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+ care
We extend our thanks to the entire Nativity family for all the prayers and support for Don and our family over the past months.
Don enjoyed the cards and was always happy to have the visits from Pastor Mark and Pastor Gregg, though frustrated with his inability to talk when people came to visit.
A special thanks to the Choir and Acoustic Music group for their contributions to his Celebration of Life -
Chris told me he was sure he heard his Dad humming along.
Another big thank you to Ann Dasher and all the ladies who prepared and served the lunch; it was just right.
- Diane, Chris and Pat Locotosh
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+ learn
God's Work, Our Hands Intergenerational Faith Formation - August 21st
Join us in the fellowship hall between worship services to learn about this year's God's Work, Our Hands project and to share in our faith together!
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+ God's Work, Our Hands
Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016
This year, our God's Work Our Hands project is School Kits.
Our goal is to assemble 125 school kits between services on Sept. 11th. Members are already hard at work sewing many of the backpacks.
August 21st - GWOH Prep Day
Please bring any donations to the church fellowship hall by Aug 21st. Then join us between services for an intergenerational faith formation and education event centered on the school kits!
We will also have a noisy offering on Aug 21st in order to purchase any remaining supplies so that we will be ready to pack kits on GWOH Sunday!
Supplies needed for each kit:
- FOUR 70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper, approximately 8" x 10 ½"; no loose leaf paper
- ONE 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
- ONE pencil sharpener
- ONE pair of blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
- FIVE unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers
- FIVE black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink)
- ONE box of 16 or 24 crayons
- ONE 2 ½" eraser
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OFFERING
update
August 2016
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$18,207 received
$51,000 budgeted
Generosity is the way we show our gratitude for the gifts we have been given by God. Thank you for your commitment to Nativity, it has
a significant impact on the resources and opportunity
for
outreach from this congregation.
In August we will be lifting up our
"God's Work, Our Hands" Project and all ministries will be finalizing their Fall plans. Please pray fully consider your time, talent and treasure commitment to the mission of Nativity.
Any questions, please contact
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+ give
Calvary Food Pantry:
Does your garden runneth over? You can share your harvest by dropping it by Calvary Food Pantry on Friday mornings 9-10 or Saturday mornings at 8:00. Meanwhile, non-perishable food and hygiene products are still collected in
the grocery cart in Nativity's Fellowship Hall.
Calvary Food Pantry is seeking assistance with bread pick up on Friday mornings. Please contact Heather Neal for more information: 658-9309
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+ Nativity Night Out!
Back by popular demand, we have blocked out 30 tickets to go to the Wednesday, August 17th Asheville Tourists baseball game against Columbia.
People are welcome to car-pool together, but the plan will be to meet outside the front gate of the stadium around 6:30pm. The game starts at 7:05pm and tickets are $7 each. Please bring money to the game and meet Mark Grush at the front gate around 6:30pm for your tickets.
Use this signup list at the Welcome Desk to reserve your seats today or you can call the church office. Play Ball!
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CHURCH OFFICE
HOURS
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+ NPK
Nativity Preschool and Kindergarten is looking for donations of a new (or gently used) laptop
to use in our classrooms
for the 2016-17
school year.
Please email
or call the school office
at 687-8381.
Thank you for supporting our ministry together of "Making Christ Known"!
Update:
There are currently spots available for 2 and 3-year-olds in our half-day program.
If you or someone you know is interested,
please contact us and find out more!
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+ welca
Thank you to all who took draw-string backpack kits to sew. Please return them to the church by September 1 or before. If you have any questions about the construction,
call
Linda Blake, 684-8378.
Ladies Lunch Bunch will meet on Thursday, August 25, at 1 pm. We will gather at Rezaz Mediterranean Restaurant, 28 Hendersonville Rd. (in Biltmore Village), Asheville.
Peggy Oehm is our hostess,
828.964.2656. Please call her and let her know that you are planning to attend.
All women are welcome.
September dates:
Women's meeting - September 8, 11:00 am
in the church Fellowship Hall
Nativity Card Ministry - September 8, 12:30 pm
in the church Fellowship Hall
Ladies Lunch Bunch - September 22, 1:00 pm
(location to be determined)
October:
Smoky Mountain Conference Gathering -
Saturday, October 8, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
at Nativity
NC Women of the ELCA invite you to join us
for Lutheran World Relief Volunteer Day, which will be celebrated from November 10-13, 2016. Christian Tours has arranged a four day bus trip from Newton, NC to New Windsor, Maryland and to Lancaster, PA. You will have the opportunity to tour and to volunteer at the LWR warehouse and SERRV. More information can be found in the brochures on the Women's bulletin board.
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+ book discussion group
Here's the scoop on our new
book discussion group at Nativity!
The interest group met August 7 to set time, place, and guidelines for our discussions. Our mission statement is "to nurture Christian fellowship, growth and knowledge through reading."
All are welcome!
When/Where: Tues., Sept. 13 (1:30-3:00pm) or Thur., Sept. 15 (6:30-8:00pm) - Choose an afternoon or evening, depending on your schedule. We will be meeting monthly at Nativity in the north Fellowship Hall classroom. We will discuss the same book whether you come to the afternoon or evening session.
What: The first book chosen by the group is "A skeleton in God's Closet" by Paul L. Maier. "Carefully researched and compellingly written, this fast-paced thriller take you from the dust of the archaeological dig to the labs of dedicated scientists to the halls of political and religious power, where world reaction is instant, fierce, and shattering..."
For Discussion Guidelines, click
here.
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+ council corner
The next Council meeting will be held on August 15 from 6:30-9:00PM.
Minutes from previous meetings can be found on the church's website here.
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+ Way to go, Luke!
Congratulations go to Luke Ward for earning the rank of Eagle Scout this past Sunday!
Congratulations to his parents, Mike and Hannah Ward, who helped Luke with this impressive achievement!
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+ A word of thanks and congratulations
Congratulations go to Shivam Patel, a senior scout of our very own BSA Troop 8, who has outstanding accomplishments: This summer Shivam completed successfully his eagle project. In this project, Shivam supervised a group of scouts and adult volunteers in repairing, replacing materials and refinishing the entire ramp and entry to the modular building located on Nativity property. And several weeks ago, Shivam passed successfully the Board of Review for the rank of eagle scout.
Thank you, Shivam and congratulations on your wonderful achievements.
We continue to support Scouts who strive to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. For any questions about our own Troop 8, please contact Fred Friederichs
here.
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