February 2010 Newsletter

Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be! So much has happened since I last wrote to you last Fall. In that newsletter, which we sent out snail mail, we shared with you our vision to grow the ministry by offering the students specific men’s and women’s Bible studies at both St. John’s College and the U.S. Naval Academy.

I also shared with you that I was to be ordained to the diaconate by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, which took place on 14 December at St. Nicholas OCA Cathedral in D.C. Soon afterwards, my Matushka and I found out that we are expecting. Praise God!

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July 2009 Newsletter

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! Thank you for your prayers for my newly wed wife, Kristina (Krissy) and I. We were married May 24 and are gratefully beginning our new life together. At the same time, I have begun another year of Plebe Summer Ministry, which began the beginning of July. This is my fourth year ministering to the freshman class of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy; it is a great opportunity to impact our future leaders with the truth of the Gospel and Orthodox Faith.

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Annapolis College Ministry: A Student’s Perspective

(Guest entry from Thomas Browning, St. John’s College OCF Student Leader)

Dear Friends of Annapolis College Ministry,

I’m grateful for this opportunity to address you all because without your generous support of the ministry, I would not be an Orthodox Christian today.

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April 2009 Newsletter

I’m so pleased to report that God has been working through ACM in the lives of the students. Since the last newsletter, one student has been received into the Church and another has entered the catechumenate. In early March we went on a mission trip to Raphael House in San Francisco during St. John’s College’s spring break, and, upon returning, I got engaged. Thanks be to God!

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December 2008 Newsletter

Christ is born! Glorify Him! I wish you all a most blessed Christmas season and a blessed new year as well.

Christmas reminds me of how much I have to be thankful for and, thereby, of God’s love toward us seen foremost in the Incarnation of His Son and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I am also so thankful for all of you who make this ministry possible that is by God’s grace having such an impact on the lives of so many students.

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