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PEACE AND GRACE!
THE PARISH HAS MOVED!
By God's grace, St. Basil's has moved to our new location!
Our new address is 6224 Ferris Square, San Diego CA 92121.
St. Luke the Evangelist, whose martyrdom is commemorated on 22 Paope/1 November
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Even if we are entirely despised in the eyes of men, let us rejoice that we are honoured in the sight of God.”
-St. John the Short, commemorated on 20 Paope/30 October
FOR YOUR EDIFICATION
"A New Look at an Old Truth" by Fr. Anthony Messeh
SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK
Tuesday: All Saints' Day Children's Celebration: 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday: FOCUS: 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time!)
Friday: St. Katherine's Fellowship: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: Children's Hymns Class (5 years old - Jr. High): 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
ALL SAINTS' DAY YOUTH CELEBRATION
All children and youth are invited to a celebration of All Saints' Day on Tuesday, October 31st, at 6 p.m. Join us for a fun and edifying evening with the saints!
COPTIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
The Coptic Educational Foundation will be holding a workshop for high school juniors, seniors, and community college students, to help them with critical information for 4 year university applications. The event will be held on November 12 at 12:30pm following liturgy. We will be carpooling to St. Demiana for the workshop. Please speak with Sarah Michael to register or for any questions.
NEW BUILDING CAMPAIGN
By the grace of God, we managed to meet our first $5,000 donation match challenge! Between your donations and the generosity of our anonymous donor, St. Basil's raised $10,528 in 4 days!
Donate Here!
1ST ANNUAL PARISH FUNDRAISING BANQUET
We are pleased to announce that the Capital Campaign will be hosting our first annual fundraiser banquet on November 19th at AlBorz Restaurant in Del Mar to raise funds for the new parish building! The banquet will be from 4-9 p.m.; children are welcome!
We are in need of donations for the fundraising auction! Some suggestions are jewelry, time share rentals, airline and hotel points, icons, etc. You can also show off your talent with a themed gift basket! Please provide all donations by November 6th. Contact Silvia Guirguis to donate.
Register Here!
YOUTH SYMPHONY EVENT
The youth and their families are invited to join a trip to the Christmas symphony performances on December 16th and 17th. For more info, please reach out to Sameh Guirguis.
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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, VISITATIONS & CONFESSIONS
Please let us know if you have any upcoming important events for us to share with our fellow congregants. Special events are best shared amongst our family, and we encourage you to share your special news with us. In addition, if you would like to schedule a time for a visit or confession with Father Antony Paul, please email him or approach him after the Liturgy on Sunday.
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 fill in the weekly spreadsheet available HERE. 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.