Bluegrass & Brunch - May 6, 2012, 8:30 & 11:00

The Summer Chapel Band from Highlands, North Carolina will be back with us at St. Nicholas on Sunday, May 6. This year they are playing both services at 8:30am and 11:00am. In between will be a brunch catered by some of St. Nicholas’ finest chefs! If you haven’t heard the band play before, you’re in for a real treat. They will play several of America’s favorite hymns like “I’ll Fly Away,” “The Old Rugged Cross,” and one that is particularly relevant to St. Nicholas, “Church in the Wildwood!” It’s a festive and celebratory service of Holy Eucharist and everyone is invited! In fact, spread the word to your friends, neighbors, and co-workers, as it’s a great way to introduce them to our congregation.

Morning Prayer Live Stream with Fr. Jeff

Tomorrow morning, February 14, 2012, at 8:45am ET, I will be conducting a little experiment.

After I take the kids to school, and go for a brief walk, I usually come home and say Morning Prayer. Many of you have indicated how much you like our daily devotions on the St. Nicholas website. So putting the two together, plus my hobby of podcasting, I thought it might be easy to say Morning Prayer together in the comfort of our own homes. Plus, I find praying with others either in person or online can make my prayer time even richer.

So tomorrow, I’m going to experiment with this using an app called Mixlr. You should be able to listen in to the live stream on your PC or Mac computers, or even your iPad, iPhone, or iPod. You can listen to the live stream tomorrow at 8:45am by going to this address:

http://mixlr.com/frjeffjackson

During the broadcast, there’s also a chat feature, so you can interact during the broadcast with me and other listeners. If you can’t tune in at 8:45, you can still go to the site later and listen and comment.

Morning Prayer is a brief liturgy (15-20 min.), and I’ll be using the form from the Mission of St. Clare website if you wish to follow along. I could use any feedback that you can give and if it works well, I may start doing this weekly or a couple of times during the week. It’s something I’m doing anyway, so why not do it together?

War of the Surplice

If you look around the inside of an Episcopal Church, you can easily glance over some things for which people have bled and died over. Everything from placements of the altar, to the candles on the altar, to the garb of the clergy, there have been some interesting battles fought in the Christian church.

Take the surplice.

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Christmas Service Schedule

Come worship the King!

Christmas Eve Services, December 24
5:00pm Holy Eucharist with Children’s Pageant
10:30pm Holy Eucharist with full music and lessons

Christmas Day, December 25
11:00am Holy Eucharist

New Year’s Day, January 1
10:00am Holy Eucharist

Sunday after Epiphany, January 8
10:00am Holy Eucharist with Annual Parish Meeting

Back to our regular schedule January 15
8:30am Holy Eucharist
9:15am Breakfast
9:45am Christian Formation Classes for Children, Youth, and Adults
11:00am Holy Eucharist

Instructed Eucharist, Thursday, November 17, 6:30pm

Ever wonder why we do the things we do in worship? Why do we cross ourselves? What is that poncho-thing the priest wears? Why do we stand, sit and kneel so much? An instructed Eucharist is the place to find out! Fr. Jeff will lead this special service on Thursday, November 17, at 6:30pm. Instead of a sermon, the service includes periods of explanations about the different aspects of our liturgy.

All are welcome to come! This also serves as the November Episcopal 101 class! Come with your questions!

Hymn of the Faith, Sunday, October 30, 2011

Hymn of the Faith Sunday, October 30. Have a favorite hymn you would enjoy singing in church? Well next Sunday is your opportunity to make this happen. All hymns on October 30 will be gospel favorites.

Deadline for requests: Requests must be in no later than TUESDAY MORNING, October 25. You may contact Sam in several ways to turn in your requests. They are:

1. Let Sam know at the organ console on October 23.

2. Email Sam at samroney@stnicholashamilton.org

3. Call Sam at 706-289-2723

I am excited about this great opportunity to sing some of the most beautiful hymns written for the church. Two requests have already been turned in: Church in the Wildwood and I’ll Fly Away. I look forward to hearing from you very soon!

Hymn Request deadline is TUESDAY MORNING,  October 25.

Your Week at St. Nick 18 - 24 September

Sunday – September 18	8:30am	11:00am
Usher	Tom & Sharon Cheatham	John & Charlotte Winsness
Greeter		Nick and Anne Simpson
Adult Reader	Liz Dixon	Diane Hinnant
Altar Guild	Nordin, Hinnant
LEM	Liz Dixon	Diane Hinnant
Flower Guild	Nancy Snoots
Acolyte		Robin, A. Avery, Dalton
Acolyte-Jr. Acolyte		Marcus Dixon
Acolyte-Youth Reader		A. Brown
Lemonade /Cider		Sheila Dixon
Christian Education 9:45am		Marci Horne

Celebrate Independence

On Sunday, July 3rd at our 10:00am service, we will celebrate our Independence Day with a festive and patriotic liturgy! The American flag will process in as we sing our favorite patriotic hymns such as God Of Our Fathers, My Country ‘Tis Of Thee, O Beautiful For Spacious Skies (America The Beautiful), & A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.

Our Book of Common Prayer has special prayers for this occasion, and we will include them this Sunday as well.

Come worship with us on this special day and enjoy a Barbecue Tasting after the service. The Men’s Group of St. Nicholas will be having a fundraiser later in the year, and this tasting is the preview of the great food we will have.

Glorious Trinity Sunday!

This past Sunday was quite a fantastic day! We were visited by our Assistant Bishop, the Right Reverend Keith Whitmore, and his wife Suzie and we welcomed 7 people into the Episcopal Church. Bill Caudill, Cora Coverson, Ona Graham, Ralph Graham, Carolyn Jacik, Judy Jacik, and Heather Roper were all received in the Episcopal Church through the laying on of hands by Bishop Whitmore. After the jam-packed service, the congregation celebrated with cake and fellowship. It was quite a glorious Trinity Sunday and we thank everyone who was there!

Here are pictures of the day taken by Lynn Hall.

Usher & Greeter Training

One of the strengths of St. Nicholas is our hospitality on Sunday mornings. Everyone, newcomers and long-timers alike, are welcomed by friendly and warm greeters and ushers. Greeters stand at the door with the expressed intention to welcome everyone and to assist visitors as they come to worship. Ushers hand out bulletins, count attendance, assist with the Offertory and Communion, and keep the nave looking clean for worship. These are vital parts of our Sunday morning worship experience.

We will have an usher & greeter training and recruiting session today, June 26 after the service. Lunch will be provided.  If you are currently serving as an usher or greeter, please attend this meeting for a brush up. If you are looking for a way to serve your church as a new usher or greeter, please attend to learn what the duties are. For more information, contact Linda Sawyer.

Here is a lighthearted video entitled What If Starbucks Marketed Like The Church? A Parable, which reminds us the importance of hospitality to everyone, especially visitors.

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