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Basic Needs Wish List

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Thank you for your continued support of the Church of the Nativity’s food pantry! Below are items that are needed by Lunch Break, Family Promise, St. Peter Claver, and Eagles Up (deployed military). Items may be placed in the Food Pantry boxes located around the Church.

BABY ITEMS

  • Diapers, sizes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 – the bigger sizes are most needed
  • Baby Wipes
  • Baby Wash

WOMEN-SPECIFIC ITEMS

  • Personal Hygiene Products

ADULT-SPECIFIC ITEMS

  • Adult Diapers – all sizes/Men/Women

PERSONAL ITEMS (smaller travel sizes)

  • Toothpaste
  • Toothbrushes
  • Soap/Body Wash
  • Hand/Body Cream
  • Shaving Cream for Men/Women
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Deodorant
  • Toilet Paper
 CLEANING SUPPLIES

  • Laundry Detergent
  • Cleaning Products
  • Dish Detergent
  • Paper Towels
  • Sponges

SNACK PACK ITEMS

  • Chips
  • Cookies
  • Fruit Cups
  • Juice Packs
  • Small Waters
  • Non-perishable items such as canned vegetables, pasta and sauce, canned soup, etc.

EAGLES UP 

  • Dried Fruit Snacks
  • Beef Jerky
  • Coffee or Tea
  • Gum
  • Microwaveable Snacks
  • Hard Candy

OTHER

  • Boxed shelf-stable Almond Milk or Oat Milk (not refrigerated or flavored)
  • Ziplock bags of tall sizes to hold hygiene items/snacks, etc.

Lunch Break Community Dinners

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The Church of the Nativity is seeking volunteers to help out at Friday Night Community Dinners at Lunch Break. Lunch Break is located at 121 Drs. James Parker Boulevard in Red Bank.

Nativity volunteers will serve the third Friday of every month from 5:30pm-8:30pm. Volunteers must be 16 years or older.

To volunteer, please complete these two steps:

Step 1: Signup

Click here to signup.

Note: You must sign up at least 10 days before your event.

Step 2: Complete Registration Form

Please also complete this Lunch Break volunteer registration form.

You will only need to register once.

Questions? Please contact Mary Haynes at (732) 778-5495 or mmhaynes12@gmail.com.

Help Support Our Troops

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Let’s help our troops and let them know that Nativity cares and appreciates their service.

Most requested items include:

1. Any kind of nuts: peanuts, sunflower seeds, etc.
2. Trail mix
3. Beef jerky
4. Powdered drink mix that can be poured into water boƩles
5. Protein and granola bars
6. Dried fruit snacks
7. Popcorn (microwaveable)
8. Gum and hard candy
9. Rice Krispie treats
10. Feminine hygiene products
11. Laundry soap sheets
12. Tissues in small packs
13. Sunscreen
14. Socks and cooling bandanas

Collection boxes are located at the entrances to the Church.

Heavenly Music Campaign

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Help Nativity renew and build our Music Ministry for future generations by contributing to our Heavenly Music Campaign!

Campaign Goals

  • Replace aging electronic organ with technologically advanced, updatable American-made Allen digital organ
  • Improve and update choir loft audio system
  • Create safe musical environment in choir loft for all musicians

Finances

  • The Diocese of Trenton approved a 2-year capital campaign to offsite net price of the organ, $103,000. (The campaign will end on June 30, 2025.)
  • The entire project with organ, sound system, carpentry, flooring, carpeting and other upgrades will cost approximately $140,000

How to Donate

  • Using Heavenly Music church envelopes. Available in the church and parish office. Checks payable to: Church of the Nativity (memo line: Heavenly Music)
  • Online through your Parish Giving account
  • Online through the parish Website. Click here to make a donation.

Contacts

OCIA

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The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) (formerly RCIA) offers the opportunity to learn more about our faith in a small group setting. Sessions focus on the teachings and experience of the Church and prepare individuals to celebrate the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist during the Easter season.

The OCIA 2024-2025 season begins the first week of October.

For further information, please contact Roger Trepanier (732-299-4608, rltrep@yahoo.com) or Tom Babcock (732-533-8554, twbpublic@gmail.com).

July 8-9: Mission Appeal Weekend

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This weekend, Rev. Peter James Alindogan, Trenton Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, will speak at all Masses on behalf of our mission partners. During the past years, our diocese has shared our resources to needy and developing countries where the life giving presence of Christ in our world is proclaimed and professed.

Last year, Nativity was generous to the Diocese of Obuasi in Ghana, West Africa. Nativity contributed to the water projects, the construction of the Church and the training and formation of seminarians. These projects were made possible with your gracious financial assistance.

Our second collection next weekend will be taken to support the needs of our Catholic Churches around the world.

Thank you for being part of our Mission Family and in spreading the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in these developing nations of the world. Please be as generous as possible in this second collection.