Commitment Cards for our Stewardship For All Seasons drive! We are well on our way to reaching our challenge of 135 commitments and funding our goals. Thank you to those who have turned in their cards.
We only need
14 more!!
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Haven't submitted your commitment card yet? No worries! Click
here to submit it electronically. Please do so by midnight tonight (11/30) to support our ministries and help us reach our challenge gift of $5000!
(Even if you miss the Thursday goal deadline we still welcome your commitment.)
If you have questions, please click
here to contact Pr Rachel.
Fellowship Brunch this Sunday!
Join us between services on Sunday, December 3 for food and fellowship sponsored by Trinity View Retirement Community. Many Nativity members call Trinity View home. If you want to learn more about Trinity View and their living options, click here or call 687-0068.
This Sunday (after enjoying some brunch between services) consider joining
the Nativity Christmas outdoor lighting crew at 9:45am! Worship at the first service, then head outside and help us be the light on the hill for our community.
Thank you for helping Calvary Food Pantry provide Thanksgiving hams and turkeys and weekly groceries for over
160 families. Would you like to assist with Christmas dinner? You may designate your monetary gift through your regular offering. To mail a gift directly, here is the address: Calvary Episcopal Church Food Pantry, P.O. Box 187, Fletcher, NC 28732.
If you would like to honor a friend, colleague, teacher, or coach this Christmas with a monetary gift to the pantry, cards are available at the Welcome Desk to announce the gift.
Teen carryout service was provided by
Karsten Gillis,
Jack Rheney and Calvary friend, Josh.
Join Nativity Pre-K alphabet giving with J & K foods: Jello, juice, jam/jelly, Jiffy muffin mix; Kellogg's/Kashi cereals, or kidney beans.
Special holiday announcements:
Change of pantry hours only December 9: 12:30-3:30 due to Fletcher parade.
Pantry is closed 12/30.
Volunteers are needed weekly and every Saturday. Join the Nativity crew on the first and second Saturday mornings of the month. To volunteer, click here.
Classes will meet for the next three Sundays between worship services (Dec. 3, 10, and 17).
Class will not meet on December 24 and 31.
Faith Formation will resume on Sunday, January 7.
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Lutheran Church of Nativity
This Friday
December 1 at 7pm
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Peter Mayer (long-time member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band) brings his acclaimed
Christmas tour, Stars and Promises, to ring in the season's festivities for its 18th consecutive year. This year's Stars and Promises theme is "When You Come Home." The night will feature a collection of timeless carols, original songs and stories, which celebrate the magical Christmas season when families come together from near and far to share gifts of peace, joy, faith and love. Click here to read more.
Some assistance is available if the cost of the tickets is too much for some households. Let Pr. Gregg know (here).
Also, if you've been confirmed to help out with the program, please be here at 6pm.
Join Alex Watson as he debuts his solo piano concert in Asheville, NC.
The concert will feature classical/jazz piano arrangements of familiar holiday music.
Suggested donation is $20 to benefit the Asheville Buncombe County Christian Ministry's (ABCCM) Veterans Restoration Quarters and kickstart a solo piano sacred album recording project for 2018. For more information, please click
here.
G I V I N G
Update
Your faithful giving contributes
to our mission of
Making Christ Known.
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For the month of October
Budgeted to receive: $46,080
Actual received: $38,523
Budgeted to spend: $48,301
Actual spent: $41,355
To see the
financial summary for the month of October,
click here.
This fall we are offering a variety of opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to combine their gifts for God's glory. Here are some of the options:
Nativity Choir - rehearses on Wednesdays at 7pm. This choir sings each week at the 11am worship service.
Youth Choir - rehearses most Sundays at 4:30pm- check the Youth calendar.
Young Youth Choir - rehearses on the Sundays on which Young Youth is being held.
Campfire Choir - now rehearses on the Sunday mornings when the choir will sing at the 8:30 service. The last Sunday remaining for Campfire Choir is December 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.
If you would like to get involved or would like more information, contact Pr. Gregg by clicking here.
Click here for Nativity's Advent and Christmas Schedule.
This Advent, Sparkhouse is offering a free daily family devotion, sent to your email! To receive these devotions, click this link and sign up.
The next meeting of Pub Theology will be on
Thursday, December 7 at 7:30pm at
the home of Pastors Rachel and Gregg. It is time together for refreshing beverages and great discussion. All confirmed members are welcomed. (Beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages are available, so all we need is YOU!) Questions?
Ovie and Susan Montella,
Allen Ray, Tom Walker, Ulla Thompson, Princess Ferguson and Mike Kestner served at ABCCM's Veterans Quarters Meal last Sunday. Thanks for your help!
The December meeting of the Nativity Book Group has been postponed. The group will meet next on
Thursday, January 18, at 2 pm in the church fellowship hall and will discuss The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston. The book for February is Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. All members and friends are welcome and invited to join the group as they are able.
Feeling like Italian?
On Wednesday, December 6, Brooklyn Bro's Pizza on Sweeten Creek Rd. will donate all proceeds to ABCCM. Open at 11am.
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.
Nativity Endowment Fund Applications are Available!
The Endowment Fund Committee is now accept applications for grant and scholarship disbursements for 2018. Scholarship funds are available to Nativity members attending seminary, ELCA camps, colleges, and universities. Ministry outreach grants are available for use within Nativity or for the benefit of our local community.
This means you can apply for scholarships to Lutheridge and Lutherock! (Please use the Scholarship Form and fill it in as you are able.)
Established in 2004, the Nativity Endowment Fund receives and disperses financial gifts from church members and friends to carry on the ministry of Christ through Nativity in future years.
For an application, or to learn how you can make a gift of kindness, please visit the Endowment page on the Nativity website by clicking
here.
Celebrate the joy and magic of the Christmas season with an evening of music, dance, and comedy! This family-friendly production features the finest performers from Asheville and Western NC and special guest artists performing both sacred and secular holiday songs. Relax, unplug, and take time to share the joy, laughter, and peace of the season with your family and friends!
This show is produced, directed and choreographed by Nativity's own
Mario & Lucinda Morin.
This year when the weather is inclement there will USUALLY be a late service at Nativity. Please check the website at
www.nativityarden.org or call the Church Office at 684-0352 for the status of a service or other scheduled events.
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