Stewardship 2024 as of June 26, 2024:

Goal: $491,000 (Approved 2024 Budget with tentative stretch goal of $500,000)
Pledged: $372,550
Pledges Paid: $272,271
Average Pledge: $1,210
Outstanding unpaid commitments: $100,279
Number of Stewards Pledging: 308

Stewardship 2023 on June 29, 2023 for comparison purposes:

Goal: $500,000 ($3000 per Stewardship Family, as an average)
Pledged: $389,155
Pledges Paid: $276,319
Average Pledge: $1,255
Outstanding unpaid commitments: $112,835
Number of Stewards Pledging: 310

Please continue to keep our Saint Nicholas Church in your thoughts and prayers throughout 2024. 

Dedicate yourself to Christ and His mission here at Saint Nicholas.  Look for opportunities to volunteer your time and talents, and pay toward your 2024 commitment pledge. 

Not a Steward of Saint Nicholas?  Please prayerfully consider becoming a Steward by completing the 2024 Stewardship Commitment Card.  You may also submit your commitment either online or by mailing it to the Church Office.

To give by mail: Stewardship 

                        St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
                        986 Chapman Street
                        San Jose, CA 95126

To make a committment electronically, please visit our online stewardship link: https://saintnicholas.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/70/responses/new

Donation link: https://saintnicholas.org/donate

Company Matching Donations: many companies offer some type of philanthropic program in which a company may financially match donations that their employees make to nonprofit organizations. When an employee makes a donation, they will request the matching gift from their employer to the specific nonprofit organization. If you are interested to learn more about Company Matching Donations at work, please inquire with your Company's Human Resources Department if it offers a similar program. Please note that Saint Nicholas Church would be identified in a Company Matching Program as "Greek Orthodox Community of Santa Clara County". 

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church is a 501©3 Corporation and our tax ID is 94-1578745. 

In our Light A Candle program, vigil candle(s) are lit along with an opportunity to submit names to be prayed for at the Prothesis (Preparation).  When lit, the vigil candles last for one week.  Please see the online form on our website or use the link below.  When filling out the online form, please note that only first names are needed, preferably the baptized names, and it's helpful to designate if prayers will be for health or for repose.

Donate online here: https://saintnicholas.org/virtual-chapel/light-a-candle 

If you would prefer to mail in your request, please write the name(s) for whom the candle(s) will be lit and send to Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Attention: Light a Candle, 986 Chapman Street, San Jose, CA 9126.  For more information, please call the church office.

We are a registered non-profit on Facebook and you can donate any time (without any fees for the church) by pressing the donate button in this link:  https://www.facebook.com/SaintNicholasOrg/

Does Saint Nicholas church know your name? The only way to quantify both how many families we have in our church and how much revenue we can expect to raise through stewardship is by having each family fill out a pledge card.

Pledge cards are available in Narthex and online on our website at:  https://www.saintnicholas.org/donate#stewardship

The online donation link is: https://www.saintnicholas.org/donate 

We have festival food and sweets for sale!  All proceeds will go to the church to help increase our grand total for the Festival.  Available items include tyropites, spanakopites, souvlakia, Louks drinks, bottled salad dressing, and local honey.  To make purchases, please call the church office at 408-246-2770 or email at [email protected].

The church office will be closed on Thursday and Friday, July 4-5th in Archdiocesan observance of Independence Day.   

If you have a pastoral emergency and you need to reach a priest, please call 408-246-2781.

Please join us on Monday, September 16, 2024 for the 35th Annual Father Berris Golf Classic. The tournament benefits Father Berris Seminarian Scholarships and the youth ministries of St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. We will have a great day of golf at the beautiful Silver Creek Valley Country Club in San Jose.

The event includes a 4-player scramble, box lunch, an awards dinner following golf and much more! Registration is now open at www.FrBerrisGolf.org and remember to invite your friends to play.

Check out all the Sponsor opportunities too. Can't play? You can make a donation and/or join us for dinner. We appreciate your support! For more information contact us at: [email protected]. Please see the attached flyer in the Special Events section of this e-bulletin.

 Putting our Orthodox Faith into action! Join us at Second Harvest Food Bank the 4th Tuesday of every month, 6pm to 8pm, to prepare food for distribution in our Santa Clara County community.  One in five families in Santa Clara County faces food insecurity.  Help us serve our community while enjoying the fellowship of our Parishioners!  Advance registration is required; vaccination is suggested but not required; open to ages 12 and up. 

We invite you to sign up in advance for Tuesday, July 30, 2024 using the link: 

https://www.shfb.org/give-help/volunteer/volcalendar-general/?shift_id=a0vQo000007LbyPIAS

*No practice on Thursday, July 4th

Adult Open Gym Basketball is every Thursday at 7:30pm in the Community Center.  All parishioners (including guests) must sign up first before participating; online sign up form is at the link below.  All communications will be handled through WhatsApp where there will be live updates on the day of the event; link down below to join.

Adult Open Gym sign up form: https://saintnicholas.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/95/responses/new

Adult Open Gym guidelines: 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1Pqh-9ytke7trggbRvI-t0IW4sHL22Re4/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword

Adult Open Gym WhatsApp group chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/ExKTcpbEo7oBPOR3Ssfi1P

New from the Department of Religious Education of our Archdiocese!  Take a look:  https://www.goarch.org/departments/religioused/didyouknow

On August 24th, the Elpida program of the Annunciation Cathedral in San Francisco will be hosting a multi-parish youth retreat, “Panagia, Parables, and Parea,” at Annunciation from 1-5pm.

Parents must be present for the afterparty from 5-7. They will have transformed their gym into an inflatable wonderland with large slides, obstacle courses and more. Children in grades Transitional Kindergarten (age 4) through 8th grade are welcome to join for an afternoon of collaboration and fun.

Children will learn about some of the miracles of the blessed Theotokos, Greek Orthodox parables, and August saints. Delicious food, onsite security, valet parking, and some good old-fashioned parea will be provided.

In addition, Annunciation will be hosting a parent workshop for those parents who wish to stay on their campus while their littles ones participate in the Elpida program. Elpida’s main focus is community and bringing people together. Let Elpida show your children how many children share their faith and culture. They cannot wait for you to join them! 

Event details, schedule, and registration - please see the flyer in the Special Events Section of this e-bulletin.

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM) is pleased to announce that the 2024 National YAL Conference will be held July 3-7, 2024 at The Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California, graciously hosted by His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos and the Metropolis of San Francisco.

We encourage the young adults within our community to attend this impactful event, aiming to unite young adults from across the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for a five-day experience centered on faith, fellowship, worship, service, and fun. Schedule highlights include captivating speakers and workshops, participation in select segments of the Clergy-Laity Congress, witnessing the renowned San Diego Big Bay Boom July 4th Fireworks Show, exploring the picturesque city of San Diego, a dinner boat cruise, and participating in a "Diakonia" service project. Festivities will conclude on Sunday, July 7th with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros. Conference registration and hotel reservations are currently open. Please visit www.clergylaity.org/yalconference to register or contact the Archdiocese Y2AM Department at [email protected] for more information.

Please read the Canon of Faith for July 2024 using the online link viewing:   

https://indd.adobe.com/view/bf41a1eb-cb5c-4551-891c-f9300f804483

Sunday School

Register here for the new year: https://forms.gle/8MCKKQMs8Mn5vhRZ6 (Updated link! - Register now!)

Greek Folk Dance

Information for our Dance program here:  https://www.saintnicholas.org/greek-dance

Register here for the new year:  Dance Registration 2023-2024  (updated!)

Greek School

Our Greek School is up and running again this year with both in-person and online classes for all ages and levels.  

Registration link: https://saintnicholas.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/73/responses/new

Basketball 

Information here:   https://www.saintnicholas.org/basketball .  Please contact Paul Papageorge at: [email protected] for more information about spring season which begins March 5th!

Register here:  https://saintnicholas.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/63/responses/new 

Altar Servers:   

Any young men over the age of 7 and interested in serving the altar are invited to join one of our Altar Groups for the next ecclesiastical year. 

Please register here: https://saintnicholas.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/76/responses/new  Updated!

GOYA

GOYA is a ministry for children from 6th - 12th grades.  We meet every 2nd Sunday of the month and have social events throughout the year, as well as sessions and retreats.  For more information please visit our site:  https://www.saintnicholas.org/goya

Register here:  https://saintnicholas.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/66/responses/new

JOY/HOPE

JOY/HOPE is a ministry for children from Kindergarten to 5th Grade and open to all. We meet every 3rd Tuesday of the Month in the evening at 7:00pm.  For more information visit our site:  https://www.saintnicholas.org/joyhope  

Register here:  https://saintnicholas.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/67/responses/new

In cooperation with the national orthodox ministry to college students - Orthodox Christian Fellowship - we are attempting to form a group at Santa Clara University and are looking to see if we can make contact with any parishioners or anyone you may know who is a student at SCU.  

We would appreciate it if any contact information you may have is sent to me, so we can attempt to form the group this quarter.  Please feel free to view the flyer in the special events section of this e-bulletin and share Fr. Nebojsa's contact information, [email protected], with anyone interested in forming this group at Santa Clara University.

We are collecting unwanted paper icons, wooden icons, and palms that require disposing, please drop off in the baby room in the Church.  There is a plastic bin located underneath the pew.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Julie via email: [email protected].

Please contact the church office at 408-246-2770 if you plan to leave items outside the office or Community Center.

If you wish to order kollyva, artoklasia, prosphora, paximadia, koulourakia, melomakarona, kourambiedes, or other Greek pastries, please see the bakers listed below with their phone numbers to call.  Payment is arranged with the bakers and not the church.

For kollyva:   Marcella Fotis 408-723-4124  

For paximadia, koulourakia, melomakarona, kourambiedes, and other Greek pastries:   Maria Tsaboukos  408-723-5175      Antonia Komianos  408-472-3888     Marcella Fotis  408-723-4124.

For artoklasia:  Antonia Komianos 408-472-3888   Marcella Fotis 408-723-4124   

For prosphora:  Marcella Fotis 408-723-4124