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News from Nick:

The Newsletter for the Community of St. Nicholas

1072 Ridge Avenue, Elk Grove Village, IL  60007

( 847 ) 439 - 2067

www.StNicholasEpiscopal.org 

                                                                                
August 4 - 10, 2011
 


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Upcoming Events

Rummage Sale Set-up (all hands on deck!) 

 Holy Innocents Hall & Gathering Space

Sunday, August 14 thru

Thursday, August 18

 

 Bishop's Committee Meeting
Sunday, August 14
8:15 am

 

Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 17
9 - 10:30 am

 

Rummage Sale
(sign up to help at this link

Friday, August 19

9 am - 3 pm

Saturday, August 20

9 am - 3 pm 

 

Ongoing Events

 

Worship

Saturdays - 4:30 pm

Sundays - 10:00 am

   

Children's Liturgy

First Full Weekend of each Month

 

Food Pantry

1st & 3rd Wednesdays

4:30-6:00 pm

 

Prayer Requests

Marie Butera, mother 
of Denise Butera, who has been diagnosed with lung cancer. 

Ivan Felty, Lisa Felty & Ivan Felty Jr.

Audrey Cannon

Godfrey James Catanus, Paul Swanson's friend who is out of coma and in recovery.

Stella Jepson, grandmother of Tracy Paris.  


Repose of the soul of
Ben Taylor who was taken off life support.  For his family, friends and all who grieve for him.

Repose of the soul of
Vince Julian and his grieving wife, Mary Jo.

Carrie Loos

Ken Lopez

Richard Gans 

 

Paul Brouillette

 

Edmond Feller 

 

Our sisters and brothers at St. Bede's Church, as they discern their future and search for a new house of worship. 

 

For those in transition: those searching for work, those who are moving and those encountering changes in life.

 

For success and blessings during this time of discernment and search for our new vicar.

 
In This Issue
+Upcoming Events
+Prayer Requests
+St. Nick's Knacks...It's All for Sale
+Grateful Generous Giving Workshop
+Rummage Sale: Spread the Word & Sign Up to Help!
+St. Nicholas Directory
+St. Nick's Shout-Outs
+Upcoming Scripture Readings & Resources

-News from Nick Archive-

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Reflection from Manny
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St. Nick's Knacks...It's All for Sale   

 

It's going to be a very busy stretch these next few weeks.  St. Nicholas Rummage Sale is much like Christmas: weeks and weeks of planning, saving and storing.  At last, the big event comes, lots of noise and activity, people coming and going and of course, food to be had, too.  And before we know it, the holiday is gone, it has passed and all that's left is the cleaning up and the early thoughts of next year's celebration.

 

However, we all need to focus on the next two weeks and the work that must be accomplished.  There are tables to set up, items to clean, display and price.  There are clothes to fold and hang on racks.  There are cookies to bake, hot dogs to prepare and coffee to brew.  Yes, there's much to do but certainly a task well within our range of do-ability!   There's work enough for all of us and plenty of room for us to stretch our arms as we get Holy Innocents Hall and the Gathering Space to looking like a real, honest to goodness market place.

 

I'd like to think that our gain, financially speaking, will bring us out of the "red" and comfortably into the "black."  It would take a rummage sale to end all rummage sales and this is perhaps more than what we can expect.  And this is okay.  We work very hard at keeping our finances under control and transparent for all to see.  Yet, my friends, while the financial gains from the rummage sale are certainly important and vital, the more important gains are the building of the community; the time spent with one another; and becoming better and closer friends, as we labor to build a stronger St. Nicholas.   

 

I invite every one to take time and sign up, pitch in, roll up our collective sleeves and have ourselves some fun in the process.  Isn't the future success of our community worth all the planning, all the hard work?  This truly is a labor of love.   I'm convinced it is.  Some parishes frown on such fundraising and I understand and appreciate their thinking.  Personally, it's worth the work, just to see us all together, hands kept busy and smiles across our tired, yet satisfied faces.  Would we cancel Christmas because it's too much work?  I think and hope not!  We celebrate Christmas to rejoice at the gift of Jesus.  Let's celebrate the rummage sale as a gift to one another... a labor of love for a place we love: our Community of St. Nicholas.  

 

-Manny

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Grateful Generous Giving Workshop - St. Martin's

Rev. Jim Steen from Bishop Lee's staff will be leading a workshop on "Grateful Generous Giving" on Saturday, August 13, 9:30 am to noon at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 1095 E. Thacker St., Des Plaines, IL 60016. 

You are welcome (and invited) to join Fr. Manny, members of the Bishop's Committee, and Bob Kalicki at the workshop.  This is a wonderful opportunity for us to learn more effective stewardship.

 

If you are interested in attending this worthwhile workshop or if you have questions, please let me know.

 

Pat Kalicki
Our Rummage Sale is Coming!
Friday, August 19 & Saturday, August 20, 9 am to 3 pm

We need your help to make this sale a success.  Please:

Come and enjoy the fun and camaraderie, plus make money for St. Nicholas!

Corrections to the St. Nicholas Directory

directory

We plan to have new directories to hand out to everyone within the next few weeks.

To assure the directories are correct, please verify your personal information on the draft located on the table at the rear of the worship space: Spelling of your name(s); Names of Children; Address; Phone Number; Email; Cell Phone.

 

If we don't have information, such as email and/or cell phone, and you wish to share it, please note it. On the other hand, if we have information you prefer not to share with others, please make a note of it.

 

If you have any questions, please talk to Pat Kalicki, or you may call her at 847-882-3364, 847-417-7871, or email her - [email protected]. 

St. Nick's Shout-Outs

Thank you!

Thanks to:

 

Steve Raftery & Hal Stratton for purchasing and hanging the fabulous and eye-catching Rummage Sale signs.

 

Paul Swanson for taking care of advertising for our Rummage Sale.

 

All who are bringing items, spreading the word and working at the Rummage Sale.

 

Bob Kalicki, Bill Kubovy, Tim Black and Manny Borg for the loading and unloading of a couple thousand pounds of food for our pantry and the entire Pantry Team for their tremendous work and effort.

 

Scott Cummings, for his boundless energy in getting pantry work done!

 

Eve Gatwood; who is always at the ready to pick up food on a weekly basis for our food pantry.   

 

Douglas VanHouten and his computer skills; for bringing our News From Nick into the 21st century with new and exciting ways of receiving and sharing the newsletter. 

Scripture
Upcoming Scripture Readings

 

August 7, 2011 - The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost  

 

The Episcopal Church uses the Revised Common Lectionary.  When a choice is given for the Old Testament lesson and Psalm, at St. Nicholas we use the first option, or Track 1.  More about the Revised Common Lectionary is at this link.  

News from Nick is published by St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, Elk Grove Village, Illinois each Thursday.

 

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