My Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ,
I am truly honoured to have been asked by Fr. Roberto to be the new PHOS/Youth Director of St. Silouan the Athonite Orthodox Mission Parish. During the last few years, we have seen a tremendous growth to our parish family.
However, as a family grows, so does its responsibilities. The old saying that it “takes a community to raise a child” is very befitting of our parish. It is with this hope that I extend a personal invitation to ALL of our parishioners the opportunity to help in educating our youth in the beauty our Church has to offer. One way to help is to volunteer 30 minutes a few times a year to help with our New PHOS (Sunday school) program. What we need are adults of ALL AGES who are willing to commit 30 minutes once a month to teach PHOS.
Materials will be provided and all we ask of you is your commitment, enthusiasm, and love of our Church in order to assist our youth in making their religious education truly memorable.
In addition to our 2 existing classes (4-7 year olds & 8-12 year olds), starting September 2010, we will also be holding class for the older youth (13-18 years of age). The 4-7 and 8-12 year old students will continue following the set curriculum established this past school year. The 13-18 year olds will be exploring various current events and discussing how these affect their lives as Orthodox Christians.
If you are interested in teaching our classes, please see me after Church. Without your help, we cannot run the program effectively. The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. Let’s do our part in ensuring that the Orthodox faith is taught and practiced by our youth.
Yours in Christ,
Theodoros (Terry) Alamanos
Youth Director
St. Silouan the Athonite Orthodox
Mission Parish
