With God’s grace and through your prayers, a Com­mu­nity Ser­vice Spir­i­tual Day for the col­lege youth on Novem­ber 21, 2009 was a blessed suc­cess. The pur­pose of this day was to help the less for­tu­nate all around us in the form of a spir­i­tual day of ser­vice and fellowship.

The youth of the church, includ­ing many stu­dents from the Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia at San Diego (UCSD), gath­ered at the church early Sat­ur­day morn­ing and took the bless­ing of the Divine Liturgy. After­wards, an agape brunch pre­pared by mem­bers of the church was served. The youth then heard an intro­duc­tion by Hegu­men Father Mina and a spir­i­tual word on ser­vice to the Lord’s brethren.

After these spir­i­tual words, the youth trav­eled to a local retailer and pur­chased food and toys based on a list of items needed by less for­tu­nate fam­i­lies in north­ern San Diego. The food and toys were then gath­ered and placed in bas­kets for dis­tri­b­u­tion via Life­line, a local non­profit orga­ni­za­tion, and deliv­ered the next day.

Over­all, the day was a great bless­ing for all who attended.