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Metropolis of Atlanta Philoptochos Society Newsletter |
Greetings!
Welcomed to our eNewsletter. Many Philoptochos members have recently been added to our listserve and we are encouraged by the interest and positive feedback.
This month as we pray to the Theotokos and send our children back to school, we begin to think and plan our upcoming ecclesiastical year of philanthropic service to our Lord Jesus Christ. Here are some new announcements as well as repeats of earlier ones to keep our new subscribers up to date. |
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2008 ZOE CAVALARIS BOWL AWARD
St. Luke Philoptochos Chapter of Mooresville, NC
St. Luke Philoptochos Chapter #5080 is the proud recipient of the 2008 Zoe Cavalaris Bowl Award. St. Luke Philoptochos increased their membership by 63% with 16 members in 2007 and 26 members in 2008.
Raenada Leonard, St. Luke Chapter President says, "We thank the Cavalaris family for making this award possible and Laura Nixon (Metropolis of Atlanta 1st Vice President) for honoring us with a visit to our parish to personally present us our award on June 21st. While our chapter may be small in number, our commitment and passion to live up to our name 'Philoptochos, friend of the poor' remains great!" |
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Save the Dates!
Twelfth National Philoptochos
Children's Medical Fund Luncheon
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Boca Raton, Florida
Luncheon Tickets: $125
The Boca Raton Resort & Club
501 East Camino Real
Boca Raton, FL
1.888.491.2622/561.447.3000
reservation code: PHILOPTOCHOS
airports: West Palm Beach/Ft.Lauderdale/Miami --It is our great honor to host this worthy event in our Metropolis and to welcome Philoptochos members from all over the United States. Please look for more details next month and plan to attend and support in any way you can.
Within the next couple of weeks all chapters should recieve a packet in the mail with:
- Sponsorship Opportunities
- Raffle Ticket Booklets to sell in your communities (1 for $10, 3 for $25)
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Ladies Philoptochos 
Spiritual Retreat 2010
at the
Diakonia Center in South Carolina
MARCH 12 - 14, 2010
more information will be sent
to you after Thanksgiving
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eCommunications!
In addition to regular mailings (via USPS) to your chapter president, these monthly eNewsletters will be sent to everyone! As you can imagine this will heighten communications within our organization while saving on the cost of postage.
For the past year our committee has been solicitiing email addresses and although we have over 1000 names, only 60% of our chapters have so far responded. Sincere thanks to these chapters that have already sent their lists:
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Holy Trinity |
Asheville |
12 |
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Annunciation |
Atlanta |
111 |
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Holy Trinity |
Augusta |
20 |
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Holy Trinity-Holy Cross |
Birmingham |
20 |
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St. Mark |
Boca Raton |
91 |
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Holy Trinity |
Charleston |
54 |
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Holy Trinity |
Charlotte |
30 |
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Holy Trinity |
Columbia |
35 |
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Ss Raphael, Nich. & Irene |
Cumming |
36 |
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St. Barbara |
Durham |
25 |
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Ss Con. & Helen |
Fayetteville |
14 |
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Transfiguration |
Florence |
23 |
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St. Demetrios |
Fr. Lauderdale |
54 |
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Annunciation |
Fr. Myers |
13 |
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St. Nicholas |
Fr. Pierce |
10 |
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SS Markella & Demetrios |
Ft. Walton Beach |
23 |
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Dormition of Theotokos |
Greensboro |
45 |
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H. Cross/Ss Con & Helen |
Huntsville |
19 |
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St. John the Divine |
Jacksonville |
63 |
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St. George |
Knoxville |
8 |
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Holy Trinity |
Maitland/Orlando |
36 |
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Holy Transfiguration |
Marietta |
60 |
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St. Katherine |
Melbourne |
42 |
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Saint Sophia |
Miami |
32 |
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St. Andrew |
Miami/Kendall |
64 |
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Annunciation |
Mobile |
19 |
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Annunciation |
Montgomery |
5 |
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St. Luke |
Mooresville |
26 |
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St. John the Baptist |
Myrtle Beach |
6 |
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St. Katherine |
Naples |
9 |
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Holy Trinity |
New Orleans |
15 |
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Mission of Peachtree |
Peachtree City |
35 |
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Holy Trinity |
Raleigh |
69 |
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St. Barbara |
Sarasota |
7 |
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St. Paul |
Savannah |
26 |
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St. Nicholas |
Spartanburg |
7 |
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Holy Mother of God |
Tallahassee |
31 |
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St. John the Baptist |
Tampa |
25 |
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St. Nicholas |
Tarpon Springs |
30 |
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St. Philothea |
Watkinsville |
20 | If your chapter is not shown above please work on gathering whatever emails you can and send them in Excel format to our eCommunications & Website Committee Members:
Remember too that anyone can subscribe, unsubscribe or update their information at anytime by choosing the links at the bottom of this newsletter.
...and feel free to contact Florence or Valine with any questions you may have. |
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AREA MEETING to plan the CMF
There will be an 'area' meeting for local chapters of the South Florida Conference along with Metropolis Board representatives at St.Mark's Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton on September 15.
The meeting will begin at 11 AM to discuss our responsibilities for hosting the Children's Medical Luncheon. Aphrodite Skeadas, our National Philoptochos President will join us.
Philoptochos officers and members are invited to attend and support this cause. Thanks! |
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Clergy Laity 2009 Meeting Highlights
-repeated for new subscribers to enjoy
- Medically Fragile Children -- MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina) playground project for Medically Fragile Children has been halted due to budget cuts and they have asked us to consider applying our donation toward their " A Place to Pray" area which will be in the new chapel building. The money given toward this project was as follows: $22,500 from National Philoptochos (CMF), $8,796.20 from chapter donations for centerpieces and $1,920 from art auction at the 2007 Clergy Laity. By unanimous vote the general assembly moved to redirect the total playground funds of $33,216.20 to the Place to Pray in the new chapel of the MUSC Hospital.
- The White Dove funds will be hereto redirected to the Website and eCommunications Committee and will work towards enhanced Philoptochos communications throughout the Metropolis. Stay tuned for some exciting newsletters and our new website this fall.
- Disaster Relief Fund -- Over $1.3 million was distributed through this program and National Philoptochos has since adopted a National Disaster Response Board of which Dee Nicolaou is the chairperson. IOCC, National Philoptochos and the Metropolis of Atlanta Philoptochos will coordinate efforts to establish Disaster Response Centers in our Metropolis. The Disaster Response Plan is being formulated and will be presented to your parishes and chapters.
- His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios has requested that we raise
 $25,000 in 5 years from all Metropolis chapters to build a church in Cameroon, Africa. The General Assembly delegates and board members embraced the project and voted to go forward.
- Organ Donor Awareness Program is being reintroduced in light of the late Archbishop Christodoulos' recent experience at the Miami Transplant Institute. The purpose is to inform chapters of organ donation and does not solicit funds nor obligate anyone to become an organ donor. Nicky Psaltis gave an inspiring presentation on how her father's organ transplant 15 years ago saved his life and touched their family.
- Agape Celebrations are to be planned in each Conference during the upcoming ecclesiastical year.
- Dynamic Leadership & Grants Development Strategies was the topic of Saturday's workshop and was led by Evelyn Ploumis-Devick, Ph.D. This was a highly motivational and educational presentation on how to build successful and sustainable programs. We all came away inspired in our efforts!
Ask your representive delegates for more information on these meeting highlights. Also, start thinking about who will be your 2010 delegates for the National Philoptochos Conference. It will be held in Atlanta, Georgia over the 4th of July holiday, 2010. |
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| Dormition of the Holy Theotokos |
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"Cry out, O David: what is this present feast? 'Christ' said he, 'has translated into the heavenly mansions her who bore Him without seed, of whom I sang in the book of Psalms, calling her daughter, child of God, and Virgin. Therefore, mothers and daughters and brides of Christ, rejoice and cry: Hail, thou who art translated into the heavenly Kingdom.'
from Mattins of the Dormition of the Theotokos
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Meet
Presbytera Christine --WebGal
Along with this newsletter I will be working on our new Metropolis of Atlanta Philoptochos Website, which will be launched this September. I appreciate your feedback and especially your photos! |
KEEP THE PHOTOS COMING FOR OUR eCommunications!!
Send me photos of your chapter in action--remember to include your church name, city and the names of the people in the photos. Email them to:
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