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St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church serves Orthodox Christians in the Clear Lake area. It is located in Webster, Texas about half way between downtown Houston and Galveston. This area is home to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, and the Clear Lake Recreational Area. Being the only Orthodox Christian parish in this area, St. John serves Orthodox Christians from a variety of nationalities and backgrounds.

St. John the Theologian is a small inclusive parish with a range of programs. Programs include Sunday School for children and teenagers, youth program (GOYA), Greek language school for all ages, ladies' organization (Philoptochos), and men's organization (AHEPA). Annually the parish stages a Greek Festival.

Visitors are welcome at any of our services. You do not have to be Greek to find a home at St. John the Theologian. More than half of the parish is composed of non-Greeks. If you are interested in learning more about the Orthodox Christian Church you will find St. John an ideal place. A large portion of the parish is composed of converts who embraced Orthodoxy after learning about it through the parish.

FROM OUR PARISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Hello. I would like to begin by personally saying "thank you" to all who supported our Clear Lake Greek Festival. If you volunteered, if you just came to eat and have fun or even if you brought some friends...thank you. Without yall's support our Clear Lake Greek Festival would not have been successful. Also thank you for praying for good weather, it could not have been better, especially Sunday. I would also like to extend our thanks to the Greek Festival Chairs and support staff for their dedication and support to the Church.

I have to say that the Gyro team's Gyro sandwiches are the best in Clear Lake, and if I can be so bold probably all of Houston, no competition compares.

Our next challenge is meeting the growing needs of the Parish. We lack good Sunday schools, adequate common use area and our Parish just does not have enough room, not to mention the facilities are aging. The Capital Development Chairs, Dr. Chris Katsigiannis & Costas Metaxas, have teamed up with the Stewardship Chair, Nadia Hayes, to answer questions and determine the future needs of the Parish. By the time this newsletter is received, the Special General Assembly will have passed. There are many challenges and recommended paths detailed in a letter that all received and included in this newsletter. Please, let us collaborate to grow this Parish and construct the proper facilities for our Youth. Give our Youth the the gift of a Church when they grow up.

Remember if any Parishioner has any advice, questions, suggestion or inputs that all regular scheduled Parish Council meeting occur the 3rd Sunday after coffee hour, 1 PM. Or please e-mail myself, any Parish Council member or mail an anonymous note addressed to Parish Council.

I pray that everyone has a good summer vacation and safe travels....

Thanks,

Demetrios Elias Mourtakos
Parish Council President

Capital Development News

2008 Stewardship

The following people have filled out a stewardship card for 2008:

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew (Lisa) Agler

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Albrecht
Mr. & Mrs. LeVern (Ellie) Ashley
Mr. & Mrs. Creighton (Trudy) Balinbin
Dr. Gabriel Barrow
Eric & Marina Barta

Mr. & Mrs. Jim (Mary) Bellos

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph (Eva) Bertuglia
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel (Elena) Black

Mr. & Mrs. Aleck (Tassie) Bond
Mr. & Mrs. David (Matina) Bonnen
Ms. Nikki Bortolotti

Mr. Larry Boufis
Ms. Georgia Brandon
Ms. Mariam Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Jim (Chrysanthy) Cawood
Ms. Constance Critzos
Mr. & Mrs. Eleftherios (Velsa) Cuclis
Mr. & Mrs. Ben (Mary) Franklin
Mrs. Elena Gazaw
Mr. & Mrs. Manuel (Evangelia) Gazis
Mr. Bill Gazis
Mr. & Mrs. George (Mary Ann) Georgiou
Mr. & Mrs. Jose (Kika) Guadiano
Dr. & Mrs. Glenn (Connie) Hammack
Mrs. Nadia Hayes
Mr. William Jarvis
Mr. & Mrs. Marcos (Diane) Kasvicis

Mr. Chris Katerinakis
Dr. & Mrs. Christos (Elena) Katsigiannis
Mr. & Mrs. Alex (Vouli) Koemtzopoulus
Ms. Mary Kondos
Mr. & Mrs. Steve (Marcella) Kostos
Mr. & Mrs. Nick (Beth) Kouloumoundras
Mr. & Mrs. Michael (Dionisia) Koumbias
Mr. & Mrs. Nikolaos Kourpouanidis
Mr. & Mrs. John (Dolly) Ladakos
Nicolaos & Ioana Lambron

Ms. Blanca Laube
Ms. Stavroula Lindsay
Mr. & Mrs. George (Vasilia) Liolios

Mr. & Mrs. Garlan Locklear
Mr. & Mrs. Michael (Angela) Loveless

Mr. Patrick Lutes
Mr. & Mrs. Lou (Alice) Marinos
Mr. & Mrs. Neil (Mary) Maxson
Mr. & Mrs. Costas (Deena) Metaxas
Adrian Micu

Mrs. Eudochia Michalinos
Dr. & Mrs. Michael (Maria) Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Elias (Evangelia) Mourtakos
Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios (Sylvia) Mourtakos
Mr. & Mrs. Allen (Cleopatra) Nelson
Dr. & Mrs. Speros (Ann) Nemphos
Mr. & Mrs. Nicolae (Angelica) Oprea
Mrs. Chrysanthe Padilla
Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Pantazis
Mr. & Mrs. Konstantinos (Belinda) Papadakis
Hrisvagi Papazoglou
Ms. Phyllis Parris

Mr. & Mrs. Christos (Donna) Pashalidis
Mrs. Irma Patelis
Ms. Athena Patelis

Mr. Dimos Pittas
Mr. & Mrs. Marius Pokol
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Polemenakos
Mr. & Mrs. Konstandin (Janeta) Rapos
Mr. & Mrs. Georgios (Aikaterini) Rigas

Mr. & Mrs. Alexandros Rigas
Mr. & Mrs. Perikles (Penny) Routsas
Mr. James (Jamileth) Saba
Mr. & Mrs. Salim Saifi

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sakaris
Mr. & Mrs. John (Kay) Sakaris
Mr. & Mrs. George (Mary) Saphos

Mr. Michael Savage
Ms. Monica Savage

Mr. & Mrs. Viron Sendukas
Mrs. Anna Sharkey

Mr. John Simeon
Mr. & Mrs. Simon (Maria) Simeon

Mrs. Dorothy Smith

Ms. Leslie Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Tony Sofronas
Mr. & Mrs. Bob (Cali) Sokol

Mr. Zlatan Stoyanov

Mr. & Mrs. Frank (Gail) Sullo
Mr. & Mrs. Theodosis (Andriana) Tambourides
Mr. George Tanev

Dr. Elena Taktikos
Mr. & Mrs. Mark (Teresa) Theodoridis
Mrs. Colette Thornton
Mr. & Mrs. George (Sophia) Varcados

Ms. Christina Varsos
Mr. & Mrs. Spyros (Noula) Varsos

Mr. & Mrs. Greg Volirakis

Ms. Eleni Yunakov
Mr. & Mrs. George (Mary) Zacharias

Mr. & Mrs. Harry (Pam) Zachariades

TO DATE: 90 PLEDGING FAMILIES
$77,630 in pledges

Please remember to fill out your Stewardship card. Cards are located in the Narthex, Parish Home and our newsletter. Thank you for your support.