Change to Upcoming Council Meeting

There has been a change in time for the upcoming council meeting due to an event that evening that the hostesses will be attending. We will gather at 4 and the meeting will start exactly at 4:30. It will be only an hour long. Afterwards, those who want to could go to dinner somewhere together. Hope this still works for everyone and let me know if you have a conflict. Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events

Sat., Oct. 15 - Fall Festival at All Saints in Bloomington

Sat., Oct. 22 - St. Stephen's Anniversary Dance
Sun., Oct. 23 - OYA Council meeting/dinner at 5:00

Sun., Nov. 6 - Boys are Back Dinner at 6:00

Sat., Nov. 12 - Pilgrimage to Vincennes with Marion OCF

Sun., Nov. 20 - Sunday Supper at Hannah and Elizabeth's (details to come)

Tuesday Vespers at Marion

The Marion OCF has Vespers every Tuesday night on the Marion campus at 7:00. If you ever have the chance, I suggest going as it is a refreshing break in the week. For more information contact Stephanida or Elena or e-mail Hannah.

St. Stephen's Anniversary Dance

St. Stephen's Bulgarian Orthodox Church is having and anniversary dance on Saturday Oct. 22. The cost for the dinner and dance is $25, just dance is $15. It opens at 6:00 with a cash bar. Dinner is at 7:00 and the dance is from 8:00-11:00. They will have a live band! For more information or to reserve tickets contact Rose Petercheff at 291-3632. Elena and I are planning on going and would invite anyone who would like to join us!! :)

Oct. 7th OYA Council Meeting Results

The OYA Council met on Oct. 7. For the most part, events and committees were discussed. Those are posted on this site and you can e-mail if you have any questions about them. We did decide to ask Fr. John Koen to be our spiritual advisor. Since then, he has accepted our request and he is very excited to work with us. We also decided to have bi-monthly meetings and the next one is Sunday Oct. 23 at 5:00 at Carrie and Melanie's again. Like last time it will be a pitch-in dinner. For more details e-mail Hannah at orthodoxyoungadultsofin@hotmail.com.

All Saints Fall Festival

All Saints Orthodox Church in Bloomington is having a Fall Festival. There will be lots of music, Greek, Middle Eastern, and American food for sale, and lots of activities such as a climbing wall, bouncing castle, silent auction, a raffle, a bake sale, and a children's carnival! Admission is free and we have some tickets that can be used for food and other things. The only real cost (unless you wanted to spend more) would be to help out with gas. Here are details:

When: Saturday, Oct. 15
Time: 11-7 (we would leave around 9 0r 10 and come back when we wanted to)

For more info or to reserve a seat down there call Hannah at 317-385-8803.

A "Welcome Back" dinner

Three involved members of OYA, John Miller, Nephon (Brian) Andrews, and Tim Walker are on a pilgrimage of Eastern Europe. They will be back in early Novemember, so to celebrate and hear about the trip, we are having a pitch-in dinner in their honor. There we will get to visit with them and have them talk about their experiences. Here are the details:

When: Sunday, November 6 at 6:00
Where: Stephanida Bauman's home
What: pitch in dinner/socializing

For directions, more information and/or to find out what to bring call Stephanida at 254-9294.

Vincennes Pilgrimage

The Marion College OCF is planning a pilgrimage to Vincennes. At a Catholic Church there is a 1st or 2nd century woman martyr buried. Because she is such an early saint, she isn't Catholic because she was martyred before the church split. She is believed to have been only 12 years old, and martyred in Rome. Here are the details about the trip:

When: Saturday, Nov. 12 - we would leave around 8
The drive: about 2 hours
Cost: help with gas plus money for lunch
How long: unknown, but not overnight
Questions: call Stephanida (254-9294) or Elena (253-9969)