St. Thomas the Apostle

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8th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 7.

The Repose of St. Jacob (Netsvetov), Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska (1864).

Hieromartyr Hermolaus and Martyrs Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia

(ca. 305). Ven. Moses the Hungarian, of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves—ca. 1043).

Martyr Parasceva of Rome (2nd c.). Ven. Gerontius of St. Anne Skete (Mt. Athos).

The “EMVOLON” Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos in Constantinople.

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Sunday July 26, 2015

No doubt about it!

Witnessing ancient

Christianity in the modern

world since 1994.

This week’s bulletin:

Liturgical Music

Epistle & Gospel

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Welcome!

Announcements

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Scripture Readings

1 John 4:1-6

1 John 4:20-5:5 Philippians 3:7-14

Mark 10:29-31, 42-45 John 20:11-18

1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 14:14-22

WORSHIP

8/01 @ 6:00 p.m. Great Vespers

8/02 @ 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy

Wednesday night prayer service will resume in Sep-tember. NAME DAY 7/30 Cory Andrew Conner BIRTHDAY 7/31 Michael Trusty MOWING Volunteers are needed to mow through the summer and fall. Please sign up on the whiteboard in the fel-lowship area. 8/1 @ 4:00 PM St. Thomas Parish Council Meeting 8/2 @ 9:00 AM BAPTISM/CHRISMATION Gabriel Allen White and Eliza Mary Catherine White will be received into the Orthodox Church! Gabe will be baptized, and Eliza will be chrismated. Folks are then invited to The White House at 2:00 p.m. to cele-brate.

Clergy

Father Philip Lashbrook,

Priest

Fr. Deacon Raphael (Gary

Fadil), Deacon

Readers

Jerry Columba Roberts

Richard Gregory Lakey

Altar Servers

Jay Gabriel Faust

Jerry Columba Roberts

Glenn Alexander McCroskery

Nathanael Fadil

David Mykut

Joseph Mykut

Choir

Mat. Rebecca Lashbrook

Jenny Eugenia Trusty

Richard Gregory Lakey

Don Patrick Daily

Rick Gregory Boudreau

Michael Trusty

Shirley Mary Hartman

Sarah Fadil

Hannah Fadil

Parish Council

Sonya Macrina Lakey,

President

Glenn Alexander McCroskery,

Vice President

Arlen George Hartman,

Treasurer

Roukoz Elias Atallah,

Secretary

Fr. Deacon Raphael (Gary

Fadil), Member-at-large

Announcements

We thank you for attending St. Thomas today. If this is your first time in an

Orthodox Church, you may find the Liturgy books at the entrance of the nave helpful

for following along (just ask if you feel a little lost!). Sometimes, simply maintaining a

worshipful presence, open to the Holy Spirit, is a good way to start.

After Divine Liturgy, please join us in the back for coffee and conversation. If

Orthodoxy is new to you, you may have lots of questions! We’ll do our best to help.

During Holy Communion, non-Orthodox Christians are warmly welcome to

seek a blessing from the priest, and/or partake of the blessed bread on the small ta-

ble — if you’d like. The Eucharist in the Orthodox Church is intended for those who

have been educated in, and accepted, the beliefs and practices of the Orthodox

Christian Faith, and who have been baptized and/or chrismated into that Faith. We

would not impose on you any profession of belief (through Communion or any other

practice) with which you may not agree or feel comfortable.

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Welcome, Visitors!

For more details, please visit the Upcoming Events/Service Schedule

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8th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 7. The Repose of St. Jacob (Netsvetov), Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska (1864).

After the Entrance:

Tone 7 Troparion (Resurrection) By Your Cross You destroyed death. To the thief You opened Paradise. For the Myrrhbearers You changed weeping into joy. And You commanded Your disciples, O Christ God, to proclaim that You are risen,// granting the world great mercy. Tone 4 Troparion (St Jacob) (Alaskan melody) O righteous Father Jacob, adornment of Atka and the Yukon Delta; you offered yourself as a living sacrifice to bring light to a searching people. Offspring of Russian America, flower of brotherly unity, healer of sickness and terror of demons: O Holy Father Jacob,// pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved! Tone 7 Kontakion (Resurrection) The dominion of death can no longer hold mankind captive, for Christ descended, shattering and destroying its powers. Hell is bound, while the Prophets rejoice and cry: “The Savior has come to those in faith;// enter, you faithful, into the Resurrection!”

Glory…

Tone 3 Kontakion (St Jacob) O Holy Father Jacob, teacher of the knowledge of God, you revealed your love for your people, taking up your cross and following Christ, enduring hardships like the Apostle Paul. Pray on our behalf to Christ our God// to grant us great mercy!

...now and ever…

O Steadfast Protectress of Christians, Constant advocate before the Creator! Do not despise the prayers of sinners, but in your mercy help those who call on you in the faith. Hasten to hear our petitions and intercede for us, O Theotokos, for you always protect those who honor you.

Tone 7 Prokeimenon The Lord shall give strength to His people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace. (Ps 28/29:11)

v: Offer to the Lord, O you sons of God! Offer young rams to the Lord! (Ps

28/29:1)

Tone 7 Prokeimenon

The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in Him. (Ps

63/64:11)

Epistle (NKJV): 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Philippians 3:7-14 (St Jacob)

Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you. 12

Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. 16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are per-ishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10

that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellow-ship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Tone 7 Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

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v: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High. (Ps 91/92:1)

v: To declare Your mercy in the morning, and Your truth by night. (Ps 91/92:2)

Tone 6 v. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His command-ments. (Ps 111/112:1)

Gospel (NKJV): Matthew 14:14-22

Mark 10-29-31, 42-45 (St Jacob) And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, His disci-ples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy them-selves food.” 16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” 17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” 18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 Then He com-manded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. 21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. 22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away.

So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, 30 who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time – houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions – and in the age to come, eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first. 42 But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. 44 And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

Communion Hymn Praise the Lord from the heavens! Praise Him in the highest! (Ps 148:1)

The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not fear evil tidings. (Ps 111/112:6b-7a)