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Peace and grace, PARISHIONERS!
Blessed week to you all!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"As thou takest thy seat at table, pray. As thou liftest the loaf, offer thanks to the Giver. When thou sustainest thy bodily weakness with wine, remember Him Who supplies thee with this gift, to make thy heart glad and to comfort thy infirmity. Has thy need for taking food passed away? Let not the thought of thy Benefactor pass away too. As thou art putting on thy tunic, thank the Giver of it. As thou wrappest thy cloak about thee, feel yet greater love to God, Who alike in summer and in winter has given us coverings convenient for us, at once to preserve our life, and to cover what is unseemly. Is the day done? Give thanks to Him Who has given us the sun for our daily work, and has provided for us a fire to light up the night, and to serve the rest of the needs of life. Let night give the other occasion of prayer. When thou lookest up to heaven and gazest at the beauty of the stars, pray to the Lord of the visible world; pray to God the Arch-artificer of the universe, Who in wisdom hath made them all. ”
St. Basil the Great, Prolegomena
FOR YOUR EDIFICATION
Please read the document we are studying on Saturday nights. This week we are reading chapter one of this book, "Practical Spirituality" by Hegomen Father Athanasius Iskander.
Important Congregation Meeting and picnic!
Please make plans this Sunday to remain after Liturgy for an important congregational meeting. Fr. Antony would like to address the congregation with a few issues, one of which is the future location and size of our church. It is important that all are there to voice their opinions and to be made abreast of the ideas concerning the growth and future of our parish. After the meeting, God-willing, we will all head to a park for food, games and spiritual fellowship with one another!
SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK
Wednesday: FOCUS service: 3:00 p.m. - 8 p.m. (come anytime!)
Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 06:45 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (on UCSD campus - meet at Price Center Bus Loop, heading to Pelly's Mini Golf from there)
Friday: Divine Liturgy: 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Friday: St. Katherine Fellowship: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Meet at La Jolla Shores for a bonfire)
Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: Adult Education Class: 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Sunday: Parish meeting: 12:30 pm, followed by outing with details to be shared via Facebook
FOCUS San Diego
Each Wednesday, volunteers from all of the Orthodox parishes in San Diego county work together through FOCUS at God's Extended Hand to help provide meals for the hungry. God's Extended Hand has been providing food and shelter to people in downtown San Diego since 1924 at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Teenagers and young adults from all parishes are asked to volunteer the 1st Wednesday of every month, and all the congregants of St. Basil's are asked to serve on the 3rd and 4th Wednesdays of the month; for months that have a 5th Wednesday, FOCUS asks all parishes to volunteer on that day. Help is needed with preparing and cooking the food from 3:00-6:00pm and serving the food and cleaning up from 6:20-7:00pm. Children are welcome to help their parents serve. Please stop by for any amount of time you can serve each week! If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jensen.
UCSD Coptic Club
The Coptic Club at UCSD is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The spiritual meetings take place every other week at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla on Thursday evenings. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.
This week, we will be meeting at 6:45PM at the Price Center Bus Loop, from where we will go to Pelly's Mini Golf.
WEBSITE & HYMNS
We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.
All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil, which can be found here.
FOOD & CLEAN-UP
To sign up to bring food for the agape meal on Sundays, please see the bulletin board at church or contact Erene Hanna. We need as many volunteers as possible to keep the church clean on Sundays after the Divine Liturgy. Please consider this important expression of stewardship.