OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at St. Luke Orthodox Church in Palo Hills, IL 12/18/2011

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at St. Luke Orthodox Church in Palo Hills, IL
12/18/2011

St. Luke the Evangelist Orthodox Church
9300 W. 107th St
Palo Hills, Illinois
United States
60465


OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz will be at St. Luke Orthodox Church in Palo Hills, Illinois on 12/18/2011. Please contact Fr. Andrew Harrison by phone at 708-974-1166 or by e-mail at oandrey@stlukeorthodox.com for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at Holy Ascension in Norman, OK

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at Holy Ascension in Norman, OK
11/27/2011

Holy Ascension Orthodox Church
3350 12th Ave NE
Norman, Oklahoma
United States
73070


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Norman, Oklahoma on 11/27/2011. Please contact Fr. Justin McFeeters by phone at 405-388-0111 or by e-mail at f.frantz@ocmc.org for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at St. George in Wichita, KS 11/27/2011

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at St. George in Wichita, KS
11/27/2011

St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral
7515 East 13th St
Wichita, Kansas
United States
67206-1223


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral in Wichita, Kansas on 11/27/2011. Please contact Fr. Paul O'Callaghan by phone at 316-636-4676 or by e-mail at vrev@stgeorgecathedral.net for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at Holy Theophany Orthodox Church in Colorado Springs, CO

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Colorado Springs, CO
11/19/2011

Holy Theophany Orthodox Church
2770 North Chestnut St
Colorado Springs, Colorado
United States
80907


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at Holy Theophany Orthodox Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado on 11/19/2011. Please contact Fr. Anthony Karbo by phone at 719-473-9238 or by e-mail at frkarbo@theophany.org for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in San Francisco, CA

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in San Francisco, CA
11/13/2011

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
999 Brotherhood Way
San Francisco, California
United States
94132


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in San Francisco, California on 11/13/2011. Please contact Fr. Aris Metrakos by phone at 415-584-4747 or by e-mail at fr.aris@holytrinitysf.org for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church in San Jose, CA.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak at St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church in San Jose, CA.

11/12/2011

St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church
6430 Bose Lane
San Jose, California
United States
95120

OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church in San Jose, California on 11/12/2011. Please contact Fr. Gregory Koo by phone at 408-268-3214 or by e-mail at stbasilschurch@sbcglobal.net for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Seattle, WA

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Seattle, WA
11/6/2011

Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption
1804 13th Ave
Seattle, Washington
United States
98122-2515


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption in Seattle, Washington on 11/06/2011. Please contact Fr. Dean Kouldukis by phone at 206-323-8557 or by e-mail at goca@qwestoffice.net for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Gillette, WY

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Gillette, WY

11/3/2011

Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church
122 South Gillette Ave
Gillette, Wyoming
United States
82716-3702


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Gillette, Wyoming on 11/03/2011. Please contact Fr. James Thayer by phone at 307-682-2328 or by e-mail at frjamesthayer@bresnan.net for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Gillette, WY

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Gillette, WY

11/3/2011

Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church
122 South Gillette Ave
Gillette, Wyoming
United States
82716-3702


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Gillette, Wyoming on 11/03/2011. Please contact Fr. James Thayer by phone at 307-682-2328 or by e-mail at frjamesthayer@bresnan.net for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Chicago, IL

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Chicago, IL
10/30/2011

St. Constantine and Helen Cathedral
5410 N Newland Ave
Chicago, Illinois
United States
60656-2026


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at St. Constantine and Helen Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois on 10/30/2011. Please contact Fr. Vasile Muresan by phone at 773-774-1677 or by e-mail at f.frantz@ocmc.org for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Linthicum, MD

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Linthicum, MD
10/26/2011

Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church
105 North Camp Meade Road
Linthicum, Maryland
United States
21090


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church in Linthicum, Maryland on 10/26/2011. Please contact Fr. Gregory Mathewes-Green by phone at 410-850-5090 or by e-mail at f.frantz@ocmc.org for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Falls Church, VA.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Falls Church, VA.
10/25/2011

St. Mary Orthodox Church
7223 Roosevelt Ave
Falls Church, Virginia
United States
22042


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at St. Mary Orthodox Church in Falls Church, Virginia on 10/25/2011. Please contact Fr. David Subu by phone at 703-280-0770 or by e-mail at f.frantz@ocmc.org for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Piedmont, SC

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Piedmont, SC
10/23/2011

St. John of the Ladder Orthodox Church
701 Augusta Arbor Way
Piedmont, South Carolina
United States
29673


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at St. John of the Ladder Orthodox Church in Piedmont, South Carolina on 10/23/2011. Please contact Fr. Marcus Burch by phone at 864-299-1140 or by e-mail at frmarcusburch@bellsouth.net for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Piedmont, SC

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Piedmont, SC
10/23/2011

St. John of the Ladder Orthodox Church
701 Augusta Arbor Way
Piedmont, South Carolina
United States
29673


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at St. John of the Ladder Orthodox Church in Piedmont, South Carolina on 10/23/2011. Please contact Fr. Marcus Burch by phone at 864-299-1140 or by e-mail at frmarcusburch@bellsouth.net for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Chattanooga, TN

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Chattanooga, TN
10/21/2011

St. Tikhon Orthodox Church
357 Lookout High Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee
United States
37419


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at St. Tikhon Orthodox Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee on 10/21/2011. Please contact Fr. Daniel Talley by phone at 423-821-5100 or by e-mail at daniel.k.talley@gmail.com for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Houston, TX

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in Houston, TX
10/16/2011

St. Joseph Orthodox Church
10644 Hammerly Blvd
Houston, Texas
United States
77043


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be at St. Joseph Orthodox Church in Houston, Texas on 10/16/2011. Please contact Fr. Joseph Huneycutt by phone at 713-973-7001 or by e-mail at office@saintjosephorthodox.org for more information.

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in McKinney, TX

OCMC Missionary Floyd Frantz to Speak in McKinney, TX

10/9/2011

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
708 S. Chestnut
McKinney, TX 75069-6503


OCMC Missionary Mr. Floyd Frantz will be speaking at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKinney, Texas on 10/09/2011. Please contact Fr. Seraphim Holland by phone at 972-529-2754 or by e-mail at seraphim@orthodox.net for more information.

Update on Floyd and Ancuta Frantz in Romania

Greetings, and I hope that this finds you well today, and in good spirits on this most blessed day of Meatfare Tuesday.

It has been a few days since our last newsletter, so I am sending one out to keep those interested up to date. Actually, we have been having some activities, and I have more than once felt the need to write.

A most blessed thing was that one of the babies in Ancuta's program, The Protection of the Theotokos Family Center was baptised recently. What was really nice about this was that the father of the child was there. This is sort of unusual, as usually the mother is abandoned by the father when she gets pregnant. He had been in jail, but is out, and trying to find some real work. We hope for all the best for him, and will try to find him a job. This may be hard to do, as things are pretty slow over here these days. I was able to chat with him a little, and he seems like a nice guy who just needs a good start in life.

We have a new bishop in Cluj, Archbishop Andrei Andreicut. I knew him previously, and we are very much looking forward to working with him. Well, we have in a way, as yesterday we did a training course for a priest and some other folks from Turga Murus, a town 70,000 about 120 km from here. They are wanting to start a counseling center, and so we are helping them by doing some trainings for them.

A nice story, two of them actually. The first guy that came to our treatment program at Polyclinica St. Pantelimon, in 2001, has now celebrated 10 years of sobriety. This was a joy for me, as his life was a disaster before he got into our program. His wife was divorcing him, he could not hold down a joy, his kids were not speaking to him, and it was all down hill. All of that is now in order, and he is back in his Church. Also, he is working with alcoholics in the Greco-Catholic archdioceses program. (We had a hand in starting that one also!! The guys who actually started it up and got the finances for it had both gotten sober in our program!)

Well, there are many churches but only one God. I thank him for his love for each of us. Please do keep us in your prayers, we always need them.


In His Love,
Floyd & Ancuta Frantz
OCMC Missionaries in Romania




If you would like to contact us please use: floydfrantz@gmail.com

You can visit the St. Dimitrie Programs web page at www.stdimitrie.org

If you would like to make an online donation in support of our work in Romania please go to the Orthodox Christian Mission Center web site at www.ocmc.org After finding the Frantz Family page, you will need to log in, but it is a simple process and it is very important to us. You may also call 877-GO-FORTH, and they will assist you with making a donation online or with your card.

St. Dimitrie Newsletter: from Missionary Floyd Frantz

Greetings! I hope that this finds you well today, and in good spirits on this most blessed day of Meatfare Tuesday.

It has been a few weeks since our last newsletter, and people have been reminding me of this so I am at last going to get down to the "doin" of writing one. I hope you have time to read it, and that you will enjoy having it. Actually, quite a lot has been going on over here since my last posting.

You may remember Christina Semon, my OCMC colleague here in Romania. She has been doing some therapy groups with the St. Dimitrie Program in the Tbc hospital in Savadisla, and we have been going at times to the Republic of Moldova to help with the project of Fr. John in Leova, Moldova. She had requested reassignment in Moldova for her second term of missionary service, to focus on establishing vital youth programs and developing youth leadership. Well, last week she was given a go-ahead, and will be working in Moldova while applying much of what she learned during her first term as a missionary in Romania. It is going to be a very good assignment, and I hope that you will keep up with it at OCMC's web site, www.ocmc.org.

On our side of things, the Holy Romanian Synod has approved our addictions courses to be used in both the faculty seminaries and in the high school seminaries. This was actually more than we had hoped for when we submitted them last year. Of course, it means that we will need to keep it updated, and will need to develop it over time. It is very exciting for us as it has been a long term goal of ours for several years to have this happen.

One other item of note is that Deacon Stephen Holley from St. Michael's in Westminster, California has been visiting us and doing some very nice presentations in the local parishes to young people on "How to choose a mate for life", which is based on his short book about the subject. He has been well received, and in now in Iasi doing the same over there with Fr. Iulian.

There is much to say, but I do not like to send out long emails as few people have the time to read them. I will try to be more faithful about writing in the future, as I would like to share about some of the people in our program. They have been bringing joy to my heart, and in the next email I will share this with you.

In His Love,

Floyd & Ancuta Frantz

OCMC Missionaries in Romania

If you would like to contact us please use: floydfrantz@gmail.com

You can visit the St. Dimitrie Programs web page at www.stdimitrie.org

If you would like to make an online donation in support of our work in Romania please go to the Orthodox Christian Mission Center web site at www.ocmc.org After finding the Frantz Family page, you will need to log in, but it is a simple process and it is very important to us. You may also call 877-GO-FORTH, and they will assist you with making a donation online or with your card.

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