December 18

One person came for Ninth Hour and Great Vespers with Litya.

December 19

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour were read.

Nine people came for Divine Liturgy. Three communicants. Two Kolachs.

December 20

Matins and First Hour read.

Third and Sixth Hour read prior to Divine Liturgy.

Nineteen people attended. Seven communicants.

December 21

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour read at St. George Church.

Eight people came to Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Fairmont, West Virginia for Ninth Hour and Great Vespers with Litya.

December 22

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour read.

Ninth Hour and Vespers read.

December 23

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour read.

Father Dimitre Dimitrov came to concelebrate the Akathist to Jesus Christ.

December 24

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour read.

Today

Divine Liturgy with Very Rev. Lt. Col. Adam Yonitch serving.

Saturday

Saturday at 4:00 PM (Call to confirm the time if you plan to attend).

December 27-30 - Youth Retreat at Shadeland
December 30 - Deacon Avakum and Abbot Paisius
December 31 - St. Sebastian
January 3 - Father's Day
January 6 - Christmas Eve
January 7 - Feast of the Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ
January 8 - Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
January 9 - Third Day of Christmas, St. Stephen the Protomartyr and Archdeacon.
January 13 - Leave-taking of Nativity.
January 18 - Eve of Theophany
January 19 - Theophany

· Congratulations to Paulette Radock for her professional nursing career in intensive care at UPMC-Presby. Paulette has made a difference in the lives of patients and has been a willing helper when parishioners were hospitalized.

· Sympathy extended to the family of +John "Crink" Crnkovich of Aliquippa, recently departed this life.

· Congratulations to Christina Sivak for completing the semester at the University of Pittsburgh in her studies to a Nurse Anesthetist.

· Sympathy extended to the Hunchuck Family, +Joe Hunchuck's sister departed this life this past week.

· It is good to see Mitzie Hunchuck holding classes with the young children following the Divine Liturgy. Thank you to parents bringing your children.

· Two people came for Adult Class this past week. Study of the Divine Liturgy continues. No classes for the next two weeks.

· If you are not a Kolo member, please join. New members are needed.

· Invite a friend or relative to come to church.

· Tell your friends and relatives about the parish radio program..

· Remember the sick, the suffering, the imprisoned, those in rehab centers, the homebound, the mentally ill, their caretakers and the institution staffs.

· Remember the men and women serving in the military and their families.

· Remember the workers in mines, law-enforcement, corrections, probation and parole and firefighters, all working in dangerous occupations.

· If you have a question about the services or the Church, ask Father Rodney.

· Each parishioner should take time to observe his or her Slava.

· Prepare for Holy Confession and Communion during the Nativity Fast.

· An Executive Board meeting was held on December 13, 2009.

· It was good to see Luaan Yancich Ljubic of Texas visiting the parish recently.

But when working on his salvation, a Christian should have before himself holy examples: apostles, martyrs, ascetics and all the saints and he should be careful how he builds his spiritual building(I Cor.3:10-11; cf. Mt.7:24-27). If he builds on a secure rock he will never be in fear that that house will fall. Having in himself the pledge of the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13-14), the Christian experiences indescribable joy for he is one with Christ. Such a man relates with the angels, with all of God's creation: with the birds, and with the plants, and with all things in general

(The Teachings of Saint Apostle Paul on the Church Translation Protopresbyter Stefan Zaremba. 2001, p. 59. )

· The Nativity Fast
· The forthcoming Feast of the Nativity
· The seriousness of preparing for the Feast