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The Episcopal Church of the Nativity 22405 North Miller Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85255 480.307.9216
May
2013
THE NATIVITY SCENE
As our program year comes to a close, we say so long to some of our snowbird friends and look forward to
seeing them again in the fall! And in the month of May, we celebrate some special events:
Mothers Day May 12
Our youth group will be making a special brunch
after the 10:00 service in honor of mothers and
other important female role models! Come and
celebrate Mom with us!
Pentecost May 19
Wear red for Pentecost, the third major festival day of
the church (after Easter and Christmas)! This feast day
celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit, inspiring the
church to grow and spread throughout the world, and
giving gifts so that we all can share in Christs mission.
This year, Pentecost coincides with the end of
Nativitys program year, so at the 10:00 service, our
special celebration will include our end-of-year
recognitions of children, youth, teachers, youth leaders,
chapel leaders, and graduating seniors. And, we will
honor our terrific choir!
Summer Programs Begin May 26
This year, Nativity will continue our regular
Sunday worship schedule through the summer,
with an 8:00 Rite I service and a 10:00 Rite II
service. Sunday school will take a summer break,
but Childrens Chapel will continue at the 10:00
service through the summer. See pages 8-9 for
other summer childrens opportunities.
Youth Ministries Visioning Session Sunday, May 5, 5:00 p.m.
All teens and parents of teens, please come to our youth ministries visioning session on Sunday, May 5. We
would like to know what YOU want out of your youth group. The session will be facilitated by Dr. Amy
Jacober, a youth ministries specialist from the diocese, and youth and their parents will meet in separate small
groups. Please come, especially if you havent participated in youth group recently we really want to hear your
hopes and dreams! The session starts with dinner for all at 5:00 p.m., and the visioning session begins promptly
at 5:30 p.m.
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Every month we list those whose
birthdays are being celebrated. If you
would like your name added to the
list, please contact Mina Rafferty at
minarafferty@thenativity.net.
Our New Address
Take a moment to wish
a Happy Birthday To:
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
10:00 a.m. Children's Chapel - available for first half of service
11:00 a.m. Hospitality
11:15 a.m. Christian Education for all ages
5:00 p.m. Youth Group (Grades 7 - 12)
Nativitys Vestry
Senior Warden: Jeff Jameson
480-262-7957 JeffJameson@cox.net
Junior Warden: Bill Deihl
480-595-9546 bjdeihl@aol.com
Tricia Beaird 480-699-7893 pbeaird@cox.net
Nancy Bleasdale 602 421-3631 schoolmarm@att.net
Mike Brown 480-342-9423 mbrown@bromatco.com
Kara Erickson 480 518- 2683 theazericksons@hotmail.com
George Hartz 480-513-3155 gehartz@yahoo.com
Jane Heist 480-419-1229 Ljh0cpa@hotmail.com
Lani Sambach 602-793-2808 wasjrra@cox.net
Claire Smith 480-285-7679 csmith@lifetouch.com
David Smith 480-538-7068 VIDSmith@gmail.com
Nativity Staff
The. Rev. Susan B. Snook
Rector
SusanSnook@TheNativity.net
Dr. Wayne V. Whitney
Pastoral Intern
WayneWhitney@TheNativity.net
73P&Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler
Director of Music Ministry
IlonaKubiaczyk-Adler @TheNativity.net
Shelley Byrnes
Director of Childrens & Family Ministries
ShelleyByrnes@TheNativity.net
Casey Goslin
Director of Youth Ministries
CaseyGoslin@TheNativity.net
Art Graf
Treasurer
Mxgk25a@aol.com
Mina Rafferty
Parish Administrator
MinaRafferty@TheNativity.net
22405 N. Miller Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255
Telephone:
480-307-9216
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What happened to
change a group of fearful, dazed,
grieving disciples into a group of
committed, inspired believers
who would change the world? Without the physical
presence of Jesus, without any particular education
other than learning from him, with the threat of
Roman persecution, how did these uneducated and
ordinary people spread the news of Christ throughout
the Roman empire?
The story is found in the book of Acts, and it
begins with the coming of the Holy Spirit. Most of
us know that we believe in a God who is Three in
One Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But while we
can get our minds around the concepts of God the
Father and God the Son, many of us have trouble
visualizing the Holy Spirit. The Bible describes the
Spirit with metaphors like a rush of a violent wind
and tongues of fire, but dramatic as those
metaphors are, its still a hard concept to get ones
mind around.
The Holy Spirit comes when a group of
people is together, and inspires them individually and
communally. The Holy Spirit is active in the church
and in the world today healing, forgiving, inspiring,
bringing people together for mission. The Spirit gives
each of us special gifts for ministry: some have the gift
of teaching, some of healing, some of compassion,
some of service, some of generosity, some of
leadership, etc. The Spirit recognizes that each of us is
special and unique, and calls us to serve God based on
the special gifts we have been given.
It is the power of the Holy Spirit, I believe, that
has empowered Church of the Nativity to grow so
quickly in such a short time, teaching and inspiring and
serving the world in Christs name. The Holy Spirit has
entered this group of people at Nativity, bringing us
together as one in mission, to serve each other and our
community.
On Pentecost, often known as the birthday of
the church, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit,
and I give thanks for the work the Spirit has done in
building our church community. Thanks be to God!
In Christ, Susan
A not e f r om Pas t or Sus an
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Transforming lives with the love of God in Jesus Christ
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from
heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where
they were sitting. Acts 2:1-2
CONGRATULATIONS TO WAYNE V. WHITNEY
Nativity is happy to announce that the bishop has approved Dr. Wayne V. Whitney for ordination as a transitional deacon.
All are invited to attend the ordination service n Saturday, June 22 at 10:00 a.m. At Trinity Cathedral, 100 West Roosevelt
Street in Phoenix.
ADULT EDUCATION VISIONING SESSION MAY 4TH
A special visioning session for Adult Christian Formation is happening on Saturday May 4 at 10:30 a.m at Nativity. If
you are interested helping create a vision for the education of adults here at Nativity, please come. All input is welcome
as we consider how educating adults impacts the four priorities of Nativity's overall ministry. We will conclude by
Noon. Please let Dr. Wayne know if you are planning to attend.
WEDNESDAY EVENING PRAYER CHANGES ON MAY 22
Starting in Pentecost, Wednesday Evening Prayer featuring Prayers for Healing will move to a start time of 6:00 p.m.
instead of 5:30. The first Wednesday this impacts will be May 22. This change will move Bible Study Wednesdays to
start at 6:30 and conclude at 7:15.
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Page 4! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Waynes World!
Bon't you just hate it
when you uo stupiu
things. 0ne thing that is
common to the human
conuition is that we will
nevei stop making
mistakes. In oui
Baptismal Covenant we
aie askeu a question that
even piesumes this
ieality, "whenevei you fall
into sin will you iepent
anu ietuin to the Loiu."
0ui iesponse of "I will, with uou's help" piesumes
that oui uou can always hanule oui shoitcomings
even if we cannot. Ny Bau has a saying that
iesounus in my biain when I uo something stupiu,
"No euucation is fiee, anu I've paiu plenty foi mine,"
which is to say that mistakes have a cost but that's
just the piice of aumission into this new knowing.
Few of us woulu choose to ieveit back in time
because it woulu be at the expense of what wisuom
we have acquiieu in the stuff of life. Tiue wisuom is
being able to thank uou foi eveiything that
happens, tiuly eveiything. 0ui limiteu point of
view, as fiustiating anu painful as it is, is simply
that, ouis. As cieateu beings, we will nevei not
neeu uou although we'u like to think that we can
impiove ouiselves to the point of neeuing uou less
even if we won't aumit it. 0ui faith in the uou who
cieateu the woilu becomes moie anu moie valuable
the oluei anu wisei we get. Tiue wisuom is when
we gain those glimpses into uou's point of view.
These glimpses uon't just happen. We have to
position ouiselves to have the iight vantage point.
Noments when we aie most uncomfoitable aie oui
moments of giowth. Anu if we aie going to let it in
we aie going to have to take the time to stop anu
bieath. }ust stop, sit still anu bieath. Eveiy bieath
we take is the infilling of uou's Boly Spiiit; anu if we
can get conscious of this, giowth is the iesult. With
the onset of the Summei months staiing at us, let us
see theie is tiuly no "0ff" position on the leaining
switch foi those of us on mission foi }esus Chiist
anu Bis Chuich.
Dr. Wayne
ADULT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
POWER BIBLE STUDY
Our series of studying the portraits on the wall of the great Hall of Faith of Hebrews Chapter 11 continues on Sunday
mornings after ten o'clock worship. What we are studying now is the pivotal event of our historic faith before Jesus
came: the Exodus event of Israel's deliverance from Egypt. This act of salvation by God prefigures the saving work that
is completed and perfected by Jesus Christ. Dr. Wayne leads the conversation in the Music Classroom starting at 11:15
and dismisses at Noon.
BIBLE STUDY WEDNESDAYS
If you have ever wondered why Christians have been confused about the last book in the Bible, come to Bible Study
Wednesdays at 6:00 Wednesdays and find yourself enlightened about what the Book of Revelation is really about. It
actually is one of the most comforting books in all of Scripture, but the key is understanding the situation in the lives of
the earliest Christians who read it. Dr. Wayne leads this 60-minute conversation in the Office Classroom guaranteed to
dismiss by 7:00 p.m. Do yourself a favor and buy "The Book of Revelation for Dummies" by Helyer & Wagner which is
available online at your favorite cyberspace bookseller. Come with your thinking caps securely affixed to your heads!
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A NOTE FROM OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR Page 5
Baiiio La Laguna Event - A wonueiful Ninistiy!
Congiatulations to all who woikeu haiu to
make the Apiil 1S Fiesta ue Amigos a
wonueiful success! We aie piouu to
announce that the event iaiseu $S,S62,
anu we have ieceiveu a $S,uuu matching
giant fiom the uiocese. Theiefoie, moie
than TEN TB00SANB B0LLARS will go to
continue oui builuing woik on the Centei
of Bope in the baiiio of veiaciuz! We aie
tiuly tiansfoiming lives with the Love of
}esus Chiist!
Organ recital at Pinnacle Presbyterian this Friday, May 3rd at 7.30 p.m.
Come and listen to some of my favorite music played on one of my favorite instruments in the valley! I will
tell stories about my home country and share Polish music that is rarely heard in concert. Although the history
of Poland is complicated, often bloody and tragic, its music evokes beauty, solemnity and humor. Guest
mezzo-soprano: Suzanne Rovani, chanting in Latin and Polish!
Read an interview about the program here: http://www.cazago.org/pipeline/2013/0413.pdf
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church (NW corner of Pima and Happy Valley)
25150 N Pima Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Program:
1. Jacob Adler (1980*) - Dance of the Kiciu!
2. Miko"aj z Krakowa (Nicolaus Cracoviensis) - Preambulum in d, from 1540
Lublin Tablature &*Anonymus ca.1580 - Prosa de Resurrectione
D.N.J.C. Victimae Paschali, from 16th c Warsaw Music
Society Tablature
3. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude in E-flat major BWV 552
4.Jan Podbielski (ca 1650) Praeludium & Johann Jakob Froberger
(1616-1667) Capriccio FbWV503, from
Libro di capricci e ricercate (c. 1658)
5. Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) / arr. Franz Liszt (1811-1886) -
Prlude op. 28/4
6. Mieczys"aw Surzy#ski (1866-1924) Chaconne op. 11
7. Feliks Nowowiejski (1877-1946) Fantazja Polska Pasterka na Wawelu
8. Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727-1756) Polonez in A-flat major and
Polonez in f-minor
9. Tomasz Kiesewetter (1911-1992) Preludium i Toccata
Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler
NATIVITY MUSIC FESTIVAL
May 5, Sunday, 4 p.m.
Saxophonist Chris Light will perform one of the most challenging pieces in classical saxophone literature, a concerto by
Ingolf Dahl. He will also be joined by his jazz ensemble, the Chris Light Quartet. Free admission.
May 12, Sunday 4 p.m.
Join the Mill Ave Chamber Players for Story Time With Winds, musical settings of the timeless story of Peter and the Wolf
and Aesop's Fables. Tickets can be purchased at www.millavechamberplayers.com.
Advanced purchase: $5/child under 18, $10/adult, or $25/family of 4 or more
Day of purchase: $7/child under 18, $12/adult, or $30/family of 4 or more
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Page 6 Upcomi ng Event s and Oppor t uni t i es
COMING SOON TO NATIVITY -
THE GREAT NATIVITY
YARD SALE
The Fundraising Committee's first big event of the
year will be held on Saturday, May 11th from 7AM to
3PM.
We're counting on everyone to pitch in re-sellable
items so we can maximize the efforts of the day.
We'll be collecting small items (things we can carry to
the 2nd floor) every Sunday between now and the sale
date.
Big items (too big for Art Graf to carry upstairs) will
be collected the week running up to the date.
We'll be rolling out more details as the day
approaches. We're also running a naming contest for
the event and need your input. The winning entry
(chosen by our austere committee of judges) will win
a $25 gift card.
u i e a t } o b Na t i v i t y !
0niteu Bloou Seivices thanks you foi oiganizing the iecent bloou
uiive at Episcopal Chuich of the Nativity. Youi uiive will help to
assuie that bloou is available foi patients in neeu.
At the bloou uiive, 14 lifesaving uonois steppeu up to
uonate, iesulting in 1S pioceuuies foi oui
community anu ieaching 81% of youi bloou uiive
goal.
Youi effoits anu the suppoit of Episcopal Chuich of the Nativity aie gieatly appieciateu anu will go a
long way towaiu assuiing a stiong bloou supply, anu ultimately saving lives.
Again, thank you foi youi contiibution anu ongoing suppoit of the community bloou piogiam. I enjoyeu
woiking with you.
Sinceiely,
Shaion Ryan
Bonoi Reciuitment Repiesentative 0niteu Bloou Seivices
NATIVITYS LADIES WINE NIGHT MAY 3RD
On May 3rd we are getting together again at our new location, Armitage Bistro at DC Ranch which is located at 20751 N
Pima Rd #120 in Scottsdale. The time will to be from 5-7 on the first Thursday of each month. If you have any questions,
please contact Brenda Burke at bburke11@gmail.com.
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WOMENS GROUP IS GOING TO THE PHOENIX RESUCE MISSION
The Nativity women will be making sandwiches and preparing lunch on Tuesday, May 7th at the
Rescue Mission. We will be leaving from the church at 8:15 a.m. If interested please contact Jennie
Dobbins at 480-585-2952.
MENS PUB FELLOWSHIP
The Men's Pub Fellowship meets on Friday May 3rd at 5 pm at the Blue Agave for fellowship over your favorite
libation. Hope to see you there. After you put it on your calendar, please let Wayne know you're coming at
waynewhitney@thenativity.net.
ONES AND TWOS - NEEDS YOU!
FRIDAY, MAY 17TH, FROM 6 TO 8 P.M.
0nes anu Twos meets about once a month in someone's home. It is a gieat time foi oui membeis to get to
know one anothei bettei; anu, it is a veiy special oppoitunity foi each of us to invite anu welcome newcomeis,
fiienus anu visitois to take pait in a social aspect of oui Chuich family.
The hosts in Nay aie Kazue anu Bonalu Balint. Please biing hois u'oeuvies oi wine. All
auult membeis anu visitois of Nativity aie waimly welcomeu! Bebbie has giaciously
openeu hei home to us. This is a gieat oppoitunity to biing fiienus oi neighbois to
meet oui Chuich family, get to know us anu, who knows, maybe ueciue to join!!!!
The Balint's home auuiess is: 1S8S8 Noith S1st. Place, Scottsuale, Aiizona 8S2S4.
Biiections will be available at the chuich, oi via email. Please contact Bonalu anu
Kazue at 6u2-218-8629, oi via email to khbalintgmail.com, with questions oi
isvps.
A note from the Flower Guild
The Nativity flower guild provides the altar flowers each Sunday
and also the flowers that adorn our worship space for special
holidays and events such as Christmas and Easter. The flowers
may be dedicated in thanksgiving for blessings received or in
memory of a loved one.
There are a few Sundays still available (including Mothers
Day on May 12th) for your dedications. Once you have decided
which date you prefer, simply write your name on the Flower
Chart (located on the wall near the office door) and complete the
form provided, and return it to the church office. If you have any
questions please contact Kathy Graf at kgraf518@aol.com.
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We have a great opportunity to go to the circus!!!! We have a
block of 25 tickets for the 7:00 pm, Friday June 28th
performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey