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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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This Week at St. Nick's

9/18/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
September 18, 2020

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY 
Sunday's service will be livestreaming to our YouTube channel from the churchyard as we gather for in-person worship.
 
If you plan to attend worship in the churchyard, you must sign up here. We are limited to 25 people. If you are person 26 or higher, you will be given first dibs on the sign up next week.
Our service begins at 9:30am from St. Nick's, and those participating from home can click here to access the service online.

Download the service bulletin HERE (opens a PDF in Google Drive). To see the readings beforehand you can always visit The Lectionary Page. To access the prayerbook online, please click here.

Masks are required. Please bring your own. A limited number of single-use masks will be available should you forget. Hand sanitizer will be available for all. The building, including the bathroom, is off-limits. Please plan accordingly. Please bring your own chair, and maintain a six feet distance from those not in your family. The lawn is marked to help with this.Dan Fannon will provide organ music before the service. Please keep your distance from Dan, who has a compromised immune system.There will be no coffee hour following the services. We have plans to phase back in some kind of gathering, especially for our folks worshiping from home, at some point in the future.
 
Now that we are meeting for in-person worship we need volunteers to read the weekly lessons and prayers. Readers, please sign up to participate this Sunday or for an upcoming Sunday on our Worship Rota. NOTE: Readers must also sign up for in-person worship on the coinciding day HERE.
 
WHO'S ON THIS SUNDAY
September 20, 2020
First Reader: Gena Beairsto
Prayers of the People: Michael Batta
Second Reader: Joe Haubrich  

Thank you for signing up in advance to participate!
 
PRAYERS To submit a prayer request, please use our prayer request form. Our new practice for prayers will be to start fresh with a new prayer list at the start of the new month. Please feel free to resubmit your prayer requests.
 
ICYMI If you weren't able to watch last week or would like to seer any of our previously streamed services, you can watch them HERE.
 
The Feast of St. Francis & The Blessing of the Animals
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH
Note: There will only be one service. If you would like to attend please sign up HERE 


- A NOTE FROM MTR. LEIGH, THE VESTRY & THE REOPENING COMMITTEE -
 
Dear St. Nick's Community,

Thank you for all you have done to make it possible for us to gather for in-person worship again, and then to add the Holy Eucharist back into our life together. As the Reopening Committee has met to do its work, we have carefully monitored infection rates in Dutchess County, and we, along with the Vestry, feel that it is time to consider moving back inside for Sunday services. We are hoping to do that on Sunday, October 11. 

At first, that will simply mean moving what we are doing outside, inside, following all the same precautions (except for bringing your own chair). We know that our church does not have a large seating capacity, so we will be limiting our number to 20 people per service. Doing the math, you will quickly realize that we need to add back in a second service, and we want to get your opinion on that. We will preserve the YouTube streaming option for one of the services for those who need to continue to worship from home.

To fill out our September 2020 Covid Check-in Survey, please click here. We look forward to hearing your feedback. Until then, please know that you are in our prayers, and that we look forward to seeing you soon. 

Faithfully, 
Mtr. Leigh, together with the Vestry and Reopening Committee

 
LETTERS TO THE PARISH For those of you that would like to take a look back at the processes we have taken to re-open St. Nick's, you can click on the following links to view our correspondence.
Reopening Opening Letter
In-person Worship w/ Communion Letter
 
BIBLE STUDY
Join Mtr. Leigh in Zoom for a lectionary based bible study on Mondays. Each Monday we'll read and study together the lessons for the upcoming Sunday. To find out what the lessons are, please visit The Lectionary Page. We generally use the first option of the two listed for the first reading. 
Topic: Lectionary Bible Study
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85728735074
 
- COMING THIS NOVEMBER -
ST. NICK'S CHURCH FAIR
 To all crafters, bakers, & chili makers
sign up sheet is HERE
St. Nick's Church Fair flyer HERE
 
STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN
 Stewardship Campaign for the 2021 year kicks-off on October 11th.  Its never too soon to start thinking about Stewardship, especially during this unique time we are in. Look for a Stewardship Letter in the mail next week.
  
EPISCOPAL NY READS ONE BOOK
Join us as we study How to be an Antiracist by
Ibram X. KendiTopic: How to be an Antiracist Book Group   
Reading Schedule
        Sep 23, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 7 - 9)
        Sep 30, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 10 - 12)
        Oct 7, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 13 - 15)
        Oct 14, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 16 - 18)
Join Zoom Meeting by Clicking here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86503312366
Click here to learn more about Ibram X. Kendi
Click here to learn more about the Diocese of New York's author event on 10/22

 
2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON is WRAPPING-UP
Big thanks to everyone for your support and enthusiasm this year!
Mother Leigh will be recognizing the St.Nick's youth participants this Sunday 9/20. If you can't make our in-person service we have a small completion package which we will be happy to deliver to you. Joan Freeman and Marcy Wagman will be in touch.
Donors, there is still time to make your donations...
Donation Checks can be mailed to:
Friends of Darbonne
c/o Marcy Wagman
50 Old Troy Rd.
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Or Donate on-line:
Pay your Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon donation HERE
NOTE: Please include in the note field "Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon"
 Congratulations and Thank you again to all participants!
Questions? Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 

2020 GENERAL ELECTION
The 2020 General Election is upon us, and no matter your political affiliation, it is important to VOTE. Per the US Postal Service, there are three ways to vote in this year’s General Election: Mail-in Voting, Early Voting, and Election Day Voting. To read more about how to do that in Dutchess County, please click here .
Important Dates: 
-The USPS recommends that you request an Absentee Ballot no later than October 12, 2020, though the official deadline October 27, 2020. You may apply in person up to November 2, 2020. 
-Early Voting Period is October 24, 2020 - November 1, 2020.
-Election Day Voting is November 3, 2020 from 6am to 9am.


CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS  
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line.  
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at P.O. Box 490, Hughsonville, NY 12537 which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
  
END OF LIFE PLANNING The Coronavirus pandemic has likely made us aware of our own mortality in new and profound ways. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist its members in preparing for death "while they are in health," which often entails the preparation of a will, or, at the least, the preparation of a plan in the event of a member's death. We have prepared a funeral planning form that will help you begin to think through and to plan your funeral, and we encourage you to begin this process seriously if you haven't already. After you complete the forms contact Mtr. Leigh for planning. 
From the Book of Common Prayer: "The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian parents to make prudent provision for the well‑being
of their families, and of all persons to make wills, while they are in health, arranging for the disposal of their temporal goods, not neglecting, if they are able,  to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses." (p. 445)
 
BUDDY GROUPS For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 
 
PARISH DIRECTORY Dana, our parish administrator, has created a new Parish Directory with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the directory, please email the church office. 
 
AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.

INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Wednesdays 12pm

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
  
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked:
Kyle + Toni + Jo + Kay + Irv + Lee Ann + Howie + Joshua + Jack + Serena + Adam + Matthew + Tony + Maureen & Paul + John & Dan + Murphy + Sean + Sandy & Joe + Donna + Bob & Sandie + Scott + Eliot + Lorraine + Barbara + Helen + Diane + Al + Bea + Janet + Denise + Erika + Steve + Bob + Danny + Donna + Christopher + Kristine & Pete + Henry & Family + Peggy & Tom + Ray John + Kelly + Will + Charman + Eric + Nicholas + Mike + Sonny & The Halvey/Catalano Family + Christine + Rita & Larry + Mike + The William Beausoleil Family + Helen + Joe + Joanne + Jackie + Aaron + Devra + Donna + Christina + Labibe as she travels + Martha + Erin + Lauren + Eva + Linda +

- for all healthcare workers and first responders
- for those in prison and for prison workers
- for nursing home staff and residents, especially Jackie
- for the sick, especially those with Covid-19
- for all who struggle
- for the unemployed
- for the disappointed
- for the oppressed
- for all who work for peace and justice
- for teachers and parents and all who are making hard decisions about schooling this fall
- for those affected by the wildfires in the western states

In Thanksgiving for:
 - for this, your church, and its members, wherever they are; for periods of rest and sabbath time; for grace
 
For future mailings to St. Nick's please use:
 
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
P.O. Box 490
Hughsonville, NY 12537
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This Week at St. Nick's

9/11/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
September 11, 2020


WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
 
Sunday's service will be livestreaming to our YouTube channel from the churchyard as we gather for in-person worship.
 
If you plan to attend worship in the churchyard, you must sign up here. We are limited to 25 people. If you are person 26 or higher, you will be given first dibs on the signup next week.

Our service begins at 9:30am from St. Nick's, and those participating from home can click here to access the service online.

We will not have printed service bulletins for now. To print the service beforehand, or to download a PDF to your smart phone, tablet, or other device, click here (opens a PDF in Google Drive). To see the readings beforehand you can always visit The Lectionary Page. To access the prayerbook online, please click here.

Masks are required. Please bring your own. A limited number of single-use masks will be available should you forget. Hand sanitizer will be available for all.

The building, including the bathroom, is off-limits. Please plan accordingly. 

Please bring your own chair, and maintain a six feet distance from those not in your family. The lawn is marked to help with this.

Dan Fannon will provide organ music before the service. Please keep your distance from Dan, who has a compromised immune system. 

There will be no coffee hour following the services. We have plans to phase back in some kind of gathering, especially for our folks worshiping from home, at some point in the future.
 
Now that we are meeting for in-person worship we need volunteers to read the weekly lessons and prayers. Readers, please sign up to participate this Sunday or for an upcoming Sunday on our Worship Rota. NOTE: Readers must also sign up for in-person worship on the coinciding day HERE.
 
WHO'S ON THIS SUNDAY
September 13, 2020
First Reader:
Prayers of the People:
Second Reader: Leeann Haubrich  
 
PRAYERS To submit a prayer request, please use our prayer request form. Our new practice for prayers will be to start fresh with a new prayer list at the start of the new month. Please feel free to resubmit your prayer requests.
 
Holy Communion has Resumed

- A NOTE FROM MTR. LEIGH, THE VESTRY &
THE REOPENING COMMITTEE -Dear St. Nick’s Community,
I am truly looking forward to resuming Holy Communion at our church this coming Sunday. It will have been six solid months since the Eucharist has been celebrated at St. Nick's, and I can’t even tell you know much I’ve missed it. 
As we begin to re-integrate this component of our worship, we want you to be aware of our procedure for administering Holy Communion going forward. As with all things related to the coronavirus, this is our plan for now. We continue to monitor rates of infection and will adjust our practices accordingly. 
First, we will continue for now to worship outside in the churchyard with all the same safeguards in place: limited to 25 people; all spaced six feet apart; all wearing masks that cover the nose and mouth; all bringing their own chairs and copies of the liturgy; temperature checks at the stairs; signing up in advance; building off limits; abbreviated service length.
For Communion, Mtr. Leigh will follow a customary distributed by Bishop Dietsche for the administration of Holy Communion. Here are the main points of those instructions with a few additional directions:
-Communion will be given to the Congregation in one kind only: the bread, in the form of a wafer. A small amount of wine will be consecrated and consumed at the end of Communion by the Celebrant only.
-The credence table will be set by one member of the Altar Guild who will wear a mask and gloves. That person will wipe down all vessels with a sterilizing cleaner or wipe. The bread will be handled by the Celebrant from start to finish, meaning that the Celebrant will remove the wafers from where they are stored in the sacristy, moving them to the Altar area before the service begins.
-Immediately prior to Communion, the Celebrant will wash her hands in sight of the people using an outside basin, soap, and water, in addition to using hand sanitizer. 
-The Celebrant will set the table, covering the wafers with a corporal and positioning them to one side of the altar (not directly below her face). 
-The Congregation will remain at their places for the duration of Communion. The Celebrant will deliver Communion to each family group, dropping a wafer into each outstretched palm.
-We will provide a 2 oz. bottle of hand sanitizer for each family group (or you can bring and use your own). As you will be making contact with your mouth, please use hand sanitizer before and after receiving Communion.
-Wait until the Celebrant has passed by you before lifting your mask from the bottom, keeping your nose covered, to consume your wafer, immediately lowering your mask back over your mouth after you have eaten your wafer. 
-No one must receive Communion. If instead you prefer a blessing, please cross your arms over your chest and the Celebrant will offer a blessing without physical contact. 
-In the event of rain, do not come to church unless you are a reader. A small altar party will gather in the church to worship and we will continue to stream that service on our YouTube channel.
As the fall approaches, we will likely be adding another service (or more!) to accommodate our growing numbers. In consultation with the Wardens and Vestry, the Reopening Committee and I will communicate those plans with you as they unfold. 
Once again we thank you for your patience with this process as we’ve navigated this uncharted territory and we look forward to regathering with you very soon.
Faithfully,
Mtr. Leigh, together with the Wardens, Vestry, and Reopening Committee


 If there are services you weren't able to catch the first time around you can find them HERE on our YouTube channel. 

EPISCOPAL NY READS ONE BOOK
Join us as we study How to be an Antiracist by
Ibram X. KendiTopic: How to be an Antiracist Book Group
Meeting Dates & Times: 
        Every week on Wednesday, except September 16 (no mtg. due to Vestry)
       
Reading Schedule
        Sep 2, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2)
        Sep 9, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 3 - 6)
        Sep 23, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 7 - 9)
        Sep 30, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 10 - 12)
        Oct 7, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 13 - 15)
        Oct 14, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 16 - 18)

Join Zoom Meeting by Clicking here:
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Click here to learn more about Ibram X. Kendi
Click here to learn more about the Diocese of New York's author event on 10//22
 

2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON
Hello Everyone!
2020 Read-a-thon wraps up this Sunday - Congratulations and Thank you to all participants!
Sponsors, please aim to get donations in by this Sunday Sept 13. (Although of course we will accept donations after that). We have several options for you to make your donations. For checks, make them payable to "Zion - Friends of Darbonne".   You may drop them into the offering basket at either Zion Church or St. Nicks, or mail them to:

Friends of Darbonne
c/o Marcy Wagman
50 Old Troy Rd.
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

For those of you who would prefer an electronic means of donating, you may funnel your donations through St. Nick's using this link:
Pay your Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon donation HERE
NOTE: Please include in the note field "Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon"

Last call for videos for the video montage of readers and sponsors that participated year. Please email them to Marcy wagmanml@verizon.net  
 
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 

Join Mtr. Leigh in Zoom for a lectionary based bible study starting on Monday, September 14th at 2pm. Each Monday we'll read and study together the lessons for the upcoming Sunday. To find out what the lessons are, please visit The Lectionary Page. We generally use the first option of the two listed for the first reading. 

Topic: Lectionary Bible Study

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 857 2873 5074
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 STEWARDSHIP 2021
We will soon be looking at our Stewardship Campaign for the 2021 year.  Its never too soon to start thinking about Stewardship, especially during this unique time we are in.
 
END OF LIFE PLANNING The Coronavirus pandemic has likely made us aware of our own mortality in new and profound ways. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist its members in preparing for death "while they are in health," which often entails the preparation of a will, or, at the least, the preparation of a plan in the event of a member's death. We have prepared a funeral planning form that will help you begin to think through and to plan your funeral, and we encourage you to begin this process seriously if you haven't already. After you complete the forms contact Mtr. Leigh for planning. 

From the Book of Common Prayer: "The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian parents to make prudent provision for the well‑being
of their families, and of all persons to make wills, while they are in health, arranging for the disposal of their temporal goods, not neglecting, if they are able,  to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses." (p. 445)
 

CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line.  
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at P.O. Box 490, Hughsonville, NY 12537 which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
 
 
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 
 
CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.

 For future mailings to St. Nick's please use:
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
P.O. Box 490
Hughsonville, NY 12537
 
AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.
INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Wednesdays 12pm

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
  
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form. Our new practice for prayers will be to start fresh with a new prayer list at the start of the new month. Please feel free to resubmit your prayer requests.
  
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked:
Joe + Joanne + Aaron + Devra
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This Week at St. Nick's

9/3/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
September 3, 2020

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
 
Sunday's service will be livestreaming to our YouTube channel from the churchyard as we gather for in-person worship.

Please read carefully this letter to the parish detailing our worship procedures for the next several weeks. 

If you plan to attend worship in the churchyard, you must sign up here. We are limited to 25 people. If you are person 26 or higher, you will be given first dibs on the signup next week.

Our service begins at 9:30am from St. Nick's, and those participating from home can click here to access the service online.

There will not be a service bulletin. To print the service beforehand, or to download a PDF to your smart phone, tablet, or other device, click here (opens a PDF in Google Drive). To see the readings beforehand you can always visit The Lectionary Page. To access the prayerbook online, please click here.

Masks are required. Please bring your own. A limited number of single-use masks will be available should you forget. Hand sanitizer will be available for all.

The building, including the bathroom, is off-limits. Please plan accordingly. 

Please bring your own chair, and maintain a six feet distance from those not in your family. The lawn is marked to help with this.

Dan Fannon will provide organ music before the service. Please keep your distance from Dan, who has a compromised immune system. 

There will be no coffee hour following the services. We have plans to phase back in some kind of gathering, especially for our folks worshiping from home, at some point in the future.

To sign up for a helping role at servies through September, please sign up on the Worship Rota.

To submit a prayer request, please use our prayer request form.

To sign up to attend this Sunday's service please click here. 

If you cannot participate in real time, the service will be available later in the day on our YouTube channel. 
 

Holy Communion Resumes this Sunday, 9/6, 9:30am

- A NOTE FROM MTR. LEIGH, THE VESTRY & THE REOPENING COMMITTEE -
 Dear St. Nick’s Community,
I am truly looking forward to resuming Holy Communion at our church this coming Sunday. It will have been six solid months since the Eucharist has been celebrated at St. Nick's, and I can’t even tell you know much I’ve missed it. 
As we begin to re-integrate this component of our worship, we want you to be aware of our procedure for administering Holy Communion going forward. As with all things related to the coronavirus, this is our plan for now. We continue to monitor rates of infection and will adjust our practices accordingly. 
First, we will continue for now to worship outside in the churchyard with all the same safeguards in place: limited to 25 people; all spaced six feet apart; all wearing masks that cover the nose and mouth; all bringing their own chairs and copies of the liturgy; temperature checks at the stairs; signing up in advance; building off limits; abbreviated service length.
For Communion, Mtr. Leigh will follow a customary distributed by Bishop Dietsche for the administration of Holy Communion. Here are the main points of those instructions with a few additional directions:
-Communion will be given to the Congregation in one kind only: the bread, in the form of a wafer. A small amount of wine will be consecrated and consumed at the end of Communion by the Celebrant only.
-The credence table will be set by one member of the Altar Guild who will wear a mask and gloves. That person will wipe down all vessels with a sterilizing cleaner or wipe. The bread will be handled by the Celebrant from start to finish, meaning that the Celebrant will remove the wafers from where they are stored in the sacristy, moving them to the Altar area before the service begins.
-Immediately prior to Communion, the Celebrant will wash her hands in sight of the people using an outside basin, soap, and water, in addition to using hand sanitizer. 
-The Celebrant will set the table, covering the wafers with a corporal and positioning them to one side of the altar (not directly below her face). 
-The Congregation will remain at their places for the duration of Communion. The Celebrant will deliver Communion to each family group, dropping a wafer into each outstretched palm.
-We will provide a 2 oz. bottle of hand sanitizer for each family group (or you can bring and use your own). As you will be making contact with your mouth, please use hand sanitizer before and after receiving Communion.
-Wait until the Celebrant has passed by you before lifting your mask from the bottom, keeping your nose covered, to consume your wafer, immediately lowering your mask back over your mouth after you have eaten your wafer. 
-No one must receive Communion. If instead you prefer a blessing, please cross your arms over your chest and the Celebrant will offer a blessing without physical contact. 
-In the event of rain, do not come to church unless you are a reader. A small altar party will gather in the church to worship and we will continue to stream that service on our YouTube channel.
As the fall approaches, we will likely be adding another service (or more!) to accommodate our growing numbers. In consultation with the Wardens and Vestry, the Reopening Committee and I will communicate those plans with you as they unfold. 
Once again we thank you for your patience with this process as we’ve navigated this uncharted territory and we look forward to regathering with you very soon.
Faithfully,
Mtr. Leigh, together with the Wardens, Vestry, and Reopening Committee



Below is the video of last Sunday's service. If there are other services you weren't able to catch the first time around you can find them HERE on our YouTube channel. 

EPISCOPAL NY READS ONE BOOK
Join us as we study How to be an Antiracist by
Ibram X. KendiTopic: How to be an Antiracist Book Group
Meeting Dates & Times: 
        Every week on Wednesday, except September 16 (no mtg. due to Vestry)   
Reading Schedule
        Sep 2, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2)
        Sep 9, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 3 - 6)
        Sep 23, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 7 - 9)
        Sep 30, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 10 - 12)
        Oct 7, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 13 - 15)
        Oct 14, 2020 07:00 PM (come having read Chapters 16 - 18)

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"Hi all. This is Mtr. Leigh Hall here warmly inviting you to our new Book Group at St. Nicks as we read together “How to be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi. You know as well as I do that we are currently grappling in new ways with the very old and very deep issue of racism in America. Professor Kendi thoughtfully and carefully distinguishes between being an anti-racist vs. being not-racist and begins the book by describing his own upbringing in a Christian household first in New York City, then in Northern Virginia. He has won numerous awards, honors, and accolades and you can learn more about Professor Kendi and his work, linked here.
Our Book Group will meet six times on Wednesdays - 9/2, 9/9, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7 & 10/14. We will meet at 7pm via Zoom, and the link for that meeting is below. We’ll follow a rough reading schedule to aid in our discussion, covering the introduction and the first two chapters at our session on 9/2. I’ll include the remaining reading schedule down below. On October 22, the Diocese of New York will sponsor an author event with Professor Kendi via Zoom, and I should also note that the entire Diocese of New York has been invited to read this book together this fall. 
I hope you’ll join us for this informative discussion as we all try to learn how to be antiracists.


STEWARDSHIP 2021
As summer starts its wind-down, we will soon be looking at our Stewardship Campaign for the 2021 year.  Its never too soon to start thinking about Stewardship, especially during this unique time we are in. 
 
2020 Friends of Darbonne Read-A-Thon News   
Hello Everyone!
We have just several weeks left in our 2020 Friends of Darbonne Summer Read-a-Thon. Please plan to finish up your reading by the first week of September and aim to have Sponsor donations turned in Sunday September 13th or shortly thereafter.
Sponsors - 
Now is a good time to check in with your readers to provide some encouragement and ask them to let you know how many books they have read (especially if this affects your donation amount). We have several options for you to make your donations. For checks, make them payable to "Zion - Friends of Darbonne".   You may drop them into the offering basket at either Zion Church or St. Nicks, or mail them to:
Friends of Darbonne
c/o Marcy Wagman
50 Old Troy Rd.
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
For those of you who would prefer an electronic means of donating, you may funnel your donations through St. Nick's using this link:
Pay your Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon donation HERE
NOTE: Please include in the note field "Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon"
Readers - 
Thank you for your enthusiasm and for putting your passion for reading towards a good cause. We are all interested to hear about your most inspiring or favorite books! 
Video Project: We would like to put together a video montage of readers and sponsors for the 2020 Read-A-Thon where you either describe your favorite book or why you love reading so much — so please think about preparing either a Selfie with your favorite book from the Summer of 2020 OR a short (30 second) video of you explaining what you like about reading and/or your favorite book.  We’ll be sending a note out with instructions on where to upload your video/picture in early September. At the end of September we will assemble these into a collected video and share with all participants. 
We will also have a token of appreciation for all participants, and a certificate of completion for our Youth readers. Joan Freeman will be in touch about the plan for distribution.
Thanks to all for your support of the Friends of Darbonne mission - helping the students at the Holy Spirit School in Darbonne Haiti.
Happy Reading! 
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 
Mondays this Fall - Beginning September 14
Mtr. Leigh will begin a lectionary-based Bible study at 2pm in Zoom. Look for more information to come. 
 
 MEMORIAL VIDEO PROJECT: Remembering Teresa Croke 
Many of you have expressed concern and deep sadness that we will not be able to gather to celebrate and mourn the death of our beloved parishioner, Teresa. I join with you in that concern and sadness. And so, as a way for our church to express our love and grief, I'd like us to make a video.  
I'm inviting you to record yourself with your smart phone or device (turned horizontally, not vertically) offering your tributes and memories of Teresa. If you are able, I'd ask that you upload your video to this shared folder in Google Drive. If you are not able to record yourself, but would still like to participate, email us, and we can figure out a way to record you. If you'd like to write something and do a voiceover, we can do that too. If you have pictures to share, we can scan those and add them. The options are really limitless. The target date for the release of this video is some point later in September.
 
END OF LIFE PLANNING The Coronavirus pandemic has likely made us aware of our own mortality in new and profound ways. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist its members in preparing for death "while they are in health," which often entails the preparation of a will, or, at the least, the preparation of a plan in the event of a member's death. We have prepared a funeral planning form that will help you begin to think through and to plan your funeral, and we encourage you to begin this process seriously if you haven't already. 
While the Rector will be away for most of August, you can download these forms and begin to fill them in. Upon her return from vacation, Mtr. Leigh will be available to meet with you to discuss these matters and to help you plan your funeral. We wish to offer special thanks to Bert and Rena Mazzuto for their assistance in developing our funeral planning forms for St. Nick's. Thank you, Bert and Rena!
From the Book of Common Prayer: "The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian parents to make prudent provision for the well‑being
of their families, and of all persons to make wills, while they are in health, arranging for the disposal of their temporal goods, not neglecting, if they are able,  to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses." (p. 445)
 
WHERE IS OL' FLAT NICK?
We love your #olflatnick photos; it's amazing to see where St. Nick travels! To share your #olflatnick pics, please be sure to email them to Dana in the church office at stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com. 
HOW DOES IT WORK? Just take Ol' Flat Nick with you and take a picture with him, practicing social distancing of course :) at the beach, at the campground, in him the mountains, wherever! Then, send us your photo so we can post it in our newsletter and keep up with you. Or upload to your own social media platforms with the hashtag #olflatnick. We can't wait to see where our patron lands this summer!
Ol' Flat Nick's can be printed HERE or can be found in the narthex of the church.
 
CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line.  
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at 37 Point St., which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
  
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 
 
CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.
 
 For future mailings to St. Nick's please use: 
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
P.O. Box 490
Hughsonville, NY 12537
 
AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.

INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Wednesdays 12pm

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
  
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form.
  
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked: 
Kyle + Toni + Jo + Kay + Irv + Lee Ann + Howie + Joshua + Jack + Serena + Adam + Matthew + Tony + Maureen & Paul + John & Dan + Murphy + Sean + Sandy + Bob & Sandie + Scott + Eliot + Lorraine + Barbara + Helen + Diane + Al + Bea + Janet + Denise + Erika + Steve + Bob + Danny + Donna + Christopher + Kristina & Pete + Henry & Family + Peggy & Tom + Ray John + Kelly + Will + Charman + Eric + Nicholas + Mike + Sonny & The Halvey/Catalano Family + Christina + Rita & Larry + Mike B. + Helen
 - For all healthcare workers and first responders
- For those in prison and for prison workers
- For nursing home staff and residents, especially Jackie and Laverne
- For the sick, especially those with Covid-19
- For all who struggle
- For the unemployed
- For the disappointed
- For the oppressed
- For all who work for peace and justice
- For teachers and parents and all who are making hard decisions about schooling this fall

- For the  The William Beausoleil Family

In Thanksgiving:
For this, your church, and its members, wherever they are; for the ministry of Jennifer Klein as Sunday School Coordinator; for the birthdays of Sue Blodgett and Fred Jackson, who both turned 80 on July 31st

For the departed:
Lynn R. Kasin
LaVerne Kowalchuk
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This Week at St. Nick's

8/27/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
August 27, 2020

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
 
 Welcome back Mtr. Leigh!
Sunday's service will be livestreaming to our YouTube channel from the churchyard as we gather for in-person worship.
Please read carefully this letter to the parish detailing our worship procedures for the next several weeks. 
If you plan to attend worship in the churchyard, you must sign up here. We are limited to 25 people. If you are person 26 or higher, you will be given first dibs on the signup next week.
Our service begins at 9:30am from St. Nick's, and those participating from home can click here to access the service online.
There will not be a service bulletin. To print the service beforehand, or to download a PDF to your smart phone, tablet, or other device, click here (opens a PDF in Google Drive). To see the readings beforehand you can always visit The Lectionary Page. To access the prayerbook online, please click here.
Masks are required. Please bring your own. A limited number of single-use masks will be available should you forget. Hand sanitizer will be available for all.
The building, including the bathroom, is off-limits. Please plan accordingly. 
Please bring your own chair, and maintain a six feet distance from those not in your family. The lawn is marked to help with this.
Dan Fannon will provide organ music before the service. Please keep your distance from Dan, who has a compromised immune system. 
There will be no coffee hour following the services. We have plans to phase back in some kind of gathering, especially for our folks worshiping from home, at some point in the future.
To sign up for a helping role at servies through September, please sign up on the Worship Rota.
To submit a prayer request, please use our prayer request form.
To sign up to attend this Sunday's service please click here. 
If you cannot participate in real time, the service will be available later in the day on our YouTube channel. 
 
 If there are services you weren't able to catch the first time around you can find them HERE on our YouTube channel. 

STEWARDSHIP 2021
As summer starts its wind-down, we will soon be looking at our Stewardship Campaign for the 2021 year.  Its never too soon to start thinking about Stewardship, especially during this unique time we are in.
 
2020 CHURCH FAIR 
Church Fair Planning Meeting to take place on Monday, August 31st at 7:30pm in Zoom. Please join us!
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 829 2296 4865
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2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON
2020 Friends of Darbonne Read-A-Thon News   
Hello Everyone!
We have just several weeks left in our 2020 Friends of Darbonne Summer Read-a-Thon. Please plan to finish up your reading by the first week of September and aim to have Sponsor donations turned in Sunday September 13th or shortly thereafter.
Sponsors - 
Now is a good time to check in with your readers to provide some encouragement and ask them to let you know how many books they have read (especially if this affects your donation amount). We have several options for you to make your donations. For checks, make them payable to "Zion - Friends of Darbonne".   You may drop them into the offering basket at either Zion Church or St. Nicks, or mail them to:

Friends of Darbonne
c/o Marcy Wagman
50 Old Troy Rd.
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

For those of you who would prefer an electronic means of donating, you may funnel your donations through St. Nick's using this link:
Pay your Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon donation HERE
NOTE: Please include in the note field 
"Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon"
Readers - 
Thank you for your enthusiasm and for putting your passion for reading towards a good cause. We are all interested to hear about your most inspiring or favorite books! 
Video Project: We would like to put together a video montage of readers and sponsors for the 2020 Read-A-Thon where you either describe your favorite book or why you love reading so much — so please think about preparing either a Selfie with your favorite book from the Summer of 2020 OR a short (30 second) video of you explaining what you like about reading and/or your favorite book.  We’ll be sending a note out with instructions on where to upload your video/picture in early September. At the end of September we will assemble these into a collected video and share with all participants. 
We will also have a token of appreciation for all participants, and a certificate of completion for our Youth readers. Joan Freeman will be in touch about the plan for distribution.
Thanks to all for your support of the Friends of Darbonne mission - helping the students at the Holy Spirit School in Darbonne Haiti.

Happy Reading!
 
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 
 For future mailings to St. Nick's please use:
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
P.O. Box 490
Hughsonville, NY 12537

Mondays this Fall - Beginning September 14
Mtr. Leigh will begin a lectionary-based Bible study at 1pm in Zoom. Look for more information to come. 
 
 MEMORIAL VIDEO PROJECT: Remembering Teresa Croke 
Many of you have expressed concern and deep sadness that we will not be able to gather to celebrate and mourn the death of our beloved parishioner, Teresa. I join with you in that concern and sadness. And so, as a way for our church to express our love and grief, I'd like us to make a video. 
I'm inviting you to record yourself with your smart phone or device (turned horizontally, not vertically) offering your tributes and memories of Teresa. If you are able, I'd ask that you upload your video to this shared folder in Google Drive. If you are not able to record yourself, but would still like to participate, email us, and we can figure out a way to record you. If you'd like to write something and do a voiceover, we can do that too. If you have pictures to share, we can scan those and add them. The options are really limitless. The target date for the release of this video is some point later in September.

END OF LIFE PLANNING The Coronavirus pandemic has likely made us aware of our own mortality in new and profound ways. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist its members in preparing for death "while they are in health," which often entails the preparation of a will, or, at the least, the preparation of a plan in the event of a member's death. We have prepared a funeral planning form that will help you begin to think through and to plan your funeral, and we encourage you to begin this process seriously if you haven't already. 
While the Rector will be away for most of August, you can download these forms and begin to fill them in. Upon her return from vacation, Mtr. Leigh will be available to meet with you to discuss these matters and to help you plan your funeral. We wish to offer special thanks to Bert and Rena Mazzuto for their assistance in developing our funeral planning forms for St. Nick's. Thank you, Bert and Rena!
From the Book of Common Prayer: "The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian parents to make prudent provision for the well‑being
of their families, and of all persons to make wills, while they are in health, arranging for the disposal of their temporal goods, not neglecting, if they are able,  to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses." (p. 445)
  
EPISCOPAL NY READS 1 BOOK Coming this fall, 2020. Our church, along with all 200 parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, is invited to form a local group to read, discuss, and learn from one of the most timely and important books of our day: How To Be An Antiracist, by the acclaimed winner of the National Book Award, Ibram X. Kendi. 
From Bishop Dietsche: "The plans for this diocesan book study began last year, and well before the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protest which followed.  But now this national conversation about race and about the deep currents of racism in our society and institutions has been imbued with a broad urgency which is touching everything and everyone in America.  
And in that urgency, at this tipping point, Kendi’s book has become a runaway national best seller.  He speaks with candor, truth and personal insight to the ancient American corruption of anti-blackness, and the intractability of white supremacy, to the profoundly historic moment in which we now find ourselves."  
The diocese will offer three opportunities for diocesan wide Zoom discussions, as well as a virtual meeting with the author on October 22, 2020. Order your book now, and look for a schedule of discussions for our local St. Nick's group coming in mid-August. For more information, please see the diocesan website on the Episcopal NY Reads 1 Book project.
 
Group meets in Zoom on Wednesdays at 7pm 9/2, 9/9, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7 & 10/14

Here is a link to a sign up sheet to participate:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gFUzh7RqmKvpLlodN349mOyJ3VXAzPqLvCYltZqJGo/edit?usp=sharing
 

WHERE IS OL' FLAT NICK?
We love your #olflatnick photos; it's amazing to see where St. Nick travels! To share your #olflatnick pics, please be sure to email them to Dana in the church office at stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com. 
HOW DOES IT WORK? Just take Ol' Flat Nick with you and take a picture with him, practicing social distancing of course :) at the beach, at the campground, in him the mountains, wherever! Then, send us your photo so we can post it in our newsletter and keep up with you. Or upload to your own social media platforms with the hashtag #olflatnick. We can't wait to see where our patron lands this summer!
Ol' Flat Nick's can be printed HERE or can be found in the narthex of the church.
 
CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line.  
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at 37 Point St., which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
  
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 
 
CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.
 
AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.

INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Thursdays@12pm

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
 
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form.
  
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked: 
Kyle + Toni + Jo + Kay + Irv + Lee Ann + Howie + Joshua + Jack + Serena + Adam + Matthew + Tony + Maureen & Paul + John & Dan + Murphy + Sean + Sandy + Bob & Sandie + Scott + Eliot + Lorraine + Barbara + Helen + Diane + Al + Bea + Janet + Denise + Erika + Steve + Bob + Danny + Donna + Christopher + Kristina & Pete + Henry & Family + Peggy & Tom + Ray John + Kelly + Will + Charman + Eric + Nicholas + Mike + Sonny & The Halvey/Catalano Family + Christina + Rita & Larry + Mike B.
 - For all healthcare workers and first responders
- For those in prison and for prison workers
- For nursing home staff and residents, especially Jackie and Laverne
- For the sick, especially those with Covid-19
- For all who struggle
- For the unemployed
- For the disappointed
- For the oppressed
- For all who work for peace and justice
- For teachers and parents and all who are making hard decisions about schooling this fall 

In Thanksgiving:
For this, your church, and its members, wherever they are; for the ministry of Jennifer Klein as Sunday School Coordinator; for the birthdays of Sue Blodgett and Fred Jackson, who both turned 80 on July 31st

For the departed:
Lynn R. Kasin
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This Week at St. Nick's

8/21/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
August 21, 2020

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
A warm welcome to Rev. Megan Sanders who will be leading us in worship this Sunday. Service will be livestreaming to our YouTube channel from the churchyard as we gather for in-person worship.
Please read carefully this letter to the parish detailing our worship procedures for the next several weeks. 
If you plan to attend worship in the churchyard, you must sign up here. We are limited to 25 people. If you are person 26 or higher, you will be given first dibs on the signup next week.
Our service begins at 9:30am from St. Nick's, and those participating from home can click here to access the service online.
There will not be a service bulletin. To print the service beforehand, or to download a PDF to your smart phone, tablet, or other device, click here (opens a PDF in Google Drive). To see the readings beforehand you can always visit The Lectionary Page. To access the prayerbook online, please click here.
Masks are required. Please bring your own. A limited number of single-use masks will be available should you forget. Hand sanitizer will be available for all.
The building, including the bathroom, is off-limits. Please plan accordingly. 
Please bring your own chair, and maintain a six feet distance from those not in your family. The lawn is marked to help with this.
There will NOT be service music this Sunday. 
There will be no coffee hour following the services. We have plans to phase back in some kind of gathering, especially for our folks worshiping from home, at some point in the future.
To sign up for a helping role for next week and beyond, please sign up on the August Worship Rota.
To submit a prayer request, please use our prayer request form.
To sign up to attend tomorrow's service please click here. 
If you cannot participate in real time, the service will be available later in the day on our YouTube channel. 
 
Below is the video of last Sunday's service. If there are other services you weren't able to catch the first time around you can find them HERE on our YouTube channel. 

STEWARDSHIP 2021
As summer starts its wind-down, we will soon be looking at our Stewardship Campaign for the 2021 year.  Its never too soon to start thinking about Stewardship, especially during this unique time we are in.

2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON
2020 Friends of Darbonne Read-A-Thon News   
Hello Everyone!
We have just several weeks left in our 2020 Friends of Darbonne Summer Read-a-Thon. Please plan to finish up your reading by the first week of September and aim to have Sponsor donations turned in Sunday September 13th or shortly thereafter.
Sponsors - 
Now is a good time to check in with your readers to provide some encouragement and ask them to let you know how many books they have read (especially if this affects your donation amount). We have several options for you to make your donations. For checks, make them payable to "Zion - Friends of Darbonne".   You may drop them into the offering basket at either Zion Church or St. Nicks, or mail them to:

Friends of Darbonne
c/o Marcy Wagman
50 Old Troy Rd.
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

For those of you who would prefer an electronic means of donating, you may funnel your donations through St. Nick's using this link:
Pay your Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon donation HERE
NOTE: Please include in the note field "Friends of Darbonne Read-a-Thon"
Readers - 
Thank you for your enthusiasm and for putting your passion for reading towards a good cause. We are all interested to hear about your most inspiring or favorite books! 
Video Project: We would like to put together a video montage of readers and sponsors for the 2020 Read-A-Thon where you either describe your favorite book or why you love reading so much — so please think about preparing either a Selfie with your favorite book from the Summer of 2020 OR a short (30 second) video of you explaining what you like about reading and/or your favorite book.  We’ll be sending a note out with instructions on where to upload your video/picture in early September. At the end of September we will assemble these into a collected video and share with all participants. 
We will also have a token of appreciation for all participants, and a certificate of completion for our Youth readers. Joan Freeman will be in touch about the plan for distribution.
Thanks to all for your support of the Friends of Darbonne mission - helping the students at the Holy Spirit School in Darbonne Haiti.

Happy Reading!
 
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 
AUGUST 2020 PLEDGE UPDATES Statement updates have been sent to your inboxes. If for any reason you didn't receive yours, but should have, please reach out to Dana in the office at 297-1010 or email her stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com.
  
 For future mailings please use:
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
P.O. Box 490
Hughsonville, NY 12537

 MTR. LEIGH AWAY, August 3 - August 24 During this time Mtr. Mag will be covering urgent pastoral needs only (hospitalization, death). To contact Mtr. Mag please reach out to Greg Freeman at: Phone 845-625-4364 (leave a message if he does not answer) or Email gregfreeman262@gmail.com. While she is away, Mtr. Leigh, will have her vacation responder on, please do not call, text or email.
Thank you for your cooperation!
PLEASE NOTE: Mtr. Leigh's Office Hours and Happy Hour are on hiatus for the month of August.
 
Mondays this Fall - Beginning September 14
Mtr. Leigh will begin a lectionary-based Bible study at 1pm in Zoom. Look for more information to come. 

 MEMORIAL VIDEO PROJECT: Remembering Teresa Croke 
Many of you have expressed concern and deep sadness that we will not be able to gather to celebrate and mourn the death of our beloved parishioner, Teresa. I join with you in that concern and sadness. And so, as a way for our church to express our love and grief, I'd like us to make a video.  
I'm inviting you to record yourself with your smart phone or device (turned horizontally, not vertically) offering your tributes and memories of Teresa. If you are able, I'd ask that you upload your video to this shared folder in Google Drive. If you are not able to record yourself, but would still like to participate, email us, and we can figure out a way to record you. If you'd like to write something and do a voiceover, we can do that too. If you have pictures to share, we can scan those and add them. The options are really limitless. The target date for the release of this video is some point later in September.
 
END OF LIFE PLANNING The Coronavirus pandemic has likely made us aware of our own mortality in new and profound ways. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist its members in preparing for death "while they are in health," which often entails the preparation of a will, or, at the least, the preparation of a plan in the event of a member's death. We have prepared a funeral planning form that will help you begin to think through and to plan your funeral, and we encourage you to begin this process seriously if you haven't already. 
While the Rector will be away for most of August, you can download these forms and begin to fill them in. Upon her return from vacation, Mtr. Leigh will be available to meet with you to discuss these matters and to help you plan your funeral. We wish to offer special thanks to Bert and Rena Mazzuto for their assistance in developing our funeral planning forms for St. Nick's. Thank you, Bert and Rena!

From the Book of Common Prayer: "The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian parents to make prudent provision for the well‑being
of their families, and of all persons to make wills, while they are in health, arranging for the disposal of their temporal goods, not neglecting, if they are able,  to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses." (p. 445)
  
EPISCOPAL NY READS 1 BOOK Coming this fall, 2020. Our church, along with all 200 parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, is invited to form a local group to read, discuss, and learn from one of the most timely and important books of our day: How To Be An Antiracist, by the acclaimed winner of the National Book Award, Ibram X. Kendi. 
From Bishop Dietsche: "The plans for this diocesan book study began last year, and well before the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protest which followed.  But now this national conversation about race and about the deep currents of racism in our society and institutions has been imbued with a broad urgency which is touching everything and everyone in America. 
And in that urgency, at this tipping point, Kendi’s book has become a runaway national best seller.  He speaks with candor, truth and personal insight to the ancient American corruption of anti-blackness, and the intractability of white supremacy, to the profoundly historic moment in which we now find ourselves."  
The diocese will offer three opportunities for diocesan wide Zoom discussions, as well as a virtual meeting with the author on October 22, 2020. Order your book now, and look for a schedule of discussions for our local St. Nick's group coming in mid-August. For more information, please see the diocesan website on the Episcopal NY Reads 1 Book project. 
Group meets in Zoom on Wednesdays at 7pm 9/2, 9/9, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7 & 10/14
Here is a link to a sign up sheet to participate:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gFUzh7RqmKvpLlodN349mOyJ3VXAzPqLvCYltZqJGo/edit?usp=sharing
 
WHERE IS OL' FLAT NICK?
We love your #olflatnick photos; it's amazing to see where St. Nick travels! To share your #olflatnick pics, please be sure to email them to Dana in the church office at stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com. 
HOW DOES IT WORK? Just take Ol' Flat Nick with you and take a picture with him, practicing social distancing of course :) at the beach, at the campground, in him the mountains, wherever! Then, send us your photo so we can post it in our newsletter and keep up with you. Or upload to your own social media platforms with the hashtag #olflatnick. We can't wait to see where our patron lands this summer!
Ol' Flat Nick's can be printed HERE or can be found in the narthex of the church.
 
CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line. 
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at 37 Point St., which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
  
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 
 
CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.
 
AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.

INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Thursdays@12pm

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
 
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form.
  
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked: 
Kyle + Toni + Jo + Kay + Irv + Lee Ann + Howie + Joshua + Jack + Serena + Adam + Matthew + Tony + Maureen & Paul + John & Dan + Murphy + Sean + Sandy + Bob & Sandie + Scott + Eliot + Lorraine + Barbara + Helen + Diane + Al + Bea + Janet + Denise + Erika + Steve + Bob + Danny + Donna + Christopher + Kristina & Pete + Henry & Family + Peggy & Tom + Ray John + Kelly + Will + Charman + Eric + Nicholas + Mike + Sonny & The Halvey/Catalano Family + Christina + Rita & Larry
 - For all healthcare workers and first responders
- For those in prison and for prison workers
- For nursing home staff and residents, especially Jackie and Laverne
- For the sick, especially those with Covid-19
- For all who struggle
- For the unemployed
- For the disappointed
- For the oppressed
- For all who work for peace and justice
- For teachers and parents and all who are making hard decisions about schooling this fall 

In Thanksgiving:
For this, your church, and its members, wherever they are; for the ministry of Jennifer Klein as Sunday School Coordinator; for the birthdays of Sue Blodgett and Fred Jackson, who both turned 80 on July 31st

For the departed:
Lynn R. Kasin

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This Week at St. Nick's

8/14/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
August 14, 2020

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
A warm welcome to Rev. Alison Quin who will be leading us in worship this Sunday. Service will be livestreaming to our YouTube channel from the churchyard as we gather for in-person worship.

Please read carefully this letter to the parish detailing our worship procedures for the next several weeks. 

If you plan to attend worship in the churchyard, you must sign up here. We are limited to 25 people. If you are person 26 or higher, you will be given first dibs on the signup next week.

Our service begins at 9:30am from St. Nick's, and those participating from home can click here to access the service online.

There will not be a service bulletin. To print the service beforehand, or to download a PDF to your smart phone, tablet, or other device, click here (opens a PDF in Google Drive). To see the readings beforehand you can always visit The Lectionary Page. To access the prayerbook online, please click here.

Masks are required. Please bring your own. A limited number of single-use masks will be available should you forget. Hand sanitizer will be available for all.

The building, including the bathroom, is off-limits. Please plan accordingly. 

Please bring your own chair, and maintain a six feet distance from those not in your family. The lawn is marked to help with this.

There will NOT be service music this Sunday. 

There will be no coffee hour following the services. We have plans to phase back in some kind of gathering, especially for our folks worshiping from home, at some point in the future.

To sign up for a helping role for next week and beyond, please sign up on the August Worship Rota.

To submit a prayer request, please use our prayer request form.

To sign up to attend tomorrow's service please click here. 

If you cannot participate in real time, the service will be available later in the day on our YouTube channel. 

AUGUST 2020 PLEDGE UPDATES Statement updates have been sent to your inboxes. If for any reason you didn't receive yours, but should have, please reach out to Dana in the office at 297-1010 or email her stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com.

For future mailings please use:
 
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
P.O. Box 490
Hughsonville, NY 12537

MTR. LEIGH AWAY, August 3 - August 24 During this time Mtr. Mag will be covering urgent pastoral needs only (hospitalization, death). To contact Mtr. Mag please reach out to Greg Freeman at: Phone 845-625-4364 (leave a message if he does not answer) or Email gregfreeman262@gmail.com. While she is away, Mtr. Leigh, will have her vacation responder on, please do not call, text or email.

Thank you for your cooperation!

PLEASE NOTE: Mtr. Leigh's Office Hours and Happy Hour are on hiatus for the month of August.
 
Mondays this Fall - Beginning September 14
Mtr. Leigh will begin a lectionary-based Bible study at 1pm in Zoom. Look for more information to come. 

MEMORIAL VIDEO PROJECT: Remembering Teresa Croke 
Many of you have expressed concern and deep sadness that we will not be able to gather to celebrate and mourn the death of our beloved parishioner, Teresa. I join with you in that concern and sadness. And so, as a way for our church to express our love and grief, I'd like us to make a video. 
I'm inviting you to record yourself with your smart phone or device (turned horizontally, not vertically) offering your tributes and memories of Teresa. If you are able, I'd ask that you upload your video to this shared folder in Google Drive. If you are not able to record yourself, but would still like to participate, email us, and we can figure out a way to record you. If you'd like to write something and do a voiceover, we can do that too. If you have pictures to share, we can scan those and add them. The options are really limitless. The target date for the release of this video is some point later in September.
 
END OF LIFE PLANNING The Coronavirus pandemic has likely made us aware of our own mortality in new and profound ways. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist its members in preparing for death "while they are in health," which often entails the preparation of a will, or, at the least, the preparation of a plan in the event of a member's death. We have prepared a funeral planning form that will help you begin to think through and to plan your funeral, and we encourage you to begin this process seriously if you haven't already. 
While the Rector will be away for most of August, you can download these forms and begin to fill them in. Upon her return from vacation, Mtr. Leigh will be available to meet with you to discuss these matters and to help you plan your funeral. We wish to offer special thanks to Bert and Rena Mazzuto for their assistance in developing our funeral planning forms for St. Nick's. Thank you, Bert and Rena!
From the Book of Common Prayer: "The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian parents to make prudent provision for the well‑being
of their families, and of all persons to make wills, while they are in health, arranging for the disposal of their temporal goods, not neglecting, if they are able,  to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses." (p. 445)
 
EPISCOPAL NY READS 1 BOOK Coming this fall, 2020. Our church, along with all 200 parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, is invited to form a local group to read, discuss, and learn from one of the most timely and important books of our day: How To Be An Antiracist, by the acclaimed winner of the National Book Award, Ibram X. Kendi. 
From Bishop Dietsche: "The plans for this diocesan book study began last year, and well before the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protest which followed.  But now this national conversation about race and about the deep currents of racism in our society and institutions has been imbued with a broad urgency which is touching everything and everyone in America. And in that urgency, at this tipping point, Kendi’s book has become a runaway national best seller.  He speaks with candor, truth and personal insight to the ancient American corruption of anti-blackness, and the intractability of white supremacy, to the profoundly historic moment in which we now find ourselves."  
The diocese will offer three opportunities for diocesan wide Zoom discussions, as well as a virtual meeting with the author on October 22, 2020. Order your book now, and look for a schedule of discussions for our local St. Nick's group coming in mid-August. For more information, please see the diocesan website on the Episcopal NY Reads 1 Book project.
Group meets in Zoom on Wednesdays at 7pm 9/2, 9/9, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7 & 10/14
Here is a link to a sign up sheet to participate:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gFUzh7RqmKvpLlodN349mOyJ3VXAzPqLvCYltZqJGo/edit?usp=sharing
 
2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON
2020 Friends of Darbonne Read-A-Thon News!   
You can still signup to participate in this years read-a-thon HERE. Those who signup to sponsor will be contacted separately to be assigned to a Youth Reader.  And the families of Youth Readers will be copied so they know who is sponsoring them! 
We’ve had to change things up a bit this year and thought we would join in the fashion of having a yard sign to help communicate our interests and support. We have had small yard signs (12” x18”) made for those who are reading and/or are sponsors (image above). Please reach out to
Joan Freeman at joanfreeman3@gmail.com
if you would like a yard sign (they have a small wire frame that can be inserted into the ground… or the sign can be used to hang in a window if you would like) and in keeping with how we are living in 2020, I’ll deliver the sign to you.
Happy Reading!  
Resources: Grinnell Library is now open for contactless pick-up and virtual events.  Here’s the library’s website for additional information
 http://grinnell-library.org 
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 
CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line. 
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at 37 Point St., which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
 
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 

CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.

AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.

INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Thursdays@12pm

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
 
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form.
 
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked: 
Kyle + Toni + Jo + Kay + Irv + Lee Ann + Howie + Joshua + Jack + Serena + Adam + Matthew + Tony + Maureen & Paul + John & Dan + Murphy + Sean + Sandy + Bob & Sandie + Scott + Eliot + Lorraine + Barbara + Helen + Diane + Al + Bea + Janet + Denise + Erika + Steve + Bob + Danny + Donna + Christopher + Kristina & Pete + Henry & Family + Peggy & Tom + Ray John + Kelly + Will + Charman + Eric + Nicholas + Mike + Sonny & The Halvey/Catalano Family + Christina
 - For all healthcare workers and first responders
- For those in prison and for prison workers
- For nursing home staff and residents, especially Jackie and Laverne
- For the sick, especially those with Covid-19
- For all who struggle
- For the unemployed
- For the disappointed
- For the oppressed
- For all who work for peace and justice
- For teachers and parents and all who are making hard decisions about schooling this fall 

In Thanksgiving:
For this, your church, and its members, wherever they are; for the ministry of Jennifer Klein as Sunday School Coordinator; for the birthdays of Sue Blodgett and Fred Jackson, who both turned 80 on July 31st

For the departed:
Lynn R. Kasin

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This week at St. Nick's

8/6/2020

0 Comments

 
Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
August 6, 2020

WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
A warm welcome to Rev. Megan Sanders who will be leading us in worship this Sunday. Service will be livestreaming to our YouTube channel from the churchyard as we gather for in-person worship.

Please read carefully this letter to the parish detailing our worship procedures for the next several weeks. 

If you plan to attend worship in the churchyard, you must sign up here. We are limited to 25 people. If you are person 26 or higher, you will be given first dibs on the signup next week.

Our service begins at 9:30am from St. Nick's, and those participating from home can click here to access the service online.

There will not be a service bulletin tomorrow. To print the service beforehand, or to download a PDF to your smart phone, tablet, or other device, click here (opens a PDF in Google Drive). To see the readings beforehand you can always visit The Lectionary Page. To access the prayerbook online, please click here.

Masks are required. Please bring your own. A limited number of single-use masks will be available should you forget. Hand sanitizer will be available for all.

The building, including the bathroom, is off-limits. Please plan accordingly. 

Please bring your own chair, and maintain a six feet distance from those not in your family. The lawn is marked to help with this.

Dan Fannon will provide organ music before the service. Please keep your distance from Dan, who has a compromised immune system.

There will be no coffee hour following the services. We have plans to phase back in some kind of gathering, especially for our folks worshiping from home, at some point in the future.

To sign up for a helping role for next week and beyond, please sign up on the August Worship Rota.

To submit a prayer request, please use our prayer request form.

To sign up to attend tomorrow's service please click here. 

If you cannot participate in real time, the service will be available later in the day on our YouTube channel. 
Last Sunday's Service - August 2, 
 For future mailings please use:
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
P.O. Box 490
Hughsonville, NY 12537

 MTR. LEIGH AWAY, August 3 - August 24 During this time Mtr. Mag will be covering urgent pastoral needs only (hospitalization, death). To contact Mtr. Mag please reach out to Greg Freeman at: Phone 845-625-4364 (leave a message if he does not answer) or Email gregfreeman262@gmail.com. While she is away, Mtr. Leigh, will have her vacation responder on, please do not call, text or email.
Thank you for your cooperation!
PLEASE NOTE: Mtr. Leigh's Office Hours and Happy Hour are on hiatus for the month of August.
 
Mondays this Fall - Beginning September 14
Mtr. Leigh will begin a lectionary-based Bible study at 1pm in Zoom. Look for more information to come. 

 MEMORIAL VIDEO PROJECT: Remembering Teresa Croke 
Many of you have expressed concern and deep sadness that we will not be able to gather to celebrate and mourn the death of our beloved parishioner, Teresa. I join with you in that concern and sadness. And so, as a way for our church to express our love and grief, I'd like us to make a video.  
I'm inviting you to record yourself with your smart phone or device (turned horizontally, not vertically) offering your tributes and memories of Teresa. If you are able, I'd ask that you upload your video to this shared folder in Google Drive. If you are not able to record yourself, but would still like to participate, email us, and we can figure out a way to record you. If you'd like to write something and do a voiceover, we can do that too. If you have pictures to share, we can scan those and add them. The options are really limitless. The target date for the release of this video is some point later in September.
 
END OF LIFE PLANNING The Coronavirus pandemic has likely made us aware of our own mortality in new and profound ways. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist its members in preparing for death "while they are in health," which often entails the preparation of a will, or, at the least, the preparation of a plan in the event of a member's death. We have prepared a funeral planning form that will help you begin to think through and to plan your funeral, and we encourage you to begin this process seriously if you haven't already. 
While the Rector will be away for most of August, you can download these forms and begin to fill them in. Upon her return from vacation, Mtr. Leigh will be available to meet with you to discuss these matters and to help you plan your funeral. We wish to offer special thanks to Bert and Rena Mazzuto for their assistance in developing our funeral planning forms for St. Nick's. Thank you, Bert and Rena!
From the Book of Common Prayer: "The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian parents to make prudent provision for the well‑being
of their families, and of all persons to make wills, while they are in health, arranging for the disposal of their temporal goods, not neglecting, if they are able,  to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses." (p. 445)
  
EPISCOPAL NY READS 1 BOOK Coming this fall, 2020. Our church, along with all 200 parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, is invited to form a local group to read, discuss, and learn from one of the most timely and important books of our day: How To Be An Antiracist, by the acclaimed winner of the National Book Award, Ibram X. Kendi. 
From Bishop Dietsche: "The plans for this diocesan book study began last year, and well before the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protest which followed.  But now this national conversation about race and about the deep currents of racism in our society and institutions has been imbued with a broad urgency which is touching everything and everyone in America.
And in that urgency, at this tipping point, Kendi’s book has become a runaway national best seller.  He speaks with candor, truth and personal insight to the ancient American corruption of anti-blackness, and the intractability of white supremacy, to the profoundly historic moment in which we now find ourselves."  
The diocese will offer three opportunities for diocesan wide Zoom discussions, as well as a virtual meeting with the author on October 22, 2020. Order your book now, and look for a schedule of discussions for our local St. Nick's group coming in mid-August. For more information, please see the diocesan website on the Episcopal NY Reads 1 Book project. 
Group meets in Zoom on Wednesdays at 7pm 9/2, 9/9, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7 & 10/14
Here is a link to a sign up sheet to participate:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gFUzh7RqmKvpLlodN349mOyJ3VXAzPqLvCYltZqJGo/edit?usp=sharing
 
WHERE IS OL' FLAT NICK?
We love your #olflatnick photos; it's amazing to see where St. Nick travels! To share your #olflatnick pics, please be sure to email them to Dana in the church office at stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com. 
HOW DOES IT WORK? Just take Ol' Flat Nick with you and take a picture with him, practicing social distancing of course :) at the beach, at the campground, in him the mountains, wherever! Then, send us your photo so we can post it in our newsletter and keep up with you. Or upload to your own social media platforms with the hashtag #olflatnick. We can't wait to see where our patron lands this summer!
Ol' Flat Nick's can be printed HERE or can be found in the narthex of the church.

2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON
2020 Friends of Darbonne Read-A-Thon News!   
You can still signup to participate in this years read-a-thon HERE. Those who signup to sponsor will be contacted separately to be assigned to a Youth Reader.  And the families of Youth Readers will be copied so they know who is sponsoring them! 
We’ve had to change things up a bit this year and thought we would join in the fashion of having a yard sign to help communicate our interests and support. We have had small yard signs (12” x18”) made for those who are reading and/or are sponsors (image above). Please reach out to
Joan Freeman at joanfreeman3@gmail.com
if you would like a yard sign (they have a small wire frame that can be inserted into the ground… or the sign can be used to hang in a window if you would like) and in keeping with how we are living in 2020, I’ll deliver the sign to you.
Happy Reading!  
Resources: Grinnell Library is now open for contactless pick-up and virtual events.  Here’s the library’s website for additional information
 http://grinnell-library.org 
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 
CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line.  
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at 37 Point St., which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
 
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 
 
 
CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.
 

AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.
INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Thursdays@12pm

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
 

 
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form.
 

 
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked: 
Kyle + Toni + Jo + Kay + Irv + Lee Ann + Howie + Joshua + Jack + Serena + Adam + Matthew + Tony + Maureen & Paul + John & Dan + Murphy + Sean + Sandy + Bob & Sandie + Scott + Eliot + Lorraine + Barbara + Helen + Diane + Al + Bea + Janet + Denise + Erika + Steve + Bob + Danny + Donna + Christopher + Kristina & Pete + Henry & Family + Peggy & Tom + Ray John + Kelly + Will + Charman + Eric + Nicholas + Mike + Sonny & The Halvey/Catalano Family + Christina- For all healthcare workers and first responders
- For those in prison and for prison workers
- For nursing home staff and residents, especially Jackie and Laverne
- For the sick, especially those with Covid-19
- For all who struggle
- For the unemployed
- For the disappointed
- For the oppressed
- For all who work for peace and justice
- For teachers and parents and all who are making hard decisions about schooling this fall 

In Thanksgiving:
For this, your church, and its members, wherever they are; for the ministry of Jennifer Klein as Sunday School Coordinator; for the birthdays of Sue Blodgett and Fred Jackson, who both turned 80 on July 31st

For the departed:
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This Week at St. Nick's

7/30/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
July 30, 2020

HELLO PARISHIONERS!  A couple of headliners this week. First, we have a new mailing address. For future mailings please use:
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
P.O. Box 490
Hughsonville, NY 12537
Just as important, Mtr. Leigh will be away August 3 - August 24. During this time Mtr. Mag will be covering urgent pastoral needs only (hospitalization, death). To contact Mtr. Mag please reach out to Greg Freeman at: Phone 845-625-4364 (leave a message if he does not answer) or Email gregfreeman262@gmail.com. While she is away, Mtr. Leigh, will have her vacation responder on, please do not call, text or email.

Thank you for your cooperation!

PLEASE NOTE: Mtr. Leigh's Office Hours and Happy Hour are on hiatus for the month of August.
 
Sunday worship in the churchyard has resumed. Please remember there are many restrictions and we are limited to 25 persons, who must be masked and spaced six feet apart. For more information on how worship will work, and what you can expect, please read our reopening letter. Briefly, know that:

-masks covering the nose and mouth will be required
-you need to bring your own chair or blanket
-the building will be off limits for the timebeing
-if you are number 26 or higher on the sign up list, you will be given first dibs on next week's sign up list
-the service will consist of the Liturgy of the Word or Morning Prayer II for now
-the liturgy will be sent to you ahead of time on Saturday evening
-in the event of rain, we will worship from our homes, via Zoom videoconference 

We will stream our service to our YouTube channel for those who need to worship from home. We urge those who are 65+, those with underlying health conditions and/or compromised immune systems, and those who have any concern whatsoever about the virus and its spread to worship from home through the online option we are working diligently to make available. 

Many thanks for your patience with this process. Churches are one of the most high risk areas for the spread of this virus, and we are doing all we can to regather safely. 

 
 To sign up to attend worship
this Sunday Click here

For this weeks liturgy Click here
 
NOTE: If you cannot open the sign-up sheet, please email Dana at stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com so she can add you to the list.

FOR OUR ROTA  We need folks to volunteer for Sunday service roles. If you are interested in participating check out the different roles and signup HERE.

MEMORIAL VIDEO PROJECT: Remembering Teresa Croke 
Many of you have expressed concern and deep sadness that we will not be able to gather to celebrate and mourn the death of our beloved parishioner, Teresa. I join with you in that concern and sadness. And so, as a way for our church to express our love and grief, I'd like us to make a video. 
I'm inviting you to record yourself with your smart phone or device (turned horizontally, not vertically) offering your tributes and memories of Teresa. If you are able, I'd ask that you upload your video to this shared folder in Google Drive. If you are not able to record yourself, but would still like to participate, email us, and we can figure out a way to record you. If you'd like to write something and do a voiceover, we can do that too. If you have pictures to share, we can scan those and add them. The options are really limitless. The target date for the release of this video is some point later in September.

END OF LIFE PLANNING The Coronavirus pandemic has likely made us aware of our own mortality in new and profound ways. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist its members in preparing for death "while they are in health," which often entails the preparation of a will, or, at the least, the preparation of a plan in the event of a member's death. We have prepared a funeral planning form that will help you begin to think through and to plan your funeral, and we encourage you to begin this process seriously if you haven't already. 
While the Rector will be away for most of August, you can download these forms and begin to fill them in. Upon her return from vacation, Mtr. Leigh will be available to meet with you to discuss these matters and to help you plan your funeral. We wish to offer special thanks to Bert and Rena Mazzuto for their assistance in developing our funeral planning forms for St. Nick's. Thank you, Bert and Rena!
From the Book of Common Prayer: "The Minister of the Congregation is directed to instruct the people, from time to time, about the duty of Christian parents to make prudent provision for the well‑being
of their families, and of all persons to make wills, while they are in health, arranging for the disposal of their temporal goods, not neglecting, if they are able,  to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses." (p. 445)
 
EPISCOPAL NY READS 1 BOOK Coming this fall, 2020. Our church, along with all 200 parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, is invited to form a local group to read, discuss, and learn from one of the most timely and important books of our day: How To Be An Antiracist, by the acclaimed winner of the National Book Award, Ibram X. Kendi. 
From Bishop Dietsche: "The plans for this diocesan book study began last year, and well before the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protest which followed.  But now this national conversation about race and about the deep currents of racism in our society and institutions has been imbued with a broad urgency which is touching everything and everyone in America.  
And in that urgency, at this tipping point, Kendi’s book has become a runaway national best seller.  He speaks with candor, truth and personal insight to the ancient American corruption of anti-blackness, and the intractability of white supremacy, to the profoundly historic moment in which we now find ourselves."  
The diocese will offer three opportunities for diocesan wide Zoom discussions, as well as a virtual meeting with the author on October 22, 2020. Order your book now, and look for a schedule of discussions for our local St. Nick's group coming in mid-August. For more information, please see the diocesan website on the Episcopal NY Reads 1 Book project. 
 
WHERE IS OL' FLAT NICK?
We love your #olflatnick photos; it's amazing to see where St. Nick travels! To share your #olflatnick pics, please be sure to email them to Dana in the church office at stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com. 
HOW DOES IT WORK? Just take Ol' Flat Nick with you and take a picture with him, practicing social distancing of course :) at the beach, at the campground, in him the mountains, wherever! Then, send us your photo so we can post it in our newsletter and keep up with you. Or upload to your own social media platforms with the hashtag #olflatnick. We can't wait to see where our patron lands this summer!
Ol' Flat Nick's can be printed HERE or can be found in the narthex of the church.

2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON
2020 Friends of Darbonne Read-A-Thon News!   
You can still signup to participate in this years read-a-thon HERE. Those who signup to sponsor will be contacted separately to be assigned to a Youth Reader.  And the families of Youth Readers will be copied so they know who is sponsoring them! 
We’ve had to change things up a bit this year and thought we would join in the fashion of having a yard sign to help communicate our interests and support. We have had small yard signs (12” x18”) made for those who are reading and/or are sponsors (image above). Please reach out to
Joan Freeman at joanfreeman3@gmail.com
if you would like a yard sign (they have a small wire frame that can be inserted into the ground… or the sign can be used to hang in a window if you would like) and in keeping with how we are living in 2020, I’ll deliver the sign to you.
Happy Reading! 
Resources: Grinnell Library is now open for contactless pick-up and virtual events.  Here’s the library’s website for additional information
 http://grinnell-library.org
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 
BEWARE: Email Scam
Email scammers are preying on our parishioners. In two different cycles now, someone has created an authentic looking email address in Gmail, and then reached out to parishioners claiming to be Mtr. Leigh. Once you respond to the initial email asking you to get in touch, the scammer attempts to engage you in a gift card scam. Please be advised that the only two email addresses in use in the parish are: leighellenhall at gmail and stnicholasnewhamburg at gmail. Mtr. Leigh will never solicit money or donations from you through email. If you have any questions about any email or request, please contact Mtr Leigh at once. Please also forward any suspicious emails to the email provider -- "Report Phishing." We are sorry this has become such a problem, but we've heard from many other clergy that this is a real issue in churches these days, that has only been exacerbated by the pandemic. 
 
CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line. 
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at 37 Point St., which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
  
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 
 
CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.

AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.

INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Thursdays@12pm

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
 
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form.
 
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked: 
Jean + Lori + Aunt Totsie + Stu + Paul + Cathy + Friends + Michael + Jake + Ashley + Teresa + Norma + Dale + Cara, Bob & Charlotte + Alex & Alison + The Howes Family + Rick + Bea + Jenn & Becky + Kim + Ashley + Tony + Christopher + Kristina & Pete + Ray John + Henry & Sue + Peggy & Tom + Kelly + Violet + Will + Those who have COVID-19 & those who have passed from COVID-19 + Steve + Bob + Donna + Danny + Charman + Chris +  Henry & Family + Al + Lorraine + Helen + Eliot + Barbara + Sean + Mike + Scott + Tony + Maureen & Paul + John & Dan + Murphy + Kay + Irv + Lee Ann + Howie + Joshua

- For compassion and empathy to others 

In Thanksgiving:
- For the birth of Gabriella

For the departed:
Felice Mauro + Richard + Lori Williams Minchew
+ Laurel Alksnis + Drew Hoffman + Tony Cipriano + Anthony Dass + Mike Tomkovitch + Susan Guerriero + Louie Nardella +
Patti Ciccarelli + Scott Rubinow + Helen Fuimarello
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This Week at St. Nick's

7/17/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
July 17, 2020

REOPENING NEWS
Sunday worship in the churchyard has resumed. Please remember there are many restrictions and we are limited to 25 persons, who must be masked and spaced six feet apart. For more information on how worship will work, and what you can expect, please read our reopening letter, which was published earlier this month. Briefly, know that:

-masks covering the nose and mouth will be required
-you need to bring your own chair or blanket
-the building will be off limits for the timebeing
-if you are number 26 or higher on the sign up list, you will be given first dibs on next week's sign up list
-the service will consist of the Liturgy of the Word or Morning Prayer II for now
-the liturgy will be sent to you ahead of time on Saturday evening
-in the event of rain, we will worship from our homes, via Zoom videoconference 

We will stream our service to our YouTube channel for those who need to worship from home. We urge those who are 65+, those with underlying health conditions and/or compromised immune systems, and those who have any concern whatsoever about the virus and its spread to worship from home through the online option we are working diligently to make available. 

Many thanks for your patience with this process. Churches are one of the most high risk areas for the spread of this virus, and we are doing all we can to regather safely. 

 To sign up to attend worship
this Sunday
Click here
 
NOTE: If you cannot open the sign-up sheet, please email Dana at stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com so she can add you to the list.
 
Vestry - July 22nd at 7:30pm
 
OL' FLAT NICK
HOW DOES IT WORK? Just take Ol' Flat Nick with you and take a picture with him, practicing social distancing of course :) at the beach, at the campground, in him the mountains, wherever! Then, send us your photo so we can post it in our newsletter and keep up with you. Or upload to your own social media platforms with the hashtag #olflatnick. We can't wait to see where our patron lands this summer!
Ol' Flat Nick's can be printed HERE or can be found in the narthex of the church.

2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON
Thank you for signing up to participate in the
2020 Friends of Darbonne Read-A-Thon!   
For those of you who signed up to be Sponsors, you will be contacted separately to assign you to a Youth Reader.  And the families of Youth Readers will be copied so they know who is sponsoring them!
We are still waiting (and hoping!) for more Youth Readers to sign up. 
We’ve had to change things up a bit this year and thought we would join in the fashion of having a yard sign to help communicate our interests and support. We have had small yard signs (12” x18”) made for those who are reading and/or are sponsors (image above). Please reach out to Joan Freeman at joanfreeman3@gmail.com if you would like a yard sign (they have a small wire frame that can be inserted into the ground… or the sign can be used to hang in a window if you would like) and in keeping with how we are living in 2020, I’ll deliver the sign to you.
Happy Reading! 
  • What to be a reader or sponsor? sign up as a reader and/or a sponsor using this link: https://forms.gle/WCo5PPtC7aHuNGLU6
 
Resources: Grinnell Library is now open for contactless pick-up and virtual events.  Here’s the library’s website for additional information http://grinnell-library.org
 
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net
 

BEWARE: Email Scam
Email scammers are preying on our parishioners. In two different cycles now, someone has created an authentic looking email address in Gmail, and then reached out to parishioners claiming to be Mtr. Leigh. Once you respond to the initial email asking you to get in touch, the scammer attempts to engage you in a gift card scam. Please be advised that the only two email addresses in use in the parish are: leighellenhall at gmail and stnicholasnewhamburg at gmail. Mtr. Leigh will never solicit money or donations from you through email. If you have any questions about any email or request, please contact Mtr Leigh at once. Please also forward any suspicious emails to the email provider -- "Report Phishing." We are sorry this has become such a problem, but we've heard from many other clergy that this is a real issue in churches these days, that has only been exacerbated by the pandemic. 
 

" IN CASE YOU MISSED IT " 
Weren't able to catch a service? Don't fret, we have got the link to them right HERE.
  
FOR OUR ROTA  Mtr. Leigh needs folks to volunteer for Sunday service roles. If you are interested in participating check out the different roles and signup HERE.

Office Hours with Mtr. Leigh
Wednesdays and Thursdays
Each Wednesday from 10am to 12pm and now Thursdays from 1pm to 4pm, Mtr. Leigh holds Zoom office hours. New this week, office hours are scheduled, meaning that you'll need to make an appointment for a 15, 30, or 60 minute meeting. To make an appointment, please use Mtr. Leigh's new scheduling app: https://calendly.com/leighhall
Once you've scheduled your appointment, you'll receive the Zoom meeting information in a separate email.
 
CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line.  
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at 37 Point St., which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system.  

ZOOM! HAPPY HOUR Join your St. Nick's community weekly for Happy Hour via Zoom conference call. Grab your favorite beverage -- coffee, tea, beer, wine, seltzer, whatever -- and hang out with us for an hour. There is no agenda! Zoom Happy Hours are on Thursdays, 4:45pm to 5:45pm and will continue throughout the coronavirus crisis. The links for Zoom Happy Hour will be sent in a later email on the corresponding day so keep a look out for them in your inbox.  Hope to see you there!
  
 Storytime with Mtr. Leigh 
Storytime is taking a break for the summer! Thank you to all who attended for the last several weeks!
 
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 

CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.
 
AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.

INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Thursdays@12pm

PASTORAL MINISTRY If you have concern for yourself, a family member or friend, please contact Mtr. Leigh Hall, at 845-432-HOLY, or email leighellenhall@gmail.com. The Rector observes Friday as her Sabbath. Please emergency calls/texts/emails on Fridays.

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
  
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form.
  
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked: 
Jean + Lori + Aunt Totsie + Stu + Paul + Cathy + Friends + Michael + Jake + Ashley + Teresa + Norma + Dale + Cara, Bob & Charlotte + Alex & Alison + The Howes Family + Rick + Bea + Jenn & Becky + Kim + Ashley + Tony + Christopher + Kristina & Pete + Ray John + Henry & Sue + Peggy & Tom + Kelly + Violet + Will + Those who have COVID-19 & those who have passed from COVID-19 + Steve + Bob + Donna + Danny + Charman + Chris +  Henry & Family + Al + Lorraine + Helen + Eliot + Barbara + Sean + Mike + Scott + Tony + Maureen & Paul + John & Dan + Murphy

- For compassion and empathy to others 

In Thanksgiving:
- For the birth of Gabriella

For the departed:
Felice Mauro + Richard + Lori Williams Minchew
+ Laurel Alksnis + Drew Hoffman + Tony Cipriano + Anthony Dass + Mike Tomkovitch + Susan Guerriero + Louie Nardella +
Patti Ciccarelli 
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This Weeks at St. Nick's

7/10/2020

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Weekly eNewsletter from
St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
July 10, 2020

REOPENING NEWS
The Reopening Committee has asked our buddy group captains to call all parishioners this week to ask two questions:

1. Have you been able to participate in our virtual worship offerings?
2. Do you plan to attend in person worship when it restarts in the churchyard on July 19th?

The committee is doing this because we want to try to get a handle on how who's coming so that we can adjust our planning accordingly, so please expect a call this week. 

For more information on what our Phase One worship will look like, please be sure to review carefully our reopening letter, which was published earlier this month.
 
SUNDAY SCHOOL PLAY
This Sunday, July 12th
The Sunday School children and
Mtr. Leigh present:
"The Flood"
 
ST. NICK'S COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Finance Committee - July 14th at 7:30pm 
Reopening Committee - July 14th at 6:15pm 
Vestry - July 22nd at 7:30pm
 
WHERE IS OL' FLAT NICK?
This week he decided to paddle Black Creek!
HOW DOES IT WORK? Just take Ol' Flat Nick with you and take a picture with him, practicing social distancing of course :) at the beach, at the campground, in him the mountains, wherever! Then, send us your photo so we can post it in our newsletter and keep up with you. Or upload to your own social media platforms with the hashtag #olflatnick. We can't wait to see where our patron lands this summer!
Ol' Flat Nick's can be printed HERE or can be found in the narthex of the church.
 

2020 SUMMER READ-A-THON
Thank you for signing up to participate in the
2020 Friends of Darbonne Read-A-Thon!   

For those of you who signed up to be Sponsors, you will be contacted separately to assign you to a Youth Reader.  And the families of Youth Readers will be copied so they know who is sponsoring them!
We are still waiting (and hoping!) for more Youth Readers to sign up. 
We’ve had to change things up a bit this year and thought we would join in the fashion of having a yard sign to help communicate our interests and support. We have had small yard signs (12” x18”) made for those who are reading and/or are sponsors (image above). Please reach out to Joan Freeman at joanfreeman3@gmail.com if you would like a yard sign (they have a small wire frame that can be inserted into the ground… or the sign can be used to hang in a window if you would like) and in keeping with how we are living in 2020, I’ll deliver the sign to you.
Happy Reading! 
  • What to be a reader or sponsor? sign up as a reader and/or a sponsor using this link: https://forms.gle/WCo5PPtC7aHuNGLU6
Resources: Grinnell Library is now open for contactless pick-up and virtual events.  Here’s the library’s website for additional information http://grinnell-library.org 
Questions?  Mother Leigh or Mother Mag can help or Joan Freeman 845-897-2404 joanfreeman3@gmail.com OR Marcy Wagman 845-298-0634 wagmanml@verizon.net.
 
BEWARE: Email Scam
Email scammers are preying on our parishioners. In two different cycles now, someone has created an authentic looking email address in Gmail, and then reached out to parishioners claiming to be Mtr. Leigh. Once you respond to the initial email asking you to get in touch, the scammer attempts to engage you in a gift card scam. Please be advised that the only two email addresses in use in the parish are: leighellenhall at gmail and stnicholasnewhamburg at gmail. Mtr. Leigh will never solicit money or donations from you through email. If you have any questions about any email or request, please contact Mtr Leigh at once. Please also forward any suspicious emails to the email provider -- "Report Phishing." We are sorry this has become such a problem, but we've heard from many other clergy that this is a real issue in churches these days, that has only been exacerbated by the pandemic. 
 
LATEST FROM THE BISHOP:
CLICK HERE for the latest correspondence from the diocese.

A NOTE TO PARENTS:  Vacation Bible School 2020 has been canceled.
 
" IN CASE YOU MISSED IT " 
Weren't able to catch a service? Don't fret, we have got the link to them right HERE.
 
FOR OUR ZOOM ROTA  Mtr. Leigh needs folks to volunteer for Sunday service roles. If you are interested in participating check out the different roles and signup HERE.

Sunday Morning   
Here's what you need to know...
Organ prelude, worship, coffee hour, and children's Sunday School will all be contained in one Zoom call. The Zoom link to join will be found in your inbox prior to the time on Sunday morning. Begin joining as early as 9:15am. 
-During worship, your audio will be automatically muted by me, the host. You can un-mute yourself to speak, but if your background noise becomes disruptive, I will mute your audio.
-We will pray together virtually but live. One person will be designated to say the responses during the prayers
-A shared slideshow will allow you to fully participate in the service at home
-We have taken all appropriate and recommended steps to make Zoom more secure
-When the service ends, we will have Zoom coffee hour at 10am, followed by children's Sunday School at 10:30am. 
Thank you for joining us in virtual worship!


Office Hours with Mtr. Leigh
Wednesdays and Thursdays
Each Wednesday from 10am to 12pm and now Thursdays from 1pm to 4pm, Mtr. Leigh holds Zoom office hours. New this week, office hours are scheduled, meaning that you'll need to make an appointment for a 15, 30, or 60 minute meeting. To make an appointment, please use Mtr. Leigh's new scheduling app: https://calendly.com/leighhall
Once you've scheduled your appointment, you'll receive the Zoom meeting information in a separate email.
 
CONTINUE YOUR PLEDGE OR DONATE ONLINE
DURING THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS 
We are grateful for each and every dollar we receive here at St. Nick's, and each one of those dollars goes to good use. We keep a lean budget, and our finance committee carefully monitors every line. 
While we are not meeting in person for worship on Sunday mornings, we expect that plate donations will drop. And with so much economic uncertainty, we know that home budgets might change. In order to facilitate continued giving, we have reactivated our church PayPal account. Using the button below, you can make your pledge or donation online. 
Donate Online
Additionally, you can also set up auto-draft from your own bank account using your online banking. This will cause a paper check to be sent to our mailbox at 37 Point St., which we are checking each day. The Vestry are doing the normal count, and our parish administrator, Dana, continues to record pledges in our system. 
 
ZOOM! HAPPY HOUR Join your St. Nick's community weekly for Happy Hour via Zoom conference call. Grab your favorite beverage -- coffee, tea, beer, wine, seltzer, whatever -- and hang out with us for an hour. There is no agenda! Zoom Happy Hours are on Thursdays, 4:45pm to 5:45pm and will continue throughout the coronavirus crisis. The links for Zoom Happy Hour will be sent in a later email on the corresponding day so keep a look out for them in your inbox.  Hope to see you there!
Art by Sophia Gauzza
  
UPDATE: Storytime with Mtr. Leigh 
Storytime is taking a break for the month of July (and possibly longer) as we prepare to re-open the church for worship. Please be sure to sign up for our summer Read-a-Thon which supports the Holy Spirit School in Darbonne, Haiti. Keep reading!  
 
BUDDY GROUPS Our parish has been broken up into nine groups of six or seven households and assigned parishioners to be captains of those groups. The captains are a mix of vestry and other lay leaders in the parish. They will be in touch with you to check in and to make sure all is well with you. They will also help me to know what your needs are, be they pastoral or logistical. While you should feel free to call any member of the parish now, Buddy Groups will ensure that no one slips through the cracks, and that our elders, in particular, are getting the care they need right now.
For Buddy Groups and captain contact information
please click: HERE 

CORONATIDE CONTACT SHEET Dana, our parish administrator, has created a temporary Coronatide contact sheet with the most updated contact information we have for all of you.  If you would like a digital copy of the Temporary Coronatide Contact Sheet, please email the church office. A more complete parish directory, with photos and expanded information, will be available in September.
 
AA GROUP MEETINGS St. Nick's does have regular AA meetings but due to the Corona Virus restrictions they are currently on hold until further notice.

INTRA OFFICE DEADLINES Want to put an announcement in the weekly e-news? The deadline for submission is: Thursdays @12pm

PASTORAL MINISTRY If you have concern for yourself, a family member or friend, please contact Mtr. Leigh Hall, at 845-432-HOLY, or email leighellenhall@gmail.com. The Rector observes Friday as her Sabbath. Please emergency calls/texts/emails on Fridays.

AGING NEWS: SENIOR RESOURCES Click on this link for the recent enews from Dutchess County Department For The Aging:
https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Aging/OFA-Golden-Living-News-for-Senior-Citizens.htm  
  
PRAYER REQUESTS You can choose to submit a general request for the public parish prayer list or a confidential request for her only. You can submit requests using this online form.
  
In Our Prayers 
For those for whom prayers have been asked: 
Jean + Lori + Aunt Totsie + Stu + Paul + Cathy + Friends + Michael + Jake + Ashley + Teresa + Norma + Dale + Cara, Bob & Charlotte + Alex & Alison + The Howes Family + Rick + Bea + Jenn & Becky + Kim + Ashley + Tony + Christopher + Kristina & Pete + Ray John + Henry & Sue + Peggy & Tom + Kelly + Violet + Will + Those who have COVID-19 & those who have passed from COVID-19 + Steve + Bob + Donna + Danny + Charman + Chris +  Henry & Family + Al + Lorraine + Helen + Eliot + Barbara + Sean + Mike + Scott

- For compassion and empathy to others 

In Thanksgiving:
- For the birth of Gabriella

For the departed:
Felice Mauro + Richard + Lori Williams Minchew
+ Laurel Alksnis + Drew Hoffman + Tony Cipriano + Anthony Dass + Mike Tomkovitch + Susan Guerriero + Louie Nardella +
Patti Ciccarelli 
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