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Priest: Fr. John A. Peck Emeritus: Fr. William John Clark

Parish Council: Dr. George Rizk, Raymond Zogob, Kris Wells, Kally Key, Bob Hunt, Robert Frisby, Dr. Andrew Gusty, Jelena Timotijevic, Liz Winney.

Choir Director: Pres. Deborah Peck

Weekly Schedule of Services

There will be a short testimonial this week after Announcements

DUE TO A MANDATORY CLERGY RETREAT, THERE WILL BE

NO WEDNESDAY VESPERS OR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK

Mon. Oct. 31 7 am Men’s Prayer Breakfast J&B’s Restaurant on Sheldon across from

Yavapai College

Thurs. Nov. 3 6 pm Choir Rehearsal

Fri. Nov. 4 10 am Divine Liturgy 6-8 pm Guest Speaker - Fr. Barnabas Powell

BBBBECOMINGECOMINGECOMINGECOMING OOOORTHODOXRTHODOXRTHODOXRTHODOX: : : : Christianity in the 21st Century

Sat. Nov. 5 11 am New Member Class Introduction to St. George Church & Faith

Sun. Nov. 13 After Liturgy “FORETASTE OF CHRISTMAS” SUNDAY

with the “Greening of the Church”

Tues. Nov. 15 Nativity Fast Begins

Sun. Nov. 20 After Liturgy ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

Sun. October 30, 2011 Tone 3

St. Mark the Evangelist Apostle of the Seventy

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Date Readers

10-30 Kenny Scott & Jelena Timotijevich

11-6 Jelena Timotijevich & Mike Winney

11-13 Mike Winney & Bob Frisby

Resurrection Hymn - Tone 3

Let the heavens rejoice! Let the earth be glad! For the Lord has done a mighty act with His own arm! He has trampled down death by death, and become the first born from the dead! He has deliv-ered us from the depths of Hades, and has granted to the world great mercy!

Hymn of GreatMartyr George - Tone 4

Liberator of captives, defender of the poor, physician of the sick, and cham-pion of kings, O trophy-bearer, Great Martyr George, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.

Hymn of the Theotokos - Tone 3

You who are the intercessor for the salvation of our race, we praise you, O Virgin Theotokos For in the flesh assumed from you, after that He had suffered the passion of the Cross, Your Son and our God delivered us from corruption, because He is the lover of Mankind.

Prokeimenon in Tone 3 (Ps 47)

Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

Epistle: Galatians 1:11-19

B RETHREN, I would have you know that the Gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it

from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when He Who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son to me, in order that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.+

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Alleluia in Tone 3 (Ps 31)

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped; let me never be put to shame!

Be Thou a God of protection for me, a house of refuge, in order to save me!

Gospel: Luke 8:26-39

T HE LORD SAID, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at

his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be

able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses, and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"+

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DEPARTED: DEPARTED: DEPARTED: DEPARTED:

Gregoria, Mike Wogan, Bill Mueller, Joel McKalie, Marcus Ruttrell, infant Bailey Smith, Preston, Milanka, Charles Kirk, Michael Hicha, Jr., Ioanni Vlahakis, Kalliroi Vla-hakis, Evagalia Vlahakis, Cassandra & Stephen Landis, James Devlin, Thomas Lindberg, Boyd Jackson, Irene Teneralli, Julianne Windsor, Allan Fairbanks, Robert Dery, George Nassimos, George Komashko, Fr. Antony Vladimir, Lambrini, Dominic Teneralli Sr., Dominic Teneralli Jr., Rose Bachmann, Janine, George Hicha, Lola Christie, Jackie Pelkey, Helen Shugrue, Eugenia, Elizabeth Higbee, Janet Maissen, Nat, Amanda, James, Abp Job, Abp Anthony, Don, Anastasia Jones, Jack Christen-sen, Ethel Hunt, Child Nicholas, John, Delores, Lydia (Letitia) Preda, Fr. Gabriel Cooke, Richard & Larry Peck, Randy Poffo, Chuck, Lisa Covington, Andrew Lubnick, Dennis Kontonis, Julia Sedon, Ariel Borza, Michael Hicha, Tom Pallad, Peter Rizk; Demos Vlahakis; Rhonda Dawson; Nicholas, Peter, Kay, Shirley, George Cosmakos, Andrew Degenhart, Annuncio Aaflaq; Bishop Innocent (Gula); Fr. Michael St. An-drew.

Parish Prayer List LIVINGLIVINGLIVINGLIVING: : : :

Cheryl Drake, Ruth Kleinman, Joseph, Winney, Jim & Michelle Smith, George Robert-son, Molly Markos, Jen Kelley, Josh Hondaly, Susan Hill, Mary Ellen Halvorsen, Retta Baughman, Lola Rizk, Ameliana Gusty, Samson Winters, James Peck, Samin, Chad, Aidan, Victoria, Anastasia, Basil, Cassian, Luke, and Garet Trenham, Carrie, Griffin, Nolan, Grayson, Olivia Salicos & family, Scott & Katie Windsor, Benjamin Peck, Gail & Vicki Brannock, Jennifer, Diane Berkholtz, Jerry Spires, Fr. Thomas Williams, Robin Hyduke, Nathan & Merilee Peck, Dan Thanos, Connie, Crystal, Tom & Kymie Bowden, James Anthony, Jim Burns, Alex, Sandy, Adrian, Melanie Schlapfer, Judy Raessler, Viola Hammerstrom, Kris Wells, Helen Vlahakis, Ovi Lungu, Bill Kountanis, Darrell and Patty Bostic, Deon Christensen and family, Helen Ko, Campbell Mackenzie, Betty Dudney, Will Degenhart & family, Sky Rizk, Dumitri Popita, Tanya, Darlene, Glenn, Fr. Hans & Susan Jacobse, Fr. Bill Clark, Steve Brooks, Tom & Geris Kourkoumelis, Kristi Thanos, Philip Winney, Lindsay, George Peter Rizk, Barbara Wright, Marnie Butts, Luke Glen, Charity Books, the Borza family, Elizabeth, Seraphima, Macrina, Mary, Silas, Susana, Robert, Kayla, Briana, Joel, Kelsey, Shaun, Theresa, Chris’ 2 grandmothers, Raymond Zogob’s father, Diane Robertson, Kathy & Chris Hough.

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Visitors - Welcome! We are happy that you joined us today, and we want you to know;

• Visitors and children are always welcome at all of our worship services.

• You won't be asked to do anything that will make you uncomfortable.

• We don't expect visitors to contribute anything to the financial support of our parish.

• Our children worship with us, and we love having them here.

If you are an Orthodox Christian, please introduce yourself to Fr. John before the service begins, so that, if possible, you may receive the Holy Mysteries of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you are not an Orthodox Christian, we invite you to partake of the blessed bread distributed at the end of the service, to fill out a “Welcome” card (available in the Narthex), and to join us after the service for some hospitality!

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Come and See

Fr. Barnabas “Chuck” Powell

Pioneer in Christian Media

Many of you have heard “Chuck” Powell for years on Christian media (Charles, Stanley, Dr. Michael Youssef) , but you may not know that he is now an Orthodox Christian priest. Fr. Barnabas has been featured on Journey To Orthodoxy, Preachers

Institute and many other news outlets. He was homiletics instructor at Holy Cross School of Theology.

Come and hear Fr. Barnabas Powell’s story and what he has to say about America, Christianity in the 21st century and the challenges and opportunities which exist for believers today! Fr. Barnabas is the currently assigned as priest of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Greek Orthodox Church in Cumming, GA.

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More about Fr. Barnabas Powell

Fr. Barnabas (Charles) Powell is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. Having been raised in a small Pentecostal church as a boy, Fr. Barnabas grew to love the church, enjoy the music, and eventually came to be the youth pastor of his home church.

Fr. Barnabas attended Toccoa Falls College, an Evangelical Protestant school in North East Geor-gia, and received his theology degree there in 1988. He then went on to establish a new church in the Atlanta area that was an Evangelical congregation with Charismatic distinctives. While pastoring,

Fr. Barnabas also was heavily involved with Evangelical Christian media. He served Dr. Charles Stanley’s In Touch Ministries as Promotions and Public Relations coordi-nator, and also served as the Affiliates manager for Leading The Way Ministries with Dr. Michael Youssef.

He pastored for several years and saw the congregation grow from two families to over 200 in the space of a few years. During this time, Barnabas became interested in the history of the Church, and began a reading program that would eventually lead him to enter the Orthodox Christian Church. Several of the families that had been with him during his pastorate entered the Orthodox Christian Church together with Barnabas in November of 2001.

Fr. Barnabas joined the staff of Orthodox Christian Network, the producers of Come

Receive The Light, in April of 2003. In 2007 Fr. Barnabas was given the blessing of Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta to enter Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of The-ology and he and his wife and daughter moved to Boston to pursue his Master of Divinity in preparation for ministry in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.

He’s a southern gentleman with a fire in his belly for the Gospel, and a clear vision of the future of the Orthodox Church in the USA. He also writes the blog, Sober Joy.

This is one in a lifetime chance to meet a pioneer in Christian media!