Serving

Food Pantry

St Nick’s Food Pantry is open every 1st, 3rd, and 4th Wednesdays from 4:30pm to 6:30pm

Currently, through the generous donations of various businesses and other area food pantries, St Nicholas is able to offer a drop-in food pantry during the evening hours three times a month – when those who work during the day are not able to take the time to visit one of the other area pantries. We also occasionally gather donations through “bagging,” or dropping off grocery bags in one of the neighborhoods in Elk Grove Village. You may have seen one of our bags at your door or at the neighbors’ – we drop off the bags one week, and collect them from porches the next week. We DO respect “no solicitors” signs, however, if you’d rather not be bothered at home. And we do gladly accept donations dropped off around the time of the Saturday evening and Sunday morning services, as well as during food pantry hours.

For more information on volunteering or donating for the food pantry, contact Pat Kalicki at pat@stnicholasepiscopal.org, or Father Manny Borg at Manny@stnicholasepiscopal.org or call the church at 847-439-2067.

Transforming The World Through Mission and Service

Jesus came that we might have life and have it abundantly. Yet many in his world and our world lack those things they need for abundant life. We respond to the needs of the world by seeking to live a life of love for our neighbor. Our mission is especially focused on children, hunger, and healing, and we encourage all who are part of our community to use their gifts to help transform the lives of others.

Second Family Program

Grocery Bags for the food pantry

Second Family is a program of St. Nicholas that aims to help children and their families in a variety of ways, but especially with food. Children in need and their families are identified for us by school social workers or other professionals. We then “adopt” the family by making an ongoing commitment to help it in all the ways we are able. We support this ministry and our food pantry by conducting neighborhood collections of food several times a year.

At Christmas time, we collect unwrapped toys in the same way, to benefit a local immigrant services charity that has a children’s program.

Prayer Blanket Ministry

Members of the St. Nicholas community occasionally produce prayer blankets to support those inside and outside the congregation who are going through difficulties. The prayer blankets are blessed during a Sunday service before being distributed to the recipients.

Getting Involved

St. Nicholas is not a building, it’s a community that belongs to all of us. All are encouraged to participate to the fullest extent. Below are some of the ways you can get involved, along with contact persons. There are sign-up sheets on the bulletin boards above the drinking fountain at St. Nicholas. Please take time to sign up.

Acolytes (who assist at the Altar at our services)
Contact Pat Kalicki

Altar with green altar cloth and "wheatsheaf cross" green banner

Altar Guild(care for and prepare the materials used in our worship services)
Contact Katie Black or Audrey Cannon

Book Discussion Group
Contact Steve Gruenwald

Cleaning
(our members dust, vacuum, mop, clean our kitchen & bathrooms and wash windows) so that more of our resources can be used for mission & ministry)
Sign up at this link or on the bulletin board at church

Holy Innocents Food Pantry
Contact Scott Cummings

Intercessors
(those who lead the prayers of the people at our services)
Contact Pat Kalicki

Lectors
(those who proclaim the biblical readings at our services)
Contact Pat Kalicki

Liturgy Planning Team
Contact Manny Borg

Newsletter
(weekly News from Nick email)
Contact Douglas VanHouten

Oblation Bearers
(those who bring the gifts of bread, wine, juice, money, donations to our food pantry to the altar during our services)
Contact Pat Kalicki

Stewardship
Contact Bob Kalicki, Val Gruenwald or Douglas VanHouten

Website
Contact Ginny Gibbs