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November 24 th 2013. Announcements. Happy Nativity fast…the fast will start tomorrow God willing till January 7 th 2014 بداية صوم الميلاد غدا الأثنين 25 نوفمبر...كل عام وأنتم بخير. Tuesday : No Liturgy Thursday : (Thanksgiving day) 10 -12 pm followed by the thanksgiving lunch.

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  1. November 24th 2013 Announcements

  2. Happy Nativity fast…the fast will start tomorrow God willing till January 7th 2014 بداية صوم الميلاد غدا الأثنين 25 نوفمبر...كل عام وأنتم بخير

  3. Tuesday : No Liturgy Thursday : (Thanksgiving day) 10 -12 pm followed by the thanksgiving lunch. Friday : 11:00a.m - 1:00p.m Saturday : 8:30 -10:30a.m Sunday : 8:00 –11:30a.m Liturgies القداسات • الثلاثاء : لا يوجد قداس • الخميس :(عيد الشكر) 10 -12 م يعقبه غداء مع الآباء الكهنة. • الجمعة : 11:00ص – 1:00م • السبت:8:30 10:30ص الأحد : 8:00 - 11:30

  4. All the Bible study meetings are canceled because of St.Philopateer’s celebration (Starts Wednesday evening) Bible Study meetings

  5. No Servants meeting today.

  6. Sunday school classes (3rd -5th grade classes) meeting with Abouna is today after the Arabic sermon. The field trip today to Amazing Jacks for the Elementary group (2nd -5th Grade) is canceled because of the bad weather.

  7. Our prayers for our sister Heba Costandy…she is in the hospital and needs all your prayers. Please do not disturb with phone calls,,,just keep praying for her and her family.

  8. Thanks giving service served by Richardson Interfaith Alliance will be at First United Methodist Church of Richardson (503 N. Central Expressway 75080) on Tuesday November 26th 2013 at 6:30p.m in the main Sanctuary. Our church will present Christian Arabic songs to let people know about Christians of the Middle East (per their request). Everybody is invited to attend

  9. St.Philopateer’s celebration will start Wednesday November 27thGod willing. We will be blessed by having 4 blessed fathers visiting us this year. Fr.Serapion Ghobrial Fr.Elia Eskander…(Thanksgiving Liturgy followed by Lunch for all the congregation with the priests). Fr.Aghathon Saleh Fr.Seraphim ElSoryani.

  10. Girls:   December 21-24 (Saturday-Tuesday) http://www.suscopts.org/scyc/wtlgirls/ Speaker: Fr. Lazarus Yassa Visual Arts Grand Ball – Pour Out Your Heart Boys:  December 25-28 (Wednesday-Saturday) http://www.suscopts.org/scyc/wtlboys/ Speaker: Fr. John Bishara NBA Game – Orlando Magic vs Detroit Pistons High school diocese convention

  11. Three Holy Youth College Convention December 18-21 Titusville, FL Guest speaker - Fr. Paul Girguis, St. Mark's DC We're going to Universal Studios DISCOUNTED registration for those flying in! Contact us for pricing info. Diocese College convrntion

  12. العظة العربي: “لِكَيْ تَكُونُوا بِلاَ لَوْمٍ، وَبُسَطَاءَ، أَوْلاَدًا للهِ بِلاَ عَيْبٍ” في15:2

  13. There will be presentation regarding our coming church project…

  14. Plan for New Gym Building

  15. Church Status • The Upstairs sanctuary and Sunday classrooms are done with God’s grace… • It is time to look forward to the completion of the service for our beloved children and youth. • The need for indoor sports facility becomes a priority now.

  16. In 2001, the Sunday school service only required 4 classrooms (Women and Men Communion and 2 Side Rooms). • As of now, we are getting tight regarding the youth sports activity and congregation social gathering. • The need for an indoor Gym plus social hall and its accessories (Kitchen & A-V-room) and adding few 4 -5 classrooms will help us a lot improving the service for our future (kids and youth)

  17. Where we are? • Now we are in the phase of the schematic design for the project. • With your prayers and the blessing of our beloved Saint Philopateer we got approval from the city of Richardson to have 5 more feet in the height of the Gym building so we can have a better functional building.

  18. How we will proceed? • We will finish the schematic design within 2 months and will start the design development phase right after. • We do not know yet how much the project will cost but since we have around 15,000 sq.f of buildings, so we expect a project of $2,000,000

  19. We studied some ideas to lower the cost and bring it to around $1,400,000 but still too early to decide about it. • We have an engineering committee working together to finalize the design and get it approved by all of us.

  20. Financial status • We see that our financial status as of now is not good but God who supported us to finish all what we have, will continue His support…this is our faith in Him. • The church although has some savings yet is not doing good regarding the monthly income which is really not good for the project.

  21. We will need all your financial support and commitment for finishing this project. • We have to commit to the following:

  22. Prayer • Prayers in one accord asking God to build His house and care for His people. • Matthew 18:19 “Again I say to you that iftwo of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

  23. Family contribution • Each family will be asked to donate a $1000 (for example) for the project over the period of the coming six months ($170/month) this contribution should be away from the tithes). • So, we can get $200,000 over 6 months

  24. Ask a friend • You need to approach your friends or relatives for helping in this project… • Too many little contributions can make big difference

  25. Penny Jars • The left over can satisfy the needs… 12 baskets of remaining fragments were taken up!!! $1/day/100 families/month = $3000.00/month

  26. Saving the burnt money • SMOKING (BURNING MONEY). • Imagine that we have 50 people smoking with average 1box/day…this means that we burn $6000/month (50x$4x30days=6000) • You may consider quitting smoking and direct this money toward your family and your church rather than burn it.

  27. Youth participation • Most of our beloved youth (senior high school students and up) are working…please commit to giving your tithes regularly to the church…this will make big difference in our monthly contribution.

  28. Other Ideas • “Advent” calendar • Church T-Shirt. • Do-it-yourself church services (cleaning, etc.) • Family goal sheets • Individual donations

  29. Finally…we will put all our ideas, and heart desire in God’s hands and let God be the author and finisher of our work. • We have to be aware of the importance of our future by helping and creating a healthy environment for our kids to grow in…this is our future and we trust God who brought us here will keep His care for us and our children to be light to the world.

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