September 13th, 2026
Stump the
Priest: "Since Christ forbids us to make oaths
(Matthew 5:33-36),why does the Orthodox Church allow them?"
Click
here for the Answer.
If you have a question you would like to ask,
e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
The Orthodox
Term of the Week: Icon Corner.
Saints of the Day for Sunday and
the
coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/pent15.pdf
Propers
for the Sunday Liturgy
(Sunday, September 13th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_sspeter&febronia_pent15.htm
You
can find propers for other
upcoming Liturgies
by clicking here,
and upcoming Rubrics for services by clicking here.
Schedule of Service for
the Coming Week:
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Saturday, September 19th
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5:00
p.m. Vigil
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Sunday, September 20th
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9:00
a.m. Hours and Liturgy
1:00
p.m. Vigil for the Nativity of the Theotokos
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Announcements
Altar Servers: All current and prospective Altar servers
are asked to register via this link: https://forms.gle/JrZF7sWFSA1HdCBY6
Please list the names and ages of those who would like to server. For
children, we ask the parents to fill this out. They must be at least 6
years old. Please fill out the form by September 20th so Fr. David
Shepard can plan the next steps. On Saturday October 24th before vigil
there will be mandatory training for existing and new servers. If your
child does not attend he will not be added to the rotation. We don't
want to exclude anyone, but we want everything to be done decently and
in order, as St. Paul tells us.
We will do prayers for the beginning
of the Church School Year, and bless the students with Holy Water at
the end of the Liturgy.
The
Next
Slavonic
Liturgy we be on Saturday,
September 26th, at 9:00 a.m.
The
next Parish
Council Meeting
will be on Tuesday, September 29th, at
7:00
p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets:
https://meet.google.com/yuo-qafj-wcg
Catechumens: If you
are a catechumen, or are not a catechumen, but would like to
participate in classes for Catechumens, be sure to join the Catechumen io group online.
You can also join the St.
Jonah Catechumen group on Telegram.
Our next Catechumen Meeting will be
held on Thursday, September 17th, at 7:00 p.m., via Google
Meets: https://meet.google.com/aya-womn-icw
To sign-up to be a
presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/zKZeN8iQAk8Jbzdz6
Sisterhood
News: The Next Sisterhood Meeting
will be held on Friday, September 18th, at 7:00 p.m.,
via Google Meets:
https://meet.google.com/mfv-cyzt-bcc
Family Promise:
St. Jonah will host meals for homeless families at Family Promise the
week of September 28. See Hermione Turner if you would like to provide
a meal.
You can become a Sisterhood
member by filling out membership forms
online,
the paper forms located in the trapeza hall bulletin board. Make sure
to join Sisterhood io group online or join the
Sisterhood Telegram channel,
to be
up-to-date with all Sisterhood news and announcements.
Brotherhood News:
You can join the Brotherhood io
group online to keep
up with
all Brotherhood news and announcements, or follow their Telegram channel.
Parish
Finances:
Calendar year to date
total
(01 January thru July 2026):
Tithes:
$179,171.51
Building
Fund: $20,367.32
For July 2026:
Tithes:
$18,249.47
Building
Fund: $3,837.99
Average Monthly Expenses $19,840
Recommended Reading for the Coming
Week:
You listen to "Lecture 11: Evolution" by Fr.
Seraphim
(Rose),
here:
https://saintkosmas.org/s/OrthodoxSurvivalCourse-Lecture11-FrSeraphimRose.pdf
Recommended Listening for the Coming
Week:
You can the listen to the sermon "Ss. Peter and Febronia of Murom and
the Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity," by Fr. John Whiteford, here:
http://www.saintjonah.org/podcasts/sermons/sspeter&febronia.mp3
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 9/13/26
(No fast): The Turner, Moreno, and Lickwar
families.
Next Sunday: 9/20/26
(No fast): The Beauoin, Meissner, and Yates
families.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 9/12/26 – Team
Eugenia.
Next (Ending on): 9/26/26 – Team Nation.
Vigil Readers:
This Saturday: 9/12/26: Rdr. Codratus
Bornejko &
Jonah Companik.
Next Saturday: 9/19/26: John Mullins.
Liturgy Readers:
This Sunday: 9/13/26: Rdr.
Codratus Bornejko & Jonah Companik.
Next Sunday: 9/20/26: John
Mullins.
Servers (Not including
Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 9/13/26: Team
A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jens Yates, John Turner, Alexander
Mahecha, and Levi (Nicholas) Moreno.
Next Sunday: 9/20/26: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner,
Ivan Kuzmin, Ezra Wilkinson, John West, and Mason Boren.
Commemorations from the
past week:
Natalia Chandonia, Natasha Gulden, Nataliya Nation, & Natalie
Peņa’s Name day – Tuesday, September 8th
Culton Moses Grayson, Moses Abishai Bhatti, & Moses Munster’s Name
day & Zoe Wren’s Birthday – Thursday, September 10th.
Savita Bhatti [Catechumen], and Valentina Ivanov’s Birthday – Friday,
September 11th.
Lyudmyla Solovey’s Birthday; Brianna Ivanyo’s Name day – Saturday,
September 12th.
Joel Jacques [Catechumen]’s Birthday – Sunday, September 13th.
If
you have corrections or additions, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Prayer Requests:
Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Archpriest
Andre Papkov; Priest Benigno Pardo; Deacon
Vladimir Trussin; Deacon
Jorge Luque-Martin; Deacon James Hall; Presbytera Sarah Trembley; Ann
(Sonia) Shepherd;
Subdeacon Romanos and Zoe Wren;
Nun Haralambia, Denise (Leslie)
Barnett;
Demetra Durham; Sophia
(Cynthia)
Hirsch; Joan Marie Pennings;
Katherine Garbett
Casanova; Renee (Ann) Nahlous; Maximus (Garrett) and Merilee
(Mary) Eidson; Rozanne (Anne) and Jerry (John Herman) Spires; Michael
Murphy; Valentin, Rada
and Florentina, Olga, Nathaniel
(Barrett) Mahand,
Eliasious, Rdr. John
Economou, Robert McIsaac, Galina Lay, Lisa
(Euphemia) Bornejko, Cosmas (Spencer) Burton, Jeffery Gallagher, Savva
(Tyler) Barrett,
Dennis
Tilley, Rdr. Gabriel Peņa, Nun Barbara (Watts), John Watts, John
Lickwar, Sophia
Drobot, Mikhaela
(Jennifer) Diaz, Svetlana, Gerald Campbell, Elizabeth
De Carion, Lydia Chernousova, Stephanos
Rosseau, Josiah Plumley, Christopher
Gulden, Aleksander, soldier Aleksandr, Nathaniel
Bhatti, Anna, Cynthia (Melangell) Rausch, Rdr. James Lardas, James
Powell, Cristin, Dimitri, Christina,
Juliana Blazek, Maria (Nicole) Murphy, Matushka Kara (Mary Magdalene)
Hall, Abby (Ruth) Hall, Thekla (Dounya), Panayiotis (Peter) Lardas,
Matthew, John Lardas, Ella Pound, and
the children Caison Elisabeth
Kellam, Cassian Shepard, and Anna Krutova, who
are ill.
For Nikolai, who is struggling.
For Justin and Nadezhda who are suffering persecution.
For the safety and salvation of those in Ukraine: Yelena, Tatiana,
Denis, Sophia, Maria, Ivan, and Artem;
and Dimitriy.
For
newly reposed servants of God: Fr. Alexander Fecanin, George Vilcu,
John Ely, Theresa, and those
slain in the fighting in
Ukraine, Russia, Syria,
and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Callandra Maldonado, Emilia
Herghelegiu, Nina Bernardi, Magdalena Gore, Marina (Alisa) Harris,
Faith Simmons, Emily Munster, Filofteia Fraczek, Emilia Mullins,
Seraphima Smith, and Stephanie Dunn.
Catechumens:
Savita Bhatti;
Jessica Palmer; John Ryan Levy; Moses (Grayson) Culton; Brody Buechner;
Domanic
Barras; Zoe Michelle
Lewis; Caleb Mendez; Christian Chacon; Michael and Grace Venegas;
Danielle Meese;
Peter Demny, Jon Daniels, Juan Rodriguez, Andrew Skellie, Alejandro
Najera, Lucy (Lulu) Berard, Charles Jones, Nolan Jones, Daniel Hoosier,
Elijah Masick, Jeremiah Coonen, Maggie Stewart Webb, and Joel, Yeimi
(Alicia), and Emiliana Jacques; Adele, Arturo Olmos, Corey Burns,
Michelle Hipe, Jackline Mwangi, Katrina Yordy, and Rebecca Hull.
Non-Orthodox:
For the
Servants of God, Aiden, Shawna Hiu; Misty;
Harold
Wren; Melissa
Munster (Moses Munster's
mother); Heather
Tolliver (Melissa Holloway's daughter);
Gene and Beth Beggs, Scott and Carol
Phillips, Ana
Crespo, Liza, Aida Diaz, Antonio, John Lay, Kathleen
Sorrentino, Andrea Engelke, Robin Nicole
Thomson McMillin, Julie Nelson, Charlotte LeBlanc,
Kent and Nicoline, Lara Regis, Ana Maria, Sean, Audrey,
Bob Richardson, Dylan DeRosia, Phillip and Barbara Rice, Tony Beavers,
Steven
Jimenez, Kara Mahand, Carla, Dorothy Daniel, Liam, Peter Hipe,
Michelle Schunk, and the
children Evan-Marie, Ava
and
Evelyn, who
are
ill.
For the Bruto da Costa family, Ken, Christina, Aki and family; and
Johnnie, Damon and Elisabeth Myers, and their child, Dorothy, James
Franklin and his family, Marcie
Dark, Tim, Karen, Taylor, Lindsay, Jon, Alex, and Andrew Burns,
Audrey and Michael Morgan, Michelle Brazzil, Robbin
Russell, Naseem Bhatti, and Hurucaan Valerio.
The newly departed: Jacob Huss (John Huss' brother); James Ballentine
(Marcus Ballentine's father).
If you have prayer requests you would like
announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
Children, Ages 2-3: Taught by
Matushka Genevieve and Elizabeth Cline.
Children, Ages 4-6:
Taught by Iryna Chebotko and Hermione Turner.
Children, Ages
7-9: Taught by Mat. Sara Shephard.
Children, Ages
10-12: Taught by Pablo Chong and Rosa Mahand.
Teens and Adults: Taught
by Fr. David Companik.
Schedule for August through October
2026:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/aug-oct2026.htm
You
can also see our online parish calendar of events and services here:
https://saintjonah.org/calendar/
Fasting in the Coming
week: On
Wednesday, September 16th; and Friday, September 18th, wine, and oil is
permitted. All other days are fast free.
Click
here for Miscellaneous
Items of Interest.
St. Jonah
Orthodox Church
2910 Spring
Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264