St. Justin Academy Homeschool Group

St. Justin Martyr by the hand of Nick Papas

The home-schoolers’ group at St. Philip Antiochian Orthodox Church Souderton just started meeting this autumn. Bishop Thomas gave them the name of St. Justin Academy. For their first ever service project, they chose to make power packs for The King’s Jubilee. One of the moms called me . . . → Read More: St. Justin Academy Homeschool Group

Is it time to dream big?

We started off the summer with high hopes. My health seemed finally back on track after the ordeals of the staph infection on the spine, the morphine overdose in the hospital, the secondary infection, the reactions to the antibiotics, renal failure, the ICU, the hives, the prednisone, hives again, the long slog back to finally feeling . . . → Read More: Is it time to dream big?

Ugly Quilts Not So Ugly

These Ugly Quilts don't look ugly to me.

The First Ugly Quilts have been completed and are ready to give away. They are really beautiful! They were made with all scavenged, no cost material. The lady who made them saved time by using old mattress pads for filler, thus eliminating the need for knotting them. We . . . → Read More: Ugly Quilts Not So Ugly

Many hands make light work.

Most of my work is done during the day on the night we serve. Actually, it starts the day before, when I remember to get out a tukey to thaw on Wednesday morning and take inventory of vegetables and supplies to see what I will need to pick up on Thursday. Thursday morning, I roast the . . . → Read More: Many hands make light work.

Meet Bob

St. Philip’s received an email from Bob from St. Stephen’s Cathedral, which said:

I am Bob Lutzick, who has been attending The King’s Jubilee outreach weekly. It’s always a pleasure helping out, and I look forward to as many weeks as God allows me to be there. Thanks for the opportunity to give back some of the . . . → Read More: Meet Bob

Cranford Had Another Stroke

please pray for me and to give the doctors wisdom to get to the bottom of these atypical migraines and strokes. I came to the hospital ER last night, because the migraine was not responding to the medication and I had symptoms with it that I had never experienced before.
Uncle John is making the soup for . . . → Read More: Cranford Had Another Stroke

Picnic is Cancelled

The picnic that was scheduled for August 20 at our house has been cancelled. Our yard is still pretty dusty, although the grass has started to grow. My health has not been reliable enough for us to host this event. I had another 12 day long migraine, then two days of aftermath, then another five day . . . → Read More: Picnic is Cancelled

175 Bag Lunches

The young people participating in the vacation church school at St. Stephen’s Orthodox Cathedral in NE Phila. made 175 bag lunches and Fr. Victor and several others came down to help distribute them on Thursday, July 14. May God . . . → Read More: 175 Bag Lunches

Picnic Note

 We may be changing the venue for our picnic. Our yard is basically dust and stones from burying water, sewer, electric, gas, phone and data lines. Please check the website for . . . → Read More: Picnic Note

Tuesday Help Needed

 We need more people to step up to help in order to be able to take on serving on more Tuesdays. Join us on the last Tuesday of the month to see how . . . → Read More: Tuesday Help Needed