I wish to express my most sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone who helped make our Christmas celebrations so very wonderful and blessed.

So many were involved and engaged in creating two immensely lovely Liturgies.  Pray I forget no one, but assuredly, I am grateful to the entire Community of St. Nicholas for giving so much of ourselves in the creation of our Christmas Liturgies.

To our gifted and cherished choir members under the leadership and dedication of Mary Fletcher-Gomez who all preformed with blessed grace, to our verger Hal Stratton who guided and directed the flow our our Liturgies, to all who read the Lessons, those who bore the chalices, brought forth the offerings and gifts, to our children who processed with the last remaining figures that completed the cr�che, to Cyndi DeBock who painstakingly printed up the worship programs, to Steve Gruenwald who made sure to contact Santa Claus, our beloved St. Nicholas to be here to greet our children...which indeed he did...to each and all, thank you a million times over. 

Let us rejoice and celebrate the countless blessings bestowed upon us.  As we begin a new year, let us pray, in earnest, for world peace, an end to the senseless violence, reasonable gun control measures to preserve and protect life, an end to hunger, greater protective measures for our Mother Earth and for this house of worship, our St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, that she remain steadfast in faith and continues to grow stronger and ever more present.

From my heart to yours, thank you and a Happy, Healthy, and Spiritually Prosperous New Year. 

Peace and love,

Manny

Talking finance is never an easy nor comfortable subject.  Still, like our own households, a consistent flow of revenue is needed and required to sustain our ministry.

There is still time for us to submit our pledge for the 2016 year .  However, we ask that these pledge forms be submitted sooner than later.  

Pledges help us to create our yearly budget, to pay our bills and to keep our doors wide open for all to come, worship, meet and grow spiritually and emotionally.  Without these pledges , it is difficult for us to create a working budget.

It is my hope that we all take the time needed, to pray, to ponder and consider how best we can help sustain and grow our house of worship.  There are many ways to pledge; consider which is best for you and your family.  If you have any questions, please reach out and I will assist as I am able and/or direct you to a member of our Finance Team.

Be assured of my most grateful thanks to each and all.  The sacrifices made; the time, talent and treasures offered to our St. Nicholas Church never fails to astonish and humble me.   It is an honor that I am called to serve this community of faith.  Remember: St. Nicholas is not only where I "work," but it is where I worship and proudly call this place my home, too.

My prayers and love are yours.

-Manny

Shop Amazon and a contribution is made to St. Nicholas.  Talk about a "win-win" deal.  However, in order that St. Nicholas is credited with a portion of the sale, you must first go to our webpage, click on the Amazon icon.  Then, shop away.  Access our webpage through:  www.onebreadonebody.org  or  www.stnicholasepiscopal.org. 

Or, click here to go directly to Amazon with our code already pre-filled.

Every time someone shops Amazon through St. Nicholas' webpage, an angel gets their wings!

For all our St. Nicholas community members who are under the weather and in need of healing and prayers:  may they find peace and be blessed with sound and better health: Joan DeBock, Courtney Adams, Art Lorenze, Karen, Sharon, Elaine and Barry Malas, Lenny Spirek, Jill, Connie Nicholson, Ron Glos, Marcia Kizior, Joanne Mangiaracina, Fran Baylor, Kesha, Mary Gans, Eunice Dohra, Bertha, Payton, Caleb Roth, Rocco, Ron, Deacon Tom Smith, K.C., Dale Rickey, Phil Cooper, Tim Laughlin, Jackie, Chris, Cathy Walters, Carrie, Tim, Pat, Lenny, Perry, Kathy J. and any one else in need of our continued prayers and well wishes.

As a reminder, the full master calendar is always available online at this link.  Here is the schedule for the next week: