St. Nicholas' Gathering Area

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

 

March 8-14, 2012 


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Upcoming Events
 

Anointing/Healing - led by Revs. Fran & Tony Begonja

Saturdays, March 10, 17, & 24

4:30 pm Worship Service

Sundays, March 11 & 25

10 am Worship Service

 

 

Meditation Prayer

led by Manny Borg

Sundays, March 11 & 18

Following 10 am Worship Service

 

Food Pantry

Wednesdays

March 7, 21 & 28

4:30-6:30 pm

 

Bishop's Committee Meeting

Sunday, March 11

8:15 - 9:45 am

 

Children Gather at Sharing Table

Sundays, March 11 & 25

10 am

 

Noah's Ark Area - Reading of Children's Gospel

Sunday, March 18

During 10 am Worship Service

 

Executive Committee Meeting

Wednesday, March 21

6:45 pm

 

Fr. Dru Green -

Presider & Preacher

Saturday, March 24, 4:30 pm

Sunday, March 25, 10:00 am

(Manny will be at St. Bede's for this, the second pulpit swap in preparation for the people of St. Bede's merging with St. Nicholas)

 

Ongoing Events:

 

Worship

 

Wednesdays - 6:00 p.m.

Saturdays - 4:30 p.m.

Sundays - 10:00 a.m. 

 

Food Pantry

1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesdays

4:30-6:30 p.m. 

    

Choir Practice 

Wednesdays, 6:45 p.m.  

 

 

Getting Involved
St. Nicholas is not a building, it's a community that belongs to all of us.  All are encouraged to participate to the fullest extent.  Please visit this link on our website for a list of current ministries and contact persons.   There are sign-up sheets on the bulletin boards above the drinking fountain at St. Nicholas.  Please take time to sign up.  
Contact Us...

Manny Easter 2011

Steve Raftery, Jr. Warden

Paul
Paul Brouillette, Assisting Pastor

Mary at organ
Mary Fletcher-Gomez, Organist/Choirmaster
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In This Issue
+Lenten Time...
+Our Lenten Journey
+Spring Ahead - Time Change
+Join us for Meditation Prayer on Sundays
+A Prayer for a Holy Lent
+Easter Flowers
+Memorial Book
+Readings for This Weekend's Services
+Shout Outs
+Prayer Requests

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Lenten Time...
Children's Sunday

 

We are entering the third week of Lent, which means we're entering the half way point of this six week journey of faith. The great Paschal feast is ever so close. Easter is in our site-line. I have to ask: how has Lent been so far? What have we done to distinguish this sacred church season from every other church season and the rest of the year? Have we made an extra effort to spend special prayer time? Have we allowed ourselves the time to meditate, to find some quiet spot and be absorbed in the quiet and solitude? Have we maybe made a midweek visit to St. Nicholas to pray the Stations of the Cross or meditate in the peaceful space of our house of worship? If not...what are we waiting for? If it's an invitation, well, here it is:                    

 

             ALL ARE INVITED AND WELCOMED TO COME

             AND SPEND TIME WITH JESUS OUR

             MOST HOLY REDEEMER IN PRAYER, IN MEDITATION

             AND IN SOLITUDE. NO NEED TO RSVP. JESUS IS

             WAITING FOR US AND WISHES US ALL TO COME

             AND SPEND TIME WITH HIM. HIS HOUSE IS OPEN

             OR YOU CAN VISIT HIM IN YOUR OWN HOME

             OR THAT SPECIAL PLACE WHERE IT IS JUST YOU

             AND OUR LORD. CASUAL OR FORMAL, JUST COME

             AND SPEND TIME WITH JESUS.

 

Imagine if we did receive just such an invitation? How would we react? How would we respond? Would we go? The invitation is for real.   We are all invited, every day in fact, to spend time with Jesus and enjoy His divine and blessed company. If we're afraid we won't know what to say...don't worry. We don't have to say any thing. All we need do is sit, be still and listen....shhhh...listen...He is speaking to us and He has some very loving and caring things to say.

 

Just a few weeks left in Lent. Take good advantage of the Lenten time that remains and open wide our hearts to let Jesus plant the seeds of love, peace and joy. And when those seeds begin to bloom, oh, what beauty there will be. Just in time for Easter, too.

 

-Manny

 

manny@stnicholasepiscopal.org

Our Lenten Journey

newWe have begun our spiritual journey through the six weeks of the Lenten season: an exercise into deeper prayer, meditation and reflection.  We welcome Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday April 1st; continue with Holy Week starting Monday, April 2nd and the holiest and highest of all Church feasts of the Triduum beginning with Maundy Thursday, April 5th, Good Friday on April 6th and of course, Holy Saturday and the glorious Easter Vigil on April 6th.  The Liturgy times for all services are as follows:

Palm Sunday, April 1st, 10am.  (There is no 4:30 Saturday afternoon Liturgy on March 31st)
Maundy Thursday, April 5th, 7pm
Good Friday, April 6th, 7pm
Holy Saturday...the Blessing of Easter Foods, from 12noon till 3pm in the church
Holy Saturday and the great Easter Vigil, 8pm

Please, come, journey and celebrate these most holy of days and enjoy the grace and spirit this beautiful Church season offers.
Spring Ahead - Time Change
clocks ahead

Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 11. Don't' forget to set your clocks one hour ahead before retiring this Saturday night, March 10!
Meditation Prayer on Sundays - Please Join Us!

rSundays in Lent, after the 10am Liturgy, Mediation Prayer will be offered.  Christian mediation has many forms and paths.  We will take time to silence ourselves, focus and take a quiet journey, all the while drawing closer to God in the inner-solitude of our being.  We will meet in the church near the baptistry area and Manny will lead.  All are welcomed and encouraged to be part of this Lenten Meditation Prayer experience.
A Prayer for a Holy Lent

 

Let us worship the God who calls us.

Let us bring our sacrifices of praise.

Let us declare the wonders of God.

 

We come from the broken places of the world,

gathering the shards of harried lives,

bringing our offerings of tears and joy.

 

We gather as the ever-broken,

ever-risen Body of Christ,

our lives poured out for the healing of the world,

our lives made new in the promises of God.

 

Let us build an altar

from the fragments of these broken times;

let us cry out for those who have no voice;

let us work with what we have

to help bring healing, justice and mercy

to those whose lives are filled with fear and suffering,

and let us know that God is with us

even in the dark of doubt. Amen.

                 

-Seekers Church: A Christian Community, 2001

 

Easter Flowers 
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Flower donations for Easter can now be made to help decorate our worship space for the Easter season. If you are donating cash, please put the cash in an envelope and mark the outside as Flower donation. If you are donating by check, just make a note on the memo line of the check. If your flower donation is being given in memory of someone or in thanksgiving, attach a note with your donation. A memorial/thanksgiving card will be printed and inserted into the flowers placed around the altar.

 

Memorial Book
                           
If you haven't already done so, please write the name(s) of your loved ones who have gone on to Christ in the Memorial Book located by the Baptismal Font.  Their names will be remembered in our prayers.  
Readings for This Weekend
Shout Outs
Thanks to:

Those who go that extra mile in keeping our St. Nicholas facility clean and tidy.

Cindy Goodwin who lovingly cares for the plants in our building and sees to their growth and protection.

Those who tend the Welcoming Table on Saturday and Sunday and do such a wonderful job.

Prayer Requests 

Pernell, a friend from Lord of Life Evangelical Lutheran Church in Schaumburg, who is undergoing stem cell treatment...for his continued recovery and well being. 
 
Mr. Thomas Black, father to our Tim Black, who is undergoing medical testing; for his well being and positive tests results.

Donna Tamaski, as she begins her physical therapy...patience, healing and relief from her pain.
 
Leah, mother-in-law of Ginny.

Guadalupe Ramirez, grandmother of Benny Delgado, who is in the hospital due to a serious brain illness.   
 
 
Eileen Maher, sister of Mary Beth Jarvis, as she recovers from a stroke.  

 

The Martin Family: Karen, Tom and Katie 

 

Our sisters and brothers at St. Bede's Church, as they go through the transition of merging with St. Nicholas.  

 

Hope Smith

Ethel (Corkey) Stratton, the mother of Hal Stratton, as she continues to recover from surgery and a nasty fall. 

 

Eunice Dohra

Richard and Mary Gans

Beth Jarvis as she begins the transition of moving away. 

   

Carrie Loos

 

Paul Brouillette

  

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