Next Sunday, January 15, at 10.30 am the Sudanese Choir from Kent Lutheran Church will be with us, to lead us in worship and song, and to tell us about their upcoming trip to South Sudan to help build water projects and a school. (Nativity people have contributed to both projects through donations to Living Waters and shoes given to the Shoe Drive.) It will be a powerful morning of Word and worship – be sure to be part of it!
We’re again invited to join the women of Our Savior Lutheran in Issaquah for their annual retreat. It’s being held at the Rainbow Lodge in North Bend on February 3-5, 2012. The guest speaker is Pastor Heidi Fish and the topic will be "A Walk Through the Bible". Of course, there will be lots of down time for resting, hiking, visiting, and reflecting as well. Birdena Leininger and Cindy Hokanson attended last year and had a wonderful time! Watch for registration information coming in November. If you have questions, please contact Birdena Leininger.
There is a team gathering on January 22nd at 12:15pm (after worship) to begin the planning for this project. All who are interested in joining this planning session are welcome. If you have any questions regarding this project, please contact Birdena Leininger.
There will be an organizational meeting for the Nativity Players after church this Sunday, January 8, to plan rehearsal dates and times for this year’s play. Performance dates are at the end of March, but when we only rehearse once a week, it makes for a short timeline. Bring your scripts with you and we’ll try to make sure all parts are assigned. Hope to see you there!
Spoken setting of Holy Communion: 8 am
Adult Education: 9 am
Liturgical setting of Holy Communion with Kids’ Church and Adult Choir: 10:30 am
Fellowship: 11:30 am
Nativity Lutheran Church is located approximately 1 block south of the intersection of Petrovisky Road & 140th SE directly across from the Albertsons Shopping Center.
Address: 17707 140th Ave SE, Renton Washington
Phone: 425-228-5464
Email: nlcoffice@qwestoffice.net
Webmaster: zachnehrenberg@hotmail.com
Worship at Nativity is as diverse as the community that gathers each week. Though we do worship in a liturgical (ordered) format, we use different musical settings, such as Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Holden Evening Prayer, Now the Feast and Celebration, and different spoken liturgies. We sing hymns and songs from many different sources … our Lutheran heritage, other denominations, and newer songs of worship and praise.
Music is an important part of our worship life. We enjoy singing in many different styles of music which support our liturgical worship service. Hymns and songs are printed in the bulletins to aid in congregational participation. Our Adult Choir sings every week at 10.30 worship. Our music director Steve Nehrenberg is a regionally known composer who blesses us with his own original musical works for choir and congregation. Instrumentalists enhance worship through their leadership and musical offerings.
We are a lively and diverse community. We come from many different places and faith backgrounds. We are of different ages and cultural origins. We have varied careers, hobbies and interests.
If you are interested in helping the church, or participating in one of Nativity's many events; don't be afraid. Jump on in! Nativity has many volunteer duties such as doing readings or providing fellowship. If you want to help the church just ask! There is always something you can do.