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For Women
Women, as the Church emphasizes, are the backbone of the Church in that they are the backbone in their respective parishes and homes. Bishop Nicholas of Miami and the Southeast The above quote rings true in our community. Our women gather every Saturday morning at 9am to sing and hymn prayers to the Mother of God for all the children they know, keeping a long list of names they pray for. These prayers flow out into not only in our own community, but names are mentioned for other children elsewhere. This kind of prayer, love, and dedication inspires and drives the Orthodox women at St Timothy. In addition to such…
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For Our Children
“Let everything take second place to our care of our children, our bringing them up to the discipline and instruction of the Lord. If from the beginning we teach them to love true wisdom, they will have great wealth and glory than riches can provide” St John Chrysostom The education and involvement of our children in prayer and learning holds high priority within our community. “In children we have a great charge committed to us,” says St John Chrysostom further. In our services you may hear a cry or little voices behind you once in a while, and this is because we allow and encourage our children to fully participate…
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Lompoc Valley Community Kitchen
A late member of our community, Athony, had a dream that those in need in Lompoc would have a hot meal every day of the week. This dream has been realized in the community and St Timothoy’s “LVCK” was an integral part in growing our community’s awareness toward those in need. The Prophet Isaiah wrote, “If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.” We strive to immitate our Christian forebearers who were the first to build hospitals, tend to the needy, and serve the orphaned and widowed. Futhermore,…
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For Men
“Many men may not love church, but Orthodox men do.” In an article titled “Why Orthodox Men Love Church,” Kh Fredricka Matthew Green explores the reason why the Orthodox Church is seeing men convert in droves. She opens the article writing, “In a time when churches of every description are faced with Vanishing Male Syndrome, men are showing up at Eastern Orthodox churches in numbers that, if not numerically impressive, are proportionately intriguing.” Fredricka continues to list reasons why 100 different Orthodox convert men converted. Some said: A lifelong Orthodox says that what men like is “stability: Men find they can trust the Orthodox Church because of the consistent and…
