Children’s / Youth formation program takes place on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.
Varied Voices: Proclamation of the Good News and Sermon delivered by a member of the community is every 3rd weekend of the month.
Healing Weekend, when the Revs Fran & Tony Begonja offer the gift of their healing ministry, is the 3rd weekend of each month.
Children’s Liturgy and Celebration Weekend happens the 1st Sunday / weekend of each month.
Book Discussion Group – next month’s book is Moloka’i, by Alan Brennert. The group will meet on January 19, 2013 at 9:30 am at Panera’s on Biesterfield Road, Elk Grove Village. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Steve Gruenwald.
This Sunday, December 2, we enter the season of Advent and yes, Christmas will soon be here. In order to celebrate the holiday with full cheer, we wish to make sure the church is decorated with seasonal flowers and greenery. Please consider donating to our Flower Fund. With your donation, we will purchase poinsettias, ivy and greenery which will accentuate our worship space with holiday color and beauty. Your donation can be in memory of a dearly departed loved one. We will honor their memory with prayers and appropriate name markers in the plants. Checks may be made out to St. Nicholas with Flower Fund in the memo line and/or cash donations made in an envelope marked, “Flower Fund.” Please enclose a notation listing who the details, e.g., “Given by Mary & John Smith in memory of Jane Smith.” Any remaining funds will go toward the purchase of Easter flowers. In advance, thank you to the good people of St. Nicholas for your continued support, generosity and love.
Our Video page will be updated on a much more regular basis, thanks to the work of videographer Carol Payne. We have channels at YouTube, and also at Vimeo.
First up: Father Paul T Brouillette preaching at Easter Sunday 2010 (based on his reference to Father Steve Martz, who can be heard laughing in the background).
Father Paul ran many races, but sadly his race against a long-standing illness ended this year. We miss him and his talents greatly at St Nicholas. Not only was he a great and thought-provoking preacher, he was a talented guitar and banjo player. He was accustomed to singing the Exultet at the Easter Vigil (the Saturday night service that is the main celebration of Easter at St Nicholas) together with a few choir members. And he was also the featured guitar player at the singing of “Silent Night” at the end of every Christmas Eve service for the last few years. This year will be the first year without him. We hope his family and friends find comfort in this video, which they may not have known existed.
This next video shows Father Manny at the altar, doing the Eucharist (communion) part of the service on Easter Sunday 2012. That was Manny’s second Easter Sunday at St Nicholas, but his first as the vicar and not interim minister.
Father Manny welcomes ALL to the altar. He’s assisted by Valerie Gruenwald and her daughter Rose, who looked very beautiful in her Easter Sunday dress. As you can tell by the soundtrack, a lot of families with young children attend this service.
Look for more frequent uploads and updates – there are more videos with music, and “Christmas Wishes” videos from St Nicholas parishioners.
