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Oak Grove Moravian Church 2015
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Congregational Text for 2015: Christ says, “Because you have
kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the
hour of trial that is coming on the whole world.” Revelation 3:10
Oak Grove Leaves Oak Grove Moravian Church
120 Hammock Farm Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
336-595-8167 E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. David Berrier
Interim Pastor Angie Renigar
Editor
November 2015
Oak Grove Mission Statement
Our mission is to glorify God through worship, bring people to faithful
discipleship in Christ, equip them for ministry in the church and the
world, and grow in our love for one another through fellowship.
Pastor's Page
A Time of Thanksgiving
Here we are as the year flies by us and we see November and
Thanksgiving nearby. As this year winds down and we stop a moment
to reflect on the things that we have seen and been involved in, I hope
that we stop a moment to be thankful even before we celebrate Thanks-
giving Day.
As your interim pastor I begin with my thanks for the opportunity to
serve Oak Grove. This has truly been a blessing to me. On top of the
many new friends that I count as being blessed with, I have been able to
see the Lord do many good things and seeing His hand at work is al-
ways encouraging. I have experienced and learned a great deal and en-
joyed the privilege of worshipping with you.
I have celebrated seeing new members come into the church and the
joy of the fellowship that we have here, I have been blessed to partici-
pate in a great Vacation Bible School and have seen the wonderful
youth group and the amazing questions they ask. Yet even on a more
personal note I have come to be a part of many of your lives and have
celebrated your joys and have been with you in times of trials.
The amazing part of this is that the response from us on both of these
is the same. We need to thank God! In the good times we need to
count our blessings and understand that our God is the source of every
good thing that we enjoy and realize that He wants good for His people.
When life brings trials we need to understand that we are not by
ourselves, we are facing them along with many of our brothers and sis-
ters and understand that God has allowed them in our lives for a pur-
pose. It may be to teach us a valuable lesson, to grow our faith or to
empower our Christian witness, but they were allowed there for a rea-
son. While we may not understand that at the moment, the time will
come when we will. They have not overcome us and they will not be
allowed to. God is with us and is still the answer to every challenge we
face.
As the apostle Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 6:9-10 “As unknown and
yet well known; as dying and behold we live; as chastened and yet we
are not killed, as sorrowful and yet rejoicing, as poor yet making many
rich; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.”
We have not endured to this state as Paul did. Our own trials make
us as uncomfortable yet we can and should be thankful that our God
knows our situation and has not left us to fend for ourselves. Regard-
less of our situation in life now our proper response is to be thankful to
God. He will see us through..
God’s Blessings,
David
Oak Grove Moravian Church
120 Hammock Farm Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
336-595-8167
Fall Chicken/
Brunswick Stew
Saturday, November 14th
“Take-Out” 4:00 p.m.
$10.00 per Quart
“Eat-In” 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
$10.00 All You Can Eat
Children 5 and under FREE
Pecans***Pecans***Pecans
For Sale $10 per bag
See any member of the Willing Workers Circle
Newsletter Notes
From around the Southern Province
Home Church scheduled a “Guess Who’s Coming to Din-ner” weekend October 23-25 with guests and hosts meeting in homes but not knowing who is attending until they arrive. It’s a great way to meet Home’s newest members, and since 2013 that is 50 of them. Fifty! Why, that’s a small church worth. Where’s my name tag?
To help make it an even friendlier church, Olivet is join-ing the name tag bandwagon. That way we can get to know people other than the ones who always sit next to us in our “(un)official assigned seats.”
Update on Salem Congregation’s brick paver project in the old section of Salem God’s Acre: “They’re beautiful!” That observation was made for the walkways where the old as-phalt has been replaced by brick. They are certainly more lev-el, making them safer to walk upon when the job is finished. It’s a long process — never calculated how many miles of walkway the old section has. But it is slowly coming from the Sisters’ sections at the top of the hill toward the Moravian Archives and Moravian Music Foundation at the bot-tom.
Now hear this! Friedland has taken on a major sound
system renovation. Hope the sermons are now getting
through loud and clear. Otherwise, we can be Baptist and
have “altar calls” to the front pews of the sanctuary, rather
than our “(un)official assigned seats” in the back.
Richard W. Starbuck Moravian Archives
Address Corrections:
Your 2015 Directory has some incorrect
addresses. Please make the following
corrections in your directory:
Cassie Branch 27127
Willie Disher Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Helen Hammock 27101
Hayley Wolfington Was crowned 2015 Homecoming Queen
At Walkertown High School She was escorted by her father, Bobby Wolfington, Jr.
Congratulations!
There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board next to the
Men’s Bible Class to donate items for the Chicken and
Brunswick Stew.
Building Campaign Memorials
and Honorariums
In memory of:
Evelyn Fulp
September
STEWARDSHIP
September 2015 YTD
Operating Income $15,817.50 $116,079.92
Operating Expenses $10,680.69 $ 96,931.79
Ahead (Behind) $ 5,136.81 $ 19,148.13
ATTENDANCE
6…...82
13…...97
20…...92
27…..113
Thanksgiving Lovefeast
A Heart-Warming Way To Begin Your Holiday Season
Thursday, November 26th
7:00 a.m.
The next
Band Practices
are Sunday,
Nov. 8+22 at 9:00 a.m.
in the
Fellowship Hall.
10th Annual
Advent Family Night
Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served for supper
followed by activities for all ages.
Sunday, November 29th, 2015
Supper served at 5:00 p.m.
NovemberNovember
2. Ann Seivers
Benjamin Dunn
6. Patrick McCracken
8. Jack Vaughn
9. Todd Vanhoy
Jerry Ellegood
11. Jeremy Hancock
12. Mike Cain
13. Nancy McGlamery
14. Louise Hester
18. Carrie Linville
Frankie Marques
21. Vic Seivers
Jamie Burgess
22. Lynn Hester
30. Amy Styers
12. Jeff & Amy Styers
CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY
DONATION
Sugar or Whole Wheat Flour (2 lb bags)
NURSERY WORKERS
1. Patrick & Carrie Linville
8. Sarah & Michael Wood and Beth Dunn
15. Susan, Sarah & Laura Price
22. Hazel Beasley, Marion Clark & Hanna Smith
29. Jane Farmer & Nancy McGlamery
November Workers
FLOWER CALENDER
1. available
8. Trudy Whitney
15. available
22. Horn of Plenty
29. available
USHERS
Patrick Linville Johnny Vanhoy
Bill Beasley
GREETERS
1. Louise Whealton
8. Georgia Brown
15. Don Farmer
22. Hazel Beasley
29. Faye Gardner
ORDER YOUR POINSETTIA
NOW!
All orders are PREPAID, Cost: $12.00
Deadline to order: November 29
Poinsettias are $12.00 each
They will be on the altar December 13-24 &
may be picked up after Lovefeast on
Christmas Eve.
REMEMBER:
Indicate on your order form if you would
like your poinsettia donated
Please make checks payable to:
Oak Grove Moravian Church
Monday, November 30, 2015
6:30 P.M.
Everyone is Invited
for Candle Trimming &
Covered Dish Supper
JOINT BOARD REPORT 10-12-15
Joint Board met with 910members present. David Berrier opened with scrip-
ture and prayer. There were many compliments on how smoothly Church
Council went. Community Market raised $2,210.60 and $168.00 from break-
fast. Trustees will meet with a Provincial Financial Committee about 2016
Provincial Causes. 75 tickets were sold for the Chicken Pie Dinner. There are
potential new members that the pastor is talking with.
ELDERS REPORT 10-12-15
Advent Family Night is November 29th. The CEC suggests that a musically-
inclined person lead the Christmas caroling in December. A vote passed to
resume using the bulletin cover designed by Tom Dunn. There is a calendar
for Elders to begin assisting the pastor with visitation.
TRUSTEES PROJECTS TO BE DONE
1. Tree clean-up – most of the cleanup has been completed. Stumps need to
be leveled and grass sown. Johnny Vanhoy will contact Patrick Linville
about the stump grinder.
2. Paint the church office
3. Trim the oak tree out front
4. Touch up paint in pastor’s study
5. Clean the blinds in the pastor’s study
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH ANY OF
THESE WORK PROJECTS, PLEASE CONTACT A BOARD MEMBER
OR THE OFFICE.