For 2010 Lenten Schedule of New Gracanica Midwestern America Diocese,
Milwaukee Deanery, please follow this link.
ST SAVA PROGRAM 2010 We've just posted our St. Sava Day Program photo album, click here to see it.
UPCOMING AT ST. BASIL SOC
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Wed Feb 10—7:00-8:45 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
Sat Feb 27—1:00—5:00 p.m. St. Basil’s First Chess Tournament
Please join us for the first church chess tournament.
Pairings will be made based on player level. All levels welcome. Tournament fee is $10.00 per player. Bring your favorite chess set.
Awards for participation and placing at the top of your level group. Some refreshments will be available. Don’t miss this chance to
enjoy playing chess and meeting new challengers. Registration starts Feb 14th. For inquirues contact Zoran Mihajlovic, Chairperson directly at mihajlovic_zoran@hotmail.com.
Sun Feb 28—Socrates—Hellenic Academy Presentation and Lenten Bake Sale
Sat Mar 6—Family Fitness Night at Libertyville Condell Center Fitness Club
Sat Mar 27—Free Youth Pysanky Workshop
Ukranian Easter preparations are made during Great Lent when Pysanky, raw, decorated eggs, are made. The pysanka (from the Ukrainian word
“pysaty”. to write) is Ukraine’s most famous product.
SOUP TO GO
Each week during lent you will be able to preorder lenten soup of the week and pick it up at coffee hour freshly made and packaged to take home.
Take one night off from cooking and have homemade soup for the family!
As the Lent is fast approaching we're already taking orders for 'Vegetable Soup' (32oz container for $10.00 serves 3-4) for Sunday, Feb 14 pickup.
Please submit your orders by Thursday, Feb 11. PRE-ORDERS ARE WELCOME FOR OUR SUPPLY ORDERS.
To pre-order please email to office@stbasilchurch.org or call us at (847) 247-0077 or fax your pre-order to (847) 247-0088.
Our kolo is also, testing out an eBay project hoping to facilitate the raising of additional funds that will go directly into the church account
by selling selected donated items. Watch for future announcements about this too. Please join our kolo through membership and/or through the support
of various projects or by attending any of our efforts to support our youth and our church. Thanks to
everyone for all your support!
+ HOME BLESSINGS + The Theophany blessing of homes in our parish will begin after Theophany, on Tuesday, January 19. Have a candle, a small bowl and a list of the living and deceased members of your family on the table in the dining room or in the kitchen. Priest will bless all the rooms in the house.
The blessing of homes with Theophany Holy Water is an old Orthodox tradition. Priest comes to your house in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who said to his apostles: “As you enter the house, salute it. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it.” (Mt. 10:12-13). “He who receives you receives me”. (Mt. 10:40).
Make this visit of your priest to be a blessed experience for you and the members of your family by fully participating in prayers offered in your home. All in the house should join priest standing up in reverence. The radio, T.V., etc. should be turned off. May the blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ and His protection be upon you and your home.
DO YOU REMEMBER VERTEP 2009?
Now you can view our recently posted Vertep 2009 photo album, click here to see it.
NEW 2010 CALENDARS
HAVE ARRIVED! Don’t miss the chance to pick up a new 2010 pocket church-year calendar available starting today at the candle table. The price is $5.00 each.
These will give you a convenient compact way to have access to special dates, planning and diocesan contact information. Supply is limited so be sure to pick up a few calendars. Keep one in the car, at home and or in your purse. The compact format makes it easy to stay in touch with special dates.
See our updated Calendar
for the 2009/10
Church School Year.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! Sunday was a wonderful day in the life our parish and we want to thank all of you for your hard work over the past few days, weeks, months and even years. We thank everyone for their hard work and those who provided special leadership for this celebration. Through everyone’s efforts, prayers and the intercessions of St. Basil, God has blessed us with an opportunity to start again. We received tremendously generous donations from all our parishioners and guests; especially from His Grace, Bishop Longin and the Stokovich Family. Their belief and faith that this can become a shining example of an Orthodox parish we can be proud of gives us tremendous confidence that we will succeed in our efforts to leave a legacy for our children. We also want to thank everyone for their your support. We are so gratefulfor that. Neil Burmeister, Trusteeship President
and Trusteeship Board Members of
St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation .... To view photo album from our October 18, 2009 Welcome Banquet click here and
here.
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND FRIDAY CLASSES Sunday School, along with dance and Serbian classes are in session weekly. Please be sure to register your children for classes. Parents have developed a set of expectations for Friday evenings to help in assuring a safe and learning environment. Classes are provided for PreK through Grade 12. We are blessed with a team of great teachers who are giving of their hearts to provide memorable lessons and experiences. Parents can attend adult classes while their children are in their classes.
CHURCH FACILITIES UPDATE New Church Roof Completed!
The new church roof was completed by Thursday. The new roof will prevent the recent problems we faced from the rain. Many many thanks to all the donors who made this project possible and the generosity. Thank you everyone for answering the call for help.
To view our Taste of Serbia 2009 photo album click here.
Fr.Djuro's Sermon delivered on Sunday before Theophany, January 17th, 2010: Today we are short time from the celebration of Christ's baptism in the River Jordan. Today we are on the Sunday before of the Feast of Theophany, the celebration of the Holy Trinity made manifest. Manifest means it was made clear and real to us. Each Theophany (a time when God appeared in the flesh as Christ), we celebrate the newness of creation. In the Gospel we hear: "Today the Creator of heaven and earth approaches the River Jordan in the flesh; the Sinless One asks for baptism, that He may cleanse the world of the falsehood of the enemy."
...to read more or other Fr.Djuro's sermons
click here.
Listen to His Eminence, Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo) and His illuminating podcasts from the RADIO ORTHODOX CANADA:
EYE ON SCRIPTURE
But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse. But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak. For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not the consci-ence of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols?... Therefore if food makes
my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat….
FROM THE PRIEST WORDS FROM ETERNAL LIFE
Words have power. God created the world out of nothing by His words. We too, who are created in the image of God, create our worlds through our words. We live in the world we create for ourselves - and what kind of world each of us lives in is up to the words we use to create it. With our words we can spread forgiveness and love, reconciliation and healing, warmth and light, encouragement, knowledge and power - or, the opposite. Words create an attitude as much as they come from an attitude.
....read more on pg. 2 of our Bulletin.
STEWARDSHIP COMES IN MANY WAYS
To keep expenses as manageable as possible, we are starting a new program at St. Basil Church and are asking for faithful individuals or families to volunteer to help in maintaining the church area of our complex sometime after and/or before Sunday and other Liturgies. All supplies and equipment will be provided. Typical tasks needing weekly attention include: vacuuming church, cleaning candle stands, wiping icons, cleaning glass on entry doors, straightening chairs, dusting etc. This stewardship is only for the church and is not for maintaining the social hall and other areas cleaned regularly. Individuals and/or families can sign up on a form kept where candles are sold.
SUNDAY LUNCHES
After Divine Liturgy, please join us in the Social Hall for Coffee Hour and the KSS Hot Lunch!
