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THE VIRGIN OF THE HI-DESERT THE OFFICIAL BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF IC ORT PT HO O D C O Y X R AINT S A C H M U T R MAY-JUNE 2018 . PASHONS-PAONE 1734 N C I H A S V IC IA T N O R RV FO ILLE, CALI MARY VOLUME 18 • iSSUE 3 COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA THE FAST OF THE APOSTLES MAY 28, 2018 - JULY 11, 2018 THE VIRGIN OF THE HI-DESERT THE VIRGIN OF THE HI-DESERT القداس إاللهي لعيد الصعود المجيد يوم The Divine Liturgy of the Feast of الخميس ١٧ مايو ٢٠١٨ ف� الساعة ٨ صباحا. ,Ascension is celebrated on Thrusday May 17, 2018 starting at 8:00 am. القداس اللهي لعيد حلول الروح القدس أ إ ف The Divine Liturgy of the Feast of يوم الحد الموافق ٢٧ ابريل � الساعة ٨ ,Pentcoste is celebrated on Sunday صباحا. May 27, 2018 starting at 8:00 am. The Kneeling Prayer will follow at 1:30 PM القداس اللهي لعيد دخول المسيح ارض إ ف مرص يوم الجمعة ١ يونيو ٢٠١٨ � الساعة The Divine Liturgy of the Feast of ٨ صباحا. The Entry of Jesus into Egypt is celebrated on Friday, June 1, 2018 حفلة الكنيسة السنوى ي فللخريج� يوم .starting at 8:00 am السبت الموافق ٢3 يونيو ٢٠١٨ ف� الساعة ي The Church Annual Graduation Party السادسة مساء بالكنيسة. الجميع مدعوون ف ,is celebrated on Saturday, June 23 للمشاركة � هذا الحفل الجميل. تهانينا القلبية at 6:00 PM. Congratulations to 2018 لجميع ي فالخريج�. .all the graduates فى هذا العدد In This Issue جدول الخدمات أالسبوعية ..................١ Schedule of Summer Activities . 1 آية العدد ..................................... ١ Church News . 2 Divine Grace at Work in Human الرسل اعمدة الكنيسة ....................... ٢ Personalities . .3 الفخارستية رس الكنيسة .................... ٥ God Does Not Give The Spirit By الوداعة والروح النارى ....................... ٨ Measure . .7 إالختيار الزوجي: الختيار الحر.............. ١٠ Youth Corner . .9 Should Christians Celebrate تعزيات السماء .............................. ١١ Father’s Day? . 11 ن الكاروز المسكو� ........................... ١٣ Birthdays of the Month . 12 نالتها� القلبية .............................. Congratulations . 13 13 أعياد ميالد العدد ......................... 12 ١١ . Condulences أخبار الكنيسة .............................. 2 ١ . Verse of the Month ١ . Weekly church services 2018جدول النشطة May-Juneالصيفية ................... May-June 2018 1 Pashons-Paone 1734 Pashans-Paone 1734 2 1 THE VIRGIN OF THE HI-DESERT THE VIRGIN OF THE HI-DESERT human life, the life of groups, or the vitality, energy, and the ability DIVINE GRACE AT WORK IN life of the whole nation. to soon make warm and friendly relations with people. It has many THE HUMAN PERSONALITY 2. The Sentimental Personality: This friends, is enthusiastic, cheerful, and LACOPTS.ORG type is characterized by emotional affectionate. It has the tendency to One of the loveliest truths about activity; it is loving and affectionate, react quickly and emotionally. Christianity is that it does not try Just as the minister must not try to able to make good relations with to eliminate man’s individual traits impose his own personality traits on many, whether in the family circle, 3. The Perfectionist Personality: It of any type. On the contrary, the those he ministers to, no individual in church, or in society. It is a loving is gentle and sensitive, thoughtful grace of God works in every type has the right to hate his personality personality and is loved by many, and creative. It constantly seeks of trait to produce many benefits, type or wish he had a different with overflowing affections, warm perfection and what is better. It is advantages, and blessings, whether one. This is certainly an indication feelings, and numerous friendships. self-critical, organized, and analyzes for the one who possesses these of a lack of understanding of matters carefully and in detail. It is traits, or for his family, his church, the abilities, potentialities and 3. The Striving (Active) Personality: conscientious and responsible, but and his country. advantages of each personality This type is characterized by is often self-centered, overcritical, type. Society, whether it is the great energy, never ceasing its and moody. The Holy Spirit, who descended on church or the country, needs them activity and movement. It cannot the disciples in the upper room in all. bear to be still. It is the right type 4. The Serene Personality: It is calm the form of a strong wind, included for trips, parties, organization, because it controls its feelings all of them in confirmation of the I. Personality Types and exhibitions. It is capable of and reactions. It is capable and unity of the body of Christ. He also implementing and supervising disciplined, organized, practical, There are many ways of classifying quickly alighted upon each of them various field projects. conscientious, and cheerful. It personality types; we give two in the shape of divided tongues of listens attentively to others and is methods by way of example: fire to confirm their individuality, B. The Second Classification generally objective. However, it can distinctiveness, and uniqueness. A. The First Classification: The This second classification is based be slow, hesitant, and sometimes obstinate and ironic. God certainly does not want to human personality is classified on the individual’s dominant into three types according to the make carbon copies of men, but characteristics: II. The Work of Grace in the is happy to deal with each soul individual’s dominant activity: 1. The Leadership Personality: This Human Personality individually. As a wise artist and rational, sentimental, or striving. type has a strong will and self- God’s Holy Spirit is able to “baptize” competent architect, He can make 1. The Rational Personality: This confidence, and is able to lead any personality whatever its type, of every soul a beautiful icon that is type is characterized by the others. Clear vision is one of its for there is no such thing as a an expression of the great skill of its dominance of reason, for it does assets and it possesses energy, “spiritual personality”, but there Creator. not cease to study, examine, and determination, independence, and is a “garden full of different types analyze. This is a well-read, cultured, Therefore, regardless of personality its emotions are under control. This of personality”, some examples of educated personality. Its emotions type, the Lord is able to sanctify it, type is inclined to work on its own. which are: and to bless this type in order to are generally calm. It is interested in 2. The Sociable Personality: This render it blessed and fruitful. carrying out analytic and profound 1. The Rational Personality: It studies, whether in individual personality is characterized by is capable, with God’s grace, to May-June 2018 3 Pashons-Paone 1734 Pashans-Paone 1734 4 May-June 2018 THE VIRGIN OF THE HI-DESERT THE VIRGIN OF THE HI-DESERT undertake spiritual, ecclesiastical, to. The sentimental personalities leadership qualities to certain a good image of real Christianity, and Biblical studies and research. can build bridges of love and people from whom He has chosen whether in the family, the church, or It constantly studies the Bible cooperation between the church church leaders at the different society. It is a personality type that and Church writings, as well as and society so that the church is levels of the church hierarchy: the is never complacent, constantly the various Church subjects such not isolated from its environment, Pope, the bishops, the clergy, and striving for perfection in morals, in as the many different branches but on the contrary, participates in those responsible for service. Their service, and in academic studies. of Theology: theoretical, literary, the life of the country. The personal role will certainly be effective in comparative, doctrinal, historical, touches of love are essential keys service and in encouraging many 7. The Serene Personality: At the and ritual. to the heart of man, ”for love is to work in the Lord’s vineyard and hands of the Lord, it is lovely stronger than death” (Songs 8: 6) and in building the country. in a world that is confused and There is no doubt that the Church “love never fails” (1 Cor. 13: 8). clamorous, full of noise and needs these researchers so that it 5. The Sociable Personality: It can be upheavals and problems. It is this can learn about its heritage and 3. The Striving Personality: Its role used by God to bring a great many type which is filled with faith and face the age it is living in with a solid cannot be ignored, for it organizes into the fold of salvation and to trust in God’s promises. It is able to foundation of serious studies. The conferences, celebrations, persuade them to lead a sanctified transmit calm and serenity to others, Church also needs them to study the exhibitions, and other church life. It can be instrumental in thus becoming a cause of peace innovations of the era, whether in activities at the level of the class, discovering the talents, gifts, and of mind to many because it gives philosophy, education, psychology, the local church, the whole capabilities God has given others. them, from the Lord’s storehouse, sociology, medicine, engineering, church, at both the ecumenical They can become essential building a measure of faith that dispels their or astronomy. It needs their and national levels. It is an active blocks in the Kingdom, useful in worries and lulls their fears. This research so that it can determine sociable personality, capable of attracting souls, in promoting the results in the ability to look ahead its stance on contemporary issues managing, organizing, mobilizing unity of the Christian family, in and to take positive steps in order such as space exploration, genetic and directing the various activities bringing about reconciliation, and to calmly find solutions to existing engineering, drugs, AIDS, and test- effectively and efficiently, since it is in establishing relations of love problems.