560 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
News and Notes for St. Anne
This Week's Schedule
Wednesday September 5
Vespers 6:30 pm
Orthodox Study Group and Youth Group following

Friday, September 7
Vigil for the Feast 6:30 pm

Saturday September 8 Birth of the Theotokos
Divine Liturgy 9 am

Great Vespers 5 pm
Confession follows

Sunday September 9
Divine Liturgy 9:30 am
Blessing of Students for School Year
Sunday School Begins

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Pa ck-the-Ramseys Moving Party

Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

332 Louisiana Ave, Oak Ridge

Come one, come all!!! The newest member of the Ramsey family, baby John, will be here this
Tuesday! Just one week later the Ramseys are due to head North to Pennsylvania where Jacob will be studying at St. Tikhon's Seminary!! And they need our help getting the house packed up. This Sunday after church, if at all possible, please plan to volunteer at least one hour to packing. If we all pitch in, it'll be easy!

BYOB "Bring Your Own Boxes" They have lots already but could probably use more!! Packing tape also needed!

The Ramseys sure could use a hot meal during the several days Anastasia is in the hospital as well as after she comes home – or a frozen meal to be used later! If you can't help with the packing party (or you're just a rockstar and want to do BOTH) please think about bringing them a meal.

Don't like packing OR cooking? That's okay - how about a gas card to help them make the move? Anything and everything will be much appreciated!

Thank you!!!

This Sunday 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!
For your potluck offering, bring a kid-friendly dish! The church provides the hotdogs!
St. Anne Women's Book Study Group

The Group will read the book, Parenting Towards the Kingdom, for their next meeting on Sunday, Sept. 23 (this is a change from a previously announced date of Sept. 30). The book is full of good discussion of relationships in general as well as between parents and children. All women are invited!

“Th e Orthodox Christian tradition is filled with wisdom and guidance about the biblical path of salvation. Yet this guidance remains largely inaccessible to parents and often disconnected from the parenting challenges we face in our homes. Parenting Toward the Kingdom will help you make the connections between the spiritual life as we understand it in the Orthodox Church and the ongoing challenges of raising children. It takes the best child development research and connects it with the timeless truths of our Christian faith to offer you real strategies for navigating the challenges of daily life.”

Copies are available at St. Anne's Bookstore!
Meals for Fr. Daniel and Chelsea Greeson

We are coordinating meals for the Greesons using the
“Take Them a Meal” website. The schedule is set for every other day and then all weekend, since everyone will be home. If you can prepare larger meals that would include leftovers, that would be wonderful. For those wanting to send meals during the WEEK but live in Oak Ridge, Allison Hatton is more than happy to collect them and take them to the Greesons (they live close by.)

Please have them brought to St. Mary's School OR St. Anne's Orthodox Church BEFORE 2:00pm during the weekday. Thank you! for your support!

The Greesons are EXTREMELY grateful!

For more information, contact Allison Hatton - a.ruth.hatton@gmail.com
October 18-21 -- Orthodox Campout in NC
The 2018 Area-wide Orthodox Campout in Hot Springs, NC is scheduled for Oct. 18-21
The campout is attended by Orthodox parishes in the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky.

This year, St. Anne's has reserved 3 tent camp-sites for our parish for the event in Hot Springs, NC, this year – we hope to be able to accommodate everyone from St. Anne’s who may want to attend. These are riverside, central campsites. Deluxe Site 459 has water 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.
The sites are filling up fast, so If you want space in the St. Anne's reserved group sites, please sign up on the reservation sheet at church. The cost of the sites will be split by those attending. Other campsites are available directly from the Hot Springs Resort and Spa site: https://www.nchotsprings.com/accommodations/   

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