Our weekly bulletin, "Sunday Reading", has been posted at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/SundayRea ... eading.pdf

Please keep our parishioners, friends, and those who have asked us in our unworthiness to pray for them in your prayers this coming week. Our parish prayer list can be found here:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/SundayRea ... erlist.pdf

PLEASE NOTE! We have removed those from the list that we believe no longer should be present there. If you requested that someone be included in this list please review it carefully to make sure we have not removed someone erroneously. If we have, please contact Fr. Gregory to have your loved one again added to the list.

Our parish is sponsoring a pilgrimage to the Great Consecration of the parish church of the Sts. Sergius and Herman of Valaam parish in Houghton, MI. We will leave St. Vladimir's on Wednesday, September 23 at 8:00 a.m. and return to St. Vladimir's on Friday, September 25 at 6:00 p.m. Cost of the pilgrimage is $150 for lodging and the festive banquet based on double-occupancy. TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE NOT INCLUDED. We will either car pool or rent vans depending on the makeup of our pilgrimage group and the group's desires. Please reserve a spot on the pilgrimage now by contacting Fr. Gregory or Svetlana Mitchell not later than Palm Sunday – April 5. THAT IS SUNDAY! Please join us!

St. Vladimir Parish Family members who would like to donate flowers to decorate the tomb of our Lord for Holy Week and the Paschal Icon for Bright Week are asked to stop in the kiosk or contact Albina S. Poplavsky or Sally DeRoo to make your donation. Please be sure to provide the names of your loved ones both living and departed to be commemorated at the Holy Week and Bright Week Divine Liturgies when you make your donation. Thank you kindly for your generosity!

Two of the most-attended services of the year are Palm Sunday and Pascha. We urge all our parishioners to car pool for both of these feasts if at all possible. It is wonderful that so many people want to come to church, but it would be so very unfortunate if we do not have enough parking to allow everyone who wants to attend these important services to indeed attend. Carpooling will allow us to utilize our limited parking spaces to the greatest extent possible. We hope to be able to install additional parking in the early summer according to the plan approved by our annual meeting earlier this year. We thank everyone for their cooperation!

Please join us on Saturday, April 4 at 8:00 a.m. for the Divine Liturgy for Lazarus Saturday. Following the Divine Liturgy on this day, as is our established parish custom, we will prepare the palms and pussy willows for blessing at the Palm Sunday vigil that same evening. This is such a memorable activity for the kids – please don't miss out! Join us on April 4 for Liturgy and the preparation of the palms!

Thank you to all who made the visit of Bishop Peter to St. Vladimir's the evening of March 31 such a great success! His Grace led the sacrament of Unction at St. Vladimir's. Six priests served the sacrament with Bishop Peter while two additional priests heard confessions. More than 100 people were anointed with the oil blessed during the service. There were so many people in church that we had to open the back doors of the church so that the crowd could spill out onto the driveway! Following the anointing the St. Xenia Sisterhood provided a really delicious and plentiful meal to all. What a wonderful blessing for our parish and our Michigan Deanery at the end of the Great Lent. Thank you to everyone who worked openly and "behind the scenes" to make Vladyka's visit so special!

Please find this week's "The Path" at our Sound of the Parish blog here:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/

This week's "The Path" includes part one of an interesting interview with one of the founding members of our parish, Natalia Vasilievna Dale. Please have a listen to the podcast and please share with others!

There is lots more at the Sound of the Parish blog! Divine Services, Lectures, and more!

Did you know that we have a You Tube Channel where we post videos regularly. There is a lot there and always something new! Please check it out and SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL:

www.youtube.com/StVladimirChurch

This year, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Peter, we will celebrate the beautiful Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts throughout Great Lent on Wednesday evenings. Matins begins at 3:00 p.m. Liturgy will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. Following each of these services our St. Xenia Sisterhood will organize a light Lenten dinner. Please contact our Head Sister, Ksenia Nikulshina (headsister@stvladimiraami.org or see her in church) if you would like to help with the dinner. We have excellent Lenten recipes to share if you’d like to try something new! Please join us for these remarkably beautiful and meaningful Lenten evening services and for mid-week fellowship with your parish family at the meal afterwards!

Wednesday, April 1

The Liturgical Fast for those communing begins after breakfast for the 6:30 p.m. services. In other words, you may eat breakfast, but eat or drink nothing further after that. Parents should use their best judgment regarding their children, as always. Those who confessed on the weekend prior to the Wednesday Presanctified need not confess again on/before Wednesday.

PLEASE NOTE! There are MANY other Presanctified Liturgies throughout Great Lent that begin with Matins at 8:00 a.m. and Liturgy about 11:30 a.m. - mostly on Fridays. Please consult the schedule of services on our web site for more details.