Church Cleanup and Painting Day
On Saturday, February 13, 2010, the church will have a spiritual day for all youth and young professionals that will focus on comprehensively cleaning the church facility and painting the Sunday School rooms. The spiritual day will begin with the celebration of a Divine Liturgy from 8:30 a.m. followed by brunch at 10:30 a.m. God willing, the cleanup and painting activities will start around 11:00 a.m. and end at approximately 4:30 p.m. We encourage all youth and young professionals to volunteer their time to care for their church.
Trip to St. Antony’s Monastery re-scheduled for March 13, 2010
Due to forecasted rainy and windy weather conditions at the monastery, the church has decided to re-schedule this weekend's trip, to take place on Saturday, March 13, 2010. For those of you who already reserved seats, your reservation will be valid for the 3/13/10 date, but if you will not be able to make it on the new date, please contact Dr. Mikhail Malek or Dr. George Awad for a refund. Seats are still available if you would like to join us and had not reserved a seat yet. We hope you can all join us to receive the blessings of St. Antony ...
Spiritual Trip and Retreat to St. Antony Monastery
St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church joyfully announces a spiritual trip and retreat to St. Antony Coptic Orthodox Monastery in Yermo, CA on Saturday, January 23, 2010 for all families and youth. This trip is designed to be a spiritual retreat and fellowship for the congregation of the church under the supervision of Fr. Mina Youssef and Archdeacon Moses. The theme of the retreat is "Virtues in the Life of St. Antony." God willing, the buses will leave the church at 6:00 a.m. so that we may celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the monastery at 9:00 a.m. The trip will depart the ...
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Great Lent Book Study 2010 for the Youth
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Church Cleanup Day a Blessed Success
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