{"id":8318,"date":"2026-06-27T23:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/?p=8318"},"modified":"2026-06-27T23:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:47:35","slug":"pastoral-letter-november-26-2017-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/?p=8318","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Message June 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.<\/p>\nProverbs 22:6<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is with great joy that I announce the appointment of Mrs. Sophia Hennen as St. Anna’s first Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. Sophie brings an incredible wealth of youth work, spiritual development, education, and enthusiasm to her new position, and I am thrilled to begin working with her in a more formal setting. Already deeply involved in many aspects of life here at St. Anna, Sophie’s involvement with our children and young adults will just be an extension of her life dedicated to her service of Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie, her husband, Caleb and their six children, Elsie, Elin, Adelade, Gwendeline, Eva and Michael are active and vibrant members of our parish family and have captured our hearts since coming to the parish. Sophie, along with their older daughters sing in the choir, while Caleb plays the organ as we recess from church. In her former religious tradition, Sophie held many responsible positions in youth ministry and children’s religious education. However, I believe that being the mom of six young children, being raised in a vibrant Orthodox Christian home is experience enough! Everything else is icing on the cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In congratulating, thanking, and welcoming Sophie, I would also like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who applied for the position. The other candidates all had unique and distinguishable talents that would have warranted their hire, and I am deeply appreciative for the demonstrated interested in bringing our children and young adults closer to Christ, His Church, and to each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie will be coordinating efforts between our JOY, GOYA, YAL, Sunday School, Local Retreats, Vacation Bible School, Oratorical Festival, Camp Emmanuel, Metropolis Basketball Tournament, University of Utah Campus Ministry, and Altar Boys – working with the fine volunteers who are in charge of these programs at the local level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She will be engaged in the collective vision of youth and young adult ministry, organizing their calendar of events, developing programs, and identifying the:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

fun, cool, exciting, and awesome<\/strong><\/em> ways that our young people can know, love, serve and celebrate Christ.  <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please, everyone, join me in praying for her strength, energy and patience. And most especially, pray for the young people whom she will serve, together with their parents and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are incredibly blessed that she made herself available to answer this calling. Again, Congratulations, and God Bless Sophie! I remain,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Love in Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Anthony Savas
Protopresbyter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with great joy that I announce the appointment of Mrs. Sophia Hennen as St. Anna’s first Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. Sophie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pastoral-letter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8319,"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8318\/revisions\/8319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stannagocutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}