One of the most beautiful things about faith is that God so often surprises us.
When we first began the Wonder Campaign, we did so with a sense of excitement and trust that God was inviting us into something meaningful for the future of Nativity. Over the past year, that trust has been rewarded in ways we never could have imagined.
In less than a year, our parish has responded with an incredible $12.5 million in gifts and pledges. That kind of response doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when people believe deeply in a mission, in a parish, and in what God is doing in and through a community.
As our plans have been refined and carefully developed, it’s become clear that fully realizing the vision of the Wonder Campaign will require more than we originally expected. That discovery came after months of thoughtful work with architects, builders, and parish leadership, and it led us to a new understanding: the scope of what God is inviting us to build is bigger than we first imagined.
But here’s the thing, this has never really been about buildings.
The Wonder Campaign is about creating space for faith to grow. Space where children encounter Jesus in joyful and meaningful ways. Space where students wrestle with big questions and discover a God who walks with them. Space where the entire parish has room to pray, to gather, and to be renewed, especially through the gift of a chapel that places worship and reverence at the center of our shared life.
When unexpected challenges arise, it can be tempting to see them as obstacles. But in the life of faith, they are often invitations, an invitation to trust more deeply, to widen our vision, and to remember that God is always at work ahead of us.
We are entering a new season of the Wonder Campaign, one that invites the whole parish once again into this shared dream. There is confidence and hope as we move forward, confidence rooted in what has already been given, and hope grounded in the belief that God will continue to provide.
Most of all, we ask you to pray. Pray that we remain faithful to God’s call. Pray that we have the courage to dream boldly. Pray that we stay united as one parish family, moving forward together.
Wonder is still the word. And with God’s grace, and your continued partnership, the story God is writing at Nativity is far from finished.
