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As a "missionizer" I wish I had the answer to how to get people through the door. All I know is that it takes much prayer, hard work, and some creativity. It may also take years of this to see any fruit. Right now we find ourselves in a catch 22. It is hard to get a priest without money, and...

They do ours too. We have used them for a couple of years and I very pleased with their service. I highly recommend them. Their templates make it super easy too maintain the site. www.valdostaorthodox.org

CAD operator at an architectural firm.

Raised Baptist, journeyed through Calvinism, Presbyterianism, and Lutheranism to be Chrismated into the Orthodox Church with my family on December 19, 2004.

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. Malachi 1:11

EOE, He wouldn't have to leave Columbus to see Fr. Peter Smith. From what I understand, Fr. Peter travels to Columbus regularly (maybe once a month) for Divine Liturgy.

Sothron, In addition to the Greek parish there is an OCA mission in Columbus. St. John Chrysostom Mission meets in a hospital chapel there in Columbus. Fr. Peter Smith in Atlanta is the overseing priest of the mission. To contact him you can email him at fadapita@aol.com or call him at...

Thank you. I'm glad you like the video.:blush: It still needs some tweaking and maybe some addition of text aimed at the non-Orthodox. The purpose of the video is for a DVD to hand out with informational brochures about our mission. However, I'm glad to see that it is making the rounds and has...

Oblio, I went to this monastery for a day this past summer. It is small with only four monks, but it is also in a very nice setting. However, when I returned home I was told that Archbishop Dmitri has forbidden those in his diocese to go there. I think this has something to do with the...

Oblio, About how many were there in attendance, and were many of those in attendance not from your church? I'm looking forward to hosting them this Saturday. Hopefully we will have a decent turnout.

I also prefer to be in a more established Church, but in south Georgia that is not an option right now. It appears many people have this preference which makes building a mission that much harder. You have posted a question that has been on my mind for a while. If our mission fails I will...

Thanks Oblio. I'll try to contact them to see if we can work something out.

Think they could stop by Valdosta on their way to Florida? This could be a good fundraiser for our mission here. www.valdostaorthodox.org

Welcome Blackhawk, As a former Baptist myself I know about the struggle you are facing in what I hope will be your journey home to the Church. My journey began in a similar way to yours. After becoming a Calvinistic Baptist it wasn't long until I came to believe in paedobaptism. After...

Great post! :thumbsup: I attend Saint Justin Martyr Church.

For this long? I was married at 18 in 1990. I would say that many early adult lives are thrown away by doing all that "fun stuff" - not by being married. Congratulations on your anniversery. :clap: God grant you many years!

Are you in Macon with Oblio? :wave:

Choirfiend has it basically right. We travel to St. Justin Martyr Church in Jacksonville, FL once or twice a month for Divine Liturgy. Right now we are holding lay led reader services which do not require a priest. We have readers Vespers every Saturday and once a month a sub-deacon from St...

The local newspaper had an article about our fledgling mission in Saturday's issue. Here is a link to the .pdf I put together. http://valdostaorthodox.org/files/newspaper_articles/newspaper_article61706.pdf Please pray for a good turnout at Vespers this Saturday.