Pet Blessing October 5 and 6: All (Creatures Great And Small) Are Welcome!

All Creatures Great and Small, and all plushies too!

All Creatures Great and Small, and all plushies short and tall, too!

Join us for our Annual Pet Blessing on the weekend of October 5 & 6, 2013. Don’t have a pet? How about a favorite toy stuffed animal! The blessing of animals will take place at both the 4:30PM service on October 5, and the 10AM service on October 6. All creatures great and small are welcome.

PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) Volunteer Training Ongoing

The PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) program, providing overnight shelter for the homeless in NW suburban Cook County from 10/1/2013 to 4/30/2014, will be conducting training and orientation for the 2013-2014 season starting the week of September 2. The training/orientation lasts for 2 hours, and it is held at the Journey’s the Road Home (the parent organization of the PADS Program) office at 1140 E. Northwest Highway in Palatine. There are quite a few training and orientation sessions available during both daytime and weeknight hours from September through February. There are approximately 23 churches in NW suburban Cook County that participate in providing overnight shelter through the PADS program.

For more information about PADS, the web site is www.journeystheroadhome.org and the phone number is 847-963-9163, Hope Center, Ext. 17.

If anyone has questions about being a PADS volunteer, talk to Laura Lampe at church, send her an e-mail, or call her (check at the church for the latest directory). She has been a PADS volunteer since 1992, and would be glad to speak about her experiences.

St Nicholas Episcopal At Little Boots Rodeo NOW and Sunday

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YEE HAW!! Little Boots Rodeo is here. Get your cowboy/cowgirl boots and mosey on down to the fairgrounds at the corner of Devon and Arlington Heights Road. (Prince of Peace Methodist Church grounds). Come Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, from 12noon to 6pm both days, there will be plenty of good times, good food and good fun for everyone!

St. Nicholas will be proudly represented. We will staff a game booth and also have Ministry Cards to pass out to all interested fair goers. And blessedly, tents are provided to keep us safe and cool.