Yes – it happens. A lot more than you think. And these are not just people indentured from other countries (as if that would make it OK) – these are people from the United States. People like you and your family! Join us this Sunday (April 26) during our weekly parish meal after the Divine Liturgy when we welcome Gracie Willis and Danica Taylor, Student Attorneys from the University of Michigan Law School Human Trafficking Clinic. It will be good to find out about this problem from experts like Gracie and Danica. But we are not going to stop there. With Gracie and Danica's guidance we are also going to seek ways that we can help. This is a huge societal problem that no one seems to want to talk about. As Christians it is our responsibility to minister to others, especially those who are oppressed. We need to talk about this and we need to find ways to make a positive difference. Please join us this Sunday for this important presentation!

Please find this week's "The Path" at our Sound Blog, "The Sound of the Parish", at this link:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/

We present here a short educational offering for both children and adults. Parents are asked to review the children’s portion with their children. It is very important for us to attend the Divine Services on Sundays and whenever else we are able, but in addition it is our spiritual responsibility to educate ourselves and our families in the faith. It is our hope that this mid-week offering will be an aid in this regard. Please contact Fr. Gregory with questions or suggestions.

For Adults: the explanation of last Sunday's Gospel reading by Blessed Theophylact:

http://chrysostompress.org/antipascha_t ... unday.html

For Children – an activity based on last Sunday's Gospel reading for various ages:

http://www.antiochian.org/sites/default ... 4-19-b.pdf

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Last year at this time when I started to type the first “Starosta’s corner” I hoped it would be “a series of letters to the parish on our life from the point of view of dollars and cents.” The weekly “Sunday Finances” now covers dollars and cents pretty much every week, so I’m going to expand the coverage of the quarterly “Starosta’s Corner” to include a little more about other items concerning “acquisition and utilization … of church funds and the maintenance of all church property”...

To read the rest of the Starosta Corner please visit the link below:

http://stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets/starostascorner.pdf

Tonight at 7:00 p.m.:

Sts. Peter & Paul Romanian Orthodox Church
750 North Beech Daly Rd.
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127

Please see the flyer here:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/zoeinmi.jpg

This is an event sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Woman of Michigan. We hope that some of our parishioners can attend this event to learn more about the plans for a Zoe for Life House in SE Michigan. If you can go please contact Fr. Gregory before or after you do so that you can coordinate data gathering that will help our parish understand what is happening with this project. We would love to help support it! You may recall that Zoe for Life folks from the Cleveland chapter visited us last Great Lent as part of our Great Lenten Lecture Series. You can see that lecture on our You Tube Channel at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qekA_hfs2w8

Thank you to all who made our annual egg hunt such a success yesterday! The children had a wonderful time and the pictures are already up on our photo album page. Please visit to see them here:

http://stvladimirchurch.smugmug.com/2015/Egg-Hunt

Please check out this photo collage of the Pascha night at St. Vladimir's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-uHl_V9XF8

Many thanks to Alexandre Alexandrov who took these shots and our incredible choir who sang for all the Holy Week and Bright Week services. Our choir provides the background music for the collage. Christ is Risen!

Please note that there has been a change in this afternoon's schedule.

Youth Choir @ 4:00 p.m. - CANCELLED
Altar Servers Practice @ 4:00 p.m. - CANCELLED
Bell Ringing Practice @ 4:00 p.m. - CANCELLED
Training for Readers @ 4:00 p.m. WILL BE HELD AS SCHEDULED

Church School @ 5:00 p.m. WILL BE HELD AS SCHEDULED

Vigil @ 6:00 p.m. WILL BE HELD AS SCHEDULED

Please contact me with questions. See you soon at St. Vladimir's!

Fr. Gregory

Don't miss our annual Paschal Egg Hunt for kids up to 8 years old this Sunday after the Divine Liturgy. The weather is a little sketchy, but it is Michigan - who really knows? In case of rain the Egg Hunt will be held next Sunday, April 26. Please join us!

Our College Age/Young Adult group meets this Sunday at 6:00 p.m. at Fr. Gregory's place in Saline - please join us! RSVP ASAP. We will be barbecuing. If you are coming and you don't do meat let us know as soon as you can so we can find something else for you.

Topic of for our discussion: "Pentecost - it isn't just one of the Great Feasts". In fact it is 50 days. How do we live them? How is this time different than the rest of the year? How do we stay focused after the "let down" that comes at the end of Great Lent? Join us to find out!

See you Sunday - let us know you are coming! Spread the word! Invite friends! If you don't know where Fr. Gregory lives send a note to info@stvladimiraami.org and we'll let you in on the secret. :)