1. August 10 th 2014

2. Tuesday : 5 -7a.m (Abouna Yacob Nadian will bless us) Friday : 11a.m -1:00p.m Saturday : No Liturgy Sunday : 8:00 –11:30a.m الثلاثاء : 5 – 7 ص. الجمعة : 11 ص -1 ظ السبت : لا يوجد قداس الأحد : 8:00 - 11:30 القداسات

3. English: Wednesday : 7:00 – 8:00 adult Bible study. Arabic: الجمعة 7:00 –8:00 مساء التمجيد ثم مسابقات مهرجان الكرازة ( لا يوجد درس كتاب عربي )

4.  We will have Tamgeed (veneration) every evening in the first week from 7 -7:30p.m…starts Thursday the 7 th evening.

5.  No servants meeting today.

6.  The last day for Mahragan activities will be on Wednesday 8/13/14 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm will be limited to:  - All soccer participants  - Middle and High School participants in Bible Study  the Award Ceremony for the Mahragan El-Keraza will be at St. Mary at 2:00 pm. Parents are responsible to drive and pick-up their children to St. Mary. Please plan to arrive at St. Mary by 2:00 pm.

7.  Women’s meeting will be Saturday August 16 th at the church 11:30a.m.  Fr.Abanoub is the guest speaker.

8.  Wednesday, November 26 to Saturday, November 29, 2014  Location: San Antonio, TX in an hotel on the River Walk.  HG Bishop Youssef and Dr. Nevine Saad, MD will be our speakers for this event.  More details to come later.

9.  We need all your prayers for the coming phase of our Gym building project…we will be going to the design development phase by the beginning of next month God willing.  The cost of the building (Gym & social hall+ classrooms) is expected to be high (almost $3,000,000)…we are expecting to start saving money from now…please consider this in your monthly contribution.  A reminder for the tithes (350X$200 = $70,000)

10.  Diocese purchasing new property for St. Mary convent in GA. ($3.8M). We encourage everyone to support this effort

11.  Congratulations to Tamer and Rania for the baptism of their son Jeremiah