If we make every effort to avoid death of the body, still more should it be our endeavor to avoid death of the soul. There is no obstacle for a man who wants to be saved other than negligence and laziness of soul.

+ St. Anthony the Great, “On the Character of Men and on the Virtuous Life: One Hundred and Seventy Texts,” Text 45, The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 1)

Please join us on Sunday, October 22 for a Zoe for Life presentation. We will talk about Zoe for Life moving to Ann Arbor and becoming a joint effort by St. Nicholas and St. Vladimir parishes. Please join us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h5-6VuMZmM

The new Starosta’s Corner is available here:

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

Please read, consider, and reach out to Jack with questions or your great ideas:

starosta@stvladimiraami.org or 734-395-5453

Please join us at St. Vladimir's for the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God this Saturday, October 14! This is also the feast day of almost all those named Roman, and the feast of all parish choir singers! Please join us! All are welcome!

Join us monthly for important opportunities for our youth to live out their faith in service to others and to strengthen bonds of friendship with Orthodox Christian peers!

http://stvladimiraami.org/flyers/youthgroup.pdf

It is a true blessing to have the opportunity to partake of Holy Communion on one's patron saint's day. Fr. Gregory is willing to consider serving Liturgy on your name's day – yes YOURS. If you would be willing to attend the Divine Services on the eve of the feast and on the feast itself, and to partake of Holy Communion on that day please contact him. This is not a guarantee that we can do this – but we can certainly try. But please don't tell him a week before. Something like six months before would be better – three months before as a minimum. See Fr. Gregory with questions or email ogrisha@stvladimiraami.org!

All three of our St. Vladimir’s Youth Groups meet this coming Sunday. REGISTER TODAY at the links below! Please join us!

9-12 Year Old Group: https://goo.gl/forms/vFPW0D6bm4Go0NbF2

Teen Group: https://goo.gl/forms/iml8MLefXphGWOTp1

Young Adult Group: https://goo.gl/forms/oS1a273kTcq9mMSC2

Please find the October schedule of services and activities at this link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/calendars ... lendar.pdf

Please join us as your personal schedule allows, and please share with friends! All are welcome!

As most of our parishioners are aware, Fr. Gregory has several responsibilities in addition to being our parish Rector. He is the Dean of the Michigan Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the Dean of our Diocesan Seminary, and the Secretary of the the Diocesan Council. All these things are getting done, but with some help they could be done much better than they are. Presently there are two volunteer opportunities to help Fr. Gregory with these duties:

1. Help with Audio/Visual at St. Vladimir's: we are presently streaming audio of our major Divine Services. This is great! But we would like to revive our "Sound of the Parish" blog. That means we need one or two people to see to it that recorded Divine Services are edited and posted there. We would also like to do more video and still photography. Again - that means we need one or two people to help out.

2. Matthew 25 Leaders: Please have a look at this blog entry:

http://blogtushka.blogspot.com/2017/06/ ... ponse.html

We need people to fill these leadership positions! We have some - we need more. Please help if you can!

3. Church School Volunteers: after the Divine Services the Church School is the most important ministry of our parish. Archbishop Peter has blessed the Church School - all children and parents should be participating in this crucial effort. You needn't be a theologian to be a teacher or a volunteer - but you have to be willing to learn and to work hard to make our school successful. :)

Please contact Fr. Gregory if you would like to volunteer or if you would like to learn more. Each of us has a ministry. Perhaps one of the above opportunities is yours? If not - and that is totally understandable - challenge yourself. What IS your ministry? Please contact Fr. Gregory if you would like to discuss this or any other aspect of our faith.