Since Nativity’s earliest days, one of the cornerstones of our mission has been to explore how we grow, eat, and share food. In 2021, Nativity partnered with nine other Raleigh congregations in a program to support our local Black farmers. The program — called Farm to Church Community Supported Agriculture (or CSA) — was launched […]
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Outreach, Social Justice, UncategorizedNativity’s Social Justice Committee shares the following announcements, events and recommended resources to the Nativity community as we continue our pursuit of racial justice and reconciliation. Below are links to information about the many events honoring Black History Month that are happening in the Triangle. BEST OF ENEMIES, A Justice Theater Project Production Umstead Park
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Glad Tidings, Social Justice, UncategorizedWe will be trying something new for youth formation during the season of Lent and Easter. Rather than meeting at 9:30 am on Sunday mornings, the youth will gather for formation and support on Thursday evenings. Middle Schoolers* will meet at Chick-fil-A on Six Forks Rd at 6:30 pm. They are welcome to have dinner
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UncategorizedWe have some exciting changes to our Children’s Formation time during the seasons of Lent and Easter. Pre-K and all elementary-aged* children will have their formation time during the 10:30 am worship service. They will be with us in church until the Collect (the weekly prayer that sums up the focus of our liturgy for
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Children and Youth, Uncategorized
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherfordreview by Beth Crow YouTube Reading of this book (4:11) Sixty-three years ago — on February 4, 1960 — African-American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, an act that began a national movement protesting segregation. Freedom on
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Peace Library Reviews, Social JusticeWe are going back to our pre-Covid method of operations— dining out in a restaurant each month! Watch your email for more information. If you became a part of our Nativity family during the plague years, when Senior Luncheons could not be held, let us introduce you to a group that gets together for lunch
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Glad Tidings, Uncategorized
We don’t usually think of Lent as a time of joyful preparation. A time of cleansing, sure. But joy? This Lent, rather than asking you what you are going to give up or take on, what soul-cleansing or penitence are you offering, I invite you to consider the following question: What do you need to
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From the Clergy, UncategorizedThe season of Lent is a time to craft a few extra moments for prayer and reflection. Here are a few materials to help you with that. Who is My Neighbor? This Lenten Season, Episcopal Relief & Development invites you to join us as we meditate on the commandment to love our neighbor and consider
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From the Clergy, UncategorizedEpisco101: What you need to know about the Episcopal Church (but maybe didn’t know where to ask) This Lent, you are invited to bring your questions about being an Episcopalian, and the clergy are going to do their best to answer. Perhaps you have questions like… There will be a wooden box in the Narthex
I have been a chaplain with the Veterans Health Administration (VA) for ten years. I’m not a veteran myself, but I have friends and family members who have served and are serving in various branches of the military. In my time at the VA — first as a trainee and now as a board certified
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Uncategorized, Veterans