| We congratulate St. Nicholas Episcopal Church's Graduating 2015 High School Seniors! Abbey Avery Austin Hubbard Alyssa Tranmer Ginny Barr Austin Hubbard Ivy Martin Other graduates not pictured listed below: James Lintner Grace Metsinger Our best wishes and prayers for your exciting futures! |
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May Services
8:30 and 11:00 services continue
May 24th - Pentecost - Festive service celebrating Pentecost. Don't forget to wear red! Vestry meets after the service.
May 31st - Regular services at 8:30 and 11:00am.
Coffee hour will be held between services. Adult Formation continues at 9:45am.
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Enjoy the convenience of electronic giving!
St. Nicholas Episcopal Church is pleased to announce that we now offer electronic giving as a way to automate your regular weekly offerings.
Electronic giving is safe and convenient for you and provides much-needed donation consistency for our
congregation. When travel, illness or other circumstances prevent you from attending services, this program will allow your offerings to continue on an uninterrupted basis.
To set up a recurring giving schedule you, visit us online at stnicholashamilton.org and locate the blue Online Giving button in the upper right-hand corner of the home page.
Your information is held in strictest confidence and your check, debit or credit card information will be secure. Setting up your profile and your giving instructions can be completed in less than 10- 15 minutes. I think you will find it very easy to get started, but please contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for your generosity and support! Nick Simpson Financial Stewardship Vestry Liaison Cell: 706 594-2884 |
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Pastoral Care
The Pastoral Care Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20 at 10:00 at church.
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 St. Nicholas Writes All Are Welcome!!! The May meeting of St. Nicholas Writes, our resident writers' group, will meet from: 9:45-10:45am in the Adult Formation classrooms on Sunday, May 24th. Those of you at our last meeting who had the opportunity to enjoy David Johnson, poet and English professor emeritus from CSU now have another chance to benefit from David's teaching and explore your own creativity. At the last meeting in April, David assigned a brief writing on one of these three topics: 1) write a paragraph about a biblical character you identify with (and why). 2) write a paragraph-long journal entry; 3) write a letter to someone from whom you are estranged or whom you haven't seen in a long time. If none of these appeal to you, or if you weren't present at the last meeting, just bring any piece of your writing. That's the only ticket you will need to enter this exciting, dynamic group get-together whose main purpose is to help you discover your God-given talents! For further information and questions, call or email Dianne Armstrong: 706-221-9020; [email protected]. |
| St. Nicholas Writes Date May 24
Time 9:45am
Location Adult Forum Classroom
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Zion Church Service
Please plan to join us in worship at historic Zion Church in Talbotton on
Sunday, June 7th at 4 p.m.
Fr. Bob Dendtler will Celebrate and give the Sermon.
Melissa will play the music.
We will collect food for the Talbotton Enrichment Program.
This is a quarterly event. Next services are
September 13th &
December 6th.
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Vacation Bible School
This year VBS will be a lock in
event
on Friday, July 31- Saturday, August 1st.
Parents, please email Beth Evans no later than JUNE 21st if your children are planning on attending! An early count on attendance will help us plan! Thank you in advance!
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Vacation Bible School
Dates Friday, July 31 - Saturday, August 1
RSVP by June 21
Location St. Nicholas
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|  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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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
John and Rose Brent
John and Rose were both born and raised in Erie, PA. They left Erie after college and began their married lives together. They moved to Virginia, Philadelphia, Weiden, Germany and Cataula, GA from 1974-1993.
John has his undergraduate degree from Penn State and his master's from the University of Virginia; both in Landscape Architecture. Rose has her undergraduate degree from Edinboro University and master's degree from West Chester University; both in Speech Language Pathology. Rose also has a Leadership 6th-year degree from CSU.
John worked as a Landscape Architect in Virginia and Philadelphia. He moved to Environmental Management while working at Hohenfels, Germany. His job as Director of Environmental Management Division brought his family to Fort Benning. Rose has worked as a Speech Language Pathologist in Virginia, Pennsylvania, DoDD Europe and Harris County, GA. Both are now retired.
John and Rose have one daughter, Rachel, who was born in Eschenbach, Germany in 1988. Rachel graduated from Brookstone, the University of Georgia and Elon University. She works in Winston-Salem, NC at Sunrise in marketing and media. Rachel is marrying Hunter Thomas on 14 November 2015.
John has been on the Vestry; Rose was the vestry clerk. John is a reader and was an LEM. Rose is on Altar Guild. They are Charter members of St. Nicholas.
John spends his time working in the garden and dabbling in photography. Both spend time enjoying two English Springer Spaniels, Harley & Meg. They love the weather in Georgia.
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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 our Graduating Seniors
For the St. Nicholas Congregation
Prayers for the Jacksons as they ready to leave on their trip the 26th of May
For those who are ill, Recovering or needing Special Prayers:
Ashley and Nate Taylor
Jack Whitley
Don Baldwin
Tina Miller
Jamie Forestal
Ron Anderson
Clara Butzon
The Harris Family
Jessica McComb
Garrett Hinnant
Dorothy Webster
Jameson Miers
Andi Smith
Michael Butler
Andy Hubbard
Barbara Lawson
Julie Raines
GIngsie Stauss
Steve Valentine
David Walker's Mother
Clyde Moody, Sr
Bill Caudill
Paul Jones
Scott Lipp
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 Congratulations to graduates
May Services
Online Giving Begins
Pastoral Care St. Nicholas Writes Zion Service
May Steward of the Month
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
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