Pumpkin Day sure looked different this year. Everybody was wearing masks, but they weren’t part of a costume! We were also worried about a pumpkin shortage, but like the loaves and fishes, we had a small miracle and every child received a pumpkin to carve and decorate. We even had extras!

Special thanks to Sue for helping out, as well as Pat and also David, who washed all those pumpkin carving tools. Thanks especially to Luis for bringing snacks and candy and coffee for everyone, and to all for helping clean up after.

El Día de la Calabaza seguro que se veía diferente este año. Todo el mundo llevaba máscaras, ¡pero no formaban parte de un disfraz! También estábamos preocupados por la escasez de calabazas, pero al igual que los panes y los peces, tuvimos un pequeño milagro y cada niño recibió una calabaza para tallar y decorar. ¡Incluso teníamos extras!

​Un agradecimiento especial a Sue por ayudar, así como a Pat y David (quienes lavaron todas esas herramientas para tallar calabazas). Gracias especialmente a Luis por traer bocadillos, dulces y café para todos, ya todos por ayudar a limpiar después.

Thanks to everyone who has been donating to our fundraiser for the Daughters of St. Josephine Bakhita, the facility is starting to get some furniture! We are helping transform the lives of trafficked women one dollar at a time. God bless all who donated and continue to do so.

Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, who visited us for our 80th Anniversary, honored Saint Nicholas of Myra Church for hosting the New Friends Homeless Center on Tuesday nights & Sunday afternoons for these past 9 years. Thanks to our parishioners for supporting and uplifting Pastor April's ministry! Thanks also to Father Michael and Senior Warden Sue MacLaurin for accepting on our behalf.

Please enjoy these pictures, and be sure to click on the links below for a couple of wonderful videos.

We are so happy to welcome Cynthia Santiago to our Staff, but definitely wanted to preserve Lynn Nelson’s staff bio after so many years of wonderful service with us before retiring. Please see it below, archived here:

Our parish secretary of over a decade, Lynn Nelson, has retired to Texas. We love her dearly & can’t wait for her to come back to visit! We had a small, careful goodbye gathering for her with cupcakes baked by Lily Cooper.

Saint Nicholas is partnering with an African lay ministry, the Daughters of Saint Josephine Bakhita, to raise money to help trafficked women recover & learn new skills to lead a healthy life. You can read all about the mission by clicking below, & also donate to this beautiful ministry. If you cannot donate, please share the link below.