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Congregational Text for 2012: Jesus said to Simon and Andrew,

“Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” and immediately

they left their nets and followed him. Mark 1:17-18

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 2012

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

We’ve had a very busy and exciting year. We’ve accomplished

many things. We have a lot going on. We’ve enjoyed celebrating

our 125th anniversary. As I have been researching our history

and sharing how God has worked in our church these many years,

I am very proud of Oak Grove. I’m proud of our past, but I am

also proud of our present. I think about the love, care, and fellow-

ship that we share. I think about the mission and outreach we do

to people outside of our church. I think about our children and

youth and the great programs and ministries we are offering right

now. I think about how they bless us as they participate in the

service and ministry of our church. I think about our faithful

members who come regularly for worship and study and who sup-

port all our special events and activities. I think about the willing-

ness of our people to work and serve and do what is needed

around the church. Indeed we are blessed at Oak Grove. We have

much to be proud of and to be thankful for.

We’ve been celebrating our 125th anniversary all year with special

events, but September will be a particularly special month as our

actual founding date was September 25, 1887. We will participate

in the Moravian Festival on September 8. On September 15 we

will have a birthday/lawn party with games, activities, hotdogs,

birthday cake, homemade ice cream and more. Hopefully some

folks from the churches in our RCC will join us. Then on Sunday,

September 23 we will celebrate with a lovefeast, featuring special

music by band and choir and guest speaker Bishop Graham

Rights. (He preached at our centennial lovefeast in 1987.) We will

dedicate our beautiful new prayer garden. There will be historical

displays and memorabilia and we will enjoy a covered dish lunch.

I hope you will join me in participating and celebrating our

church’s anniversary this month. Come and bring your family,

friends, and former members. Let us thank God for Oak Grove,

for our past and present. May we look forward to our future with

great hope and anticipation.

Happy 125th Anniversary Oak Grove!!!

God bless and I’ll see you in church!

Matthew

ACOLYTES 2. Jadyn Hooker

9. Hanna Smith

16. Hayley Wolfington

23. AmyLynn Colona

30. James Peddycord

FLOWER CALENDAR

2. Stephanie Priddy

9. Terri Hester, Kristie &

Dale Anderson

16. Beverly Disher

23. Reserved-Anniversary

30. available

USHERS

Mike May

Steve Price

Gerald Peddycord

Bobby Wolfington, Jr.

CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY

Canned Beef Stew & Saltine Crackers

CD MINISTRY

2. Loretta Snow

9. Lib Westmoreland

16. Bonnie Peddycord

23. Betty Seivers

30. Jane Farmer

NURSERY WORKERS

2. Gwenda & Lindsey Hooker

9. Angie May & Sidney Hooker

16. Jeff & Amy Styers

23. Robin Wolfington & daughters

30. Eric & Anita Linville

September Workers

4. Charles Church

Randall Ziglar

Katie Priddy

5. Lily Linville

6. Harrison Laramore

7. James Marshall

8. Jackie Caudle

9. Katlyn Kennedy

11. Kristie Anderson

13. Kent Disher

14. Billy Disher

Jamie Sell

15. Harvey Seivers

Julia Ziglar

Lauren Dunn

Keith Miller

1. Frank & Marty Homstad

3. Horace Jr. & Rita Hester

5. Mark & Dana Wolfington

Gary & Tracy Sattler

6. Harold Jr. & Laura Jane Styers

8. Mike & Angie May

SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER

17. Juanita Fulp

18. Robin Hancock

19. Hunter Wolfington

21. Hazel Beasley

Donna Comer

Jim Westmoreland

22. Jennifer Styers

Chloe Wolfington

23. Joyce Marshall

Andra Reeves

Faye Collins

28. Jimmy Smith

29. Michael Dunlap

15. Earl & Helen Hester

21. Gerald & Bonnie Peddycord

22. Todd & Janice Vanhoy

Charlie & Judy Dillon

25. Jason & Elizabeth Hawkins

BOARD OF ELDERS REPORT

The Board of Elders met Tuesday, August 8, 2012 and was opened with intercessory prayer. It was determined that Oak Grove would not be host of the Provin-cial Senior Friends Lunch due to our limited space for the number of attendees anticipated. The report from the Nomination Committee was accepted and each nominee will be sent a copy of the responsibilities of an elder/trustee. Board members have been invited to attend a meeting with the Pro-vincial Support Services Board at Fulp on Sunday, August 19th to discuss the new way of determining each congregation’s provincial assessments. A new pictorial directory is underway. Pictures will be made Octo-ber 1, 2 and 3. Appointments will be made after worship on Sunday, September 9, 16, 23 and 30. You must have your picture made in order to receive a directory. On Sunday, August 26th Matthew will be at Fulp to baptize his god-child, Ada Knouse, and we will have a service of hymns and scrip-ture. David Hester will preside. Christian Education Sunday is September 2nd when promotions will take place for members of the children’s Sunday School classes. The young people of Oak Grove will lead the worship service on Youth Sunday, which is September 9th.

New Pictorial Directory

After worship on Sunday, September 9, 16, 23 or 30 please

take a moment to schedule your appointment to have your pic-

ture taken. Dates for photos are October 1, 2 and 3. You

must have your picture made in order to receive a directory.

Youth Fellowship Events 7 young people went for a nice day of visiting shut-

ins and hanging out at McDonald’s. They met Hel-

en Hammock’s tiny old dogs and heard stories of

the animals that used to be at Hammock Farm.

They saw Bill and Marie Motsinger’s collectibles,

pictures of the truck that plowed into their house

and Bill’s 1936 tractor. Walt Sell put them on his

scales and weighed each one of them at the nursing

home. Matthew led us in prayer at each stop.

Wednesdays are 59 cent hamburger day at McD’s

so we had lunch there and treated them to ice

cream cones. It was truly a good day of Youth Fel-

lowship as they were learning ways to show God’s

love to others.

Their mission to show God’s love continued two

weeks later when the new Trinity Glen nursing

home welcomed our group to assist with a craft.

There were about a dozen residents, many bottles

of paint, colored paper and golf balls. Be sure to

ask Eli, Landon, Katrina and Hanna about that. It

was plain to see how their presence was a joy!

And, once again, we just had to finish our trip with

ice cream! This time we enjoyed ice cream at the

Country Junction Marketplace.

Young people, please join us for these outings. It is

a time to bless and be blessed.

May God bless each young person and work in every heart in this delightful ministry!

John 15:12 This is my commandment, that

you love one another as I have loved you.

Newsletter Notes

From around the Southern Province

As summer turns the halfway mark toward fall, reports come in from camping at Laurel Ridge and mission trips near and far. And thoughts turn to outreach at schools. For example, the knit-ting ministry at Grace in Mount Airy is planning to purchase and knit items in area school colors to raise funds for more yarn for the knitting ministry. The Clemmons Women’s Fellowship has launched an “Empty Lockers” campaign to fill children’s lockers with supplies required by the school system. Fairview reminds that tax-free weekend, August 3-5, is a perfect opportunity to stretch buying power in outreach projects to provide school sup-plies. And Trinity has a collection box to give away school sup-plies at the annual Anthony’s Plot Block Party on August 11.

Hopewell is giving an extra touch to its year-young Christian Life Center. Porch roofs will be added to the three entrances that don’t have roof protection. Now all we will need is a little rain to enjoy the protected entrances.

Oak Grove is considering extending its capital campaign by raising an additional $125,000 in this its 125th anniversary year. Meanwhile, 116 bricks have been ordered for the prayer garden.

Raleigh reports that eight Moravian hymnals have found their way to Uganda, where they were “welcomed with loving arms . . . by the Moravian Church of Uganda.” It is truly amazing how glob-ally our little Moravian Church reaches.

Union Cross is checking on forming a handbell choir. “If you can count to 8,” the claim is, “you are a prime candidate” for join-ing. That must be true. I’m still struggling at “three.”

Richard W. Starbuck

Moravian Archives

Saturday, Sept. 810 am to 6 pm

New Philadelphia Moravian ChurchWinston-Salem, NC

Food – Music – Children’s Activities – Our ChurchesOutreach – History – Traditions – Crafts & Merchandise

Join us in sharing with our communitieswho we are and Whom we serve

as we invite our family, friends and neighborsinto the fellowship of our churches!

“It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s gotta do it!”

The church needs extra cleaning in preparation for

Anniversary Sunday. Mark your calendar, roll up

your sleeves and come to the church on Saturday,

September 22nd at 9:00 a.m.

Mission News

A clothing drive will be held Sunday, Oct. 7 for Sunny Side Ministries. Please clean out your closets and bring "gently used" clothing to the fellowship hall on Sunday, Oct. 7 and it will be taken to Sunny Side the next day. This plan worked well last year and gives you a month to clean out the closets for unused items as well as things you just don't need anymore! All donations are appreciated and remember that Sunny Side can also use sheets, towels, etc.

Mission Emphasis Sunday, Oct. 14: We will have an adult and a young person from Friedburg Moravian Church share their experiences about their trip with us. Watch the October Newsletter for more information on the Peru Project.

Faye Gardner for the Mission Comm.

Show your support for your church and draw

“GOOD” attention with an Oak Grove T-shirt.

They are very economical at $10 each or get 2

for $18! Colors are Ash, Natural or Daffodil.

Adult AND child sizes are available. See Anita

Linville or Beverly Disher to order yours.

With the Anniversary logo

Building Campaign Memorials

and Honorariums

In Memory of:

Don Barneycastle

Ollie Fulcher

Sam Styers

In Honor of:

Prayers for all the sick and shut-ins

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Continuing The Vision……..

……..Building The Future

Update on Capital Campaign Funds

From the beginning of our Campaign we have total donations of

$248,248.55. There is a pledge balance of $34,797.00 that has yet to

be received.

Please continue to support our Campaign with your prayers and mone-

tary gifts.

Job 8:21...he fill thy mouth

with laughing...

Here is a true excerpt from a

church bulletin:

For those of you who have

children and don’t know it,

we have a nursery down-

stairs.

The next Band Practices

are Sunday September 16th & 30th at 9:00

a.m. in the

Fellowship Hall.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Financial Update

The Board of Trustees last met on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012. There was no Board of Trustees’ meeting held in July. The next board meetings will take place on Tues-day, September 11th.

The Youth Fellowship Group Wagon Ride through the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville is next month! This will be unlike any average trip to a zoo. We will pet and feed all sorts of animals such as camels, deer, giraffes and many more! Mark your calendar now for Saturday, October 20th. All of the young people from Oak Grove in addition to their young friends & neighbors are invited. Sign up now because space is limited. The cost is $7.50 per person which must be paid no later than 10-7-12. Carpool-ing from the church at 9:00 a.m. Bring your lunch; drinks will be provided.

July 2012 Jan.-July

Operating Income $ 14,370.00 $98,648.85

Operating Expenses $ 11,239.99 $88,850.05

Ahead (Behind) $ 3,130.01 $ 9,798.80

JULY

STEWARDSHIP

ATTENDANCE

1st………..84

8th………..90

15th……......96

22nd…….….83

29th………...79

OAK GROVE MORAVIAN CHURCH

125TH BIRTHDAY

LAWN PARTY

PLEASE COME CELEBRATE OUR 125TH BIRTHDAY WITH A LAWN PARTY ON

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH!

120 HAMMOCK FARM ROAD, WINSTON-SALEM

HULA HOOP RACES, 3-LEGGED RACES, CORN HOLE, SACK RACES, BUBBLE POOL & MORE!

HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

HOT DOGS

KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THINGS MORAVIAN WITH A FUN GAME OF MORAVIAN JEOPARDY!

THE FELLOWSHIP & FUN BEGIN AT 3:00 P.M.

ON THE FRONT & SIDE LAWNS FOLLOWED BY

SUPPER AT 5:00 P.M.

*BRING YOUR BLANKETS OR LAWN CHAIRS*

Anniversary Sunday will be an extra special event that you don’t want to miss this year as we celebrate Oak Grove’s 125th Anniversary. Our worship service will include a prelude by our band, special music by our choir and a Lovefeast. The guest speaker will be Bishop Graham Rights. We will dedicate the new Prayer Garden and en-joy a potluck lunch at 12:30. Plan to join in this time of fellowship with your church family on September 23rd.

New Church Directory

September’s Updates

If you have not picked up your copy of the newest Church Directory, there are copies available in the office. There are a few revisions that you will want to make in the new edition. Jason and Elizabeth Hawkins have a son, Greyson Louise Hester’s email address is twinboblou@aol.com The Hooker family’s house number is 7170 Helen Lewis’s current residence is 6328 Barcliff Drive, Charlotte, NC 28212; Phone number: 704-568-9231 Frank & Sue Styers’ phone number is correct, but area code should be (336).

The Youth Fellowship Group trip to visit Helen

Hammock as one of Oak Grove’s shut-ins gave us a

morsel of history many of us were unaware of.

Hanna Smith was along for the visit and wrote this

story to share with you.

The History of Hammock Farm Road

Hammock Farm Road was not always known as

Hammock Farm Road. Hammock Farm Road was

originally known as Railroad Avenue! Around 50

years ago the railway threatened to close the cross-

ing that lots of people still use today to get to

church, but Mr. Hammock refused to let them since

it was on his property. After the crossing remained

open, several people protested against the name

Railroad Avenue. The Courthouse allowed the peo-

ple to change the name of the street, so they

changed the name to Hammock Farm Road.

Just think, you could have been going to your church on

Railroad Avenue all of these years!

‘Lunchtime Lectures’ Begin Again

A new season of “Lunchtime Lectures” of the Moravian Archives and Moravian Music Founda-tion opens at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, September 13, at the Archie K. Davis Center in Salem. Philip Dunigan, guest lecturer and Music Foundation vol-unteer, will speak on “Moravians and the Musical Life of Europe.”

“Lunchtime Lectures,” 12:15-12:45 p.m. the se-cond Thursday of the month, are free, and you are invited to bring your lunch (it isn’t provided). Parking is free in the Salem College Fine Arts Cen-ter parking lot off Salem Avenue.

Other presentations in the 2012-2013

Lunchtime Lectures series will be:

“Things We’ve Found on the Way to Something Else” on October 11;

“German for Moravians” on November 8;

“More Than ‘Morning Star’: Lesser Known Ad-vent and Christmas Hymns” on December 13;

“Churches on the Move” on January 10

“The Oochgelogy Mission to the Cherokee” on February 14

“Music of the Van Vleck Sisters” on March 14;

“Winston-Salem: Centennial of a Merger” on April 11;

“The Day Zinzendorf Died” on May 9.

September 2012

A story in this month’s Stewardship tells of people that

wanted to build a bridge over a river. On one side of the

river they found bedrock that was not very deep. That

meant the stanchion or pillar could easily be built there. On

the other side, however, the bedrock was at a depth of 110

feet. Naturally that was going to be a problem for them, yet

they came up with a solution. They decided to make a long

and large metal pipe that would be placed on the bedrock,

then fill it with concrete. Thus they had the two stanchions

to serve as the foundations for the building of the bridge.

The bridge ultimately was built and is there to cross this

very day.

The writer makes the point that just as the bridge need-

ed a good foundation, so too, as Christians we need to have

a foundation on which we can build a life pleasing to God;

a firm foundation to live as Christians. And that foundation

is our Christ our Lord. Jesus, telling his listeners that if

they called him Lord and followed his teachings, they

would be like the man who built his house on a rock foun-

dation. When a flood came, his house would not be

washed away. Then our Lord said if a person did not build

a house on a strong foundation, when a flood came, it

would be washed away. And great would be the ruin of

that house. If we decide to truly call Christ “Lord” and do

what he teaches, then we too will have a strong foundation

that will not only last us all the days of our lives, but also

we will find our Lord saying to us “Well done, good and

faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Master.”

Prayer: Dear Lord, please be our Foundation and our Sup-

port as we strive to love and serve you all the days of our

lives. Amen

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A Stewardship Moment

Dear boys & girls, women & preacher, Bill & I really enjoyed the visit from you. Come back and see us again.. Love, Bill & Marie Motsinger P.S. The cake was good.

Dear Oak Grove family, Everyone’s concern and outpouring of love for my recovery has been overwhelming and the best part is that it is working. This experience has opened my eyes to a level of appreciation that I have never experienced before. I know that God is and will be my healer. I thank eve-ryone from the bottom of my heart and soul for this. Praise and thanks be to God. George Seivers