We would like to offer a weekly "mini-bulletin" with translations of the scriptures read on the weekend into Russian, as well as a short sermon on the theme of the Sunday Gospel reading in Russian. These would be available for distribution at our kiosk for those who do not understand English well. This is not a large population in our parish (almost all of our native Russian speakers also speak English fluently), but there are a few people that this mini-bulletin will benefit. If you would like to help Fr. Gregory prepare this mini-bulletin please contact him. No translation will be necessary, but a working knowledge of Russian and of MS Word or other similar word processor will be needed. Thank you in advance for assisting with this important ministry!

We have received the bids back for phase 1 of our building project. We are calling a parish meeting for July 26 to provide an update to the parish as well as to discuss possible financing options. Bids were received that exceed (by a relatively modest amount) the cash we have on hand. We could reduce the scope of the project or we could take a loan to cover the full scope. But this is a decision that we can only make as a parish. Please plan to join us on July 26 immediately after the Liturgy for a brief parish meeting to discuss and resolve this situation so that we can have our new driveway and parking lots ready for our festival on September 19-20. The official correspondence in this regard is at this link and will be sent via post (this is a necessity based on the Normal Parish Bylaws) today:

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/extrao ... -26-15.pdf

This Sunday we will have a live plant sale to support our flower fund – specifically to support the St. Vladimir's Day festivities coming up at the end of this month. Please plan to buy or plant or make a donation to support the flower fund. We thank you in advance!

We are serving at Alpha House this coming Sunday! New volunteers are welcome, but we need your RSVP. Please reach out to Addie Lanterman ASAP at 231-690-3194 or info@stvladimiraami.org Join us to serve others this Sunday morning before Liturgy!

From our Head Brother:

Gentlemen,

If you have been wondering if you should show up for the workday Saturday, wonder no longer. You should. If you've been thinking there won't be enough to do, don't think that. There's lots to do, including:

~pulling out the fence along Jackson road
~moving boulders from the far SE corner of the property to under the cross in the field to make a "Golgatha"
~cutting down the dying tree by the bells & removing low spruce branches
~fixing the planter borders on the west side
~removing dirt: east & west sides
~cleaning/sweeping/tidying

Enough? there will be more--I have one or two tasks in reserve-- because I know everyone likes a surprise.

Hope to see you Saturday at 10 AM

Cordially,

John W. Hill
Head Brother

Please join us for a fun missionary activity on Saturday, December 5, 2015. That afternoon Saline holds their annual holiday parade. This parade is generally very well attended and given that it is the holiday season many people will be thinking about faith. We want to let them know that we exist and that they would be welcome at St. Vladimir’s! Participating in the parade is one of the best ways we can do that. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Please save the date now - more information to come in the early fall - but take a moment - right now - to get this on your calendar so nothing can steal its place the afternoon of December 5!

Our parish now offers the option of setting up an automatic monthly payment to the parish for parishioners that prefer to make their offering in this way. This is called an “Automated Clearing House” or ACH payment. To learn more please contact our Starosta, Nathan Longan, or simply print out the form at this link and provide a hard copy to Nathan. Thank you all for your support of our parish family!

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/flyers/stvladachform.pdf

We have a special web page at St. Vladimir's that is set up to facilitate commemoration of our friends and loved ones at the Divine Liturgy – THIS IS THE SINGLE BEST WAY TO PRAY FOR THEM. The page can be found a this address:

http://stvladimiraami.org/commemoration ... ions.shtml

There are several ways listed on that page to assure that your friends and loved ones are being prayed for at the Divine Services at St. Vladimir's. Another is to use this Google Doc to send us their names:

http://goo.gl/forms/SLnBZ9OupT

Names are commemorated at the Divine Liturgy, General Pannykhidas, and other appropriate Divine Services. It is our pleasure to provide this service to our parish family and friends.

We do not see our elderly parish family members at church on Sunday morning every week. In fact we do not see them all that often. The reason for this is: they need rides to church. And they need a little prompting sometimes in this regard since they don't want to be “a bother”. It is a privilege to serve our our elderly parish family members in this way and we need to be quite zealous about it. If you can help organize or participate in this ministry please contact Fr. Gregory. There are not a lot of folks that need rides, but they need to be contacted early in the week to arrange the Sunday ride, assured that they are not bothering anyone, and they need to be picked up in a timely manner on Sunday morning. One person doesn't have to do all this, and frankly speaking, based on where our elderly live, it would be impossible for one person to do it all. We need several people to help. Please contact Fr. Gregory to take part in this very honorable activity – an activity worth waking up early on Sunday morning to participate in.

This week there will be no edition of The Path. Fr. Gregory is at ORPR camp all week and it is not possible to publish The Path from there. The Path will return on Wednesday, July 15.