Troparian for St. Ignatius of Antioch

By choosing the Apostles way of life, you succeeded to their
 
throne. Inspired by God you found the way to divine

contemplation through the practice of virtue. After teaching the

word of truth without error, you defended the Faith to the very

shedding of your blood, O holy Martyr among bishops, Ignatius,

entreat the Lord our God to save our souls.

The ANTIOCHIAN WOMEN PROJECT for the year 2009-10 will be helping to establish a monastery at the Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.  Mother Alexandra is currently residing at the conference center there and is excited to be the first nun at this new-to-be monastery! 

     This will make the second monastic presence in our archdiocese.  Mother Nektaria who resides at the St. Paul Skete in  Grand Junction, Tennessee outside Memphis, has been amongst us for several years now!  St. Ignatius sends Mother Nektaria monthly support.  You may send her prayer requests that she will faithfully pray, daily, and is available for retreats or welcomes you to retreat to the Skete with notice. (St. Paul Skete, P. O. Box 35, Grand Junction, Tennessee. 38039)

-- Kh. Terry, Fundraiser Coordinator, Conact Kh. Terry @ terryr512000@yahoo.com Also, see the Additonal Resources page for pictures of the kind of items available for sale to raise donations for our Project!.

Monthly Sunday Luncheons – $7.00

Any Questions, please call Gail Hyatt 

Mark your calendars for the first Tuesday of each month to pray the Akathist for Children.  Prayers begin at 10:00 a.m.

An exciting, new ministry has begun at St. Ignatius!  Girls who will be known as our Young Myrrh Bearers who are under age 13 (12 & under) may volunteer to provide flowers for their patron saint or a saint being commerated during a partiuclar week.  Girls may be signed up by seeing church school director, Ashley Kevorkian.  Another ministry being provided by these girls will be changing the liturgical cloths from liturgical season to another.  Mrs. Kevorkian will give directions as to how this may be done correctly. Please contact her if you interested!

The PLC in Jackson, Mississippi was well attended, June 10- Sunday, June 14th.  It was a peaceful and productive meeting!  From the Order of St. Ignatius to the Fellowship of St. John the Divine, representatives from St. Ignatius were in attendance!  Our Antiochian Women, chapter president, Myrna Martin represented all our ladies!  Fr. Stephen and Kh. Terry were also in attendance and enjoyed seeing many friends and former parishoners of St. Ignatius!  Many of our teens attended with Joel Finley their SOYO director along with his wife, Sarah.  Our teens represented us well in both the Bible Bowl and the Oratorical! Festival! Our youth also made us proud by their many Creative Arts Festival entries.  Under the leadership of Celeste Thompson, they submitted outstanding work!

Thanks to all who participated and attended!

Father Stephen and Khouriyah Terry were able to attend the Archdiocesan Convention in Desert Springs, California.  It to, proved to be a productive meeting.  Kh. Terry finished her two year term as the National Board, Antiochian Women Secretary while Fr. Stephen attended the Antiochian Women's meeting as luncheon as the Spiritual Advisor for the Antiochian Women of the Diocese of Miami and the Southeast.  Both attended Clergy and Clergy Wives functions as well as the general assembly.  The next bi-annual convention will be in Chicago in 2011 and in Houston in 2013.  Plan now and save up if you'd like to attend either of them!

Men's Corner

Check out the monthly calendar to see dates the men of St. Ignatius meet for fellowship.  Contact Dave McEver if you have any questions.

Christian Education

St. Ignatius is blessed by children of all ages!  Their christian education if very important to us. Under the direction of our church school director, Ashley Kevorkian, St. Ignatius offers church school education from the beginning of the church year in September until the end of May.  Ages 3 to teens have Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. each Sunday.  Vacation Church School is held each summer.  The children are actively involved in major feast days as well as weekly services.  We offer a nursery for infants up to age 2 on Sundays from 9:00 a.m. until about 11:00 a.m. when they are brought to Divine Liturgy by the nursery care workers.  Church School is not in session during the summer months and resumes at the beginning of the church year in September.

Teen SOYO

The teens of St. Ignatius are actively involved on both a parish and diocesan level. They do good works, fellowship, and serve St. Ignatius faithfully. They were instrumental in launching a youth camp in our diocese and continue to give of their talents at Camp St. Thekla each summer. Their usual weekly meeting is on Sunday evenings. Find out more about Teen SOYO (Society of Orthodox Youth Organizations) including scholarship information @ http://www.antiochian.org/soyo

Teen SOYO is open to all teens of St. Ignatius, and visitors are welcome. The following is a basic schedule for the month of June:

·  We will begin Mexico fundraisers this month. On Saurday, August 15th, Parent's Night Out will be held after Vespers!  The teens will be offering their babysitting services from 6-9 p.m.

• A carwash will be held on the last Sunday of the month, August, 30th during Coffee Hour!
• Look for items handmade by the teens during Coffee Hour to help raise funds for going to Project Mexico!  You will find:  baked goods, homemade jewelry, and prayer ropes!
• Lastly, the teens ask for your prayers for them and Project Mexico!

Unless otherwise specified, meetings begin at 5:30 p.m., and end at 7:30 p.m. We ask that the teens donate $4 dollars to help cover the cost of dinner at the meetings. If you have any questions, feel free to contact one of the Teen SOYO officers (Juliana Finley and Amanda Short– Co-Presidents, Chloe Lewis– Secretary, Daniel Meese– Treasurer), or our youth director, Joel Finley.