St. Basil the Great Mission is young, and our finanical resources, at present, are limited. It is our desire to be wise stewards of all that God has entrusted to our care. Anyone desiring to see a precise accounting of expenditures and income may present such a request to the mission treasurer - our books our open (while the records of donations from individuals and organizations are kept in strict confidence and not made publically available).
February 14:
Attendance: 19
Giving: $699
February 7, 2010
Attendance: 19
Giving: $707
January 31, 2010
Cancelled / Inclement Weather
January 24, 2010
Attendance: 20
Giving: $696
January 17, 2010
Attendance: 18
Giving: $683
January 10, 2010
Attendance: 20
Giving: $1855
January 3, 2010
Attendance: 14
Giving: $1816
Dec. 27, 2009
Attendance: 23
Giving: $266
Dec. 20, 2009
Attendance: 12
Giving: $178
Dec. 13, 2009
Attendance: 15
Giving: $258
Dec. 6, 2009
Attendance: 18
Giving: $787
Nov. 29, 2009
Attendance: 15
Giving: $290
Nov. 22, 2009
Attendance: 17
Giving: $763
November 15
Attendance: 19
Giving: $459.00
November 8
Attendance: 10
Giving: $224.00
November 1
Attendance: 12
Giving: $527.00
October 25th
Attendance: 13
Giving: $727.00
October 18
Attendance: 16
Giving: $255.00
October 11
Attendance: 12
Giving: $324.00
October 4
Attendance: 12
Giving: $653.00
September 27
Attendance: 20
Giving: $601.00
September 20
Attendance: 14
Giving: $183.00
September 13
Attendance: 20
Giving: $598 today
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Today's Attendance = 21
Today's Collections = $112
This Months Collections to-date = $1,495.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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May 24th - Today Fr Paul Coats served the Divine Liturgy and we were honored to also get to visit with Matushka Gerianne and their daughter Helen. Thank you to the Coats family for all your efforts!
The Robichau family arrived safely on Monday! Glory be to God! Please plan to attend the Divine Liturgy this coming Sunday (May31st) to meet them!
Today's Attendance = 18
Today's Collections = $241.00
This Months Collections to-date = $1,383.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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May 17th - Today we welcomed Fr John Hays for what will be his last visit to us for a while. We are so grateful for his efforts on our behalf! Thank you Father John and family!
Next week (May 24th) we will have Fr Paul Coats here to serve the Divine Liturgy. Can you believe it ... two Divine Liturgy's in a row! We won't see Fr Paul again until later on in the Fall months when we will again go back to the "rotating" Priest schedule. Thank you Fr Paul and family for everything you have done to help grow St Basil the Great Mission!
Welcome to the Robichau Family! Fr Peter and Matushka Christine Robichau and family will arrive next week! The Robichaus will serve here all summer long. We were delighted to be able to find a fully furnished rental home for them and as soon as they are settled in we will be meeting with Fr Peter and make plans for many things for this Mission! So watch your email and check back here for more information.
Tithes are coming in as pledged and we hope to see this pattern continue! Thank you all for this demonstration of your love for GOD and your dedication to this Mission. Did you know that we also receive tithes by mail from "friends" of this mission in other states and even from our own members when they are out of town or cannot be here. Thank you!
A special thank you to Vivian, Janice, Mark, David, Bob, Nancy and Jason for all their extra efforts in helping getting ready for the Robichau's arrival!!!
Please Pray for Christy, a dear friend of the Bergeron family who is recovering from an accident. She is doing better but will have a long road ahead.
E mail any special prayer requests that you may have to us here.
Today's Attendance = 18
Today's Collections = $318.00
This Months Collections to-date = $1,142.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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May 10th - Readers Service.
Today's Attendance = 13
Today's Collections = $824.00
This Months Collections to-date = $824.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
May 3rd - Today's Readers Service has been cancelled due to lack of people being able to attend. It seems that we have a lot of folks traveling and out of town this week! We''ll see you next week!
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April 2009
April 26th -
Today's Attendance = 11
Today's Collections = $220.00
This Months Collections to-date = $1,630.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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April 19th - Holy Pascha - Christ Is Risen!!
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April 12th - Thank you to Fr Paul Coats for serving Vespers last night and the Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy today!
We will not have the regular cycle of services here for Holy Week and Pascha. We will meet again on Sunday April 26th for a Readers Service.
Accommodations Needed By EARLY MAY!!!: We will be welcoming a Priest and his family for the summer months! We are looking for a free or low cost apartment or home for them to live in. The home needs to be a three bedroom at least and must be in Wilmington. They will arrive at the end of May and be here through August. Please let Kelsey or Janice know if you have any suggestions on this or if you would like to contribute towards housing or salary costs specifically please add your contribution to the basket and mark it "Summer Priest" Fund.
Today's Attendance = 16
Today's Collections = $752.00
This Months Collections to-date = $1,410.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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April 5 - Thank you to all those who helped with today's Readers Service.
This Saturday & Sunday:
We will Welcome Fr Paul Coats this weekend for Palm Sunday and Saturday Vespers.
Vespers on Saturday will begin at 5:00 p.m. – Fr Paul will hear confessions afterwards.
Divine Liturgy/Palm Sunday service begins at 9:00 a.m. – we hope to see all of our regulars and many visitors.
Accommodations Needed:
As discussed Sunday during coffee hour we will be welcoming a Priest and his family for the summer months! We are looking for a free or low cost apartment or home for them to live in. The home needs to be a three bedroom at least and must be in Wilmington. They will arrive at the end of May and be here through August. Please let Kelsey or Janice know if you have any suggestions on this.
Today's Attendance = 10
Today's Collections = $658.00
This Months Collections to-date = $658.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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March 2009
March 29 - Thank you to Fr Paul Coats for being here to serve the Divine Liturgy today.
Please note that we have reached our pledge goal this month and then some! Glory be to God!
Today's Attendance = 14
Today's Collections = $140.00
This Months Collections to-date = $1,912.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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March 22 - Readers Service
Today's Attendance = 10
Today's Collections = $200.00
This Months Collections to-date = $1,772.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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March 15 - We are so grateful to our Priest-in-charge and Dean of the Carolinas, Fr Marcus Burch for traveling to be here with us today. Fr Marcus served the Divine Liturgy along with Dc John Crook.
Thank you to all who read and those who sang in the choir, to those who brought the wonderful food today and to all who for stayed for our coffee hour meeting with Fr Marcus.
Next week (03/22) we will have a readers service followed by a visit from Fr Paul Coats and family on March 29th where he will serve the Divine Liturgy.
Today's Attendance = 25
Today's Collections = $392.00
March Collections to-date = $1,572.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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March - 08 We had a very nice Readers Service today! Thank you to all who work so hard to make our services run so smoothly.
Please Pray for Nancy Hanania as she has had surgery and is recovering at home.
David will be traveling to Chile soon with his daughter. Please pray for their safe travel.
NEXT WEEK - Our Dean and Priest In charge, Fr Marcus Burch will be with us on March 15th! He will serve the Divine Liturgy and afterwards during coffee hour/lunch we will meet and discuss our future, ideas, concerns and general state of this mission. All members and visitors who wish to stay for this meeting are encouraged to do so. Anyone who is considering joining this mission as a member should also take this opportunity to meet Fr Marcus and let him know of your intentions.
Coffee Hour next week (March 15th) is potluck as usual. Please bring lunch type dishes as we will be here longer than usual.
Today's Attendance = 11
Today's Collections = $581.00
March Collections to-date = $1180.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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March - 01 Thank you to Fr John and family for traveling here to serve the Divine Liturgy!
We were sorry to have so many folks out sick. Please pray for those who have been ill.
Please remember to bring Lenten dishes for potluck coffee hour.
The services page is being updated and you will notice that some dates are "tentative." Check the services page often for updates
Today's Attendance = 12
Today's Collections = $599.00
March Collections to-date = $599.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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February 2009
February - 22 Todays service was a readers service. We are pleased to see so many returning visitors.
Today's Attendance = 10
Today's Collections = $19.00
February Collections to-date = $1,744.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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February 15 - We welcomed Fr Paul Coats and family today! We had a great turnout for this Divine Liturgy service and we are so happy to have a chance to great our guests during coffee hour.
Today's Attendance = 29
Today's Collections = $373.00
February Collections to-date = $1,725.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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February 8 - Another well attended readers service! Thank you to all who help with clean up, our readers and our choir.
We'll be posting a schedule of services for April - June soon! Check the services page at the end of the month and mark your calendars.
Today's Attendance = 12
Today's Collections = $153.00
February Collections to-date = $1,352.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
February 1 - Today's Divine Liturgy was served by Fr John Hays and Deacon John Crook. We thank them for their efforts on our behalf! After the Divine Liturgy was served we were honored to have Fr John Bless our first hand written icon! The icon of Saint Basil the Great, was written by Fr Andrew Tregubov and is a beautiful addition to our small space of worship! Check our photos page soon for more pictures of our new icon.
Go to www.iconmotif.com for more on Fr Tregubov's work.
If you have not pledged and plan to do so please email your pledge ASAP and hand in your signed pledge form Sunday.
We will have a short presentation of our finances this coming Sunday (Feb. 8th) during coffee hour. All members are encouraged to be there to discuss our general budget for the remainder of 2009. We will continue to discuss the budget the following Sunday (Feb. 15th) and approve it as a group, hopefully. This should be an upbeat meeting as finances are quite healthy for this young mission. Praise Be!
Visitors who wish to be considered members may speak to either Fr John or Fr Paul to confirm your intent to join as an Orthodox person or to begin catechumen lessons. We will not be able to provide full catechumen classes until later this year but that's just enough time to do some great reading and get your feet wet!
Happy Anniversary to Dc John and Matushka Rebecca! Many Years!
Today's Attendance = 25
Today's Collections = $1,199.00
February Collections to-date = $1,199.00
(Pledge Goal = $1,766.00/month)
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January 2009
January 25 - Todays Reader's Service was attended by 20! That is a great turnout for a readers service and shows wonderful dedication to this mission! Praise Be to God!
We were delighted to have several visitors today.
You can still make a pledge for the 2009 year. See Kelsey for a pledge form if you need one.
Don't forget that coffee hour is potluck ... please bring more lunch type dishes on Sunday's when we have the Divine Liturgy. Thank you!
Today's Collections: $325.00
(January Total = $1,702.01)
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January 18 - Todays Divine Liturgy was served by Fr Paul Coats. Thank you Fr Paul and Helen for driving all this way to serve us!
We welcomed visitors Carl and Jules today and look forward to seeing them again soon!
Today's Attendance: 18
Today's Collections: $401.00
(January Total so far = $1,377.01)
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January 11 - Today's Readers Service was attended by 12 and our readers were Jason and Janice. As always we thank Lizzy and Christina for being our faithful choir.
A note about our finances: We had a short financial meeting after the service during coffee hour today. Our pledges for the 2009 fiscal year so far total $1,333 per month. Last years total "pledged" amount was $2,008 per month. If you plan on making a monthly pledge to St Basil the Great Mission please return your pledge form to Vivian by this coming Sunday, January 18th. We were very blessed in most months last year to bring in our pledged monthly amount and then some! Beginning on Jan 19th we will begin to put together a budget for the 2009 year. We will present a tentative budget for all members to discuss soon. Pledge forms are available on the bulletin board or via e mail from Kelsey. Thank you all for the support you have shown this mission in both tithes and in your efforts!
Icon Fund: We have an icon of St Basil the Great on order from the iconographer and Priest, Fr Andrew Tregubov. The icon will cost approximately $600. If you would like to contribute towards this icon please put a check in the basket with "St Basil Icon" noted on it or speak to Vivian.
Icon Stand & Church Furnishings Fund: We have two more icon stands on order. If you would like to contribute towards this needed church furniture please place a check in the basket marked "Icon Stands/Church furnishings" or speak to Vivian.
Candles: When purchasing the beeswax prayer candles please note that they cost a minimum of fifty cents each. If you don't have the fifty cents go ahead and take a candle and put in extra the following week. Larger, altar size candles are also available for $2.50 each. Please ask Vivian or Kelsey to retrieve them for you.
Today's Attendance:12
Today's Collections: Tithes = $175.00 Candles = $6.00
January Total-to-date = $976.01
(Pledge goal for 2009 will be set once all pledge forms have been received. The "cut off" date is Sunday January 18th. Last years pledged amount was $2008 per month. We are hoping we have at least that this year.)
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January 4 - Christ Is Born! Glorify Him! Today's Divine Liturgy was served by Fr John Hays who flew in from Jacksonville, Florida to be with us. Thank you Fr John for your efforts on our behalf! We had wonderful attendance today and again welcomed a few visitors!
Pledge Forms: Please mail your 2009 pledge forms to Vivian ASAP. We will plan the 2009 budget by the middle of next week. Kelsey can email you a pledge form if you need one.
Today's Attendance:25
Today's Collections: Tithes = $785.01 Candles = $10.00
January Total-to-date = $795.01
(Pledge goal is $2,008 monthly)
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