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+ worship
Join us this Sunday, as we gather to hear the Good News that God loves us and cares for us, even in our sin. We will hear the story of creation, temptation, sin, and consequences, and at the same time, the story of love, hope, and grace.
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+ calling all readers!
If you can read this, we invite you to please consider sharing your gifts by reading at Sunday Worship. All ages welcome! Please email
Lisa Hamilton,
our reader coordinator here if you are interested in being one of our readers.
Thanks!
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+ learn
Fall 2016 Faith Formation
Beginning
next week (
Sept 18th),
join us on Sundays between worship services from
9:40 to 10:20 as we explore our faith and build community at Nativity!
I
ntergenerational Faith Formation is for everyone in 2nd grade and older. We will talk about God, our lives, and where the two meet, covering many topics along the way. We'll make new friends across generations and hear new perspectives from our brothers and sister in Christ.
Children in 1st grade and under will have their own Building Blocks Faith Formation class, where they will learn and grow through programming
on their level.
*Nursery will be available for children 3 and under*
For more information, contact Pastor Rachel here.
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+ God's Work, Our Hands
This 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 have been hard at work, assembling these backpacks.
In addition to our work together, we will celebrate the faithful work of three of our own. Between services there will be a reception for Kippin Jordan, the Rev. Jean Goodwin, and Jennifer Loizzo. All are invited to attend and wish them Godspeed in their new endeavors. There will also be a card basket for each person, that way we can express our gratitude individually. Please join us for this important opportunity to say Thank you!
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OFFERING
update
August 2016
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$46,714 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.
For the month of September, we have budgeted $46,000 in expected giving.
Any questions, please contact
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+ give
Calvary Food Pantry:
Volunteers are needed this
Saturday, September 10 to assist our neighbors at Calvary Food Pantry. Please sign up at
the Welcome Desk
or email Heather Neal
here
.
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October-December
OFFERING ENVELOPES
are available for pickup
in the Fellowship Hall
Thank you for helping us to save postage!
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who's celebrating
in September!
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+ Nativity Blood Drive
Blood Drive: Nativity will be holding a Blood Drive with Blood Connection on
Sept 22nd
from
2-7 pm
. Blood Connection supports our local hospitals, and all blood donated stays in our community.
To sign up to donate, please click here.
If you would like to learn more about the Blood Connection, click here.
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+ interesting opportunity
From Kelly Behm: Phil bought two tickets to see Jeanne Robertson at the US Cellular Center in Asheville for Saturday, September 24 at 7:30. Orchestra Row H Seats 4&5. Great seats! That is the day of Mark's Celebration of Life so I will be in Florida and we will be unable to use them. He paid $120 for the pair so we would like to sell them for that. Jeanne Robertson is so funny. We have seen her before and really enjoyed it.
If you are interested, or know someone who might be, please email Kelly
here
.
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CHURCH OFFICE
HOURS
Mon-Thurs
9am-2pm |
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+ NPK
Nativity Preschool and Kindergarten is looking for donations of a new (or gently used) microwave
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 still spots left in our Kindergarten class.
Additionally, there is one spot left in
the 3-year-old class
in our half-day program.
If you or someone you know is interested,
please contact us and find out more!
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+ Ingles Advantage Card can benefit NPK
The 2016 to 2017 new sign up is here!
Use your Ingles Advantage™ Card and help your local school. When you make purchases using The Ingles Advantage™ Card, Ingles will give back to the school a portion of those sales. The portion can then be used by the school to purchase computers and school supplies.
Over the past 10 years, Ingles Markets has contributed over 14 million dollars to schools in towns where Ingles stores are located. These funds have been used for valuable learning tools and equipment. Public schools, private schools and home school associations are welcome to participate in this program, grades K-12.
Ingles and our Tools for School program are committed to helping thousands of schools and students achieve their education goals.
Enter "Nativity Preschool" in the search box.
From there, click on our school and enter your information and advantage card #.
Thank you for supporting
Nativity Preschool and Kindergarten!
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+ nursery
Our Nativity Nursery is in need
of a couple of things:
- a rocker or two
- one port-a-crib
- one infant seat (for newborns)
Please email
Pastor Gregg
here
if you are able to help provide one or more
of the items we need.
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+ welca
September dates:
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.
"All Anew" is the theme of the Tenth Triennial Gathering of the Women of the ELCA.
This gathering will take place Thursday through Saturday, July 13-16, 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Registration opens September 6, 2016.
"The theme of our Tenth Triennial Gathering calls us to transformation, calls us to become All Anew. With our sisters, we will experience not only the power of the Holy Spirit,
but the power of women gathered."
For more information, please contact
Linda Blake, 684-8378, or go to www
.Welcatg.org.
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+ book discussion group
Nativity's Book Discussion Group will meet in the north classroom in the Fellowship Hall on
Tuesday, September 13
, at
1:30 pm
and on
Thursday, September 15
, at
6:30 pm
.
The book to be discussed at both meetings is
A Skeleton in God's Closet
by Paul L. Maier. Everyone is welcomed to attend either gathering!
For Discussion Guidelines, click
here.
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+ Gulf Coast Outreach
The ELCA Disaster Response has been diligently working to provide relief for those who have been forced from their homes due to the flooding in the Gulf Coast region. To learn more about their efforts, and to discover ways you can help aid their work, click
here.
We remember and pray for those who have had their lives impacted by this dramatic flooding. Some of our own are from this area, including Melanie and Alfred Berlin. Contact the Berlin family here for more information about the flooding and to discuss how Nativity folks who want to help might proceed.
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+ council corner
Minutes from previous meetings can be found on the church's website here.
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+ New to Our Sanctuary:
Last Sunday we dedicated the Children's Processional Cross to the glory of God.
The Children's Processional Cross brings a new component to the participation of children in our liturgy - it enables them to begin to lead one another. Moreover, the new cross communicates an important message to us all, that even when our youngest brothers and sisters leave the sanctuary and experience the Word on their level, they are still continuing the worship of this church, and encountering our Triune God in the process.
We give our heartfelt thanks to Dewey Johnson, who made the Children's Processional Cross and two bases in which it will be held. The cross was hand-crafted out of Baltic Birch plywood, and it contains 26 layers of wood in total. In the center of the cross is a heart, made of purple heart wood. This exotic wood is found in Central and South America, and it is used here to communicate the central meaning of the cross: God's love for us. The base that will remain in the sanctuary is a beautiful piece of burl from the bark of a White Oak tree (given by Kent and Peggy Oehm).
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+ check us out
on social media!
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Want to get
the word out?
Please submit your communications, articles, events,
by noon on Wednesday
for weekly
Nativity Notes
and
Son Times
.
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