Looking Ahead at St Mary (May 5 – May 12)

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Beloved in Christ,
Christ is risen!

Many, many thanks to our Mediterranean Festival Executive Committee and all of our volunteers throughout the past several months who helped make yesterday’s Festival a huge success! May God grant you many years!

Below you will find this week’s schedule, as well as some important notes about upcoming events.

THIS WEEK: May 5 – May 12, 2025
This Week: No fasting on any day of the week from Pascha through Ascension (May 29).       
Wed, May 7 at 6:00 pm – Divine Liturgy ~ St John the Evangelist, Apostle & Theologian
Sat, May 10 at 9:00 am – Divine Liturgy ~ Apostle Simon the Zealot
Sat, May 11 at 4:00 pm – Men’s Prayer Group
Sat, May 11 – NO Confessions & NO Great Vespers
Sat, May 11 at 6:00 pm – 20/40 Fellowship Group @ Central Standard Brewing
Sun, May 11 – MOTHER’S DAY
Sun, May 11 at 9:00 am – Matins
Sun, May 11 at 10:00 am – Divine Liturgy
Mon, May 12 at 6:00 pm – Belles Ladies Night Out @ Playa Azul (111 N Washington)

Other Notes
(1) SATURDAY LITURGY: This week there is a Board Meeting for Orthodox Youth & Young Adult Ministries (OYM) in Wichita. You can check out their website here: OYM | Orthodox Youth and Young Adult Ministries. On Saturday, May 11, at 9:00 am, the Board members still in town, including His Grace, Bishop Thomas, will join us to celebrate the Divine Liturgy.

(2) TEXT MESSAGE GROUP: Our new text message system through tithe.ly is now up and running. We need anyone who wants to receive text messages from the church to sign up for this service (even if you had already signed up using our previous Remind system). You can join by following these quick steps:

– Text the phone number 855-516-9861 with the following phrase in the message box: STMARYTEXT

– Click on the link sent back to you via text and fill out your name (having your name will make it much easier for us in the future to create separate groups, such as the Parish Council, the Belles of St Mary, etc.).

– Check the box giving permission to receive texts.

– Click the “Submit” button.

Once you have done this, you should be automatically added to our text message list. Contact Fr Aaron if you have any issues.

(3) METROPOLITAN SABA’S WEEKLY TEACHING: This week His Eminence shares his message “On Knowing God.” See the link for the teaching. 

(4) TEACH ME THY STATUTES PODCAST: If you would like to listen to this week’s Teach Me Thy Statutes podcast (with Fr Aaron & Jason Ewertt), you can find it here: Teach Me Thy Statutes.

(5) PASTORAL VISITS: If you would like a pastoral visit for any reason, or if you know of a family member/parishioner who needs a visit, please feel free to contact me via cell phone at 204-6725.

Yours in Christ,
Fr Aaron