"Gracious God,

nothing in death or life,

nothing in the world as it is,

nothing in the world as it shall be,

nothing in all creation

can separate us from Your love.

Jesus commended His spirit into Your hands at His last hour.

Into those same hands we now commend your servants,

that dying to the world and cleansed from sin,

death may be for them the gate to life

and to eternal fellowship with You;

through the same Jesus Christ our Lord." 

Amen.

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34    

We all love St. Nicholas Church.  It is our spiritual home and a center of ministerial activities that benefits not just us but so many, many others.

Help us grow our church as we prepare for the future.  We ask all members to please complete the Church Assessment Tool (C.A.T.) survey that everyone has received.  It takes about thirty (30) minutes, it is confidential and of course, most appreciated and greatly needed.

If you have any questions, concerns or are having problems, please contact Hal at hstratton@strattery.com for assistance and additional directions.

God bless one and all and thank you, everyone, for helping us help our church.

In a few weeks, Holy Innocent's Hall will be converted into a huge, "Blue Light Special" sales destination, filled with goodies galore.  But, we need clean newspaper for wrapping items as well as plastic or paper bags, too.

Please bring in your old newspapers, plastic and paper bags.  There will be a box near Manny's office where these items can be placed.

Let's make this year's sale even better than last year...and we can do it, too.

Ah yes, summer fun.  At St. Nicholas, we have our footprint firmly planted in Village events.

On June 25 and 26, Saturday and Sunday, we'll get busy with Little Boots Rodeo activities, once again staffing the Pennies in the Corn booth.  And, I've been told, our booth is even bigger, deeper and more treasures are buried in all that corn.  Volunteers needed to staff this booth both days.

Please sign up and pitch in.  Let's make sure the Village and all visitors know that St. Nicholas is here, alive and well.

Remember:  When shopping on Amazon, remember how you can help St. Nicholas at the same time:

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.

For Melissa, stepdaughter to our Cyndi DeBock.  Melissa is fighting metastatic cancer which has returned at the age of 27.  Her sister-in-law has set up a GoFundMe page to help with medical expenses.  Click here if you'd like to donate.

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:  Jessica Tamaski, Paul Hallman, Patrick Hogan, Anna Marie, Melissa Beck, Michelle Miller, Eloy Madrigal,  Courtney Marsh, Amanda and Alex, Ruth, Grandma Shirley, Phyllis Whitmer, Leon Stiles, Cora Lopez, Eddie and Pat Albers, Dick McQuade, Rosario de Vazquez, Rosarini Vazquez, Nora Pun, Carolyn Drolen, Cathy, Mindy Golden, Elaine and Barry Malas, Susan Lackey, Marcia Kizior, Kesha, Eunice Dohra, Bernie, Ron, Dale Rickey, Grant MacDonald, Larry McQuade, 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: