Weekly Update - May 29

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SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Tuesday: UCSD Coptic Club: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday: FOCUS service: 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come anytime!)

Friday: St. Katherine's Meeting (Dinner Cruise Fundraiser in Long Beach): 7:30pm - 10:30pm

Saturday: Vespers, Q&A, & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 7:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Father Antony Paul)

    Church Picnic at Nobel Park: Immediately following the Divine Liturgy


 

ST. KATHERINES YOUTH FELLOWSHIP

This Friday, there is a Young Professionals Dinner Cruise for Networking, Fellowship, and Fundraising for St. Luke Orthodox Christian Academy

Friday, June 2nd, 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Boarding at 7:30pm
DEPARTURE AT 8:00pm SHARP

$65 ($60 if you sign up with a friend)
TICKET SALES EXTENDED THRU WEDNESDAY, MAY 31.

Please sign up ASAP at: Link for Registration

We will be carpooling to Long Beach. For questions about the carpool, please contact Steven at (860) 338-0900

 

Q&A DURING VESPERS

This Saturday evening, during Vespers, Father Antony Paul will be having a Question and Answer forum following his month-long trip to Egypt. Please come prepared with questions, or if you are unable to attend, email them to priest@stbasil.net and listen for the answers which will be posted on the St. Basil podcast.

 

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 send an email to info@stbasil.net to share your special news. In addition, if you would like to schedule a time for a visit or confession with Father Antony Paul, please email priest@stbasil.net or approach him after the Liturgy on Sunday.

 

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.

 

SAN DIEGO COPTIC CLUB

The San Diego Coptic Club is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The meetings take place every week on Thursday evenings at 7 pm, alternating between spiritual meetings at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla and social events which are held at a 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 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.