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Nativity partners with Mental Health Connect (MHC), a collaborative of faith-based communities working together to support community-based resources, provide support and education, improve access to mental health services, and connect individuals and families with the services they need. Together we can be part of the solution. Join us for “Stories of Hope,” this year’s Mental […]
May is Mental Health Awareness month, and this month’s Mental Health Connect meeting covers families: “From Family Anxieties & Challenges to Family Opportunities & Hope.” Michelene Verlautz, a Pastor and Certified Family Mediator, will discuss family as an emotional system and provide practical approaches to healthy family life. Join us via Zoom on Thursday, May […]
Beacon’s vision is that all people have a home. The pandemic and economic crisis have been building into an eviction crisis, which could add to the already large number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. We cannot let this happen, and home is the solution. Nativity is working with the Beacon Housing Collaborative to address the […]
Today is Yom HaShoah-Holocaust Remembrance Day It is pertinent to remember the Holocaust. The Nazi regime murdered 6 million Jews as well as millions of other innocents, including Roma, Slavic, and Sinti peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ people as well as political dissidents, among other groups. We join Jewish people throughout the United States, Israel, […]
Spring Family Faith Formation – April 24 Join us each week as a family to celebrate Eastertide (the time between Easter & Pentecost)! Pick from watching our Welcome Videos, Worship Together, Reading the Bible, Talk About It, Family Activities, Pray Together and Bless Each Other – or do them all! Welcome Videos Start with a […]
PRAY… Below are the names of those we pray for this week. If you have a prayer request, please fill out the form here: www.nativitychurch.org/prayer-request/, or call 612.781.2766. The following names were correct as of April 22, 2022: Prayers of Healing for: Mike Ziesmar, Baby Marlee Utpadel, Sandi Weisenberger, Baby Barnett Jose, Sheldon Christenson, Julie […]
Wow, what a Holy Week & Easter journey we had here at Nativity! Over $2,000 raised for youth summer Service & Learning trips at the Palm Sunday Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, 17 children & 9 families completed their Discover Communion experience on Maundy Thursday, dozens and dozens of volunteers set up and served throughout the different […]
The Global Outreach at Nativity “Days for Girls” Team is planning an event at Nativity to make Days for Girls kits for Madagascar. Why Madagascar? Nativity has two members, Julie Bonde and Lorna Larson, who lived in Madagascar in their early years as part of their missionary families. Madagascar has suffered a number of natural […]
Earth Day is April 22, a time to reflect on how we can help reduce the tremendous challenges facing our natural world. Nativity is planning opportunities for families and youth to help create critical habitat here on church grounds. We received a Hennepin County Tree Canopy grant and an Eberline Family Endowment grant to continue […]
“Fill your mind with those things that are Good…” (Philippians 4:8.). Nativity has a long tradition of Wednesday morning Bible study. Our focus is to use passages of scripture for reflection and discussion—all to enhance our life of faith. We’ll begin a new topic in late April based on the passage from Philippians 4:8. The […]