June Newsletter

The June 2010 issue of the Spirit of St. Nicholas is up! Many apologies for the delay. Unfortunately, Drucye’s computer crashed in the middle of getting this issue together. Then, when she sent it to me on Sunday, somehow I didn’t get it! Yikes! Despite all that trouble, Drucye did a great job of getting this together, and we thank her for her hard work.

Many thanks to all our contributors! You can read it by clicking directly on the image of the issue to the left, or by going to our Newsletter Page and clicking on June 2010.

If you have any news for the July issue, please contact Drucye Price by June 15.

We Got A Vision…Now What?

As you might have heard in my sermon last Sunday (click here or click on the box to the right to hear it), after many months of discernment and conversation, St. Nicholas has developed a working vision for the future! This is incredibly good news, not just for the future, but for right here and now. Read more

Vision Planning Day

St. Nicholas is a growing congregation, and as such, we are called to develop a vision for our future together. What kind of church do we want to become? What do we value as a congregation? What do we do really well? If our church were to vanish from the face of the earth, what kind of hole would we leave in the community? These are all common questions to ask as we make plans for the future.

During the last year, the Vestry has been working on developing this vision for St. Nicholas’ future.  Click here to see what we worked on. At our last Vestry Retreat, we were delighted to begin the process of developing a common vision with DaAnna Stringer. Da (pronounced “day”) is a corporate facilitator and listener who helps businesses and churches develop where they want to go in 10, 20, and 30 years.

We will gather on Saturday, May 15 from 9:00am to 3:00pm with Da at the church to develop this vision. The Vestry hopes to have as many people involved as possible. If you have high hopes for the development of our congregation, or if there’s something that you think needs to be in place with this vision, please come and let your voice be heard!

This is a congregational effort, so mark your calendar, as we gather on Saturday, May 15 for a day with Da!

Building Our Future

Where are we going? I get asked this question quite often. When are we going to build a new building? When are going to start this or that new program? All of these questions are on the minds of folks at St. Nicholas, and rightly so. We are in growth mode, which is an exciting place to be. We just moved to two services in August because our worship space was getting limited with only one. We just hired a fantastic music director who is building a solid music program. We are doing more education programs for all ages. There is a LOT going on at St. Nicholas. Read more

Congratulations to the 2010 Vestry!

This past Sunday, we had a wonderful Annual Meeting with great food, great conversation, great reports from our Vestry, and a great election of our new Vestry and Diocesan Council Representatives. Thank you to everyone who brought something for the potluck!

Congratulations to Sheila Dixon, Dave Halmrast, and Anne Simpson on their elections to the Vestry!

Congratulations to Peggy Martin and Michelle Moody on their elections to represent St. Nicholas at Diocesan Council in November, and Graham Horne and Drucye Price as alternates!

The Vestry will be meeting this Friday and Saturday on retreat to plan out the year, review goals from 2009 and create new goals for 2010, and begin to create a shared vision for St. Nicholas. We will have with us DaAnna Stringer from Atlanta, who is a teacher and coach who has worked with many Vestries and churches on create a vision. Please keep the Vestry in your prayers this weekend!