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.
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Fr. Mesrop was with students and faculty from KZV Armenian school at the Mt. Davidson Cross, where they had a cultural program to pay their respects to the Genocide Martyrs by placing flower.
On Good Friday, April 18, 2014, St. John Armenian Church held its first Blood Drive, initiated and organized by Anoush Kelegian in memory of the Armenian Genocide Victims. Giving blood is giving the giſt of life for those who need it most. By collectively donating blood in honor of the Genocide Victims as a community, we symbolically expressed our gratitude as genocide survivors and expressed our devotion to uphold life in honor of our ancestors.
St. John ladies gathered together to learn more about fasting and Great Lent. The first session started at 10:30 led by Fr. Sarkis. His Lenten presentation was about the History of Christian Fasting Practices. The second session led by Fr. Mesrop Ash took place outdoors in the garden of St. John Church. Fr. Mesrop talked about the Lenten Journey in the Garden of The Soul. Upon conclusion of the session the ladies harvested some vegetables, lettuce, radishes and prepared a salad for lunch.
After lunch, there was a movie presentation followed by a prayer session.
St. John Armenian church is happy to release the Unified Camp Scholarship Application for 2013. It is a source of great spiritual joy for our community that many of our young people have applied and been accepted to participate in the Armenian Church Summer Camp of the Western Diocese. Through the generosity of various funds established with the purpose of sending young Armenians to Hye Camp, St. John is offering several scholarships to children and youth who have been active in the life of the parish.
Once more calling all High School and College students! Last summer St. John started an internship program which was very successful. More than 10 students signed up for the program and worked twice a week on different projects.
Easter is the most important holy day for Christians all over the world, however, the celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the culmination of series of ritual commemorations known as Holy Week. For The Armenian Apostolic Church, Holy Week is the recreation of the events of the last week of Christ’s life.
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