October 30th - November 6th

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Please refer to the parish websites for regular Worship Service and Gathering schedules this week.
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Worship Services

Unction

The local parishes will be meeting at Christ the Savior for an Unction service on Friday, October 31st at 7:00pm.

Holy Unmercenaries

There will be Liturgy for Sts Cosmos & Damian at Holy Trinity on Nov 1st at 9:30 am.
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Funeral

There will be a Trisagion service for Mary Sweeney Friday oct 31st at 7pm at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. 2203 N Division St.

Her funeral will be after the Liturgy on Saturday Nov 1st.
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Gatherings

Greek School

The New Testament Greek class is beginning Oct 30th. It will be meeting Thurdsdays at 11:30am. Even if you miss the first class, it's not too late to join in.

Q&A

Orthodox Q&A will be meeting Tuesday Nov 4th at 7pm at Holy Trinity.
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On the Horizon

Orthodox Youth Outreach

ATTENTION TEENS: On Nov. 14 - 16, 2008, Orthodox Youth Outreach (OYO) invites teens from the Spokane area to participate in a life-changing weekend of fun and outreach to the poor and homeless. We will spend the weekend trying to live out Christ's commandment to love the least of these as we work with the impoverished of Spokane. Our weekend will begin on Friday, Nov. 14 at 2pm, and we will conclude at 2pm on Sunday, Nov. 16. The weekend will consist of serving at soup kitchens and rescue missions, as well as doing fun activities where we will meet some of the homeless of Spokane and learn about the complexity of poverty and homelessness.

Founded by Fr. Kevin Scherer, OYO is a ministry of NAC Teen SOYO of the Antiochian Archdiocese which has been designed to provide local parishes and youth workers with the resources necessary to involve junior and senior high students in local community service and short-term mission projects. The purpose of the program is to encourage our youth to live out their faith through service to others. OYO provides opportunities for youth to get involved with outreach at different levels and help them grow into positions of student leadership. Since our first trip in January 2004, OYO has conducted 30 mission trips to major cities across the U.S. and Canada, as well as several international trips. The program has been very successful.

We hope you will join us for an exciting weekend of serving the poor and learning what it means to follow Christ on Nov. 14 - 16, 2008. The all-inclusive cost to participate is $150. Students can register at www.orthodoxyouthoutreach.net. Please feel free to contact Jordan Henderson with any questions or concerns at (904) 347-9220 or jordan@orthodoxyouthoutreach.net.
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A Word from the Fathers

"Repentance is not something of just an hour or a day. It must be an inner preocupation for us to the end of our lives."

St Nikolai Velimirovich
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If you would like additional information, please e-mail OrthodoxLifeINW@aol.com and it will be forwarded to the appropriate contact person. You can also reach the priests at the contact information on the parish websites listed in the left column.