Welcome Baby Kassia!

baby Kassia (a girl) born 1.00 am or so on March 30, approx. 8 lbs. 13 oz.
to Ryan and Naomi S; baby and mom doing well Fr. Lawrence had first prayers with them that evening. Many years to her and all her family!

LAZARUS SATURDAY CLEANING BEE!

**NB NO STUDY this week after vespers

Saturday March 27th

Saint Herman’s Annual

LAZARUS SATURDAY

CLEANING BEE

Please join us for Matins

at 10 AM

and pitch in to beautify the church for our

celebration of Holy Week and Pascha

** If you are able, please bring along some lunch to share, and any cleaning supplies and equipment you can provide!

St. John of Shanghai Pilgrimage (update: postponed...)

Update: Because not as many were able to participate at the time scheduled as we were hoping, the pilgrimage has been postponed, probably until the fall... If you are interested in participating in future in a pilgrimage such as is described below, please contact Greg or Fr. Justin and we will work to figure out a date that will maximize the number of people who would be able to participate!

The weekend after Pascha (plus a couple of days on either side), a number of us from St. John of Shanghai Orthodox Mission are going to travel down to San Francisco to visit our mission's patron, St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. Our pilgrimage is being organized by Greg Pennoyer and, while numbers are limited (to a very scriptural 12!) and some priority will be given to members of our mission, there may well be space for some of our friends who might be interested in travelling with us. For more details about the pilgrimage click on the image above to download the full PDF from the St. John's website. For more information or to RSVP, contact Greg Pennoyer at Greg.Pennoyer@incarnationexhibition.org.

Love in Christ,

Fr. Justin Hewlett, rector,

St. John of Shanghai Orthodox Mission.

This Week's LENTEN services at St. Herman's

Please note-- instead of PreSanctifieds this week we have the Canon of St. Andrew with the Life of Mary of Egypt, and the Akathist to the Theotokos.

That means NO meals after these services, and no need to fast completely from noon those days.


Wed. March 17th-- 7 pm Canon of St. Andrew & Life of St. Mary of Egypt

Fri. March 19th-- 7 pm Akathist to the Theotokos 

**LOOKING AHEAD-- Plan now to be at our annual PRE-HOLY WEEK CLEANING BEE on 

LAZARUS SATURDAY, the week after this week, on Saturday March 27th

A special HOLY WEEK BULLETIN issue will be distributed at church next week, and the April Calendar the week after.

This week at St. Herman's March 8-14...DAYLIGHT SAVINGS SPRING AHEAD!

Don't forget to bring food to share after PreSanctified liturgies this Wed. & Fri.  Service starts at 7 PM


This Saturday March 13th, after you get home from 6:30 pm vespers & study, make sure to  

set your clock AHEAD ONE HOUR before going to bed!

This week at St. Herman's March 1-7

Please remember that Fr. Lawrence is at Archdiocesan Council in Toronto this week.



Wed. Mar 3rd 7 PM PreSanctified Liturgy served by Fr. John Bingham
                                  Please bring Lenten food to share afterward.


**NO service this Friday evening Mar.5th

Sat. Mar. 6 6:30 PM    Reader Vespers NO study

Fr. Lawrence will be back for Sunday service.   For any pastoral needs until then, please contact Dn. Kurt Jordan

NOTE DATE CHANGE--Moving Help Needed for Pryadko Family TOMORROW

We are going to be moving tomorrow, Saturday morning .....  I understand it is a last minute  request, but if we had 2 or 3 strong guys respond, we would  be okay.  

We will be starting about 9:30.  

Thanks so much!

       --- Hannah Pryadko

Second Week of Lent at St. Herman's

Once again we are hosting the 

Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers

at 7 pm 

this Sunday February 21st

  We will be joined by the folks of Holy Nativity Ft. Langley and St. Innocent's Everson WA  (if, by the prayers of Sts. Innocent & Herman, the Olympic season border traffic permits!)

 

PLEASE BRING some Lenten finger foods to share with our guests at a coffee time after.

In the coming week:  don't forget to SIGN UP for food categories for the Presanctified Liturgies.

Also please note-- at evening services, there is no assigned cleanup crew, so if you can spare a few moments after the meal, please pitch in to clean up!

Hi Friends,

Hi Friends,

We are coming for a brief visit, and we are looking for a ride on sunday morning from Abbotsford to church, and then for someone else who is going towards vancouver to drive us a little ways in that direction. The main part is getting to church, the other details after church can be figured out on the fly, and/or with my family types. we of course have a carseat for the Destroyer of Worlds (Zeke) and can even be accommodated by more than one vehicle if there are people who only have two seats or something. I can hitch-hike.anyways, this is for Feb 14th.

Thank you! we look forward to seeing you on that sunday.

David, Laurenn, and the Destroyer of Worlds (Zeke)

Tomorrow night-- Feast of the Meeting of our Lord

sorry, gang-- what with the AGM and all, this important announcement was missed yesterday !  

Hope to see you at church tomorrow night  

Feb. 2nd for the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord. 

7:00 PM   VESPERAL LITURGY & BLESSING OF CANDLES

• fast from noon to receive communion

• bring candles, lamp oil, charcoal, incense to be blessed

• bring festal food to share after

Coming up next week at St. Herman's

I'm sure you'll all be at the AGM tomorrow.....and after that, things are getting busy! The bulletin & calendar are available at church. Here are next week's special items, in addition to regular services:

Tuesday Feb 2, 7 pm	FEAST OF the MEETING of OUR LORD Vesperal liturgy & blessing of Candles Festal meal after
Thurs Feb 4th to Tues Feb 9th	Fr. Lawrence away at St. Peter the Aleut Calgary retreat
Saturday Feb 6 10 am	Women’s Breakfast, Rhiannon’s house 9642-139 St. Surrey

Spring 2010 Parish Directory

The updated directory will be available at church this week.

Summer Cheer!

About Haiti

By now everyone knows about the Haiti earthquake. There has just been a strong aftershock as well.

For any who are wanting to contribute, you can do so at church. Just put it in an envelope marked "Haiti relief". The church will send it to a Canadian aid agency such as the Red Cross

Make the cheque payable to St. Herman's this Sunday; time is of the essence.

Unfortunately, Canadian tax regulations put severe limits on how much money registered Canadian charities (such as churches) can send out of the country directly, so it is not practical for us to send via IOCC or other Orthodox agencies located in the US. Therefore Archbishop Seraphim sent a note to the clergy list suggesting that parishes send contributions to an agency such as the Red Cross

Whitehorse Mission pics

Recent Visit by Fr. John Bingham, Mat. Anna Bingham, and Dn. Gregory Wright

Blessing of the Waters

Baby SHower on Sunday, 17 January 2010

Just reposting this as a reminder for this Sunday: Baby SHower on Sunday, 17 January 2010
Time 2-5 pm
Location:	Cloverdale - Robyn's house
	8 - 6443 Rosebury Lane

Description

Now that the holidays are over, lets welcome our newest member of St. Herman's, Ramona Green!

Julia has informed me that they are registered at Toys R Us if you're looking for gift ideas!

--from Robyn B

this is what we call a caption contest: