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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From the Clergy, UncategorizedStarting Sunday, September 11 Fixers – 5th & 6th graders Our Fixers will start their journey in the youth program with a year of CONNECTION. Connecting with community through fun and fellowship. Connecting with others through service. Connecting with our faith tradition through scripture. Connecting with themselves as they move away from childhood towards adolescence.
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Children and Youth, UncategorizedThe Nativity Peace Library Team, through the Social Justice Committee, has created achildren and youth library of books that focus on Nativity’s core values of welcome and inclusion and to celebrate diversity among God’s people. It is our hope to provide our young people and their families with tools to help them better appreciate the
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UncategorizedCarl Sigel 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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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
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John Oldham Dear Nativity Community, Happy Autumn! I hope you and your family are safe and happy. I want to update you on recent “regathering” activities at Nativity and invite you to consider coming back to participate in worship service and events in person on the Nativity campus. This is clearly a personal decision for
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Evelyn Judson Stewardship is the notion that we need to give of ourselves to take care of our church and the rest of the world. The phrase “time, talent, and treasure” is used to define the possibilities of what we have available. Gifts of treasure are vital to the church; we need financial support to continue
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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
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Outreach, UncategorizedViola Baldwin: Viola has been an Episcopalian since the 1970s; before that she was raised Southern Baptist in a small country church. She is a native North Carolinian from the Sandhills area just south of Raleigh. She joined Nativity in 2016 after attending other churches in Raleigh, wondering why it had taken her so long
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The day after Halloween, one of my neighbors put their Christmas tree up in their front windows. I saw the twinkling lights lighting up the darkness the evening of November 1 when I was out walking the dog before bed. Not the day after Thanksgiving. The Day after Halloween. Clearly we are all ready for
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