[PARKING RESTRICTIONS LIFTED. Please note that the parking ban originally in force in Mpls until April 1, has been lifted. You may now park on both sides of the street.]

NEXT SUNDAY BE CAREFUL not to stumble and trip when you spring forward to set your clocks ahead one hour next Saturday evening, March 13, for Daylight Savings Time that begins on Sunday, March 14.

TEAM LEADERS of the interior cleaning, grounds, candles and vestments teams, please see Fr Paul for a brief meeting this morning during coffee hour, to begin preparing for Pascha.

TEAM LEADERS, please speak with Jessica about how to go about publicizing your team’s schedule and activities on the bulletin board and website, and how to communicate with the parish and parish council.

SIGN UPS for Pascha – 15 OT readings at Holy Saturday Liturgy, processions, etc. are now available.

LAZARUS SATURDAY, at the Divine Liturgy that morning, is when we’ll receive our catechumens into the Church through the sacraments of confession and Chrismation. That is also the day for our annual Church Spring Cleaning. EVERYONE is invited to come help clean the Church. The more are truly the merrier – and also get lots more done!

MEOCCA BRIDEGROOM MATINS on Sunday, March 28, is hosted by us. Please talk to Gene about how you can help.

EPISCOPAL SEARCH details from the diocesan Chancellor and Episcopal search committee have been posted on the bulletin board downstairs. These include qualifications we are seeking in a candidate for elevation to the episcopate. Talk with Fr Paul to learn the process for selecting a bishop in the Diocese of the Midwest, and to suggest names of qualified candidates you may know.

ST VLADIMIR’S SEMINARY is launching an SVS Parish Ambassador Program. The Parish Ambassador would work with the seminary to make sure St Herman’s faithful are aware of new SVS publications, public conferences, choir performances, retreats, website updates and annual events on the SVS campus. To learn more about this program, and to volunteer as St Herman’s Parish Ambassador, please speak to Fr Paul.

CHURCH PRELIMINARY CLEAN-UP is this Saturday, March 13, to clean the west end of the basement and to make it presentable for our many guests at Bridegroom Matins. Please bring your elbow grease and cleaning materials and join us from 1030 am – 230 pm. See Fr Paul or Gene for details. This is in addition to the annual Spring Cleaning of our parish building on Lazarus Saturday.

MEOCCA CHOIR REHEARSALS will be at 3 pm before each MEOCCA Lenten Vespers, at the parish where the Vespers are held that Sunday.

MEOCCA LENTEN VESPERS schedule:

Today: Holy Trinity Serbian

Mar 14 – St Elizabeth OCA Mission – Fr Mircea Vasiu, Homilist.

March 21 – St Panteleimon’s ROC – Fr Rick Andrews, Homilist.

March 28 – St Herman’s OCA – Fr Jonathan Proctor, Homilist.

All services begin at 4 pm.

ANNUAL FALAFIL fund-raising dinner at St George Antiochian is today until 2 pm.

CONFESSIONS. Through prayer and fasting, we make our way to the tomb of Christ, or to our heart to where we are dead and separated from God. Through sincere, heartfelt confession, we can enter the tomb of Christ and experience a foretaste of His Resurrection. Fr Paul is available to hear confessions before Great Vespers and before each Presanctified Liturgy on Wednesdays and Fridays or by appointment.