The spring weather has been beautiful and charming. Unfortunately winter isn’t done yet, third winter is coming.

The good news is that usually third winter is the last winter of the year, and before we know it we will be digging in the dirt and enjoying the outdoors again.

Nativity Youth are excited to bring you the 2019 Plant and Flower sale is on!

You can place your order a few different ways:

• Email heather@nativitychurch.org with your order typed out.
• Download the order form (CLICK HERE), print it,  fill it out and send to electronically to heather@nativitychurch.org
• Stop by the Welcome Desk to pick up your copy.

The deadline for ordering is  Sunday, April 28^th.

Don’t delay – order today 🙂  Show winter who’s in charge!

Your support will benefit the 2019 summer youth trips.

Every Tuesday and Wednesday night starting May 1st

Calling all softball players and fans! The snow and ice are melting, and the grass will soon turn green which means softball season is upon us.

This year, Nativity is attempting to field three teams. One Men’s D League (competitive) team, one church league (less competitive) team, and will add a team in the Co Ed league, provided we have enough players. All teams play in the New Brighton Parks and Rec adult softball leagues and most games are played within a few miles from the church.

The Men’s D League and Co Ed league will play on Tuesday’s, and the Church league team plays on Wednesday’s. We will post the schedules on the bulletin board at Nativity that will denote the start time and location of the games.

If you are interested in playing this summer, please contact Vladimir Poveda or Dan Hanson before May 1st (sooner the better) and we’ll get you on the roster. You will not want to miss this opportunity to have fun and fellowship with other people at Nativity.

For those who wish to join in on the fun from the comfort of the stands or your favorite chair, we invite you to come cheer on these Nativity team’s week to week in our quest for softball glory (or maybe just our quest to have fun and avoid injury)!

For more information, contact: Dan Hanson, dhanson804@gmail.com, or Vladimir Poveda, vladimir.poveda@gmail.com

The first Anti Racism Team (ART) Friday night movie of 2019 watched Harvest of Empire film. It was a documentary reviewing the United States relationship with Latin America, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico since our nation was formed. It was an eye opening, informative history that has present day implications for our immigration/asylum situation. Great discussion led by Nativity member Vladimir Poveda who came to USA from Nicaragua in 2006. Suggestions during discussion suggested using the word undocumented vs illegal as we deal with USA’s broken immigration system. Share the fact that asylum seekers that are “fleeing” their countries to avoid violence and have international law on their side to be processed as asylum seekers. Harvest of Empire helps one understand the history of the violence created by dictators that the USA has often helped place in power and why people are fleeing their country.
Nineteen Nativity youth watched Harvest of Empire the following Sunday! We have embedded the video below for your convenience.

Limited copies of DVD will be at welcome desk.
Next film in this series will be Friday, March 15 at 6:30 showing Immigration Battle.  It looks at how the immigration battle is fought and discussed behind closed doors in Congress.

A group of 19 women with Nativity Women in Action group gathered Sunday 2/10 to prepare postpartum kits for two hospitals in Madagascar. Lorna Larson from Nativity explained the obstetric fistula problem and how the postpartum kits will help women in Madagascar until they can get surgery to repair fistula. The goal is to have Global Health send 150 postpartum kits to Madagascar in October. Look for a second sew-a-Thon later this year to help meet need for postpartum kits.