Christmas Flower Fund

We have turned the calendar to November. Before you know it, we enter the season of Advent and yes, Christmas is here. In order to celebrate the holiday with full cheer, we wish to make sure the church is decorated with seasonal flowers and greenery.

Please consider donating to our Flower Fund. With your donation, we will purchase poinsettias, ivy and greenery which will accentuate our worship space with holiday color and beauty. Your donation can be in memory of a dearly departed loved one. We will honor their memory with prayers and appropriate name markers in the plants.

Checks may be made out to St. Nicholas with Flower Fund in the memo line and/or cash donations made in an envelope marked, “Flower Fund.” Please enclose a notation listing who the details, e.g., “Given by Mary & John Smith in memory of Jane Smith.” Any remaining funds will go toward the purchase of Easter flowers. In advance, thank you to the good people of St. Nicholas for your continued support, generosity and love.

via News from St. Nicholas Episcopal Church

The Gratitude Tree at St Nicholas Episcopal Church

A new feature in the Gathering Space is our Gratitude Tree. Conceived by our Stewardship Team and lovingly created by Penny and Hank Mandziara; the Gratitude Tree provides us all the opportunity to express, in writing, our thanks and gratitude for the many blessings with which we are bestowed. We invite all our parish family to stop by, take a moment and write down what we are thankful and grateful for and place that tag upon the tree. The Gratitude Tree is a gift to us, just as each and every member of our community of faith is a gift to St. Nicholas and to one another.

via News from St. Nicholas Episcopal Church

PADS: Public Action To Deliver Shelter

The local PADS sites throughout the Village and surrounding suburbs are now opened. Each night, our homeless sisters and brothers find their way to these sites and are afforded a warm, safe and clean place to eat, clean up and rest. These wonderful places need help: if there is anyone interested in sharing their time or material to this worthwhile ministry, please contact Laura Lampe, Vince Ortero, or contact the Village Hall for additional information.

For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you made me welcome; naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me… — Matthew. 25: 34-35″