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Christmas Gala 2012

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You’re invited to join us for the Annual St. Demetrios Christmas Gala.

Who: Hosted by St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
What: Christmas Gala 2012
Where: Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, 505 N. Ft. Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Forida 33304
When: 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012

The Evening event includes:

  • Live Musical performance of Ellada featuring the vocal talents of Konstantina from Grece
  • A Cocktail Reception and Fabulous Four-Course Dinner
  • Plus a Silent Auction with many magnificent items to be had including two fabulous vacation excursions offering:
    • A one-week stay at a villa on the most popular and beautiful Ionian Island of Kefalonia, Greece
    • A 7 – Day Caribbean Cruise aboard the luxurious MSC Cruises

Pre-sale Tickets available until November 30, 2012
$55.00/ person

After December 1, 2012
$65.00/ person

Reservations cannot be taken after December 7, 2012

Christmas Gala 2012 Flyer

We’re Moving Ahead!

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Dear Blessed Parishioners,

What a difference a week can make. Last week we announced the time line for the date of the Consecration of our Church much to the joy of hundreds of faithful. The project as you know by now has several parts to it:

  • Phase 2 of the iconography
  • The renovation of our small and greater hall
  • A brand new kitchen
  • God willing the paving of our parking lot
  • Fencing
  • New light system for our grounds
  • A new covered area over the outside of our small hall

The later of these depend on future donations. The responses we have received thus far have been incredibly positive and we are now planning for this once in a lifetime event.

Thank you to those who have already stepped up and been the forerunners of the project. Thus far we have received the following donations:

  • Chris and Raffaela Nichols – Medallion
  • Jordan and Evangelia Elrod – Medallion of St. Cyril
  • Curtis and Carmen Elrod – Medallion of St. Methodios
  • Dr George Georgakakis – Two Icon Veneration Areas in the Narthex
  • Harry Tangalakis – New Dome with Icons in the Narthex in memory of his father Charlie and a Mosaic Angel over the front entrance of the Church in Honor of his mother Xenia
  • Anonymous – One of the new doors in the Nave of the Church with etched-glass of the Archangels.

These first donations amount to $66,400. We are speaking with many other faithful and the amount of donations should approach over $100,000 very soon. A great thank you to those who are leading the way. This Sunday we will announce more donations that have been received. Please be aware as we have stated multiple times that we will not be incurring debt to complete the project but will order icons and their installation once we have received the donation. A percentage of the funds collected will be set aside for the hall renovation project and as these funds become available we will begin the incredible task of renovating our hall.

We would like to finish the icons on the balcony as well as the design work and the new glass railing first so if you haven’t yet made a commitment we would ask that you consider giving in this area first. Giving opportunities start as low as $500 and go to $45,000 and can be given over a three year period. If you have any questions please feel free to contact one of us.

Thank you again and may God continue to bless you. Great things are happening at St. Demetrios and we are sure you want to be a part of them.

 

Fr. Christopher Metropulos

Chris Nichols

Why is this My Church?

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Dear Beloved in Christ,

This past Sunday we unveiled the Phase II Iconography and Hall Renovation project to the amazement and approval of hundreds of faithful who were in Church. As a reminder of that presentation we are sending out this email with a video link on You Tube for you to watch as well as the documents outlining the program. Feel free to share this email with those you love and who have at one time or another had a connection to St. Demetrios Church.

This is our time to build upon the work of our forefathers by completing the iconography in our Church and then simultaneously finishing the much needed upgrade to our hall. A portion of the donation you make for the icon of your choice will go to pay for the renovation and thus we will prepare the Church for her consecration in four years and celebrate the event in our newly much needed renovated hall. In the Fact Sheet that is attached you will see each of the items identified by a letter of the alphabet so you can coordinate your gift with the renderings that will now be displayed in the Church. If you have any questions just ask one of the clergy or any member of the parish council for direction.

Please watch the video which is the first of four to be produced to learn more about the program. As the videos are produced you will learn more from those who were around when the parish was founded as well as learn why people are saying, “This is my Church what is it to you?”

 

 

Once you have discussed the project with your family, pray and then select one of the giving opportunities so that you can participate in this once in a life time event. The giving opportunities range from as little as $500 given over a three year period to as much as $45,000. Then send in your card with your first payment or the entire amount which ever you select. You can also make your donation utilizing a number of options using your credit card. If you have any questions just call us. You may wish to make your donation in honor of or in memory of someone. Just make sure you make note of that in your Giving Card response. Please be aware that this project is in addition to our stewardship commitments that each and every one us make each year. We ask that you continue to give your stewardship at its current level during the project. We are so excited about this much awaited project.

We have already received eight specific donations of icons in honor of their loved ones. If everyone participates and all items are donated then we can finish our task. Let’s keep the excitement going.

God bless you,

Fr. Christopher Metropulos

Chris Nichols

Manny Daskos Speaks about Mercedes

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Hello my name is Manny and I want to talk to you for about 30 seconds about a tremendous opportunity we have at St Demetrios to fund some of our ministries in a beautiful and easy way. Last year this man Mr. Olivio Treto won the Grand Raffle Prize of a new Mercedes Benz. He chose not to take the model we raffled off but rather to add to his winnings and upgrade to a large model. Just think for a moment if you were the winner…what would you do? The first thing is you would probably jump up and down a few times.

St. Demetrios is a vibrant, thriving spiritual community with a lovely church adorned with precious icons of venerated saints and martyrs. On any given Sunday generations of families can be seen worshiping together within our sanctuary. But years of service to her faithful are wearing on our facilities, our church, and especially on our community center. In an effort to respond to all our financial needs we present the Mercedes raffle opportunity to our members with the potential to raise the monies needed to make up the shortfall between the pledge stewardship and what we actually need to administer the expenses of our church.

 

 

By simply reaching out to your friends, neighbors and co-workers and asking them to buy an opportunity to win a brand new beautiful Mercedes C250 we can do a great deal to solidify the financial needs of our church. If everyone sold just 10 tickets we will reach our goal, oh and don’t forget about the bonus. The individual who sells the winning ticket will win $2,000! It’s not a gamble when everyone is a winner! Just look at the winner in this email. He decided to take his winnings and apply them to another Mercedes as an upgrade. You can do the same if you win.

So what are you waiting for, get busy and sell your tickets today…there is no time to delay. Better yet buy one yourself. How about sharing the video with your relatives and friends and asking them to purchase their tickets online. It is really simple to do.

Thank you.

Phase II Iconography Project

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Phase II Iconography Project
Hall Renovation and Kitchen Remodeling

THIS IS MY CHURCH

Purpose and Plan:

This undertaking will allow us to complete two very important projects that are integral to the sustaining, growing and improving of the spiritual and social life of our parish.

Phase II of our Iconography Project in preparation for the Consecration of our Church in 2017.
The complete remodeling of our community center. We will also, thanks to the generosity of the late Mary Kandaras, completely remodel and update the kitchen facility.

Special Note: Future plans will include the paving of the parking lot, fencing and new lighting system to our campus as well as a new canopy outside the small hall. God has always provided for our church through the generosity of our faithful. God bless everyone for your generosity.

Facts

DeSerras Hall built in 1964
Community Center built in 1976
Church built in 1988
Phase 1 Iconography 1993
Wall of Honor to be installed 2013
Consecration set for 2017

 

Iconography Giving Opportunities Sheet

2013 Grand Raffle Update

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Through your generosity and love as of October 15th we have sold 270 tickets and raised $6750!!

We ask that you continue to support your community to reach its goal of selling 5000 tickets!!  You can purchase tickets online here at our website.  Also look for the raffle table in our hall during our Fellowship hour.

Save the Date!

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St. Demetrios Events

We’ve got a couple of great events at St. Demetrios coming up in the next few months that should be tons of fun for everyone involved. Here are some of the details. Check them out.
October
25

St. Demetrios Vespers

Join us as we celebrate the feast day of St. Demetrios the Myrrh Bearer Patron saint of our community.

10/25 – Vespers 7:00 pm

10/26 – Orthros 8:45 am
            Divine Liturgy 9:30 am
    

December
8

Christmas Gala

Please join us family and friends for a night of fellowship at the beautiful Hilton Beach Resort.

Where:  Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
October
27

Dinner Dance

Join us for some community fellowship at our St. Demetrios Dinner Dance.  We hope that all parishioners and family members can attend the annual St. Demetrios Dinner Dance.  With a spectacular performance by Ellada.

When: Saturday, October 27th at 7:00pm

Where: St. Demetrios Community Center
December

31

New Year’s Eve Dance

Join us for our first New Year’s Eve dance hosted by PAREA, our young professionals group.

Where:  St Demetrios Community Center

A Message From Your President

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For half a century, many of us have called St. Demetrios home. I grew up here and interacted with people that I still call my friends. I serve as the President of the Parish Council.

We come to here to learn how to grow in our faith, how to enrich in our culture and how to grow as a community. There are many ways to progress in this growth and one of them which is just within our grasp is to beautify our facilities, more specifically our community center and social hall. How would you like to see our community center revamped and upgraded? Well, the great news is that recently our parish council agreed that a portion of the proceeds from this Mercedes raffle will go to the improvement and renovation of the hall. Isn’t it time we improve the hall? Well I think it’s long overdue, don’t you?

The Parish Council has appointed a great committee of individuals under the most capable leadership of John George our new Chairman. We have set a goal of selling 5000 tickets and it is with your help we will reach that goal.

All it takes is for each family to sell the one book of tickets that was sent to your home. That’s it…yes, it’s that simple. Just ask people to buy a few tickets so that they have a chance to win a luxury car. You can also forward this email to your friend and ask them to buy a ticket online. It is that simple.

Oh and also if you sell the winning ticket, you receive two thousand dollars – that’s win number one, if your friend wins, they win the car- that’s win number two, and win number three of course is St. Demetrios, her mission, her facilities and her families. Please support this worthy cause – Remember it’s a win, win, win!

Thank you,

Chris Nichols, Parish Council President

 

2013 Grand Raffle Update

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As a result of your contributions we have as of September 24th we have sold 266 tickets and raised $6550!!

We ask that you continue to support your community to reach its goal of selling 5000 tickets!! You can purchase tickets online here at our website. Also look for the raffle table in our hall during our Fellowship hour.