“Forty Days for Life”

McKinney Texas, February 22 – April 1, 7am – 7pm

at:

Planned Parenthood 1720 W Eldorado Pky, Ste 106, McKinney, TX 75069

A nationwide prayer vigil to end legal abortion and heal all those involved in abortion.

Orthodox Christians will gather to be the only guaranteed prayer support on the following days and times.

Mar 6, Tue, 7am-7 pm

Mar 17, Sat 7am – 3pm

HOW TO VOLUNTEER:

A Public Calendar has been set up. You may use it to look at staffing for the two “Orthodox days”.

1. Please go to the following link: http://tinyurl.com/orthodox40dayscal

2. You will see a full month calendar displaying. Set the Display to “Week” using the link at the top right, and the arrows at the top left to display Mar 6 or Mar 17

3. You can come at any time, but if you can, please look for blocks where there are less than 2 people signed up.

4. Note the times you want to sign up for and send email or call/text Fr Seraphim. Please include your email, which not be published, but will used to correspond with you and confirm the times you are signed up for.

Planned Parenthood is Located in the business strip at the northeast corner of Medical Center Dr. and Eldorado Pkwy.

Please do NOT park or enter the property (business strip) where Planned Parenthood is located. You may park at the Steak and Shake across the street. Stay on the public sidewalk.

Contact:  Priest Seraphim Holland, St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney TX

Fr Seraphim will be onsite all day.

Email: seraphim@orthodox.net

Phone/text: 972-658-5433

On Saturday, March 17, 2012, the Ladies Philoptochos Society of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is pleased to host a Women’s Lenten Spiritual Retreat. Read the flyer for details.

• March 4 — Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Dallas
• March 11 — Falling Asleep of the Ever-Virgin Mary Romanian Church, Colleyville
• March 18 — Sts. Constantine and Helen Antiochian Orthodox Church, Dallas
• March 25 — St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Euless
• April 1 — St. Seraphim Cathedral, Orthodox Church in America, Dallas

Attend the 2012 Orthodox Conference on Missions and Evangelism in Dallas and Ft. Worth to learn more.

View the Conference Program, the Conference Flyer, the detailed Missions Conference Schedule, and when you’re ready,  Register Online. We also have a Conference Powerpoint in PDF format which gives a great overview of the event.

Locations:

• Friday January 20,2012 at St. Barbara Orthodox Church (OCA), Ft. Worth
• Saturday, January 21,2012 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Dallas
• Sunday, January 22,2012 at various orthodox parishes

This Conference will examine how the Church of the past evangelized the world, and discuss how to put ancient proven methods into modem practice locally.

Speakers:

• Fr. Peter Gillquist (Chair of the Antiochian Archdiocese Department of Missions and Evangelism)
• Fr. Joseph Huneycutt (St. Joseph Antiochian Orthodox Church, Houston, TX)
• Fr. Evan Armatas (St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, Loveland, CO)

Free admission — No childcare provided.

For additional information about the conference, please contact the Dept. of Missions and Evangelism at (805) 685-8999.

For updates on locations and times, visit this web site.

For the convenience of out of town conference attendees we have reserved a small block of rooms at a hotel near Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church at a discounted rate. The special rate is only available to those who reserve prior to Dec. 30. Here are the details:

Hotel address is:

Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre
5410 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75240
1-800-245-3304 reservations

Identify yourself as part of the Orthodox Conference. The conference rate is $99 per day plus 13% tax and you have until noon the day of arrival to cancel.