We have several opportunities through Habitat’s Faith Builder group to build a house, offer advocacy, and educate ourselves as we join with Habitat to help build the Beloved Community for racial equity.
EpiscoBuild Begins
Nativity will be joining the other Episcopal churches to build a house for Habitat for Humanity. We will start building our house on February 4 at 8:15 am at the warehouse on Jones Sausage Rd, and then travel out to Dedication Drive in Old Poole Place to start standing the walls. We will take a break at 11:15 am for the kickoff ceremony and wall blessing. We will finish for the day around 3:30 pm.
If you would like to help on February 4 or any other Saturday, you must sign up through the Habitat Volunteer Hub.
There will be opportunities to help build on each Saturday after February 4. Nativity’s day for leading the build will be March 25 so be sure and save the date to come out and help that day or help provide lunch for the workers on that day. You must sign up using the Volunteer Hub any day you plan to help with the build. For more information, contact Joe Ward or Dave McKinnon.
Advocacy Ambassador Training
If carpentry is not your strength, perhaps you would like to help Habitat by becoming an Advocacy Ambassador to represent the Church of the Nativity. Advocacy Ambassador Training is Monday, January 30 at 7pm at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church (1801 Hillsborough St | Raleigh, NC 2760). This will be a 101 training on how to raise your voice for affordable housing. You will need to register to attend. Wake County Habitat Faith Builders has set a goal of having an Advocacy Ambassador for each congregation. Soon it will be budget season and we need folks to advocate for including affordable housing in the city and municipal budgets; this training will prepare you to talk with elected officials.
Join Bishop Sam to talk about Race & Housing
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church and St. Matthew’s African Methodist Episcopal Church are hosting a Race & Housing dialogue on Tuesday, January 31 at 7 pm, at St. Michael’s. The group will watch Segregated By Design, a 17-minute documentary based on the book, The Color of Law. This documentary examines the often-forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every metropolitan area in America through law and policy and the lasting impact it has today. After the film there will be small group discussion and a discussion around advocating for new policies. Please register to attend.