Celebrations – St. Nick’s News Dec 13, 2024

Full St. Nick’s News for December 13, 2024

Thank you for a joyous celebration last Sunday! What a great day. The Holy Spirit’s presence was palpable and your joyous and loving presence was a gift to me and our bishop.

We began the process of becoming a mission church in the Diocese of West Texas by signing the Petition. As I shared on Sunday, this is the beginning step, we have some paperwork to fill out to help the diocese and the proper committees know of our intentions and plans for the future. This is, an exciting time in the life of our church!

It is also an exciting month in and few weeks til Christmas in the life of our church. We have wonderful offerings coming up. I hope you will take advantage of the worship events and time set apart to serve and love God and our neighbors.

Join us for the following events –

• Saturday 12/14 – our monthly workday from 8 to 11am

• Sunday 12/15 – Regular worship and Good News Garden Meeting between 8am and 9:30am worship.

• Sunday 12/15 – Jazz Lessons and Carols at 6pm with light reception after. This is a yearly event with gorgeous music and scriptures from our Old and New Testaments.

• Wednesday – 12/18 Christmas Caroling at Bulverde Heights at 5pm

• Thursday 12/19 – A Worship service for those grieving at 6pm – please invite your friends who need space to have some healing prayers for peace and comfort

• Saturday 12/21 – Craft Crew 9am in the Children’s Chapel

• Saturday 12/21 – A Christmas Pageant Party for kids – school gets out late this year, if you need to shop or wrap, enjoy a few hours of free time while your kids are doing crafts, eating lunch, practicing the pageant, and learning to be leaders at St. Nick’s. This event is from 9am to 1pm. Teens are welcome to come and help and parents are always invited to stay if they like.

• Sunday 12/22 – Youth Christmas Party at Rev. Beth’s 4:30PM – Come with a White Elephant Gift and a heart ready for games, food, and fun!

• Tuesday 12/24 – 3:30pm worship and 6:30pm Worship

You can see all of the invites below.

We are a vibrant community of faith! And I rejoice in all that God is doing in, with, for, and through us!!!

This Sunday is Gaudete Sunday or Joy Sunday. Gaudete means rejoice. This coming Sunday, the 3rd Sunday in Advent we set aside time and space to especially joyful for all that God is doing and all that God will continue to do as we anticipate the birth f our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. On this Sunday we light the rose colored candle and sing songs of joy.

I commend to you our reading from Philippians for this week.

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

This is a good reminder for us – the Lord is near. The Lord is in our hearts, at our church, in our world, all over our holy scriptures, on our lips in the songs we sing, and in the love we share with one another and the world.

This coming Sunday, we will be mindful of the gift of joy God gives us in that God rejoices in us. God is our biggest cheerleader. God is the one, we can’t see but who is most certainly on the sideline rooting for us and hyping us up to remember that he is with us in the person of Jesus and will guard our hearts and our minds.

I am looking forward to another joyous and blessed Sunday with you. See you at 8 or 9:30am. Also, remember, any overflow parking can go to the Vine in the Village Parking lot. See you soon!

God’s Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Beth+