Agenhart E, Wayne O, Heather, John M, Todd T, Tom, Kate, Michael T, Peggy, Lucille D, Lance, Ann C, Cynthia K, Joyce H, Sandee K, Doris, Sheri G, Raj R. & Renu R, Eric & Kathy M, Dieter H, Katharine, Arthur, Juditha M, and Brown.
AND all who struggle with illness and/or hardship.
Please contact the HNC office with any prayer requests
The Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys in Washington D.C. is a tuition free school for academically bright kids who are from economically challenged backgrounds…The recently retired Head of School, Michael Molina, as his last official act, read to the students from the book entitled The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. It tells the story of a young girl who discovered that she could make a work of art [starting out by painting one] single dot…The effort she invested in the dot not only changed the world, but it changed her. Our dots, our making marks, indicate what we value [and] what [we] stand for…Molina said to the students, “Use your dot to leave a mark on the world to make the world a better place.”
As we begin the public phase of celebrating our 75th anniversary and making plans for the next 75 years of our ministry in this place, we all have the opportunity to leave our marks on the Holy Nativity Campus…
what will our dots be?
–The Rev. Dr. Bob Steele, co-chair, 75th Anniversary Planning Team, sermon excerpt, August 20, 2023
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Acolyte Training
for young people 4th grade and up, this Sunday!
Sunday August 27th, after service & coffee hour.
Come enjoy pizza and learn how to be an Acolyte!
Come join us if you would like to learn how to carry the cross, the torches, and serve at the altar during Communion.
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Last Week's Maui Drive was a
Wonderful Showing!
Many useful items and supplies were collected.
Jeanne Wilkes pictured above.
Can't forget the important supplies!
Mahalo Nui to all who donated to and/or participated in the drive!
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A Special Prayer from the Episcopal Bishop,
Bob Fitzpatrick.
Almighty God, who is our strength and our refuge; be with those who are besieged by fire, guide those who evacuate so that they may find care and comfort in a safe place; protect their homes and their pets, their neighbors and their friends, so that they may return home to a loving community. We ask this in the name of Jesus your son, who abides with you and with the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O God, whose love encircles us; sustain those who respond when wildfires roar, keep them safe from harm and hold them in your sheltering embrace so that they may complete these burdensome tasks, return home to their families, and keep the lives and homes of all they protect safe from harm, in the loving name of Jesus, who gave his life for all. Amen.
Loving God, our strength in times of despair, be with all those who have lost their homes to wildfire, comfort them in their distress, strengthen them for the journey ahead, and sustain them with your loving embrace, that they may find a sense of home once again. We ask this in the name of your son Jesus Christ, who heals the sick and restores the lost. Amen.
