Ministry Directory

Altar Care:  Candles and linens, Pat James, pjames@nativitycatholic.org.
Altar Servers:
 Must be registered parishioners, received First Communion, and be trained. Contact pjames@nativitycatholic.org.
Bake Sales:
  Stephanie Kourie,skourie@nativitycatholic.org; Michelle Atkins,matkins@nativitycatholic.org; Stephanie Struble,rjstruble@yahoo.com
Coffee and Donuts Social
 in the Parish Commons following the Sunday 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM Masses
Couples Ministry:
  1st Sunday of the month 12:00-1:30 PM in the Commons. Mike Nelson,  Mike_Nelson@alum.cox.smu.edu. Click here for more information.

Culture of Life Ministry: Natasha Bullock-Odero, nbullock-odero@nativitycatholic.org

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion: Pat James, pjames@nativitycatholic.org
Eucharistic Adoration:
 after M-F Daily Mass in the chapel until 9:15 AM. Click here for monthly Nocturnal Adoration information. Click here for Prayers in Front of the Blessed Sacrament. Click here for Exposition and Benediction Prayers.
Faith Formation:
 K-8: Michelle Atkins, matkins@nativitycatholic.org

Funerals: Contact Tula Pinnella, tpinnella@nativitycatholic.org

Holy Communion for the Homebound:  Stephanie Kourie, skourie@nativitycatholic.org
Holy Communion for the Sick:
 for UCSD hospital, contact Stephanie Kourie, skourie@nativitycatholic.org. For Scripps Green, contact Pat James, pjames@nativitycatholic.org.
Men of Nativity
 meet on the first Thursday of the month, 6:00-8:30 PM, beginning with prayer in the Holy Family Chapel, moving to the Parish Commons for the program. Contact Tim Van Damm, timvandamm@gmail.com. Click here for date and monthly speaker.
Mental Health Ministry:
 Lisa James, ljames@nativitycatholic.org, 858 367-0049. Click here for more information and a list of resources.

Ministers of Hospitality (Ushers) :  contact Corbitt Kerr, ckerr@nativitycatholic.org

Ministers of the Word (Lectors): Trudi Lynch, trudilynch@gmail.com

MomCo Nativity:  Nativity motherhood group, select Wednesdays of the month from 9:00-11:30 AM (September - May). Childcare is available.

Contact: Tanya Maria, tanya.a.maria@gmail.com. Click here for dates.

Music Ministry:  Viktor Shekhtman, vshekhtman@nativitycatholic.org
Nativity Samaritans:
  a community outreach providing meals, prayer, transportation, home visits with Communion, and hospital ministry, Stephanie Kourie, skourie@nativitycatholic.org

Nocturnal Adoration: Thursday before the 1st Friday of the month from 8:00PM-7:30AM in the chapel. Contact Leilani Dolan, llevoit@gmail.com.

Click here for more information.

OCIA Program (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, formerly RCIA): meet in the Parish Classroom (in the Parish Office)

Sundays 11:30 AM -12:30 PM: Mike James, Pastoral Associate, mjames@nativitycatholic.org, 858 756-1911. Click here for more information.

Our Mother of Perpetual Help Novena: after Tuesday Morning Mass.
Parents in Prayer:
 meet Thursdays after the morning Mass during the school year.

Prayer Requests for Nativity Samaritans Prayer List:  Stephanie Kourie, skourie@nativitycatholic.org

Rosary: Monday in the Chapel following Adoration and Benediction. Contact Jennifer Miller, 407-506-2882. Click here for daily rosary times and more information.
Sacristans:
 Pat James, pjames@nativitycatholic.org
The Nativity School:
 Grades P-8: Principal Brittany Bateman, 858 756-6763. School Office Manager, Heidi Bender, 858 756-6763
Women of Nativity:
 meet monthly in the Parish Commons, 11:45 AM-1:45 PM on Marian holy days and days of recognition. Click here for the dates and more information.

Youth Choir:  Ages 9-18, rehearsals Thursdays at 3:30 PM in the church Sanctuary, Alison Luedecke, aluedecke@nativitycatholic.org
Youth Ministry:
Grades 9-12, meets Sunday evenings, 5:00-6:15 PM in the Parish Commons, Mike James, Pastoral Associate, mjames@nativitycatholic.org, 858 756-1911. Click here for more information.

 

THE NATIVITY SAMARITANS are our parish service group. They provide meals for shut-ins, recuperating patients and bereaved families; transportation to medical appointments; a prayer chain for all purposes and friendly visits. If you have or know of a need or if you would like to offer your gifts as a Samaritan, please contact Stephanie Kourie at skourie@nativitycatholic.org.