Please find this week's issue of "The Good News" at the link below. This bulletin/handout contains the Troparia and Kontakia that will be sung by the choir at today's Divine Liturgy as well as the readings from the Epistle and Gospel readings of the day - all in both English and Russian. This little bulletin is distributed to visitors and others who may find it useful by our parish Greeters on duty today at St. Vladimir's. We cordially invite you to join us at St. Vladimir's for Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. - or any Sunday soon. You are always welcome at St. Vladimir's!

This Sunday's "The Good News":

http://stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets/goodnews.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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION + DETAILED ITINERARY:

https://chicagodiocese.org/news_180411_1.html

At the Parish Council meeting on March 11, 2017 a Stewardship Education Team was appointed by the Parish Council consisting of Fr. Gregory, Jack (Alexey) Mitchel, and Leta (Ksenia) Nikulshina. The charge of this team is to provide our parish family with educational information about stewardship. In this regard, we intend to send out an email and post on our parish web site a quarterly communication.

Please find the quarterly communication at the link below. Please note that we will have a question and answer period during the parish meal on Sunday, July 29, 2018 to allow for questions in an open forum. However, please feel free to contact any of us, or any of the Parish Council members, with questions at any time. Or, if you prefer, use the second link below to ask a question or make a comment anonymously.

We thank you sincerely for your generous support of our parish! And we look forward to hearing from you at your convenience regarding this information.

2018 Quarter 1 (includes 2017 Quarter 4) Stewardship Education Communication:

http://stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets/ste ... 1-2018.pdf

Ask a question about this communication:

https://goo.gl/forms/HgzcAPc0ClbOtcSt2

With Love in our Lord Jesus Christ,

Fr. Gregory, Jack, Leta

Vigil for St. Vladimir’s day is set for 5:00 p.m. on July 27, with Divine Liturgy on July 28 at 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgies will be lead by His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah.

Please take a moment now to REQUEST THIS DAY OFF OF WORK (if you usually work on Saturdays) if you have not done so yet. If you haven’t – it may be too late. In which case, consider whether your sick days could be used for spiritual health and not just physical health...

We often under-estimate the importance of our parish feast day. Remember, this is our own SECOND PASCHA. We would never think of missing the Paschal services if there was any way to be there, and this is how we should approach this second most important day of the year for our parish family. Please join us!

First Prize: $100

Deadline: August 15, 2018

Design an artistic souvenir poster using the following guidelines:

1. Size: 11 x 17 (tabloid)
2. Includes “6th Annual Ann Arbor Russian Festival – 2018”
3. Themes must include: Slavic Food, Orthodox Faith, Slavic Culture

That’s it! We leave the rest up to your imagination and talent. Send your entry to:

St. Vladimir Orthodox Church
9900 Jackson Rd.
Dexter, MI 48130

OR a scan to: info@stvladimiraami.org

DON’T MISS THE DEADLINE!

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“A psalm implies serenity of soul; it is the author of peace, which calms bewildering and seething thoughts. For, it softens the wrath of the soul, and what is unbridled it chastens. A psalm forms friendships, unites those separated, conciliates those at enmity. Who, indeed, can still consider as an enemy him with whom he has uttered the same prayer to God?

So that psalmody, bringing about choral singing, a bond, as it were, toward unity, and joining the people into a harmonious union of one choir, produces also the greatest of blessings, charity. A psalm is a city of refuge from the demons, a means of inducing help from the angels, a weapon in fears by night, a rest from toils by day, a safeguard for infants, an adornment for those at the height of their vigor, a consolation for the elders, a most fitting ornament for women.

It peoples the solitudes; it rids the market place of excesses; it is the elementary exposition of beginners, the improvement of those advancing, the solid support of the perfect, the voice of the Church. It brightens the feast days; it creates a sorrow which is in accordance with God.

For, a psalm is the work of angels, a heavenly institution, the spiritual incense.”

+ St. Basil the Great

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Invite friends and loved ones! Spread the word about Orthodox Christianity! Join us!