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+ worship
This Sunday we begin our 6-week journey through the Psalms. We will hear how these Psalms cover quite a bit of material - praise, thanksgiving, lament, trust - all of which is pleasing to God, because it is truly genuine expression. We will celebrate how God's Word takes such beautiful, varied form, and prepare ourselves for the journey as we gather together in worship.
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+ learn
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Lutherans Learning Luke:
We continue to walk with our sisters and brothers in the NC Synod, exploring the Gospel according to Luke. For daily readings, devotional material, and more, click
here
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+ care
In addition to our Nativity Prayer List, we remember the people who were killed in the terrorist attacks in Yemen and Turkey. Rest eternal, grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.
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OFFERING
update
Year To Date 2016
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$270,096 received
$274,200 budgeted
Our July goal is $49,300
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+ give
Quarter 3 offering envelopes
were mailed this week. If you are in need of envelopes for your offerings,
please contact
Giving of our time and treasures can be difficult with our summer schedules but please remember our community needs often rise during these summer months.
ABCCM needs your help!
ABCCM South - right around the corner from Nativity - is greatly in need of help, any day of the week and any time from 8:30a.m. - 5:00 p.m. There are a great variety of volunteer jobs available. The people who run this ministry are truly wonderful to work with, and your gifts would be a blessing! Call ABCCM at 684-3782 or stop by the blue house at 10 Buck Shoals Road, Arden.
If you have questions, please contact Nancy Seekamp at 687-8265 or email her here.
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+ council corner
The minutes from the June Council meeting are available here.
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+ acoustic music
We give thanks for our Acoustic Music Group as they shared their musical gifts on June 19. They continue to empower our worship with their leadership in our "Of Land and Seasons"
Appalachian flavored
liturgy several times during the year. This group loves to pick, strum, shake, tap or thump all sorts of instruments from guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, bass, spoons, etc. And they sing, too! Beginning again in August, this group meets on Thursdays at
6:30
they jam many styles of music including but not exclusive to rock and roll, bluegrass, Gospel, country, and blues. The Acoustic Music "jams" all year round, however, check the Nativity calendar or contact Mark Janney for more info.
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+ youth
Our youth and chaperones return from the Beach Retreat on Thursday! We ask your prayers for their safe return home, as well as their continual growth in love and knowledge of the way the Holy Spirit is guiding their faith journey. Retreats like this one deepen their relationships with God, as well as one another. We thank you for supporting these formative events!
- photo courtesy of Elizabeth Hahn
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+ welca
Just after the July Fourth holiday, school supplies go on sale. We are in the process of making 125 bags for Lutheran World Relief School Kits and each bag contains: four 70 sheet spiral notebooks of wide or college ruled paper 8"x 10.5"; one 30-centimeter ruler or a ruler with centimeters on one side and 12 inches on the other; one pencil sharpener; one pair of blunt scissors; five unsharpened #2 pencils;
five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink); one box of 16 or 24 crayons; one 2.5 inch eraser. If you would like to provide these items when they go on sale, they may be placed in the basket under the women's bulletin board in the hallway to the right as you exit the worship area. If you would rather contribute dollars to help buy school items, you may place your donation
marked "school kits"
in the offering plate. Thank you for your help.
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Nativity Women will come together
on Thursday morning,
July 7, at
11:00 am in the fellowship hall to enjoy a bag lunch and discussion centering on a Rob
Bell DVD. All are welcome; just come!
Nativity Card Ministry will meet on Thursday, July 7 at 12:30 pm in the fellowship hall. This group invites all who would like to make cards for our members on the prayer list. No talent is needed, just a willingness to follow directions.
Ladies Lunch Bunch for July is
Thursday, July 28 at 1:00 pm.
More information coming soon.
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+ check us out
on social media!
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the word out?
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by noon on Wednesday
for weekly
Nativity Notes
and
Son Times
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CHURCH OFFICE
HOURS
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