Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, New Rochelle, NY

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Dear Parishioners,

I often laugh at myself in this day and age when I think of all the ways I have to communicate with everyone, yet sometimes I don't get my message across in a clear and cohesive way. We can text each other, email each other, "instant message" each other, telephone each other, "facebook" each other....and sometimes... we can even write each other a letter. Yet, in this day and age, with all these methods of communication, we still don't do a great job in getting the message across.

In line with the above thought, I think of the many times in our parish when we do fundraising; the Festival, the Church Annual Dinner Dance, the Philoptochos Candlelight Dinner etc., and I have grown to realize that some of our fundraisers should also be friend-raisers, with the intent of widening the perimeter of our parish family. I mentioned a couple of Sundays ago that we seldom see the sign; ALL ARE WELCOME in front of our Orthodox Churches. Even though we preach that Orthodoxy is a faith for all people, we often don't honor that tradition when someone walks into our Churches. Putting the diminishing statistics aside concerning Baptisms and Weddings within our Archdiocese; we actually need, you and I alike, to go out and spread the Gospel of Christ to even one person in our lifetime with the hopes of bringing them closer to Christ through the front door of our Orthodox Church. We are not "missionaries" per se, but we are on a mission. From the moment we think that our Church is just "ours" we add to the diminishing and unnerving statistics that our church is slowly becoming extinct here in America.

So, my prayer for this upcoming Easter Season is that we spread our spiritual arms to bring someone from the "outskirts" of our Church closer to the center, and/or bring in someone who is un-churched and introduce them to the beauty of God's House through our precious Faith.

Wishing you a blessed, holy and spirit-filled Paschal Season, I remain;

Most Faithfully,

Fr. Nicholas Anctil

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Dinner Dance 2010

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