St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

COMMUNITY NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS

PALM SUNDAY LUNCHEON 2009

Beloved members of our community The Palm Sunday luncheon Committee would like to thank all who supported the event by attending, the luncheon donating food, money time and work. A special thank you to our chefs, George Seitis, Nicolas Tsilimidos and Michael Patras for the delicious luncheon they prepared for us. Also many thanks to Father Angelo who is always there to support and provide spiritual guidance, and our church secretary Mrs. Alexandra who always help us when we have such events of our church. A very special thank you to all the diner & restaurant owners who donated most of the food items. May God bless you and keep you healthy and well . Christos Anesti!

The Palm Sunday Luncheon Committee

P.T.O. NEWS

We want to thank the Christopher family, who hosted the Lazarus Communion Breakfast, held on Saturday, April 11 th . It was a wonderful gathering! The decorations were lovely, the food yummy, and most of all, it was wonderful to see how many children attended! It was clearly a warm and loving event…And now, we also have experts in the art of palm cross making! All the children contributed to the palms crosses received on Palm Sunday -- from pre-school to high school! Great job, kids!

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Back in March, we had Godparents’ Sunday, and we want to thank all the godparents who joined the Sunday School students in their classes on Godparents’ Sunday. It was an experience that both the children and godparents’ thoroughly enjoyed. A big thanks goes out to Debbie Mattos and Mike Koudis, who coordinated and provided crafts for this joyous event.

Please note the following upcoming Sunday School events:

§ Sunday, May 3 – Sunday School Teachers’ Meeting (10:00 a.m.)

§ Sunday, May 10 – Mother’s Day (Spring Craft)

§ Sunday, June 7 – Sunday School Graduation

If you have any questions, or need further information, please do not hesitate to stop by the Sunday School and see our Superintendent or one of the teachers.

SENIOR CITIZENS

Christos Anesti to al!! Hope you spent A Happy and blessed Easter Week. Thank you to George Bratsano for conducting the April 12 meeting in my absence. Approximately 22 members attended and I thank Father Angelo for his input. Following the meeting a luncheon was hosted by Helen Catelanos. A Jello dessert was enjoyed by all. Our next meeting will be May 9, Lynn Markus is in charge. Sandwiches will be served with salads and dessert. I want to thank all the members who donate sodas, desserts and coffee at all our meetings. Also thank you to those members who add extra dollars when the basket is passed. Let’s do our part for the Greek Festival by volunteering where we can. See you soon. ~Tana Kizides

PLEASE NOTE:

The Philoptochos Board Meeting has changed. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 5th at 7:30 pm.

 

 


 

FUNDRAISER UPDATE

Our annual Easter bake sale on Sunday, March 20, 2009 raised $800.00 for our church!  A very big THANK YOU to all of the wonderful women who baked for this fundraiser, and of course, to all of our generous parishioners who purchased the delicious pastries and helped to make the bake sale a success.  Thank you to all!

~The Bake Sale Committee

Eustathia Belitsis, Tessie Christopoulos, Irene Dimitratos, Zeffie Filindras, Kateina Ganiaris, Litsa Kaidas, Sofia Kalisperis, Diana Kostopoulos, Anna Kyriakatos, Olga Mamaligas, Eleni & Olga Mantsis, Sevasti Merkiouriou, Irene Pakis, Angie Papaikonomou, Athena Papazoglou, Nikie Seitis, Maria Simatos, Helen Suravlas, Zeffie Tzitzis, and Koula Vosinakis

 



HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all the Mothers, Grandmothers, and Godmothers a Happy Mother’s Day. May your day be filled with love, joy, and laughter. God Bless all of you on this very special day.

   


 

GET WELL WISHES

We would like to extend get well wishes to George Petrakakis and Despina Pascallis.

May God bless you with a speedy recovery!

    


 

FROM THE FAMILY OF ATHANASIOS TSISTINAS

Our family of Athanasios (Arthur) Tsistinas would like to thank Father Angelo Michaels for being there for us when we needed him.  We also want to express our sincere gratitude to all of our of our  St. Demetrios Friends.  

May God Bless Everyone. 



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