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PEACE AND GRACE!
Amma Sarah of the Desert, commemorated on 15 Paremhotep/24 March
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"If we search out the Lord with effort, through the virtues, He will appear to us; and if we remain in stillness, He will remain with us."
-Amma Sarah
FOR YOUR EDIFICATION
"Carrying the Cross" by His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion
SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday: Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Cross: 6:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday: FOCUS: 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (come any time!)
Saturday: Children's Hymns Class (5 years old - Jr. High): 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Vespers and Tasbeha: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers: 6:00 p.m. at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church
GREAT LENT
As we continue in the Holy and Great Fast, it is important that each of us receives spiritual guidance with regards to how to fast. Abouna Antony has emailed a recommended program for the fast; please ensure you receive guidance from your own spiritual father. Lent is a time of asceticism and self-control; a time for modesty in all that we do. We prepare for the most holy time of the year, where we remember our Lord's agony, death, and far more importantly: resurrection. The life of the Church is is important, we want to live in and with Christ, and this fast helps us bring our whole spiritual life under review.
FOCUS SAN DIEGO
Join volunteers from Orthodox parishes in San Diego every Wednesday to serve with FOCUS to help provide meals for the hungry at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Help is needed with cooking, serving, and clean up from 3:00 p.m. onwards. 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.
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.