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Val G. After struggling for many years in the Roman Catholic Church, Val left the religion of her childhood and came to St. Nicholas. Val provides an eloquent account of her attempt to understand the nature of God, find a church that would welcome both her and her Jewish husband, and raise her granddaughters in a community that values deep questioning and respect for people of diverse backgrounds.
Jon K. Watch the following video to hear about Jon's journey from Judaism to Christianity. Jon also describes his previous challenges as a gay man with a partner and an African American daughter to find a spiritual home.
The Delgado Family Benny and Chrissy Delgado tell how they discovered St. Nicholas by attending a family baptism. Coming from different religious and ethnic backgrounds, they both found it a comfortable fit and a good place to raise their young daughter.
Douglas V. I began feeling a growing sense of longing to be more engaged in a community organized around at least some common goals, one of which being the care and love of one another. My partner had become increasingly ill-at-ease with the polity of the church of his childhood, and thus we were both poised to begin a
"church search." Read more... Mary Anne O. I have experienced in my life varying periods of strong
belief, times of persistent doubt, and times when I was so preoccupied with the
everyday business of living that my spiritual life was pushed into the
background. During the past few years I have been able to refocus on my relationship
with God and my own spiritual journey. Read more... Steve Martz, pastor
I have been at St. Nicholas since 1995, but things really became fun in 2006 when it merged with Holy Innocents. Merging congregations is always a challenge, but our merger has been really exciting. It's brought a sharp increase in our ministry to those in need, added variety to our worship, and given us an age range from 1 to 90-plus. Soon it will result in an addition to our building so we can grow and serve more people. I love being pastor of this church right now. Read more... Paul Brouillette, assisting priest
I'm pretty much a new-comer to St. Nicholas, arriving in January 2007, but I'm not a new-comer to the church in general.
I was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in 1970, and in 1976 was received by Bishop Montgomery as an Episcopal Priest in the diocese of Chicago.
Since then I've exercised my ministry in the Episcopal Church in four different parishes, always as a "tentmaker." Read more... |
