The All English Cycle of Divine Services for this month is set for October 5-6. Please spread the word! This is one of our most important missionary efforts. The Divine Services are the theology in action of the Holy Church – and crucially important in bringing our friends, loved ones, neighbors, colleagues, and all in our American land to the faith! So invite friends. Now. Do it. :) Send an email with one of the links below!

All English October Cycle

All English Schedule 2018

On Sunday, August 26, 2018 we held an extraordinary parish meeting at which the Parish Council was given a charge to secure pledges of $1,200/month for 5 years OR collect $70,000 by September 23 to begin construction of our parish day school. We didn’t quite get there – but we are close. And we have a lot of fund raising momentum. So at our Parish Council meeting on September 30, 2018 the council voted to call a special meeting on Sunday, October 7, 2018. Archbishop Peter has blessed us to hold this meeting. At this meeting the Parish Council will present a proposal, which was approved at the September 30 meeting, to begin building now. At this point, with the funds and pledges we have raised, we can accomplish a huge chunk of the project. And given the fund raising momentum, we have great hope that by the time we finish the part that the funds already raised will allow us to complete, the rest of the funds will have been raised and we can finish the project on time. But we need your support to do it! So please plan to join us at the meeting this Sunday. More information can be found here:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org/flyers/ex ... -07-18.pdf

If you'd like to help us get even closer to our $1200/month goal please visit this link (or contact me - you can only give using a credit card at this link and we understand that doesn't work for everyone):

https://stvladimiraami.networkforgood.com/projects/57396-ann-arbor-orthodox-classical-academy

Please contact me or any Parish Council member with questions.

In Christ,

Fr. Gregory

“[L]et us consider whether is harder, for a man after having been buried to rise again from the earth, or for a man in the belly of a whale, having come into the great heat of a living creature, to escape corruption. For what man knows not, that the heat of the belly is so great, that even bones which have been swallowed moulder away? How then did Jonas, who was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, escape corruption? And, seeing that the nature of all men is such that we cannot live without breathing, as we do, in air, how did he live without a breath of this air for three days? But the Jews make answer and say, The power of God descended with Jonas when he was tossed about in hell. Does then the Lord grant life to His own servant, by sending His power with him, and can He not grant it to Himself as well? If that is credible, this is credible also; if this is incredible, that also is incredible. For to me both are alike worthy of credence. I believe that Jonas was preserved, for all things are possible with God Matthew 19:26; I believe that Christ also was raised from the dead; for I have many testimonies of this, both from the Divine Scriptures, and from the operative power even at this day of Him who arose—who descended into hell alone, but ascended thence with a great company; for He went down to death, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose [Matthew 27:52] through Him.”

+ St. Cyril of Jerusalem (Catechetical Lectures)

Part of the Matthew 25 Challenge: “I was hungry and you fed Me”

Please join us for the Chelsea/Dexter Crop Hunger Walk! There is no cost to participate, but all who participate are asked to try to raise at least $100. One-fourth of the funds raised stays in our community to support local hunger and poverty fighting programs.

We will hold an organizational meeting for walkers on Sunday, September 30 following the Divine Liturgy (during the parish meal). Please plan to join us for that and please plan to participate in this worthy endeavor!

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People often ask us how they can make donations to St. Vladimir’s other than by making a donation at church. We work continuously to make this as easy for our parish family and friends as we can and we appreciate your feedback in this regard.

Please read here a short piece about the best way to support St. Vladimir’s – by making a planned recurring gift to our parish:

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

How to make such a recurring gift? If it is favorable or more convenient for you to use a credit card, please visit our Network for Good giving page:

https://stvladimiraami.networkforgood.com/projects/36049-stewardship-tithes-general-fund

If you prefer PayPal:

https://tinyurl.com/y8s3as59

If you would prefer to make a recurring gift by making an electronic transfer from your bank to ours, you will need some or all of the information below. If you need more information than what is found here, please email us at treasurer@stvladimiraami.org.

You need the name of the church bank: Chase Bank
You need the name on the account: St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Church
You may need the address: 9900 Jackson Rd. Dexter, MI 48130-9426
You'll need the American Banking Association Routing Number: 07 2000326
You'll need the account number: email us at info@stvladimiraami.org

We welcome and encourage you to remember the parish in your will or in other estate planning.

Thank you for your support of our parish!

The all English cycle of Divine Services in October has been changed to October 5-6. Please make a note of this and spread the word!

ALL ENGLISH OCTOBER CYCLE
ALL ENGLISH CYCLES 2018

The feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (which is the finding of the cross – come to the services to find out why we call it Exaltation rather than Finding), one of the 12 Great Feasts of the Church, is September 14/27 each year. This is a fast day no matter on which day of the week the feast falls, this year on a Thursday. Vigil will be held on Wednesday, September 26 at 6:00 p.m. with the brining forth of the Cross. Divine Liturgy will take place on September 27 at 8:00 a.m. Please join us as your personal schedule allows!

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“This expression, however, ‘the Word was made flesh’ [John 1:14], can mean nothing else but that he partook of flesh and blood like to us; he made our body his own, and came forth man from a woman, not casting off his existence as God, or his generation of God the Father, but even in taking to himself flesh remaining what he was. This the declaration of the correct faith proclaims everywhere. This was the sentiment of the holy Fathers; therefore they ventured to call the holy Virgin, the Mother of God, not as if the nature of the Word or his divinity had its beginning from the holy Virgin, but because of her was born that holy body with a rational soul, to which the Word, being personally united, is said to be born according to the flesh.”

+ St. Cyril of Alexandria

Please join us for a live broadcast of today's Vigil beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the following link:

http://www.stvladimiraami.org:8000/liturgy.mp3

Please remember - the stream only broadcasts live services. If you would like to listen to previously recorded and edited services please visit our sound blog:

http://soundoftheparish.blogspot.com/