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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: oakgrovemoravian@embarqmail.com

Mr. David Berrier

Interim Pastor Angie Renigar

Editor

September 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

We will soon observe Labor Day, a day for those who work and have

worked to take a day from their labor to rest and be appreciated. It is a great

thing that we do in this country. But we are called to more than just what we

do to make our living. We are called to labor for the Lord. In the area of

evangelism our Lord said that the “fields are ripe for harvest, but the laborers

are few”.

How do you feel about your labor for the Lord and His work, is there an-

ything in your life to feel? Along with earning a living and enjoying retire-

ment from our careers, we are called to serve the Lord. Unlike the jobs we

go to that can sometimes be a burden, this work should be a labor of love; a

labor that we love and look forward to. We aren’t all called to the same thing

but we are all called to labor for the Lord in the work that He gives to us.

Our labor could be anything from visiting the sick and shut-ins to making

chicken pies to singing in the choir or serving on the board. How many

things need a talented man or woman to fix something or find an answer to a

problem? You are not limited by age either too young or too old. You are

not even limited by your situation; I believe that one of the greatest needs in

each church is prayer warriors who go to God daily on behalf of our church-

es and their members, staff, pastors, teachers and its ministries.

One of the great things about this work is that it is a labor of love; God

doesn’t put us in work that is unfulfilling or unenjoyable. He calls us to ser-

vice that may stretch us but brings great joy at the accomplishment of the

job. The one thing that the Bible says is that when you become a Christian

you are given a spiritual gift with which to serve the Lord. Everyone has

been given one of these gifts.

A few months ago I spoke with a man who said church was unfulfilling

for him; he got very little out of it. I asked him “what are you putting into

it?” When he thought about it he realized that he had done little more than

critique the pastor and church. When I asked him to take a look at what His

spiritual gifts might be he told me he didn’t have any. I showed him where

the Bible said he was wrong and pointed him to where he could find his

gifts. He has found a new church but this time he was open to getting in-

volved and is enjoying it much more.

I hope that you are being fulfilled at Oak Grove and that if you haven’t

found your labor for the Lord that you allow me to show you where the Lord

might use you. Don’t miss the labor that is different than any job you have

had before. Don’t worry about the pay, the benefits are out of this world!

God’s Blessings,

David

Save the Date! Annual

Chicken & Brunswick Stew is November 14th!

2nd Annual

COMMUNITY MARKET

Sponsored by the Oak Grove Women’s Fellowship

Saturday, September 19

8 am to 1pm

Oak Grove will supply the 10x10 space for $25.

Seller will provide tables and be responsible for

their items and money.

Contact Anita Linville or any member of

the Willing Workers Circle if you are interested in a

space.

Everyone is welcome to rent a space so please pass

the word!!!

The King’s Teens & ’Tweens

Summer 2015 THANKS to Arnold & Andra for being such wonderful hosts at Lake Myers! Good Christian fellowship was en-joyed by all. Visiting some of Oak Grove’s Shut-Ins was truly a blessing for all, including some of Oak Grove’s children and The King’s Teens & ’Tweens who went. Christmas In July Lock-In was good as always. We packed 54 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 had a good time. The Car Wash & selling those homemade sausage biscuits earned part of the shipping costs for Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts. The youth group’s car washing skills are better than ever. Vacation Bible School was fun. The kids had a good time and will probably always remember riding bikes, scooters and such after the gully-washer rains. Summer events were wrapped up on August 12th with a couple of games of bowling, arcade games and collecting rubber duckies & turtles. It was good fun and fellowship.

Dear Oak Grove Moravian friends, Thank you so much for the beautiful spray you sent when Gary’s father, Steve McCracken, passed away. We appreciated such a kind & thoughtful gesture during our time of loss. The flowers were lovely & meant so much to us. Thank you again, Gary, Tina, Patrick & Riley McCracken

Thanks So Much The phrase is simple and the words are few, but behind them is a whole lot of ap-preciation. We are truly blessed to have you all in our lives. Thank you very much for your con-tinued support and sympathy during our difficult times. Sincerely, Lisa & Lizzy, Susie & Hanna The family of Brenda Clark

Dear Oak Grove family, Thank you for helping pay for me to go to Middle High Summer Camp at Laurel Ridge this year. I loved it so much that I didn’t want to leave. I really want to go again next year and every year. Landon Renigar

Anniversary Sunday Lovefeast

September 27th

Worship begins with our Church Band playing at

9:15 a.m.

Potluck Lunch at 12:30.

Everyone is invited.

Building Campaign Memorials

and Honorariums

In memory of: In honor of:

Evelyn Fulp Mr. & Mrs.Robert Clark

Brenda Clark

Newsletter Notes

From around the Southern Province Our faithful correspondent (thank you, Sunnyside Ministry’s David Holston) reports on the bustling Province-wide Children’s Festival, held Au-gust 16 at Bethania: “Nearly 250 people, mostly children and youth, celebrat-ed lovefeast, marking the August 17th children’s experience in 1727. The love-feast was filled with traditional Moravian hymns such as ‘Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice’ and ‘Morning Star.’ The congregation also sang songs familiar from summer camp at Laurel Ridge. Children made candles at the festival which then were distributed during the lovefeast. The children made a quilt with their handprints on it, which Bishop Graham Rights blessed during the service. There was a puppet troop, horse rides, and colonial games, and story-telling was in the meadow outside of the church. Hayrides circled the church-yard and Bethania’s God’s Acre. Several children took advantage of face paint-ing and a coloring area. Bishops Graham Rights and Lane Sapp were there to greet children, teach them ‘Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice,’ and offer them in-dividual blessings. It was a wonderful event. Next year’s Children’s Festival will take place in Salem.” (August 14, 2016; mark your calendar.) Also in the department of young people as the future of our church, reports from various Vacation Bible Schools are most encouraging. For example: Friedberg 175; King 104; New Philadelphia 227; Salem Creek Regional Conference of Churches (Anthony’s Plot, Home, Messiah, St. Philips, Trinity) 100. Figures include youth and adults, volunteers and helpers as well as the children. In this era of so many distractions it is good to see such turn-outs at church. Grace is eying a major upfitting to become accessible to all. The major expense would be an elevator with HVAC in the addition, and new handi-capped parking. Add to that the design fees and project renderings, and the estimated cost is $214,900. In a processes involving Salem Academy & College and Old Salem Muse-ums & Gardens, Home Church is acquiring 14 parking spaces for at least the next 60 years. The lot is across Church Street from the Bishop’s House in Sa-lem behind the Butner House. The cost to Home Church is $350,000. Old Sa-lem, which will own the property (currently owned by Salem College), will pay for construction of the parking lot. For National Back to Church Sunday September 13, Friedberg’s pastors have gone giddy and made promises. If attendance reaches 460 that day Jim Newsome Jr. will sit in a dunking booth during luncheon that will follow wor-ship. And on the youth visit to Carowinds on September 26 Dan Nelson will ride Fury 325, billed as the world’s tallest (325 feet), fastest (95 mph) “giga-coaster.” Wise advice from one church: “When using the kitchen stove and oven al-ways turn on the exhaust fan in order to keep the fire extinguishers from expel-ling fire-suppressant powder. If the temperature reaches 350 degrees the fire extinguishers under the hood will turn on automatically. Your food will then be ruined and you will have a big mess to clean up.”

Richard W. Starbuck Moravian Archives

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.

A Bake Sale will be part of the Community Market on September 19 and baked goods are needed. There is a signup sheet on the Women’s Fellowship bulletin board next to the Men’s Sunday School classroom.

CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY

DONATION

Canned Beef Stew

NURSERY WORKERS

6. Michael & Sara Wood and Beth Dunn

13. Susan, Sarah & Laura Price

20. Hazel Beasley, Marion Clark & Hanna Smith

27. Jane Farmer & Nancy McGlamery

September Workers

FLOWER CALENDER

6. available

13. Pam Ellis

20. available

27. Faye Gardner

USHERS

Jamey May Sam Peddycord Landon Renigar

James Peddycord

GREETERS

6. Jane Farmer

13. Louise Whealton

20. Georgia Brown

27. Hazel Beasley

Annual Church Council

Will meet Sunday, October 4th.

Please have the following reports in to the office by

Sunday, September 27th:

The King’s Teens & ‘Tweens

will resume regular Wednesday night meetings on

September 2nd from 6:30—8:00 p..m.

Pastor

Christian Education

S.S. Superintendent

Kitchen Construction

Trustees

Women’s Fellowship

The next

Band Practice

is Sunday,

Sept. 20 at 9:00 a.m.

in the

Fellowship Hall.

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

July

STEWARDSHIP

ATTENDANCE

5…..68 12…..70 19…..84 26…..80

July 2015 YTD

Operating Income $12,281.98 $86,452.43

Operating Expenses $10,504.35 $75,775.53

Ahead (Behind) $ 1,777.63 $ 10,676.90

Did You Know?

You don’t have to wait for a clothing drive to donate your

unwanted clothing to the Bethabara Moravian Clothing

Closet. Just bag items up and bring the to Oak Grove

when you come to church. Let Louise Whealton know

and she can deliver them to Bethabara on your behalf.

Children’s clothing is especially appreciated.