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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

Angie Renigar

Editor

March 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.

ORDER YOUR EASTER LILY

NOW!

All orders are PREPAID

Deadline to order: March 18th

Lilies are $14.50 each

Please make checks payable to:

Oak Grove Moravian Church

Indicate on your order form

whether you want your lily

donated.

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday, March 28th

1:00—3:00 p.m.

JOINT BOARD REPORT

Joint Board met to discuss recommendation from PEC. Meeting opened

with prayer. Discussion on interim pastor and what our church needs.

Recommendation from PEC was discussed and declined. Rev. Arkon

Stewart will lead our services during the month of March and also Pas-

sion Week. It was voted to give all food donations during Lent to the

Food Pantry at Bethabara Moravian Church.

ELDERS REPORT

Board of Elders meeting opened with prayer. Discussion on how to

set up acolyte persons for lighting candles on Sunday worship ser-

vice. Gerry Peddycord will discuss with Angie Renigar and come

up with a plan. Motion passed to have Head Usher get a volunteer

each Sunday morning as they arrive for church. We will try this for

awhile or until we get a new plan.

Please bring canned food items during the season of

Lent to donate to Bethabara Moravian Church Food

Pantry which provides for 500 people each month.

Place your donations on the fellowship hall stage.

Continuing The Vision…….

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

……...Building the future

Update on Capital Campaign Funds

From the beginning of our Campaign we have total donations of

$358,343.01. There is a pledge balance of $15,710.00 that has

yet to be received.

Please continue to support our Campaign with your prayers and

monetary gifts.

Proverbs 17:22, says, "A merry heart does

good, like medicine, but a broken spirit

dries the bones.”

The following is an actual announcement

taken from a church bulletin.

The services will close with “Little Drops of

Water”. One of the ladies will start quietly

and the rest of the congregation will join in.

2015 LENTEN SERVICES

Come prepare your heart for Easter. Each Wednesday during the 40

days of Lent we will gather in the Fellowship Hall for supper at

6:00 p.m. and in the Sanctuary for the service at 7:00 p.m. lead by

Rev. Arkon Stewart.

Reverend Matthew Allen’s

new address is

5278 Jacobs Way

Winston-Salem, N C 27106.

We extend deepest sympathy to Anita Linville and her family in the

death of her niece Jillian Handy Anderson who died

January 29, 2015

Dear Oak Grove,

Thank you for the cards, visits and gifts you gave to

me during the Christmas season. Everything was

greatly appreciated.

Love,

Evelyn Fulp

The next

Band Practice

is Sunday,

March 29th at 9:00 a.m.

in the

Fellowship Hall.

Dear Oak Grove,

I want to thank everyone for their cards, prayers

and phone calls. May God continue to bless us.

Sincerely,

Keith Miller

Dear Oak Grove,

Thank you for the cards, visits and gifts following my

knee surgery.

Sincerely,

Arnold Reeves

CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY

DONATION

Laundry Detergent & Dishwashing Liquid

NURSERY WORKERS

1. Jane Farmer & Nancy McGlamery

8. Susan, Sarah & Laura Price

15. Hazel Beasley, Marion Clark & Hanna Smith

22. Katie & Vada Peddycord

29. Patrick & Carrie Linville

March Workers

FLOWER CALENDER

1. available

8. Loretta Snow

15. Faye Gardner

22. available

29. available

USHERS

Patrick Linville Johnny Vanhoy Kevin Mounce

Bill Beasley

GREETERS

1. Jane Farmer

8. Louise Whealton

15. Georgia Brown

22. Hazel Beasley

29. Faye Gardner

MarchMarch

1. Micah Wolfington

2. Frank Styers

5. Hayley Wolfington

7. Ethel Idol

Austin May

9. Johnny Vanhoy

10. Sally Linville

Elizabeth Marshall

Angie Renigar

11.Bill Motsinger

Laura Price

Sarah Price

18. Gerald Peddycord

19.Trudy Whitney

25. Landon Renigar

27. Mel Kidwell

7. Bobby & Robin Wolfington

12. Waldon & Ethel Idol

29. Jimmy & Meleah Cox

Trustees Meeting Minutes 2/9/15 Arnold Reeves updated members on the status of projects

(See list below)

Meeting was adjourned

TRUSTEE PROJECTS 2015

1. Vinyl strip front of church – COMPLETED

2. Take down trees at parsonage – Most of trees have been tak-

en down, still some to cut

3. 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.

4. Survey and cut part of tree that is on the land owned by

Tom’s Planthouse that is adjacent to the church’s property –

Arnold has tried to get in touch with Steve @ Tom’s. Did not

have his cell phone but has it now and will contact him to de-

termine which tree it is.

5. Winterize parsonage and inspect for upgrades or repairs –

No winterizing is needed due to keeping the heat on enough

to keep the pipes from freezing. Arnold will contact Eric

Renigar (who does home inspections) to inspect the parson-

age.

6. Light is out over the Men’s Bible Class door. Keith Miller will

replace the light bulb.

7. Light on the side of the church close to the mailbox is out.

Arnold will contact Duke Power at 800-769-3766.

8. Steeple lights are out. Steve Price will make arrangements to

have them replaced.

9. The light on the Oak Grove sign in the church yard is coming

on during the day. The timer needs to be changed due to re-

cent power outages.

10. A light in the Fellowship Hall is out.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH ANY OF THESE WORK PROJECTS, PLEASE CONTACT A BOARD

MEMBER OR THE OFFICE.

January

STEWARDSHIP

ATTENDANCE

4……87 11….124 18…...70 25….100

January 2015 YTD

Operating Income $10,479.00 $10,479.00

Operating Expenses $12,990.87 $12,990.87

Ahead (Behind) ($ 2,511.87) ($ 2,511.87)

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.

Newsletter Notes

From around the Southern Province

This Easter New Philadelphia aims to “return to a more structured and orderly Resurrection Service.” The ushers will channel all worshipers through the main entrance to God’s Acre. They will be in order. The band will enter first to play antiphonally, then the pastor will lead everyone else, first the choir, followed by the congregation. Orderly processions go way back at New Phila-delphia, no shuffling crowd, thank you. Emil de Schweinitz tells us what it was like for the Easter service he presided over in 1867: “A regular procession was formed at the church, headed by me, then followed several brethren and sisters who formed a choir of sing-ers, then came the sisters, two by two, and finally the brethren. We processed to the graveyard, singing resurrection hymns, in very good order, and after the Litany again walked back to the church, singing hymns.” All very neat and orderly, the New Philadelphia way.

Thoughtful note from one Board of Elders: “The Board is ask-ing that all committee meetings, fellowship gatherings, board meetings, circle meetings, and all other activities refrain from meeting from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.” But DO MEET at Holy Week readings.

In the “every little bit. . .” department: Last year Moravia members brought in enough used toner cartridges for the church to earn $500 in rewards to spend on office supplies. And $48,550 in coupons was collected for the U.S. Naval Air Station in Atsuga, Japan. “Every little bit. . . .”

With the warmth and glow of Christmas Eve lovefeast now long past, the call goes out in churches: Collect your used beeswax candles for melting and pouring into molds to make candles for next Christmas! Recycling? Moravians have been doing it for cen-turies.

Moravian Archives has started a new feature on its Face-book: “100 Years Ago in The Wachovia Moravian.” First up is Fries Memorial’s final service in its 38-year-old East Salem chapel on February 21, 1915, before moving into its brand-new brick church on East Third Street. You can read all about it on the Archives Facebook or by going directly to the March 1, 1915, issue of The Wachovia Moravian at http://moravianarchives.org/pdfs/1915-1-12.pdf.

Richard W. Starbuck