The Moravian Cherokee Connection Our Focus: Romans 15:5 (NIV) May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus. A special offering will be taken for The Oaks Indian Mission Children’s Home near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Books written by Dr. Crews and Dr. Hutton will be available for purchase at this event. Rev. Dr. Daniel Crews C. Daniel Crews was born in Winston-Salem and is the retired Archivist of the Moravian Church, Southern Province. He holds a BA degree from High Point College; MA and Ph.D. in English from UNC-Greensboro; and Ph.D. in historical theology from the University of Manchester, England. He has also done post-doctoral study at the University of Prague. After coming to the Archives in 1991, he published numerous booklets on various Moravian historical and theological topics. For the 550 th Anniversary of the Moravian Church he wrote Faith, Love, Hope, a history of the early Moravian Church. With current Archivist Richard Starbuck he translated and edited 6 volumes of Records of the Moravians among the Cherokees. Location and Contact Information Clemmons Moravian Church 3535 Spangenberg Avenue PO Box 730 Clemmons, NC 27012 Phone: 336-766-6273 Email: [email protected] Web: www.clemmonsmoravian.org The Moravian Cherokee Connection Yadkin View RCC Gathering Saturday, April 9, 2016 10:00-2:00 PM Clemmons Moravian Church

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Page 1: Yadkin View RCC Gathering Brochure/Registration Form

TheMoravianCherokeeConnection

OurFocus:

Romans15:5(NIV)

MaytheGodwhogivesenduranceandencouragement

giveyouaspiritofunityamongyourselvesasyoufollowChristJesus.

Aspecialofferingwillbetakenfor

TheOaksIndianMissionChildren’sHomenearTahlequah,Oklahoma.

BookswrittenbyDr.CrewsandDr.Huttonwillbeavailableforpurchaseatthisevent.

Rev.Dr.DanielCrews

C.DanielCrewswasborninWinston-SalemandistheretiredArchivistoftheMoravianChurch,SouthernProvince.HeholdsaBAdegreefromHighPointCollege;MAandPh.D.inEnglishfromUNC-Greensboro;andPh.D.inhistoricaltheologyfromtheUniversityofManchester,England.Hehasalsodonepost-doctoralstudyattheUniversityofPrague.AftercomingtotheArchivesin1991,hepublishednumerousbookletsonvariousMoravianhistoricalandtheologicaltopics.Forthe550thAnniversaryoftheMoravianChurchhewroteFaith,Love,Hope,ahistoryoftheearlyMoravianChurch.WithcurrentArchivistRichardStarbuckhetranslatedandedited6volumesofRecordsoftheMoraviansamongtheCherokees.

LocationandContactInformationClemmonsMoravianChurch3535SpangenbergAvenuePOBox730Clemmons,NC27012Phone:336-766-6273Email:[email protected]:www.clemmonsmoravian.org

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YadkinViewRCCGathering

Saturday,April9,201610:00-2:00PM

ClemmonsMoravianChurch

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OtherSpeakers

Dr.JohnHuttonistheIvyMayHixsonProfessorofHumanitiesatSalemCollege,wherehehastaughtArtHistorysince1990.HeattendedPrinceton,theUniversityofLondonCourtauldInstituteofArtandHarvard.Huttonhasillustratedfivehistoricalchildren’sbooksintheSisterMausseriesforSalemAcademyandCollege.HisnewestbookintheSisterMausseriesisaboutaCherokeegirlatSalemCollege.HelivesinWinston-Salem,NCwithhiswifeandthreechildren.

CelesteHandyisagraduateofSalemCollegeandhasworkedforeightyearsattheUniversityofNewMexicowithInterVarsityincampusministrytoNativeAmericans.WhileatUNM,shealsoworkedpart-timeinthepublicschoolsystem.SheiscurrentlyinseminaryatDukeUniversityandpastorsachurchinWakeForest,NC.Celeste,whoisalsoofCherokeeheritage,ispassionateaboutissuesfacingNativeAmericanstoday.

Program

9:30-10:00Registration&Coffee10:00 OpeningWorship10:30 Rev.Dr.DanielCrews:“MoraviansandCherokee:AJourneytowardsRespect”11:30 Lunch12:00 Dr.JohnHutton:“SallieJaneandtheWonderfulStories-ACherokeeStudentatSalem”1:00 CelesteHandy:“CurrentLifeandCultureofNativeAmericans” 1:45-2:00Closing

TheMoravianCherokeeConnection

In1801,theMoravianssentmissionariestoworkamongtheCherokeeatSpringplaceMissioninnorthGeorgia.WhentheU.S.governmentorderedtheCherokeefromtheirhomeinGeorgiatoOklahoma,theMoravianmissionariesfoughtthemove.Whentheywereoverruled,themissionariesrefusedtotravelwiththeCherokeeonwhathasbecomeknownastheTrailofTearsbecausetheyfeltthatmeanttheyapprovedoftheplan.InsteadtheywenttoOklahomaaheadoftheCherokee,andestablishedamissiontheycalledNewSpringplace.TheMoravianskeptdiligentrecordsoftheirmissionaryworkwithCherokees.Dr.CrewshastranslatedthearchaicGermanscriptintoEnglishsothatwemayhaveanaccountofthishistory.TheserecordsconstitutetheonlyknownaccountofdailylifeintheCherokeenation.

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