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SSSSTTTT. G. G. G. GEORGEEORGEEORGEEORGE CCCCHURCHHURCHHURCHHURCH OFOFOFOF PPPPRESCOTTRESCOTTRESCOTTRESCOTT (928) 777(928) 777(928) 777(928) 777----8750875087508750

Priest: Fr. John A. Peck Emeritus: Fr. William John Clark

Parish Council: Dr. George Rizk, Raymond Zogob, Kris Wells, Kally Key, Bob Hunt, Robert Frisby, Dr. Andrew Gusty, Jelena Timotijevic, Liz Winney.

Choir Director: Pres. Deborah Peck

General Parish Meeting today!

Schedule of Services

TODAY after Liturgy General Parish Meeting

Wed. Aug 24 6 pm Vespers followed by Acolyte Training Wkshp

Thurs. Aug 25 6 pm Choir Practice

Fri. Aug 26 10 am Divine Liturgy

Gyro Booth - Labor Day weekend! SIGN UP TODAY for a shift or two for our upcoming Labor Day wknd Gyro Booth. This will be just before National Back To Church

Sunday, so it is an ideal time for us to meet and greet our fellow Prescottonians with the love of Christ and some refreshing food and drink. In-Kind donations are being accepted and thank you all for your good work! See Kenny Scott or please sign up today.

In The Beginning… Starting Sept. 14th we will

be offering a Bible Study class on the Torah, beginning (not surprisingly) with the book of Genesis. If you wish to participate in this Bible Study, please sign up in the Narthex or inform Fr. John. This will be an extended study so get in early.

New Beginnings At St. George Orthodox Church

Sun. Aug. 21 2011 Tone 1

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Resurrection Hymn - Tone 1 While the stone was sealed by the Jews, and the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Savior, Granting life to the world. For which cause the heavenly powers cried aloud unto Thee, O Giver of Life, Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ, Glory to Thy Kingdom, Glory to Thy Providence, O Thou Who alone art the lover of mankind.

Hymn of Great Martyr George - Tone 4 Liberator of captives, defender of the poor, physician of the sick, and champion of kings, O trophy-bearer, Great Martyr George, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.

Hymn of the Theotokos - Tone 1 As Gabriel cried unto thee: Hail, O Virgin, with his message, did the Lord of all become Incarnate in thee, O Holy Ark, as spoke the righteous David, And thou wast revealed as more spacious than the heavens in that thou bore thy Creator. Wherefore, glory to Him Who abode in thee! Glory to Him Who came from thee! Glory to Him Who through thy birth-giving hath set us free!

Date Readers

8-21 Mike Winney & Bob Frisby

8-28 Bob Frisby & Kenny Scott

9-4 TBA

Prokeimenon in the 1st Tone (Ps 33)

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us as we have set our hope on Thee!

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous! Praise befits the just!

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16

B RETHREN, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the

world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hun-ger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buf-feted and homeless, and we labor, work-ing with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. +

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Alleluia in the 1st Tone (Ps 18)

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

God gives vengeance to me and subdues people under me!

He magnifies the salvation of the king, and deals mercifully with His Christ, with David and his seed forever!

Gospel: Matthew 14:22-24

A T THAT TIME, a man came up to Him and kneeling before Him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he

suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jesus an-swered, "O faithless and perverse gen-eration, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will

say to this mountain, 'Move hence to yonder place,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting." As they were gath-ering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day."+

Youth

Of The

Apocalypse ���

Meeting Soon

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LIVINGLIVINGLIVINGLIVING: : : :

George Robertson, Molly Markos, Jen Kelley, Josh Hondaly, Susan Hill, Stephan Landis, Mary Ellen Halvorsen, Retta Baughman, Lola Rizk, Ameliana Gusty, Samson Winters, James Peck, Samin, Chad, Aidan, Victoria, Anastasia, Basil, Cassian, Luke, and Garet Trenham, Carrie, Griffin, Nolan, Grayson, Olivia Salicos & family, Scott & Katie Windsor, Benjamin Peck, Gail & Vicki Brannock, Jennifer, Diane Berkholtz, Jerry Spires, Fr. Thomas Williams, Robin Hyduke, Nathan & Merilee Peck, Dan Thanos, Connie, Crystal, Tom & Kymie Bowden, James Anthony, Jim Burns, Alex, Sandy, Adrian, Melanie Schlapfer, Bill Mueller, Judy Raessler, Viola Hammerstrom, Kris Wells, Helen Vlahakis, Ovi Lungu, Bill Kountanis, Darrell and Patty Bostic, Deon Chris-tensen and family, Helen Ko, Campbell Mackenzie, Betty Dudney, Will Degenhart & family, Sky Rizk, Dumitri Popita, Tanya, Darlene, Glenn, Fr. Hans & Susan Jacobse, Fr. Bill Clark, Steve Brooks, Tom & Geris Kourkoumelis, Kristi Thanos, Philip Winney, Lindsay, George Peter Rizk, Barbara Wright, Marnie Butts, Luke Glen, Charity Books, the Borza family, Elizabeth, Seraphima, Macrina, Mary, Silas, Susana, Robert, Kayla, Briana, Joel, Kelsey, Shaun, Theresa, Chris’ 2 grandmothers, Raymond Zogob’s fa-ther, Diane Robertson, Kathy & Chris Hough.

DEPARTED: DEPARTED: DEPARTED: DEPARTED:

Preston, Milanka, Michael Hicha, Jr., Ioanni Vlahakis, Kalliroi Vlahakis, Evagalia Vla-hakis, Cassandra Landis, James Devlin, Thomas Lindberg, Boyd Jackson, Irene Tener-alli, Julianne Windsor, Allan Fairbanks, Robert Dery, George Nassimos, George Ko-mashko, Fr. Antony Vladimir, Lambrini, Dominic Teneralli Sr., Dominic Teneralli Jr., Rose Bachmann, Janine, George Hicha, Lola Christie, Jackie Pelkey, Helen Shugrue, Eugenia, Elizabeth Higbee, Janet Maissen, Nat, Amanda, James, Abp Job, Abp An-thony, Don, Anastasia Jones, Jack Christensen, Ethel Hunt, Child Nicholas, John, Delores, Lydia (Letitia) Preda, Fr. Gabriel Cooke, Richard & Larry Peck, Randy Poffo, Chuck, Lisa Covington, Andrew Lubnick, Dennis Kontonis, Julia Sedon, Ariel Borza, Michael Hicha, Tom Pallad, Peter Rizk; Demos Vlahakis; Rhonda Dawson; Nicholas, Peter, Kay, Shirley, George Cosmakos, Andrew Degenhart, Annuncio Aaflaq; Bishop Innocent (Gula); Fr. Michael St. Andrew.

Parish Prayer List

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Visitors We are happy that you joined us today, and we want you to know;

• Visitors and children are always welcome at all of our worship services.

• You won't be asked to do anything that will make you uncomfortable.

• We don't expect visitors to contribute anything to the financial support of our parish.

• Our children worship with us, and we love having them here.

If you are an Orthodox Christian, please introduce yourself to Fr. John before the service begins, so that, if possible, you may receive the Holy Mysteries of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you are not an Orthodox Christian, we invite you to partake of the blessed bread distributed at the end of the service, to fill out a “Welcome” card (available in the Narthex), and to join us after the service for some hospitality!

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Altar Server Training Seminar

Minimum Age: 7 years old Weekly for Three weeks

Wed. Aug. 24, Aug. 31 & Sept. 7th

All young men interested in learning to serve at the Altar should inform Fr. John and prepare to attend these three workshops.

Choral Music Workshop

Sat. Sept. 24th - A day of music and singing techniques!

We will be learning how to breathe properly, the importance

of good breath control and the mechanics involved in sound

breathing techniques. We will also be learning about proper

word formation, the mouth and tongue as a sounding board

and good warm-up exercises to do before coming to church.

We will spend the morning talking about all the things

necessary for producing a good clean sound and teamwork.

We will not delve into complicated music theory, just the

basics so that everyone can have fun learning and not feel

overwhelmed.

All choir members are expected to attend but anyone can attend who is thinking about joining

the choir or who just want to learn. This is the same workshop which Pres. Deborah has held in

other missions and churches, including some in Arizona!

RSVP with Pres. Deborah today, and mark Sept. 24th on your calendar!

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In the beginning… BIBLE STUDY ON THE PENTATEUCH Beginning Wed. Sept. 14th, immediately after Vespers, we will begin a lengthy in-depth study on the Books of the Torah - the Five Books of Moses, beginning with Genesis. You will need:

� Your Bible (Orthodox Study Bible is

preferred, but not necessary)

� A copy of “Genesis, Creation &

Early Man” by Fr. Seraphim Rose

� A notebook, pen and highlighter (if you use highlighters)

See Fr. John if you wish to participate!

Christian Life Education Program

Our Christian Education program is getting ready for 2011-12!

Sun. Aug. 28 TBA Youth Of The Apocalypse (HS/college)

Wed. Sept. 14 6:30 pm Adult Bible Study: In The Beginning…

Sat. Sept. 17 4 pm CLEP: Ice Cream Social

Sun. Sept. 18 After Liturgy Sunday School Begins!

REGISTER for Christian Life Education TODAY