St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church, IrvonaNativity of the Theotokos Orthodox Church, Madera
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PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTSEighteenth Week of PentecostSeptember 28 – October 4daily Scripture readings
“Love your enemies” is not about fairness, and it even goes above whatever version of the Golden Rule most people might subscribe to. “Love your enemies” is not about fair play, and it’s not even about fighting honorable battles against our enemies. “Love your enemies” breaks all our ethical rules. This is a hard ethic! We generally do not want to love our enemies. We don’t want to be even polite to our enemies. They don’t deserve it. Respect has to be earned! (Never mind that that slogan suggests that our default behavior is disrespect.)
But this is what Jesus said…. This is a command from Jesus Christ, the God-man, the Savior of the world. He is our Lord. So that means we have to do this.
– Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick,
Sermon on the Second Sunday of Luke
1. UPCOMING SERVICES AND EVENTS
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Hieromartyr Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens
Saturday, October 3
- NO VESPERS
Sunday, October 4
- Typika (Reader’s Service), 9:30am @ Madera
- Coffee Hour, following (Bridgett & Olivia S., Sponsors)
NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Commemoration of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council
Saturday, October 10
- NO VESPERS
Sunday, October 11
- Third and Sixth Hours, 9:10am @ Irvona
- Divine Liturgy, 9:30am (Fr. Barnabas Fravell, Celebrant)
- Coffee Hour, following (Mandells., Sponsors)
2. Typika this Sunday – This Sunday, because we do not have clergy able to be with us, we will do a reader’s service beginning at 9:30am in Madera. We will at least include the sixth hour as part of the service. While communion will not be offered, it is still an opportunity for us, as a parish, to celebrate the Lord’s day, pray together, and be together. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
3. OCTOBER CALENDAR – Please see attached the calendar for October.
4. Catechism Classes – Father Mark Meholick will be having online Catechism Classes on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. The classes are through Teams (Microsoft). To get added to the class, email Father Mark at ka3yoi@gmail.com.
5. EVENT: Orpheus Singers on Saturday, October 17th – The parish is invited to attend the first concert of the Orpheus Singers, a chamber choir directed by our own Jacob Mandell, on Saturday, October 17th @ 7:00pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in State College, PA. The concert, titled “A Thousand Beautiful Things”, celebrates the vast array of choral music, from great texts, to vocal jazz, contemporary acapella, to the English Renaissance, World War II France, and much more! Tickets are $15/adults, $10/students, 12 and under are free! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
6. STAY CONNECTED – If you or someone you know would like to meet with Fr. Mark, please call or text the parish number at (814) 862-8694 (you will talk to Vlad S., who will forward your message), email him at frmark@orthodoxclearfield.org, or use the online contact form at orthodoxclearfield.org. Please do not hesitate to reach out or schedule a visit. If illness prevents you from attending church, please let Father know so that he can add you to the parish prayer list and, if needed, arrange to bring the Holy Mysteries to you.