Christ Moravian Church July 2018

FELLOWSHIP MESSENGER

Dave’s Devotional

A Psalm of Summer’s Siren

Edward Mays, Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim, Forest of Peace Publishing, Inc:, 1989.

I Salute you, God of rest and vacations, who laid down the law that every seventh day must be free.

No work for beast, man or woman was your legal word. On this summer day, when my heart longs for leisure,

my head tells me, “it’s time to go to work.”

I wish I had an extra Sabbath

to enjoy your gift of liberty and peace. Part of me is so grown-up,

and knows how to be productive, to be responsible and to achieve.

I have learned to listen to that inner adult and how to successfully silence

the echoes of childhood’s play. I may know and possess more, but I’ve lost something

in being a repeat offender, O God, in breaking your law of Seventh Day Vacations.

I have forgotten how to vacate my work, to come out of my head and go out-of-doors,

to play with you in the summer sun.

As the summer months are upon us let us each try to refresh ourselves through that practice of “remembering the Sabbath day and keeping it holy.” As our busy summers are filled with camps, vacations, family reunions, cookouts, etc. let us be reminded that God cannot fill our cups if they are already full. The practice of trying to honor the Sabbath invites us to empty our cups again so that we might be filled with the Holy Spirit.

With the joy of serving Christ together,

The Rev. Dr. David A. Marcus, Jr.

Contents

All items to be included in the newsletter must be submitted to the church office by the 20th of the month.

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News From the Leadership Board The Leadership Board met on June 11. The following Committee reports were given: • The Building and Grounds Committee reported that the

new Church Office construction is coming along well and ahead of schedule and we will hopefully be in the office by mid-August.

• Buildings and Grounds is looking at scheduling a church workday.

• The Petersbrook RCC delivered the emergency kits. There will be no meeting in July. The next meeting will be Monday, August 13 at 7 PM in the Fellowship Building. Women’s Fellowship News The Women’s Fellowship General Meeting will meet on Sunday, July 15, at 12 PM in the Fellowship Building. Women’s Fellowship Quarterly Circle #3 will meet on Monday night, July 23, at 7 PM at the home of Ann Frye. Please continue to bring in Salemtowne bingo prizes as often as possible. There is a box in the hall behind the sanctuary.

Marvelous Moravians The Marvelous Moravians are taking a break in July and will resume activities in August. ======================================================= Church Office News The Church Office will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, in observance of the July 4th Holiday. The office will reopen on Thursday, July 5th.

NOTES FROM THE LOFT (Jeanie Rothrock)

MORAVIAN UNITY BRASS FESTIVAL - The Moravian Music Foundation is presenting a Unity Brass Festival in Winston-Salem July 19 - 22, 2018. All brass musicians are invited to participate. There is a flyer on our bulletin board about this festival. If you cannot participate, but would like to hear this group of musicians perform, there will be a concert on Sunday, July 22 at 4:00 p.m. at Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University free and open the the public. I am very excited to announce that our church will be included in a concert series called SOUNDS OF SUMMER. These are organ concerts that feature different organs in our local churches. Our concert will be on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m., and will feature thee local organists. The concerts last about an hour. There will be a poster on our bulletin board soon. Please plan to attend our concert as well as some of the others this summer. They are free and open to the public. ================================================

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Calendar of Events 7/1 9:45 am

10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm

Sunday School Opening Sunday School Worship: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost CE Committee Meeting (Sr. High Classroom)

7/3 7:00 pm West Salem Neighborhood Association Meeting (Fellowship Building)

7/4 ALL DAY 8:00 am

CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY Men’s Breakfast (Cagney’s)

7/7 9:00 am Biking Group meets at Greenway behind Marketplace Mall

7/8 9:45 am 10:00 am 11:00 am

Sunday School Opening Sunday School Worship: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost / Communion

7/11 8:00 am 9:00 am

Men’s Breakfast (Cagney’s) Biking Group meets at greenway behind Marketplace Mall

7/15 9:45 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm

Sunday School Opening Sunday School Worship: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Women’s Fellowship General Meeting (Fellowship Building)

7/17 7:00 pm Mission Society Meeting (Fellowship Building) 7/18 8:00 am Men’s Breakfast (Cagney’s) 7/21 9:00 am Biking Group meets at Greenway behind Marketplace

Mall 7/22 9:45 am

10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm

Sunday School Opening Sunday School Worship: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Meeting with CEC and Sunday School teachers/volunteers for Children’s Church and Youth Leaders (Fellowship Building)

7/23 7:00 pm WF Quarterly Circle #3 Meeting (home of Ann Frye) 7/25 8:00 am

9:00 am Men’s Breakfast (Cagney’s) Biking Group meets at greenway behind Marketplace Mall

7/29 9:45 am 10:00 am 11:00 am

Sunday School Opening Sunday School Worship: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

FOOD COLLECTION FOR SUNNYSIDE MINISTRY

Please continue to bring your food donations for Sunnyside Ministry to each church service and place it in the collection bins. The need is great. Also, please check expiration dates on food you bring to donate.

Birthdays in July

3 Bonnie Edwards & Joey Gray 5 Logan Newsom 7 Bonnie Bumgarner & Marsha Ross 8 Betsy Vogler 10 Rebekah Wright 11 Bobby Saunders 14 Todd McCarn 15 Skip Johnson 16 Ken Sheppard, Jr. 3 18 David Hill & Ronnie Lanier, Jr. 20 Phyllis Swicegood 21 Janet Fulton 26 Keith Jones, Kyra Smith, Kiley Smith & Marie

Talley 27 Freddie Meadows 28 Courtney Rath 29 Janet Baker 31 Almon Carr =================================================

Biking Group Schedule The Biking Group will meet on the following dates at 9 AM at the Greenway behind Marketplace Mall to go riding:

July 7 July 11 July 21 July 25

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Loose Change Offering Our Leadership Board has designated every 5th Sunday for 2018 as a Sunday for church members to bring in their loose change or make a special offering to support ANTHONY’S PLOT. Please support this ministry by bringing in your loose change on July 29.

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CE Committee Report: The CE Committee met on Sunday, June 3 in the Sr. High Classroom following the service. Topics of discussion included Laurel Ridge Summer Camp Scholarship Fund and how much we have versus how much we need. The CEC had a request from the Children’s Sunday School teachers to meet with the CEC to discuss Sunday School. This meeting will be on Sunday, July 22 following the service in the Fellowship Building. Youth: A labyrinth workday and other mission opportunities are in the works as are some fun events. As soon as dates have been set, we will let you know. Keep watching the bulletin and newsletter. Meeting July 22: The Christian Education Committee, as well as teachers for the children’s Sunday School classes, volunteers for Children’s Church and youth leaders will meet on Sunday, July 22 in the Fellowship Building following the service. Lunch will be served. Time to Order 2019 Daily Texts: It’s time to pre-order your 2019 Daily Texts. Pre-order forms have been placed in the Resource Room or you may call the Church Office at 336-722-2007 to place your order. DEADLINE TO ORER DAILY TEXTS IS JULY 29TH.

MEMORIALS (May 20, 2018 – June 25, 2018)

In Memory of Ralph Abee In Memory of Theresa Ball Forrest Ader Jo Brown Linda & Mike Hastings Wayne & Martha Walker Bob & Evelyn Barber Doug & Sandy Crater Jane Moore Clay & Nancy Reid Beverly Brown Ardith Gwynn Katrina Pyrtle Ken & Pat Sheppard ===============================================

… that Disaster Relief Efforts by Moravians, Methodists, and Richard Petty Motor Sports and Roush-Fenway Racing have created a “Ground Effect” in Lumberton, NC? Hurricane Matthew in October 2016 left thousands homeless and 31 killed. Participants with this collaborative effort made 28 trips to Lumberton over a 14-month period. Initially, they set to work mucking houses, piling belongings and discarded rubble on the curbs.

Although a few people were lost, thousands have been saved and many have moved back into their homes. There is at least 3 years of work left since initially 660 roads and 26,000 homes were washed out. If you and/or people in your congregation are interested in helping with this relief effort, go to the Board of World Mission website www.moravianmission.org and complete the contact information under the Connect Section. You may also contact Jill Kolodziej for more information at jill@moravianmission.org.

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Treasurer’s Report

Year-to-Date May 31, 2018:

Actual Budget Difference Offerings/Plate* 78,999.00 87,156.65 (8,157.65) Expenses 99,402.19 103,927.50 (4,525.31) Net Income/(Loss) (20,403.19) (16,770.85) (3,632.34) *Does not include memorials Transfers to cover expenses:

• NONE in 2018 Account Balances (Actual Cash in bank or Investments): 04/30/18 05/31/18 ACCOUNTS FOR CHURCH OPERATIONS: Operating Account 40,601.64 6,802.48 Ameriprise Investment Account 244,819.73 244,819.73 Money Market Account at Capital Bank 229,588.42 229,613.92 ---------------- --------------- TOTAL 515,009.79 481,236.13 Less: Restrictions * (260,880.72) (260,969.93) Use/Non-restricted 254,129.07 220,266.20 ACCOUNTS OF OTHER GROUPS (not in Operating Budget): Outreach (Pastor’s Discretionary) Account 1,048.69 1,048.69 Mission Account 1,397.28 1,479.44 M Tesh Mission Account 175.02 2,850.02 Christian Education Account 7,345.29 7,341.85 Youth Account 2,377.22 1,811.72 Petersbrook RCC Fund (in Youth Account) 414.24 414.24

RESTRICTIONS *:

• Capital Improvement Fund of $151,927.22 is spread among the Operating Account, Ameriprise Account and Money Market Account (NOT affected by any monies from parsonage sale or office construction)

• Organ Fund of $26,511.91 in Money Market Fund • Smaller Funds totaling $1,290.62 in Operating Account (Choir, Lovefeast, Labyrinth) • Sale of Parsonage netted $268,694.97; of that $170,000 less $88,759.82 of payments is in a

temporary restricted reserve for the construction of the new office building.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you give a cash donation (even if just a couple dollars), please put it in an offering envelope (located in the pews) with your name on the outside in order to receive credit for the contribution. The Leadership Board periodically reviews membership status which includes all 3 types of stewardship: time, talent and treasure.

Respectfully submitted – Sabrina Maksi - Treasurer

Christ Moravian Church July 2018

July 1, 2018 DIFFERENT FIELDS = DIFFERENT YIELDS Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23) July 8, 2018 JOHN HUS COMMUNION (Mark 8:34-38) July 15, 2018 DISPENSERS OF GOD’S GRACE Parable of the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16) July 22, 2018 OUR CIRCLE OF CONCERN Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) July 29, 2018 LETTING GO OF GOLDEN TICKETS Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector (Psalm 51:10-12 & Luke 18:9-14)

LOOKING AHEAD IN WORSHIP

STEWARDSHIP OF SERVICE

Date Sunday School Opening Greeter Ushers Nursery Children’s Church

July 1, 2018 Angie Conrad Carol Johnson Page Crater Annie Fry Avis Gray Trish Gray Nancy Reid

Lou Saunders

Kathy Conrad Avis Gray

NO CHILDREN’S CHURCH IN JULY

July 8, 2018 Donna Tesh Todd Gray Bradley Conrad Phil Kane

Bob Peddycord N.T. Russell

Kenny Wright

Carol Wade Donna Tesh

NO CHILDREN’S CHURCH IN JULY

July 15, 2018 Elizabeth Peddycord Fred Howell Mark Crater Skip Johnson

Joey Gray Lee Wilmoth

Jo Brown Jennifer Pace

NO CHILDREN’S CHURCH IN JULY

July 22, 2018 Avis Gray Skip Johnson Herman Critz Sam Dixon Jeff Glance

Jim Hill

Debbie Jones Rebecca Rath

NO CHILDREN’S CHURCH IN JULY

July 29, 2018 Becky Lanier Ronnie Lanier Miscellaneous Members

Elizabeth Peddycord Page Crater

NO CHILDREN’S CHURCH IN JULY