Family Night / Trivia Night
On Wednesday, August 29, we’ll have a casual potluck at 5:30 pm and then an hour of team trivia on the scriptures we’ve read this month.
On Wednesday, August 29, we’ll have a casual potluck at 5:30 pm and then an hour of team trivia on the scriptures we’ve read this month. Bragging rights are on the line! Childcare and activities for children up to 6th grade are available from 6 pm to 7 pm.
The Bible Challenge: Trivia Night
Next Fall, everyone at Nativity will be invited to take up the challenge of reading the Bible in full over the course of about 18 months. To keep this challenge fun, we'll gather monthly for a potluck dinner, followed by a Webster's-trivia-night-inspired competition.
Now is the time to begin building your team. Look around Nativity and ask yourself, which five church members do you want competing with you as you compete for the Nativity Cup?
Next Fall, everyone at Nativity will be invited to take up the challenge of reading the Bible in full over the course of about 18 months. To keep this challenge fun, we'll gather monthly for a potluck dinner, followed by a Webster's-trivia-night-inspired competition. Teams of six will answer a few rounds of questions drawn from the previous month's readings. We'll finish in an hour (if our M.C.'s stick to the script) and the winning team takes home gift cards to local businesses. During all this, the nursery will be open for small children and study hall and other light programming will be available for older kids.
The Nativity Cup, you ask? That'll be the garishly oversized trophy awarded to the team with the highest cumulative score as we read the entire Bible together. Now, you know you want your name on that. Better start building your team!
Bluegrass Mass in July
Join us on Sunday, July 29 for our first Bluegrass Mass! At 8 am, we'll worship inside just like normal: air-conditioning, church clothes and all. At 10:30, come dress comfortably: in shorts, t-shirts, straw hats, whatever!
Sunday, July 29, Nativity will do something different. Our Senior Warden, inspired by the "Summer Chapel" she often attends in western North Carolina, had the idea of an outdoor, bluegrass-inspired worship service. It just so happens that Nativity member Ben Johnson is quite the accomplished bluegrass bassist. Put a good idea and great talent together, and all of a sudden we're preparing for our first Bluegrass Mass!
At 8 am, we'll worship inside just like normal: air-conditioning, church clothes and all. At 10:30, come dress comfortably: in shorts, t-shirts, straw hats, whatever! And come ready to sing those eminently singable bluegrass standards like "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" along with Ben Johnson and his merry band of bluegrass musicians. We'll gather on the large patio to worship, to pray and to sing. We'll share communion and then, following the service, we'll share a potluck lunch together.
Rogation Sunday
Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 6 for Nativity's annual Rogation Sunday celebration, an ancient church tradition of blessing seeds and fields, and asking God's blessing for the growing season. This year we'll gather at the home of Bob and Paula Provine, 11178 County Road 94 off Money Road at 5pm. Bring a beverage, an appetizer to share, and some farming or gardening item to have blessed when Peter celebrates a simple outdoor Eucharist.
Annual Parish Meeting
Please plan on being present for the 2018 annual parish meeting Sunday, January 14 after the 10:30 service. We’ll have a potluck meal together, hear from leadership on the state of the parish, elect new vestry members, and take a look at the first annual report of the Nativity Permanent Endowment. Additionally, the parish will be asked to approve one minor revision to the existing policies and guidelines of the endowment. Contact Peter if you would like more information on that revision.