, on 11 June, and the holy Prophet Elisha, disciple of St
Elias, on 14 June.
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