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THE BASILIAN February 2020 VOLUME 20, ISSUE 2
Monthly Newsletter of the St Basil Greek Orthodox Church
The Greatest Love Story
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St Basil Greek Orthodox Family Wellness Ministry presents:
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
The “Life from the Heart” Series
FEBRUARY (5, 12, 19, 26) BOUNDARIES & INSIGHTS INTO OUR FAMILY DYNAMICS
APRIL (29) & MAY (6, 13, 20) CREATED FOR CONNECTION
Presenter: George Papageorge MFT
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Youth Center | Matthew Jouthas | Pastoral Assistant
St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church
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SAINT BASIL PRESCHOOL
PRESCHOOL board
Preschool Crab Feed and Fundraiser
February 22nd at 6:00pm
Registration for the 2020-2021 school year March
Open House Monday March 16th to Thursday March 19th.
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St basil hosting 69th Annual Interfaith Tea
Sponsored by: The Stockton Unit of
Church Women United 1:00 pm Thursday, February 6th
Guest Speaker / Fr. Pete Sotiras
@ St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church
Church Women United is a national ecumenical Christian women's movement representing Protestant, Roman
Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian faith communities. Founded in 1941, as the United Council of Church Women, this organization has local and state units across the United States.
Religious ed
Anastasia Cook
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community updates
We Pray for Healing
Orthodoxy Live
Live call-in shows are broadcast
Sundays @ 5pm Pacific.
Call in to 1-855-AFRADIO (1-855-237-2346)during the show.
Men’s ministry
Rick Fogle C:714-306-1296 | E: [email protected] Lincoln Ave., Lodi 95240
ECCLESIASTICAL CALENDAR SPONSOR
Many thanks to our friends
40 Day Blessing of Mother & Child
Artoklasia
MEMORIALS - January
community updates
Men’s ministry ECCLESIASTICAL CALENDAR SPONSOR
Many thanks to our friends
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Philoptochos
Upcoming Events to look forward to: Thursday, February 6th - Tuesday, February 18th - Sunday, February 23rd - Monday, March 2nd - Great Lent Begins Wednesday, March 4th - Sunday, March 8th - OCMC Tray Saturday, March 14th - Sunday, March 15th -
2020 PLEDGE CARds
Coffee hour
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STEWARDSHIP SNAPSHOT
Steward your life: Cultivate a heart of love
Jesus taught, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” –Matthew 5:43-44
Red hearts, flowers and chocolates remind us that February is the uncontested month of love.
It’s excellent (and easy) to love those close to us, but Jesus tells us to go wider, deeper, riskier – to love even our enemies. In so doing, Jesus says, we become children of God.
This challenges us to embrace love as the key discipline and develop a heart so full of love that it flows to even our enemies. Isn’t that how we’re supposed to live as disciples? It’s just good stewardship of our lives.
For this “month of love,” practice loving your enemies.
The effort is especially timely in our season of discord, when our loudest voices encourage us – through name-calling, denigrating, lying, smearing – to hate those with whom we disagree. Even calling them “enemies” is too much (they’re really neighbors!).
Loving our “enemies” doesn’t mean we agree with them or tolerate bad behavior. It means respecting, listening, discussing, refraining from anger and revenge. Here are some ideas for loving our enemies:
Jesus gives us the first step: Pray! For them and for you! Stop seeing them as enemies. They’re our neighbors whom God loves. Resist hate, the very thing our culture encourages. Treat everyone as you would want to be treated. Lastly, keep praying.
By embracing love as a spiritual discipline, we cultivate a heart of love that opens our lives to the transformation Jesus dearly desires for us -- to be children of God. Now that’s good stewardship.
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Silver tigers
Meet Every 2nd Tuesday | Feb 11th | 11:30am—1:30pm & Lunch $10pp | RSVP by Feb 9th
2020 ScholarshipS
Scholarship Applications will be Available February 10th, 2020
thank you
Silver tigers
2020 ScholarshipS
thank you
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OUTREACH & EVANGELISM
Our Choir Needs You!
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teach-ing and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns and spiri-tual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16
2020 Parish council
Time & talents
President: Donna Vasiliou Vice-President: Peter Koulouris Treasurer: Bob Basso Secretary: Lisa Kapogiannis
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Daughters of Penelope sparta chapter #18
ORTHODOX Mission in Albania
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2020 Basilian boosters
BASILIAN
BOOSTERS
2020 AD SPACE
BASILIAN
angels
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St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church Parish Website: www.gosaintbasil.org
Parish Facebook: @StBasilGOCStockton Parish Instagram: stbasil_stockton
NEW Basilian Email: [email protected]
Phone (Church): 209.478.7564 Fax: 209.323.3879 E-mail: [email protected]
Fr. Panagiotis Sotiras
E-mail: [email protected]
St. Basil Church Bulletin and BASILIAN: gosaintbasil.org/communication
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