Holy Trinity GOC Weekly News

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

1701 E. Saginaw St.

Lansing, MI 48912

Phone: 517-482-7341

HOLY TRINITY NEWS

Weekly Email Bulletin

December 1, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENTS

10-year Memorials

Sunday we offer the prayers of the 10-year Memorial Service for the servants of God, Roberta Schneiderman and John Sietsema. May their memory be eternal! Coffee Hour is hosted by the family of Roberta Schneiderman. All are invited to this memorial luncheon.

Parish Council Elections

The polls open after Liturgy on Sunday for the Parish Council election and remain open until 1 pm. Please stop by the small social hall after Liturgy to cast your votes.

Parish Potluck Cancelled

The Parish Potluck Christmas Party, originally scheduled for Monday evening, has been cancelled out of respect for our departed parishioners.

Sunday School News

Sunday School families host the coffee hour on Sunday December 10. Please help serve and clean up while the kids practice. The Christmas program will be at the end of Liturgy in Sunday December 17. Friendly reminder. Practices will take place for the Christmas program the next 2 Sunday's after Liturgy as well as Friday December 8.

End-Of-Year Donations

A note on end-of-year donations. Our Parish Council reminds parishioners that according to IRS Rules, to be counted as part of your 2017 contributions, all donations must be received at the parish (or postmarked) no later than December 31, 2017.

Feast of Saint Nicholas

There will be a Divine Liturgy on Wednesday, December 6, for the Feast of Saint Nicholas, which will begin at 10 am.

Debt Free

We beat the debt! Through the generosity of many parishioners, we paid off our debt of the last ten years this week. However, we have a long way to go to reach our stewardship budget for 2017. Please, if you have not pledged yet, submit a pledge form soon. And if you did not make a contribution towards the debt, please consider an extra gift in this season to help the parish meet its budget. Thank you!

Christmas Services

Christmas falls on a Monday this year. There will be the regular Sunday Divine Liturgy at 10 am on the morning of Christmas Eve, as well as a Divine Liturgy on Christmas morning at 10am. On Christmas Eve in the evening, we will hold a Great Vespers (note: not a service with Communion) at 5 pm, ending with the singing of carols. The Great Vespers with carols takes about an hour. Come with your family to one of our services to greet the Lord's Nativity.

Yellow Barrel Collection

The Yellow Barrel in the lobby will receive your donations for the Lansing City Rescue Mission of facial tissue (e.g. Kleenex) and lip balm (e.g. Chapstick) for our neighbors in need.

Children's Bibles for Sale

Children's Bibles are for sale. The Children's Bible Reader is $22 and the Paraclete Kids Bible will be at a reduced price of only $16.00. These will make great Christmas gifts. Copies are on display in large social hall. Please sign up to reserve a copy do Michael Prout knows how many to order.

Lifetouch Directory Photo Sessions Available

If you didn’t make it to our photo sessions in October or our makeup day in November. It’s not too late. You can still be in our directory. Lifetouch will be at the The Presbyterian Church in Mason December 6-10 and at Rivers edge community Church in Lansing on Dec 7-10. Call Lifetouch Guest Church Services at 1–888–313–1746 to schedule your appointment. Our Church account number is (636820) and our background color was stone grey.

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Advertising Space Available in our Church Directory

Advertising space is now available in our new church directory for parishioners and neighboring Eastside Community businesses and organizations. If you or someone you know might be interested in placing a business or memorial advertisement, please contact the church office at 517-482-7341. Advertising artwork may be submitted to office@holytrintiy-lansing.org .

Ad Sizing & Fee Structure

Business Card - $100

1/4 page - $150

1/2 page - $300

Full page - $500

Please make checks payable to Holy Trinity.

Jr. GOYA Update By: Jackie Karamanos

G.O.Y.A. is still collecting new books, coloring books and games for "Spreading Olivia's Smile" to benefit child patients and their siblings at Sparrow Hospital. In the social hall you will find the very festive, very LARGE box that the Goyans expect to fill with your generosity!

Sunday School News By: Dana Gavrilides

Thank you everyone who helped make our Lansing City Rescue Mission lunch packing a success. We had an amazing turn out and the kids had a blast! I think this was our fastest time yet in making the lunches. A big thank you to Jackie Karamonos and her GOYA children for making it run so smoothly.

We're doing a joint Christmas program with Odyssey on Sunday, December 17.

Rehearsal times are:

Friday, December 8th from 4:30-6:30 special practice followed by pizza and crafts.

Sundays December 3rd and 10th immediately after Divine Liturgy in the church.

Birthday Sunday By: Elaine Kritselis

Attention all December holiday babies - your birthdays will be celebrated on Sunday, Dec. 17, immediately following Divine Liturgy and the children's Christmas Play. Here is the list of names I have so far.

If you don't see your name and would like to be included (and I encourage you to do so), please email me at ekritselis@ yahoo.com .

Also, photos from the November birthday celebration are printed below.

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Rhea Arvanites

Katherine Bayouk

Martica Bayouk

Veronica Bergau

Anthony Earley

Ann Grimm

Garry Grimm

Ben Hostetler

Mark Hostetler