From the Clergy

Stephanie Sumner A lifelong North Carolinian, twenty-five year resident of Raleigh and seven-year member of Nativity, Stephanie is looking forward to joining the Vestry and serving this wonderful congregation. In her professional life, she leads sales and marketing for advertising agencies. Currently she is part of the leadership team at VisionPoint Marketing, an agency dedicated […]

This coming Sunday we will celebrate the Feast of All Saints. In the history of the church, this has been a three-day celebration, beginning with All Hallows Eve, now Halloween, on October 31, All Saints Day on November 1, and then All Souls Day on November 2. Lately in the church, we have collapsed the

(tl;dr: Nativity is doing a lot of cool stuff inside the church and in our community. We’d like to keep doing it. Plus, pledging your financial support is an important spiritual practice. And yes, Episcopalians tithe. Make your pledge here.) Our annual stewardship campaign to raise money for our mission and ministries in 2020 begins

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Kristin Edrington Diaconate Intern Discerning a call to the Diaconate has been one of the most amazing blessings in my life. I think back to all the conversations I have had throughout this process and each one has impacted my life, and my faith, in different ways. The people I have gotten to meet along

I like to listen to Seth Godin’s podcast, Akimbo, and heard an interesting one the other day called “Benefit of the Doubt”. In this episode, Seth talks about the various ways we give people the benefit of the doubt, or not. He touched on: When we give someone, or something, the benefit of the doubt,

From the Gospel reading appointed for Sunday, September 8: Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus; and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:25 Tell a charming anecdote

Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. -Hebrews 13:1-2 Have you ever noticed on the home improvement shows on HGTV, everyone looking for a new house or remodeling their current one says, “We love to entertain and need to