11 WILKINS STATION ROAD, (MAILING: PO BOX 805), MEDFORD, NJ 08055
FR. JOHN SHIMCHICK, RECTOR - CHURCH: (609) 654-4865
Services and upcoming events
UPCOMING SERVICES:
Saturday, March 22: 3:30-5:00 - Confessions
5:00 - Great Vespers
Sunday, March 23: Divine Liturgy - 10:00
Monday, March 24: Vesperal Liturgy for the Annunciation – 7 PM
Friday, March 28: 6:00-7:00 - Confessions / 7:00 - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts / meal following
Saturday, March 29: 4:00-5:00 - Confessions
5:00 - Great Vespers
Sunday, March 30: Divine Liturgy - 10:00
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CROSSROADS – our weekly bulletin
MARCH CALENDAR
APRIL - Click here for information on St. Helena's Guild Holiday Bazaar and Easter Candy Sale (PICK UP on April 5th)
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ON THE WAY TO ORTHODOXY:
"What About the Other Nine?"
Considering Baptism and Entrance into the Church for Others and Ourselves"
We call our "Catechesis Program" – "On the Way to Orthodoxy." While designed for those inquiring about the Orthodox Faith, it is also meant to renew and instill a sense of wonder in those who are already Orthodox and encouraged to attend and participate.
The next Session will be on Sunday, March 9, following the Divine Liturgy, from 12:30-1:30. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Throughout the weekdays of Great Lent we will hear daily passages from "Moved by Compassion: Exploring the Core of Orthodox Christian Life," by Fr. John Jones.
To be included on the email list for our Daily Lenten Reader, contact Fr. John at:
holycrossmedford@gmail.com for more information
As we approach studying Baptism and the Bible in our Sunday sermons and in the “On the Way to Orthodoxy” Sessions we’re going to use a version of this image that Frances Young presented in her book, “Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture” – a spider’s web!
Her book seeks to develop a way of studying the Bible that is not based on “a linear argument or chronological account, but something more like a spider’s web.
- Such a web is made up of strands carefully placed in relation to one another.
- The radiating segments of the web are analogous to the sections of the book: they represent the major themes, each of which is traced in second-century material and then broadened out by consideration of material from subsequent centuries.
- These segments, however, are interlinked by connecting threads, issues which keep recurring, and which defy simple organization.
- Scattered over the web are dew-drops that highlight issues by providing depth of focus through detailed inspection of particular texts.
- The hope is that by a combination of panoramas and close-ups, new perspectives may emerge as the complete web is contemplated.”
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A Review of the Retreat with Dr. Peter Bouteneff held on Saturday, November 9, 2024
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BELOW is the final entry for our Daily Paschal Reader:
You can find complete archived copies of our Lenten and Paschal readers by clicking here.
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Come Study With Us
Come Study With Us
1) "Why Be Orthodox?" - Two Presentations by Dr. A. Edward Siecienski
2) "The Theotokos and the Church" - Two presentations by Dr. A. Edward Siecienski (November 30 and December 7, 2022
3) "Community as Church, Church as Community" - Two Presentations by Fr. Michael Plekon (February 9 and 16, 2022)
4) Evening Prayers and Saints of the Week
5) The Journey Project
6) Decision-making and Divine Guidance in 1 Corinthians with Fr. John Jillions
7) All Is Well with Dr. Albert Rossi
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