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Nights of Greece Glendi

Please join us for our 4th annual "Nights of Greece" Greek Glendi on Saturday, September 30th at St. Mary's School in Flagstaff, AZ.  This event features a Silent Auction, a sit down dinner with a huge (of course!) plate of homemade Greek food, dinner salad and Greek pastries...and let's not forget Greek Dancing for all!

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

St. Mary's School - Flagstaff, AZ

6:00 PM Social Hour and Silent Auction

7:30 PM Dinner and Dancing!

Tickets are $35.00

For questions regarding tickets or donations, please contact Jessica at (928) 774-8279 or email office@gomona.org or write to:  GOMONA, Attn: Glendi, P.O. Box 2164, Flagstaff, AZ  86003

3rd Annual Rummage/Bake Sale (2006) Summary
Our 3rd annual Rummage Sale was held May 5th and 6th in the basement of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.  Our little Mission is becoming known in the Flagstaff Community, and the people are anticipating our rummage sale each spring, as well as the Glendi and Baklava in the fall.  Once again, sales figures topped the previous year's.

Many thanks to all who donated sale items, baked goods and their time to make this fundraiser a success.  One of God's greatest blessings is the time we share together and this event was no exception.

Nursing Home Ministry
Pony Boy, Lillian, Vera, Gertrude…these are a few of the people you will have a chance to meet if you join our monthly visits to visit Infinia Nursing. You don’t have to become a regular, although you might, after meeting some of the people and discovering you have a talent for being there for them (listening to their stories, praying with them, or sharing something about your life).

Visits are on Saturdays, and dates for the rest of 2006 are:

August 12th, September 9th, October 7th, November 4th, and December16th.

We meet at the church around 9AM and from there go to Infinia for about an hour. Afterwards, if everyone has time, we go for coffee and some of the best donuts in town. This is a much-needed ministry for those who may be forgotten and lonely. You have a chance to make a difference in someone’s life. Please join us. For more information, contact Mary Grove at 928-226-1882 or mfgrove@hotmail.com

4th Annual  Family Camp-Out August 10-12
The date for our 4th annual camping trip is August 10th through the 12th.   We will camp Thursday and Friday nights and head back to Flagstaff on Saturday.  If you are wondering how much fun we have, just ask Joshua Andruchow who wrote a story about last years camping trip.  Please contact Julie McCormick or Jessica Sorren for more information.

Annual  Church Picnic August 27 At Fox Glenn Park
Our seventh annual picnic will be Sunday, August 27th at Fox Glenn  Park, following Divine Liturgy.   Please stay tuned for details!.

Church School Enrollment by August 27
Please fill out the Church School Enrollment form and enroll your child(ren) for the 2006-2007 Church School year by August 27, 2006.  Thanks!

New Divine Liturgy Books - Starting September 2006
After much research and consultation the Mission will be adopting a new Divine Liturgy book in September.  Through the input of many professional Byzantine Chanters and coral directors we have chosen to transfer from the blue spiral bound liturgical books to a maroon hard covered book published by Kevin Lawrence out of Scottsdale Arizona.  The text will be much more complete and the music will flow smoother than our current version, while still maintaining the Byzantine ethos.  It will take several months for the congregation to become accustom to some of the new music, even though much of the notation is the same as our current version, so we need all to be patient.  Much of the new music is accessible here, on our web site, as audio files and the books are now available through our bookstore to borrow for those would like get a head start on learning the music.  Special thanks needs to be given to the Metropolis of San Francisco's Commission Of Mission and Evangelism (C.O.M.E.) for donating the funds to purchase all the books.  If you have any question contact Fr. Nicholas.

Help Earn $$ through  eScrip
eScrip is a fundraising program that allows participating merchants to contribute a percentage of your purchases to our mission – at not cost to you!  Safeway is one of the participating merchants, so if you are a Safeway Club Card holder, please fill out the following form and send it to the address provided.  This program has the potential to earn thousands of dollars for our mission, so please don't wait!  If you have questions, please see Helen Schulz. For a sign-up form, click here.

Bookstore and Library
Do you want to enrich your Spirituality?  Your knowledge on Orthodoxy?  To read a Saint's Biography?  To give a book to a child?  An Icon?  Music?  If so, come and visit me.  I'm here for you!  Love - Toula

Call Mission Number in Inclement Weather
Please call our mission service at (928) 774-8279 to see if Divine Liturgy or Typica will be held on days of inclement weather.  If Liturgy is cancelled, Typica will be held unless the weather is too severe. 

Mailing List Update
We would like your help in updating our mailing list.  If you are currently on our mailing list and would like to stop receiving newsletters, stewardship information, etc. then please call the mission at 928-774-8279 and ask that we take your name off the list.  Those who do not respond will remain on the list and continue receiving mission newsletters and other mission mailings. 

Last Updated:  1 August  2006