The Moravian Music Foundation (MMF) MMF celebrates its 60th Anniversary

2016. On May 1, 1956, the Moravian Music Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, was chartered in North Carolina. The MMF preserves, celebrates, and cultivates the musical life of the Moravians.

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Head Ushers Mr. Leonard Algood, Mr. Doug Spainhour Director of Christian Education Mrs. Evie Blum Director of Music & Choir Director Mrs. Nancy Whicker Co-Choir Director Mr. David Blum Organist Mr. Fred Wood Band Director Mr. Winfield Beroth Pianist Mrs. Kathy Rights Cello Mrs. Selina Carter Viola Ms. Cathy Dudley Violins Mrs. Lauren Kossler, Mrs. Monika Wilmot

Olivet Moravian Church 2205 Olivet Church Road Winston-Salem, NC 27106

336.924.8063

E-mail address: Olivet@windstream.net Web Page: www.olivetmoravian.org

The mission of the Olivet Moravian Church is to enable individuals to find a relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and to reflect His life

in our life together and in our outreach to others.

Rev. Matthew W. Allen, Pastor 336.413.1482

Moravian Music Sunday April 24, 2016

Welcome to Olivet Moravian Church on this Moravian Music Sunday. Today we celebrate the rich musical heritage of the Moravian Church. All hymns and anthems during today’s service were written or composed by Moravians. We welcome our visitors and invite you to worship with us again. If you are looking for a church home, we hope you will consider becoming a part of our church. May God bless us as we worship Him today through music.

BAND PRELUDE

CHIMING OF THE HOUR

PRELUDE Adagio Erbe

String Quartet

CALL TO WORSHIP Worship the Lord Warner

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Bless, O Lord, we pray, Thy congregation; Bless each home and family; Bless the youth, the rising generation; Bless the children dear to Thee; Bless Thy servants, grant them help and favor; Thee to glorify be their endeavor. Lord, on Thee we humbly call; Let Thy blessing rest on all.

We who here together are assembled, Joining hearts and hands in one, Bind ourselves with love that’s undissembled

Christ to love and serve alone; O may our imperfect songs and praises Be well-pleasing unto Thee, Lord Jesus, Say, “My peace I leave with you.” Amen, Amen, be it so.

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Please pass the friendship pads both ways in the pew. Visitors, please sign your name, address, and telephone number.

STATEMENT ON MORAVIAN MUSIC SUNDAY

Opportunities to Worship and Serve Today Senior & Middle Highs – Prepare for Youth Sunday 4:00 p.m. Wednesday Beginner Band at Winfield Beroth’s home 4:00 p.m.

Moravian Star Ringers (Elementary / Middle Schools) 5:30 p.m. Olivet Children’s Chorus (Grades 2-5) 6:15 p.m. Shepherd’s Chorus (Grades 6-12) 6:45 p.m. Morning Star Ringers (High School) 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir 7:30 p.m. Thursday Friends’ Circle – O’So Eats Restaurant 6:00 p.m. Saturday Car Wash by Morning Star Ringers 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Four Brothers / BP Station, Yadkinville Road Sunday Christian Education Meeting 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Band Prelude 10:30 a.m. Worship -- Youth Sunday 11:00 a.m.

Taco Luncheon – Provided by Senior Highs & Middle Highs After Worship

Luncheon After Church – Next Sunday Next Sunday after our Youth Sunday worship service, the Senior Highs and Middle Highs will provide a taco luncheon. The luncheon is free, but if anyone would like to make a donation, all proceeds from the luncheon will help support our youth program. Please make plans to stay and support our youth.

Morning Star Ringers Car Wash This Saturday, April 30th The Morning Star Ringers are having a Car Wash this Saturday, April 30th, at the Four Brothers/BP Station at 4575 Yadkinville Road in Pfafftown from 8:00 AM until 12 noon. This Car Wash is to raise funds for the group's upcoming Handbell Trip to California where the ringers will play at our Moravian churches at Downey, California, and at the Morongo Indian Reservation in Banning, California. The cost of the Car Wash is $5 per vehicle. If anyone has any questions about the trip and would like to help us in other ways, please see Doug Rights or any of the Morning Star Ringers.

Youth Car Wash / Yard Sale / Vendor Sale Saturday May 7th, 8 AM-12 PM

We are selling tables for Vendors and Yard Sale participants ($20 for 1 table / $30 for 2 tables). We are also selling Breakfast items and having a Bake Sale. We are hoping to just sell tables for yard sale items so that we don't have to do all the collecting and sorting, and we can concentrate on selling Breakfast items, Bake Sale items (home-made), and having a separate area for vendors to sell their goods, and of course our Car Wash! You may rent a yard sale space / table to sell your own items. Please contact Lisa Culpepper (336-306-0297), Stephanie Stevens (336-972-2517) or the church office at 336-924-8063 if you know anyone who would like to be a vendor or would like to rent a table for the yard sale. Mark your calendars for this date! This is one of the major fundraisers for our Youth.

Chancel Flowers The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in loving honor of Mike Handy's birthday today and his retirement May 1st by his wife, Gina Handy.

Nursery Workers Infants and Toddlers: Ashley Larson & Tiffany Larson Children’s Church (5 – 8 years): Kim Flippin

PRAYER CONCERNS: Lori Barnett, Charles Binkley, Sheila Binkley, Andrea Bohn, Carl Boyer, Pat Calhoun, Grayson Comer, Ila Frye, Gina Handy, Thomas Jones, Candy Kellner, Kaye McKaughn, Jane Ruhlman, Will Sechler, Aidan Schumaker, Bill Smith, Vivian Voss, Paige Wheeler, Amanda Zaski

Homebound / Shut-In / Nursing Care / Limited Activity: Ruth Beeding, Vernice Beroth, Jr., Eugene Bigham, Thelma Boose, Gladys Doub, Ileana Drake, Mary Fearrington, Eleanor McGee, Marie Presson, Jack Queen, Sue Shields, Betty Shropshire, Melbadene Smith, Wilma Sprinkle, Bill & Vivian Voss, Dawn Wrenn

How We Came and Gave Last Sunday

Worship Attendance: 141 Sunday School Attendance: 58 2016 Church Budget: $353,856.00 Year to Date Contributions: $98,969.51 Needed Weekly to Meet Budget: $6,804.92 Offering Last Sunday: $5,835.00

Moravian Music of Salem Composers, Past and Present Drake Flynt, Conductor Today, April 24, 2016

Home Moravian Sanctuary, 3 PM In honor of the 250th year of Salem and the 60th anniversary of the Moravian Music Foundation, the final concert of the Music@Home 2015-16 concert series will be a celebration of the rich heritage of Moravian music, presented by the Moramus Chorale, Home Moravian Choir, and instrumentalists. Featured composers of our time will be John Mochnick, Nola Reed Knouse, and James Bates. Works by Karoly Köpe, Johann Friedrich Peter, F.F. Hagen, and Edward Leinbach will also be performed. The concert is free; donations will be accepted.

Moravian Mission Awareness Celebration – Sunday, June 5th

Everyone is invited to attend the Mission Society Celebration on Sunday June 5, 2016 at Bethania Moravian Church. You can make a reservation for the Chicken Pie Dinner at 6:00 p.m. by sending your check for $10.00, payable to Mission Society, to 500 South Church St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101. The Rev. Dan Nelson will share about his recent mission trip to the Ahuas Clinic, Honduras. There will be photos of the trip, displays of mission endeavors, special music, and commissioning of teams for 2016. You are also invited to have a picnic lunch on the grounds and tour historic Bethania before the celebration. For additional information, call the Mission Office at 336-773-1732.

Liturgy for Moravian Music Sunday

O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our

salvation!

Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful

noise to Him with songs of praise!

Mit Freuden Zart

Sing praise to God who reigns above,

The God of all creation,

The God of power, the God of love,

The God of our salvation.

My soul with comfort rich He fills,

And every grief He gently stills:

To God all praise and glory!

Let us give thanks to the Father, who has enabled us to share in the

inheritance of the saints in light.

He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into

the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the

forgiveness of sins.

In Him all things in heaven and on earth were created.

He Himself is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts, to which indeed we were called in

the one body.

Above all, may we clothe ourselves with love, which binds everything

together in perfect harmony.

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Lord Jesus, you are worthy for all on earth to praise;

Our hymns in glad thanksgiving in gratitude we raise,

For all you did on Calv’ry when suffering on the tree –

The world from sin’s dominion most wondrously set free.

And I, unworthy sinner when kneeling at your feet,

Can see that my redemption in you is now complete:

In faith I now would serve you through all my earthly days,

And then in heav’nly glory my hallelujahs raise.

Most gracious God, we give you thanks for every good gift. On this day we

especially thank you for your creative gifts to us, which cause us to enrich our

lives through science and art, literature and drama, words and music.

For you, O Lord, have made us glad by your works; at the works of your

hands we sing for joy.

We thank you for your gifts to the Moravian Church: devotion to the Saviour,

simplicity, our strong sense of community and fellowship, and our

longstanding dedication to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We thank you for our musical heritage, through which we draw closer

to you and to one another.

Inspire and bless those who write and compose, those who play instruments

and those who sing, and those who lead and teach.

As you have helped us through the centuries to sing our faith, so move

within each one of us today, that all our gifts may unite in your service.

May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant us to live in harmony

with one another, in accordance with Jesus Christ.

In whose holy name we pray. Amen.

185 A

Lamb of God, you shall remain forever

Of our songs the only theme;

For your boundless love, your grace and favor,

We will praise your saving name;

That for our transgressions you were wounded

Shall by us in nobler strains be sounded,

When we, perfected in love,

Once shall join the church above.

Lord Jesus, you are worthy ©Albert H. Frank. Used by permission

The Gifts of Moravian Music

In our Moravian musical heritage, we see many examples of the fact that one need not be a “professional” musician in order to enrich the musical life of one’s own time and of generations yet to come. Even today, you know people who can play several different instruments, and sing, and can lead a group of musicians, and have helped to inspire young people in learning music and playing and singing to the glory of God. And for most of these people, music isn’t their “day job” – it is something they do for love of their Lord and God’s people. God has given to us in the Moravian Church a heart for music, and special gifts in composing music, writing words, and singing and playing from that heart. We are thankful that God gave us this gift, which can draw us closer to one another and to our God. Through music, may we learn to love one another more fully, and in so doing, to love our Saviour more deeply. Today we thank God for these gifts of music given to Moravians over the centuries and especially today. Many are writing hymn texts and music, sacred songs, anthems, and instrumental music for use in our congregations, music which speaks to our current circumstances and to the never-failing love of God in Christ. The Moravian Music Foundation publishes anthems in the Moravian Star Anthem Series, including many by living composers. For information about sponsoring a publication in honor or in memory of a loved one, please contact either office listed below. See our website for a complete listing of recordings and publications, and more information about the gifts of Moravian music and the work of the Moravian Music Foundation.

Moravian Music Foundation

Winston-Salem Office: Bethlehem Office:

457 South Church Street 41 West Locust Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Bethlehem, PA 18018

336.725.0651 610.866.3340

www.moravianmusic.org

(Standing)

167 A

Christian hearts in love united, Seek alone in Jesus rest; Has He not your love excited? Then let love inspire each breast. Members on our Head depending, Lights reflecting Him, our Sun, Brethren His commands attending, We in Him, our Lord, are one. Come then, come, O flock of Jesus, Covenant with Him anew; Unto Him, Who conquered for us, Pledge we love and service true; And should our love’s union holy Firmly linked no more remain, Wait ye at His footstool lowly, Till He draw it close again. Grant, Lord, that with Thy direction, “Love each other,” we comply, Aiming with unfeigned affection Thy love to exemplify; Let our mutual love be glowing; Thus will all men plainly see That we, as on one stem growing, Living branches are in Thee.

O that such may be our union

As Thine with the Father is. And not one of our communion E’er forsake the path of bliss; May our light ‘fore men with brightness From Thy light reflected shine; Thus the world will bear us witness

That we, Lord, are truly Thine.

BENEDICTION

CHORAL RESPONSE Amen, Hallelujah Eberhard

POSTLUDE Join We All With One Accord Kope

PRESENTATION OF OUR OFFERINGS

Prayer

Anthem All Merciful Saviour Bechler

String Quartet & Chancel Choir

Doxology 22 F

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Amen.

(Remain Standing)

46 A

Lord, your praise we sing,

Our glad thanks we bring,

For your favor, gracious Saviour.

Lord, your praise we sing.

You loved us on earth

From your wondrous birth;

Healing, teaching, seeking, reaching;

You loved us on earth.

You o’er-came the foe

So that we might go

On to heaven, cleansed, forgiven.

You o’er-came the foe.

Jesus, here we meet;

In your name we greet

Ancient story, hopes of glory.

Jesus, here we meet.

Lord, be near us here

Our sad lives to cheer;

Stand beside us, ever guide us,

Lord, be near us here.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Mr. David Blum Children are invited to go to Children’s Church or back to their seat.

Psalm 95 (Read Responsively)

O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of salvation! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry land, which his hands have formed. O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

SCRIPTURE Revelation 21:1-6 Page 1085 John 13:31-35 Page 938

SPECIAL MUSIC Minuet Erbe String Quartet

SINGSTUNDE

Singstunde is a German word meaning literally “singing hour.” It was originated in Herrnhut by Count Zinzendorf in the early 1700’s. On such an occasion Scripture was read and then appropriate hymns were sung to express the truths taught in the Scripture. No sermon or address was given, because the message was brought forth by the words in the hymns. Moravians love to sing and it has often been said that we sing our faith and that our theology is best expressed in our hymns.

Gaudeamus Pariter

Join we all with one accord; Praise we all our common Lord; For we all have heard His voice, All have made His will our choice. Join we with the saints of old, No more strangers in the fold, One the Shepherd who us sought, One the flock His blood has bought.

One our Master, one alone, None but Christ as Lord we own; “brethren of His law” are we – “As I loved you, so love ye.” Branches we in Christ, the Vine, Living by His life divine; As the Father with the Son, So, in Christ, we all are one.

One the name in which we pray, One our Savior day by day;

With one cup and with one bread Thus one cov’nant way we tread.

One in spirit, one in life, One amid earth’s frequent strife,

One in faith and one in love, One in hope of heav’n above.

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They who Jesus’ followers are

And enjoy His faithful care,

By a mutual, hearty love

Their belief in Jesus prove.

By your reconciling love

Ev’ry stumbling block remove;

Each to each unite, endear;

Come, and spread your banner here.

Let us each for others care,

Each another’s burden bear,

To your church a pattern give,

Showing how believers live.

May it to the world appear

That we your disciples are

By our loving mutually,

By our Christian unity.

ANTHEM O The Blessedness Is Great Bechler

String Quartet & Chancel Choir

Ingham

What splendid rays of truth and grace,

All other light excelling!

This I know when He in love

Makes my heart His dwelling!

He blesses me so sensibly

That though I’m poor and lowly,

Yet in Him I can rejoice

As my Saviour holy.

Had I the grace to seek His face

In any trying hour!

Help from none will be withhold

Who implores His power.

Therefore I pray, while here I stay

And look to Him with yearning:

Fixed in Him may I abide,

Kept forever turning.