Acts 20:35 tells us it is better to give than to receive. For about eight months now, when four young grandsons moved in with us last summer, Sharon and I have lived on the receiving side of that Scriptural equation. Realizing we were short on everything, we put out quiet calls for help. We were […]
Puppy bladders don’t care. They are small, and they don’t care if there is a global pandemic. They don’t care if you have to write an urgent email. They don’t care if you have to make that phone call. Or read the latest news report. They just know that if you don’t take the puppy
It is that time once again to start building a new affordable home for a deserving family in Wake County. The Wall building is set for Saturday February 29 at the Habitat facility located at 2615 Westinghouse Boulevard, Raleigh. Last year we had a fantastic group from Nativity working with 6 other parishes to get the walls built
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Outreach
End of the Year Note from the Executive Director, Michael Anello: Folks, I am astonished! I called the Haitian Embassy in DC to schedule a January meeting about our reforestation work. The receptionist on the phone was fun to speak with, and we chatted in Creole. To explain my eagerness for a meeting, I told
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Caring for Creation
What do you remember about last year? Or, since this is 2020, what do you remember about the past decade? Do you take your yearly learning and use it for New Year’s resolutions? Or do you write your resolutions and hope for the best? Every year around Epiphany, pretty much without fail, I get a
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From the Clergy
Thank you all for your support both in donations and bidding. We raised a totaled of $4308 for Ocracoke. Item # Auction Item Category Value Starting Bid Current Bid Highest Bidder 1 “Mesa Verde’s Cliff Palace” Art $45 $20 $35 JO 2 “Lighthouse Overlooking the Harbor” Art $60 $40 $50 A & G C 3
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Outreach
The 2019 annual meeting was held Sunday November 17, 2019 at 9:30 am. The 2019 annual report has been placed on our website and can be accessed from the bottom of the giving page (Church Life, Giving tabs). It is also available directly from this post by clicking the highlighted text above.
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Glad Tidings
We want to hear which are your preferred communication methods to ensure we are effectively reaching parishioners. The Communications Team has developed a survey which is currently live. Select Read More and then follow the link to open the survey. We need as many respondents as possible to ensure all voices are heard. The survey
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Glad Tidings
When the Book of Common Prayer was reissued in 1979, it offered contemporary English usage (“Rite II”) as an alternative to the Elizabethan English usage (“Rite I”) that BCPs had used since the first in 1549. At Nativity we have almost always used Rite II in our worship services. One interesting feature of Rite II,
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