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The Spirit of Saint Nicholas
The E-Newsletter from Saint Nicholas Episcopal Church
69 Mobley Road, Hamilton, GA 31811
Sunday Services 8:30 and 11:00am
SNICK - Wednesdays 5:30
(led by Children of St. Nick - followed by dinner)
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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.
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Bluegrass Sunday
Click the above link for a sample of the music from Bluegrass Sunday!
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From Fr. Jeff:
When faced with pain and suffering, it's common to want to pass that pain on to someone else.
When we experience someone at work or school who is rude to us for seemingly no reason at all, chances are, that person has been hurt themselves and is simply passing it on.
Yet Jesus, when confronted with hatred, pain, and ridicule, chose to take that pain and convert it to love.
He endured the Cross to show us that we don't have to pass pain forward.
Instead, like the Good Shepherd he is, Jesus takes our wounds upon himself and carries us, as if we were an injured lamb.
He walks through the valley of the shadow of death with us. Reflect on any pain you may be feeling today.
Are you passing it on to someone or are you allowing the Shepherd to carry you through it?
*If you would like to receive messages like this in text form from Fr. Jeff every week, text "Add me" to
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It is that time of the month again -- time to plan for
Men's Group get-together.
This month we are planning to meet at
Aspen's Mountain Grill at the corner of US Highway 27 and GA 354, 6:30 P.M.
Third Tuesday, May 16, 2017.
Come prepared for friendship, fellowship, and good food.
Bring a friend.
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Men's Group Dinner
Date: Tuesday, May 16th
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Aspen's Grill - Pine Mountain
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Outreach Ministry Opportunties:
Mondays at 2:00pm -
Holy Eucharist at Harris County Jail, contact Fr. Jeff at 706-761-0115
Wednesdays at 1:40pm - Packing
back packs for BackSnacks, deliveries to school on Thursdays, contact Grant Flynn at 706-457-9531
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Needed --- Lay Eucharistic Visitors (LEV's)
Aside from regular services, St. Nicholas is out and about visiting parish members and community.
Fr. Jeff and 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.
We are in need of additional Lay Eucharistic Visitors for this ministry.
Several members are visiting the prison and Bright Way, however, only two LEV's are active at the moment.
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Journey to Adulthood
Our new youth program continues with our Rite 13 class (grades 6 & up) at 9:45 in the Classrooms, led by leaders
Sheri Cody, John Brent,
Jennifer Milton, and
Bob Hamilton.
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St. Nicholas is piloting a new program for the whole congregation.
SFFC is a national movement partnering with the Church to temporarily care for at-risk children and youth, while strengthening families in crisis.
With over 30 homeless children and youth in Harris County, we are partnering with
to show hospitality in the homes of our parishioners to children and families in need.
We will have a parish-wide training on May 20, 10:00am-12:00 noon for those interested in hosting and for those can support families who do host.
There are many ways to help with this program!
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Lunch Bunch
The next Lunch Bunch will be May 21st after church.
Mark your calendar for our next monthly parish gathering out to eat after church!
More information to come!
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All Ladies of St. Nicholas!
The Daughters of the King will host an informal luncheon and informational meeting after the
11:00 a.m.
service on
Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017.
Please mark your calendars and plan on coming to learn more about DOK and get to know members of our chapter here at
St. Nicholas.
If you have been contemplating becoming a member of our chapter of the DOK, now is your chance for some fun and exciting information about our plans for the near future.
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St. Nicholas Summer Lock-In
July 28
will be here before you know it.
We are looking for energetic helpers to assist with the end of summer 4
th Annual lock-in to be help at the church.
There are several ways you can help: brain storming, promotion, food preparation, registration, decorating, chaperoning, teaching, setting up and breaking down.
This event is fun for all ages.
More details of the event to come soon.
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Stewards of the Month
Back in Epiphany, when determining where to take our annual Ashes to Go, Father Jeff asked new member Shannon Klein, who has done a monthly Bible study at the Harris County Jail, if we could take ashes in to the jail. She put him in touch with the authorities there and they allowed us to come in on Ash
Wednesday
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That led to a conversation with parishioners of taking communion to the prisoners there.
Since
March 20
, Father Jeff and three other volunteers have gone every week and set up a full Eucharist service in the jail.
Men and women prisoners alternate weeks that they come.
As many as 15 men and 8 women have been served in this outreach ministry.
The volunteers give their time to be present and listen to the prisoners, with non-judgmental ears.
We read Scriptures, have a conversation about them, and break bread together. As several volunteers say commonly, "I get more out of this than they do."
These volunteers exemplify the Scripture that when we visit the prisoner, we are visiting Christ himself.
Therefore, this month's Stewards of the Month go to the
Jail Eucharist Ministers: Martha Dimon, Alex Garrett, Jim Gilliam, Katherine Johnson, Shannon Klein, Janice Murphy, Larry Nordin, Phebe Robertson, Barrett Smith, and Bert Tomlin.
Thank you all for your ministry!
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Needed --- Lay Eucharistic Visitors (LEV's)
Aside from regular services, St. Nicholas is out and about visiting parish members and community.
Fr. Jeff and 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.
We are in need of additional Lay Eucharistic Visitors for this ministry.
Several members are visiting the prison and Bright Way, however, only two LEV's are active at the moment.
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Bright Way Services
Worship services continue at Bright Way Personal Care Home
in Pine Mountain. Other
Lay Eucharistic Visitors are needed for this ministry.
Contact
Bert
if you would like to participate.
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Zion Services for 2017:
October 1st
November 12th
4:00pm
An opportunity to worship at historic Zion Church, built as an Episcopal church in the 1840s, will be offered at
4 p.m.
Sunday, April 30th, in Talbotton.
On the N
ational Register of Historic Places, Zion's building has been spared modernization.
It is a rare Gothic American parish church constructed of old growth timber.
Zion Church is located at 100 Main Street in Talbotton on U.S. 80.
Contact Father Jeff Jackson at
(706) 761-0115
for further information.
Non-perishable food will be collected for Talbotton families in need.
All are welcomed - Invite a friend.
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Lectionary Readings
If you would like to see the readings for Sunday,
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For those who are ill, recovering or needing special prayers:
Members of St Nicholas:
Carleen Frokjer
Bill Caudill
Bob Hamilton
Chris Butzon
Jacqueline Duval
Harris County Prison Ministry
Jenny Jackson
BackPack Program
Safe Families Program
Lynn Norris
Cecelia Rood
Michelle Moody
Bill Eidson
Nate Taylor
Clara Butzon
Family members and friends of the Community:
John Halmrast
Grace Millet
Terri
LuAnne Creighton
Anita Cheshire
Jordan
Denson Franklin
Trish Davis
Ann Carolyn King
McCullohs Family
Brightway Patients & Staff
Dexter Crotts
Russ Fackler
Joseph Green
Barbara Hamilton
Danny Hatchell
For Those In Mourning:
The Family of Gay Shephard
The Family of Grace Ebstyne
The Family of Fred Young
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.
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MAY BIRTHDAYS
2 Martha Dimon
3 Jackson Crowley
8 Judy Jenks
10 Andy Butzon
13 Phebe Callaway Robertson
14 Doug Jr. Martin
16 Karen Thorne
16 Rose Brent
28 Nick Simpson
29 Erick Whitworth
29 Randy Dameron
29 Theresa Dorminy
MAY ANNIVERSARIES
1 Karen & Jay Thorne
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
Bluegrass Sunday
From Fr. Jeff
Outreach Opportunities
Journey to Adulthood
Safe Families for Children
Lunch Bunch
Lay Ministry
Daughters of the King
2017 Organ Tour
Stewards of the Month
Vestry Minutes
Bright Way Ministries
Sunday School Schedule
Zion Worship
Prayers
Birthdays & Anniversaries
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Links (in alphabetical order)
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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 weekly by
St. Nicholas Episcopal Church.
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Thank you, St. Nicholas family, for your active involvement in our parish.
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If you or 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.
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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
- 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 contact@stnicholashamilton.org.
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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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.
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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.
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GoFundMe Campaign for
Zion Church
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.
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Calling all artists, DIY-enthusiasts, yard-sale fanatics, collectors of cool things: The Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministry needs your expertise and your chairs for its CHAIRity for CVEM. CHAIRity is held on
May 21
from
Noon to 6 p.m.
at Arts in the Park in Lakebottom Park. CHAIRity features one-of-a-kind chairs donated, created, or repurposed by local artists and friends of CVEM and proceeds benefit our neighbors in need in the Chattahoochee Valley region. There are no real rules for chairs: It can be a chair you decorate, repurpose, create or just something unique you've collected through the years. We are also looking for chairs that others may use to decorate. If you would like to donate a chair, please contact us at
info@cvemjubilee.org
or call
706.327.0400
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Let me know if you need anything else please!
Holli
Holli Melancon
Communications Director
Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministry
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It's almost time to TAP!
TAP
2017 will take place on
June 26-30
from
8:45 to Noon
at the Rankin Arts Center Uptown.
TAP is a week-long art program for children ages 6-11.
Through music, drama, dance, art and stories,
TAP paves a way for a lifelong journey of peace.
Children are recruited from diverse cultures and faiths and provided the opportunity to unify through art.
About this year's theme: A butterfly begins its life in one form, and ends it in another: Transformation!
Through the performing arts, TAP transforms hate to love, anger to peace, confusion to clarity, judgement to acceptance, competition to community. Come be a part of TAP 2017: "Transforming Me to We"
There is an application process for TAP. You can apply online
HERE
or print off a brochure and mail it in
HERE
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Other ways to participate in TAP:
Teen Intern/Mentor Program: We are also seeking teens to serve as Interns (rising 7th & 8th graders) and Mentors (9th-12th graders).
Teen training takes place the week before TAP,
June 19-23
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You do not have to have participated in TAP before to apply!
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