· St Demetrios is now selling Christmas Icon Ornaments. They are selling for $15.00 for a set of five. If you are interested in purchasing a set or two, please contact Wayne Whipple at (909) 783-3908

The Orthodox Family in a Heterodox (non-orthodox) World is the theme. We are blessed to have the following keynote speakers:

• Metropolitan Ephraim of Boston will show his visit to Uganda on video.
• Metropolitan Makarios of Toronto will share his wisdom.
• Bishop Moses of Boston will tell us about living an Orthodox life in the world.
• Farther Panagiotes Carras of Toronto will share his knowledge of the new age and its attractions.
• Farther Nicodemos Gayle of Virginia will talk to us about parenting in these difficult times.

Remember we have activities planned for the kids. For those who are willing to provide housing , a sign up chart will be posted in the church hall.

Saint Demetrios has located an orphanage to help for Christmas. We will be providing for the 62 children that live there. Our hopes are to furnish comforters for the boy’s section and a toy for each child. If all goes well, later this year our plan is to provide comforters for the girls. If anyone is interested in becoming involved please contact Anabel Whipple at 909-783-3908.

We are God’s children – we are in the likeness of the Lord

God created man from dust but He loves us as a father loves his children, and waits with longing for us to come to him. The Lord so loved us that for our sakes He was made flesh, and shed His Blood for us and gave us to drink thereof, and gave us His most holy Body. Thus we have become His children, of His

Flesh and Blood. We are in the likeness of the Lord in the flesh, as children to the end are like their father, and the Spirit of God is a witness to our spirit that we shall be with God to all eternity.

The Lord never ceases to call us to himself: " Come unto me, and I will give you rest." He nourishes us with His most Holy Body and Blood. In His mercy He schools us by His word and Holy Spirit. He has revealed His mysteries to us. He lives in us and the Sacraments of the Church, and leads us where we shall behold His glory. But this glory shall each man behold according to the measure of his love. The more a man loves the more ardently does he set his face towards God in yearning to be with the Beloved Lord, and therefore he will approach the nearer to Him; while the man who loves but little will have but little desire for the Lord; and the man who does not love at all will neither wish nor aspire to see the Lord, and will spend his life in darkness.

Weep for the people who do not know God, who do not know His mercy. For to us the Lord showed Himself through the Holy Spirit, and we live in the light of His holy commandments.

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