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, January 18: Great Vespers – 5 PM
Sunday, January 19: Divine Liturgy – 10:00 AM /
On the Way to Orthodoxy Session – 12:30-1:30
Saturday, January 25: NO Great Vespers
Sunday, January 26: Divine Liturgy – 10:00
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CROSSROADS – our weekly bulletin
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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"
THE REDISCOVERY OF BAPTISM
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.
It is offered usually twice a month from 12:30 - 1:30 on designated Sundays.
The next will be: Sunday, January 19.
The following Sessions will be: Sundays, February 2 and 9.
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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SEE OUR:
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Natalka Pavlovsky
