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At Nativity, we’re grateful for and mutually enriched by the continuing expansion of our community. New Member Sunday is a time when individuals can join publicly or privately during or after the 9:00 or 10:30 am worship hours. Are you interested in joining or learning more? Please contact Joanne Griffin, Nativity’s Minister of Belonging, at […]
The Global Outreach ministry group is requesting donations of girls’ panties that will be part of sanitary hygiene kits to be sent to girls in both Kenya and Nicaragua. We’re looking for girls’ underwear, sizes 8-14 (no women’s sizes), brief style (no bikini or boy cut), preferably in darker colors. We hope to collect 500 […]
Last weekend Nativity celebrated the annual ELCA-wide “God’s Work. Our Hands.” We were happy to welcome new individuals and families, as well as see familiar faces who took part in this annual intergenerational event. Thank you for your generosity and enthusiasm for the donation drives, service projects, and the Shobi’s Table food truck brunch. Not […]
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 Sept. 10, 2022: Prayers of Healing for: Betty Bordwell, Lyle Payette, Annette McLain, Amy Kujawski, Evelyn Dahlke, Sheldon Christenson, Shirley […]
“God’s Work. Our Hands.” is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our Neighbor…Courageously. This weekend will offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic convictions as Lutherans: that all of life […]
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 Sept. 2, 2022: Prayers of Healing for: Marilyn Eberlein, Betty Bordwell, Lyle Payette, Annette McLain, Amy Kujawski, Evelyn Dahlke, Sheldon […]
Last weekend we announced that Bex Gaunt, our Director of Music Ministry, will be leaving her role at Nativity to take a position at the Basilica in Minneapolis. This will be her last weekend with us. We’re sad and will miss her, but we also celebrate with her as she prepares for this new opportunity. […]
The Thursday Morning Book Conversations group will resume meetings beginning September 8th. We study contemporary books on topics that challenge and inform our life as followers of Jesus. September 8th we will be starting a new book: FREEING JESUS: REDISCOVERING JESUS AS FRIEND, TEACHER, SAVIOR, LORD, WAY, AND PRESENCE by Diana Butler Bass. We read […]
Justice Library Book Drive We’re excited to begin a Community Advocacy Library at Nativity for ALL AGES! Books are the best tools we have to answer our big-hearted questions. They help inform us, teach us, and spur conversation. Check your shelves for new or gently used books. Become an Advocacy Book Sponsor, and we will […]
Dear Nativity Community, Today I’m sharing a message from our Director of Music Ministry, Bex Gaunt: “Today you heard me preach on the boldness and vulnerability of Ruth and the Canaanite Woman. I am leaning on the spirit of these women as I share some bittersweet news. This last week, I accepted an offer to […]