The E-Newsletter from Saint Nicholas Episcopal  Church  
69 Mobley Road, Hamilton, GA 31811
706-628-7272
January 3rd - January 9th, 2018
Sunday Service: 8:30 am and 10:00 am

St. Nicholas' mission is to be an example of Christ's love 
for all people.
Our vision is to be the center of nourishment in mind, body, and spirit
for all people in our community.  


Christmas poinsettias will be for sale for the bargain price of $5 for the large and $3 for the small immediately after the 11am service January 7. Enjoy the spirit a little longer with these cheerful white and green seasonal plants and think of those who might enjoy receiving them as gifts to brighten their lives. There will be an honor-system envelope in the narthex for your payments, exact change in cash will be easiest but checks accepted. 
 
NEW ORGAN FUND

Knowing that our current organ is in poor condition with a very limited life, Wyatt Poe our Organist and Choirmaster, located an excellent used church organ.  This digital organ originally cost $70,000, but Chapel Music in Atlanta, a certified dealer of fine organs, is willing to sell it for $15,000 installed.  The original warranty has expired, but Chapel Music will issue a 5 year warranty on parts and 2 years of free servicing. Wyatt has been researching organs and has reported to the Vestry that the cost of a new digital organ of similar quality built to our specifications would cost about $60,000.  The used organ represents quite a savings.
 
At this price the organ will not be on the market long and St. Nicholas cannot pay for it out of our operating budget.  Therefore, a few calls were made to members of the congregation to see if there is a willingness to pay for the organ from designated donations.  Amazingly, $10,000 plus a generous offer from the Pine Mountain Benevolent Fund (Nancy Callaway) was raised in less than 12 hours.  If you would like to be a part of this effort and make a donation, please make your check out to St. Nicholas, indicating "organ fund" on the memo line and send it to Jim Gilliam, Treasurer,
St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 752, Hamilton, GA 31811 or place it in the offering plate.  Although all donations are confidential, we will publish a list of donors.
 
If you have any questions about the organ, please contact Wyatt at musicdirector@stnicholashamilton.org.  He is also planning a trip to Atlanta to actually play the organ and assess its tone and welcomes anyone interested to join him.
 
What a wonderful gift to the Glory of God and congregation of St. Nicholas.

 
Our next lunch bunch will be on January 21st after the 11:00am service at the Piedmont Dining Room at Callaway Garden's Lodge & Spa. No entry fee required! No agenda! Just good food with good people! Come join us!

     
Outreach Ministry Opportunties

Mondays at 1:30pm 
Holy Eucharist at Harris County Jail, 
contact Katherine Johnson.

We are in NEED of 2-3 more volunteers to go with us to the jail, especially on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Mondays of the month. If you would like to help, please contact Katherine Johnson.

 

please contact Marci Horne for changes

 

Aside from regular services, St. Nicholas is out and about visiting parish members and community.  LEV's visit hospital or home-bound parish members, family members, Bright Way Personal Care Home, and Harris County Jail. Other places would love to have visits from us. There is a big need to bring God's love to the community through Eucharist and pastoral care. LEV's are trained to give Eucharist and provide pastoral care.  

LEV Training

Another wonderful opportunity to show our love and compassion in the community has presented itself and as usual many hands are needed.

Roosevelt Place in Warm Springs currently has seventeen residents and has asked us to bring communion to there staff and residents the third Sunday of each month. 

In addition Oak View Nursing Home in Waverly Hall has also invited us to give communion to their residents.  They have around 100 residents and we will give communion to them every fourth Tuesday of the month. 

Martha Dimon and Bert Tomlin will be taking the lead on visiting these homes and will welcome anyone to join them each month. 

The scope is great so please pray about whether you should be a part of this ministry.  If you would like to join us please contact the  Martha or  Bert and schedule the necessary training. 

You will be much more blessed than the residents of these homes.

 
Bright Way Services

"We took church today to Brightway Personal Care Home.  My wonderful friend, Bert Tomlin, gave a beautiful homily on letting go and letting God do what he does.  I love Sundays with these seniors.  Some of them don't know why we are there but they seem to know we love them."  ~Linda Sawyer

Contact  Bert if you would like to participate.
 

Our choir rehearses on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm.

Choir warm up will be at 10:20am on Sundays.


69 Mobley Rd, Hamilton, GA, 31811
Our SNICK kids meet every Wednesday night 5:30pm - 7:30pm

SNICK has posted a new dinner sign-up sheet in the hallway off the narthex. The children of SNICK are so appreciative of all our parishioners do to support them. If you would like to bring dinner for our kids please choose a date on the sign-up sheet and/or contact Ashley Taylor at (706) 575-5443with any questions. Please plan to feed about 30 people at 5:30pm. From spaghetti, to chili to sandwiches, all offerings are appreciated.

SNICK reunites January 10th 

69 Mobley Rd, Hamilton, GA 31811


Another Chance to Help Our Community

Donate food to fill backpacks. We need nourishing foods such as cheese sticks, applesauce, tuna, granola bars and ravioli. The snacks help ensure that the students - whose families struggle to afford  food - eat well over the weekend.


If you'd like to help out with BackSnacks
Contact Grant Flynn at 706-457-9531 to volunteer. 

   
Happy 
Birthday to 
YOU !!
::DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS::
6th-Dianne Armstrong 
10th-Barrett Smith & Noah Horne 
14th- Dave Gustashaw 
19th- Madison Martin 
22th- Graham Horne & Tom Cheatham 
24th- Marci Horne 
30th- Margaret Zachry 
31st- Justin Hubbard


Please take a moment, and say a prayer for...
Bob
Darby
Geoff
Bert
Charlene
Brittney
Danielle
Emily
Kin
Wallace & Marianne
Diane
Cindy
Arden
Maya
Chris
Bobby
Derek
Michael & Jeri
Brenda
Trish
Harris County Jail Ministry
Brightway Patients & Staff
BackSnack Program
Safe Families for Children Program
Oakview Nursing Home
Roosevelt Place Asst. Living
Michelle
Bill
Heather
Barbara
Danny
Nate



Lectionary Readings 

If you would like to see the readings for Sunday, 


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In This Issue

Current News

Vestry Minutes

Lunch Bunch

Outreach Opportunities

Lay Ministry

LEV Training

Brightway 

Choir

SNICK

BackSnacks

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Prayers

Lectionary Readings



Links (in alphabetical order)
 
















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St. Nicholas Vestry 2017

Sue Halmrast, 
Senior Warden and Outreach 
706-663-9198

Bob Hamilton, 
Junior Warden and Hospitality 
210-243-9084

Bill Caudill, Building & Grounds
706-628-5792
Drucye Cox, Communications
706-615-6791
Martha Dimon, Stewardship & Finance
706-587-3243
Phebe Robertson, Parish Life
706-681-2964
Steve Morse, Co-Chair Parish Life
706-527-2225
Rebecca Crowley, Children and Youth Formation
706-570-6429
Jennifer Milton, Pastoral Care
706-580-4035


Please help us 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 the Parish Administrator at   contact@stnicholashamilton.org
  1. Please include:your names and the names of your minor children,
  2. address,
  3. email addresses,
  4. phone numbers (cell and home),
  5. birthdays and anniversaries.
If you need a new picture or a new name tag, indi cate that as well.  Feel free to use a favorite picture. Just send it in jpeg form to contact@stnicholashamilton.org.

 

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Please look for these cards in the narthex or in the pews and place them in the alms basin if you give electronically.

Father Jeff will bless them at each service along with the other offerings.



Electronic Common Prayer


Electronic Common Prayer, Version 2.0   (eCP)  is a brand new update to the first, fully authorized, interactive version of the Book of Common Prayer 1979 of the Episcopal Church USA.
Click here for details 
 
GoFundMe Campaign for Zion Church



For our next phase of fundraising for historic 
Zion Episcopal Church   in Talbotton, Georgia , we have set up a 
GoFundMe  campaign. 

There is much to be done to help this amazing bit of Georgia history. 

Please share this and encourage people to be generous. 


For over 160 years, Zion Episcopal Church has watched over the village of Talbotton, GA. There are not many 160-year-old structures still standing in our country.





If you or your family members will be in a play, concert, sports or school activity please send the information to the church  contact@stnicholashamilton.org  to be printed in the newsletter. 
St Nicholas members can then know what is happening with their church family and perhaps attend some of the functions. Include the event with dates, times and location. This is for children, teens and adults.