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James Hargrave

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Dear friends,

Utukufu kwa Yesu Kristo! Glory to Jesus Christ!

And greetings from St. Augustine, FL. I am here at the Orthodox Christian Mission Center for the next several weeks until heading overseas.

God willing, I hope to arrive in Tanzania in time to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ in early April. The first two years of my work in Africa are close to fully pledged, and so these weeks are the final push to ensure enough financial support to carry me at least through the summer of 2012. I am also able to begin working on logistics-- visa requirements, language school, etc.

And it's wonderful to be here right at the Mission Center in the midst of things. While I do my own work I am also volunteering at the reception desk during an important time of transition. This month Margo Kelley begins her new assignment as Assistant Missionary Coordinator, taking over from Geoff Whiteman who is moving to Kentucky for further education. Geoff has taken very good care of me these past two years, and I will miss him. Margo, with her solid theological knowledge and lifetime of relationships with faithful Christians involved in missionary service across the world, is a worthy successor and I am grateful to be placed under her care.

In the next month I will get to see several OCMC Teams prepare for short-term trips across the globe, and I will get to support and serve my fellow missionaries and missionary candidates. I also get to sit in the same room as an icon and relic of St. Herman of Alaska, who stands at the building's entrance to welcome all. Ss. Cyril and Methodius are on the wall behind me, and the daily reminder of these great missionaries' presence and prayers is a great encouragement. Your prayers, friendship, and financial support are also of great encouragement.

Next month I hope to tell you more about Tanzania itself and what I hope to encounter there soon. In the meantime, I am in the final push to complete financial support for my first term of service-- if you've been meaning to pledge but haven't gotten around to it, now's the time! You can make a pledge online at http://jhargrave.ocmc.org (click on "Support Missionary"), call 1-877-GO-FORTH (463-6784) to set up electronic fund transfer, or mail a check (put "M:Hargrave" in the memo line) to Orthodox Christian Mission Center, 220 Mason Manatee Way, St. Augustine, FL 32086.

It's always a joy to hear from each of you. Thank you again, and be in touch!

By your prayers,

James Hargrave

PS My monthly newsletters will, God willing, soon be sent to you through a googlegroups listserv rather than from my email address directly. This will make me able to communicate more rapidly with each of you, and it will not affect the confidentiality of your contact information. The googlegroups management team is currently reviewing my request to automatically invite each of you to this listserv. In the meantime, you can join directly at http://groups.google.com/group/hargrave/ . It is an "announcement only" listserv, which means that using it to subscribe to my newsletters will not put you at risk to receive spam and will not reveal your contact information to anyone.

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James Hargrave

c/o OCMC

SUNDAY, MARCH 7

Hope & Joy Retreat“ The Resurrection of Christ”

11:00 11:15 11:30 12:15 1:00 1:30

Saturday, March 27th

Schedule Meet in Church

Opening Service & Message Stations “The Resurrection of Christ” Snacks, Planting, Singing Wrap-up Parents Pick-up

USHERS - Chad Davis, Dino Cortesis, Greg Karagiorgis, Helen Bambalis CHURCH SERV COMM - Susan Washinsky, Stevan Dupor, Dean Clark, Alan Ball, James Toompas ALTAR BOYS Team 1 - Tommy J. Vlachos, Jake Toompas, Zachary Russell, Nicholas Scott, Antonios Ballas, Arthur Christakos, Matthew Vlachos, Nickolaus Kroustalis, Uly Grisette IV, Chris T. Moutos, Sammy Moutos, Chris Ziogas, Teddy Christakos, Michael A. Vlahos NURSERY – Helen Vlasis, Presbytera Kathy Guerry

SUNDAY, MARCH 14

USHERS - George Stabolitis, Dennis Paloumbas, Johnny Kortesis, Jimmy Chrysson CHURCH SERV COMM - Harry Makitka, Donna Baker, Anthony Whitley, Nick Samaras ALTAR BOYS Team 2 - Stevie Assimos, C. Dimitri Kontos, Nicholas Collins, Billy Kelly, Evan Cortessis, John Iskandar, Dean Vlasis, Paul Gendy, Christian Collins, Gregory Ballas, Zachary Blevins, George A. Vlahos, Stephen Macropoulos NURSERY – Dora Ballas, Ashley Stabolitis

SUNDAY, MARCH 21

USHERS - Nick Karagiorgis, Jim A. Carros, Sammy Gianopoulos, Uly Grisette III CHURCH SERV COMM - Dennis Hondros, Scott Hill, Stephen Vlasis, Georgia Wood ALTAR BOYS Team 3 - Peter Bambalis, Zeke Lutz, Nicholas Halages, Angelo Moody, Yiannis Kaliviotis, Zachary Karahalios, Dennis Kontos, Micah Lutz, Mike Papakonstandinos, Harrison Ebert, Giancarlo Franzese, Andreas C. Kalogeromitros, Thomas Anthony NURSERY – Zoe Bobotsiares, Georgia Leloudis, Frances Kazakos

SUNDAY, MARCH 28

USHERS - Chad Davis, Dino Cortesis, Greg Karagiorgis, Helen Bambalis CHURCH SERV COMM - Pete Mastoras, George Costas, Angela Kalamaras, Stan Carroll ALTAR BOYS Team 4 - Dean Kontos, Spero Shepherd, Jack Owens, Billy Janos, Christos Tsigas, Austin Moody, Kyle Nikitas, Andrew Carros, Soulis Boutis, Kosta Demopoulos, Vasilios Liaskonis, Christopher Mathes, Nicholas Mathes, Simeon Simeonides NURSERY – Elizabeth Anthony, Jennie Morris

Fr. Gregorios Tatsis will be hearing Confessions at Annunciation from 1:00—6:00pm on Thursday, March 18th.

To schedule a Confession, please call the office at 765-7145.