The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Women of North America was founded in 1973 through the vision of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP Saliba as an organization of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Its purpose is to develop a spirit of Christian leadership, awareness, and commitment; to foster a genuine expression of love and service through works of charity; and to instill a sense of fellowship and a deeper understanding of the heritage and traditions of the Orthodox Church.

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

0 Christ our God, we are all pledged to serve Thee with our whole being. Help us to continue to work for Thee through our Church without seeking praise, without seeking personal gain, without judging others, without a feeling that we have worked hard enough and now must allow ourselves rest. Give us strength to do what is right and help us to go on striving and to remember that activities are not the main thing in life. The most important thing is to have our hearts directed and attuned to Thee. Amen.

I would like to start off by saying Thank You all for a wonderful
year.  This was my first year as president and I feel that we did an
extraordinary job withe everything we did.  We are not just
volunteers, we are stewards.  A. steward is someone who was trusted
with another's goods. As Christians, we should realize everything we
have belongs to God. Therefore everything we "own" actually belongs to
God. We are simply stewards of His goods.

1.  We had a collection in March and donated the monies to the Retired
Clergy Fund.
2.  We raised money in April by hosting a Lenten Dinner and a bake sale.
3.  We volunteered at the annual folk festival which was held in July.
4.  We hosted a Hufli in October.

Our group works hard to raise funds to partially renovate the kitchen.
 We are planning on purchasing a new stove/oven and two convection
ovens.  We will also be replacing some of the items that we
continuously use to cook and bake with.  If anyone is interested in
donating to the "Kitchen Fund" please contact me.

I would like to say Thank You to all the women in the group for all
the time and effort that you spend on volunteering for your church.
It is wonderful to see how much you love what you do.  Thank you for
all your help and I will see you in January.

Martha Stewart
President