St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas
Electronic Newsletter
November 21/ December 4 25th Sunday after Pentecost
Entrance into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos
Announcements
Special Collection
Scripture Memory
Prayer Requests
Schedule of Divine Services in the Coming week
Fasting in the Coming week
Homilies and Spiritual REading
Announcements
Our parish participates in the Haitian Orthodox Family Relief project. We provide $100 a month to support a family of 14 in Haiti. Because some of our donors have moved in the past year, we need your help to provide continued support to this ministry — and maybe to expand it! Please see Fr. Nicholas if you can make a monthly pledge of anywhere from $10 to $100 dollars toward this cause.
Thank you so much to those who have already made donations toward this cause!
The Feast of St. Nicholas, the patron and protector of our parish, falls on Monday, December 19th. We will have a festal Vigil on Sunday evening and a Liturgy with a processional moleben on Monday morning. Please plan to attend if you can!
Congratulations to the newly-illumined Mary, who received the Holy Mysteries of Baptism and Chrismation this morning. May God grant her many years! Please keep her in your prayers.
Special Collection
This week, we collected $45.19 for Fr. Seraphim's prison ministry. Thank you for your generosity.
Next week, we will collect for the Samaritan Inn in McKinney.
Scripture Memory
Our current memory verse is Ephesians 4:1-3 (from this week's reading):
"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
Russian text is not working on this blog – for the Russian text, see here: http://days.pravoslavie.ru/bible/z_ef_4_1_3.htm#z
"Yo pues, preso en el Señor, os ruego que andéis como es digno de la vocación con que fuisteis llamados, con toda humildad y mansedumbre, soportándoos con paciencia los unos a los otros en amor, solícitos en guardar la unidad del Espíritu en el vínculo de la paz."
Prayer Requests
For the Health and Salvation.
- Alexandra (4 y/o girl wih brain cancer)
- Priests Jean and Grégoire and all the faithful and suffering of Haiti, and our sponsored household: Catherine and her family.
- The suffering people of East Japan.
For a more complete listing, please see our parish prayer list. Anyone can make requests.
Schedule of Divine Services in the Coming week
Monday 12/5
- 7:00PM Moleben
Wednesday 12/7
- 7:00PM Vespers
Thursday 12/8
- 9:00AM Liturgy
Saturday 12/10.
- 3:00PM Baptisms
- 4:00PM Confession
- 5:00PM Vigil
Sunday 12/11
- 10AM Divine Liturgy
- 12:45PM Church School after Trapeza (Elementary and Adult)
Fasting in the Coming week
We are in the Nativity Fast. We fast from all animal products every day. Fish is allowed on weekends and certain saint's days; wine and oil are allowed on Tuesday, Thursday, and certain saints' days.
Homilies and Spiritual Reading
Feasts of the Theotokos (mp3 format)
One of the "Great Forgotten Feasts" because of our pride in this egalitarian age. Let us explore holiness; we are called to it also!
Luke 10:38-42: 11:27-28
Feasts of the Theotokos (HTML format)
By Saint Gregory Palamas
Also in Format: Word DOC
1997
Also in Format: Word DOC
26th Sunday after Pentecost (mp3 format)
26th Sunday after Pentecost (mp3 format)
An Urgent Question We Must Answer; What Shall I Do
Ephesians 5:9-19, Luke 12:16-21
2007
26th Sunday after Pentecost (mp3 format)
Two kinds of men, and redeeming the time.
Ephesians 5:9-19, Luke 12:16-21
2008
26th Sunday after Pentecost (mp3 format)
It is not about money. The Rich man made two significant mistakes.
Luke 12:16-21, Ephesians 5:9-19,
2009
26th Sunday after Pentecost (mp3 format)
Luke 12:16-21
2010
26th Sunday after Pentecost (HTML format)
Plenty Of Time Remembrance Of Death
Luke 12:16-21 26th Sunday After Pentecost Or 9th Sunday Of Luke
2010
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