TSN0320

6 THE SHEPHERD • MARCH 2020 • SAINT SPYRIDON GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAN DIEGO Hello St. Spyridon Families! ank you for those who attended our Greek inspired annual Membership Luncheon on January 25 in the Cypress Room. Our Mem- bership Co-Chairs Kelly Samouris and Mel- anie Anastopulos dedicated so much of their time to make this a lovely a ernoon, and I am con dent those who attended would agree with me. Two wonderful vendors gave us an opportunity to enjoy some shopping and our guest speaker Conni Jespersen, who is a personal stylist, personal shopper and closet organizer, shared her valuable tips with us. ank you to our own Chef Kath- erine Emmenegger for preparing a delicious meal and to all our volunteers and donors who made this event such a success. We are at 129 members and our goal is to reach 200 members. I am hoping we have as many, if not more, renewals and new faces including more men and teenagers to join us on our mission to serve the needy! Please visit our Philoptochos table in the hall or contact our chairs for more information. On February 11, our Philoptochos, once again, hosted our Seniors Valentine’s Lun- cheon prepared by our Co-Chairs Vicky Mellos and Jenny Capetanakis . ank you ladies and thank you to all the volunteers for always supporting our amazing Seniors year a er year. We hope you were able to attend our Hu- man Tra cking Forum on February 29. Our dedicated committee Maria Stokes, Harriet Kounaves, Stella Pappas, Christine Tradas, Gina Balourdas, Christina Vassos, and So- a Samouris have put many hours to make sure we all walked away more knowledgeable and aware of this crisis taking place right in our own backyard. ank you to the families and ministries that o er the co ee hour every week. If you have been thinking about o ering for a cel- ebration, name day, memorial, etc., I assure you, its very simple. If you have not o ered fellowship in the past year, please consider making this o ering and use the sign up ge- nius in your email from Father Andrew. e donations collected help us continue to serve the needy, unless you are a ministry in which you keep the donations. As always, we welcome new faces to join us on our mission to serve the needy. Please reach out to me anytime. 619-520-3660. In Christ, Marian Dougenis Anthousa Chapter President PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS AGAPE MEALS AGAPE MEALS NEEDS YOU! We cur- rently have had several families in our par- ish who are in need of a meal or two. Are you able to help out by cooking and / or delivering (or perhaps both) a meal to a fellow parishioner who may be facing a dif- cult or stressful time in their life (illness, new baby, etc)? If so, the Philoptochos Agape Meals Program is for you! If you would like more information on how you can participate, or know of someone in our community who could use a meal, please contact Stella Weil at 858.694.0570 or 4weils@sbcglobal.net. Please join us as we come together as a community to help one another. ank you. See our entire Philoptochos Chapter’s Calendar of Events at www.anthousa.org Philoptochos invites you and your family to commemorate a special Feast Day by o er- ing a donation towards the cost of a beauti- fully decorated icon which will be displayed in the church Narthex for all to venerate. is o ering, a ˆoral adornment around the bless- ed icon, is a perfect way to honor both your family member(s) as well as an important day in the life of the Church. roughout the li- turgical year there are many opportunities to select a decorated icon, so please review the list below and reˆect if any of these are signif- icant to you. e following Saints and Feast Days will be celebrated during March and have icons that can be displayed. Please visit www.anthousa. org for a list of icons available for decoration in 2020. 3/1 Forgiveness Sunday 3/8 Sunday Of Orthodoxy 3/15 St. Gregory Palamas 3/17 St. Alexios Man of God 3/22 Adoration of the Holy Cross 3/25 Annunciation of the eotokos 3/29 Sunday of St. John Climacus To reserve a date, please contact Stella Weil at 858.694.0570 or 4weils@sbcglobal.net. Icon Decorations A.H.E.P.A. 2020 elections for our local chapter were held at our February meeting. We would like to welcome Dr. John Frangos as our newly (unanimously) elected Secretary. Congratu- lations John! We are faithful that with John’s help our local AHEPA chapter will have its best year yet. O ces of President, Vice Pres- ident, and Treasurer shall remain incumbent as Costas Kotinopoulos, John Georges, and Christoforos Savvides, respectively. SAVE THE DATES: Sunday, May 17 3rd Annual AHEPA DAY BBQ Your local AHEPA chapter will be behind the grill barbecuing burgers & hotdogs following Divine Liturgy. You won’t want to miss it! Saturday, May 23rd 2nd Annual AHEPA Family Picnic & Tavli (Backgammon) Tournament St. Innocent Orphanage Fundraiser - Last year was so much fun with over 100 attendees and we are expecting an even big- ger turnout this year! We will be serving sou- vlaki with tzatziki, salad, pita, beverages, & hotdogs for the kids! - Bring a lawn chair, frisbee, and your tavli board. We’ll take care of the rest! - is event is FREE for all members of the St. Spyridon Community. If you would like to participate in the tavli (backgammon) tournament there is a $20 entry fee per play- er to help raise money for St. Innocent Or- phanage. Hope to see you there! Haven’t paid your dues for 2020? Don’t get worried, get ONLINE! www.ahepa223.org/ membership Costas Kotinopoulos President AHEPA Chapter #223