We welcome donations for our Christmas Celebration. The donations will be used for Christmas greens, poinsettias, trimmings, and outdoor lighting.
Nativity Lutheran Church is in the process of redesigning our green space. We want to expand our vegetable gardens to grow more produce for Little Kitchen Food Shelf and transition our hillsides to pollinator gardens.
Our hillsides pose several challenges:
In researching our landscaping challenges, we have found an innovative solution to our problem that will allow us to demonstrate responsible stewardship, expand our outreach and provide a learning opportunity for the youth and adults within our community. Experts in land management are turning to goat grazing to help manage sensitive landscape. Over the past few years, there have been an increasing number of park and watershed managers who are turning to goats to help control buckthorn and other invasive species.
We are bringing in goats to graze our hillsides and serve as a model of responsible stewardship.
We plan to host learning events to provide an opportunity for local preschools and scouting groups. We feel this will be an ideal opportunity to help teach our children about:
We will hire Goat Dispatch, a family-owned business that provides goats for temporary grazing. The goats will be coming in August and will be with use for 10-14 days.
Stay tuned for updates and an event schedule.
An event every month that begins at 10:45am on day Second of the month, repeating until February 10, 2019
Join a volunteer team that cleans and replaces used coffee cups. This volunteer should be available from 10:45am to 12:00pm on Sundays. This service is important because it contributes to making Nativity a warm and welcoming environment for worshipers. This opportunity also reflects environmental st...
Find out more »An event every month that begins at 10:45am on day Second of the month, repeating until February 10, 2019
Join a volunteer team that cleans and replaces used coffee cups. This volunteer should be available from 10:45am to 12:00pm on Sundays. This service is important because it contributes to making Nativity a warm and welcoming environment for worshipers. This opportunity also reflects environmental st...
Find out more »An event every month that begins at 10:45am on day Fourth of the month, repeating indefinitely
Join a volunteer team that cleans and replaces used coffee cups. This volunteer should be available from 10:45am to 12:00pm on Sundays. This service is important because it contributes to making Nativity a warm and welcoming environment for worshipers. This opportunity also reflects environmental s...
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Over the past 5 years members of our Nativity Community have very generously contributed to Lutheran Social Service Metro Homeless Youth programs through our fundraising efforts such as Rockin Out Team Homelessness, Where Love Can Grow in, and our Teen Art Exhibit. The result was accumulated funds of over $20,000. To add to this, a couple months ago John Hensel and his sister, Jean, came forward and asked to make a sizeable contribution to Metro Homeless Youth.
Karen Weiberg and Gail Bergsven, leaders of the Nativity Homelessness Outreach Team and liaisons to LSS Metro Homeless Youth, met with Jen Fairbourne, Director of the LSS Metro Homeless Youth Programs and made a decision to contribute the majority of our funds to the following programs:
Thank you Nativity for caring about our youth at risk. You have made a difference in the lives of many young people.
Nativity Garden Vision
Our vision for Nativity front entry: We see a front entry experience that is welcoming, safe, and easily accessible to everyone; where nature spills into the street creating a lovely backdrop for people to celebrate, gather, linger, play, laugh and sit while enjoying nature in each season; with inspiring and interactive lighting and artistic features in a space that reflects a noticeable and dynamic presence that stewards God’s creation and embodies our commitment to love courageously.
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Phase 1: concept and garden design – engaged landscape architect, moved many perennials
Phase 2: transition garden space surrounding the front entrance, including Peace Pole
Phase 3: transition hillside extending to north parking lot and boulevard
There are many ways you can help…
Sponsor an item:
Volunteer to help:
The new garden will feature:
On June 20 we had a great group of people join us at Nativity to help assemble DRAGONFLY PROJECT PACKETS. This event was sponsored by a Thrivent Action Team. The DRAGONFLY PROJECT is a mission partner with our Nativity Community Outreach, Care and Support Team.
If you are interested in getting involved with the DRAGONFLY PROJECT or one of our other Outreach Teams contact Gail Bergsven, Director of Community Partnerships: 651-329-4446 or ggantz1@aol.com
Nativity supports the Little Kitchen and NEED food. People from the Hunger Outreach Team are looking for fresh produce to give out to food pantry clients. People that visit food shelves love fresh produce as they often find it hard to buy on their limited budget. We are thankful to the Nativity community garden for the fresh produce donated to Little Kitchen. To expand donations please consider donating fresh produce from your home garden, CSA fresh produce, or any produce you might pick up at a grocery store.
AÂ basket will be set out by the welcome desk marked as fresh produce for food shelves and will be picked up regularly and taken to food shelf by Nativity volunteers. Thank you for your donations.
If questions please contact Grace Gee at gracegee50@gmail.com or 218-348-3381.
Did you know that the Wednesday A.M. Bible Study group makes the M&M tube containers available to the group members to contribute to FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN and have been doing so since 2013?
A recent report indicates that this group has contributed over 100 tubes of quarters (over $1,000), to help fund FEED MY STARVING CHILDRENS’ effort around the world.
Proof that small acts of kindness can change the world.
After 14 years at Nativity Church it’s time for me to try a new adventure. I am sad, grateful, and a little scared for what lies ahead. Thank you Nativity for making me feel like part of a family.
I was offered a job (not looking) and it sounded like a great opportunity and couldn’t pass it up.
Nativity has been my church home for a long time and I don’t plan on going anywhere else so you will still see me around! Thank you all for being such a big part of my life over the years.
-Jodi Dean
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
-Winnie the Pooh
Thank you Jodi!
Nativity is grateful for Jodi’s 14 years of ministry. Her pleasant smile and helpful attitude will be missed. Blessings to Jodi as she starts a new job.
The Intertwine community shared a moment of gratitude for Nativity’s ongoing support at our Sunday gathering at Water Bar & Public Studio over Art-A-Whirl weekend. Your generosity is helping to fund Intertwine’s experimenting and growth as we engage un-churched peoples in and around Northeast Minneapolis.
Show Us Some Love!