St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
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Church of St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
37 Point St
New Hamburg, NY 12590
845-297-2010
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Welcome!

Welcome to St. Nicholas! We are a diverse, inclusive Episcopal Church on the Hudson River in New Hamburg, NY. Our services are simple, relaxed, and warm-hearted, in the spirit of loving God by loving our neighbor. Please browse our website to get to know us, or better yet, stop by some Sunday!

SUNDAY SERVICES ARE AT
9 & 10 AM

SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 10 AM

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HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES

Sunday March 25, Palm Sunday
Services at 9 &10 am

Thursday March 29, Maundy Thursday
Service at 7 pm

Friday March 30, Good Friday
Children's Service at 10 am
Stations of the Cross Service at 3 pm
Good Friday Service at 7 pm

Saturday March 31, Easter Vigil 
Service at 8 pm

Sunday April 1, Easter Sunday
Easter Services at 9 & 10 am
Children's Easter Egg Hunt in the church yard following services!

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This Sunday, March 11th, starts daylight savings time. Don't forget to set your clocks AHEAD before bed on Saturday night :)



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This Sunday at St. Nick's,
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
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Wishing all a blessed and happy new year!
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​ADVENT & CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

​Advent IV - Morning of Sunday, December 24
10a
Holy Eucharist 

Christmas Eve -Evening of Sunday, December 24
4p
Holy Eucharist - Family Service with Choir and a special Prelude
6p Holy Eucharist
10p Candlelight Holy Eucharist

Christmas Day - No Services

All are welcome!



Feast Day of St. Nicholas - Lessons & Carols 

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Join us on Sunday, December 3rd at the 10am service for
St. Nick's annual visit to his namesake parish! 

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All are welcome to this special Advent service full of 
​music and singing.
December 10, 2017
at 10am
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ST. NICK'S CHURCH FAIR &
CHILI LUNCH​

This Saturday, November 18th 10am-3pm

Come visit our charming little church on the river for our annual church fair... and bring friends!

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This Sunday, November 12th is
Ingathering Sunday... See you there!

This Sunday, November 5, 2017

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Rector Installation and Celebration of New Ministry

The Reverend Leigh Hall

&
The People of St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
will celebrate the beginning of their
new ministry together

October 21, 2017 at 4pm

The Rt. Reverend Allen K. Shin, Presider
The Reverend Lonnie Lacy, Preacher
Reception to follow
37 Point St.
New Hamburg, New York
845-297-2010
stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com
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THIS WEEKEND AT ST. NICK'S

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ST. NICK'S 1ST ANNUAL
PIG PICKIN' FUNDRAISER

TOMORROW, OCTOBER 14TH
@ 4:30 PM

Purchase you tickets "at the door"
$30 for adults, $10 for kids under 18, $75 for a family, FREE for kids under 5, FREE for kids over 80 :)
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THE BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
On the Feast Day of St. Francis
it is a St. Nick's tradition to invite our animal family to church for their annual blessing. Please join us this Sunday at 10am in the church yard for this wonderful animal friendly service. 


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BUILDING ON FAITH WEEK!
Visit  www.habitatdutchess.org for more details.
Building on Faith Week is an amazing opportunity to make a real impact on local community needs. You are invited to join Habitat for Humanity, Thrivant Financial, Village of Wappingers Falls municipal leadership and local churches in this exciting partnership to begin our Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative.
Please be a part of the:
• Kickoff Picnic: First Presbyterian: Sunday, Sept 17th @ 3:00pm:
• Village-wide Community Survey: Sun-Sat, Sept 17-23 
• Home Repair Project: Sept 21-23, 9am – 4pm, location TBA
• BOFW Review & Future Planning Dinner: Mt. Alvernia: Saturday, Sept 23rd at 6:30pm
PLEASE consider volunteering for this important event.
We need MANY hands!  
Lots of different tasks!
NO CONSTRUCTION SKILL REQUIRED!
Sign up at:
http://events.habitatdutchess.volunteerhub.com/even…/indexv1


THIS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
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Sunday School begins this Sunday. Followed by a
MAKE-YOUR-OWN-SUNDAE bar for the children during coffee hour.
Come on out to join us, it's "Sundae Sunday"!

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This Sunday
August 6, 2017
The Transfiguration of
Our Lord Jesus Christ


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THIS SUNDAY..
"FRIENDS OF DARBONNE" PRESENTATION WITH SPECIAL GUEST
MAYA HENNEBERY
AFTER THE 10AM SERVICES


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SAVE THE DATE: UPCOMING ST. NICK'S EVENTS

PARISH PICNIC - SEPTEMBER 17TH
BISHOPS VISIT WITH CONFIRMATIONS - OCTOBER 1ST
PIG PICKIN' - OCTOBER 14TH
RECTOR INSTALLATION - OCTOBER 21ST
ST. NICK'S CHURCH FAIR - NOVEMBER 18TH


"LET'S GET TOGETHER AND HELP THOSE IN NEED"
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CHECK OUT THE "THIS WEEK AT ST. NICK'S" PAGE FOR A LIST OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND PERSONAL CARE GOODS WE ARE COLLECTING TO HELP OUT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.


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St. Nick's VBS is July 17th - 21st
Come and join in the fun!!

For details and registration contact the office at 297-2010 or email us at stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com



Trinity Sunday, June 11, 2017
services at 9 & 10 AM
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DAY OF PENTECOST
June 4, 2017
Services at 9 & 10am
Worship Lead by our new Rector, Rev. Leigh Hall!



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ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE
NEW HAMBURG YACHT CLUB FOLLOWING THE 10AM SERVICE
PRAYERS SAID BY THE REV. FREDRICK JACKSON


HAITI READ-A-THON KICK'S OFF THIS SUNDAY, MAY, 21ST !!
​The children of St. Nick's will read this summer to help support the ministry of The Friends of Darbonne, To help provide scholarship money for the children attending the St. Esprit school in Darbonne, Haiti.
Good Luck and read, read, read!! 
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THIS SUNDAY MAY 14, 2017

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- Special Announcement -

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It is with great joy that we announce today the calling of our new Rector Rev Leigh Ellen Hall. Leigh is currently Associate Rector at St Paul’s Church in Albany, Georgia. Upon her arrival on June 1, she will become the second Rector in our parish’s history. Her calling was made in a unanimous vote of the Vestry, following a unanimous recommendation of the nine member Search Committee. We can’t wait for the entire congregation to get to know Leigh and concur with our conviction that our parish will flourish under our new Rector. As we said to the congregation when we started this transition last May- the Church of St Nicholas on the Hudson has a bright future!

Leigh is a native of Georgia who graduated from the University of Georgia and Virginia Theological Seminary. She was ordained in 2009 and has served in various clergy positions since then focusing on pastoral care and educational ministries.  Leigh will be communicating directly with the congregation in the days (and years!) to come but we wanted to share an item that she included in her background about the future of the Church-


I am acknowledging that our church is changing and that we must be more intentional about growing and sustaining our churches. We can’t wait and see if they will come; we have to make our churches more attractive. To me that means preaching sermons that are more relevant to our world today, offering formation opportunities that teach about Christ, the church and our place in it by engaging in spiritual outreach to those in need, and by deepening our spirituality and the spirituality of those we serve in our parishes. This deep, meaningful connection is essential, I believe, to preparing for the Church of the future.



We also have recordings of a few sermons that Leigh has delivered in recent months and have posted those audio files on our website and on Facebook. 
St Nicholas has grown much over the past months of transition. The ramp, siding, windows, lights, plaster and paint are important, as will be the coming changes in landscaping. We have nested well. We are now ready to open our parish family to a new Rector. We are a parish that has overtly challenged one another to look for and to believe in an irrationally bright future! We did so in committing to remain a congregation twelve years ago, and in becoming, three years ago, the first newly incorporated full parish of the diocese in over thirty years, and again last year in committing to a capital campaign to restore our building. We will continue to face challenges both spiritually and in other areas necessary to sustaining our parish. But today- loudly and clearly- the Vestry, the Search Committee and our new Rector are of one voice that we will look to a joyful future through the parish of St Nicholas on the Hudson. 
It is essential that this joyful note include two expressions of gratitude. Our Search Committee worked tirelessly to find a person of the right energy, spirituality and style. They literally posted the position around the globe. They met with Leigh over the Christmas holidays and then traveled to Albany Georgia to hear her preach and to spend more time getting to know her. Stacey Mesler chaired a large group that was incredibly generous with their time and talents. They detailed every interaction with each candidate, and in the end spoke with one voice of recommendation. We are very grateful for their participation in this journey. In addition to Stacey, the members of the Search Committee were Christine Ackerly, Sarah Brannen, Paul Conrad, Rick Levitt, Jack Parry, Lee Ann Pomplas, Alex Reese, and Michelle Robbins. Thank You all. 

Finally, we will say thank you and good-bye this Sunday to Peter Sipple. Peter and Margaret leave on a long planned vacation next week, so this will be an abrupt end to his tenure here. Peter’s wise advice and pastoral care for the Vestry and parish members has sustained us on our path. He remains a friend to the parish and we suspect his counsel will continue to be a resource to Leigh as she begins her first tenure as a parish rector. We hope you can join us this Sunday to thank Peter.



Vestry of the Church of St Nicholas on the Hudson
Ed Sayago, Paul Bruening, Sue Blodgett, Melanie Hexel, Jack Devine, Janine Gauzza,  Mary Hornbeck, Greg Freeman, Paul Curran

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Holy Week Services

Thursday April 13

Maundy Thursday Service 7 pm
A service commemorating Christ’s institution of the Eucharist, foot-washing and the stripping of the Altar.

Friday April 14
Good Friday Children’s Service 10 am
An interactive children’s service walking through the last days of Jesus’ life, including the entry into Jerusalem, Last Supper, foot-washing, trial, crucifixion and resurrection.
Good Friday Evening Service 7 pm
Evening service is a short, quiet liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer.

Saturday April 15
Easter Vigil 8 pm
The first service of Easter! An ancient service with candles, a liturgical enactment  of the passage from dark to light.

Sunday April 16
​Easter Sunday

9 am Holy Eucharist and Baptism
10 am Holy Eucharist

Children’s Easter Egg Hunt in the church yard!


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THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2017
PALM SUNDAY
​SERVICES AT 9 AM & 10AM



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CHILDREN'S GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

COME AND JOIN US AS WE WALK THROUGH THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS' LIFE IN A FUN INTERACTIVE, KID-FRIENDLY SERVICE.

APRIL 14TH AT 10AM - ALL ARE WELCOME!!


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View our Lent and Holy Week Schedule HERE

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March 1, Service tonight at 7 PM


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"2017 Shrove Tuesday Pancake and Jambalaya Supper"
February 28th 
Sponsored by: St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson 
at the New Hamburg Fire House 
15 Channingville Road
Enjoy an evening of pancakes, sausage and jambalaya!
                       
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM


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ANNUAL COOKIE WALK
This Saturday, February 11 from 9am - 2pm
Come on out and grab yourself a box of yummy cookies!

Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church
2381 New Hackensack Road/Rte 376


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Thank you and congrats!!
Our attractive worship space is even more beautiful thanks to the generosity of all who gave to St. Nick's capital campaign. The campaign's goals were carried out through the careful attention of your Property Committee, Vestry members and Wardens. Congratulations!
Your vision and hard work will continue to inspire all
who worship here. -PWS

Best Wishes to all in 2017!!

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Christmas Eve Services

December 24, 2016

4, 6 & 10pm


​All are welcome!!

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The Festival of Lessons & Carols
This Sunday December 11th at 10am
                           Spread the Word!!


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The Feast of St. Nicholas
with a visit from St. Nicholas himself!!
Sunday, December 4
10 a.m.
All are welcome!! 




St. Nick's Church Fair and Chili Lunch
Saturday, November 19, 2016 from 10am - 3pm

We will have raffles, baked goods, handmade creations, fill a grocery bag Trash-and-Treasure for $10 and don't forget to have a delicious chili lunch starting at 11:00am!

St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
37 Point Street
New Hamburg, NY


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