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Oak Ridge, TN 37830
New and Notes for St. Anne
This Week's Schedule
Wednesday July 11
Vespers 6:30 pm
Orthodox Study Group following

Saturday July 14
Great Vespers 5 pm
Confession follows

Sunday July 15
Divine Liturgy 9:30 am

Youth Dinner and Movie Night
This Saturday Night

Hi, all! In the spirit of bringing the youth from our St. Herman's class together more regularly, we're going to have a dinner & movie night this coming Saturday, July 14 after Great Vespers. (If your whole family will be there, everyone is welcome to stay!) Even though it's short notice, we hope a number of youth can make it.

We'll do a potluck taco bar for dinner. Adrienne will bring taco meat and shells/chips if everyone else can bring toppings. Please let her know what you can bring, and she'll make sure the bases are covered. 

Earlier in the summer the youth said they'd like to see the Studio Ghibli anime film My Neighbor Tototro , so that's what we'll be watching. It's suitable for all ages, in case younger siblings join us.

Another opportunity for the youth is a regular get together each Wednesday following Vespers. We meet either at the Pyle's (301 Briarcliff Ave., Apt. F4), or around the campfire, depending on weather and mosquitoes. Snacks, games, and conversation - generally hanging out - make up the "agenda." Any parents who want to participate are welcome, too. Ryan Shelton will be away this Wednesday, so another adult is definitely needed. Hint, hint...
St. Anne's Feast Day Weekend

Saturday, July 21
After-Vespers Baby Shower/ Bon Voyage Party

Shower for our expectant mothers Anastasia, Ashlind, and Mat. Chelsea
  –   The couples have requested that gift cards for Amazon and Target be given in lieu of gifts.

Bon voyage for Jacob and Anastasia Ramsey and Joe and Ashlind Bray, who are moving this summer.

We are going to fire up the grills! Hamburger and hotdogs will be provided by St. Anne’s, and we ask that everyone bring a side dish or dessert to share . Please see Elaine Morfas if you can bring a grill or if you have lawn games to bring and share. Tent set-up will be the morning of the party.


Sunday, July 22nd
Post-Liturgy tubing trip and BBQ picnic

Our annual St. Anne’s Day post-Liturgy tubing trip and picnic on the Little River in Townsend! BBQ will be provided for a $2.00 donation per sandwich. Please bring a side to share! Please see Elaine if you can barbecue meat ahead of time to bring for the picnic.

Mark your calendars for the Archbishop’s visit!
Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26
Archbishop Alexander will visit St. Anne’s: Hierarchical Liturgy/Ordination and reception to follow on Saturday. Hierarchical Liturgy on Sunday with parish covered dish luncheon afterwards. Menu donation requests will be forthcoming!
 
September 9 - Back-to-school/ Sunday School Sunday!

Recognition of grade school and college students returning to the new school year! First day of this year's Sunday School! Blessings for students, and a post-Liturgy luncheon of hotdogs, mac-and-cheese Doritos, and everything kids love!
October Orthodox Campout in NC
St. Anne's has reserved 3 tent camp-sites for the Orthodox campout event in Hot Springs, NC, this year – we should be able to accommodate everyone who may want to attend. These are riverside, central campsites. Deluxe Site 459 has w ater and electricity – and can accommodate 2 or 3 tents for those with special needs for electricity (sleep machines). It will also serve as our communal kitchen. Site 461 can handle 2 or 3 tents and has good trees for hammocks, and Site 463 is a group site that can accommodate about 10 tents.

If you intend to attend the campout this year, please let Anna Freeman know, or use the sign-up sheet at church, so that we can tell how many are going and what the placement of the tents will be. The cost of the sites will be split by those attending. The more who attend, the lower the cost!

The campout is attended by Orthodox parishes in the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky. This year, Archbishop Alexander will be attending as well!

Are You Interested In Learning a Language?

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oak Ridge offers English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program classes. The ESOL program is inclusive, as anyone interested in learning English is welcome. 

The ESOL ministry has produced a companion program, Other Languages for Speakers of English or OLSE, in which native speakers who are ESOL students are teaching their languages. A former conversation partner and ESOL teacher, Jennifer Navarro, is now teaching a Spanish class on Thursday evenings while Adrianna Dominguez teaches a Wednesday evening Spanish class, Lotus Wang teaches Mandarin Chinese on Friday mornings, and Tatiana Krasovskaya teaches Russian at noon on Mondays and Fridays.

All these classes are free and open both to Grace members and the community.
Grace provides free childcare for its classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church is located at 131 W. Gettysburg Ave., Oak Ridge.
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