A special opportunity to give to the Orthodox Christian Mission Center through your IRA has been extended through the end of 2011.
Thanks to this provision, if you are 70 ½ years of age or older, you can distribute any amount, up to $100,000, from your IRA to the Orthodox Christian Mission Center now through December 31, 2011. This amount will count toward your required minimum distribution (RMD) for the year and it will not be treated as taxable income.
Here are the details:
1. Your IRA rollover gifts must be made outright to qualified charities from a traditional IRA. Gifts to donor advised funds, private foundations, and supporting organizations are not eligible.
2. The amount rolled over from your IRA will be excluded from your gross income.
3. Your IRA rollover will count toward your minimum distribution requirement.
4. There is no federal income tax deduction for the IRA rollover gift.
5. Your gift must be sent from the IRA directly to OCMC to qualify.
The IRA rollover provision is effective now through December 31, 2011 so there is still plenty of time to take advantage of this benefit!
If you are interested in supporting OCMC in this way, please be sure to include written instructions on how you would like us to allocate your gift. You may also contact Amy Pierce at 904-829-5132 ext 160 or amy@ocmc.org with your gift designation or for more information.
Thank you for your support of OCMC!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Consider Joining an OCMC Short-term Orthodox Mission Team!
Be a living witness of your Faith on a Family Outreach Team in Albania or take part in the holistic mission of the Church on a Health Care Team to Uganda. If you are interested in joining a family mission trip or are a doctor desiring to serve in His vineyard, contact OCMC to experience and discover your faith in new and meaningful ways.
Mission Teams serve our Holy Orthodox Church’s unending mission effort to make disciples by sharing in a journey of Faith. Team applications and details are available online at www.ocmc.org or call the OCMC at 1 (877) 463-6787 (ext 142) for more information.
Mission Teams serve our Holy Orthodox Church’s unending mission effort to make disciples by sharing in a journey of Faith. Team applications and details are available online at www.ocmc.org or call the OCMC at 1 (877) 463-6787 (ext 142) for more information.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Family Mission: Work, Worship and Witness
An opportunity for families who have a desire to work, witness, and worship in a profound ministry is available in a new initiative involving families in foreign mission work. Families with children are invited to join Church leaders and their families in Albania to be a part of a family ministry outreach. OCMC Missionary Nathan Hoppe explains, “Offering a witness of family unity and faith will assist in developing a new family ministry initiative for the Orthodox Church of Albania.”
The primary focus is to offer a “family witness” while sharing the Faith and growing as a family in Christ. The group will also have the opportunity to serve the ministries of the Church in Albania. The Family Mission Team to Albania, July 17 – 29, 2011, is a collaboration between OCMC and the Center for Family Care (CFC) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Families from North America, along with Albanian families, will participate in this outreach assisted by OCMC missionaries and Albanian Church leaders.
This program will include family activities, parent and children programs, ministry visitations, and outreach endeavors of the Church of Albania in Tirana and surrounding areas. The Team is to provide a positive witness, and all participants are called to be exemplary role models as they minister as families and bear witness to Christ through their every action. Team Members will share their life experience, provide fellowship, and offer a visible witness of the Holy Orthodox Faith.
OCMC and the Center for Family Care hope that families will personally experience the joy of seeing God take the precious things He has been teaching Orthodox families and use them to bless families around the world. Pamela Filutowski, who participated with her son on a Team, reported, “From my perspective it appears that my son was initially wondering, ‘Is this real?’ as he tried to process the love and enthusiasm that openly flowed from the children and those who worked at Shen Vlash. He fully sensed and understood the reality of Christ’s love in the children, in our new lifestyle, and springing deep with us."
OCMC and CFC invite you to join this ministry that offers spiritual benefits to families. For more information on how to apply, please visit our website, www.ocmc.org or email us at teams@ocmc.org.
The primary focus is to offer a “family witness” while sharing the Faith and growing as a family in Christ. The group will also have the opportunity to serve the ministries of the Church in Albania. The Family Mission Team to Albania, July 17 – 29, 2011, is a collaboration between OCMC and the Center for Family Care (CFC) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Families from North America, along with Albanian families, will participate in this outreach assisted by OCMC missionaries and Albanian Church leaders.
This program will include family activities, parent and children programs, ministry visitations, and outreach endeavors of the Church of Albania in Tirana and surrounding areas. The Team is to provide a positive witness, and all participants are called to be exemplary role models as they minister as families and bear witness to Christ through their every action. Team Members will share their life experience, provide fellowship, and offer a visible witness of the Holy Orthodox Faith.
OCMC and the Center for Family Care hope that families will personally experience the joy of seeing God take the precious things He has been teaching Orthodox families and use them to bless families around the world. Pamela Filutowski, who participated with her son on a Team, reported, “From my perspective it appears that my son was initially wondering, ‘Is this real?’ as he tried to process the love and enthusiasm that openly flowed from the children and those who worked at Shen Vlash. He fully sensed and understood the reality of Christ’s love in the children, in our new lifestyle, and springing deep with us."
OCMC and CFC invite you to join this ministry that offers spiritual benefits to families. For more information on how to apply, please visit our website, www.ocmc.org or email us at teams@ocmc.org.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
March SAMP Spotlight: Fr. Alexander Anassi
Fr. Alexander Anassi serves in Benin, at St. George Orthodox Church in Bekou.
There are nearly 400 priests serving in 20 countries around the world who depend on support from OCMC's Support A Mission Priest Program. Please help us to provide this much needed assistance by making a gift to the SAMP Program at www.ocmc.org, and continue to pray for these faithful servants who minister to our brothers and sisters around the world.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tanzania and James - Forgiveness Sunday 2011 Update
Dear friends,
Nisamehe mimi, mwenye dhambi. Forgive me, a sinner.
And greetings from Mwanza, here at the beginning of Great and Holy Lent. After weeks of travel in January, I have been grateful to be home for the past month. Life here is slowly developing a rhythm. I've been busy furnishing my new apartment, a task which is complicated by the need to negotiate the price of everything from wardrobes to spoons. Back in Gainesville I furnished my house by visiting thrift stores and borrowing from the family stash. Neither is an option here, so this is a new experience.
No news is generally good news, so I'm happy to say there's not a lot to report from this part of the continent. We have joined the whole world in concern and prayer over recent events in North Africa, but society here is not being harmed by these far-away happenings.
As we enter Great and Holy Lent, I have been reflecting on the past year. I arrived in Tanzania during the Resurrection season of 2010 and so last year Lent was my time of final preparation for beginning missionary service. Now I am getting ready to see Christ risen in a new context, and to go forth from that Resurrection into my second year here in our Holy Archdiocese of Mwanza.
I am grateful for your presence with me in this past year. It is an awesome responsibility, but a profound privilege and encouragement to be here because of you. Your faithful prayers have sustained me. Your correspondence has encouraged me and has kept me close despite our physical distance. And your consistent, faithful financial support allows me to remain in this place. Thank you.
And stay in touch!
Mungu akusamehe. God forgives.
James
Nisamehe mimi, mwenye dhambi. Forgive me, a sinner.
And greetings from Mwanza, here at the beginning of Great and Holy Lent. After weeks of travel in January, I have been grateful to be home for the past month. Life here is slowly developing a rhythm. I've been busy furnishing my new apartment, a task which is complicated by the need to negotiate the price of everything from wardrobes to spoons. Back in Gainesville I furnished my house by visiting thrift stores and borrowing from the family stash. Neither is an option here, so this is a new experience.
No news is generally good news, so I'm happy to say there's not a lot to report from this part of the continent. We have joined the whole world in concern and prayer over recent events in North Africa, but society here is not being harmed by these far-away happenings.
As we enter Great and Holy Lent, I have been reflecting on the past year. I arrived in Tanzania during the Resurrection season of 2010 and so last year Lent was my time of final preparation for beginning missionary service. Now I am getting ready to see Christ risen in a new context, and to go forth from that Resurrection into my second year here in our Holy Archdiocese of Mwanza.
I am grateful for your presence with me in this past year. It is an awesome responsibility, but a profound privilege and encouragement to be here because of you. Your faithful prayers have sustained me. Your correspondence has encouraged me and has kept me close despite our physical distance. And your consistent, faithful financial support allows me to remain in this place. Thank you.
And stay in touch!
Mungu akusamehe. God forgives.
James
Monday, March 21, 2011
The St. Dimitrie Post - from OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz
Greetings, and I hope that this finds you well today, and in good spirits on this most blessed day of the Theophany, and for those of the old calendar, Christmas Day.
A few weeks ago I promised to write about Botosani (northeast Romanian city with about 115,000 people), and what we were doing up there. Actually, I almost did not write about it at all, as it all felt sort of "routine" for our work here in Romania. However, many people even today do not really know what our primary goals are for the St. Dimitrie Project. Botosani was a good example of how we are working to meet those goals and so please allow me to use it as an example of what we are about over here.
About 3 years ago Fr. Iulian Negru and I did a short class in addictions and alcoholism for a group of priests in Botosani. Basically, it was explaining the disease concept of addiction, how Alcoholics Anonymous can help (although at the time it was non-existant in Botosani) and also the basic spiritual principals that are used in helping alcoholics. This spirituality is a part of our faith as Orthodox Christians, and is commonly referred to as the process of repentance (healing). Repentence also involves not just remorse, but a firm decision to change one's life with God's grace as the foundation and strength of the change. We throw in the disease concept for the obvious reason that it is necessary for them to know that for very objective and proven biological reasons, the alcoholic/addict cannot "learn" to drink successfully. This is also what we are teaching the psychologists and social workers over here, and also about AA and what treatment centers are about. When we started here 10 years ago, there were no treatment programs here in Romania, as you would know them.
One year ago through another AA group, AA did get a start in Botosani. Then, 6 months ago, a social worker from Botosani found out about us and our training program. She came to Cluj and spent 3 weeks with us, learning about the basic model that we use. She works with people who have mental illness, many of whom are alcoholic, and some of whom would have no symptoms after some period of sobriety.
So a month ago we hosted a small conference with the priests. We actually held it at the "Protopropriat" or headquarters for the Archdiocese. We invited the priests in town, about 20 of them, the AA member(s), the social workers, and other professionals who would have an interest. We essentially presented how everyone can work together to help the still suffering alcoholic, and what the role of each profession could be in this process. Giving this sort of information to the priests and professional community is very new in Romania, as here there is no tradition of "multidisciplinary" support of the alcoholic/addict.
Ok, enough for today, and about Botosani. I have other things to write about, but not today. Please do pray for us here in Romania, and feel free to write to us with your prayer requests as well. God works the miracle!!
In His Love,
Floyd & Ancuta Frantz
OCMC Missionaries in Romania
A few weeks ago I promised to write about Botosani (northeast Romanian city with about 115,000 people), and what we were doing up there. Actually, I almost did not write about it at all, as it all felt sort of "routine" for our work here in Romania. However, many people even today do not really know what our primary goals are for the St. Dimitrie Project. Botosani was a good example of how we are working to meet those goals and so please allow me to use it as an example of what we are about over here.
About 3 years ago Fr. Iulian Negru and I did a short class in addictions and alcoholism for a group of priests in Botosani. Basically, it was explaining the disease concept of addiction, how Alcoholics Anonymous can help (although at the time it was non-existant in Botosani) and also the basic spiritual principals that are used in helping alcoholics. This spirituality is a part of our faith as Orthodox Christians, and is commonly referred to as the process of repentance (healing). Repentence also involves not just remorse, but a firm decision to change one's life with God's grace as the foundation and strength of the change. We throw in the disease concept for the obvious reason that it is necessary for them to know that for very objective and proven biological reasons, the alcoholic/addict cannot "learn" to drink successfully. This is also what we are teaching the psychologists and social workers over here, and also about AA and what treatment centers are about. When we started here 10 years ago, there were no treatment programs here in Romania, as you would know them.
One year ago through another AA group, AA did get a start in Botosani. Then, 6 months ago, a social worker from Botosani found out about us and our training program. She came to Cluj and spent 3 weeks with us, learning about the basic model that we use. She works with people who have mental illness, many of whom are alcoholic, and some of whom would have no symptoms after some period of sobriety.
So a month ago we hosted a small conference with the priests. We actually held it at the "Protopropriat" or headquarters for the Archdiocese. We invited the priests in town, about 20 of them, the AA member(s), the social workers, and other professionals who would have an interest. We essentially presented how everyone can work together to help the still suffering alcoholic, and what the role of each profession could be in this process. Giving this sort of information to the priests and professional community is very new in Romania, as here there is no tradition of "multidisciplinary" support of the alcoholic/addict.
Ok, enough for today, and about Botosani. I have other things to write about, but not today. Please do pray for us here in Romania, and feel free to write to us with your prayer requests as well. God works the miracle!!
In His Love,
Floyd & Ancuta Frantz
OCMC Missionaries in Romania
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
OCMC Continues Strategic Planning Process at Its Annual Spring Board Meeting in St. Augustine, FL.
Members of the Strategic Planning Committee, led by OCMC Board President Fr. George Liacopulos, kicked off this year’s Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) Annual Spring Board Meeting on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011, at the Archbishop Anastasios and Archbishop Demetrios Missionary Training and Administration Building in St. Augustine, FL, with lively discussion focused on examining the opportunities and challenges facing the ministries of the Mission Center as they strive to share hope and salvation in Jesus Christ with the world.
His Grace Bishop Savas of Troas, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America liaison to the OCMC, joined the all-day strategic planning session later in the day as important topics like the aim of missions and the goal of making disciples were discussed. Information that will be gathered by the committee through surveys and interviews conducted among OCMC supporters, missionaries, North American clergy, and hierarchs at home and abroad to help shape OCMC’s next strategic plan which is to be rolled out sometime in 2012.
On Thursday, February 24th, 2011, following an evening Executive Committee meeting on the 23rd, the OCMC Board gathered for its regular meeting. Highlights from this meeting included a presentation from His Grace Bishop Savas about the current state of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America and his plans to travel with an OCMC Mission Team to serve the Turkana of Northern Kenya in mid-March. OCMC long-term missionary Christina Semon also made a presentation to the gathered board that reported on the ministry work she has been doing in Romania over the past two-years, and the work she will be beginning in The Republic of Moldova as she starts her next term of service later in May.
OCMC Executive Director Fr. Martin Ritsi gave a report to the board summarizing all that had been accomplished in 2010 and the financial health of the organization going into 2011. Other reports focused on some of OCMC’s newer initiatives like the Ambassador Program, Friends of Missions, and Hunger Strike.
The board and staff enjoyed spending time together and are looking forward to what the new strategic planning process will bring and the continued opportunities for sharing the Gospel and the making of disciples that it will encourage.
The 2011 Annual Fall Board Meeting will be held at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, OH, this October.
His Grace Bishop Savas of Troas, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America liaison to the OCMC, joined the all-day strategic planning session later in the day as important topics like the aim of missions and the goal of making disciples were discussed. Information that will be gathered by the committee through surveys and interviews conducted among OCMC supporters, missionaries, North American clergy, and hierarchs at home and abroad to help shape OCMC’s next strategic plan which is to be rolled out sometime in 2012.
On Thursday, February 24th, 2011, following an evening Executive Committee meeting on the 23rd, the OCMC Board gathered for its regular meeting. Highlights from this meeting included a presentation from His Grace Bishop Savas about the current state of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America and his plans to travel with an OCMC Mission Team to serve the Turkana of Northern Kenya in mid-March. OCMC long-term missionary Christina Semon also made a presentation to the gathered board that reported on the ministry work she has been doing in Romania over the past two-years, and the work she will be beginning in The Republic of Moldova as she starts her next term of service later in May.
OCMC Executive Director Fr. Martin Ritsi gave a report to the board summarizing all that had been accomplished in 2010 and the financial health of the organization going into 2011. Other reports focused on some of OCMC’s newer initiatives like the Ambassador Program, Friends of Missions, and Hunger Strike.
The board and staff enjoyed spending time together and are looking forward to what the new strategic planning process will bring and the continued opportunities for sharing the Gospel and the making of disciples that it will encourage.
The 2011 Annual Fall Board Meeting will be held at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, OH, this October.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
In Reflection of Day Three in Bukoba: An Update from Missionary Felice Stewart
Glory to God for All Things!
We arrived Wednesday morning around 8o'clock, and got off the overnight ferry from Mwanza. I began seeing what a beautiful place this is from Lake Victoria before we docked, and continue to notice and marvel at the natural beauty everywhere we go. The entire situation I find myself in seems to include everything that I have wanted in recent years.
We are living next door to the church, and I am able to attend services in the morning and evening. The long awaited tour of Resurrection Hospital was a real treat. It is located in green rolling hills that remind me of where I grew up in central Pennsylvania. At this time, the clinic is finished and operating. The inpatient 24/7 part will be coming in the future. We were given a tour by Dr. David, the director, and met one of the nurses. Many of you know that I love to work in a setting where everyone is welcome and can be treated regardless of ability to pay, and I am happy to tell you that this is such a setting.
Everyone has been kind and helpful in showing us how to find and obtain the necessities of life. Yesterday we were driven to them, and today we tried walking to them. We found that everything we need is a short walk from our home.
Thank you for your support and prayers. I do appreciate and enjoy all of your communications, and hope to hear from you soon.
We arrived Wednesday morning around 8o'clock, and got off the overnight ferry from Mwanza. I began seeing what a beautiful place this is from Lake Victoria before we docked, and continue to notice and marvel at the natural beauty everywhere we go. The entire situation I find myself in seems to include everything that I have wanted in recent years.
We are living next door to the church, and I am able to attend services in the morning and evening. The long awaited tour of Resurrection Hospital was a real treat. It is located in green rolling hills that remind me of where I grew up in central Pennsylvania. At this time, the clinic is finished and operating. The inpatient 24/7 part will be coming in the future. We were given a tour by Dr. David, the director, and met one of the nurses. Many of you know that I love to work in a setting where everyone is welcome and can be treated regardless of ability to pay, and I am happy to tell you that this is such a setting.
Everyone has been kind and helpful in showing us how to find and obtain the necessities of life. Yesterday we were driven to them, and today we tried walking to them. We found that everything we need is a short walk from our home.
Thank you for your support and prayers. I do appreciate and enjoy all of your communications, and hope to hear from you soon.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Please help Share the Love of Christ this Lenten Season with a Gift to the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC)
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
On a recent visit to Africa I spoke with a woman who had recently been baptized. Through a translator she shared how Christ had impacted her life, “As a Christian I see people differently. I recognize that all people are my brothers and sisters in Christ and that we are all members of one community. This has benefited my relationships with all people, even within my own family.” This is the power that the Holy Spirit has to transform lives. As people come to know Jesus Christ, anger can become joy, fear can become peace, and hate can become love. This joy, peace, and love can then have a profound impact on the lives of others as well.
We begin a new life in Christ when we emerge from the baptismal waters. This is one reason why Christ’s last command to His disciples was to, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.”
The transformation of individual lives works toward the transformation of the world into a place of hope, a place of compassion, and a place of understanding. This was Christ’s longing for humanity, and it remains a driving call for all those who count themselves as members of His Church.
We ask that you prayerfully consider helping share the hope and salvation of life in Christ with those in the world who have yet to receive it, by supporting the ministries of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) with a gift of $50, $100, or more.
The ministries of the OCMC have been working toward this ultimate vision of the Church for over 20 years. Currently, OCMC works to share the Gospel in the following ways:
There are 16 long-term missionaries serving in Albania, Romania, Moldova, and Tanzania, offering a living witness to Christ by working with youth, providing education, offering health care, evangelizing, and caring for the poor.
In 2011, 13 short-term mission teams of volunteers from across North America will serve growing Orthodox communities in 9 countries by building churches, offering health care, providing catechism, and ministering to youth.
Nearly 400 priests in 20 countries receive regular support in order that they can dedicate their lives to ministering to the people in the communities where they serve.
Many of these priests receive their theological training at seminaries assisted by the faithful of North America through the OCMC.
Numerous ministries (like water wells, substance abuse programs, food distribution, and orphanages) that address both the physical and spiritual needs of people in some of the most economically challenged regions of the world also receive support.
Thank you in advance for prayerfully supporting this most vital work and for helping the Church to welcome our brothers and sisters around the world into the open arms of Christ.
We pray that you have a blessed Lenten Season and that you will be filled with the light of Christ this Pascha.
In Christ,
Fr. Martin Ritsi
Executive Director
On a recent visit to Africa I spoke with a woman who had recently been baptized. Through a translator she shared how Christ had impacted her life, “As a Christian I see people differently. I recognize that all people are my brothers and sisters in Christ and that we are all members of one community. This has benefited my relationships with all people, even within my own family.” This is the power that the Holy Spirit has to transform lives. As people come to know Jesus Christ, anger can become joy, fear can become peace, and hate can become love. This joy, peace, and love can then have a profound impact on the lives of others as well.
We begin a new life in Christ when we emerge from the baptismal waters. This is one reason why Christ’s last command to His disciples was to, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.”
The transformation of individual lives works toward the transformation of the world into a place of hope, a place of compassion, and a place of understanding. This was Christ’s longing for humanity, and it remains a driving call for all those who count themselves as members of His Church.
We ask that you prayerfully consider helping share the hope and salvation of life in Christ with those in the world who have yet to receive it, by supporting the ministries of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) with a gift of $50, $100, or more.
The ministries of the OCMC have been working toward this ultimate vision of the Church for over 20 years. Currently, OCMC works to share the Gospel in the following ways:
There are 16 long-term missionaries serving in Albania, Romania, Moldova, and Tanzania, offering a living witness to Christ by working with youth, providing education, offering health care, evangelizing, and caring for the poor.
In 2011, 13 short-term mission teams of volunteers from across North America will serve growing Orthodox communities in 9 countries by building churches, offering health care, providing catechism, and ministering to youth.
Nearly 400 priests in 20 countries receive regular support in order that they can dedicate their lives to ministering to the people in the communities where they serve.
Many of these priests receive their theological training at seminaries assisted by the faithful of North America through the OCMC.
Numerous ministries (like water wells, substance abuse programs, food distribution, and orphanages) that address both the physical and spiritual needs of people in some of the most economically challenged regions of the world also receive support.
Thank you in advance for prayerfully supporting this most vital work and for helping the Church to welcome our brothers and sisters around the world into the open arms of Christ.
We pray that you have a blessed Lenten Season and that you will be filled with the light of Christ this Pascha.
In Christ,
Fr. Martin Ritsi
Executive Director
Thursday, March 3, 2011
OCMC Board Member Cina Daskalakis Falls Asleep in the Lord
On Sunday, February 27th, 2011, a day after her 69th birthday, OCMC Board Member Cina Daskalakis peacefully fell asleep in the Lord following a long battle with cancer.
Cina served as a member of the OCMC Board for more than eight years. In that time she saw the ministries of OCMC share the light of Christ in over 30 countries. She also played an integral role in the completion of the Archbishop Anastasios and Archbishop Demetrios Missionary Training and Administration Building.
Whether as a member of the OCMC Board, or through the many other ministries to which she gave herself so freely, Cina served the Church in a way that demonstrated a genuine love for Christ and for others.
Please join us in praying for Cina as she is welcomed into the warm embrace of the Lord; and for her family as they celebrate her life. May her memory be eternal.
Cina served as a member of the OCMC Board for more than eight years. In that time she saw the ministries of OCMC share the light of Christ in over 30 countries. She also played an integral role in the completion of the Archbishop Anastasios and Archbishop Demetrios Missionary Training and Administration Building.
Whether as a member of the OCMC Board, or through the many other ministries to which she gave herself so freely, Cina served the Church in a way that demonstrated a genuine love for Christ and for others.
Please join us in praying for Cina as she is welcomed into the warm embrace of the Lord; and for her family as they celebrate her life. May her memory be eternal.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Please Pray for the Work of Missions this Mission Sunday, March 6th, 2011
This coming Sunday, March 6th, 2011 is Forgiveness/Cheesefare Sunday. It has also been designated as Mission Sunday by the hierarchs of all the Canonical Orthodox Churches in North America. Please pray for Orthodox missionaries and mission workers as they share the unconditional love and forgiveness of Christ with our brothers and sisters around the world. Contact the Orthodox Christian Mission Center by phone at 1-877-GO-FORTH, or by e-mail at missions@ocmc.org, to learn more about being a part of the vital mission work of the Orthodox Church.
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