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Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
1701 E. Saginaw St.
Lansing, MI 48912
Phone: 517-482-7341
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AHEPA 90th Anniversary Dinner By: Chuck Hillary
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Our
AHEPA
Chapter 142 celebrates its 90th year as a local
AHEPA
Chapter in Lansing this year. There will be a dinner celebration on
Saturday, October 14, 2017
.
Harry Saites
is chairing the event. Please put this wonderful evening on your calendar.
ALL proceeds from this fundraiser will go to benefit the Church.
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Gift Shop Committee By: Alice Anastor
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Gift Shop Committee will meet at the church on
Monday from 1pm-3pm.
For questions contact
Alice Anastor
517-627-1080
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Church Directory Registration Continues
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Photography Session sign ups for the new church directory are now open! We have 50 families signed up so far! Awesome progress but we still need many more families to register. Please visit the sign-up table for more information! To avoid registration over-lap, online registrations will be closed for the weekend. However, online registration will re-open each Monday before the event.
Click the picture below to sign-up online!
We need lots of volunteers to make our directory a success. Beginning this week,
we need 2-3 volunteers
to serve on the
Directory Committee
and help coordinate the event. If you are interested in helping with this initiative, please fill out a form from the lobby and drop it in the office mail slot or email the Parish Manager
Amy Shank
to set up a committee meeting with our
LifeTouch
representative.
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Birthday Sunday Update By: Elaine Kritselis
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It's
Birthday Sunday
time for parishioners who celebrate their big day in October. That event will be held on
October 15
. The names I have are printed below. If your name is not on the list but you would like to be included, please email
Elaine Kritselis
at
ekritselis@yahoo.com
.
Don't forget about the photo in the social room immediately after Divine Liturgy and about sitting at the birthday tables (those with the balloons).
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
Rosalie Baryames
Bess Carantza
Maria Ganshyna
Abraham Hands
Alicia Hostetler
Michael Hostetler
Marina Kimbouris
Julia Krantz
Ann Marston
Niko Neros
Stacie Neros
Dane Nye
Yanni Papapolymerou
Marcia Pogoncheff
Alex Vanis
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Jr. GOYA Update By: Jackie Karamanos
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Our GOYANS held their first gathering on, Sept 17. They enjoyed each other's company while crafting over 2 dozen cards for the charity, "Cards for Hospitalized Children".
As the name indicates, these cards will be distributed throughout the country to children who are hospitalized.
Our next activity and meeting will be held on
Sunday, October 22
following the Oxi Day celebration. We will be raking leaves around our church grounds and discussing our November fellowship activity as well as our Christmas charity project. Please bring a change of clothes and a rake!
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Fall Clean Up Day By: Michael Karagoulis
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This fall for cleanup day we should focus on several outdoor and indoor tasks:
- Leaves & Pine Cones
- Tree pruning
- Removing the 2 prune trees at the entrance that are dying
- Bush and ornamental grass trimming
- Nave (sanctuary) cleaning and minor repairs
- Basement clean & sweep
- Shed clean & sweep
- Cleaning dead bugs out of interior light fixtures
The list will morph a bit as the date approaches.
Saturday, November 11th, 2017 from 9am to 1pm
. There is no signup sheet. We just do as much as we can with the adults and kids who come. All are welcome. It is always a good time, and very satisfying to work together on God's house. It is highly appropriate that we participate in this sacrifice of time at the start of the Advent season.
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Introducing Single-Stream Recycling
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Holy Trinity is going GREEN! In the back next to our granger, you’ll notice a green recycling bin. We now have weekly service with
CART
that will collect paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, and tin each week on Wednesday. No styrofoam (Please use the blue bin in the social hall for this item) or plastic bags.
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The Yellow Barrel in the lobby is now accepting your donations of
NEW
PILLOWS
for the use of the
Lansing City Rescue Mission
, as they minister to the needs of our neighbors.
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Philoptochos News By: Elaine Christofilis
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The
Philoptochos Society
held their annual fall general meeting on Thursday, September 28th at the Delhi Cafe, we had 36 ladies in attendance. The main order of business was the upcoming bake sale. The meeting not only included business we also had a chance to catch up with our fellow members and share a nice night out.
The
Athenian Luncheon and Bake Sale
will take place on
Thursday, November 9th from 10am to 2pm
. Everyone's help is welcome, you don't need to be a
Philoptochos
member to help out. We will be baking our pastries this year using Holy Trinity's original recipes.
Mark your calendars and come help make this year's bake sale a success!
Baklava: Monday, October 23 at 9:00am
(Elaine Christofilis)
Melomakarona: Monday, October 30 at 10:00am
(Manya Constant & Soussana Tesseris)
Kourambiethes: Friday, November 3 at 10:00am
(Vicki Kateyiannis)
Koulouria: Saturday, November 4 at 10:00am
(Vicki Kateyiannis)
Sign up sheets are available at the Sunday coffee hour or contact the chairpersons if you are interested in helping out.
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Sunday School News By: Mary Brown
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October is Youth Month. Each Sunday our young people read the Epistle, greet parishioners, take the collection and clean the candle stands and icons (a different Sunday school class serves each week). In addition, this year the students are planting bulbs in the flower beds to beautify our church grounds.
The schedule for their service is as follows:
October 8 - Middle School
October 15 - Grades 1-3 Class
October 22 - Grades 4-6 Class
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Reminder to Parents in the Nursery
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Please remember to pick up the toys and place them in the bins located in the closet so that our cleaning staff can properly vacuum and clean this area on Mondays.
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Reminder to Church Group Leaders
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Please draft announcements and submit them to
office@holytrinity-lansing.org
prior to Thursday of each week in order to be added to our print & email bulletins.
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Reminder to those who use the Kitchen
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Please remember to wash, dry, and PUT AWAY all items used in the kitchen and leave the kitchen nice and clean for the next users. Also, please remember to remove or dispose of leftover food from the refrigerators before it expires.
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Orthodox Christian Women Event
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Orthodox Christian Women of Michigan (OCW)
invites you, your parishioners, and friends to attend our next presentation, a panel discussion on "Orthodox Parenting" on
Monday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m
. at
Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church
, 36075, W. Seven Mile Road, Livonia, 48152. The panel, made up of local parents who will share their ideas, tips, and struggles in parenting the Orthodox Christian way, will be moderated by
Sharon Gomulka
of
Holy Transfiguration
. The discussion is free of charge and open to both women and men. Refreshments will be served.
Please see the attached flyer for more information, and please share with your parish: parents, godparents, grandparents, and church school staff and church youth workers.
Thank you! We hope to see you there!
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Thank You For Your Contributions!
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Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
1701 E. Saginaw St.
Lansing, MI 48912
517-482-7341
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