Fr. Elijah is very pleased to announce a variety of activities and blessings in the upcoming months: First, we are overjoyed to welcome Robert Hiller to the Catechumenate, and his fiancée,Amy, as an enthusiastic inquirer. We are blessed to have both Rob & Amy, and look forward to setting a schedule for his reception into the church! Next, we will have our annual St. Nicholas Day Slava and Social on 22 December. As an added treat, Windber-based accordionist Ed Zablotney will enhance our social celebration with traditional western, and some Slavic Christmas music. St. Nicholas might just make an appearance! Please, plan to attend. Family, friends, and well-wishers are invited. Any proceeds will go toward our annual charity adoption project. We will, once more, adopt a family in need for Christmas! Finally (this is still in the planning stages), in conjunction with the Communications &Media students at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, Holy Assumption OrthodoxChurch is scheduled to appear on a WJAC-TV Christmas special (set to air on 25 December2024). As part of the experience, Fr. Michael Senyo and volunteer singers from our brother parish of Ss. Cyril & Methodius in Jeannette will help augment our own group, and performOrthodox Christmas Carols and music for the Nativity Season. Fr. Elijah is working closely with Dr. Rick Bukowski to make this event a huge success and to help us increase the profile of our church in the local community. We will (most likely) have to decorate the church early to accommodate the filming schedule.If you haven’t been keyed in to the operations and workings of our church, you might want to revisit us. There are wonderful things happening, and we need participants, not observers! Glory to God for all of the good things He is making happen through us!