God brings life and growth to everything, including churches. But there is plenty we can do to encourage growth, or inhibit it. Perry Noble, pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in the country, currently has an excellent blog post on church growth. I thought I would take a stab at the topic myself. […]
Category: What’s new at Nativity
I will stand my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give. Then the Lord replied: Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits […]
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises up and his glory appears over you. Lift up your eyes and look about you: all assemble and come to you. Isaiah 60.1-2,4 […]
We are in the final days of preparation for our Easter celebration, this year for the first time ever at the Maryland State Fair. Our Ops ministers get into high gear this afternoon and tomorrow moving our church exactly one mile north. Our musicians are rehearsing, and they really sound great. Children’s Ministers are putting […]
Those of you new to this site or our parish might not know that this week we’re moving. We’re moving our entire church exactly one mile north, to the corner of Timonium and York Road, where were celebrating Easter at the Maryland State Fair. We’ll be doing two Masses on Sunday morning as well as […]
There is so much going on at Nativity this weekend; you do not want to miss it. And you do not want to miss this opportunity to bring a friend (who doesn’t have a church) to church, or invite them to join us online this Sunday at 10:30am or 5:30pm. This will be the perfect […]
1. This will be the sixth and, sadly, final week of our current series, “The Rules of Happiness.” I say sadly because spending so much time preparing for our series, it’s always sad to see them go, like saying goodbye to a friend. This series has had an unexpected impact on me, and others have […]
1. Our current attendance numbers have reached an unprecedented weekly average of 4,000. Two weeks ago we saw our largest weekend ever (that was not Easter or Christmas). In fact it was actually larger than some Easter and Christmas counts. All of our Masses now see over 500 in attendance, often between 10:30 and 11:00 […]
This is week three of our current series the “rules” of happiness. This week we’re looking at a vital rule, one that Scripture over and over again emphasizes, as does modern psychology. We have a fundamental need to be known, loved and cared for. Solid, deep relationships bring emotional and even physical health. They also […]
Welcome to 2012 and thanks for checking out my blog. For my first post of the New Year I am going out on a limb (where I kind of spend a lot of my time) and “predict” what’s ahead for our parish, Church of the Nativity, in the coming months. No kidding, I am not […]
