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St. Nicholas Episcopal Church
The Rev. Ken Howard,
Rector

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15575 Germantown Road
Darnestown, MD 20874
Tel 240-631-2800

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May 31, 2012  |  News

SUMMER SERVICE TIMES START SUNDAY, MAY 20

10:00am Holy Eucharist | 5:00pm Contemplative Service

Click here for our schedule of summer services...  More »
 

May 18, 2012  |  From the Desk of...

Rooting for the Home Team

By The Rev. Ken Howard, Rector

I have an “away” game this weekend, but I wanted to let you know that I will be rooting for the “home” team. And besides a great guest preacher, there are a lot of reasons to be here this Sunday.  More »
 

May 4, 2012  |  From the Desk of...

When It Comes to the Crunch, It's All About Love

By The Rev. Ken Howard, Rector

Famous football coach Vince Lombardi once said, "Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing!" Most people think he coined the phrase, but actually, he stole it from another, less famous, football coach, Henry Russell (Red) Sanders. John's message in this Sunday's epistle could be summed up as "LOVE isn't everything; it's the only thing," a phrase that sounds very similar but means the exact opposite.  More »
 

April 27, 2012  |  From the Desk of...

Love Lays Dow Its Life

By The Rev. Ken Howard, Rector

The message of this Sunday's epistle is this, "In the end, it all comes down to loving one another."  More »
 

April 20, 2012  |  From the Desk of...

Jesus is the journey and the journey's end

By The Rev. Ken Howard, Rector

Much has happened in the last few weeks. A visit by our new bishop, a confirmation service with two dozen candidates, a Holy Week rendered intensely poignant by the loss of a beloved brother in Christ, whom we commended in burial to the loving embrace of God just days ago. We have rejoiced and have sorrowed. We have celebrated and mourned. Our hearts have been broken then filled with God’s love. We have been overwhelmed with emotional highs and lows. Yet we cannot deny that they have been richly meaningful.  More »
 

March 9, 2012  |  From the Desk of...

Mark Your Calendars!

Important Upcoming Events in the Life of Our Congregation

By The Rev. Ken Howard, Rector

There are several important events coming up soon in the life of our congregation that I would like to encourage you to experience as a community. These events are: Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter, and Darnestown Day. I know. Probably right now that old Sesame Street song, "One of these three things doesn't belong here," is playing in your head. But give me time to explain how they all come together.  More »
 

January 27, 2012  |  From the Desk of...

You will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free.

(But first, it will really tick you off...)

By The Rev. Ken Howard, Rector

It bears reminding ourselves, from time to time, that at St. Nicholas Church our understanding of Christian community is that it is grounded in two things: Love and Truth. The Love and the Truth that is Christ and is given freely to us by Christ, and the love and the truth the Christ's Love and Truth that in turn empowers us to freely share with each other.  More »
 

December 20, 2011  |  News

Your Giving Estimate Is Important! Every Estimate Counts!

Final 2012 Giving Campaign Appeal from the Stewardship Chair

By David Maglot, Stewardship Chair

As we approach the end to our 2012 Giving Campaign, we want to be sure everyone understands that each and every giving estimate is important, regardless of size. To the bankers and diocesan finance people, the more giving estimates the congregation makes, the more stable and reliable we are considered to be. To your Vestry and leadership your giving estimate, regardless of size, is even more important. The reason is that the very act of making a giving estimate is an act of faith and faithfulness: your faith in what God is trying to accomplish through St. Nick's and faithfulness along with your fellow St. Nick's community members in doing what you are able to do to make God's vision for us a reality.  More »
 

December 11, 2011  |  News

St. Nick's Needs You!

There's still time to submit your giving estimate for 2012

At St. Nick's everyone can make a difference!  More »
 

November 18, 2011  |  News

DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR GIVING ESTIMATE... before reading this

Stewardship & Giving in 2012

By Bob McCartin & David Maglott

We want to share with you now an expanded understanding that we are developing about the nature of the vestry’s stewardship responsibility.  More »
 

November 17, 2011  |  Features

SIX EASY STEPS

to Consider the Amount of Your 2012 Giving Estimate

By Bob McCartin & David Maglott

 

October 31, 2011  |  Events

Annual Congregational Meeting Report

Theme: Telling Our Stories - Engaging Our Future

In this article you will find a copy of the Annual Meeting Agenda with links from each item to any handouts or report outs. We have started with the Table Talk/Big Ideas report outs and Ministry Area Reports. others will be added as completed.  More »
 

September 28, 2011  |  News

A Growing List of BIG IDEAS...

Keep those cards and letters soming!

By Heidi Gant

At noon on Sunday, September 18, 2011, more than three dozen people gather for the BIG IDEAS Summit, to break bread and brainstorm together about ideas to strengthen our parish spiritually and financially. There were a lot of very creative ideas generated, and as you can see by the parenthetical numbers to the right of each idea, some of them seemed to generate a great deal of interest. And we were gratified by the increasing number of community-building events which came to the fore over time.  More »
 
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Services for the Week of:
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
7th Sunday of Easter
10:00am Holy Eucharist
5:00pm Contemplative Service with Communion
 
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My Brother Russell, Whom I Slept With

 

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