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Cleaners:
Dec 2nd Santoro
Dec 9th Santoro
Dec 16th ???
Dec 23rd ???
Dec 30th ???
Greeter:
Rosemary Delaney
Charity:
St. Elizabeth the
New Martyr
Monastery, Minsk
1 Choir Rehearsal 3:30 PM
Confession 4-4:30 PM
Great Vespers 5:00 PM
CONFESSION
2 26th after Pentecost
Divine Liturgy 9:00 A.M.
Coffee Hour – ? ? ?
Revised By-Law
Presentation/Discussion
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St. Alexander Hotovitzky
Financial Committee
meeting (Budget) 7:00 P.M.
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Festal Vesperal Liturgy
6:00 PM followed by Pot
Luck supper
6 St. Nicholas
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Visitation: 10:00 A. M.
WALNUT HILL
(for Communion)
8 PRE –CHRISTMAS
CLEAN-U
P 8:30 AM
Choir Rehearsal 3:30 PM
Confession 4-4:30 PM
Great Vespers 5:00 PM
CONFESSION
9 27th after Pentecost
Church School 8:30 A.M.
Divine Liturgy 9:00 A.M.
Coffee Hour – Kowar/Wagner
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Confession 3:00 P.M.
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Festal Vesperal Liturgy
6:00 PM followed by Pot
Luck supper
13 St. Herman
of A
laska
CT Deanery Panikhida &
meeting 7:00 PM
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Choir Rehearsal 3:00 PM
Panikhida 4:30 PM
Great Vespers 5:00 PM
CONFESSION
16 28th after Pentecost
Holy Fore-Fathers
Divine Liturgy 9:00 A.M.
Coffee Hour – Salina
Adult Study Group
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Visitation: 10:30 A. M.
LEDGECREST
(for Communion)
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20 St. John of
Kronstadt
Confession 2:00 P.M
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Confession 4-4:30 PM
Great Vespers 5:00 PM
CONFESSION
25 29th after Pentecost
Holy Fathers
Church School 8:30 A.M.
Divine Liturgy 9:00 A.M.
Coffee Hour - Koles/Everson
Daily Vespers & Little Compline
6:30 P.M.
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ve of the
Nativity
Vesperal Liturgy 9:00 A.M.
Festal Vigil 4:00 P.M.
25 Nativity of
our Lord
Festal Divine Liturgy
9:30 A.M.
[fast free 12/25 – 1/4]
26 Synaxis of the
Theotokos
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Protomartyr Stephen
28 The Holy Innocents
of Bethlehem
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Great Vespers 5:00 PM
CONFESSION
30 30th after Pentecost
Divine Liturgy 9:00 A.M.
Coffee Hour - Kokus
31 Leavetaking of
the Nativity
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ircumcision
St. Basil the Great
2 St. Juliana
of Lazarevsk
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5 Eve of Theophany
Festal Great Vespers
5:00 PM
Monthly Newsletter of
HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH 305 Washington Street • PO Box 2876 • New Britain, CT 06050-2876
www.htocnb.org
DECEMBER 2012
PLEDGE FORM: In order for the Financial Committee of the Parish Council to have a better idea of our income for next year the Pledge Form for 2013 was included in the November Newsletter. Copies are also available at the Candle Desk. Please take time to fill it out and return it to Fr. David or Mark Myszka, Assistant
Treasurer, by December 9th. THANK YOU!!
CLEAN-UP: Our pre-Christmas clean-up of the church will be held on Saturday, December 8th beginning at 8:30 a.m. There is brass to polish and cob webs to be taken down! Young and old are needed!
PARISH VISIT: On Wednesday, December 5th
after Festal Vesperal Liturgy during “Pot Luck” supper Sis-ter Maria, a member of the Sisters of Mercy from St. Eliza-beth the New Martyr Monastery, Minsk, Belarus will visit our church. She will talk about the work done my the Nuns and Sisters of Mercy. We will have a DVD to view and she will have items from Russia for sale.
STUDY GROUP: We will continue with the
Adult Study Group on Sundays, December 16th after coffee hour. Our topic is The Sacraments. EVERYONE is wel-come!
The December charity collection is for St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Monastery, Minsk, Bela-rus. The convent named in dedication to the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth appeared in the settlement of Novinki in the outskirts of Minsk in 1999. The basis for the convent was the Orthodox Sisterhood of the same name. Since 1996, the Sisterhood has served many care centers, including the well-known Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital and Municipal Clinical Hos-pital as well as boarding homes for children and adults with psychological and physical disabilities, a tuberculo-sis unit and a home care facility for mentally handicapped children. The main objective of the convent and sisterhood is to provide spiritual and social help to the sick and suffering. At the convent’s farmstead, located in
Archpriest David Koles, Rector 9 Frankie Lane
Terryville, CT 06786 Phone: 860-573-0013
Email: [email protected] 1
the village of Bald Mountain, thirty kilometers from Minsk, men and women experience healing from drug and alcohol addiction and formerly incarcerated individuals are given shelter and care.
Visit their web site for more information. http://www.obitel-minsk.by
Please be generous so that those who are less fortunate and in need can be assisted by using the envelopes provided in
our monthly mailing. Collection will be taken on the last Sunday of the month, December 30th.
GENERAL & PRIVATE CONFESSION: is normally held on the last Saturday of each month (except for lenten periods) following Great Vespers. All regular communi-cants should make every effort to attend each General Confession. The next General Confession will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013 the last Saturday of the month. Also, now that we are in the Advent Fast, November 15th—December 24th, private confession will be held after vespers, on selected weekdays (see calendar) or by appointment. A REMINDER: The Holy Canons of the Church tell us
that if we absent ourselves from the Eucharist three weeks
in a row we are to be removed from the list of communi-
cants until we rectify this irregular situation. This is for
both clergy and laity. Actually, the clergy are to be de-
posed and the laity must do penance. At HTOC we offer
numerous ways [scheduled private confession, after Ves-
pers, appointments, General Confession - except during
fasting, etc.] to be active recipients of our Lord’s Body &
Blood. If you have been away from church and the Eucha-
rist for three weeks or more please, DO NOT get in line
for communion until you have gone to private confession.
PARISH COUNCIL: The next meeting of the
Parish Council will be held on Monday, January 16, 2012. All Council members are asked to make every effort to attend. This is our budget and Annual Parish Meeting prep.
HOUSE BLESSINGS: The schedule for house blessings will be posted in the later part of this month and will be included in the newsletter for January. The house blessings will begin on January 7th. If you are on the list and need to cancel or change your appointment, or if you are not on the list and wish to be added, please call or send an email to Fr. David. Anyone wishing to have the house blessed will be accommodated.
ANNUAL MEETING: The annual parish meeting will be held on Sunday, January 27th following lit-urgy and coffee hour. All voting members of the parish are asked to plan on being present and participating in the meet-ing. You are a voting member if: •You are at least 18 years of age. •You participate in the Sacraments of Confession and Com-munion regularly, but at least annually, in the parish. •You have made a stewardship (financial) commitment to the parish. We are in need of your service on the council with a number of officers leaving the council for their ’break’. If you have served in the past please consider this again. If you have never been on the council now would be a good time to add your talent and become a leader in our Parish. Talk with ourWarden, Gladys Labas or Fr. David about a position on the council!
Birthdays in DECEMBER: 1 Sarah Clark 1984 2 Dan Telychka 1945 5 Gladys Labas 6 Martha Cherpak 1929 6 Irene Cherpak 1929 11 Dn. James Parnell 14 Peter Labas 16 Nicholas Pulcini 2002 27 Izabela Krucko 29 Juliana Koles 1985
“WHEN I WAS SICK YOU CAME TO ME” The following parishioners (and friends) are now home-bound or in long-term care facilities. If there are any names missing, please inform Fr. David. The regular schedule of visitations is included on the monthly calendar. Parishioners are welcomed and encouraged to make regular visitations to nursing homes and shut-ins. Our loved ones NEED to feel connected to their parish family.
Middlewoods, Newington
Jennie Skovich
Jerome Home, New Britain
Sadie Albino Helen Karabin
Arbor Rose, New Britain
Nona Belomyzy Mary Camarata
Walnut Hill, New Britain
Olga Skotnicki Mary Cherpak
St. Lucian Residence, New Britain
Mary Kotrady
Ledgecrest Nursing Home, Berlin
Natasha Zaiko
At Home: Jim Dounouk, Mary Fairbanks, Michael Horbal, Susan Labas, George Liwen, Stella Liwen, Leo Matyschsyk, Irene Prigodich and John Steffick.
PARISH DIPTYCHS
Please remember our departed brothers and sisters in your prayers.
Peter Mikeff 45 December 1935
Paul Garlewsky December 1970
Anna Kupchik 28 December 1 1921
Anna Petrisko 61 December 1 1954
Peter Kovalevich 89 December 1 2008
Eugenia Jean Prusik December 1 2011
Alexandra Sonmik 24 December 2 1910
Child Anton Mansko 5 December 2 1918
Child Vladimir Hladko 2 December 2 1918
Julia Dubovsky 25 December 3 1919
Peter Melnik 52 December 3 1942 2
Lydia Burak 53 December 3 1977
Andrew Pracalo 88 December 3 1982
Child Mary Kozlovsky 2 December 4 1920
Harvey L. Brown December 4 1984
Nikifor Avhusminovich 64 December 5 1947
Milenty Stregotsky 85 December 5 2006
Anna Labas 78 December 6 1971
Nicholas Hamisewich 91 December 6 1981
Nicholas Zamayduk 90 December 6 2011
Dimitro Liwen 76 December 7 1963
Helen Procko 50 December 8 1956
Lillian Pyzon 50 December 8 1969
Eugene Hamisevich 77 December 8 2003
Anton Protsky 40 December 9 1934
Tatiana “Sophie” Bechum 94 December 9 1984
Joseph Baranovsky 53 December 10 1933
Peter Brown 56 December 11 1947
Stephen Marchik 61 December 12 1954
Nicholas Lashenka 42 December 12 1957
Anna Gadzik 70 December 12 1970
Angelo Albino 82 December 12 2002
Alexandra Manchuk 60 December 13 1907
Nina Zaiko 71 December 13 1986
Olga Prolesky 83 December 14 1994
Walter Waskey 58 December 15 1950
John Makuch 73 December 15 1958
John Balkun, Jr. 81 December 15 2001
Theodore Yacko 72 December 15 2009
Theodore Novik 56 December 16 1946
Joseph Uhroros 79 December 17 1918
John Shimchick 79 December 17 1997
Child Anna Demanuk 1 day December 18 1932
Antonina Hamisevich 64 December 18 1961
Joseph Szafran 58 December 18 1961
John M. Labas 92 December 18 2006
Andrew Gel December 19 1950
Methodius J. Kotrady 61 December 19 1980
Simon Galagan 74 December 20 1963
William Scott 16 December 21 1975
Michael Cherpak 91 December 21 1995
George Steffick December 21 2001
Mary Cherpak 53 December 22 1922
Child Elizabeth Pruta 2 mo December 22 1936
Natalie Augustinov 58 December 22 1941
Katherine Lehman 72 December 22 1962
Jacob Karpey 50 December 22 1972
Tanya Kosko 52 December 22 1978
Anastasia Pracalo 93 December 22 1996
Mary Dounouk 86 December 22 1999
Erioli Zhuk 49 December 23 1938
Anna Walls 70 December 26 1971
Peter Zuk 82 December 26 1972
Peter Burak 52 December 26 1978
Joachim Danilovich 29 December 28 1907
Child Mary Mifanlov 7 mo December 28 1916
Katherine Ostapchuk 32 December 28 1932
Theodosius Bukentiev 31 December 29 1916
Constantine Kozlovsky 28 December 29 1920
Max Semek 63 December 29 1961
Klim Pesesky 78 December 29 1973
Michael Tynik 91 December 29 1973
Matrona Aguzzi 92 December 30 2007
Olga Halacio 84 December 30 2009
William Zamayduk 67 December 31 1957
Peter Wayda 69 December 31 1960
Nicholas Stankevich 64 December 31 1973
FEAST DAYS IN DECEMBER:
St. Nicholas (Dec 6th): By tradition, Nicholas born in the province of Lycia in the southern part of Asia Minor in the city of Patara to well-to-do parents. The date of his birth is not known. Having inherited his parents' estate, he became known for his generous gifts to those in need. As a youth, he made pilgrimages to Palestine and Egypt. He was subse-quently consecrated Archbishop of Myra as the fourth cen-tury began. He was imprisoned during the persecutions of Diocletian and released by Constantine after his ascension to emperor. Nicholas was noted for his defense of Orthodoxy against the Arians. He is reputed to have been present at the Council of Nicaea, but his name does not appear among any documents from that era. He died in Myra on December 6 in a year uncertain, but between 342 and 352. He is commemo-rated on December 6. Nicholas was acclaimed and honored throughout Europe and especially in Italy. When Myra was captured by the Saracens in 1034, many Italian cities planned to "rescue" his relics. In 1087, forces from Bari, Italy, attacked Myra and carried away his relics from the lawful Greek guardians in Myra to Bari where they were enshrined in a new church. His fame increased. The story of his rescue of sailors in the Ae-gean Sea during his lifetime established him as the pa-
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! THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT !
Save the date! Sunday, January 27, 2013
OUR ANNUAL MEETING
It is extremely important that everyone who is a voting member of Holy Trinity attend this vital parts of the life of our parish.
tron of mariners. His popularity in Russia rose to the point that almost all churches had some sort of shrine honoring St. Nicholas.
St. Herman of Alaska (Dec 13th): Our venerable father Herman of Alaska (1756 - December 13, 1837) was an 18th century missionary to Alaska. He is also the first saint to be glorified by the Orthodox Church in America. St. Herman of Alaska was a Russian Orthodox monk from Valaam Monastery in Russia who traveled with eight other monks in 1793 to bring the Gospel to the native Aleuts and Eskimos in the Aleutian Islands. As part of the Russian colo-nization of the Americas, Russians had been exploring and trading there since at least 1740. Thus, he marks the first arrival of Orthodox Christian missionaries in North Amer-ica. He built a school for the Aleutians, and he often de-fended them from the injustices and exploitation of the Rus-sian traders. He was known to them as Apa which means "Grandfather." He lived most of his life as the sole resident of Spruce Island, a tiny wooded island near Kodiak Island. Troparion (Tone 7)
Joyful North Star of the Church of Christ,
Guiding all people to the Heavenly Kingdom;
Teacher and apostle of the True Faith;
Intercessor and defender of the oppressed;
Adornment of the Orthodox Church in America:
Blessed Father Herman of Alaska,
Pray to our Lord Jesus Christ
For the salvation of our souls!
The Nativity of Christ The celebration of the feast of the Nativity of Christ in the Orthodox Church is patterned after the celebration of the feast of the Lord's Resurrection. A fast of forty days pre-cedes the feast, with special preparatory days announcing the approaching birth of the Savior. Thus, on St. Andrew’s Day (November 30) and St. Nicholas Day (December 6) songs are sung to announce the coming birthday of the Lord.
Adorn yourself, O Cavern. Make ready, O
Manger. O Shepherds and wisemen, bring
your gifts and bear witness. For the Virgin
is coming bearing Christ in her womb . . .
(Vesperal Hymn of St. Nicholas Day)
On the eve of Christmas, the Royal Hours are read and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil is served with Vespers. At these services the Old Testamental prophecies of Christ’s birth are chanted, emphasizing the prophecy of Micah which love tells Bethlehem as the birthplace of the Savior about the ap-
pearance and character of the Messiah:
The Lord himself will give you a sign. Be-
hold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and shall call his name Immanuel, which
translated is, God with us. (Isaiah 7: 14-
15)
God is with us, understand all ye nations,
and submit yourselves, for God is with us.
(Isaiah 8: 9)
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given; and the government shall be upon
his shoulders, and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counselor, the Everlasting Fa-
ther, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase
of his government and peace there will be
no end. (Isaiah 9:6-7)
The Vigil of Christmas begins with Great Compline, high-lighted once again by the solemn chanting of God is with us and the words of the prophecy of Isaiah. At the Compline there is also the singing of the Troparion and Kontakion of the feast along with the specia1 hymns glorify-ing the Savior’s birth. There are also the special long litanies of intercession and the solemn blessing of the five loaves of bread together with the wheat and the wine of which the faithful par-take and the oil with which they are anointed. This part of the festal vigil, which is done on all great feasts, is called the Litya (in Greek, the artok-lasia or the breaking of the bread). At the beginning of the Christmas Matins, which together with the Compline forms the Christmas Vigil, the six mati-nal psalms begin as usual with the words: Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will among men. (Luke
2:14)
At the Christmas services these words of the angelic song are normally sung with great solemnity rather than being chanted as at the daily service. The Christmas Matins pro-ceeds as usual. The gospel reading from Matthew (1:18-25) tells of the birth of Christ, and all of the hymns and verses glorify his appearance on earth.
Christ is born, glorify him. Christ is from
heaven, go to meet him. Christ is on earth,
be ye lifted up. Sing to the Lord, all the
earth. Sing out with gladness, all ye people.
For he is glorified. (First Ode of the Christ-
mas Canon.)
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The Christmas Liturgy begins with psalms of glorification and praise. The troparion and kontakion mark the entrance with the Book of the Gospels. The baptismal line from Gala-tians 3:27 once again replaces the Thrice-Holy. The Epistle reading is from Galatians.
But when the time had fully come, God sent
forth his Son, born of a woman, born under
the law, to redeem those who were under
the law, so that we might receive adoption
as sons. And because you are sons, God
has sent the Spirit of his Son into our
hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" So through
God, you are no longer a slave but a son,
and if a son then an heir. (Galatians 4:4-7) The Gospe1 reading is the familiar Christmas story from Matthew (2:1-12), and the liturgy continues in the normal fashion. A specific two-day celebration follows, dedicated to Mary the Theotokos and St. Stephen, the First Martyr. The period of Christmas rejoicing extends to Epiphany during which time the Christmas songs are sung and fasting and kneeling in prayer is not ca1led for by the Church. The feast of Christmas is formally entitled the Nativity in the Flesh of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ. At Christmas we celebrate the birth as a man of the Son of' God, the one who is truly God, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit from all eternity. Thus, we sing in the Church:
Today the Virgin gives birth to
the Transcendent One, and the
earth offers a cave to the Unap-
proachable One! Angels, with
shepherds, glorify Him! The
wise men journey with the star!
Since for our sake the Eternal
God is born as a little child.
(Kontakion)
The feast of Christmas was not a separate feast for the first four centuries of Christian history. It was celebrated with Epiphany in the one great feast of God’s appearance on earth in the form of the human Messiah of Israel. The Nativity began to be celebrated as such on the twenty-fifth of Decem-ber in order to offset the pagan festival of the Invincible Sun which occurred on that day. It was established by the Church quite consciously as 'an attempt to defeat the false religion of the heathens. Thus, we discover the troparion of the feast making a polemic against the worship of the sun and the stars and calling for the adoration of Christ, the True Sun of Righteousness (Malachi 4:2), who is himself worshipped by all the elements of nature.
Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, has shone
to the world the light of wisdom! For by it,
those who worshipped the stars were
taught by a star to adore Thee, the Sun of
Righteousness and to know Thee, the Ori-
ent form on high [Luke 1:78, translated as
Dawn or Dayspring]. O Lord, glory to
Thee! (Troparion)
Thus, the feast of Christmas is the celebration of the world’s salvation through the Son of God who became man for our sake that through him, we might ourselves become divine, sons of God the Father by the indwelling of his Holy Spirit in us.
Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko, The Orthodox Faith, Volume II: Worship
Dept. of Religious Education:OCA 1972
The September 2012 Parish Council meeting was held in the church hall on August 27, 2012. Warden Gladys Labas called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. A quorum was noted and the meeting began with “O Heavenly King.”
Pastor’s Report
Father David thanked the pieroghi makers, bread bakers, and tag sale volunteers for all of their work. Deacon James Parnell has been serving with us and will be here for all of October and some weekends in November and De-cember. He is also helping Father run the adult study group. The 100th anniversary celebration of the Terryville parish is this weekend. Father David will attend as dean. Father Steve Voy-tovich will serve at Holy Trinity on Sunday in his absence. Father will begin announce the annual parish meeting several months in advance in hopes that more parishioners will attend. Amy Labas is unable to continue working as financial secre-tary. She did a lot of work getting the computer program set up. Father, Gladys, and George Ludko will share the financial du-ties until a replacement is found. Someone from the parish is needed to fill this position. Thank-you notes for our charity donations were received from: Berlin Visiting Nurses Association, Hospital for Special Care, Ancient Faith Radio, Holy Resurrection Church, Berlin, NH.
Warden’s Report
Gladys spoke to an accountant concerning non-profit filing requirements. The church is non-profit, but question remains if organizations within the church (Men’s & Women’s Club) must report with a separate tax ID number. Gladys also thanked the volunteers for the pieroghi making, bread baking, and tag sale. The monies raised will go to the church’s general fund to help pay bills. At the special parish meeting, Paul Culton was elected to be our church’s representative for the All American Council to elect a Metropolitan. $1,000 has been allocated in the budget for this
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purpose. Some members of the parish wondered if this was financially prudent since we are having trouble paying our bills. However, it is stipulated in the diocesan statues that one layper-son for each clergy member must attend the council. A final draft of the “charitable aid” letter was given for the council’s approval before being distributed to the parish. Gladys submitted a “Work Plan Template” that she would like standing committees to use in 2013 to help inform our budget. The 100th Anniversary Committee has met. They are investi-gating how other churches have organized and celebrated their anniversaries. Once suggestion was adding a separate link to our webpage dedicated to information about this event.
Secretary’s Report
Motion to accept the August minutes with amendments was made by George Ludko, seconded by Dave Bartos. Motion car-ried.
Financial Report
George Ludko reported the August 2012 figures, which were audited: Income Weekly donations: $ 11,449.00 [Money Market Transfer: $ 11,613.33] Expense $ 20,725.71 Expense over Real Income: ($ 9,276.71) Large expenses included April – August back payments of our Fair Share at $8,737.00 George also reviewed the Statement of Financial Accounts and noted that some accounts within the Bissland Fund will be transferred and consolidated. Also, we are up to date with all necessary payments to OCA and the Diocese. Mark Myszka made a motion to accept the financial report, seconded by Dave Bartos. Motion carried unanimously. Rosemary Delaney presented a summary of January – July in-come and expenses in which she removed all back payments for charities, etc. Income: $ 85,896.01 Expense: $111,994.00 Expense over Income: ($ 26,097.99)
OLD BUSINESS
Finance Committee
George Ludko reported that the finance committee has met with two of five potential financial planners. Both presentations were very informative and professional. We will wait to hear all presentations and make a decision based on who best fits our needs and who we are most comfortable with. We will have lost $10,000 in budgeted income from the rent on the house. This must be made up to meet our budgeted ex-penses. In the future, it may be possible to earn $20,000 - $35,000 in investment/interest income on our accounts. The financial plan-ners recommended that we do not withdraw money in our en-dowment fund. Marge Grossberg, an associate of the executor of the Bissland estate, visited our parish. George Ludko gave her a tour of the
work that has been done at our parish and the cemetery. She was very impressed but cautioned that we reserve money for the perpetual upkeep of the domes and existing structures.
By-Law Committee
The By-Law Committee has not met since the last council meeting. There have been no concerns about the proposed changes from council members. The proposed changes will be distributed to the parish soon. A separate parish gathering will be held to discuss any concerns or recommendations that arise before the annual meeting.
Building and Grounds
Cemetery: George Matyczyk reported that much of the work on the arch at the cemetery is completed. Clean-up and paving are still to take place. He would like to replace a fence that holds trash barrels at the cemetery. George Ludko made a motion to approve $500 for this purpose from the cemetery fund, seconded by Dave Bartos. Motion carried unanimously. House Demolition: The prep-work for demolition is almost complete. The final inspection will take place tomorrow, and an official letter will follow. The demolition crew will be available in 2-3 weeks. George Matyczyk will check with the fire department to see if they can use the building for practice without disrupting our timeline. Other: Signs for the parking lot are completed. George Matyczyk will hang them in place of the old signs. George Matyczyk investigated necessary upgrades to the elec-trical wiring of the garage, as well as code upgrades to the base-ment. He will get specific quotes for the entire project, which may cost up to $3,000. Ed Bichun brought up the replacement of icons of the four Evangelists that used to be painted around the church dome. He will research options and cost.
NEW BUSINESS
Charity Collection
November Charity: “Martha and Mary House – An Orthodox Christian Maternity Home” in Escondido, CA.
From the Floor
George Matyczyk suggested looking into using space on our church property as a community garden.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn at 8:35 PM by Dave Bartos, seconded by Mark Myszka. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting concluded with “It is Truly Meet.”
NEXT MEETING: Monday, October 29 7PM Respectfully submitted,
Nicholas Kokus
