St. Elizabeth the Wonderworker Greek-Orthodox Church, Gainesville
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SAINT ELIZABETH GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

SPRING 2008 PARISH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Agenda: 
 
1. Opening prayer
 
2. Elect chairperson and secretary for the assembly
 
3. Approve minutes from 2007 Assembly: James Hargrave
 
4. Pastoral Address: Father Peter Kastaris
 
5. President’s Report: Marin Smillov
 
6. Treasurer’s Report & Budget for 2008: Robert Thieke
 
7. Elect Board of Elections (3 members)
 
8. Philoptochos Report: Jennifer Kiousis
 
9. Sunday School Report: Adrienne Thieke
 
10. Board of Auditors Report
 
11. Building Committee Report: Leo Polopolus
 
12. For the Good of Orthodoxy: Please keep comments brief!
 
13. Closing Prayer

 


News about Orthodoxy from around the world



ONLINE RESOURCES AND SAFETY GUIDES

 
www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm

Parent’s guide to Internet safety published by the FBI.

www.protectkids.com Site for helping protect children online. Contains safety tools and ways to report cybercrime and abuse.

www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/kidsprivacy.htm

Deatils of the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and what parents should look for with sites directed to children.

www.icra.org Internet content rating association with a free filter for parents to help protect childrent from content on the Internet.

www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/childrenonline.mspx

Child safety web site from Microsoft that provides guidelines to help improve your family’s web security in four easy steps.

www.kidsolr.com/internet_safety/index.html

Kids’ Online Resources: A site with links to a comprehensive set of sites.

www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/start.htm

Simple tips on helping your children learn how to be safe on the Internet.

www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm List of kid’s rules for online safety.

www.cybertipline.com The National Center for Missing and ExploitedChildren with links to a child pornography fact sheet and the cybertipline for reporting online sexual exploitation.

www.netsmartz.org An interactive, educational safety resource to teach kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet.NetSmartz combines the newest technologies available and the most current information to create high-impact educational activities that are well received by even the most tech-savvy kids

www.missingkids.com/adcouncil An online resource to help parents and guardians better protect their children from online sexual exploitation.

www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/05/09/kids-porn.htm

Slightly dated but excellent general article from USA today that provides age-specific tips and resources for helping parents keep their children, teens, and young adults safe online.

http://www.ctia.org/ The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association represents all sectors of wireless communications. The CTIA is the voice of the wireless industry - representing its members in the Executive Branch, FCC, Congress and local levels.


Ministries of the parish


Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:

We invite you to fulfill your spiritual needs through sharing your special gifts and talents. Some of the ways to share are listed below, but we invite you to offer anything that the Lord has blessed you with. Click on one of the ministries or, if you prefer, on one of the gifts and talents listed. You can also write in the special gift you would like to share with us.


Volunteer Signup
Name:
Email:
Area of Ministry: Worship team
Education
Parish life
Youth
Stewardship
Budget and planning
Facility
Community Center
Outreach
Gifts and talents Join the Church choir
Greeting newcomers
Join the Philoptochos
Serve as altar boy
Read Epistle
Manage the library
Flower arranging
Sewing
Phone calling
Planning
Fund raising
Bake prosphoro
Church cleaning
Grounds cleanup
Luncheon setup
Coffee-hour sponsor
Priest transportation
Transportation to church
Visits to hospitals
Plumbing, electricity
Teach Sunday school
Teach Ed program
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