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January 23, 2009
Dearest Parishioners:
Happy New Year!
We offer many prayers to you and your household for
God's
peace and good health in the new year. We are
grateful and thankful to God for so many wonderful
blessings in our lives!
One of the great blessings which we have is our
Church and Parish Community. Over eight
hundred families are on our mailing list. Our
Sunday Church School nurtures over two hundred
children. The Afternoon Greek School has over
one hundred children. The Little Halos Day
School educates fourteen children. The GOYA,
the JOY, the youth basketball teams are filled with
our young people learning about our faith, being
philanthropic, and culturally enriching their lives.
There are countless ministries which afford each and
every one of us to be thankful for blessings seen
and unseen.... Thanks be to God....
In the New Testament, we hear the words and actions
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ reaching out to
all human beings. In one such poignant
instance, a blind man on the side of the road pleads
for Jesus' attention. The disciples and those
around him ignore the man; Christ does not; He
pauses and heals his soul and his infirmity.
In like fashion, we share with you the reality that
stewardship is the life-line of your Parish and we
need your love, attention, and support. Just
as our Lord did not ignore the blind man, we too
must pay attention to the needs of our Parish
Community and family. Your financial
support, even in these very challenging economic
times, is most necessary for us to keep moving
forward, and to "pay the bills."
We ask you, with all modesty, to please commit your
"time, treasures, and talents" by taking a moment to
examine the material accompanying this letter, and
to submit your stewardship application with your
donation and commitment for 2009.
Your Parish is God's home, and your second home, by
extension. Your generosity will help us to
continue to do God's work.
We are grateful to you for your ongoing love and
support. Please help us so that we can meet
our goals in every prayerful way.
Gratefully, with Christ's Love,
Fr. Nicholas M. Kastanas
Bessie Theodoulou
Stewardship Chairlady | 
