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To my dear parish,
Thank you all so much for the glorious send-off celebration. We were so surprised by everything, especially the fire truck! Thank you to everyone
who had a hand in planning the day.
We love you all so much! See you in August!
Love,
The Jacksons
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May Services
8:30 and 11:00 services continue
May 10th - Mother's Day. Regular services and special prayers for Mother's Day
May 17th - Memorial Day will be celebrated on this Sunday rather than the 24th which is Pentecost. Flags will be processed. Graduating seniors will be recognized and celebrated.
May 24th - Pentecost - Festive service celebrating Pentecost. Vestry meets after the service.
May 31st - Regular services at 8:30 and 11:00
Coffee hour will be held between services. Adult Formation continues at 9:45.
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Meet and greet Father Bob and Charlotte Dendtler
Next Sunday, May 10th at 9:45 we will gather in the big classroom to get to know the Dendtlers. Fr Bob is available to teach classes this summer and we want to hear about your ideas. |
DINNER ON THE FARM - May 9, 2015 AT JENNY JACK SUN FARM
OUR OWN CHRIS AND JENNY JACKSON WILL BE HOSTING A FARM TO TABLE DINNER ON THEIR FARM - Saturday, May 9th. Adults $40 - Children under 12 are $20. Chris will lead a farm tour, live music, artisans and good food. Come on out St Nicholas - We can have a good time together. |
*****SOLD OUT*****
Farm to Table Dinner
Date: Saturday, May 9th
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Jenny Jack Sun Farm - White Cemetary Rd
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
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ST NICHOLAS WOMEN'S LUNCHEON - May 12
NOON on the SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH
Bring your lunch - enjoy good company - visit with your St Nicholas friends and meet new ones.
Casual dress. We meet in the new parish area behind the offices. Building friendships is the goal. No projects, no books to read, no committee work. This is simply a time to visit with each other and build community. Next meeting is Tuesday, May 12th at noon - bring your own lunch.
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Date: Tuesday, May 12th
Time: Noon
Location: St. Nicholas Classrooms
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| Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20 at 10:00 at church. |
|  Steward of the Month for May
Patty Hamilton
Please congratulate Patty Hamilton on her selection by the Vestry as our Steward of the Month. Patty is being specifically recognized for her untiring efforts toward bringing our accounting back into the church. She has worked many hours setting up both of our new accounting programs, ServantKeeper (our donor management program) and QuickBooks (our accounting software). She has entered all of the ending balances for 2014 and most of the postings year to date. She contributed to the hiring process of our new in-house accountant, Kristi Nelson and has successfully interfaced with our previous accountant to smoothly transition the accounting process. Patty has single-handedly set up ServantKeeper to ensure correct application of donor funds to their intended ministries. In addition to these duties, she has been helping Theresa Dorminey establish a well run office after the move from the old building to the new offices. Patty, as many others do and have done in the past, exemplifies the definition of a good Steward. She truly lives the time, talent and treasure commitment that so many of us at St. Nicholas strive for.
"Well done, good and faithful servant!"
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SNICK donates offertory
Each Wednesday night when SNICK was meeting, the offertory plate was passed as part of the Family Worship Service.
At their last service, the children met to decide where their offertory money would go. They decided to give it to the American Cancer Society. A letter along with a check will be sent to the American Cancer Society from the St. Nicholas SNICK group.
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Congratulations to
Jay and Karen (Wynegar) Thorne
on their marriage
Friday, May 1st, 2015!
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Caring for Caregivers Group
meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, 69 Mobley Road, Hamilton. There is no charge and the meeting is open to the public. Caregivers might be grandparents raising grandchildren, a spouse taking care of a wounded veteran, someone raising special needs children, family members taking care of aging parents, someone caring for a family member with mental or physical disabilities and many other situations. For more information, please call or email Nick Simpson 706-594-2884 [email protected] or Andrea (Andy) Butzon 706-628-5975 [email protected]
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Thursday Book Study Group
We are starting a new book for our Thursday group and will meet on Thursday's at 12:00 noon. The book is called If the Church Were Christian by Philip Gulley and will spark some good conversation for the next 10 weeks. Now's a great time to jump on board!
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Thursday Book Study Group
Time: 12:00
Location: St. Nicholas Classrooms
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Get to Know Your Parish Family
Joe & Kathie Torres
Kathie was born in a small farming town in northern Maine, Ft. Fairfield, Maine. Her father was in the Air Force and she moved several times during her childhood, graduating from high school while stationed in Bitburg, Germany.
After graduation, Kathie returned to Maine to attend Husson University in Bangor. She started her civil service career in the Pentagon; transferring twice and retiring after 37 years as the PEBLO [Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer] at Martin Army Hospital, Ft. Benning, GA.
Jose was born in Puerto Rico, the youngest of four sons. After graduating high school, he joined the US Marine Corps. While in the Marines, he attended the prestigious Marine Corps Sniper School at Camp LeJeune, NC; which set the tone for him to become a national and world class competitive shooter and instructor. After his tour with the Marines, he joined the US Army.
In 1967-68 & 1969-70 Jose served back-to-back tours in Vietnam; having been wounded twice, he was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor. After returning back to the states, he was finally able to try out for the Army [pistol] Shooting Team. Securing a spot on the Army pistol team. In 1974 at Camp Perry Ohio National matches, he won the 50 yd slow fire 45 cal pistol. He was awarded a Gold Cup 45 pistol.
Jose not only speaks five languages, attended the US Army Language Institute in Monterey CA; he has taught marksmanship at the FBI Academy in Quantico VA and the US Military Academy, West Point NY. While being assigned to the US Army Marksmanship Unit Ft Benning GA for 12 years; he retired in 1985 with 26 years of military service.
Kathie and Jose are charter members of
St Nicholas. They were St . Nicholas' first couple to be married in the new church.
Kathie has been involved in several of
St Nicholas' activities: Sunday School Teacher, lay reader, altar guild, choir, served on the vestry and started
St. Nicholas' biggest fund raiser-Lobsterfest. Jose has ushered, helped with maintenance of church building, yard work and helped with many other needs.
Kathie loves to do her quilting projects; Jose is content when doing his oil painting, woodworking and teaching gun safety.
They love living in the quiet woods of Cataula, GA with their two little Yorkie puppies, Mucho and Missy.
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FOCUS FOOD PANTRY
The FOCUS Food Pantry is in need of
Soup and
Peanut Butter
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Thank you for your donations!
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Lectionary Readings
If you would like to see the readings for Sunday,
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PRAYERS
If you would like to have a name placed on this prayer list, please email [email protected] or call Katherine Johnson, 706-628-5676, Pastoral Care Committee.
Persons must give permission to be placed on this list. Names will remain on the prayer list for one month unless otherwise contacted.
We get many prayer requests for those ill or in difficult situations. But we ask you to send in those things you are thankful for and we will add those to the prayer list.
In Thanksgiving
For the marriage of Karen Wynegar and Jay Thorne.
For the people of St. Nicholas
For Fr Bob and Charlotte Dendtler
For those who are ill, recovering or needing special prayers:
Ashley and Nate Taylor
Nick Simpson's Mother
Jack Whitley
Don Baldwin
Tina Miller
Jamie Forestal
Gail Jackson
Ron Anderson
Clara Butzon
The Harris Family
Jessica McComb
Garrett Hinnant
Dorothy Webster
Jameson Miers
Andi Smith
John Halmrast
Michael Butler
Andy Hubbard
Barbara Lawson
Julie Raines
Steve Valentine
David Walker's Mother
Clyde Moody, Sr
Kin Brown
Paul Jones
Scott Lipp
Bill Caudil
Larry Hinnant
Prayers for all our veterans, those currently serving their country away from home, for their safe return and for their families who wait for them.
For those with unspoken prayer requests
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
May Birthdays
2 Martha Dimon
3 Jackson Crowley
8 Judy Jenks
10 Andy Butzon
13 Phebe Callaway Robertson
14 Doug Jr. Martin
16 Karen Wynegar
16 Rose Brent
28 Nick Simpson
29 Erick Whitworth 29 Theresa Dorminy
May Anniversaries
5 Graham & Marci Horne
18 Bob & Patty Hamilton
20 Scott & Rebecca Crowley
20 Larry & Julie Nordin
21 Kin & Beth Brown
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| In This Issue Thank You from the Jacksons May Services Meet & Greet the Dendtlers Dinner on the Farm Ladies Luncheon May Steward of the Month SNICK donates offertory Congratulations Caring for the Caregiver
Thursday Book Study
Get to Know Your Parish Family
FOCUS Food Pantry
Volunteer Schedule
Lectionary Readings Prayers Birthdays & Anniversaries |
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Stewardship Thought of the Month
"In being stewards of the church, for, as we are told, the church of God is the household of God and it is
essential to practice the stewardship there.
The life of a Christian steward,
lived in the imitation of the
life of Christ,
is challenging, even difficult in many
ways; but both here and hereafter it is charged with
intense Joy."
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Please help Patty Hamilton keep the church directory as up-to-date as possible. If you have not yet filled out a form, please pick one up in the cloister room and return to the church office. Or you can send your info via email to Patty Hamilton at [email protected].
- Please include:your names and the names of your minor children,
- address,
- email addresses,
- phone numbers (cell and home),
- birthdays and anniversaries.
If you need a new picture or a new name tag, indicate that as well. Feel free to use a favorite picture. Just send it in jpeg form to [email protected].
Mobile App Installation Instructions
Church members can view the St. Nicholas Church Directory from their iPhone, iPad, Android or Kindle Fire by downloading the free Instant Church Directory Members App.
You may search for "Instant Church Directory" in the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Amazon Appstore, or use this link:
After installation, open the Instant Church Directory icon (it looks like a church). It will ask for your email address. If your email address is in our church directory, the program will generate a password for you and email it to you.
This worked great for most, but if you have any problems make sure you first check to see that your email address is in the church directory.
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Thank you, St. Nicholas family, for your active involvement in our parish.
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CONTACT
Deadline for submitting news items is noon Monday.
Send news and photos to:
The Spirit of St. Nicholas
is published bi-weekly by
St. Nicholas Episcopal Church.
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