Blog posts from our various outreach teams
The Mojadady family, mom, dad, and two boys, 5 and 8 will be moving into a clean, comfortably furnished apartment with a well-stocked pantry and a hot meal awaiting them any time now. I cannot thank you all enough for your support of this project that Outreach took on last year. Your donations of household […]
Our Refugee Family has a New Home! Read More »
Outreach
Dave McKinnon A couple of years ago, Nativity’s Outreach team started allocating a part of its annual budget to support disasters such as hurricanes, floods and wildfires. We made donations to the Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) organization to ensure our donations were directed properly. We now have a non-climate related disaster occurring in Ukraine, caused by Vladmir
Supporting Ukraine Read More »
Outreach
Want to Make Someone Smile in 2022? Drop a card of encouragement for those in Haiti! Our sisters and brothers in Haiti are going through a really hard time right now. Our friends at Haiti Reforestation Partnership have communicated with us that not only are things challenging on the ground, but many feel “forgotten” by
Encouraging Notes for Haiti Reforestation Partnership Read More »
Outreach, Uncategorized
Cheryl Waechter Louise Miller and I have now completed our training with the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and we’re ready to go! Our area is expecting 500 individual Afghan refugees over the next 11 months. That translates to approximately 60-80 families. Our original expectation was that we would have a specific family
Afghan Refugee Resettlement Read More »
Glad Tidings, Outreach
Lillis Ward, Outreach Team I am so excited to announce that Leesville Elementary School is gearing up to have the Pride Packs Program back in full swing this week. They are restocking the shelves; the social worker is helping to identify children for the program, and plans are falling into place for a successful year. The
Leesville Elementary Backpack Program Gearing Up Read More »
Outreach
As I sat on my patio this morning drinking coffee and listening to the birds’ morning songs, my thoughts traveled across the waters to our brothers and sisters in Haiti. What a different morning they are experiencing from the one I woke to enjoy. One week ago on August 14 , their morning routine was
Caring for our Neighbors in Haiti Read More »
Outreach, Uncategorized
Members of the Nativity Social Justice Advocacy Team and the Outreach Team are proud to announce that the new scholarship fund introduced in February has completed its 2021 campaign (as of April 30.) Our goal for this first year was to provide the Raleigh-Apex NAACP with at least $1,000 to provide one scholarship for college
Nativity Members Exceed Goal for the First Nativity/Raleigh-Apex NAACP Scholarship Fund Read More »
Outreach, Social Justice
Don’t let Amazon be your only online shopping site! Look out for great gift giving during our virtual Week of Giving for 2020, Nov. 26-Dec. 6. In the past eight to ten years we have dedicated the first Sunday of Advent as our Day of Giving, a time when many of the various outreach ministries
Church of the Nativity’s “Week” of Giving Read More »
Outreach
Did you know that you are a hero in disguise? We, on the Outreach Team, think you are! By paying your pledge, mailing in donations, and supporting the church financially you have enabled our team to make our planned budget a reality. During this ongoing pandemic we, as a team, have met monthly and been
Heroes in Disguise Read More »
Outreach
Members of the Outreach Team met with members of the Social Justice Team by Zoom with the goal to determine how Nativity might respond during this time of deep racial upheaval in our country. Several years ago, I attended a two-day program offered by the Racial Equity Institute. In it, they used this powerful analogy.
What do Fish, Lakes, Groundwater and Social Justice Have in Common? Read More »
Outreach, Social Justice