Stewardship Minutes

Stewardship Talk
Bea Harmond

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS BEA HARMOND AND I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH FOR 42 YEARS. ALONG WITH MY 2 SONS, I CAME HERE FROM DENVER IN 1964 AND FOUND THE NEAREST CHURCH WAS A SMALL ONE THAT HAD BEEN A HUNTING LODGE THAT HAS EVOLVED INTO THE PRESENT ST. NICHOLAS. THROUGH THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL MINISTRIES AND NOW I AM A EUCHARISTIC MINISTER WITH EMPHASIS ON HOSPITAL MINISTRIES. THAT, ALONG WITH BEING ON A LITURGY PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE NEWLY FORMED WOMAN’S CIRCLE. THE HOSPITAL MINISTRY INVOLVES GOING TO THE VIRGINIA BEACH HOSPITAL ONCE A MONTH, MEETING, TALKING AND PRAYING WITH CATHOLIC PATIENTS AND GIVING COMMUNION. ON LITURGY PLANNING, THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT GROUPS WHO MEET INDIVIDUALLY TO WRITE THE PRAYERS FOR A PARTICULAR, DESIGNATED SUNDAY. THE WOMAN’S CIRCLE IS A COMPARITIVELY NEW MINISTRY MEETING ONCE A MONTH TO DISCUSS THE READINGS AND THE GOSPEL. AS WITH ANY GROUP, IT MEANS MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND GETTING A NEW PERSPECTIVE. I FIND THESE MINISTRIES AN EVER LEARNING AND REWARDING TIME SPENT. JUST TAKING A FEW HOURS OF YOUR TIME. I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER BECOMING A PART OF THE MANY MINISTRIES THE CHURCH HAS TO OFFER. YOU WON’T REGRET IT. I WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMONS AFTER MASS IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS.