Weekly Update - Oct 23
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Peace and grace, PARISHIONERS!
St. Philip the Deacon, commemorated on the 14th of Paope/24th of October
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
The brothers asked an elder, “How is it that God in the Scriptures promises good things to the soul, and yet the soul does not desire them, but instead turn aside to impurity?” And he answered and said to them, “It is my opinion that it is because that soul has not yet tasted the good things which are above, and therefore the good things which are here [on earth] are dear to it.”
Budge, E. A. W. (Ed.). (1907). The Paradise or Garden of the Holy Fathers (Vol. 2, p. 166). London: Chatto & Windus.
FOR YOUR EDIFICATION
Brand new parishioner!
+ Congratulations to Michael and Mira on the birth of Chloe Mousa! Chloe was born last Wednesday and we look forward to receiving her in the Church with her parents!
Ordination of Deacon Andrew to the rank of Presbyter!
God-willing, this Sunday, October 30th, Deacon Andrew will receive the laying of hands by His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion and the two auxiliary bishops of our diocese. Matins will begin at St. Paul's American Coptic Orthodox Church at 8:00 am. You are very highly encouraged to go and attend this event. Unless coverage can be found for Abouna Antony, Liturgy at St. Basil's will commence at 7:00 am instead of 8, so that we can go participate at St. Paul's immediately after. A special announcement on this issue will follow.
SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK
Wednesday: FOCUS service: 3:00 p.m. - 8 p.m. (come anytime!)
Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (at Get Air Poway)
Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: Adult Education Class: 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. ("Discipline of the Will")
Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
All Saints' Night
We are excited to host a fun filled evening for our children on Monday October 31st, 2016. “All Saints Night” is scheduled to start at 5PM-8:30PM in light of it being a school night. Join us for a “meet & greet” with some of our church saints, games, crafts and fellowship. Pizza, salad, and drinks will provided. While we will not be providing candy, you're welcome to bring some for your children if desired. Suggested donation: $5-$10 per child. If you like to contribute by providing food/games/crafts, please contact Engy.
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 at 7 pm. Social events are held at a wide variety of places, like the beach, bowling, and many more! Coptic Club provides a fellowship to help youth grow in the love of Christ together and have a bond of unity in His name during a critical time of their lives. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.
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.