Many of us within the congregation have entered into a journey – a journey to understand the history of our country and our church when it comes to race, a journey to understand how that affects our current landscape politically, culturally, and faithfully. For many of us, what keeps coming up again and again and again are the questions: What do we do? How can we be a part of creating something better?
While there are many, many things that can be done, and need to be done, Nativity’s Social Justice Committee would like to offer up the opportunity to give back and “do something” through the support of a newly created scholarship fund. In partnership with the Raleigh-Apex NAACP (who will administer the program), the Nativity / Raleigh-Apex NAACP Scholarship will be open to students from historically marginalized communities who are active in the area of social justice and in need of financial help to go to college. These are exactly the youth voices that need to be heard, and we are proud that we might be a part of that!
During the months of February, March, and April, we will be collecting donations for this Fall 2021 scholarship. Last year, the NAACP was able to grant $1000 scholarships to seven students. Our new scholarship partnership will help them increase these amounts. We hope you will join us in making this first year a success, but understand that many of us are under strain and won’t be able to donate. Either way, pray for us, pray for these students, pray for our community – it all matters.
Donations can be made on the Church of the Nativity: Donate page; be sure to go to the Select the Fund drop-down menu and select Nativity / Raleigh-Apex NAACP Scholarship. If you prefer to send a check to the church, be sure to write “Scholarship Fund” in the memo line. God bless.
Scholarship Committee Members:
Beth Crow: bcrow2@gmail.com
Pete Crow: peter.crow@me.com
George Douglas: Gbdouglas3@gmail.com
Becky Showalter: jbshow@bellsouth.net