Sept. 21st | Sunday Service, this Week's Rummage Sale, and More..
Published: Sat, 09/20/25
Updated: Sat, 09/20/25
Sunday, 21st of September Church Service Liturgical Color: Red
Sacred Adoration 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Prepare your heart and mind for worship during this half hour of tranquility, meditation and reflection upon our Lord's infinite bounty and His presence in the Eucharist.
ENGLISH OFFICE MATINS Fourteenth Sunday in Trinity Season 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM
Join Us for Coffee Hour and Fellowship After Services (about 10:45 AM)
🎙️Tune in daily to The Fathers
Speak, a podcast from the Orthodox West. Join Our Priest-in-Charge, Father John Fenton, as he reads selections from the Church Fathers, aligned with the Western Orthodox liturgical calendar.
21st - 27th September A.D. 2025 Scripture Readings for the
Week:
21st | SUNDAY St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist XV Sunday After Pentecost (XIV Trinity)
Matins: 1st Kings 19; Matthew 19: 16 to end; Vespers: Isaiah 52; 1 - 10; Romans 10: 1 - 15
22nd | MONDAY
Matins: 2nd Samuel 2: 12 to end; Luke 12: 13 - 34; Vespers: Deuteronomy 7: 12 to end; Romans 7
PLACE HOLDE
23rd | TUESDAY
Matins: 2nd Samuel 3: 1, - 17 to end; Luke 12: 35 48; Vespers: Deuteronomy 8; Romans 8: 1 - 17
24th | WEDNESDAY
Matins: 2nd Samuel 4 Luke 12: 49 to end; Vespers: Deuteronomy 10: 12 - 11: 1; Romans 8: 18 to end
25th | THURSDAY
Matins: 2nd Samuel 5: 1 - 12, 17 to end; Luke 13: 1- 17; Vespers: Deuteronomy 11: 2 - 12; Romans 9: 1 - 18
26th | FRIDAY
Matins: 2nd Samuel 6: 1 - 19; Luke 13: 18 to end; Vespers: Deuteronomy 11: 13 to end; Romans 9: 19 to end
27th | SATURDAY
Matins: 2nd Samuel 7; Luke 14: 1 - 14 Vespers: Deuteronomy 12: 1 - 14; Romans 10
🛍️ “Are You Ready to Rummage? Yard Sale!” – Donation & Volunteer Callout
This special event is more than just rummaging through treasures and bargains. It's a chance to rally together for an important cause: supporting our church’s security, upkeep, and clergy expenses.
How You Can Help:
🎁 Donate Gently Used Items Have household goods, furniture, toys, or clothing you no longer need? Give them a second life by donating them to our sale. Your contributions make a difference and help us raise vital funds.
👐 Volunteer Your Time We’re looking for friendly faces and helping hands for:
Flyer distribution in the weeks leading up to the sale
Set-up before the event
Greeting and assisting visitors
Item sales during the event
Clean-up after the sale wraps
Let’s work together to make this a joyful and impactful weekend. Thank you for being part of something truly meaningful!
Oblates* Prayer and Discipleship Sessions (All are Welcome)
The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
Prepare Your Heart and Mind for Christian Living and Discipleship The Saint Nicholas Orthodox Oblates Prayer and Study Group explores the invaluable insights and wisdom presented in the book, “The Benedict Option” by Rod Dreher.
Could this be a blueprint for building a community of...
The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century
The Rule, written by Benedict of Nursia, the founder of Western monasticism, guides our St. Nicholas Oblates and parish members into a new way of seeing and living. As Orthodox Christians, we are admonished to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Renewing the mind takes ...
Where: St. Nicholas Orthodox Church 1325 E. Queen Ave., Spokane, WA 99207
*To be an oblate is a “vocation,” a response to a call from God. It is a means of living a life of reciprocal prayer and blessings, between a person in the
world and the monastic who “left the world.”
Please Remember to Pray for...
Your Parish, Diocese, Archdiocese, Jerri Cox, Tina Greer, Fr. David, Kh. Mona, Kh. Karen Kinnick, Barbara Myers, Gary Gillmore, Art Sill, Charlie and Alida Roth
"O Lord Almighty, the Healer of our souls and bodies, You Who put down and raise up, Who
chastise and heal also; do You now, in Your great mercy, visit our brothers and sisters who are sick."
For a Priest
Jesus, eternal Priest, keep this thy Priest, now unknown to our parish family, within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart, where none may touch him. Keep unstained his anointed hands, which daily
touch Thy Sacred Body; keep unsullied his lips, purpled with Thy precious Blood; keep pure and unearthly his heart, sealed with sublime marks of Thy glorious priesthood. Let Thy holy love surround him, and keep him ever spotless from the world. Bless his labours with abundant fruit, and may they to whom he has ministered be here below with joy and consolation, and in heaven his beautiful and everlasting crown. Amen.
For the Increase of Priests
O Almighty God, look mercifully upon Thy Church, and incline the hearts of many of her sons to offer themselves for the work of the sacred ministry; so that by their labors,
Thy Light may shine in the darkness of the world, and the coming of Thy kingdom may be hastened by the perfecting of Thine elect. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Reminder
There is a list left in the Narthex for parishioners to remember those who need our on-going intercessions to God. The list is picked up after the Office by one of the Acolytes so they can be remembered.
Customarily their names are mentioned in the Mass. However, remembrances and intercessions now are moved to the announcements in our Communion Service.
An Invitation to Support Our Beloved Church and Clergy
Saint Nicholas created three important reserve funds:
Clergy Travel Expense Fund—This fund covers the monthly travel expenses of our priest-in-charge, Fr. Fenton, and Deacon Elijah.
New Priest Reserve
Fund – Each month, 25% of our net operating reserves will be set aside in anticipation of welcoming a new priest.
Maintenance Reserve Fund – Each month, 25% of net operating reserves is placed into the church maintenance fund.
With your generous support, we can fund these vital expenses and continue fostering the spiritual growth and well-being of our beloved Saint Nicholas Orthodox community. All donations, no matter the amount, are a cherished blessing and deeply appreciated.
Together, we can strengthen and sustain our parish.