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St. Nektarios of Pentapolis the Wonderworker

Saint Nektarios was born in Selyvria of Thrace on October 1, 1846. Under the patronage of Patriarch Sophronius of Alexandria, Nektarios went to Athens to study in 1882; completing his theological studies in 1885, he went to Alexandria, where Patriarch Sophronius ordained him priest on March 23, 1886 in the Cathedral of Saint Sabbas, and in August of the same year, in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Cairo, made him Archimandrite. Archimandrite Nektarios showed much zeal both for preaching the word of God, and for the beauty of God's house. He greatly beautified the Church of Saint Nicholas in Cairo, and years later, when Nektarios was in Athens, Saint Nicholas appeared to him in a dream, embracing him and telling him he was going to exalt him very high. On January 15, 1889, in the same Church of Saint Nicholas, Nektarios was consecrated Metropolitan of the Pentapolis in eastern Libya, which was under the jurisdiction of Alexandria. Although Nektarios' swift ascent through the degrees of ecclesiastical office did not affect his modesty and childlike innocence, it aroused the envy of lesser men, who convinced the elderly Sophronius that Nektarios had it in his heart to become Patriarch. Since the people loved Nektarios, the Patriarch was troubled by the slanders. On May 3, 1890, Sophronius relieved Metropolitan Nektarios of

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November 2011

Monthly Newsletter for Stewards of Holy Anargyroi Sts. Kosmas & Damianos Greek Orthodox Church

Box & Spoon

Highlights in this issue
Fr. Marks Letter P.1 Calendar of Events P.2 Parish Council & Philoptochos P.3 Stewardship P.4 Prayer as the Source of all good P.5 Philoxenia and Philothei P.6 Youth Team P.7 St. Nektarios of Pentapolis P.8

2011 Standing Committees

PARISH COUNCIL Tim Kelly - President Johnny Mangouras - Vice President Andru Peters - Secretary Dan Jerghiu - Treasurer Diana Orbelo Tia Maragos Nick Maragos Halina Woroncow Aaron Biedermann STEWARDSHIP & OUTREACH John Maragos Chair Ari Kolas Mark Smith Diana Orbelo Halina Woroncow ICONOGRAPHY Diana Orbelo Chair Tia Maragos Andru Peters Fr. Mark Muoz BUILDING Tim Kelly Ari Kolas BUDGET Dan Jerghiu Chair Johnny Mangouras Fr. Mark Muoz AUDIT Aaron Biedermann Mark Smith John Maragos ELECTION BOARD Presbytera Michelle Chris Brekke Chamaidi Belanger PHILOXENIA HOUSE Chamaidi Belanger Chair GREEK FESTIVAL Dan Jerghiu Chair Steve Kereakos Treasurer Lorenda Jerghiu Silent auction Joe Ferrer Set-up/Teardown Tim Kelly Outdoor Cooks Johnny Mangouras Marketing Ari Kolas Marketing Penny Kolas Pastries Maria Thomas Pastries Denise Mangouras Pastries Presbytera Michelle Volunteers Martha Voytovich Market place Andru Peters Beverages Mike Brekke Beer Garden Larissa Osfeld Children Area Mrs. Mangouras Inside Kitchen

Wednesday, November 9th Feast day of St. Nektarios

his duties; in July of the same year, he commanded Nektarios to leave Egypt. Without seeking to avenge or even to defend himself, the innocent Metropolitan left for Athens, where he found that accusations of immorality had arrived before him. Because his good name had been soiled, he was unable to find a position worthy of a bishop then, in 1894, he was appointed

Orthros/Divine Liturgy 8:30am

dean of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School in Athens. Through his eloquent sermons his unwearying labours to educate fitting men for the priesthood, his generous alms deeds despite his own poverty, and the holiness, meekness, and fatherly love that were manifest in him, he became a shining light and a spiritual guide to many. At the request of certain pious women, in 1904 he began the building of his convent of the Holy Trinity on the island of Aegina while yet dean of the Rizarios School; findi ng later that his presence there was needed, he took up his residence on Aegina in 1908, where he spent the last years of his life, devoting himself to the direction of his convent and to very intense prayer.

But...Everyone else is doing it?!?!?!

Unbelievably so, the month of November is upon us! This month conjures images of fall leaves, bonfires, hot chocolate, the first snow fall, football games, and families gathered around their tables in Thanksgiving. In conjunction with these familiar fall imageries we will soon be relentlessly bombarded by another holiday nearly two months away: CHRISTMAS! From retail commercials spewing forth greed imbued manipulations to Churches competing for the C & E Christians, the cornucopia of holiday distractions is in full blitz! My knee-jerk reaction to this November phenomenon is one of exasperation and the untimely feeling that, its way too early for all this! But.is it really premature? If we pay attention to our ecclesiastical calendars the parish gives out every year we will see an important annotation on the entry for November 15th: beginning of the Nativity Fast. Amidst the initial slew of secular Christmas preparations our Holy Orthodox Church quietly whispers to our soul: make ready to receive the Savior of the world in the manger of your heart. I cant help but wonder how many of the faithful are unable to heed the call to commence the Nativity Fast simply because the pitch and volume of the secularized Christmas is so deafening? I also believe another factor weighs heavily on our successful completion of the Fast: its blatant incongruity. Say what? Allow me to explain During this period of Holiday Parties serving up delectable rich cuisines, the emphasis on consumerism and giving, and the overall projection of seemingly good values divorced from Christ it is rather difficult for us to remember that we, as Orthodox Christians, are set apart and are in the world but not of the world. I often hear. But Father, everyone else is doing it! Indeed, thus providing the necessary spiritual friction to ensure a proper and spiritual fast. During the Nativity Fast we refrain from celebratory foods and actions simply because the event were preparing for hasn't happened yet! Would we yell surprise! at a surprise birthday party before the person of honor walked in the door? Of course not. The Orthodox celebrate Christmas for six days straight after December 25th; that is the time for enjoying the Christmas cheer and festivities! When we turn the calendar day from 11/14 to 11/15 lets do so with joy, diligence, and patience...for indeed, good things come to those who wait!
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Chief Commanders of God; ministers of divine glory; guides for men and leadership of the Incorporeal

Synaxis of the Archangels

...as Chief Commanders of the Incorporeal, plead for our welfare and for great mercy.

The Synaxis of the Holy Archangels; Nov. 8th

Liturgical and Organizational Calendar

November 2011
Tuesday Tuesday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Saturday Sunday Monday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday Monday Monday Thurs.-Fri. Saturday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday Sunday Nov. 1st - 4th Nov. 1st. Nov. 5th Nov. 6th Nov. 7th Nov. 8th Nov. 9th Nov. 9th Nov. 12th Nov. 13th Nov. 14th Nov. 16th Nov. 17th Nov. 19th Nov. 20th Nov. 21st Nov. 21st Nov. 24 - 25th Nov. 26th Nov. 28th Nov. 30th Dec. 3rd Dec. 4th Dec. 4th Archdiocesan Presbyters Council Retreat Philoptochos Meeting at church Great Vespers GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING JOY/GOYA Bowling Outing Colonial Lanes AC/DC Adult Ministry place TBA Synaxis of the Archangels Michael & Gabriel Orthros & Divine Liturgy St. Nektarios of Pentapolis the Wonderworker Orthros & Divine Liturgy GOYA Faith Night NO Great Vespers St. George Celebration with our Ethiopian Orthodox brethren JOY Faith Night Parish Council Meeting St. Philothei Project Monthly Meal Prep @ church Great Vespers GOYA Outing to FOCUS-MN in Twin Cities Entrance of the Holy Theotokos into the Temple Orthros & Divine Liturgy AC/DC Adult Ministry place TBA Thanksgiving Holiday-Office Closed NO Great Vespers AC/DC Adult Ministry place TBA St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle: Orthros & Divine Liturgy Great Vespers Parish Council Elections Meeting with Ushers/Outreach Committee Fr Mark Away 6pm 6pm after Liturgy 12:30pm 6pm 8:30am 8:30am 7pm after Liturgy 6pm 7pm 6pm 6pm afternoon 8:30am 6pm

Youth Team Report

JOY group October Faith Night introduced our children to their Family of Faith, the Church. As we grow each day, we will understand who we become with Faith in Christ. This will connect our families more to other families in the Church, through the Sacraments, service to the Church and the activities we participate in, like JOY. You and your family and not just a couple of branches, but part of an amazing connection of biological, adopted and spiritual family which is the Church, the Family of Faith. The children had a little bible reading (John 15:3-5.) to learn more about our roots in the church and discussed the meaning of the icon of Christ the Tree Vine. We began our exploration of the Family of Faith by playing Family of Faith BINGO. Each child had the chance to make their own Family Tree Project.

learning the story of Christ the Tree Vine

Family of Faith Bingo

getting to know each others family

great fellowship building our own Family Tree.

Our next JOY Faith Night will be on Monday, November 14th at 6 PM: please mark your calendars.
October greeted us with sunshine, short-sleeve weather, and vibrant, changing autumn leaves. GOYA took full advantage of that with a bike ride along the Zumbro River followed by some outdoor games, savoring the beautiful weather.

8:30am 6pm after Liturgy after Liturgy

Guidelines for the Nativity Fast

We are well aware that our Holy Church provides the faithful with a period of spiritual preparation in anticipation of the Lords Holy Nativity. This period begins on November 15th every year with the commencement of the Nativity Fast. As this fast is a modified one I thought it helpful to remind us all exactly what is prescribed: From Nov. 15th-Dec. 12th (St. Spyridon) the following is observed: Fish/wine/oil are allowed every day except Wednesdays and Fridays which are observed as strict fast days (no meat, fish, dairy, wine, oil). From Dec. 12th-Dec. 25th the following is observed: A strict fast every day except Saturdays and Sundays

GOYAns were treated to a new dimension of their program at Holy Anargyroi as GOYA Faith Night had its inaugural meeting. Our teens will be exploring an aspect of our Faith and Tradition on these evenings, with discussion led by Father Mark. Our first meeting examined ideas around recognizing our true selves, and the challenges of embracing our image in God and working toward His likeness. A spirited discussion was enjoyed by all. The next GOYA Faith Night will be held on Wednesday, November 9th, at 7 pm. Please reserve the 2nd Wednesday of each month for this enriching experience. If your student needs a ride in order to attend, please let the GOYA Church School teachers know on the previous Sunday, and we will help. GOYAs church-wide Food Drive for the FOCUS-MN food shelf will run from October 30-November 20. Please donate nonperishable food items in cans, boxes, bags to share with those in need. We will head up to Minneapolis to deliver the food in November, as we volunteer our time again to help serve the hungry a hot, nutritious Sunday meal. GOYAns for Hire!: GOYA is gearing up for a return mission trip to Project Mexico in the summer of 2013. To this end, we will be initiating some fund-raising efforts. If anyone has some simple yard work, snow shoveling, or home projects that need to get done, please consider hiring our young people for the job. Please talk to Halina, Mike, or Trevor to set up a date for the work. Thank you for supporting our teens! Mark your calendars for a combined JOY/GOYA bowling outing at Colonial Lanes on Sunday, November 6th from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. Pizza will be served! This is always a fun and enjoyable activity! Everyone (friends and family) is invited to join us! Youth Team Coordinators: Loredana Jerghiuta, Halina Woroncow and Trevor Hamlen

Chief Commanders of God; ministers of divine glory; guides for men and leadership of the Incorporeal

Synaxis of the Archangels

...as Chief Commanders of the Incorporeal, plead for our welfare and for great mercy.

The Synaxis of the Holy Archangels; Nov. 8th

Philoxenia House News

We have some very encouraging and positive news regarding the Philoxenia House. We were able to refinance and lower the interest rate on our two mortgage loans. Next, we saved a little money from the generous donations of parishioners, non-parishioners, organizations and grants from which $10,000 was put toward the principal of the St. Iakovos House mortgage loan. Both actions, will significantly lower our interest payments, enabling us to pay the loans sooner which will advance our future planning schedule. The Philoxenia House needs some serious face lifting. The downstairs apartment needs both the bathroom and the kitchen renovated and both apartments painted. Kathy Lytle and a couple of volunteers try to keep the apartments in good order as much as they can. It is costly to have a cleaning crew or a paid person to clean after each guest leaves even though the apartments need to be sanitized. Guests are supposed to leave the apartments as they found them, but it does not always happen. For this we will need a few volunteers who are willing to check the apartments before Kathy's final inspection. Please call Kathy or myself if you would like to volunteer. We really need your help! Rarely do we get someone who is not satisfied or they will not stay unless there is someone there to clean after them. Most of our guests are very grateful to find a free and comfortable place to stay so close to the church and the clinic. Fr. Mark and Johnny Mangouras attended the Clergy-Laity Conference and very successfully presented the Philoxenia House Mission to a large group of attendees. They were very well prepared for this presentation and it was well received. They made some good contacts which will hopefully prove to be beneficial to us. In fact, one of the contacts they made at last year's Clergy-Laity conference, just sent us a $20,000 check. Philoxenia House belongs to all of us. From the very beginning this parish has shown great support, both financially and physically. We, the members of the committee are just taking care of the everyday needs, however, it is God and you the parishioners who guide and help us. This incredible Ministry reflects who we are as a community and it shows our love to God and our neighbors. It is a mission in which we should all want to be involved; it is a blessing and part of us. In Christ, Chamaidi Belanger Freely you have received, freely give.(Matthew 10:8) Dear Stewards,

Parish Council
A reminder of who the members of your parish council are for the 2011 year: Tim Kelly, President; Johnny Mangouras, Vice President; Dan Jerghiuta, Treasurer; Andru Peters, Secretary; Aaron Biedermann; Nick Maragos; Diana Orbelo; Tia Maragos; and Halina Woroncow. Well, we can all breath a collective sigh of relief the 2011 Greek Festival was once again a success and we filled a budget hole with festival proceeds. The Good Lord has once again filled our coffers so we can operate our church for another year. Thank you to all who volunteered and to those who donated to the events success. I would like to address the business side of renting our hall. The downtown AA groups rent brings in $15,000 annually for our operating expenses. We understand that this usage is hard on the building, and our intention is to raise this monthly rent to cover some repair costs that continue to escalate. Our Ethiopian brothers pay us $200 per month and they will be taking over the back office on the first floor for office/ storage/meeting room. We have asked them to consider an increase in their monthly donation for the use of our building and they are going to discuss this matter with their council. We are working with Home Federal on the refinancing the church building loan and the two loans for the home. When everything closes we be saving $800 per month on the two homes alone and drop a little more than a point on the church loan interest rate. The Metropolis has asked us to follow the parish guidelines for a quorum at our parish assemblies. A quorum is defined as 50% plus one of parish members in good standing. At this point in time, this requires us to have 62 parish members in good standing at our scheduled parish assemblies. If we do not have a quorum at the first scheduled assembly, we will immediately schedule the next parish assembly to take place within 10 days typically the following Sunday. At that meeting the parish members in good standing attending the meeting will be considered a quorum no matter who attends, and all voting will be binding. Due to the fact that we only had a typical 34 parish members in good standing attend our October 30th parish assembly, we had to reschedule the meeting for November 6 th. While this is cumbersome, we are trying our best to stay within the guidelines as defined by the Orthodox Church. Please make every effort to participate in these assemblies they are only twice a year and are very important to the operational business of the church. Tim Kelly Parish Council President

Philoptochos Society
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Patron Saints of our Holy Anargyroi Philoptochos Society are Saints Kosmos and Damianos and our Philoptochos Soicety holds dearly; great reverence and honor to their Feast Day on November 1 st. On November 20th we will pass a second tray after Liturgy to collect donations for His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in honor of Saints Kosmas and Damianos. These donations will benefit the philanthropic programs and charities of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. Please be prepared to make a generous donation on that Sunday. Thank you! On December 18th; we will host our Holiday Bake Sale in the church hall after Liturgy. During the month of November we will be encouraging people to order their cookies/pastries with our Holiday Order Form. This fundraiser helps us greatly in our mission work and this year we would like expand our orders by asking you to give the Holiday Bake Sale Order Forms to your family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers. The more orders we can fill; the more we can help those in need. Thank you! During our November meeting; we will approve the Philoptochos Budget for 2012. The review process of our Budget is sustained by our mission work. In short; our goals are these two items: 1.We provide financial, physical, emotional and spiritual help to mankind and 2. We raise the funds to do this mission work in helping others. We are the philanthropic arm of the church. The word philanthropy comes from the Greek word philanthropos which comes from phelein for to love and anthropos for human being. Philanthropy means love of humanity. This is the heart of what drives our Philoptochos Society. On behalf of the board and committee members of our Philoptochos Society; I continue to ask you for prayers and support in our mission work. We hope to, by Gods grace, multiply our work in helping others. Let each of you look out not only for his own interest, but also the interest of others. Phil 2:4

The Philothei Project

The Philothei Project is way to get to know each other and a way to reach out to the community we live in. Women who come to this shelter are vulnerable and can feel very much alone and helpless. The shelter provides them with a safe place to go and offers them advocacy and support services. By coming together and cooking these delicious meals for them it shows them that people outside of their own situation care about and support them. Its a big step toward emotional healing. The volunteers at the shelter have said that they especially look forward to the weekends that our church cooks for them. Its also fun to do and you may learn a new recipe or two. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. It has a tremendous impact on those in need. Please consider how getting involved might impact you.

Family Camp

The crew from Holy Anargyroi at Saint Marys Orthodox Family Camp on Lake Wapogasset in Amery, WI: The Kellys and the Brekkes. Family Camp is a weekend filled with Gods light and love! We hope to see more families from Holy Anargyroi next year! www.stmaryscamp.org

Thank you! Calli Kelly, Philoptochos President Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone O Holy Unmercenaries and Wonder Workers, visit our infirmities, freely you have received, freely share with us. Kontakion in the Second Tone O glorious, wonderworking physicians, having received the grace of healing, you reach and restore health to those in need. And by your visitation you cast down the arrogance of the enemy, healing the world through miracles.

Chief Commanders of God; ministers of divine glory; guides for men and leadership of the Incorporeal

Synaxis of the Archangels

...as Chief Commanders of the Incorporeal, plead for our welfare and for great mercy.

The Synaxis of the Holy Archangels; Nov. 8th

JOY/GOYA BOWLING!! th
When: Sunday, November 6 Where: Colonial Lanes, 1828 14 Street NW Time: 12:30 P.M. (sharp!) Cost: $7 per bowler

On prayer as the source from which all good comes

By M.C. Steenberg Often has the Church proclaimed, 'Prayer is the act from which all other good comes.'1 It may seem strange that, in this statement, the source of all good is ascribed to the act and state of prayer. Certainly, all good comes from God! There is only one source of Good, and of the identity of this source there is no question. Lest any be tempted to forget, it is proclaimed at every Liturgy in the prayer before the ambo: 'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from Thee, the Father of Lights'.2 Certainly, there is no other fount from which goodness flows than God Himself, the very essence and heart of Goodness. Good gifts are good only insomuch as they come from Him, for 'whatever is not God, is nothing'. 3 Why, then, the exalted status given to prayer? If all good gifts are from God and Him only, how can we then say, 'Prayer is the act from which all other good comes'? How is it possible to hold to the divine truth here stated, and still proclaim, as the holy Abba Agathon does in regard to prayer, that by its action it is the reconciliation of man with God, the mother and daughter of tears, a bridge for crossing temptations, a wall of protection from afflictions, a crushing of conflicts, boundless activity, the spring of virtues, the source of spiritual gifts, invisible progress, food of the soul, the enlightening of the mind, an axe for despair, a demonstration of hope, the release from sorrow. Would it not be better for us, if we were to ascribe these gifts to God and set prayer aside as another among them? The answer we must give--that which I am sure you will have determined I will give, based on the manner in which I posed all of the above-is certainly 'no'. There is a mystery to prayer, or perhaps better, prayer is a great mystery, by which all other gifts are made known in their true natures, and through which they in fact come. Prayer, as the holy Church teaches, is the very source of our participation in the good gifts of God; while He remains ever the giver and one true fount of all blessings, it is only by prayer that we are brought into communion with and possession of these very blessings. St Symeon of Thessalonica writes, concerning the primacy of prayer, It is an excellent task for the servants of Christ above all others, for the other things are ministries and secondary ... truly this is the task entrusted to us by God, and the crown of all else.4 If, then, this great task of prayer, this 'crown of all else', is the source of our possession of all that is good and blessed, what must be its nature? Surely the initial reaction had by many toward this idea, namely that our petitionary prayer must be that from which we receive all good, is negative for the very reason that a notion of prayer ultimately as spoken discussion with, or even fervent supplication to God, is itself a flawed understanding. Prayer of this sort, though it is good and holy, certainly cannot be the ultimate form and character of prayer, for it is a temporal and designated act within the scope of the 'rest of life'. To pray in this manner is to set aside whatever predetermined (or undetermined) duration of time for prayer, to speak petitions, to offer adoration and thanksgiving, and so on. Yes, this is a holy act, and one to which we are called, one and all! But it cannot be the only form of prayer, especially not the ultimate, because it is simply impossible to engage in this kind of prayer at all times if one is truly to live a human life in this world; and the exhortation to 'pray without ceasing' comes directly from the great Apostle (1 Thess 5.17). If our method of prayer is such that we cannot keep the commandment of God, handed down through His elect, then we must admit a greater reality to prayer which we have yet to approach. Our prayer is good and holy by virtue of its being prayer, but there are depths we have not sounded and heights to which we have not yet climbed. These are to be found in a profound inward prayer to which we are all summoned by Christ Himself. It is this deeper, inner prayer to which we must turn if we are to understand how prayer is genuinely the source of our communion with the blessings of God. The nature of this deeper reality is first explained by Evagrios the Solitary, 5 writing in the fourth century: 'Prayer is the communion of the intellect with God'.6 Abba Agathon, already encountered in this discussion, expanded upon Evagrios in stating that 'Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God'. Here we begin to see the true essence of deepest prayer as it has always been proclaimed by the Church. Far beyond the discourse of thought and speech with our Divine Saviour which prayer is in certain of its forms, it is much more deeply the actual union of humanity with God in Trinity, a state of being in constant communion with Him who is the Source of all. Such prayer goes beyond a mere act of the intellect, to a deep state of constant awareness of the presence of God, of dwelling with Him in all places and times, no matter what the outward activities of the body or mind. 'He who loves God is always communing with Him as his Father'. 7 Thus we can see how all the outward acts of discipline, rigour and asceticism that lead to true prayer, are indeed the means by which we attain to all things good, not because these acts somehow 'purchase' good things for us (God forbid!), but because by them we are drawn ever closer to God Himself; that same God who is, in His essence, the very fullness of Goodness. The acts of attaining to prayer form our great motion of continual service, our personal leitourgia, by which we come into all joy; for 'to serve God is bliss itself'. 8
1. I have as yet been unable to identify a specific patristic source for this commonplace saying. By the onset of the modern era, it had become so commonplace as to be mentioned, in most texts, without any specific attribution of authorship. Reference to a known or posited source would be warmly received by the present author. 2. Prayer Before the Ambo, The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. 3. Attributed to St Frideswide of Oxford. 4. St. Symeon of Thessalonica, On Prayer. 5. That is, first explained from within the Patristic witness. The character of inner prayer as communion can be extrapolated--as it was by the Fathers--from the Gospel and Scriptures; cf. 1 Samuel 12.13; Romans 8.26,Romans 12.12; Sirach 37.15; Revelation 5.8; Mark 11.24. 6. Evagrios the Solitary, On Prayer, 3. 7. Evagrios the Solitary, On Prayer, 55; emphasis mine. 8. St John of Kronstadt.

Parents and friends welcome to bowl or cheer! Contact: Loredana Jerghiuta to reserve your spot! (507) 271 - 5928 loredanaj@yahoo.com HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Stewardship
SAVE THE DATE: STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY IS DECEMBER, 4th!!! PLEASE BRING YOUR 2012 PLEDGE FOR COLLECTION
2011 Current List of Pledging Members
Note: this list is not synonymous, nor does it indicate, members in good spiritual and/or financial standing with the parish.

Mary Beth Abraham Andrew Barbes Gust & Jackie Barbes Joel & Chamaidi Belanger Samuel Benjamin Costa & Maria Boosalis Lexie & Aaron Biedermann Mike & Kris Brekke Maria Campbell Gus & Kathy Chafos Peter & Angie Chafos Rebeca Chery John and Nina Cokinos Fr. Anthony Coniaris Ionel and Lucia Dumitrascu Pete and Tasia Economou Joe & Cindy Forrer Judy Gale Dimitar & Ralitza Gavrilova Helen Grechis

Kyle Hafar Trevor & Laura Hamlen Viorel & Simona Hodis Bradley & Erline Holman Gordy & Connie Jelatis-Hoke Donald and Elaine Jenkins Dan & Loredana Jerghiuta Carolyn Jukich Tom and Sandy Kapellas Phyllis Kapenis Dino & Tricia Kasdagly Martha Karakelides Yanni Kaloumenos Michael & Mondo Katselis Tim & Calli Kelly William Kerakos Steve Kereakos George Kereakos Michelle Kinsley Peter Kolas

Nick & Ann Kolas Ari & Penny Kolas Tony & Nereida Lecakis Beth Lechner Kula Magaritsidis Johnny & Denise Mangouras Dr. Nick and Connie Maragos John Maragos Tia Maragos George & Linda Margellos Jason & Daniela Meier George & Cathy Murak Diana Orbelo Soula Pampori Maria Pasalis Andi Pathoulas Andru Peters Maria and Jacob Peterson Dr. Doug and Anne Pflaum Marilyn Phelps

Dr. Nick & Effie Psimos Nicholas Psimos Angie Rustad Tina Sageotis John & Jennifer Sakellarou Helen Santrizos John Schur Elilta Sebhatu Mogib & Seham Salama Mary Shabestari Ian De Silva Mark Smith Fr. Robert and Nikki Stephanopoulos Louis Thomas George & Maria Thomas Carl & Olga Voss Martha Voytovich Troy & Stephanie Miller Ray Ostfeld & Dr. Halina Woroncrow George and Marion Zahhos

Jan - Sept 2011 Actual Total Income Total Expenses Net Income
$188,150.44 $180,572.94 $7,577.50

Jan - Sept 2010 Actual

$166,962.37 $179,196.46 -$12,234.09

2011 vs 2010 Difference

$21,188.07 $1,376.48 $19,811.59

Jan - Sept 2011 Budget

$169,950.00 $184,808.00 -$14,858.00

Actual vs. Budget Difference

$18,200.44 -$4,235.06 $22,435.50

To be continued in the December Issue