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This Sunday Canon Bob Schiesler leads the worship service at Nativity.
Canon Bob will be with us until Rebecca's return in August.
Announcements
We welcome the Rev. Canon Robert Alan Schiesler as sabbatical pastor during Rebecca’s absence this summer.
Please include the following in your daily prayers.
Wendy, Jim, Marie, Tammy, Wendy, Nancy, Carolyn, Desi, Salina and Sue.
The Sunday, August 7 service will be at St. Stephen in Thompsontown.
This will also be Rebecca’s first Sunday back.
The Equal Exchange cart in the Undercroft features fresh olive oil from Palestine and an assortment of our favorite candy bars.
Also we continue to offer Equal Exchange coffees for our Sunday Coffee Hour. If you would like additional items, we can order them for you. Michele will be placing an order this week.
Collections for Neighbor Helping Neighbor Food Bank
We will be collecting one specific item each month for the Food Bank. The items for the month of July are Personal Care Items.
Program and Mission Committee Meeting, Sunday, August 21 after coffee hour.
If anyone has suggestions for GTO (Giving to Others) donations, please let someone on the committee know before then.
Join Altar Guild!
As an altar guild member, you will be on a team of 2-3 people to set up the altar and clean up after the service. Your team will serve once a month, as well as once a year on the 5th Sunday. There may also be services during the week for Ash Wednesday or Holy Week or Christmas Eve. Training provided. Speak to one of the Altar Guild members or contact Michele if you would like to join.
Friends of Newport Farmer's Market, parking lot at the Church of the Nativity, Sunday, July 31, noon – 3pm.
Join Hands will soon be starting their Back to School program.
Please bring your items to the church or drop off at Join Hands in New Bloomfield. Most needed: Backpacks for elementary, middle & high school, lunch boxes, pencil pouch/boxes, pencil sharpeners, financial contribution for shoes. Will also need: ear buds, one subject college ruled notebooks, one inch binders, rulers for elementary, middle & high school, three ring binders, three subject notebooks.
Help People in Need when you buy your Groceries!
See Gail Shull or Pat Szabo to purchase cards in various amounts to use at Giant or Weis or stop by the office. 5% of the cost of each card stays with the church and is used for outreach and mission projects.
Honor or Remember a loved one or a special occasion with flowers on the altar!
Flowers help make our worship space more beautiful and remind us of the blossoming life we have in Christ. Please consider sponsoring the flowers in memory of a loved one, or to celebrate your thanksgivings. Flowers are $30. Let Michele know by email – chnatss@pa.net or phone, 717-567-6514.
Becoming Beloved Community 2, Tuesdays, August 23 - October 25, 7 – 8pm
This course builds upon the learning about systemic racism from the Becoming Beloved Community 1 course. Theological reflection will be the primary means through which we explore how to live into our identities as antiracists. We will take a deep dive into our formation as disciples and how that influences our fight to eliminate systemic racism. This 10-week course will be an online Zoom meeting, hosted on Tuesday evenings, 7-8:00pm. The instructors will be the Rev. Kevin Barron and Dr. Marion Schwartz. Prerequisite: Students must have taken the Becoming Beloved Community 1 course to enroll in this course. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-beloved-community-2-tickets-317224285377
