Calvary Food Pantry
Saturday March 12th
8:30 - 11:30 am
Signup is located on the welcome desk in the fellowship hall
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Thank you to all who picked up LWR School Bag kits. 80 bags were given out and as soon as more material can be obtained, more kits will be made. Our goal is 125 school kits for Lutheran World Relief this year. We'll keep you posted on when they will be available.
March dates:
March 10 : Nativity Women's meeting. Meet in the fellowship hall at 11:00 am. Bring a bag lunch, if you want, and join in conversation centered on a Rob Bell DVD. All women are welcome.
March 10:Nativity Card Ministry meets at 12:30 pm in the fellowship hall to make cards for our members on the prayer list. All are welcome.
March 31
:
The ladies Lunch Bunch will meet on
Thursday, March 31
, at
1:00 pm
at the Olive Garden Restaurant on Airport Road. Nadine Lloyd is our hostess. Please call her at 687.3655 so she can make a reservation for you. All women are invited to join Nativity Women for lunch.
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THANK YOU! We made some noise for Lutheridge in the month of February.
We raised $297.31 for scholarships to attend camp this summer.
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THANK YOU! We were able to fully fund our mission goals in the
month of February.
Our
March Budget Goal is $50,000. This goal helps guide staff in the summer planning. If you have any questions about your current giving, please feel free to contact
Jen at:
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Want to get
the word out?
Please submit your communications, articles, events, and updates to
Nativity Notes
and
Son Times
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CHURCH OFFICE
HOURS
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The Little Explorers class service project is to to support the Calvary Food Pantry which serves families in need right here in our community. This week they are collecting toothbrushes and toothpaste. Please bring your donation and place it in the grocery cart in the fellowship hall.
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On this Fourth
Sunday in Lent our Gospel Lesson is a collection of four "giving stories":
- A scribe gives Jesus a theological question, the third in a Q&A session at the temple.
- Jesus gives his inquisitors an unanswerable "riddle".
- Jesus gives the crowd a harsh warning about hypocritical scribes.
- A widow gives all that she has to God; Jesus gives her praise.
And throughout all four stories we are being given a lesson in "loving God and loving neighbor".
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40 DAYS OF GIVING
raising awareness and receiving gifts for
ELCA World Hunger Program
5:45pm Lenten Soup Supper (Sausage and White Bean)
Please come and join us for a warm meal and fellowship.
Thank you to Cathy Janney for volunteering to coordinate and make the meal this Wednesday.
6:30 pm Lenten Evening Prayer
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+ learn
Read the following daily readings to deepen your understanding of Sunday's text. After the reading, ask the follow-up questions.
Sunday, Mark 11:1-11, Triumphal Entry
Monday, Mark 14:3-9, Woman Anoints Jesus
Tuesday, Mark 14:43-65, The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
Wednesday, Mark 14:66-72, Peter Denies Jesus
Thursday, Mark 14:12-42, The Lord's Supper
Friday, Mark 15:16-39, Crucifixion
Saturday, Mark 15:40-47, The Death and Burial of Jesus
Notice and discuss the high points and low points of this emotional and eventful week.
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+ care
Please welcome Lonnie and "Scottie" Harris to our Nativity family.
Their address is:
207 Essex Place
Arden, NC 28704
(828) 483-6243
Lonnie's hobbies/interests include sports, law enforcement, child advocacy, and reading.
"Scottie's" hobbies/interests include painting, drawing, reading, baking and walking.
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+ give
We began on Sunday, Feb. 7, and are extending through the season of Lent, congregations across the ELCA will join together to raise $2 million to benefit the ministries of ELCA World Hunger. This support will enable crucial work to get underway and help us kick-start our year-of-emphasis. You can continue to give at the Wednesday services or on Sunday. To date we have raised $1568.75. OVER our
$1,000 pledge. Thank you. Let's keep giving!
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+ Congregation Council
On Sunday, March 13
, we will be conducting the election for President and Vice-President of the Congregation Council for the next two years. Voting will be available 30 minutes prior to and following each service that Sunday morning as well as between services. The candidates are Allen Ray, President, and Katie Wadington, Vice-President. We hope that all members will cast their vote in this election for the leadership of our congregation.
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The scouts, committee members and parents of BSA troop 8
sponsored by Nativity want to express our sincere appreciation to the congregation not only for a great turn-out, but also for their very generous donations for the recent Shrove Tuesday pancake event on March 9, 2016. Donation of funds will be allocated to support various troop activities throughout the year.
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