28th Sunday After Pentecost
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
28th Sunday after Pentecost
December 1, 2024
Sat 11/30/24 4:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +Jerry Tincha by Ann Hoszwa
Sun 12/1/24 9:30am Divine Liturgy +Edward Musko by Helen Musko
Wed 12/4/24 7:00pm Liturgy for Healing
Thu 12/5/24 6:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy of St. Nicholas
Fri 12/6/24 9:30am Divine Liturgy St. Nicholas
Sat 12/7/24 4:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +John R Prokopchak by J.R Prokopchak family
Sun 12/8/24 9:30am Divine Liturgy Maternity of the Holy Anna +Francis and Wallace Homa by The Stavish Family
Knights of Columbus presentation after the liturgy
Variable Parts Tone 3 - Pages 135 - 137
Epistle Colossians 1:12-18
Gospel Luke 14:16-24
Memorial Candle Request - No Candle Request
Epistle Readers 30-Nov John Baycura/Mary Motko 1-Dec Hans Bergh 7-Dec Annabelle Bistransin 8-Dec Mike Dancisin
Please Pray for: Liz Moyta, Fr. Michael Huszti, Fr. Laska, Susie Curcio, Robert Zera, Teresa Milkovich, Robert Saper, Anna Habil, Martha Sapar, Mike Dancisin, Karen Smaretsky Vavro, Diane Sotak, Anna Pocchiari, Larry Hamil, Beverly Jones, Marilyn Book, Maryann Russin Schyvers, Nick Russin, Ken Konchan
Attendance: 11/20 — 14; 11/21 — 12; 11/23/24 — 15; 11/24/24 - 85 Collection: 11/23 - 11/24 — $1,633.12
Gibsonia Schedule
Sun 12/1/24 11:30am Divine Liturgy 28th Sunday after Pentecost
Fri 12/6/24 7:00pm Divine Liturgy
Sun 12/8/24 11:30am Divine Liturgy The Maternity of the Holy Anna
Community Meal Christmas Day dinner @ First Methodist Church fighting food insecurity. We will be accepting your donations of Christmas Cookies for this dinner each Saturday and Sunday starting November 30th and running through Sunday December 22"d. Thank you in advance for your kind and generous donations.
Save these Dates:
December 2nd we will grind nuts for the nut rolls. Bring your food processor.
December 10th we will be making pierogi at 9:00am.
December 10th will be parish Christmas caroling at Concordia nursing home at 4:45pm - we will meet in the lobby.
December 13th & 20th we will bake nut rolls starting at 9:00am. Help is needed on December 18 at 2:00pm to decorate the church for Christmas.
Holiday Hallmark Christmas Ornaments Sale: These ornaments will be for sale downstairs after the Sunday morning Liturgy. Find a special one for yourself or someone else. Donations will be given to the Religious Education Program.
St. Nicholas Celebration: December 5th Parish St. Nicholas Eve. Liturgy will be at 6:00pm with ECF student program. Supper will follow. Please sign up downstairs if you plan to attend.
Knights of Columbus visit in our Church. — On Dec 8 Sunday liturgy we will host knights of Columbus- the Great knight Ed Smith will present their mission. They will join our social coffee right after the liturgy.
St. Nicholas was born in city of Patara (modern Turkey) as an only child to Christian parents. Both of his parents tragically died during an epidemic when he was a young man, leaving him well off. Nicholas devoted his inheritance to works of charity.
He distributed his whole inheritance to people of the city. Because this drew much attention of people, so He decided to leave the city. He came to the city of Myra when the clergy were in session to elect a new bishop. St. Nicholas was indicated by God as the man they should choose. This was during the time of persecutions of Christians, but Nicholas was not afraid of death and preached the truths of faith with a holy liberty, therefore he was seized by the magistrates, tortured, then chained and thrown into prison. But when Constantine The Great became emperor, all prisoners were released and St. Nicholas returned to Myra. St. Nicholas participated on the Council of Nicaea in 325 and defended true divinity of Christ. He was also the guardian of his people as well in temporal affairs. The governor Eustathius had taken a bribe to condemn to death three innocent men. At the time fixed for their execution Nicholas came to the place, stayed the hands of the executioner, and released the prisoners. Then he turned to Eustathius and did not cease to reproach him until he admitted his crime and expressed his penitence. St. Nicholas' presence was found in a separate occasion involving three imperial officers simply on their way to duty in Phrygia. The jealousy of the prefect Ablavius caused them to be imprisoned on false charges and an order for their death was procured. When the officers heard this they remembered the example they had witnessed of the Bishop of Myra and they prayed to God that through his merits and by his instrumentality they might yet be saved. That night St. Nicholas appeared in a dream to the emperor Constatine, and told him with threats to release 3 innocent men. In the morning the Emperor set them free and sent them to the bishop with a letter asking him not to threaten him any more, but to pray for the peace of the world. The accounts are unanimous that St. Nicholas died and was buried in city of Myra. After death, body of St. Nicholas started to produce the smelling oil that has healing powers; the oil is still being produced. Many healings and miracles are recorded.
Immaculate Conception-Maternity of Anna: "The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin." In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, "Ineffabilis Deus," clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived free from original sin. Mary was granted this extraordinary privilege because of Her unique role in history as the Mother of God. That is, she received the gift of salvation in Christ from the very moment of her conception.Even though Mary is unique in all humanity for being born without sin, she is held up by the Church as a model for all humanity in Her holiness and Her purity in her willingness to accept the Plan of God for her. Every person is called to recognize and respond to God's call to their own vocation in order to carry out God's plan for their life and fulfill the mission prepared for them since before the beginning of time. Mary's "Let it be done to me according to Thy Word," in response of the Angel Gabriel's greeting, is the response required of all Christians to God's Plan.The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a time to celebrate the great joy of God's gift to humanity in Mary, and to recognize with greater clarity, the truth that each and every human being has been created by God to fulfill a particular mission that he and only he can fulfill. "The word of the Lord came to me thus: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you." (Jeremiah 1:5-6)
