St. Nick’s Kids Get Fired Up!
August 31, 2009 by fatherjeff
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This past Sunday, the children of St. Nicholas were treated with a great surprise! As we sang the final hymn, we heard the “WHOOP-WHOOP” of a fire truck from the volunteer fire department in Hamilton. The kids were able to hop in, run the lights, test the siren, and talk to a local firefighter. 2-year-old Will Bailey was ecstatic to see the truck and cried his eyes out when it left. This was all to signify that St. Nicholas’ Sunday School program for the year is “fired up” about Jesus and a new year of learning, fun, and fellowship. Parents and children also enjoyed some wonderful refreshments as they looked over the truck. Many thanks go to Peggy Martin and her battalion of fantastic Sunday School teachers!
The Hiking Preacher Part 2
August 31, 2009 by fatherjeff
Filed under The Hiking Priest (Fr. Jeff's Blog)
Gardens Overlook parking area to Mountain Creek Loop and back
Boy, I sure didn’t want to hike this morning. My 6 month old son has a virus, so he was up and unconsolable many times last night. My turn to get him to sleep came about 5:00 a.m. and it took about an hour to get him back to sleep. So, needless to say, I was not looking forward to hiking over 4 miles this morning. Read more
Your Week at St. Nick, 30 August – 5 September
August 29, 2009 by Drucye
Filed under News & Events
Sunday, 30 August
Christian Formation Kick Off This Sunday!
8:30am Holy Eucharist/Morning Prayer
9:30 am Breakfast/Fellowship
9:45am Adult/Youth/Children’s Education
11:00am Holy Eucharist
A fire truck courtesy of Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department will be here for the children to check out. Plus, the firemen will get out the hose and spray the children! Bring your shorts or swimsuits and a towel to play in the water and have refreshments after church!
Sunday, 30 August
Usher / Greeter at 8:30 Service: BoBo & Barbara Morgan
Usher / Greeter at 11:00 Service: John & Charlotte Winsness
Reader: 8:30 (HE) Blackmon
11:00 I. Martin/Lynn Hall
LEM: 8:30 (HE) Dixon
11:00 Horne
Altar Guild: Hinnant/Nordin
Flower Guild: Diane Hinnant
Acolytes
Table: M&M
Crucifer: Abby B.
Gospel: Sean
Offer.: M&M
Torch: Abby B.
Tuesday, 1 September
6:30pm
Strategic Planning Comm. Meeting
Wednesday, 2 September
6:30pm
Holy Eucharist
September Spirit is UP!
August 27, 2009 by fatherjeff
Filed under News & Events
The September issue of the Spirit of St. Nicholas is up and can be found by clicking here.
2 New Features on the Website
August 26, 2009 by fatherjeff
Filed under News & Events
There are a couple of things I wanted to point out that are new on the site. First, if you look at the upper right hand corner of the homepage, you’ll see a button that says “Donate” with a bunch of credit card logos under it (see the highlighted circle below).
That button will take you to PayPal, an online money transfer site. Read more
Christian Formation Kick Off This Sunday!
August 26, 2009 by fatherjeff
Filed under News & Events
St. Nicholas is getting fired up for our Sunday School this year! Come and join us for our kick-off Sunday, August 30! Adults, teens, and children’s Sunday School classes start at 9:45 a.m. Read more
Snoots Wedding
August 26, 2009 by fatherjeff
Filed under Photos
On August 8, Barry Snoots and Nancy Johannaber entered into the covenant of marriage at St. Nicholas. This was a wonderful wedding, and a whole church effort. Barry and Nancy are relatively new to the area and St. Nicholas. Luckily, they became regular attendees, and asked to be married at St. Nicholas. By the time the marriage rolled around, the photography was handled by Lynn Hall, the flowers by Barbara Bradley, the readings by Michelle Moody and Sue Halmrast, the acolyte duties by Sean Moody, and the music by our consultant Trey Clegg! It was a truly an example of how St. Nicholas pulls together to help one another! Kudos to everyone!
Below are a few of the pictures that Lynn took and here is a link to her friend John’s site, who also took pictures.
The Hiking Preacher Part 1
August 24, 2009 by fatherjeff
Filed under The Hiking Priest (Fr. Jeff's Blog)
This is the first in a series of posts about my adventures on the Pine Mountain Trail. As I’ve posted before, I have been blocking off time each Monday morning to hike a bit of the PMT. This is a way for me to have some peaceful, reflective time of my own away from church and family life, to re-center myself for the week, and to begin thinking about next week’s sermon. You may be thinking, “What a cushy job that priest has!” Believe me, hiking is just as much work for me as is sitting at my desk. I have to make myself go most of the time, even though I thoroughly enjoy hiking and gain a lot from my walks with God. Besides, who says work can’t be enjoyable and beneficial for the soul?
So last week, I completed my first round on the PMT. It took me 11 hikes over the course of 4 months to complete the trail & it’s various off-shoots and side trails. For a beginner like myself, the PMT is very accessible and not too difficult. It’s quite doable, if one chooses to put aside the time to hike it (which is easier said than done in the course of our busy lives). But the trail is quite wonderful, and amazingly, God shows up every time!
But one cannot be completely prepared without the proper hiking tools. Read more
Does It Get Any Better Than This?
August 23, 2009 by fatherjeff
Filed under Photos
Today was truly a perfect day for our Parish Picnic at Blue Springs! We had a huge crowd of people, a wonderful worship service, a TON of food, some fantastic swimming, and just a grand time!
Many thanks to Cason and Nancy Callaway for their hospitality. What a gift we were all given in the beauty of their home! Also, many thanks to Sue & Dave Halmrast, Sharon & Tom Cheatham, Liz Dixon, Jeff Eskew, Peggy and Doug Martin, Michelle Moody, and everyone who helped make the day so nice or brought food and/or a friend.
If you did bring a guest, please send me their address so I can thank them for coming and visiting! You can e-mail it to me at fatherjeff@stnicholashamilton.org.
Below are photos of the day from Lynn Hall, who always does a fantastic job! Also, Janice Murphy took some great pics, and you can view her album here. Many other folks took pictures, so if you want to see them up, send them my way!
Your Week at St. Nick, 23 – 29 August 2009
August 21, 2009 by Drucye
Filed under News & Events
Sunday, August 23
Church Service & Parish Picnic at Blue Springs
Arrive at 10:00am
10:30am Holy Eucharist
SS Teachers & Acolyte Commissioning Ceremony
11:45am Potluck Picnic
Bring your lawn chairs. You should also bring towels, swimsuits, sun screen and bug spray as needed.
Directions to Blue Springs: Turn right out of St. Nicholas’ parking lot and turn right on Hwy. 116. Proceed 4.2 miles to the entrance to Blue Springs. You can identify the entrance by the concrete drive on the right side of the road at the bottom of a hill in a stand of magnolias with the “Episcopal Church Worships Here” sign out front.
10:30am Holy Eucharist
Ushers
Lynn and Kenny Hall
Greeter
Ben Brooks
LEM & 2nd Chalice
Horne/Dixon
Altar Guild
Bradley/Correnti
Flower Guild
Suzie
Acolytes
Table Robin
Crucifer Cody
Gospel Cody
Offer. Cody
Wednesday, August 26
6:30pm Holy Eucharist
7:30pm Girls Night Out
Bring a snack or dessert to share and join us for some fun, fellowship, and a movie. This is a new program, led by Kerri Bingemen and others at St. Nicholas, designed especially for women. Each month we will have different activities, Christian bible studies, movies, and speakers. We will decide as a group what we want to do and you are welcome to bring your friends. Please come join us and be a “St. Nick’s Chick.”
