We 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, UncategorizedWe 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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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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Over the season of Lent, we will be exploring the parables through the experiences of those on the margins. On Monday evenings throughout Lent (February 27–April 3) we will be reading and discussing Hearts Ablaze: Parables for the Queer Soul by Rolf R. Nolasco Jr. You are invited to join us each week on Zoom
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UncategorizedIn 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 by the Rural Advancement Foundation International -USA (RAFI-USA). CSAs have become a popular way for consumers (CSA members) to buy local, seasonal food directly
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Outreach, Social Justice, UncategorizedWe 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
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When you are sitting in the pews of the Church of the Nativity, you might be asked to turn to a page of the Book of Common Prayer. And when you pull the book out of the book holder and open the book, you notice that the pages are yellow in a certain section of
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