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July–Aug 2014 • Issue 19 • Archangel Michael Church • Port Washington, NY
Sun., Sept. 7thWelcome Back Fellowship Sunday
Sun., Sept. 14th:Sunday School Begins
Tues., Sept. 16th:First Day of Greek School& Agiasmo Service
Fri. - Sun., Sept. 26th - 28thFestival on the Harbor
Sat., Oct. 25th:5K Walk/Run
Sat., Nov. 8th:Nameday Dinner Dance
2 Mission & Vision Statements
3 Father Nikolas’ Message
4 Worship Services and Sacraments
4 Stewardship Update
4 Philoptochos
4 Greek School Board
5 Greek School PTA
6 Sunday School
6 Preschool
7 Byzantine Youth Choir
7 Greek Dance Troupe
8 Youth Ministries
8 Athletics
10 Challenge Liturgy
10 Fellowship Events
11 SuperRaffle2014
12 Festival Sponsorships
14 Community Photos
16 Calendars
18 Sponsors
Sunday School Moving Up CeremonyProverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
TrumpetThe Archangel Michael
About the ParishArchangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church
100 Fairway DrivePort Washington, New York 11050
Phone: 516-944-3180 Fax: 516-944-3185
Website: ArchangelMichaelChurch.orgEmail: [email protected]
Archangel Michael Church is a parish of the Direct Archdiocesan District and Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (www.goarch.org) under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
ClergyFather Dennis Strouzas, ProtopresbyterFather Nikolas Karloutsos
Chanter: Andreas Modenos
OfficeStaffDora Gouramanis, Sandra Anagnostos, Catherine Papagianakis
Parish Council MembersExecutive BoardPresident: Michael Cavounis1st Vice President: Nicholas Rallis2nd Vice President: Michael PsyllosTreasurer: Chris Neocleous1st Assistant Treasurer: James Sfiroudis2nd Assistant Treasurer: John HalkiasSecretary: Nicholas Kokinakis
Tammy Ashley, Michael Bapis, Dean Chiros, Dimitri Dellis, Tommy Dimopoulos, Greg Giannakopoulos, George Kaparos, Adam Karras, Michael Kavourias, Stan Neamonitis, Nicholas Papain, Dominick Petruccelli, Constantine Rogdakis, Demetrios Ziozis
About the TrumpetThe Trumpet is the newsletter of
Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church.
Production2014 Parish Council President: Michael CavounisEditors: Barbara Mavro, Eleni SfiroudisCalendar Editors: Dora Gouramanis, Sandra AnagnostosCopy Editors: Penny Stefanakis, Stella TsimisirisAdvertising: Greg GiannakopoulosDirect inquiries to: [email protected]
The Trumpet welcomes news and events from our community and organizations!
Please submit information as follows:Articles: [email protected]
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Calendar events: [email protected]
July/Aug Worship ScheduleSunday Services: 8:30am Matins, 9:30am Liturgy
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Our vision is to provide a loving, caring and welcoming environment where all belong and grow in the faith through worship, service, witness and fellowship.
MissionStatement
VisionStatement
The Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church is dedicated to the continuation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’s ministry of salvation through the proclamation and teaching of the Gospel. We are a community of individuals and families who share the traditions and ageless beliefs of our Holy Orthodox Christian Faith.
“Lord, it is good for us to be here!” (Matthew 17:4)
On August 6th, the Orthodox Church celebrates one of
its “Twelve Great Feasts,” the Transfiguration of our
Lord (or Metamorphosi). This feast honors an important
event in the life of Christ and in the lives of His
followers, present company (and readers) included! The
Gospel reading for the feast day
details the experience of Peter,
James, and John witnessing and
being overcome by the light of
Christ’s glory—“His countenance
was altered, His face shone
like the sun” and “His raiment
[garments] became dazzling
white.” According to the Gospel accounts of Saints
Matthew, Mark and Luke, two additional figures, Moses
and Elijah, were present, joining Jesus and His disciples
whom He had led to a “high place to pray.” As this
great Transfiguration took place, a voice came from the
heavens saying: “This is my beloved Son, with whom
I am well pleased; listen to Him,” echoing the words
spoken by the heavenly voice at the Lord’s baptism.
Once again, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is revealed as
one of the Holy Trinity, as being fully human and fully
divine at the same time, as destined to be treated with
contempt, to suffer, to die on the cross and to triumph
over death and darkness.
It so happens that at this point in His earthly ministry,
Jesus had been preaching for three years, His disciples
were probably a bit overwhelmed, perhaps weary and
in need of a significant morale boost, all the more
because Christ was shortly “to go up to Jerusalem” to be
condemned to death (Matthew 20:18). In fact, Just prior
to this Transfiguration event, Peter questioned whether or
not Jesus really would suffer the passion, crucifixion and
death, in spite of several earlier occasions where Jesus
foretold the role He was to fulfill in salvation history.
Two thousand years later, from this side of the Resurrection,
what do we make of this experience of Christ’s Light and
how might we properly celebrate this Feast Day of the
Transfiguration? Did Jesus “change,” or was He simply seen
by His followers quite literally, in a different and “new”
light? Indeed the same Jesus who went up the mountain
with Peter, James, and John was the same Jesus who came
down—“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
forever.” (Hebrews 13: 8)
Saint Maximos the Confessor
offers the following interpretation
that we might consider in guiding
us:
“The Lord does not always
appear in glory to all who stand before Him. To beginners
He appears in the form of a servant (Phil 2:7); to those
able to follow Him as He climbs the high mountain of His
Transfiguration He appears in the form of God, the form
in which He existed before the world came to be (John
17:5). It is therefore possible for the same Lord not to
appear in the same way to all who stand before Him, but
to appear to some in one way and to others in another
way, according to the measure of each person’s faith.”
This summer, our prayer is that we “stand well” before
our Lord with continuous effort, always attentive to our
need to make meaningful adjustments to our perspective
and to climb a little higher up the mountain to reflect the
glory of God a little more each day. But the mountain
won’t come to us, we must go to the mountain. Once
we arrive, I can assure you, it will be “good for us to be
here!”
In the Light and Love of our Lord,
Fr. Nikolas
Pastoral Message from Father Nikolas
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“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased;
listen to Him.”
News & Events
Saturday, July 26th 5:00pm, Wedding of David Witt and Amanda Amato
Sunday, August 31st 1:00pm, Wedding of John McGee and Melissa Stavrinos
*Please note: All Paraclesis Services are in the Chapel
Saturday, July 19th 10:30am, Challenge Liturgy
Friday, August 1st 7:30pm, Paraclesis Service
Monday, August 4th 7:30pm, Paraclesis Service
Tuesday, August 5th Vespers at area churches: Corona and Mattituck
Wednesday, August 6th 9:30am, Liturgy, Holy Transfiguration
Friday, August 8th 7:30pm, Paraclesis Service
Monday, August 11th 7:30pm, Paraclesis Service
Wednesday, August 13th 7:30pm, Paraclesis Service
Thursday, August 14th Vespers at area churches: Brooklyn, Island Park, Port Jefferson, Hamptons
Friday, August 15th 9:30am, Liturgy, Dormition Of The Theotokos
Saturday, August 16th 10:30am, Challenge Liturgy
Fr. Dennis presented the Stewardship Report at the May 18th Gen-eral Assembly meeting. Below are the statistics as of April 30, 2014, with a comparison to those of April 30, 2013.
2014 2013
Annual Budget $550,000 $530,000
Collected YTD $286,870 from $279,899 from 360 stewards 355 stewards
Pledged YTD $397,407 from $368,810 from 386 stewards 366 stewards
We ask those families who have not yet made a Stewardship Com-mitment for 2014 to please do so as soon as possible. Please con-tact the church office for stewardship information and a pledgecard, at (516)944-3180 or [email protected]
“And now abide in faith, hope and love, these three. But the greatest of these is love.”1 Corinthians 13:13.
Philoptochos thanks the entire Archangel Michael Church com-munity for its support of our many endeavors in the past year. We are most appreciative of the hard work and dedication of our members and parishioners.
On June 1st, we enjoyed fellowship with our community at the annual End-of-the-Year Barbecue and contributed by serving coffee and desserts.
Our annual Philoptochos Year End Dinner held on June 23rd at Kyma in Roslyn was a wonderful evening. Special thanks to Di-ana Gardianos for organizing this event, with the assistance of Evangelia Cyprus. Thank you to all those members who joined us on this evening.
All obligations have been met both locally and nationally. In ad-dition, we have made hospital and nursing home visits, as well as visits to those who are homebound.
The Philoptochos held its last meeting of the season on June 2, 2014. Although we are now on a break for the summer, our work will continue throughout July and August. We look forward to see-ing you again at our next meeting scheduled for September 8, 2014.
The School Board congratulates the following AMGLI 2014 Graduates: Alexandra Caldwell (salutatorian), Annamaria Fazio (valedictorian) , Vasilios Kambouras, Angeli Kapetanos,
Sacraments
Stewardship Update
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Philoptochos
Greek School Board
Worship Services
CONSECRATION OF OUR CHURCHThe Consecration of our Archangel Michael Church has
been scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2015 with Vespers to be held on the evening of Friday, April 24.
Stay tuned for more information regarding the many activities surrounding this most important occasion
in the history of our church.
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News & Events
Stelios Katopodis (AHEPA award), Athena Kyriannis (Philopto-chos award), Patricia Limperopoulos, Alexander Lolos, Mary Nikakis, Styliani Rallis (PTA award) and Steven Zgalijardic.
Salutatorian Alexandra Caldwell & Valedictorian Annamaria Fazio
Congratulations to all of our amazing students in grades K-6 and Regents for a successful school year and terrific end of the year assemblies.
Reminder: Registration is ongoing. Kindly contact the registrar, Mrs. Mariann Matarangas at [email protected]
AMC’s Little Helping Hands Fight Against Hunger
An amazing 126 boxes of Cheerios were donated by the stu-dents of our Greek school to help stock the food pantry at the Manhasset EOC. It is a Community Center that services the dis-advantaged of Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, and Port Wash-ington. The Greek teachers, along with members of Philopto-chos, discussed the meaning of philanthropy and compassion with our students. The Shelter Rock Church, which helps run the food pantry, was thrilled to receive our donation and most appreciative to see the cereal boxes delivered to the site by several AMC Boy Scouts of Manhasset’s Troop 97. The AMGLI looks forward to participating in more community outreach projects in the upcoming school year.
{Photo students with cereal collection}
We leave you now until September with a short prayer and our best wishes for a happy and healthy summer.
O God of all beginnings and endings,We praise and thank You for the gift of this school year.It has been a time filled with grace and blessings,With challenges and opportunities, joys and sorrows.
The days have passed quickly, O Lord.The weeks, the months, the seasons, the holidays and holy days,The exams, vacations, breaks, and assemblies,All have come forth from Your hand.
Give us the rest and refreshment we need this summer.Let our efforts of this past year bear fruit.Bring all of our plans to a joyful conclusion,And bless us, according to Your will.
With the fulfillment of our summer hopes and dreams.Watch over us in the weeks of rest ahead,And guide each day as You have done this past year.Help us return to school with a new spirit and a new energy.
May we continue to growIn age, wisdom, knowledge and graceAll the days of our lives.Amen
As Greek School successfully came to a close in May, we fin-ished up the year in celebration of all students. Kindergarten and 1st grade students made parents and families proud at their graduation/moving up ceremony. They performed songs and danced so beautifully for us. Congratulations on moving up!!
The 7th graders were graciously joined by Presbytera Paula, who taught them how to make prosforo, while explaining the special and significant meanings behind prosforo and antithero. Thank you Presbytera! The 7th graders also had a great time at
AMC WEBSITEBe sure to regularly visit our website,
www.archangelmichaelchurch.org for the latest AMC information.
Greek School PTA
their celebratory graduation dinner and bowling night, spon-sored by the PTA.
On May 30th, we congratulated the students in grades 2-6 on their moving up, and saw the 7th graders graduate in a beau-tiful ceremony held in our gymnasium. The graduates were showcased, as grades 2-6 performed for us...a perfect end to a wonderful year! Great job students! Thank you to the teach-ers, principals, Father Dennis, Father Nikolas, Kurio Niko, and to the parents for their support!
Have a blessed summer and enjoy time with your families!
The Sunday School held its annual Moving Up Ceremony on Sun-day, June 1st. After practicing for weeks, the children from all grades sang the Hymn of the Archangels in Greek and English as well as other songs. Everyone enjoyed their beautiful pre-sentation. Congratulations children!
Thank you to all who made Sunday School a great success this year. We look forward to the start of the 2014-2015 Sun-day School program in September. There will be a “Meet the Teachers” opportunity after the Divine Liturgy, in the Church Library on Sunday, September 7th; Sunday School classes will commence the following Sunday, September 14th. Registration forms are available on the Church website or in the Church of-fice. Have a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you in September. Καλο καλοκαιρι!
The Archangel Michael preschool end-of-year presentation was a great success! The theme this year was “Farm Animals.” Our program ended with the procession of our graduating class. Fr. Dennis and Fr. Nikolas presented all the students with their cer-tificates. After the show, everyone enjoyed snacks and popcorn.
The Archangel Michael Preschool wishes everyone a “Happy and Healthy Summer”!
Registration for the 2014-2015 school year will continue throughout the summer for the following programs:
Mommy & Me: 18 months-2 years old Wednesdays 9:30AM-11:00AMToddler: 2 years olds (this is a drop off class)Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00AM-11:30AMNursery: 3 year oldsTuesday-Friday9:00AM-11:30AM or 9:00AM-2:00PMPre-K: 4 year oldsMonday-Friday9:00AM-11:30AM or 9:00AM-2:00PM
For registration forms, information, and to visit our school, please call the school office at (516) 944-3184 or email: [email protected]
News & Events
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CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATE
DEANA VITRANO graduated from St. Joseph’s University with a Masters Degree in Experimental Psychology and
will continue her education at SUNY Albany by pursuing a PhD in Cognitive Psychology.
Sunday School
Preschool
FABULOUS FINDS
It is time once again to gather your treasures for our Festival’s Fabulous Finds! Please bring your donations
(clean and in working order) to the church office on week-days between 10am and 3pm or any Sunday after Liturgy.
Suggested donations include glassware, bric-a-brac, artwork, lamps, jewelry, toys, golf clubs, fishing gear,
Christmas items and religious items.Please NO electronics, clothing or furniture.
Books can be accepted only at the festival site.
News & Events
We want to express our gratitude to Parish Council President Michael Cavounis and to each and every member of the Parish Council for approving the purchase of additional youth choir robes. We are very appreciative of their support of our Youth Music Ministry.
Mega thanks to Straty and Filanthe Efstathiadis and their daughters Eleni, Alexia, Christina, and Sophia for the four fabulous solid cherrywood bookshelves that now grace our choir robe room. We were in need of sturdy new bookcases for all our liturgical music books and binders; it was indeed a wonderful surprise! We would also like to thank them for the carved wooden music stand that has been put to good use every Wednesday evening at our rehearsals in the music classroom. We sincerely appreciate their thoughtfulness and generosity!
Every month at the Challenge Liturgy, our church reaches out to provide support, resources and fellowship to the develop-mentally challenged Orthodox community. On the Saturday of Lazarus, challenged individuals and their families from across Long Island and Queens gathered for the Hierarchical Liturgy that is officiated every year at our church by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios. Archdeacon Panteleimon and our spiri-tual leaders, Fr. Dennis and Fr. Nikolas, were also celebrants at this beautiful service. Our protopsalti, Andreas Modenos, chanted eloquently at the service and the harmonious voices of the youth choir singing the hymns of our faith were angelic. The Challenge Liturgy on the Saturday of Lazarus celebrated with His Eminence was a special day shared by all!
Our annual Sunday before Mother’s Day fundraiser was a grand success! The hand-designed and decorated plant pots by our choir members were a big hit! It was a wonderful entrepre-neurial learning experience in which we enjoyed working to-gether in cooperation and love. All the proceeds of our efforts were submitted to the Church office and will be used to sup-port youth choir activities.
We would like to welcome new member Catherine Couluris to our Byzantine Youth Choir Sisterhood! With the numerous activities in which our children are involved, we are always delighted when a decision to join youth choir is made. We are sincerely grateful to the parents who instill the value of being a part of choir.
May His Memory Be Eternal! The spiritually uplifting beautiful baritone voice of Andy Cyprus reciting our Communion Prayer on Sundays at Divine Liturgy will forever be remembered! He holds a special place in all our hearts. Andy touched so many lives with his kindness and we feel truly blessed to have known him. We want to extend our deepest sympathy to his loving wife Evangelia, their sons Perry and Niko and the entire family. Our dear Andy is smiling upon us, for he is with God and his precious daughter Irene in paradise.
Wishing everyone a DIVINE summer!
The Greek Dance Troupe of the Archangel Michael Church had a wonderful year!
The highlights of our year included dancing at the Challenge Liturgy Christmas Party and performing in our end of the year recital at the Community Barbecue.
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BYZANTINE YOUTH CHOIR
Greek Dance Troupe
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News & Events
The Greek Dance Troupe was established in 1999 under the direction of Roula Zogopoulos. Our Troupe’s intention is to of-fer children an opportunity to come together and maintain and continue our Hellenic traditions. Mrs. Zogopoulos creates a safe atmosphere in which our young people are inspired, learning about their Hellenic heritage through our rich dancing and musical traditions. Children who join our Dance Troupe possess a high level of commitment and drive.
The Troupe meets on Saturdays throughout the school year and welcomes children from Kindergarten through 12th grade. De-tails regarding registration will be available in the next issue of the Trumpet. For more information please contact: [email protected]
GOYAAs we approach summer vacation, we are grateful to reflect on a fun and rewarding year of faith, service and fellowship for our Archangel Michael Church GOYA. We held two fundraisers: the first was our Annual Pancake Breakfast in October, and the second was during Great Lent,when we launched our first Luminary Can-dles Sale. Both were successful because of everyone’s efforts and generosity. THANK YOU! Donations were made to the Ronald McDonald House, St. Demetrios Church Fire Fund, Toys for Tots and Pins for Pauly. We held a Food Drive and stocked the food pantry of St. Peter’s Church in Port Washington. We also hosted an Internet Safety Presentation for the Community, and prepared a Pot-Luck Lenten Dinner following the final Pre-Sanctified Liturgy.
GOYAns were able to make new friends and reconnect with old ones at some fun social events, including a Bowling Night, Christmas Tree Decorating, Game Day, Gym Nights, Cabin Fe-ver Gathering, Ski Trip and Scavenger Hunt in NYC. GOYAns also attended a variety of seasonal dances hosted by other Nassau and Suffolk County church communities and we had the opportunity to host the InterGOYA Christmas Dance in our Fellowship Hall. We ended the year with a party on the tram-poline courts at Bounce in Syosset. The GOYAns had a BLAST!!
We look forward to resuming in September, so please look out for Evites and emails from [email protected]! Wishing everyone a great and safe summer!
HOPE/JOYWe had a great year filled with many memorable events, retreats and outings. We wish everyone a great summer and look forward to seeing everyone again in September. Emails with important information will be sent regarding registration for the 2014-2015 year.
JOY SPORTSCongratulations to our B1 soccer team on having an undefeat-ed season and bringing home the Championship trophy against a strong Y.K.T., defeating them 3-0 in the Championship game.
Congratulations to our G1 soccer team on having an amazing season and bringing home the 2nd place trophy against a tough St. Paul’s team who outscored us 5-2. Looking forward to next year!!
Thank you to all the children who participated in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan District Olympics at Suffolk Community College. We had 47 children participate from AMC. A wonder-ful time was had by all and their display of good sportsmanship throughout the weekend made us very proud.
Thank you to all our volunteers who dedicated their time to our children and community. A special thank you to Chrissa Harris who helped organize the events and to all our coaches: Dennis & Mariann Matarangas, Maria & Tommy Dimopoulos, Peter Tsek-ouras, Michael Bapis, Spiro Maliagros, Zach Zacharia, Filanthe Efstathiades, Michael Cavounis and Demetra Tsisimenakis.
Athletics
Youth Ministries
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News & Events
Congratulations to our GOLD Medal Winners:Basketball 11 & 12 year old “Around the World”: Liana DrenisBasketball 9 & 10 year old “Free Throws”: Ariana MatarangasTrack 9 & 10 year old “Softball Throw”: Ariana MatarangasTrack 7 & 8 year old “50m Dash”: Theo TsiamtsiourisNok-hockey 7-9 year old: Stellios BizekisBackgammon 10-12 year old: Ariana MatarangasSwimming 9 & 10 year old “Relay Team”: Anastasia Cavounis, Aphrodite Dimopoulos, Andrea Pantelias and Paige TheodosopoulosSoccer 7-9 year old “Boys Soccer”: Spyro Drenis, Christian Kitsantas, Steven Theodoropoulos, Stephen Tsimisiris, George Lazaridis, Spyros Matarangas, Stellios Bizekis, Paul Cavounis, Lazaros Tsiforas, Manny Tsahas, Peter Tsekouras, Theo Tsia-mtsiouris, Theo Zacharia
Cogratulations to our SILVER Medal winners:Basketball 11& 12 year old “Around the World”: Costas SideratosChess 10-12 year old: Christos ColaitisKickball 7-9 year old “Boys Kickball Team”: Spyros Matarangas, Paul Cavounis, Peter Dimopoulos, Peter Tsekouras, Christian Kitsantas, Stephen Tsimisiris, Steven Theodoropoulos, Theo Zacharia, Theo Tsiamtsiouris, Manny Tsahas, Stellios Bizekis
Congratulations to our BRONZE Medal winner:Track 9 & 10 year old “Long jump”: Victoria Gagliano
Each and every participant was a winner in our book!!Thank you all for participating and supporting AMC!Looking forward to next year!
JOY BASKETBALLDear Parishioners, Coaches, Parents & Players:
What a season we have had!Our AMC JOY program this year had an unprecedented 11 teams coached by 26 coaches and was made up of an amazing 150 players. Our AMC gym was used for the first time, and our JOY players practised Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with numerous scrimmages held on Saturday afternoons after the Instructional Basketball sessions.
Speaking of the Instructional Basketball, we have over 60 enrolled students, taught by 6 tireless parishioner assistant coaches and a head coach who inspires everyone, whether young or old, to hone their basketball skills.
It seemed like every Saturday we were hosting at least 6 home games at AMC. At any given home game, the bleachers were packed with parishioners who often stayed for more than a few games. Our concession stand was operated by the tireless, dedicated and ever loyal “JOY mothers”.
Under the skillful guidance of our coaches, most of our teams made it to the playoffs and we were the only community to have two teams in championship games. Our teams made us extremely proud by bringing home to AMC trophies that will be on display for many generations to see and will always be reminders of our accomplishments this year.
Coaches, players, and parents bonded, either by the delight of victory or the disappointment of defeat. Win or lose, our teams always exhibited good sportsmanship.
What a season! And next year is shaping up to be even bigger and better; with an anticipated 200 players and 15 teams, we will be the biggest JOY Basketball Community in New York.
Thank you coaches for your endless and tireless efforts; for imparting your knowledge to our young players who are ever eager to learn; for your dedication to the program; for your loyalty to our community; for the hours spent away from your homes and families to oversee practices and coach games whether locally or miles away; and for all your efforts for the AMC JOY Basketball Program this year!
Thank you parents for supporting the AMC JOY Basketball Pro-gram by enrolling your children, for enduring weekly revolving practice schedules, for enduring last minute schedule releas-es/revisions, and for supporting us each and every time we asked and in any way we requested. Last but not least, thank you players for all of your efforts. You make us extremely proud, and we hope that regardless of the results of any given game or the season in general, you have developed friendships that will keep you connected to each other and to AMC for decades to come.
Thank you for making this season the most memorable AMC JOY Basketball season ever!
AMC JOY BASKETBALL ADMINISTRATION
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News & Events
Spring is a very active season for the Challenge Liturgy Group. It heralds two much anticipated events: a visit to our parish by Archbishop Demetrios and our annual Spring Picnic. Many thanks to the volunteers who donated food, money and/or their time to make both events such memorable occasions.
On April 12th, the Saturday of Lazarus, we were honored, once again, by the visit of Archbishop Demetrios. His Eminence cel-ebrated the Divine Liturgy and offered Holy Communion to all in attendance. At the social hour following the Liturgy, the Arch-bishop led the group in singing and wishing a Happy Birthday and a Happy Nameday to our members who celebrated in April.
Our Spring Picnic was held on Saturday, May 17th, immedi-ately following the Challenge Liturgy. The north parking area was transformed into festive picnic grounds with tents cover-ing the cooking, serving and eating areas. Everyone in atten-dance, including our group members and parishioners, were treated to a wonderful afternoon of abundant food and drink. There was great camaraderie under a glorious, sunny sky.
Thank you to all who volunteered their time and worked so hard to make the following events successful!
Greek Night Out, held this year on April 25th at Vivaldi Ris-torante, has become a popular tradition enjoyed by parishio-ners, families and friends!
The last in our series of Fellowship Nights for the 2013-14 Ecclesiastical year was held on May 3rd. After partaking in a delicious meal from North Shore Farms, with the pastitsio re-ceiving rave reviews, the youngest children were treated to a DVD in the library, the older children had Olympic practice and free play in the gym, and the adults watched an excellent DVD presentation followed by a lively discussion with Fr. Dennis.
The concert on May 10th featuring Betty Harlafti was enjoyed by all who attended. A portion of the proceeds of this very suc-cessful AMC fundraising event was donated to Saint Michael’s Home for the Aged.
Challenge Liturgy Program FELLOWSHIP EVENTS
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The coffee hour following the Liturgy on Mother’s Day, May 11th, was sponsored by the Parish Council. Everyone enjoyed the delicious treats that were served by PC members.
Our annual End-of-the-Year Barbecue followed the Sunday School Moving Up Ceremony on June 1st. Parishioners enjoyed delicious food, children had a great time playing outdoors, and everyone was treated to a wonderful performance by our AMC Dance Troupe!
Tickets for our new and improved Super Raffle are now avail-able for purchase. With 35 prizes this year, including two brand new cars, this year’s raffle is better than ever! Be sure to stop by the Super Raffle Prize Tent at this year’s Festival to see all of the prizes up close. For the first time, the winning tickets will be drawn on the last evening of the festival. Be there Sun-day evening, September 28th, to see if you’re a winner. Don’t delay, buy your tickets today! Thank you for your support!
Super Raffle 2014
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WEEKLY AMC E-BULLETIN
Be sure to check your email inbox every Monday for the Weekly AMC E-Bulletin which provides information on Church services, as well as activities for the week.
Information to be included must be sent to [email protected]
no later than 10am on Fridays.
GREEK NIGHT OUT RAFFLE WINNERS
Congratulations to Drs.Tsirilakis & Angelakos, winners of the Greek Night Out Dinner raffle.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Our Ladies Philoptochos for always providing us with our eagerly anticipated Coffee Hour
every Sunday after Liturgy!
Thank you to all the volunteers who work diligently throughout the year to help make our Archangel Michael
Church what it is today!
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Community Life Photos
Community Life Photos
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9:30a
Matins 8:30a
Divine Liturgy
9:30a
Paraclesis Service 7:30p*In Chapel
Holy Transfigura-tion-Liturgy9:30a
Paraclesis Service 7:30p*In Chapel
Dormition of
The Theotokos-
Liturgy 9:30a
Vespers at area
churches-
Brooklyn,
Island Park,
Port Jefferson,
Hamptons
Paraclesis Service 7:30p*In Chapel
Paraclesis Service 7:30p*In Chapel
Paraclesis Service 7:30p*In Chapel
Challenge Liturgy 10:30a
Vespers at area churches- Corona and Mattituck
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Divine Liturgy
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