Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church

This Week at Three
Hierarchs
Today
5:00 p.m. OCF Prayer
Service
6:00 p.m. Forgiveness
Vespers
Tuesday
March 8th
6:00 p.m. OCF Ministry
@ OCSLC on campus
Wednesday
March 9th
6:00 p.m. Presanctified
Liturgy followed by
Lenten potluck
Thursday
March 10th
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Office Hours @ OCSLC
Friday
March 11th
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Greek School
6:30 p.m.
Salutations Service
Saturday
March 12th
9:00 a.m.
Third Saturday of Souls
Divine Liturgy
followed by Memorial
Service at St. Barbara’s,
Danville
Stewardship
February/March
Hosts are needed for
the following Sundays:
March 13th
Fellowship Hour
March 20th
Fellowship Hour
March 27th
Fellowship Hour
• ENJOY the Cheesefare Luncheon prepared by our Philoptochos ladies
immediately following today’s Liturgy and help support their many ministries.
• THE FIRST PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY for Lent will be held this Wednesday
at 6:00 p.m. Please bring a Lenten dish for the potluck supper following the
Liturgy.
• To kick-off the new Youth Ministry Program, stay for an afternoon of service
and fellowship right after church on Sunday March 13th. The project will
be making “tie-blankets” to donate to the Crisis Nursery here in Champaign.
No experience necessary, there will be instructions. If you would like to
participate with your family, please bring 2 pieces of polar fleece that
measures at least 3 yards each and a pair of scissors. These items can be
purchased at a local fabric store and the pattern or print is up to you! If you
have any questions please contact Elizabeth Sahady at elizabethsahady@
gmail.com or Sara Pessimisis at sara.pessimisis@gmail.com. We hope to see
you there!
• Have you turned in your 2011 Stewardship commitment card To
date 52 families have done so, with pledges totaling $90,180. Please take the
time to fill out your card today. Additional cards are available in the narthex.
• Photos of our Apokriatiko Glendi are now posted in the photo gallery of our
Website www.threehierarchs.org. The February issue of the parish newsletter
The Luminator has been posted as well.
• This evening at 5:00 p.m. OCF students will gather at Three Hierarchs for one
hour of prayer, as they honor the OCF Day of Prayer thoughout our nation.
They will be live-streaming part of the service onto the internet.
Are You a Fly or a Bee
I know from experience that in this life people are divided in two categories.
A third category does not exist; people either belong to one or the other.
The first one resembles the fly. The main characteristic of the fly is that
it is attracted by dirt. For example, when a fly is found in a garden full of
flowers with beautiful fragrances, it will ignore them and will go sit on top
of some dirt found on the ground. It will start messing around with it and
feel comfortable with the bad smell. If the fly could talk, and you asked it to
show you a rose in the garden, it would answer: “I don’t even know what a
rose looks like. I only know where to find garbage, toilets and dirt.” There are some people who
resemble the fly. People belonging to this category have learned to think negatively and always
look for the bad things in life, ignoring and refusing the presence of good.
The other category is like the bee whose main characteristic is to always
look for something sweet and nice to sit on. When a bee is found in a room
full of dirt and there is a small piece of sweet in a corner, it will ignore the
dirt and will go to sit on top of the sweet. Now, if we ask the bee to show us
where the garbage is, it will answer: “I don’t know. I can only tell you where
to find flowers, sweets, honey and sugar; it only knows the good things in
life and is ignorant of all evil.” This is the second category of people who
have a positive thinking and see only the good side of things. They always
try to cover up the evil in order to protect their fellow men; on the contrary, people in the first
category try to expose the evil and bring it to the surface.
Elder Paisios