JUNE 2020 ST. GEORGE
ChronicleThe Very Rev. Christopher Morris EST. 1903 Pastor MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ST GEORGE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
IN THIS ISSUE “‘Whenever you take pity on those The who are in torments, and pray for them, PAGE 1 they feel a li le respite.’ The [elder] said The Three Facts Three to him, ‘What is this allevia on, and what Fr. Alexii is this torment?’ He said to him, ‘As far as the sky is removed from the earth, so PAGE 2 Facts by Father Alexii great is the fire beneath us; we are Garage Sale ourselves standing in the midst of the I declare unto you the Gospel … Christ fire, from the feet up to the head. It is PAGE 3 died for our sins according to the not possible to see anyone face to face, WE GET LETTERS... Scriptures; and that He was buried, and but the face of the one is fixed to the BIRTHDAYS that He rose again the third day back of another. Yet when you pray for ANNIVERSARIES according to the Scriptures… us, each of us can see the other’s face a DONATIONS (1 Cor. 15: 1, 3-4) li le. Such is our respite.’”
PAGE 4 The Good News of Chris anity is rooted The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, B. GLOBAL 6K in three confirmed facts: Christ died for Ward, pp. 136-137, Cistercian Pub: our sins, He was buried, and He rose Kalamazoo SAVE THE DATES again on the third day. From Lazarus Saturday un l Pascha, the day of the This turning away, this ‘not seeing the JUNE 7 Resurrec on of our Lord Jesus Christ, we face’, but hiding our true self in isola on PENTECOST celebrate these three most basic facts of with our own ‘fig leaves’, is exactly what the Gospel proclaimed by the Holy Jesus came to heal through His JUNE 15 - 28 Apostles crucifixion. This was ‘according to the APOSTLES FAST Scriptures’. The prophecies of Isaiah “Christ died for our sins according to the 53:5-12; Psalm 22(21):12-17; and SEPT 11 & 12 Scriptures …” Zechariah 12:10, all show that this was GARAGE SALE the eternal Plan of the Father to restore From the earliest days of humanity, a er us back to communion and connec on the turning away of our first parents, a with Him and one another. According to state of distance had engulfed humanity. the Scriptures, they cast lots for His GREAT It was a distance – a moving away from garments, they pierced His hands and the loving Creator, and then, it resulted feet, as a suffering lamb He took away THINGS in a distance between us as humans. our sins, and many more. He is the ‘Lamb That distance, that turning away, we call of God, Who takes away the sins of the sin. The ac ons that proceed from that world’ (John 1:29; Rev. 4:6, 13:8), as the turning away we call sins. Prophet and Forerunner, John the Bap st HAPPEN proclaimed. Once, one of the great Desert Fathers of WHEN YOU Sce s, St. Macarius, had a very unusual From Palm Sunday un l Great Friday we experience when he was walking in the have the Lamb (Christ) teaching in the desert. He accidentally found the skull of temple. His riding a young donkey in a pagan high priest that was permi ed to triumph turned the image of worldly GIVE speak to him. It said, (continued on page 2)
ST GEORGE ORTHODOX CHURCH, KEARNEY NE 68847 1 JUNE 2020 (continued from page 1) power and authority on its head. His the prophe c Scriptures. King David - PLAN NOW - washing of the disciples’ feet as a in Psalm 15 (16 KJV):10 prophesied, servant revealed the Way of True ‘Thou wilt not abandon my soul in Authority. His giving His body and hades, nor wilt Thou suffer Thy Holy blood as our food revealed the One to see corrup on.’ The early source of our Life (John 6:53-63). Apostles knew this to be a Messianic Finally, as the Lamb of God, on the reference (Acts. 2:17). And when Cross, He offered Himself as the Life- Hosea wrote, “A er two days He will giving Sacrifice to cleanse us, heal us, heal us, and in the third day we shall and re-connect us to the Father, and rise and live before Him” (Hos. 6:2, Accepting Your through Him, to one another (2 Cor. LXX, OSB), St. Paul saw this as a Sept. Donations 5:18-21, cf. Gen. 22:7-14 'God will reference to the corporate provide Himself, the Lamb'). resurrec on in the Messiah of the 11-12 In August new humanity restored to “He was buried…” connec on with God through the death, burial and resurrec on of the A common ques on that people ask Messiah. Thank is ‘what happened during the three- u! days that Jesus was in the tomb? In closing, one of the most beau ful Yo This is answered with such clarity, and powerful proclama ons in all of inspira on and power by St. Chris anity is the Paschal Homily of Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus, that St. John Chrysostom. The libera on the en re sermon is like an unveiling of the cap ves from Death and Hell, of these three days. Here is a the victory of Life, the ex nguishing fragrance from that homily: of death ushers us into the hope of When: Fri. & Sat. September 11 & 12 the Orthodox Chris an, the Where: St. George Driveway From Heaven to earth and from Resurrec on from the Dead! Time: Friday 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. earth to the nether world God makes Saturday 8:00 - 12:00 p.m. His way. Ye that from ages past have Receive, all of you, the riches of fallen asleep, rejoice! Ye that sit in mercy. Let no one lament his Please SAVE THE DATE and plan now darkness and the shadow of death, poverty, for the universal Kingdom to help volunteer your me. Helpers receive the great Light! With the has been revealed. Let no one weep needed for se ng up Friday morning, servants is the Master; with the dead for his transgressions, for pardon has working both Friday evening and is God; with the mortal is Life; with shown forth from the grave. Let no the guilty is the Guiltless; with those one fear death, for the Savior’s death Saturday morning, and clean up a er in darkness is the unwaning Light; has set us free. He that was held by it the sale. Thank you! with the cap ves is the Liberator; has ex nguished it. Having and with those in the nethermost is descended into Hades, He made Sale will be a FREE WILL OFFERING. He that is above the very heavens. Hades cap ve. He embi ered it Dona ons do not need price tags. Christ came upon earth, and we have when it tasted of His flesh. And Receipts for your dona ons are believed; Christ is among the dead, Isaiah, receiving this beforehand, available, see Mark or Tracey for your let us descend with Him and behold cried out: ‘Hades,’ said he, ‘was ques ons. those mysteries yonder! Let us come embi ered when it met Thee in the to know the wonders of the Hidden lower regions’ (Isaiah 14:9). It was Proceeds will go toward the “Burn One hidden under the earth! embi ered, for it was destroyed. It was embi ered, for it was mocked. It the Mortgage Fundraiser.” The Lamenta ons of Ma ns of Holy was embi ered, for it was slain. It and Great Saturday, St. Ephiphanius, was embi ered, for it was cast *If you have an expensive item that p. 34, Holy Transfigura on down. It was embi ered, for it was you would like to be priced, we can Monastery, Boston, 1981 bound. It received a body, and met accept a price tag and will keep the God face to face. It received earth, item in a different area, perhaps the “He rose again the third day and met Heaven. It received that front yard. Please let Mark know in according to the Scriptures…” which was seen, and fell upon that advance of the item(s) and provide a which is unseen. O Death, where is price tag or sign. Please remember Once again, St. Paul, in his thy s ng? O Hades, where is thy you are responsible for picking up the proclaiming the Gospel, roots it in victory? Christ is Risen! (continued on page 4) item, if it does not sell.
ST GEORGE ORTHODOX CHURCH, KEARNEY NE 68847 2 JUNE 2020 BURN THE Despite rain and MORTGAGE WE GET Covid-19, our team GOAL $91,680 LETTERS . . . $90,000 s ll par cipated in $85,000 World Vision’s 6K $80,000 I loved my Pascha Cross! $75,000 for Water! Many thanks to the kind $70,000 Because of your
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June 6 Dona on to the Chronicle newsle er June 4 from anonymous donor Steve Wolf Radu & Alexandra Neamu Dona on to the Chronicle newsle er from Jenny Bergt June 8 June 10 Subdeacon Michael Daniel & Dora Brailita In Memory of June 10 June 11 Lessa Guikema Gus & Chris na Katrouzes Dona on to Saint George Church in memory of Mary Maloley from Jim, Sally, and Sally June 11 June 12 Ann Meehan and family Megan Shada Mike & Ronda Maloley Dona on to Saint George Church in memory of the departed members, and for the good June 20 June 16 health of the living members of the Abood and Bergt families from Jenny Bergt Josh Hartley Joe & Linda Maloley Dona ons to Saint George Church in memory June 25 June 24 of Mary Maloley from Fred and Michelle Day, Mark & Joanie Klein and George and Sharon Maloley Margaret Morris Dona on to Burn the Mortgage Fundraiser June 25 in memory of Mary Maloley from John and Please remember Margaret Morris Saint George and Amanda & Ron Denny your church family Dona on to Burn the Mortgage Fundraiser in your daily GOD GRANT YOU from George Maloley Trust Fund prayers. MANY YEARS St. George May God bless you all for your generosity! ST GEORGE ORTHODOX CHURCH, KEARNEY NE 68847 3 JUNE 2020 st. george YEAR-TO-DATE FOR 2020 ST. GEORGE $ TOTAL BUDGET FOR 2020 120,000 Chronicle BUDGETED Volume 5, No. 6, June 2020 110,000 $120,085 E PLEDGES S 100,000 T E A S 90,000 D BUDGETED Monthly Publication of N 80,000 O $98,085 EST. 1903 E T St. George Orthodox Church Thank you for 70,000 P D I X your faithful
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P stewardship! Kearney, Nebraska 68847 50,000 RECEIVED 40,000 $35,107 $35,150 RECEIVED 30,000 $28,455 A parish of the Antiochian 25,000 CANDLES/TRAYS Orthodox Christian Archdiocese 20,000 BUDGETED of North America, Diocese of 15,000 $22,000 RECEIVED Wichita and Mid-America 10,000 $6,695 5,000 The Right Rev. BASIL, bishop FINANCIAL REPORT FROM JANUARY - MAY The Very Rev. Christopher Morris, pastor (continued from page 2) [email protected] The Great Book of Needs, Vol. II, p. 334, St. John Chrysostom, St. Tikhon’s Seminary Press, South Canaan, PA Newsletter Contact: Joanie Klein In this me of a pandemic, when the world is facing its mortality, we proclaim the [email protected] Resurrec on. This is the true vaccine, the true remedy, the Church Office Phone: Ul mate Truth. May each of (308) 234-6969 us experience this hope, share it lovingly with others, and Church website: prepare for unending joy! www.saintgeorgekearney.com Christ is Risen! In Truth He is Risen! Published with permission by Father Alexii of Holy Archangel Michael and OUR JUNE FASTING All Angels Skete, Weatherby, Missouri featured posts The tradi onal fas ng from meats, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy For the fourth year in a row, the products is observed on Morris and Fothergill families Wednesdays and rallied a group of world-changers to walk in the Global 6K Walk for Fridays. June 7th Water through World Vision! is Pentecost and the week following The coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop Team Kearney from par cipa ng on May 16th. Thank you to this year’s Pentecost is fast-free. donors and the 14 team members. Though we couldn’t Apostles Fast begins walk together this year, families and individuals set out Monday, June 15th and on their own routes, most of them in the rain, to hike concludes with the Feast of the the 6K to experience what people around the world Holy apostles Peter and Paul, on must walk everyday to collect water from unclean June 28th. sources. With contribu ons from many generous During this Fast we observe the donors, the team exceeded our fundraising goal of tradi onal fas ng discipline on $1500! Team Kearney gave a total of $1650 to the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, global effort of providing clean water to with katalysis for fish, wine and communi es in need! Go Team Kearney!! olive oil on Tuesdays, Thursdays, We would love to increase our team next year! Saturdays and Sundays. Please consider joining us!
“And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” Acts 11:26
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