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Sunday, September 29, 2013
Fourteenth Sunday after PentecostVenerable Kyriakos the hermit of Palestine; Martyr Petronia and those with her in Palestine; Venerable-Martyr Malachi and those with him.

Visitors, you are always welcome at All Saints. College students, we welcome you to make All Saints your home away from home.

Nourishment of the Soul: “What is more necessary for man than God and His divine love? He is our refuge, He is our treasure, He is our food and drink, He is our raiment and shelter, He is our health and strength, He is our happiness and joy, He is our hope and our trust.” — St. Theodora

Mortgage Retirement News: The Parish Council has chosen to apply a portion of the festival income to the mortgage. Please prayerfully consider what you can give toward this effort; it need not be a huge amount, and then, it might be! Notice the donation box in the narthex. Every little bit helps.

Backstreet Mission’s Thanksgiving Baskets – Again this year our church will donate 250 dry turkey gravy packets. The Myrrh Bearers will conduct the drive between now and November 11th. Along with donations from other community groups, Backstreet will feed 400 families in the area. Start looking now for the packets in grocery and discount stores and bring them to Marcia’s office.

Confession: Confessions are heard Wednesday and Saturday evenings half an hour before services or by appointment during the week.

Communion: We invite you to receive the Holy Eucharist if you are an Orthodox Christian who has prepared yourself through fasting, prayer, and recent confession. If you are not Orthodox, or are Orthodox but have not prepared, we invite you to receive a piece of the blessed bread in the wooden bowls held by the altar servers at the front of the church.

Annual Festival on Fairfax – These next two weeks are weeks of preparation. Have you set aside time either to do final set-up activities on Friday, October 11th or to attend on Saturday, October 12th? Some ask, “What is the purpose or the goal of the festival?” Is it for fun, good food, lively music, activities for children? Yes, it is all of these, but also it announces to the community that there is an Orthodox church in Bloomington, a welcoming church, and for some it introduces them for the first time to Orthodoxy, the true faith, the faith of the apostles, the church of the New Testament for which many are searching.

Orthodoxy 101 follows Wednesday Vespers around 7 p.m. All are invited, but catechumens are urged to attend. Fr. Peter Jon will be teaching—“Salvation History.”

THIS WEEK
Wednesday, October 2: Vespers at 6:00 followed by Orthodoxy 101
Thursday, October 3: Bedford-Mitchell Fellowship at 10:00
Thursday, October 3: OCF meeting
Saturday, October 5: Great Vespers at 5:00
Sunday, October 6: Matins at 8:50; Divine Liturgy at 10:00

LOOKING AHEAD

October 6…Annual Buddy Walk benefit for the Down Syndrome at Bryan Park.
1:30pm: Registration opens and FUN for the whole family begins including music and carnival games.
3:00pm: Buddy Walk begins. (Route is fully accessible)
Immediately following the walk: Hang around and enjoy the carnival games, refreshments, and music.
For more details, please visit: https://secure.ezeventsolutions.com/fr/dsfc/2013BuddyWalk
October 6…Baptism of Kiya Crandall, infant daughter of Matthew and Gabriella
October 12… Annual Fall Festival on Fairfax 11am-5pm

Sunday, September 22, 2013
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
We commemorate the following saints today: Hieromartyr Phocas the Bishop; Martyr Phocas the Gardener;New-martyrs Isaac and Martin; Twenty-six Venerable-martyrs and Venerable Cosmas the Bulgarian, all of Zographou monastery on Athos

Visitors, you are always welcome at All Saints.
College students, we welcome you to make All Saints your home away from home. We look forward to seeing you each Sunday.

Nourishment of the Soul: “Just as a candle is lighted from another candle, so also a good work is born from a good work.” — St. Nicholai of Zica

Syrian Relief Collection: Your generosity netted $2,263 to be sent to our Patriarch John X in Damascus. If you were unable to donate last week, the fund is still open through today.

Mortgage Retirement News: Please prayerfully consider what you can give toward this effort; it need not be a huge amount, and then, it might be! Notice the donation box in the narthex.

Confession: Confessions are heard Wednesday and Saturday evenings half an hour before services or by appointment during the week.

Communion Line: The choir goes first in both lines so members may continue ministering through music during communion. Little Lambs follow. The ushers then assist each row from front to back. Those seated in the over-flow may follow an adjacent row.

Annual Fall Festival on Fairfax – Please support All Saints by taking flyers and distributing them to your friends and relatives and in places of business. Some ask, “What is the purpose or the goal of the festival?” Is it for fun, good food, lively music, activities for children? Yes, it is all of these, but also it announces to the community that there is an Orthodox church in Bloomington, a welcoming church, and for some it introduces them for the first time to Orthodoxy, the true faith, the faith of the apostles, the church of the New Testament for which many are searching.

Backstreet Mission’s Thanksgiving Baskets – Again this year we will donate 250 dry turkey gravy packets. The Myrrh Bearers will conduct the drive between now and November 11th. Along with other donations from other community groups, Backstreet will feed 400 families in the area.

Orthodoxy 101 follows Wednesday Vespers around 7 p.m. All are invited, but catechumens are urged to attend. Reader Tikhon will be teaching—“Nicene Creed: The Resurrection.”

THIS WEEK
Wednesday, September 25: Vespers at 6:00 followed by Orthodoxy 101
Saturday, September 28: Great Vespers cancelled.
Sunday, September 29: Matins at 8:50; Divine Liturgy at 10:00 – Myrrh Bearers meeting and Festival meeting during coffee hour

LOOKING AHEAD
October 6…Annual Buddy Walk benefit for the Down Syndrome Family Connection at Bryan Park
1:30pm: Registration opens and FUN for the whole family begins including music and carnival games.

3:00pm: Buddy Walk begins. (Route is fully accessible)

Immediately following the walk: Hang around and enjoy the carnival games, refreshments, and music.

For more details, please visit: https://secure.ezeventsolutions.com/fr/dsfc/2013BuddyWalk

“Thank All Saints Orthodox Church for being a sponsor to this year’s Buddy Walk!”

October 6…Baptism of Kiya Crandall, infant daughter of Matthew and Gabriella
October 12… Annual Fall Festival on Fairfax 11am-5pm
Memory Eternal: Joel (September)

Today’s Epistle and Gospel Readings
Prokeimenon: “How magnified are Thy works, O LORD!
In Wisdom hast Thou made them all.”
Verse: “Bless the LORD, O my soul!” Psalm 103:26, 1

Epistle: The Reading is from St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians. (16:13-24)
Brethren, be watchful, be established in the faith, be manly, be strong. Let all your things be done in love. Now I beseech you, brethren (since you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves for the ministry of the saints), that you also be subject to such, and to everyone who is a fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatos and Achaicos, for that which was lacking on your part they supplied. For they refreshed my spirit as well as yours; therefore acknowledge such men.
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss. The salutation of me, Paul, is with my own hand. If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha! The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Gospel: The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (5:1-11)
At that time, Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. And He saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, Jesus asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at Thy word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish, which they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men.” And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.