Stewardship Thought For The Day

Testimonial: A Father's Day Gift

 

When I was a young girl, my father would give me money to buy him a Christmas or birthday gift. This is how it is with our Heavenly Father, too. Stewardship is not simply something we give to God. Rather, it is His own gift given back to Him. In the Divine Liturgy the priest says, “We offer these gifts to You from Your own gifts.” This is what stewardship emulates. When we begin to make our Lord a participating member of our lives each day, we are humbled to learn how much more we have to give back.

- From goodandperfectgift.org

St. Basil Hosts Orthodox Christian Clergy Association Meeting

On November 18th, the parish of St. Basil hosted the November Orthodox Christian Clergy Association meeting.  The OCCA is a local pan-Orthodox clergy brotherhood that coordinates various events throughout the year (including the annual Sanctity of Life Prayer Service, and the pan-Orthodox Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers).  Much thanks to our Ladies Philoptochos for preparing a marvelous lunch for the group.

 

 

Capital Campaign at St. Basil Nearly 60% of the Way Complete

Dome and Ceiling Work Nearing Completion

The photos below show the progress on the ceiling work at St. Basil.  The gold work in the dome is 80% done.  once the gold work in the dome is done, Tom Clark (the iconographer commissioned to paint the Pantokrator icon) will install the new dome icon.

 

Stewardship thought for the day

The amount we give is not judged by the largeness of the gifts but the largeness of our hearts. The poor woman who shares her meager pot of stew with another poor woman is far more to be praised than the rich man who throws a few gold coins into a collection at church.  But although most Christians acknowledge the truth of this, their words and actions convey a different message.  When a rich man makes a large gift to the church, he is heartily thanked; and although he will not feel the lack of that money himself, he is praised for his generosity.  When a poor man makes a small gift, nothing is said, even though that gift may cause him to go hungry, no one praises him or thanks him.  It would be better to praise no one than to confine our praise to the rich.  Better still, we should take trouble to observe every true act of generosity, whether by the rich or the poor, and then offer our praise.  Indeed let us be as generous with our praise as people are generous with their money.

- St. John Chrysostom from On Living Simply

Greek Islands Luncheon on Sunday, November 16th

Thanks to the people at Greek Islands Restaurant and, in particular, Gus Koutsogiorga, we had a beautiful luncheon on Sunday, November 16th.  Nearly 70 people attended and the food was outstanding.

40-Day Churchings at St. Basil

On Sunday, November 9, we offered the 40-day churching prayers for Ilias Verykokakis, son of Mihalis Verykokakis and Effrosyni  (Sanny) Papanikou, and for Dimitri Koutsoubis, son of Dean and Anastasia.  Na zisoun!!!