Tuesday, February 9, 2010   

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Coming Up

February 7 is our annual pre-lenten potluck dinner following Divine Liturgy.

February 14 is our annual meeting and a lenten potluck luncheon. Forgiveness Sunday Vespers will follow the annual meeting.

Mission Dinner on February 11

On February 11, Mission Team Chicago will be hosting their 2010 OCMC Benefit Banquet at St. John the Baptist Church in Des Plaines, IL. The keynote speaker will be Father Chad Hatfield. He served as Dean of St. Herman's Seminary in Kodiak,Alaska from 2002-2007 before becoming chancellor of St. Vladimir's Seminary. Cost for the dinner is $30. Please contact our Mission Ambassador, Monika Koston if you are interested in attending and/or carpooling to this worthwhile event.

Golf Tournament

Planning for this year's Golf Tournament is underway. Please see Fr. Peter to offer your services.

Fashion Show in April

Our Spring Luncheon and Fashion Show will be Sunday, April 11 at Avalon Manor. Tickets will be available by Feb. 1st. We will be asking your help in selling tickets, packaging gift baskets for raffle prizes and baking specialties and sweets. More information will be available as the events gets closer.

Calling all Cooks!

The Cookbook Committee has begun planning the Commemorative Cookbook for our upcoming 100th anniversary and we are still actively seeking recipes. PLEASE submit your recipes to be included in this special publication. We would like recipes in these categories - Desserts, Casseroles, Salads, Breads, Meat, Fish, Poultry, Ethnic, Appetizers, Regional and Seasonal. We would also like sugar-free, low-fat/fat-free, low sodium, and lenten.

A form will be available soon to use for submitting recipes. If you have your recipes ready now, please give them to Janice Baranzyk or leave them in the office and indicate that they are for the cookbook.

Anniversary Committee

We have begun planning for our 100th anniversary celebration which will be in two years. If you are able to help on the planning committee, please contact the church office at 219-947-4748.

Remember This!

2010 Mission Teams

Mission Teams for 2010 are forming. Please prayerfully consider sharing your blessings and resources with others as part of a OCMC Mission Team. Click the image below for more information:

St. Clement of Ohrid Parish

The members of St. Clement of Ohrid parish are now worshipping with us.

Events for Families and Individuals

Weight Watchers meets on Thursdays at 6 PM at St. Mary's Orthodox Center.

A simple way to support our church

What if our parish earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can!

GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Protection of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church as the charity you want to support. Just 100 of us searching two times a day will raise about $730 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!