“Each one should use whatever gift received to serve others”
1 Peter 4: 10
 Servers / Acolytes: Young people (Grade 4 and older) make up the majority of our Servers, however the Server Ministry is open to all ages, including some of the senior members of the congregation. Servers carry the crossbooks, and candles in procession. They serve at the Altar at the Eucharist and assist the priest in the liturgies of the parish. They serve on a rotating schedule at the 10 am Sunday service.
Contact: Jamie Dodds
Altar Guild: An essential part of our community worship, the Altar Guild prepares the Altar for all liturgies of the parish. They care for and maintain the vessels and special linens used in our liturgical celebrations. They also place the flowers and special decorations for high feasts and Holy Days. They serve about once every 2 months in teams of 2 or 3.
Contact: Leslie Siggins
Chalice Bearer: Adults, confirmed in their faith, assist the priest in the Eucharist by serving a chalice (cup) during communion. Chalice bearers serve about once every two months.
Contact: John Moldon
Choir: Holy Nativity has been blessed in recent years with a ‘Festival Choir’. This choir prepares music for worship at Christmas and Easter. They enrich our worship with their offering. Should you wish to join them, please contact the Organist as suggested below.
Contact: The Organist, 403-278-0001 Ext.4
Coffee Hosts: Coffee hosts help with the set-up and supply of coffee, juice and baked goods on Sunday mornings.
Contact: Bev Fritzler
Cookie Sunday Donors: One Sunday a month (the 4th Sunday), we have cookies, cookies and more cookies. After the 10am service, ‘cookie monsters’ appear and with the assistance of some willing adults, they devour the ‘cookie offerings’. You can be involved in this two ways – baking cookies and eating cookies.
Contact: Christina Power
Greeters: Holy Nativity’s Greeters are often the first faces you see when you arrive on Sunday morning. An integral part of our ‘hospitality team’, our greeters serve on a voluntary basis on Sunday mornings to welcome members and newcomers alike. If you have a question, they will find the answer for you.
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Readers / Intercessors: Readers read the lessons at our Sunday liturgies. They serve on a rotating basis and read every 3 months. The Intercessors offer the prayers of the community at our Sunday liturgies. They receive training in offering the prayers of the community.
Contact: Pat Hopkinson/Pat Gilroy
Newcomer Receptions: Receptions are held on a regular basis to give those new to Holy Nativity an opportunity to meet with, and ask questions of, the Rector and members of our Vestry as well as meet other new members and visitors. To sign up to attend or to host a reception, please visit the Welcome Table at the back of the Sanctuary in the Friendship Room on Sunday mornings.
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Oblation Bearers: These persons bring the gifts of bread and wine to the Altar at the time of the Offertory Hymn. This ‘offertory procession’ reminds us that these offerings come from the body of Christ, the worshipping community. Some people ask to be scheduled to do this near a special anniversary or event.
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Community Outreach: Our outreach programs help us ‘to be God’s people…demonstrating God’s love’. Our outreach is in the local community of Lake Bonavista, the city of Calgary, our country Canada and around the world.
Locally, we work with EXIT (a street ministry to homeless youth), the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank, the Pregnancy Care Centre, Meals on Wheels and NeighbourLink.
Nationally, we support Theological education in Saskatoon, student chaplaincy in Lethbridge, the Diocese of Athabasca in Northern Alberta, and the Diocese of the Arctic in rebuilding their cathedral church.
Internationally, we support our Companion Diocese of the Windward Islands in their rebuilding following Hurricane Juan and CAWST – an international effort to provide locally constructed water filters to villagers and families in the developing world. At present, we are exploring a new relationship with the Diocese of S. Malawi. Our contact there is the Rev. Raphael Mpoudo, a priest in that diocese.
The community of Holy Nativity is committed to outreach and is always looking for new and exciting opportunities to be more fully ‘God’s people…demonstrating God’s love’.
Contact: Barb Scott
Stewardship Committee: This committee works on the annual campaign for our giving to the Church. They remind us on a regular basis of our need to give. This committee works usually in the Fall of each year to remind us of our faith based obligation to provide for the needs of the Church, the poor and all those who experience hardship.
Contact: Wayne Power
Sunday School Teachers: Our Sunday School is the foundation of our faith formation program. Teaching our children, helping them to learn the stories of faith and growing their relationship with God is our goal. A well balanced Bible based curriculum (Seasons of the Spirit) is provided. It reflects the readings heard in worship and seeks to encourage discussion between children and their parents about matters of faith and belief.
Contact: Rita Beveridge
Sunday School for Adults: This is in the planning process. If a suitable study program can be found, it will be offered in 2009-10 between the two Sunday services. It will begin at 9:00 am and conclude at 9:40 am.
Contact: Fr. Bryan
Sidespersons: These people work on a rotation basis as well. About one Sunday in every six, they welcome people to church, hand out bulletins and books as necessary, receive the money offering, assist with the flow of people to communion and count the congregation. Men and women of the parish are invited to take part in this Holy Nativity ministry.
Contact: Don Hudson
Vestry: The Vestry is sometimes referred to as the Parish Council in some places. This group provides leadership, and its members are elected each year at the Annual General Meeting. Vestry members are over eighteen years of age, communicants in good standing with the parish who have made and maintained a financial pledge to the parish, and who are regular in attendance at worship most Sundays.
Contact: Fr. Bryan
Welcome Table Ministry: The Welcome Table ministry is responsible for attending to the Welcome Table each Sunday morning. We want visitors to register so that we can make their welcome a more personal one. We also make ‘fellowship’ calls to all visitors the week after they register. This assists us in gathering the names of those we might invite to our Newcomer Receptions. The task here is simple. Smile – say hello – and welcome a newcomer.
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Youth Group: Our Youth Group is made up of young people from our community and beyond who are in Junior and Senior High. They meet with our Youth leader twice a month for friendship, fellowship and service. Special events or special service projects happen throughout the year as well. We encourage our Youth Group to meet with other Anglican youth groups as well for larger youth activities. We are excited about and committed to this Holy Nativity ministry.
Contact: The Rev. Linda Allwood
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