Ministries at Nichols

Those Advent decorations, Lenten symbols, Easter flowers, pumpkins and fall leaves you see sometimes on the altars and around the sanctuary and chapel are put there by the Altar Guild! The Altar Guild helps to enhance our worship experience by beautifying the sanctuary and chapel altars with seasonally appropriate items, making sure that paraments and banners are changed in accordance with the liturgical calendar, and caring for candlesticks, baptismal brass and other sanctuary appointments. Contact: Susan Blanchard S2Blanchard@alum.mit.edu

The Communications Team supports all our ministries by making our presence more visible in the community. They are responsible for developing and maintaining the church website, church email communications including weekly Nichols Notes and monthly Carillon, and managing the church's Facebook page and other social media sites Contact: Cindy Nigro, ccnigro@yahoo.com (ccnigro@yahoo.com) Kate LaPietra, kate.lapietra@gmail.com (kate.lapietra@gmail.com) Jen Hrbek, jenhrbeklcsw@gmail.com (jenhrbeklcsw@gmail.com) Brett Sanford bcsanford@nicholsumc.org (bcsanford@nicholsumc.org)

The Memorial Garden team handles reservations of space, spruces up the garden each spring, and oversees its ongoing care and maintenance. When an interment is to take place, team members ensure that the garden is looking its best, direct preparation and closing of the interment site, and order the plaque which commemorates the person who has passed. Contact: Susan Blanchard, S2Blanchard@alum.mit.edu

Flowers are delivered after worship each week to our homebound individuals who could use some cheer. If you like making people smile and bringing them joy, then consider delivering flowers! It’s a wonderful way to let those members who can’t join us on Sunday morning know they are loved and remembered. Contact: Nancy Busch, nancinator1952@gmail.com (nancinator1952@gmail.com)

The Board of Trustees is responsible for capital improvements, property maintenance, landscaping, endowment fund investments and insurance coverage. We meet monthly to review the status of our projects & finances. (Elected positions) Contact: Rick Perachio, diri53@aol.com (diri53@aol.com)

For the 10:00 a.m. service, ushers ensure orderliness of the worship by handing out bulletins, collecting offerings, answering people’s questions and guiding the congregation forward in the sanctuary aisle during Holy Communion. Ushers serve about once a month with a flexible schedule Contact: Diane Perachio, diri53@aol.com