December 1, 2014

Holy Nativity of the Lord

Christ Is in our Midst

Divine Liturgy for Dec. 7th (Sunday’s Readings & Hymns)

Tone 1 Troparion

When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, while the soldiers were guarding Your most pure ^body, You rose on the third day, O Savior, granting life to the world. The powers of heaven therefore cried to You, O Giver of Life: “Glory to Your Resurrection, O Christ! Glory to Your ^Kingdom! Glory to Your dispensation, O Lover of mankind!”

Tone 1 Kontakion

As God, You rose from the tomb in glory, raising the world with Yourself. Human nature praises You as God, for death has vanished. Adam exults, O Master! Eve rejoices, for she is freed from bondage and cries to You://“You are the Giver of Resurrection to all, O Christ!”

Tone 1 Prokeimenon

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

Epistle: Ephesians 5:9-19 Gospel: Luke 17:12-19

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Fast Fast Fast

Vespers, Meal, Bible

Study – Fosters

House 5:30 Christmas

Play Practice

Fast Fast Men’s

Lunch – Shanes 12:00

Youth Christmas

Party – Greenings

5:30

Fast Great

Vespers 5:00

Fosters

St. Nicholas Day – Liturgy at St. Nicholas 10:00am

Fast

Divine Liturgy

(Barksdale) 10:00

Weekly Service Schedule

Service A reminder to those who serve Holy Nativity this week. Your service is greatly

appreicated!

Sunday Coffee Hour – Stacy Cosse

Prosphor0 (2 loaves need to be brought to Great Vespers)– Stacy Cosse

Choir Notes

Our Choir has been asked to sing at Holy Nativity Monastery for their 5 th

Annual Feast Day, Saturday, December 27th in Kemp, Tx.

Please let me know asap if you can attend .

Choir Practice Saturday, 4:00

Saturday is St. Nicholas’ Feast Day. We will be celebrating with St. Nicholas Church 10:00 for Divine Liturgy. Please bring some red apples and candy canes. Children leave their shoes outside during Liturgy and St. Nicholas usually pays a visit!

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CATECHUMEN PODCAST ‘Foundations of the Orthodox Faith’

8 Short lectures by Fr. Andrew Damick

Click here for series lecture

Mark you Calendar! Dec. 5th – Youth Party Dec 6th – St. Nicholas Day, Liturgy 10:00 Dec. 12th – Men’s Retreat to Caddo Lake Dec. 16th – Ladies Night Out Dec. 20th – Baptisms 10:00 (possibly) Dec.20th – Christmas Program 2:00 Dec. 27th – Holy Nativity Monastery Feast Day Dec. 31st – Holy Nativity Christmas Party

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The 2014 St. Nicholas Creative Arts Festival: “Rejoice, O Divine Joy of the Sorrowful!” !Children of all ages – including adults and teens striving to be child-like in Christ – are encouraged to participate in a creative arts festival on St. Nicholas Day - Saturday, December 6, 2014. !This year’s theme is taken from the Great Vespers for the Feast, in which we sing, “Rejoice, O divine joy of the sorrowful…”. How is St. Nicholas a model for us of joyfulness in the midst of sorrows? What does he teach us about overcoming sorrows

and how can we follow his example? !Express your reflections in a creative form, such as: !Photography Poetry Painting

Collage Drawing Sculpture !Bring your creative project on Saturday, Dec. 6, along with a can or box of food for the hungry. We’ll share our artwork/poetry following the Liturgy. !Parents, help your children get started! Children, inspire your parents to participate! Through the prayers of St. Nicholas, may it be blessed! !“Cost of admission”: 1 can or box of food for the hungry.

December 5th, 5:30 Greenings House!

Please bring a white elephant gift.

St. Emilia Society

“Favorite Things Christmas Party”

December 16th @ 5:30 at Taco Mania. We will eat together and then exchange gifts. This is how it will work: Each person will bring FIVE of their favorite thing. (Favorite lip gloss, kitchen tool, gift card to certain places etc). The item cannot cost over $5.00 and again you only bring FIVE of the SAME item. Before the exchange begins, everyone will write their name on five slips of paper and put in a bowl. The bowl will be passed around and each person takes five names out. One at a time each person introduces their favorite item and then reads the five names they pulled out of the bowl passing out their item to those five people. Everyone will leave with five items that are someone else's favorite things! Please RSVP by Dec 12th RSVP by texting Angela at 272-3195

Holy Nativity of the Lord Mission Rev. Fr. Jason Foster, Pastor Visit or contact us at: 5490 Barksdale Blvd, Bossier City (Barksdale Federal Credit Union) Email: frjasonfoster@gmail.com,318-455-4219

Book of the Week!

With hymns, stories, meditations, and activities for each day as well as suggestions for the whole season, Celebrating the Twelve

Days of Christmas provides an invaluable resource for families looking to restore the

season of Christmas to its rightful place in their lives.

http://store.ancientfaith.com/celebrating-the-twelve-days-of-christmas/

Mark your calendars! Christmas Program… December 20th. We will be singing at The Cottages at the Glen (The yellow house) at 2:00. The children will be practicing each Wednesday night – Dec 3rd, 10th & 17th at our house. We will do vespers at 5:30, eat together and practice after that. Practice will end by 7:00. Last year, those that could sing or play an instrument did so for the Christmas play. This will be a vital part of the program. The nursing home is a great place for them to display their talent! Please let me know ASAP what instrument and song your child will be singing or playing. Please have the children wear Christmas Colors!