Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) “Think Out Loud”, recently featured a live interview with our own Micki Laird. She shared her journey and how important the support of the Nativity family has been the past two years of her life. For more information or to hear the interview, click here.
BackPacks in Bend will provide a backpack full of nutritious food for children living in food-insecure homes for them to take home during a weekend or break. Each child in the program will receive a backpack filled with food each week of the school year. The goal is to make the food donations discreet by providing them in backpacks. For more information please contact Amy Fraley at 385-3232 or to visit a recent news article click here.
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When Mickie Laird needed help, she turned to Nativity Lutheran Church. There, she started working at a community garden, which has provided stability in her life and given her a chance to help others in need. For more information,click here.
Have you noticed the trench just east of our parking lot? Well, construction of Nativity’s Prayer and Memorial Garden is underway. It is a beautiful space on the N.E. corner of our property.
For more information about Nativity’s Prayer and Memorial Garden, click here.
Requests are beginning to come in for firewood from NeighborImpact families and the community. We are splitting wood on Saturdays in December from 9:00 am to noon. Please consider becoming involved in this important ministry. Call Richard Berg at 312-8663 or Ron Boldenow at 318-0579, if you have questions.
Work will begin this month on the Orchard. To prepare the site we will remove a few Juniper trees in order to provide more sunlight; Shut off the irrigation to the area; Mark the existing irrigation heads so they can be removed next spring and replaced with drip irrigation lines to the new trees and planting areas; Cover the entire area with 6 inches of soil builder ground cover and begin building a fence around the site.
There is an existing Crabapple tree on the orchard site that was given by Walt and Mary Ellen Larkins to Dick and Phyllis Sutherland in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary on September 28, 1996. The memorial tree will become a focal point and identified with a plaque. New fruit trees will be available for purchase by members and friends of Nativity. Four trees have been purchased to date in memory of family members and special events. The purchase price is per tree is $40.00 and they will be ordered in early October for delivery and planting in the spring of 2010. Jan Ward will partner with us by donating equipment and employees at planting time. All of the project cost will be paid for from the remainder of the $10,000 gift received from Jan and Jody Ward in December of 2008.
A draft master plan designed by Tyler Pratt is available in the Narthex for your review and comment. If you have questions please call Richard Berg at 312-8663 or Ron Boldenow at 318-0579.