2025 Orthodox Christian Perspectives: Mission Parishes in North Texas

 Orthodox Christian Perspectives

January 24-25, 2025

“Kindling the Fire”

North Texas Orthodox Missions invites you to join us for the 2024 Orthodox Christian Perspectives with guest speakers Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and Spyridoula Fotinis.

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Friday evening, January 24, 2025
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church,
2020 NW 21st St., Fort Worth TX 76164

6:00pm Reception and Dinner Buffet
6:50pm Opening Prayer and Welcome
7:00pm Father Andrew's talk, with Q&A
                   -----Break-----
8:00pm Spyridoula Fotinis' talk, with Q&A
9:00pm Wrap-up and closing prayer

 

Saturday morning, January 25, 2025
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
13555 Hillcrest Rd, Dallas, Tx 75240

7:00am Orthros (in the Sanctuary)
7:45am Divine Liturgy for the feast of St. Gregory the Theologian
                   -----Move to Community Center for OCP Presentations-----
9:30am Brunch following Divine Liturgy
11:00am Father Andrew, with Q&A
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12:30pm Spyridoula Fotinis, with Q&A
2:00pm Panel Discussion (Bringing the fire home to DFW)
3:00pm Wrap-up and closing prayer

 

Speakers and Topics:

Father Andrew Stephen Damick
Re-Enchanting a Disenchanted World
Most of us don’t live with a constant sense of the reality of the unseen, spiritual world of angels, demons, and saints. Yet our spiritual forebears clearly experienced life differently. How did we get here? And what can we do to try to recover our sense of the fuller reality that Christians at least intellectually believe in?

The Very Rev. Archpriest Andrew Stephen Damick is Chief Content Officer of Ancient Faith Ministries, and the former pastor of St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania. He is author of The Lord of Spirits (2023), Arise, O God (2021), Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy (2011, 2nd ed. 2017), An Introduction to God (2014) and Bearing God (2017). He is co-host of The Lord of Spirits (with Fr. Stephen De Young), The Areopagus (with Michael Landsman), and Amon Sûl (with Richard Rohlin). He is also host of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, Orthodox Engagement, and Roads from Emmaus. With Richard Rohlin he collaborates on the major documentary series The Wolf and the Cross.

 

Spyridoula Fotinis
Face to face: How engaging and loving our community transforms
Through the lens of young adult and parish ministry, with a focus on practical engagement of our faith as way to enhance our Christian witness and ministry.

Spyridoula Fotinis serves the Assembly of Bishops as the Director of Inter-Parish Associations. She is a member of the Assembly of Bishops’ Secretariat as the liaison for the Church & Society Committee. Previously she served as the Coordinator of Programs for the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, with a focus on Church & Society. Her academic and professional career centered on social issues including homelessness and care for the environment. Her ministry was shaped by Orthodox ministries such as CrossRoad, OCF, and FOCUS YES. She is also a commissioner for the World Council of Churches Youth Commission and the World Mission and Evangelism Commission.

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Admission is free

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