Visitors
Welcome to St. Nicholas. We are pleased you chose to be here today.
Please join us downstairs for Coffee after the Liturgy, so we have the
opportunity to meet you. If you have any questions about the Orthodox
Church or the St. Nicholas parish in particular, we will be glad to answer.
Though
we may only offer Holy Communion to Orthodox Christians who are properly
prepared through fasting and Confession, we invite you to come up at the end of
the service, venerate the Cross and partake of the prosphora
(blessed, but unconsecrated bread)
– if you wish.
The
Bishop is Coming!
His Grace, Bishop Benjamin,
will be with us
October 13/14.
Please plan on attending.
Greetings
This past week,
Gregory Parker called Fr. John. The Parkers are doing well in Alaska. Greg
was deep into study for his finals. This summer, the Parkers will be
staying in Kodiak for the summer, since their plans to go to St. Paul Island
fell through. Greg will work on completing his course in Alcoholic
Counseling (a required course for all St. Herman’s seminarians.)
Greg and Marlene miss our community and would welcome any correspondence.
Their address is 414 Mission Rd., Kodiak, AK 99518 (907-481-1683)
The Open House the Parish Council was planning for this date will be
rescheduled.
8th Sunday of
Pascha, May 27: Pentecost
– Feast of the Holy Trinity
Tone 8; MG 9
Scripture: Acts 2:1-12
John 7:37-52; 8:12
Servers: Alex, Ry, Abel,
Dylan
Greeter: Nancy Shapard
Prosphora: Mike N
Coffee Hour: Hauge’s
Church Cleaning: tba
Kneeling Prayers
Wednesday, May 30:
(no fast)
6 PM
Vespers; Parastas for Helen Dorn
7 PM:
Archives Project
Thursday, May 31: 9:30 AM: Akathist
Friday, June 1: (no fast)
Saturday, June 2 5 PM: Vespers & Confessions
Sunday June 3:
All Saints
9:40 AM: Hours 10 AM: DL
Scripture: Heb
11:33-12:2 Matt 10:32-33,37-38; 19:27-30
Servers: Anthony, Blake,
Matthew, Aaron, Mason
Grass
Cutting Sign-up On the
Bulletin Board downstairs is a sign-up sheet for cutting the grass around
the church. If each able-bodied person would take one week, no one face an
extraordinary task.
St. Peter
and Paul Lent begins on
June 4 and continues until June 29.
Garage Sale July 13-14, the
Myrrh-bearing Women will have a Garage Sale at the home of Nancy Shapard,
1901 Avenue C. As you embark on your Spring Cleaning, please keep this sale
in mind.
Nancy will be ready to receive
sale items as of June 1st.
Billings Pro-Life Organizational Meeting
A meeting of all Christians interested in forming a regional Pro-Life
Group are invited to attend a meeting at 7 PM, June 13, at St. Bernard’s RC
Church on Wicks Avenue..
Summer Camping Program Fr.
Anthony Karbo of Colorado has invited us to participate in his parish’s
program. Details:
Time: August 5-8
Place: a camp ground north of Denver
Who: for youth from 1st grade through High School
How many: about 80 youth and 20 adult sponsors (we need to send 1
adult sponsor for every 5-8 youth who might go.)
How
much: $110 per youth.
Archives
Has anyone seen our Archives Photo Book? It is missing for some
time. The Myrrh-bearers will meet Wednesday, May 30, after Vespers
to assemble the photos and other memorabilia they have. If you have any
photos of church people / events the women can add to their collection,
please place them in the special marked “Mail box”.
Summer Picnic to mark the end
of Church School and honor our graduates will take place next Sunday. There
is a signup sheet on the board for the various food items that are needed.
Wednesday Evenings after
Vespers On
those Wednesdays during the Summer, when there is no Council Meeting, Fr.
John will be happy to meet with whomever comes out to the City Brew on Grand
and 17th for a discussion on some aspect of Church belief.
The one who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of detachment
knows no distinction between one's own and another's, between faithful and
unfaithful, between slave and freeman, or indeed between male and female.
But having risen above the tyranny of the passions and looking to the one
nature of men he regards all equally and is equally disposed toward all.
For in him there is neither Greek no Jew, neither male nor female, neither
slave nor freeman, but Christ is everything and in everything.
St Maximus the Confessor
The enemy of our salvation especially strives to draw our
heart and mind away from God when we are about to serve Him, and endeavors to
adulterously attach our heart to something irrelevant. Be always, every
moment, with God, especially when you pray to Him. If you are inconstant,
you will fall away from life, and will cast yourself into sorrow and
straightness.
- St. John of Kronstadt
Christ is in our Midst!
Reply: He is and ever shall be!
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