Our purpose in the parish is to evaluate current educational programs, identify and prioritize your needs and desires, and create exciting new opportunities to revitalize our church in the areas of faith formation. This commission meets on the third Sunday of the month in between the Masses in the Visitation Room.
If you have a proposed task to share with the Education Commission, please complete and submit the Proposed Task Form below.
Education Ambassadors for Christ:
We actively involve parishioners and non-parishioners to engage in social groups, fundraising societies, nationally and locally recognized Church apostolates, and community-building activities. The committees under this commission seek to bring the spiritual and physical dimensions of parish life to a significant level of activity and shared responsibility. This commission meets on the Last Thursday of each month in the Holy Family Room.
If you have a proposed task to share with the Engagement Commission, please complete and submit the Proposed Task Form below.
Engagement Ambassadors for Christ: Dan Matuszewski 440-590-5171 [email protected]
We give witness to the Love of Jesus by sharing parish resources, networking with local and community services, and meeting the spiritual and material needs of our neighbors. Through personal contact, prayerful labors of love, and the generous donation of time and talent, our Nativity Family extends many helping hands to our brothers and sisters in need. This commission meets every other month on the third Sunday of the month in between the Masses in the Holy Family Room.
If you have a proposed task to share with the Outreach Commission, please complete and submit the Proposed Task Form below.
Outreach Ambassador for Christ
The parishioners involved in these committees take great care to fulfill the duties and ministries surrounding the Mass with utmost reverence and devotion. Through hearts open to receiving God’s revelation, Catholics can provide a welcoming, prayerful, and engaging environment to worship the Lord as He has taught us through Sacred Scripture and the Church’s Liturgy. This commission meets on the second Sunday of the month in between the Masses in the Epiphany Room.
If you have a proposed task to share with the Worship Commission, please complete and submit the Proposed Task Form below.
Worship Ambassador for Christ: Tom Brewer and Dave Lawless
For general information concerning our Commissions, please contact Barb Whiddon.
Documents to Download: Governance Structure and Commissions Manual
Proposed Task Form (form below)
To VOLUNTEER – Parish Group Contact List
Since the 1990’s, within the Diocese of Cleveland under the guidance of Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, parishes have successfully organized their various ministries and groups under a “Commission and Committee” structure. The idea is that each individual group would become a parish committee: utilizing officers, setting regular meetings, and working toward a specific purpose within the parish. Multiple committees would then belong to a larger Commission that would unite them under a more general facet of parish life, such as Worship, Outreach, Administration, etc. As a fruit of our 40th Anniversary and after proper consultation with our Pastoral Council, I would like to adopt this structure of organization to our 45 parish groups/ministries/committees. I believe that this will help each parishioner and “committee” to understand how they function and collaborate within the larger scope of the parish of Nativity of the Lord Jesus. May this re-structuring facilitate a deeper sense of involvement, cooperation, and belonging to this local living organism within the Universal Catholic Church for a great many years to come!
God bless – Fr. Kawalec