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NEW SUNDAY
SCHEDULE
beginning Sunday, September 10
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8:30am Worship
9:40am Faith Formation
11:00am Worship
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This fall, we're going to a more traditional Faith Formation model. Moving our second service to 11 AM allows us to have a full hour of Faith Formation, and we have some great plans in place! Here are our classes:
+ Adult Forum
with Pastor Mark
+ Confirmed Youth with Pastor Gregg
+ 7th & 8th Graders
with Wes McCall
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5th & 6th Graders
with Debbie McGinnis
+ 3rd & 4th Graders with Kirsten Cooper and Stacey Zabel
+ K-2nd Graders with Colleen Dieterly and Laura Baylor
+ 3 and 4 Year Olds with Laura McCall and Liz Teall-Fleming
+ Nursery will be available for children under 3.
Thanks to our teachers for their commitment to Faith Formation.
Faith Formation kicks off on
September 17th - Stay tuned for more info!
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Thank you to our musicians who have blessed us with their gifts over the summer months!
Paul Calderone, Mark Grush,
Eleanor Hammack,
Ruth Sieber Johnson, Michael Dawn Martoccio, Renee Park,
Danielle Rich, the Stringed Instrument
Group (Paul Calderone,
Joel Kohn, Fred Park,
Renee Park, Anne Schruckmayr
and David Travis),
Julia Teall
and Amber Wollner.
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+ Book Discussion Group
Nativity's Book Discussion Group will meet on
Thursday, September 21,  at 2:00PM
in the church fellowship hall and will
discuss
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton, winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. All are welcome to attend. October's book for discussion is
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead and will be discussed on
October 19
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WONDERING
WOMEN
will begin meeting for the fall on Monday, Sept. 11th at 6:30PM. in the north Fellowship Hall classroom.
We will continue with the study
"Answering the Call", a booklet in The Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ series by Navpress. If you're interested in joining us, please contact Nancy Seekamp at 687-8265 or email [email protected] by Friday, Sept. 1 so more books can be ordered.
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+ learn
Daily scripture readings
beginning September 3
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Sunday
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Matthew 16:21-28
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Monday
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Romans 12:9-21
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Tuesday
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Matthew 20:17-28
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Wednesday
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Luke 9:51-62
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Thursday
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Philippians 3:7-16
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Friday
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1 Peter 4:12-19
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Saturday
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Psalm 26
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Sunday
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Matthew 18:15-20
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TAKING FAITH HOME
This weekly devotional handout is available on the Welcome Desk.
"Taking Faith Home" is a production of Milestones Ministry, LLC, and is created by a team lead by an ELCA Pastor.
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+ Choir Opportunities
This fall we will offer a variety of opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to combine their gifts for God's glory. Here's a peek at some of the options:
Nativity Choir - rehearses on Wednesdays at 7pm, starting THIS WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6th. This choir sings each week at the 11am worship service.
Youth Choir - rehearses on Sundays at 4:30pm, beginning Sept. 17th.
Young Youth Choir - rehearses on the Sundays in which Young Youth is being held. The first rehearsal for this group is Sept. 24th.
Campfire Choir - will now rehearse on the Sunday mornings when the choir will sing. The four Sundays this fall for Campfire Choir are: 9/24, 10/22, 11/26, 12/10.
Handbell Choir - rehearses on the two Tuesday evenings that fall before the choir rings in worship. Handbell Choir will play on the third Sunday of the month, beginning in October. The first rehearsal is Oct. 3rd at 7pm.
If you would like to get involved or would like more information, contact Pr. Gregg by clicking here.
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G I V I N G
Update
Your faithful giving contributes
to our mission of
Making Christ Known.
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To read the most recent
Thank you for your support
of the ministry we share!
If you have any questions, please contact our
Financial Secretary,
Carrie Dahlberg,
by clicking
here
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+ council corner
Minutes from past Council
meetings
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Did you know that Nativity has an electronic giving option?
We contract with Vanco, an e-giving company endorsed by the ELCA, to provide an easy option for your offering.
Vanco allows you to set up auto-payments, so you never have to worry about sending in your offering when you're on vacation or forgetting your checkbook.
Auto-payments also help us keep our ministries running steadily here at Nativity.
Like putting something in the offering plate? Good news!
We now have e-giving cards in the pew racks, so that you can indicate your offering physically during worship!
To sign up for e-giving, click
here.
If you'd like to learn more about e-giving, please email our Financial Secretary,
Carrie Dahlberg,
here.
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Six week class offered by Park Ridge Hospital and Arden Seventh-day Adventist Church beginning September 12.
Click here for more info.
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Hurricane Harvey
Many of us are asking
"What can I do?" in response to Hurricane Harvey and the disaster it continues to bring to Texas and Louisiana. Currently, we are hearing that in addition to prayers, monetary donations are more helpful than donations in kind, as resources can then be sent directly where they are most needed. Lutheran Disaster Response is the ELCA's disaster relief organization, and they will be assisting with recovery over the coming weeks and months. 100% of donations received by LDR go towards relief.
If you would like to give towards this relief effort through LDR, please click here.
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+
Called by God and the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Jesse Michael Canniff-Kuhn
will be ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament on Monday,
September 4, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
at the Lakeside Cross at Lutheridge.
The address is 2511 Hendersonville Road in Arden, NC 28704. If the weather is uncooperative we will relocate to the Lutheridge Chapel. Once inside the gate, proceed up the hill and there will be a sign with arrows indicating where to go.
Your prayers and presence are requested. A light reception will follow the service at Lakeside Lodge. Because we will be outside and it will likely be hot, all rostered ministers are invited to sit where they please and simply bring a stole to put on for the Laying on of Hands. Red is the color of the day.
Jesse has accepted a call to serve as Pastor at Lutheran Church of Our Father in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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"God's Work. Our Hands."
is Sunday, September 10th.
Our work at Calvary Food Pantry will be held on Saturday, September 9.
On Sunday the 10th,
we'll have 3 projects
- MELC Clean-out and Organization
- Cards of support for Houston's first responders
- Noisy Offering for BrotherWolf Animal Rescue
We'll be working in our Medical Equipment Loan Closet during each service and in the time between. We'll be cleaning and sorting equipment, cleaning the space, and reorganizing our supplies. You're invited to come worship at one service and help clean out between and during the other service. Come and see how large MELC has grown, and learn about how it's impacting our community!
Do you have a "God's Work. Our Hands." tshirt?
If not, click
here to sign up for one! Nativity provides these shirts at no cost to you. We wear these bright yellow shirts when we do service projects, to remind us and others that we're doing God's Work!
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Join us for the next
Pub Theology
meeting at Blue Ghost Brewery in Fletcher (off Airport Rd. at 125 Underwood Rd. Fletcher) on Thursday, September 7 at 7:30PM. All we need is YOU! Questions? Contact Andra Nus at [email protected] or 828.545.9519.
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Ladies of Nativity
The Nativity Women's Group will meet on
Thursday, September 14, at 11am
in the church fellowship hall. All women are invited to bring a bag lunch and join in the conversation in a Bible study of the Gospel of John.
The Nativity Card Ministry is open to all members who would like to make cards for those on the prayer list. Come on
Thursday, September 14 at 12:30pm to the church fellowship hall and join this fun group. No talent or creativity is required, just willing hands to cut, fold, and paste.
The Ladies Lunch Bunch will meet on
Thursday, September 28 at 1pm. Nancy Rehan is our hostess. More information to follow.
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Lutheran Church the of the Nativity
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and the Labor Day weekend, our local and national blood supplies will be severely depleted. Your help is urgently needed.
Thursday, September 28
2:00pm - 6:30pm
Fellowship Hall
Please sign up to donate blood:
Thanks for your help!
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Special Opportunities for
Nativity Members!
- LaZoom Comedy Tour -Saturday, October 14th.
- "White Christmas" at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, VA - Saturday, December 16th.
Click
here for details and
how to sign up!
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+ give
Our Welcome Table Ministry is looking for helpers. We serve breakfast at Skyland United Methodist Church on the 3rd Saturday of each month and need 12 to 14 volunteers each time. You can greet guests, tally numbers, serve the meal, bus tables, run the dishwasher (a lot like Nativity's), or help in the kitchen. There is always a monthly sign-up sheet under the WELCOME sign in Fellowship Hall. Please call Nancy Seekamp at 687-8265 or email [email protected].
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Volunteers are needed at Calvary Food Pantry. Join the Nativity crew on the first and second Saturday mornings of the month. If you have experience shopping with a grocery list or pushing a grocery cart, you are qualified! Volunteers with computer data entry skills are also needed. Sign up online here or at the Welcome Desk. Contact Heather Neal (658-9309 or email) or Pastor Rachel to learn more.
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Volunteer Pianist Needed
A volunteer pianist is needed to play hymns at
Trinity View Retirement Community one or two times each month on the first and third
Sunday nights of each month for a
6:15 pm worship service. If you are interested in serving in this way, please contact Pastor Steve Ridenhour, Chaplain, for details at 687-0068 ext. 05330,
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