Nativity Notes
August 16, 2019
Sunday Bulletin For those of you worshiping with us via Livestream, below please find the Sunday bulletin.
Summer Breakfast Fellowship  Join us Sunday morning from 8:45-9:45 AM in the Dining Room. Spend some time getting to know and catching up with one another. Free will offering (covers expense of breakfast and helps underwrite other fellowship activities). This is the final summer breakfast of the season.
Cathedral Night at Iron Pigs Friday, August 23 (gates open at 5:45PM) at Coca-Cola Park as the Iron Pigs take on the Wilkes Barre RailRiders. Tickets are $10/person and include field-level seats and $2 concession. For ticket reservations, please contact the Church office at 610-865-0727 or teisenreich@nativitycathedral.org . Please make checks payable to the church and note “Iron Pigs tickets” on the memo line.  TICKET Deadline extended - contact the Parish Office TODAY!
School Supply Drive Education changes lives! And it's hard to learn when a student doesn't have the right supplies. That's why, in partnership with St. John A.M.E., we hope to provide school supplies for 100 students in the Five Points Community. Between now and Sunday, August 18th, bring new/unused :
  • 3-ring binders
  • 2-pocket folders
  • packs of college-ruled loose leaf paper
  • gluesticks
  • packs of markers, crayons, colored pencils
  • packs of pens, pencils
and place them in the boxes at the back of the Nave. Put one or more items on your shopping list. Let's collect 100 of each!
Ushers needed for both 8 AM and 10 AM services.  If you would like to become more involved in Sunday’s services, consider becoming an Usher. Ushers are usually the first friendly face people see when entering the church for worship. This ministry is open to all people of all ages. Kilts are, of course, optional. If interested, please contact either Chip Montgomery or the church office.
Fountain Hill Elementary School is seeking mentors and we would love to have you! We already have several Nativity Church members helping with this service, many who have been mentors for several years.

Our students are identified to receive a mentor by their teacher for both academic and emotional support purposes. Mentors can provide academic reinforcement during their time with their student by working on reading or math skills, flashcards, and worksheets using materials provided by the student's teacher. They can also provide students with the chance to connect with a caring adult to talk, play games, do crafts, and read together. The time commitment is forty minutes a week per student.  

If you are interested in becoming a Fountain Hill mentor, please feel free to contact Paige Hoffman, Community School Director, for more information at phoffman@basdschools.org or 610-865-5881 x29310. Thank you for your consideration! 
Monday Flower Group Volunteers Needed  The Monday flower group is looking for volunteers for a few months of the year. Please call Angelica Baez for more information at 610-509-0659 or email at angie73@rcn.com . Each Monday a volunteer from the group produces and delivers a beautiful arrangement from the Sunday altar flowers to our hospitalized parishioners.
As you may have noticed, our Cathedral Choirs are on hiatus for the summer enjoying some well-deserved rest and relaxation! HOWEVER, if you are interested in singing with the Cathedral Choir in the fall, rehearsals resume on Wednesday August 28 at 7 pm and you are invited to come check it out (we’re on the lookout for a few good basses)! Also, Cathedral Choristers , singers in grades 2-7, resume their rehearsals on Wednesday September 11 at 4:30 pm, and we gladly welcome all new singers to participate in this great experience. And, Cathedral Handbell Ringers resume rehearsals on Thursday September 19 at 7 pm in the Bishop Gray Room – if you are interested in ringing with this talented group (we are looking to add three or four new ringers), please be in touch with Canon Stephen prior to rehearsals since positions are ‘assigned.’ It’s definitely not too early to be thinking about plans for the fall, so if you would like to plug in to our music ministry at Nativity Cathedral, please know that you’re most welcome and we hope you will be in touch with Canon Stephen soon. Thanks for considering it!
Parishioners in the Hospital  If a family member is hospitalized, please contact either the clergy or leave a message with the parish office (610-865-0727) informing us of who is in the hospital and at which hospital.
Cathedral Schedule


Friday, August 16
10:00 AM Nativity Staffs the Thrift Shop

Saturday, August 17
9:00 AM Altar Guild Prep – Cathedral
10:00 AM Thrift Shop Open
12:00 PM Private Rehearsal - Cathedral
5:00 PM Holy Eucharist – Cathedral

Sunday, August 18
8:00 AM Holy Eucharist - Cathedral
8:45 AM Summer Breakfast - Dining Room
10:00 AM Holy Eucharist - Cathedral
11:15 AM Camp Meeting - Good Shepherd Chapel

Monday, August 19
9:00 AM Flower Arranging for Hospital Visitations - Sacristy
3:15 PM Private Tutoring - Dining Room
5:00 PM Finance Committee Meeting - Room 23

Tuesday, August 20
12:00 PM Stewardship Meeting - Good Shepherd Chapel
1:00 PM Al-Anon Meeting - Room 21
2:00 PM Clergy Bible Study - Goodwin Room
6:30 PM Vestry Meeting - Dining Room

Wednesday, August 21
9:00 AM Holy Eucharist & Healing - Good Shepherd Chapel
10:00 AM Nativity Staffs the Thrift Shop
6:30 PM New Bethany Ministries Parenting Class - Good Shepherd Chapel & Nursery

Thursday, August 22
10:00 AM Nativity Staffs the Thrift Shop
7:00 PM S-Anon - Room 21

Friday, August 23
10:00 AM Nativity Staffs the Thrift Shop
Nativity Night at Iron Pigs - Ticket Required for Admission




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