Sunday March 6th 2016 8210 Cypress Lake Drive Fort Myers FL 33919 OFFICE Phone 239-481-2099 Email officeagocgmailcom

FR DEAN Cell 239-322-7553 Email revfrdeangmailcom

Rev Deacon John Howard

Office Hours Monday-Friday 10am-3pm Admin Assistant Kelsie Gregware

Website httpwwwannunciationflgoarchorg

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Judgment Sunday (Meatfare)

COMING UPhellip

GOYA

TODAY

following

Divine Liturgy

Meeting

LPS

Mon March 7th

1100AM

Board amp

General

Meeting

Orthodox 101

Class Mon

March 7th 6PM

Hellenicndash American

Tues March 8th

GENERAL

MEETING

2nd Saturday of

Souls

Sat March 12th

Orthos 9AM Div

Lit 10AM

GREAT LENT

BEGINS Mon

March 14th

Dedication amp

Blessing of the

Grace Conidaris

Parish Center

Sun March 13th

12PM

Hope amp Joy Mon

March 21st at

530PM

MEETING

Parish Oratorical Festival Sun

March 27th

HOLY COMMUNION REMINDERndash Please follow Ushers Instructions We welcome those visiting with us today and ask that only BaptizedChrismated Orthodox Christians who are properly prepared through prayer fasting and Holy Confession to come forward to receive Holy Communion Women are kindly asked to remove their lipstick prior to receiving Holy Communion Non-Orthodox visitors are welcome to receive the blessed bread from the Priest at the end of the Divine Liturgy and to join us for fellowship in our hall We ask that everyone please dress appropriately for church Visitors we ask that you fill out a orange welcome card amp give it to an usher

Meatfare Sundayndash Lenten Invitation

On this Sunday we read from the Holy Gospel of Matthew 2531-46 We see a foretelling of what we are to do or better yet put into action during our upcoming Lenten Journey

Our Lord asks us to interrupt the routine of our temporal interest and distractions to join our fellow brothers and sisters in the consideration of the sufferings and death of Him who came to establish our salvation

We cannot afford to pass Him by Our eternal destiny is involved in His passion Our attitude towards Him determines our eternal fate He constitutes the one great issue in our life

We ask you to rouse yourself out of your pre-occupation with the trivialities of life and pay heed to the essential values of eternal verities Is there any reason why we cannot give Him total attention during this Great Lenten season

Our life is rapidly running its course We do not know the hour of its termination If we reach the end of the road without the companionship of Christ we will end a miss lived life and one that is totally spiritually bankrupt

We bring these facts to your attention in all sincerity of heart and with deep concern for your eternal welfare Attend the services and get acquainted or renew acquaintance with Him who alone is ldquothe way the truth and the liferdquo and without whom ldquoNO MAN COMES UNTO THE FATHERrdquo

EPISTLE READING

St Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians 88-13 91-2 Brethren food will not commend us to God We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak For if any one sees you a man of knowledge at table in an idols temple might he not be encouraged if his conscience is weak to eat food offered to idols And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed the brother for whom Christ died Thus sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak you sin against Christ Therefore if food is a cause of my brothers falling I will never eat meat lest I cause my brother to fall Am I not free Am I not an apostle Have I not seen Jesus our Lord Are not you my workmanship in the Lord If to others I am not an apostle at least I am to you for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord GOSPEL READING

The Gospel according to Matthew 2531-46 The Lord said When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him then he will sit on his glorious throne Before him will be gathered all the nations and he will separate them

one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he will place the sheep at his right hand but the goats at the left Then the king will say to those at his right hand Come O blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was hungry and you gave me food I was thirsty and you gave me drink I was a stranger and you welcomed me I was naked and you clothed me I was sick and you visited me I was in prison and you came to me Then the righteous will answer him Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you drink And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you or naked and clothe you And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you And the King will answer them Truly I say to you as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me Then he will say to those at his left hand Depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels for I was hungry and you gave me no food I was thirsty and you gave me no drink I was a stranger and you did not welcome me naked and you did not clothe me sick and in prison and you did not visit me Then they also will answer Lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you Then he will answer them Truly I say to you as you did it not to one of the least of these you did it not to me And they will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life

FOR YOUR INFORMATION HYMNS AND WHERE THEY CAN BE FOUND We are working diligently to bring you the exact same music in English and Greek that the choir is singing The Hymns below are the same but the ones referred to in the book are slightly different Please be patient and sing

along

Entrance Hymn Come Let Us Worship Δεῦτε Προσκυνήσωμεν (Page 16)

Resurrectional Apolytikion Thou hath destroyed Death by Thy Cross Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον (Page 46)

Kontakion In my foolish wretchedness I fled your Fatherly glory and I wasted sinfully all of the riches you gave me unto you merciful Father I cry out saying I have sinned just as the Prodigal told you and then may I be received as a hired servant who comes repentant to you Τῆς πατρῴας δόξης σου ἀποσκιρτήσας ἀφρόνως ἐν κακοῖς ἐσκόρπισα ὅν microοι παρέδωκας πλοῦτον ὅθεν σοι

τὴν τοῦ Ἀσώτου φωνὴν κραυγάζω Ἥmicroαρτον ἐνώπιόν σου Πάτερ οἰκτίρmicroον δέξαι microε microετανοοῦντα καὶ ποίησόν microε ὡς ἕνα τῶν microισθίων σου

Hymn to the Theotokos Truly it is RightἌξιόν εστιν ως αληθῶς (Page 31)

Communion Hymn Praise the LordΑινεῖτε τόν Κύριον (Page 36)

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia These Martyrs men of high rank in the

Roman (Byzantine) army were taken

captive when the city of Amorion in

Phrygia fell to the Moslem Arabs in 838

during the reign of Theophilus the Icono-

clast Among them were Aetius and

Melissenus the generals Theodore the

chief of the imperial ceremonial body-

guard Craterus the eunuch Callistus

Constantine Bassoes and Theophilius

who were military officials and certain

others who held important positions Be-

cause of their experience in war and their

virtue the Moslems did not slay them

but tried by all means to convert them to

Islam and have them to fight in their own

campaigns They kept the holy Martyrs

shut up in a dark dungeon in the city of

Samarra in Syria threatening and abus-

ing them making promises of glorious

rank and magnificent riches keeping

them in hunger oppression and dark-

ness not for a few weeks or a few

months but for seven full years Finally

unable to break the courage and faith of

their captives they beheaded them in the

year 845

Apolytikion of 42 Martyrs of Amorion

in the Fourth Tone

Thy Martyrs O Lord in their courageous

contest for Thee received as the prize the

crowns of incorruption and life from Thee

our immortal God For since they pos-

sessed Thy strength they cast down the

tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons

strengthless presumption O Christ God

by their prayers save our souls since

Thou art merciful

Kontakion of 42 Martyrs of Amorion in

the Fourth Tone

Ye who contended on earth for Christs

glory and were shown forth as godly

crown-bearing Martyrs have been vouch-

safed to dwell in Heaven joyously for

since ye brake all the snares of the ene-

mys cunning by your suffrings and the

blood of your tortures and woundings ye

ever send down freely from on high loos-

ing of sins unto all them that honour you

2ND TRAY CONTRIBUTIONS Our Church passes 2 offering trays The 1st goes towards our Operating Budget The 2nd

tray will continue for the NEW Education Build-ing Fund until paid in Full This mortgage pay-

ment is $1600 a month In order to receive cred-it for your donation for income tax purposes

make sure to put your cash donation in an enve-lope with your name on it or pay by check

SAINTS COMMEMORATED TODAY SUN MARCH 6th

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia

Finding the Precious Cross by St Helen

Hesychios the Wonderworker

STEWARDSHIP UPDATE ldquoFAITH WITH WORKS IS THE 2016 Theme Submit your pledge card or ask an usher for a new one the pledge cards are hot pink YOU CAN NOW PAY BY CREDIT CARD Our goal for 2016 is

$150000 Everyone please pledge for 2016

Praying for You We offer prayers for health and the needs for the servants of God for Tony Mourgis Carol Palatine Polly Margaritis George Chakonas Al Hunter Penelope Perdios

Kostantia Tsolakis Elwood Collier Al Amend Louis Eftim Calypso Banford amp Terry Kalogridis Please notify the office if there is someone that needs to be added to the prayer list 239-481-2099

40 DAY BABY BLESSING Nicoletta the daughter of Paul Pavlou amp Xaroula Lempesi will receive her 40 day blessing today We welcome Nicoletta Paul amp Xaroula to our Annunciation Parish Family and pray our Lord will continue to bless them as they prepare for Nicolettarsquos baptism

WELCOME GREETERS MARCH Ted Drakos Popi Ambazis Cyndi Kyriacou and Aileen Fenton

A RESERVED Table is set in the Fr Arthur K Kontinos Community Center for 1st Time Visitors Orange Cards are in the pews Please fill out and hand to an USHER by Com-munion

REMINDER TrisagioMemorial Services are a Ladies Philoptochos program Once you decide which service you want contact Father Dean 239-481-2099 between 930 am and 3 pm Monday thru Friday to schedule the date Then contact Barbara Dionysopoulos 239-267-2014 or 239-826-1655 to order Koliva andor any additional services Also If any assistance is needed when scheduling Funeral services the Ladies Philoptochos is available to assist

PRE-LENTEN MARDI GRAS DANCE PARTY A HUGE thank you to all who attended the Mardi Gras Pre-Lenten Dance Party last night What a special event it was It was my honor to be the chairperson for this event and it could not have happened with-out the help of so many wonderful volunteers May God Bless each of you To all that attended and all that volun-teered their time and talents I wish all of you Kali Sarakosti

ONE-CALL The Annunciation Greek Orthodox has a service called One Call It is a service that calls the phone number you provide us and gives you a recorded message from the church of an event death change update andor many other options of what we want you to know It is a great tool to help us keep you informed We want to make sure that everyone that wants to receive these calls is signed up If you are NOT

signed up (you havenrsquot ever received a voice recorded call from us) but want to please do one of the following options OPTION 1 Call the church office at 239-481-2009 or OPTION 2 Send a direct email to Pat Kemp at pkemp911livecom with the following information Your name (First and Last with spelling) your phone number (with area code) and if you are a full-time or part-time member andor a member of LPS THANK YOU

HELLENIC-AMERICAN

Hellenic American Social Club will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday March 8th at the Grace Conidaris Parish Center (the new classroom building) at 7 pm We will be registering for our next day trip to the Ringling Mu-seum in Sarasota on Tuesday March 22nd Lunch is at El Greco Restaurant We will also begin registration for the Saint Augustine trip on April 19th amp 20th Members of our church community are welcomed to join us for the above trips For more info call Barbara Dionysopoulos 239-826-1655(c) or Phyllis Mino 631-838-1492(c)

EPISTLE READING

St Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians 88-13 91-2 Brethren food will not commend us to God We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak For if any one sees you a man of knowledge at table in an idols temple might he not be encouraged if his conscience is weak to eat food offered to idols And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed the brother for whom Christ died Thus sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak you sin against Christ Therefore if food is a cause of my brothers falling I will never eat meat lest I cause my brother to fall Am I not free Am I not an apostle Have I not seen Jesus our Lord Are not you my workmanship in the Lord If to others I am not an apostle at least I am to you for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord GOSPEL READING

The Gospel according to Matthew 2531-46 The Lord said When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him then he will sit on his glorious throne Before him will be gathered all the nations and he will separate them

one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats and he will place the sheep at his right hand but the goats at the left Then the king will say to those at his right hand Come O blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was hungry and you gave me food I was thirsty and you gave me drink I was a stranger and you welcomed me I was naked and you clothed me I was sick and you visited me I was in prison and you came to me Then the righteous will answer him Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you drink And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you or naked and clothe you And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you And the King will answer them Truly I say to you as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me Then he will say to those at his left hand Depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels for I was hungry and you gave me no food I was thirsty and you gave me no drink I was a stranger and you did not welcome me naked and you did not clothe me sick and in prison and you did not visit me Then they also will answer Lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you Then he will answer them Truly I say to you as you did it not to one of the least of these you did it not to me And they will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life

FOR YOUR INFORMATION HYMNS AND WHERE THEY CAN BE FOUND We are working diligently to bring you the exact same music in English and Greek that the choir is singing The Hymns below are the same but the ones referred to in the book are slightly different Please be patient and sing

along

Entrance Hymn Come Let Us Worship Δεῦτε Προσκυνήσωμεν (Page 16)

Resurrectional Apolytikion Thou hath destroyed Death by Thy Cross Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον (Page 46)

Kontakion In my foolish wretchedness I fled your Fatherly glory and I wasted sinfully all of the riches you gave me unto you merciful Father I cry out saying I have sinned just as the Prodigal told you and then may I be received as a hired servant who comes repentant to you Τῆς πατρῴας δόξης σου ἀποσκιρτήσας ἀφρόνως ἐν κακοῖς ἐσκόρπισα ὅν microοι παρέδωκας πλοῦτον ὅθεν σοι

τὴν τοῦ Ἀσώτου φωνὴν κραυγάζω Ἥmicroαρτον ἐνώπιόν σου Πάτερ οἰκτίρmicroον δέξαι microε microετανοοῦντα καὶ ποίησόν microε ὡς ἕνα τῶν microισθίων σου

Hymn to the Theotokos Truly it is RightἌξιόν εστιν ως αληθῶς (Page 31)

Communion Hymn Praise the LordΑινεῖτε τόν Κύριον (Page 36)

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia These Martyrs men of high rank in the

Roman (Byzantine) army were taken

captive when the city of Amorion in

Phrygia fell to the Moslem Arabs in 838

during the reign of Theophilus the Icono-

clast Among them were Aetius and

Melissenus the generals Theodore the

chief of the imperial ceremonial body-

guard Craterus the eunuch Callistus

Constantine Bassoes and Theophilius

who were military officials and certain

others who held important positions Be-

cause of their experience in war and their

virtue the Moslems did not slay them

but tried by all means to convert them to

Islam and have them to fight in their own

campaigns They kept the holy Martyrs

shut up in a dark dungeon in the city of

Samarra in Syria threatening and abus-

ing them making promises of glorious

rank and magnificent riches keeping

them in hunger oppression and dark-

ness not for a few weeks or a few

months but for seven full years Finally

unable to break the courage and faith of

their captives they beheaded them in the

year 845

Apolytikion of 42 Martyrs of Amorion

in the Fourth Tone

Thy Martyrs O Lord in their courageous

contest for Thee received as the prize the

crowns of incorruption and life from Thee

our immortal God For since they pos-

sessed Thy strength they cast down the

tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons

strengthless presumption O Christ God

by their prayers save our souls since

Thou art merciful

Kontakion of 42 Martyrs of Amorion in

the Fourth Tone

Ye who contended on earth for Christs

glory and were shown forth as godly

crown-bearing Martyrs have been vouch-

safed to dwell in Heaven joyously for

since ye brake all the snares of the ene-

mys cunning by your suffrings and the

blood of your tortures and woundings ye

ever send down freely from on high loos-

ing of sins unto all them that honour you

2ND TRAY CONTRIBUTIONS Our Church passes 2 offering trays The 1st goes towards our Operating Budget The 2nd

tray will continue for the NEW Education Build-ing Fund until paid in Full This mortgage pay-

ment is $1600 a month In order to receive cred-it for your donation for income tax purposes

make sure to put your cash donation in an enve-lope with your name on it or pay by check

SAINTS COMMEMORATED TODAY SUN MARCH 6th

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia

Finding the Precious Cross by St Helen

Hesychios the Wonderworker

STEWARDSHIP UPDATE ldquoFAITH WITH WORKS IS THE 2016 Theme Submit your pledge card or ask an usher for a new one the pledge cards are hot pink YOU CAN NOW PAY BY CREDIT CARD Our goal for 2016 is

$150000 Everyone please pledge for 2016

Praying for You We offer prayers for health and the needs for the servants of God for Tony Mourgis Carol Palatine Polly Margaritis George Chakonas Al Hunter Penelope Perdios

Kostantia Tsolakis Elwood Collier Al Amend Louis Eftim Calypso Banford amp Terry Kalogridis Please notify the office if there is someone that needs to be added to the prayer list 239-481-2099

40 DAY BABY BLESSING Nicoletta the daughter of Paul Pavlou amp Xaroula Lempesi will receive her 40 day blessing today We welcome Nicoletta Paul amp Xaroula to our Annunciation Parish Family and pray our Lord will continue to bless them as they prepare for Nicolettarsquos baptism

WELCOME GREETERS MARCH Ted Drakos Popi Ambazis Cyndi Kyriacou and Aileen Fenton

A RESERVED Table is set in the Fr Arthur K Kontinos Community Center for 1st Time Visitors Orange Cards are in the pews Please fill out and hand to an USHER by Com-munion

REMINDER TrisagioMemorial Services are a Ladies Philoptochos program Once you decide which service you want contact Father Dean 239-481-2099 between 930 am and 3 pm Monday thru Friday to schedule the date Then contact Barbara Dionysopoulos 239-267-2014 or 239-826-1655 to order Koliva andor any additional services Also If any assistance is needed when scheduling Funeral services the Ladies Philoptochos is available to assist

PRE-LENTEN MARDI GRAS DANCE PARTY A HUGE thank you to all who attended the Mardi Gras Pre-Lenten Dance Party last night What a special event it was It was my honor to be the chairperson for this event and it could not have happened with-out the help of so many wonderful volunteers May God Bless each of you To all that attended and all that volun-teered their time and talents I wish all of you Kali Sarakosti

ONE-CALL The Annunciation Greek Orthodox has a service called One Call It is a service that calls the phone number you provide us and gives you a recorded message from the church of an event death change update andor many other options of what we want you to know It is a great tool to help us keep you informed We want to make sure that everyone that wants to receive these calls is signed up If you are NOT

signed up (you havenrsquot ever received a voice recorded call from us) but want to please do one of the following options OPTION 1 Call the church office at 239-481-2009 or OPTION 2 Send a direct email to Pat Kemp at pkemp911livecom with the following information Your name (First and Last with spelling) your phone number (with area code) and if you are a full-time or part-time member andor a member of LPS THANK YOU

HELLENIC-AMERICAN

Hellenic American Social Club will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday March 8th at the Grace Conidaris Parish Center (the new classroom building) at 7 pm We will be registering for our next day trip to the Ringling Mu-seum in Sarasota on Tuesday March 22nd Lunch is at El Greco Restaurant We will also begin registration for the Saint Augustine trip on April 19th amp 20th Members of our church community are welcomed to join us for the above trips For more info call Barbara Dionysopoulos 239-826-1655(c) or Phyllis Mino 631-838-1492(c)

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia These Martyrs men of high rank in the

Roman (Byzantine) army were taken

captive when the city of Amorion in

Phrygia fell to the Moslem Arabs in 838

during the reign of Theophilus the Icono-

clast Among them were Aetius and

Melissenus the generals Theodore the

chief of the imperial ceremonial body-

guard Craterus the eunuch Callistus

Constantine Bassoes and Theophilius

who were military officials and certain

others who held important positions Be-

cause of their experience in war and their

virtue the Moslems did not slay them

but tried by all means to convert them to

Islam and have them to fight in their own

campaigns They kept the holy Martyrs

shut up in a dark dungeon in the city of

Samarra in Syria threatening and abus-

ing them making promises of glorious

rank and magnificent riches keeping

them in hunger oppression and dark-

ness not for a few weeks or a few

months but for seven full years Finally

unable to break the courage and faith of

their captives they beheaded them in the

year 845

Apolytikion of 42 Martyrs of Amorion

in the Fourth Tone

Thy Martyrs O Lord in their courageous

contest for Thee received as the prize the

crowns of incorruption and life from Thee

our immortal God For since they pos-

sessed Thy strength they cast down the

tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons

strengthless presumption O Christ God

by their prayers save our souls since

Thou art merciful

Kontakion of 42 Martyrs of Amorion in

the Fourth Tone

Ye who contended on earth for Christs

glory and were shown forth as godly

crown-bearing Martyrs have been vouch-

safed to dwell in Heaven joyously for

since ye brake all the snares of the ene-

mys cunning by your suffrings and the

blood of your tortures and woundings ye

ever send down freely from on high loos-

ing of sins unto all them that honour you

2ND TRAY CONTRIBUTIONS Our Church passes 2 offering trays The 1st goes towards our Operating Budget The 2nd

tray will continue for the NEW Education Build-ing Fund until paid in Full This mortgage pay-

ment is $1600 a month In order to receive cred-it for your donation for income tax purposes

make sure to put your cash donation in an enve-lope with your name on it or pay by check

SAINTS COMMEMORATED TODAY SUN MARCH 6th

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia

Finding the Precious Cross by St Helen

Hesychios the Wonderworker

STEWARDSHIP UPDATE ldquoFAITH WITH WORKS IS THE 2016 Theme Submit your pledge card or ask an usher for a new one the pledge cards are hot pink YOU CAN NOW PAY BY CREDIT CARD Our goal for 2016 is

$150000 Everyone please pledge for 2016

Praying for You We offer prayers for health and the needs for the servants of God for Tony Mourgis Carol Palatine Polly Margaritis George Chakonas Al Hunter Penelope Perdios

Kostantia Tsolakis Elwood Collier Al Amend Louis Eftim Calypso Banford amp Terry Kalogridis Please notify the office if there is someone that needs to be added to the prayer list 239-481-2099

40 DAY BABY BLESSING Nicoletta the daughter of Paul Pavlou amp Xaroula Lempesi will receive her 40 day blessing today We welcome Nicoletta Paul amp Xaroula to our Annunciation Parish Family and pray our Lord will continue to bless them as they prepare for Nicolettarsquos baptism

WELCOME GREETERS MARCH Ted Drakos Popi Ambazis Cyndi Kyriacou and Aileen Fenton

A RESERVED Table is set in the Fr Arthur K Kontinos Community Center for 1st Time Visitors Orange Cards are in the pews Please fill out and hand to an USHER by Com-munion

REMINDER TrisagioMemorial Services are a Ladies Philoptochos program Once you decide which service you want contact Father Dean 239-481-2099 between 930 am and 3 pm Monday thru Friday to schedule the date Then contact Barbara Dionysopoulos 239-267-2014 or 239-826-1655 to order Koliva andor any additional services Also If any assistance is needed when scheduling Funeral services the Ladies Philoptochos is available to assist

PRE-LENTEN MARDI GRAS DANCE PARTY A HUGE thank you to all who attended the Mardi Gras Pre-Lenten Dance Party last night What a special event it was It was my honor to be the chairperson for this event and it could not have happened with-out the help of so many wonderful volunteers May God Bless each of you To all that attended and all that volun-teered their time and talents I wish all of you Kali Sarakosti

ONE-CALL The Annunciation Greek Orthodox has a service called One Call It is a service that calls the phone number you provide us and gives you a recorded message from the church of an event death change update andor many other options of what we want you to know It is a great tool to help us keep you informed We want to make sure that everyone that wants to receive these calls is signed up If you are NOT

signed up (you havenrsquot ever received a voice recorded call from us) but want to please do one of the following options OPTION 1 Call the church office at 239-481-2009 or OPTION 2 Send a direct email to Pat Kemp at pkemp911livecom with the following information Your name (First and Last with spelling) your phone number (with area code) and if you are a full-time or part-time member andor a member of LPS THANK YOU

HELLENIC-AMERICAN

Hellenic American Social Club will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday March 8th at the Grace Conidaris Parish Center (the new classroom building) at 7 pm We will be registering for our next day trip to the Ringling Mu-seum in Sarasota on Tuesday March 22nd Lunch is at El Greco Restaurant We will also begin registration for the Saint Augustine trip on April 19th amp 20th Members of our church community are welcomed to join us for the above trips For more info call Barbara Dionysopoulos 239-826-1655(c) or Phyllis Mino 631-838-1492(c)

STEWARDSHIP UPDATE ldquoFAITH WITH WORKS IS THE 2016 Theme Submit your pledge card or ask an usher for a new one the pledge cards are hot pink YOU CAN NOW PAY BY CREDIT CARD Our goal for 2016 is

$150000 Everyone please pledge for 2016

Praying for You We offer prayers for health and the needs for the servants of God for Tony Mourgis Carol Palatine Polly Margaritis George Chakonas Al Hunter Penelope Perdios

Kostantia Tsolakis Elwood Collier Al Amend Louis Eftim Calypso Banford amp Terry Kalogridis Please notify the office if there is someone that needs to be added to the prayer list 239-481-2099

40 DAY BABY BLESSING Nicoletta the daughter of Paul Pavlou amp Xaroula Lempesi will receive her 40 day blessing today We welcome Nicoletta Paul amp Xaroula to our Annunciation Parish Family and pray our Lord will continue to bless them as they prepare for Nicolettarsquos baptism

WELCOME GREETERS MARCH Ted Drakos Popi Ambazis Cyndi Kyriacou and Aileen Fenton

A RESERVED Table is set in the Fr Arthur K Kontinos Community Center for 1st Time Visitors Orange Cards are in the pews Please fill out and hand to an USHER by Com-munion

REMINDER TrisagioMemorial Services are a Ladies Philoptochos program Once you decide which service you want contact Father Dean 239-481-2099 between 930 am and 3 pm Monday thru Friday to schedule the date Then contact Barbara Dionysopoulos 239-267-2014 or 239-826-1655 to order Koliva andor any additional services Also If any assistance is needed when scheduling Funeral services the Ladies Philoptochos is available to assist

PRE-LENTEN MARDI GRAS DANCE PARTY A HUGE thank you to all who attended the Mardi Gras Pre-Lenten Dance Party last night What a special event it was It was my honor to be the chairperson for this event and it could not have happened with-out the help of so many wonderful volunteers May God Bless each of you To all that attended and all that volun-teered their time and talents I wish all of you Kali Sarakosti

ONE-CALL The Annunciation Greek Orthodox has a service called One Call It is a service that calls the phone number you provide us and gives you a recorded message from the church of an event death change update andor many other options of what we want you to know It is a great tool to help us keep you informed We want to make sure that everyone that wants to receive these calls is signed up If you are NOT

signed up (you havenrsquot ever received a voice recorded call from us) but want to please do one of the following options OPTION 1 Call the church office at 239-481-2009 or OPTION 2 Send a direct email to Pat Kemp at pkemp911livecom with the following information Your name (First and Last with spelling) your phone number (with area code) and if you are a full-time or part-time member andor a member of LPS THANK YOU

HELLENIC-AMERICAN

Hellenic American Social Club will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday March 8th at the Grace Conidaris Parish Center (the new classroom building) at 7 pm We will be registering for our next day trip to the Ringling Mu-seum in Sarasota on Tuesday March 22nd Lunch is at El Greco Restaurant We will also begin registration for the Saint Augustine trip on April 19th amp 20th Members of our church community are welcomed to join us for the above trips For more info call Barbara Dionysopoulos 239-826-1655(c) or Phyllis Mino 631-838-1492(c)