Sign-up here to clean the church! We need 2 or 3 people each week to clean our whole church building. Please consider volunteering on a Friday or Saturday for an hour. Sign up chart also includes slots for the less regular deep-cleaning. A complete list of to-do items and a caddie of cleaning products are available at the church. Thank you for your patience as we continue to refine systems to be good stewards of our church building and resources.
Matushka Cathy coordinates the school year. She can be contacted at romanczukc@yahoo.com.
The AGOC Sisterhood is a vibrant community of women dedicated to fostering fellowship, nurturing families and enriching our Church through coordinating feast day celebrations; organizing baby showers, baptisms, meal trains; uplifting mothers of young children, and so much more.
Visit the Sisterhood Update webpage for current activities and events. If you are new to AGOC, welcome! Join our Sisterhood chat on Telegram for the very latest information and lively discussion. Reach out to Lynn or Galina for an electronic invitation.
Men looking to be involved in church projects and social events.
Visit the Brotherhood Update for the latest events.
Monthly meetings after coffee hour. See Jackson (Nectarios) and Sean (Alexander) for information.
AGOC is continually working on growing our finances. Please see PJ Gorman if you are interested in helping him grow our church through the AGOC Stewardship Committee.
🎶 YOU ARE WELCOME TO SING IN THE CHOIR! 🎶
Anyone can sing in the choir whether you are Orthodox or not. You learn faster by listening from someone next to you. Come join us. You don’t have to sing every week. Please also feel free to sing anyway even if not in the choir area.
Standing Invitation: For anyone interested in learning how to sing or choir direct please see Mtk. Patty. If interested a good tutorial and place to start is the 8 vesperal tones and 8 Resurrectional tones. I highly recommend practicing these tones at home. These tones are available at www.oca.org.
A word on rehearsals. Matushka Patty is available to go over any music towards the end of Coffee Hour around 12:30-12:45 timeframe or as requested.
When you sing: Be attentive, listen to each other, and stand relatively close to each other so you can hear each other sing. Try to sing from your chest rather than your nasal cavity. Try to accentuate the vowels of the music piece. Watch music notes and dynamics. Try to hear the chords and each other.
CHURCH GREETERS: Please let Fr. Paul know if you can be a church greeter, altar server or reader. Before the beginning of the service Greeters orient the visitors to the service, ask the visitors to stay for coffee hour and obtain email information.
CHURCH READERS: Men, women, boys or girls can be readers. Deacon Demetrius (Jeff) has practice set for Saturdays at 3:00 pm for anyone interested in reading. Contact Deacon D at autisticfamily@yahoo.com for interest.
Saturdays at 3:00 pm weekly training for new readers or altar servers with Deacon D.
The Elderly Care Team is a new AGOC ministry dedicated to honoring our seniors and living out Christ’s command to love our neighbor. Inspired by the Gospel, the team provides practical support to elderly members of our parish.
How to Participate:
- Request help for yourself or a loved one
- Volunteer your time
- Share resources
- Support the ministry with donations
To join the team or receive assistance, please contact Galina or speak with Fr. Paul.
To donate visit the "Give" webpage. Please designate "Elder Care."
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these… you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40)
Donation box is in the Narthex under the table. Please feel free to donate. This is collected for the Hickory Soup Kitchen. We collect non-perishables and canned goods for the needy on a regular basis. This is a great way to give alms!
