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Congregational Text for 2014: Does God speak and then not act?

Does He promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19

Oak Grove Leaves Oak Grove Moravian Church

120 Hammock Farm Road

Winston-Salem, NC 27105

336-595-8167 E-mail: oakgrovemoravian@embarqmail.com

Rev. Matthew W. Allen

Pastor Angie Renigar

Editor

September 2014

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.

From Your Pastor

Another summer has passed and we will be transitioning into fall.

We certainly did not slack off during the summer at Oak Grove.

Our youth were busy doing local mission work. We had Bible

School. We made chicken pies. We attended worship and Sunday

School. Overall, a good summer.

Yet on the national and world scene, it has not been such a good

summer. There is political unrest in the Middle East. There is ra-

cial unrest in our own country. Both political parties continue to

criticize each other and will not work together. The Affordable Care

Act is not affordable after all. We hear and see nothing but negativ-ity on television. The poverty rate is rising at an alarming level, par-

ticularly here in our own community. And at least around here, the

economy has yet to rebound.

I don’t mention these things to point out what’s wrong or to be neg-ative. These are just some of the issues we face. It’s how we deal

with them that is important. Jesus has called His disciples (that’s

you and me) to be in the world, but not of it. We are to be and to

act differently from the non-Christians in the secular world. If we

act just like them, we are no different and are not letting our lights

shine.

Too often in the church we act no differently than those in the world

who are not believers. We are negative. We complain. We criticize.

We don’t work together. We are apathetic and not committed to

Christ and His Church.

So let’s stand up and be different from the world. Let’s be positive

and celebrate the things that are going well. May we be encourag-

ing and build each other up. Let us face our challenges with opti-

mism and work together to make the church and our world a better

place. Let us be truly 100% committed to Christ and His Church.

May we at Oak Grove be a shining example of what the Church

should be. Let’s be the light of Christ in this dark world of sin.

Let’s make a difference in the lives of others.

May we be faithful disciples of Jesus and always give Him our very

best. He gave His best for us on the cross. He deserves nothing

less from each of us.

God bless and I’ll see you in church, Matthew

C O M I N G TO OAK GROVE SEPT 7 !

1 Peter 3:15 says, “...Always be

prepared to give an answer to everyone

who asks you to give the reason for the

hope that you have…” (NIV)

Come to the church to watch the movie,

“God’s Not Dead”

Sunday, September 7th at 6:00.

Popcorn and beverage will be served.

Beginning September 10th be sure to

join Oak Grove’s

Adult Wednesday night Bible study

inspired by the movie. The King’s Teens & ‘Tweens will also begin the

study in their group.

You don’t want to miss it!

The King’s Teens & ’Tweens

Summer 2014

NO regular Wednesday night meetings from Memorial Day to Labor Day

Lake Myers was a blast! THANKS to Arnold & Andra for being such wonderful hosts! 17 young people en-joyed good Christian fellowship & no doubt slept very well upon returning home that night! Visiting some of Oak Grove’s Shut-Ins was truly a blessing for all, including the 6 (7 counting baby Linea!) children who went. Christmas In July Lock-In was good as always. We packed 26 boxes for impoverished children. Linda Miller taught us how to make homemade biscuits from scratch, a useful life skill! We cooked sausage to go in them and then watched the movie, “God’s Not Dead”. At 2:00 a.m. everyone was texting everyone they knew to say that “God’s not dead!” !!! The Car Wash & selling those delicious homemade sausage biscuits earned $350 to ship Operation Christ-mas Child shoebox gifts and go toward future events. Vacation Bible School was fun. The kids had a good time and will probably always remember that, “Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong; love does not delight in evil, but re-joices with the truth”! 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Four of Oak Grove’s teenagers worked at the Food Bank after fellowship over lunch at Dairi-O. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.’” Matthew 25:34-35 Summer events were wrapped up on August 14th with a couple of games of bowling, arcade games (and some really good crinkle fries). It was good fun and fellowship!

Dear Oak Grove,

Many thanks to all for the phone calls, cards, visits, food and

most of all the prayers for healing.

Jerry and Tammy Lewis

Dear Oak Grove Family and Friends,

Your kindness is greatly appreciated. Thank you for the cards, visits and gifts for my recent birthday. I especially enjoyed your visits. It is a blessing to have your love and support.

Ruth 1:8... May the Lord reward you for your kindness ...

Love,

Evelyn Fulp

Saturday, September 20th Plan a fun-filled enjoyable day at the

Historic Bethabara Park Apple Festival & Picnic at Bethabara Moravian

The Oak Grove tent will be in the front yard of the Bethabara par-

sonage with items to sell and ways for the community to learn

more about our church from 10:30-1:00. Set-up begins at 9:00

a.m. See Louise Whealton if you can help for one hour. Spon-

sored by our Pilot Mountain RCC. Come out to show your sup-

port then enjoy all the Apple Festival has to offer until 4:30.

At 5:30 p.m. there will be an RCC covered dish picnic at Bethaba-

ra Moravian’s pavilion. Music provided by the Forsyth Jail and

Prison Choir.

Proverbs 17:22, says, "A merry heart

does good, like medicine, but a

broken spirit dries the bones.” Mama was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin 5, & Ryan 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. 'If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.' Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, ' Ryan , you be Jesus !'

The next

Band Practice

is Sunday,

Sept. 21 at 9:00 a.m.

in the

Fellowship Hall.

Be the Church: The Followers of Hus in a New Generation

Saturday, November 15, 2014 New Philadelphia Moravian Church

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Mark your calendar for the November 15th Comenius Learning Series event, Be the Church: Followers of Hus in a New Generation. Join us as

Archivist Daniel Crews talks about the life of John Hus, and engage with a panel on how his teachings continue to inform Moravians today. Event

leadership includes: Dr. Stephen B. Boyd, Rev. Dr. C. Daniel Crews, Rev. Carol Foltz, and Rev. Francis Rivers Meza.

Registration opens September 2nd! For more information and registration visit

www.moravian.org/events/fall-comenius-learning-series/

Fall Celebration Provincial Women’s Board Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:00 a.m. Coffee

9:30 a.m. Programming Begins

At Oak Grove Moravian Church

Bible Study Preview by The Rev. Ginny Tobiassen

2015 PWB Budget

Fellowship with your Moravian Sisters

Prayer, Your Greatest Privilege

Does your prayer life need a little pep? Have you ever wanted to be more com-fortable praying in groups? Do you get distracted while praying? This year the Bible Study book will help you with all of these topics and much more. Written in 1987 by Bishop Robert Iobst, reprinted for 2014-15 you will revisit the beloved Bishop Iobst’s ideas and thoughts on improving your prayer life. The book guides readers to explore and enjoy many forms of prayer practices. Some topics included are: how to pray at home, what the Bible says about prayer, praying in meetings, using the hymnal/Book of Worship when praying and praying for during worship services.

Congratulations Hunter Wolfington was named to the NC Baseball Coaches Assocciation All-State team this year. He re-cently signed his National Letter of Intent to attend and play baseball for Greensboro College.

Choir Announcement Choir practice will not be held on Wednesday, September 24th. Instead, it will be held on THURS-DAY, SEPTEMBER 25th at 6:30 p.m.

Attention Circle #2 Circle #2 will eat lunch at

Clark’s Barbecue on Thursday, September 11 at 1:00

p.m. PLEASE BRING CASH, no checks.

Continuing The Vision…….

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

……...Building the future

Update on Capital Campaign Funds

From the beginning of our Campaign we have total donations of

$352,228.51. There is a pledge balance of $16,387.00 that has

yet to be received.

Please continue to support our Campaign with your prayers and

monetary gifts.

Building Campaign Memorials

and Honorariums

In memory of: In honor of:

Miss Lucy Gardner Pastor Matthew Allen

Mrs. Louise Mock

We extend our deepest sympathy to Jim

Hull and his family in the loss of his

brother, Ricky Hull, Sr. who passed

away on August 13, 2014.

ELDERS REPORT

Read Daily Text followed by intercessory prayer.

Nominating Committee presented a list of suggestions for the posi-

tions to be filled. List approved. NomCom to decide in what order

to contact. First 3 that accept will be on ballot.

Guidelines for head usher updated. Steve Price will be asked to be-

come head usher and Gerry Peddycord asked to be assistant.

Three members were suggested as potential Crop Walk coordina-

tors.

Reich Fellowship Class wants to relocate downstairs.

Matthew will be on the mission trip to Staten Island August 12-19.

Graham Rights will speak at the August 13 lovefeast and David

Hester will preside.

Board approved for Matthew to accept invitation to be in the Mo-

ravian Leadership Network.

Newsletter Notes

From around the Southern Province

Pine Chapel will celebrate its 90th anniversary (congratulations!) in November, and to prepare for it, the sanctuary is being renovated. The organ, piano, and other furniture have been removed, and the project should be complete in a few weeks. When the church was dedicated on April 28, 1929, it was noted that $10,000 had been spent, paying all bills with $100 left over in the treasury. Read about it in the May 1929 Wachovia Moravian, page 7 (http://moravianarchives.org/history/the-wachovia-moravian/).

Bethania’s Trustees have voted to sell the Bethania Haus across the street from the church. Bethania Haus opened in 1997 as a ministry of the church to provide a temporary residence for patients and their fam-ilies at local hospitals. It served its purpose well, but use of it declined in recent years as other residences opened nearer the hospitals. Finally weighing the matter, the Trustees saw pressing needs of the church over continuing expense of the house. So here is an opportunity to live in the very heart of historic Bethania.

Final Vacation Bible School tallies are in from New Philadelphia and Friedberg. Each church numbered about 200 children, youth, adults, and volunteers each session. Wow! That’s encouragement for all of us as we aim toward a new season of Christian Education, Sunday School, and programs this fall.

Friedland’s Mission Club plans to send a group to Alaska next sum-mer for mission work among Moravians in the Bethel area. When you think Alaska, you think colder than, say, North Carolina, except that early August saw just the opposite, warmer in Alaska than in North Carolina.

The new Madison-Mayodan library has a lot of bricks, but one at the main entrance is special. It’s inscribed “Mayodan Moravian First Li-brary in Mayodan 1899.” Mayodan Moravian holds another first — the first church in the spanking new town of Mayodan in 1896.

King established its organ fund in 2010, and the organ was installed and dedicated in 2011. But the organ fund continues and recently re-ceived a gift: $10,000 from an anonymous donor. Thank you! And thanks to another generous donation, “Old Salem-style” lampposts are being installed along the church’s Dalton Road property.

Leaksville has installed new flooring in the hallway from the parlor through fellowship hall into the kitchen. The result: a beautiful lami-nate that should make clean-up a breeze. Richard W. Starbuck

Moravian Archives

ACOLYTES

7. Vada Peddycord

14. Kelsey Wolfington

21. Landon Renigar

28. Sam Peddycord

CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY

DONATION

Canned Beef Stew

NURSERY WORKERS

7. Jane Farmer & Nancy McGlammery

14. Susan, Sarah & Laura Price

21. Hazel Beasley, Marion Clark & Hanna Smith

28. Jane Farmer & Nancy McGlammery

September Workers

FLOWER CALENDER

7. Carrie Linville

14. Beverly Disher

21. Tammy Reep

28. Reserved

USHERS

Jamie May Gray Comer

Sam Peddycord James Peddycord

GREETERS

7. Hazel Beasley

14. Faye Gardner

21. Marion Clark

28. Jane Farmer

Please plan to attend the

Anniversary Sunday Lovefeast

September 28th

Worship begins with our Church Band playing at

9:15 a.m.

Potluck Lunch at 12:30.

Everyone is invited.

The King’s Teens & ‘Tweens will resume regular Wednesday night meetings on

September 3rd in the new room at a NEW TIME: 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Bible study inspired by the movie, “God’s Not Dead”

begins on September 10th.

Annual Church Council Will meet Sunday, October 5th.

Please have reports in to the office by Sunday, September 28th.

July

STEWARDSHIP

ATTENDANCE

6…64

13…74

20…70

27...87

July 2014 YTD

Operating Income $12,144.00 $91,448.92

Operating Expenses $ 9,840.27 $96,053.88

Ahead (Behind) $ 2,303.73 ($ 4,604.96)

To meet all of our monthly expenses, which include Salaries $8,137 Utilities $2,314 Supplies $1,882 Provincial Causes $2,867 we need to take in at least $15,205 every month.

SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER

4. Charles Church

Katie Priddy

Ashleigh Renigar

5. Lily Linville

7. James Marshall

11. Kristie Anderson

14. Billy Disher

15. Harvey Seivers

Julia Ziglar

Keith Miller

16. Whitney Marques

17. Juanita Fulp

18. Robin Hancock

19. Hunter Wolfington

20. Jamie Matthew Wood

21. Hazel Beasley

Donna Comer

Jim Westmoreland

22. Jennifer Styers

Chloe Wolfington

23. Andra Reeves

Faye Collins

28. Jimmy Smith

1. Frank & Marty Homstad

5. Mark & Dana Wolfington

8. Mike & Angie May

15. Earl & Helen Hester

21. Gerald & Bonnie Peddycord

22. Todd & Janice Vanhoy

25. Jason & Elizabeth Hawkins