Sunday Mass for December 7 | Waiting for More | Week 2

Welcome to Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland | In Person & Online Saturdays at 5pm & Sundays at 9am & 11am EST, Sunday 5:30pm is In Person Only | Father Michael White

20 E Ridgely Road, Timonium MD, 21093

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Advent is a season of waiting, but not a passive waiting. It’s an active, hopeful, prayerful attitude of the heart. The Advent wreath, with its circle of evergreen and candle light, becomes a powerful symbol of what this season is all about: God’s eternal love, given ultimate expression in the coming of Christ, breaking into our darkness.

Each week of this beautiful season the light of the wreath grows, but it isn’t just decoration… it’s declaration. It declares that darkness doesn’t win — that hope, peace, joy, and love are not distant ideals, but living realities found in Christ. One by one the candles invite us to open our hearts wider, to see more clearly, and to prepare more deeply for the one who brings us more.

We are a Roman Catholic community of faith in North Baltimore dedicated to reaching unchurched Catholics and everyone with the life changing message of Jesus Christ. We want to welcome you, whoever you are and wherever you’re coming from.

Our Mission
Love God. Love Others. Make Disciples.

Our Vision
Make Church matter by growing disciples among disconnected Catholics in North Baltimore and influencing other churches to do the same elsewhere.

Our Strategy
We aim to be a church that people who don’t like church, like! Our strategy is to creatively reach out to disconnected Catholics in our North Baltimore community with a fresh and relevant presentation of the life-changing message of the Gospel to help them take their next steps on the path of discipleship to make them fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

Our Focus
Our weekend experience is central to our strategy and the weekend message is central to the weekend experience. Music, message and ministers work together to create an irresistible environment of energy and excellence in which newcomers feel welcome and want to come back. We believe in excellent weekend programs for kids and students where the messages parallel the adult message and are equally important.

Worship
We believe in Orthodox Christianity, as taught by the Roman Catholic Church. The Eucharistic celebration is the source and summit of our faith, which we seek to live and serve with the whole of our lives in vibrant and creative ways; in other words, we strive for a “Dynamic Orthodoxy.” Excellence in our worship honors God.

Fellowship
We believe that our Baptism makes us one family in which we learn to love one another as Christ loved us. We strive to build a church culture through Small Groups where people are open and authentic, especially about their need to grow and change. Our community does life together.

Discipleship
We believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God. Our preaching and messages aim to break open the relevance of the Bible for our daily lives. Changing and growing into the likeness of Christ is not just greater knowledge of our faith, but doing what God’s Word says. Discipleship ultimately means life-change.

Evangelization of the Next Generation
Your child is important to us. On your first visit, we will need the following personal information: parent/legal guardian names, children’s names, birthdates, address, phone number and any special instructions (allergies, special needs) for each child. Want to save time on your first visit? Fill out the new family registration form ahead of time: https://www.churchnativity.com/custom...

Service
We believe that the Holy Spirit has prepared works for us to do that which will advance the kingdom of Christ. We recognize God’s call on our church to serve both within our parish and also beyond: in our city, our country, and in the world. In the service of the Lord we are challenged to always do more. We accept that challenge.

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