Opportunities to Serve in Parish Life

The Ministry of Making and Invitating Friends

This is a ministry anyone can do any time. At St. Nicholas Church, evangelism is not about proselytizing but about making friends and inviting them the share in our fellowship.

At St. Nicholas Church evangelism is a way of life. Contrary to popular opinion, evangelism does not mean proselytizing. In the simplest sense of the word, evangelism means to be called and sent. At St. Nick's we believe that we are called by Christ and sent to be his representatives in the world around us. God is the one who changes hearts, not us. Our job is just to live our faith like we mean it and to do our small part to make the kingdom of God a reality by being conduits of Christ's love to those around us. We find that if we do these things, God works through us to bring people into God's emerging kingdom.

Fellowship

There are a number of ways of helping with our Fellowship activities getting or staying connected with the St. Nicholas community:

Fellowship/Forum Time. Do you like to meet new people? Do you like to show hospitality? Can you serve coffee and cookies?  Maybe you can help host a Fellowship/Forum Time. Contact: The Hospitality Coordinator(s).

Pastoral Care

Shady Grove.  A Lay Ministerial Team travels to Shady Grove Adventist Nursing and Rehabilitation Center each Sunday afternoon to offer Communion from Reserve Sacrament for the residents there. We provide the training.  If you'd like to help with this, contact: The Shady Grove Communion Coordinator.

Communion Under "Extraordinary Circumstances."  We plan to train more lay people to help with this ministry. If you are interested, contact the Rector.