Summer this year at St.John has been an awesome and cool time so far. We have participated in Christina Ardemis’s Organize and Thrive event, St. John Family Night and the most exciting so far, Lost and Found in Armenia.
It isn’t Christmas yet, but we already have a WISH LIST. It is for our Food Festival coming up on Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19, 2014. As you know, the Food Festival is our main fundraiser.
Our St. John ladies and men are already preparing the delicious foods that all of us, and our usual 2,000 plus guests, will enjoy in October.
We are pleased to announce that this year over 16 youth from St. John Armenian Church will attend Hey camp during the second and fourth week sessions. Fr. Mesrop Ash will be the camp chaplain for both weeks. We wish them a happy and safe trip. Campers will take with them choregs baked by our own ladies. Yum!
For those parents that have applied for camp scholarships, the Scholarship Committee will review them and inform the recipients throughout the month of June.
Sunday, June 1, was the last day of Sunday School. As usual students gathered in the Ashjian room for a short rehearsal, and attended church to receive communion and a spiritual message by Fr. Mesrop Ash.
The Feast of Hampartzoom (Ascension) is one of the most joyous of the feasts celebrated by the Armenian Church. It is celebrated after the 40 days of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
One of the projects of St. John Parish Council this year is to have Family Nights and dedicate them to diasporan communities that Armenians came from.
The first Family Night took placed on Saturday May 17, 2014, and was dedicated to Fresno Armenians. More than 80 people from the community attended the event. Following a casual dinner, respected members of the community that grew up in Fresno shared their stories about the farm and town life in the Valley during the good times and bad.
For the past 54 years the men of St. John Armenian Church have cooked and served breakfast for our mothers on Mother’s Day.
This year was no exception, Sunday, May 11, the hall was decorated with flowers, and one could inhale the aroma of the coffee, and famous French Toast in the Paul Family Fellowship Hall.
It was a perfect family environment and mother’s day present when mothers, grandmothers joined their families for a delicious breakfast.
We need volunteers to lead each cooking sessions as an example, Linda Lester will take the lead for souboreg and kufta. If you are interested please contact Linda Lester at 415-648-3540 and we will contact volunteers to help you.
As in the past The Lillian Paul Gift to St. John's Church - A Trip to Armenia will be granted this year. All the church dues paying members are eligible to participate in this drawing. To Enter the drawing please call the church office 415-661-1142. The winner will participate in Mer Hooys Pilgrimage to Armenia and Kharabagh led by Fr. Mesrop Ash from Sept. 24 - Oct. 10, 2014.
St. John has enjoyed the bounty of our garden over the past few weeks, but the time has come to share the wealth. Friday, April 25, the Garden Ministry donated the lettuce harvest to the Martin de Porres House of Hospitality soup kitchen, and on Saturday some of the parishioners volunteered in preparing and serving lunch.
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