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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

November 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

A Time of Thanksgiving

Here we are as the year flies by us and we see November and

Thanksgiving nearby. As this year winds down and we stop a moment

to reflect on the things that we have seen and been involved in, I hope

that we stop a moment to be thankful even before we celebrate Thanks-

giving Day.

As your interim pastor I begin with my thanks for the opportunity to

serve Oak Grove. This has truly been a blessing to me. On top of the

many new friends that I count as being blessed with, I have been able to

see the Lord do many good things and seeing His hand at work is al-

ways encouraging. I have experienced and learned a great deal and en-

joyed the privilege of worshipping with you.

I have celebrated seeing new members come into the church and the

joy of the fellowship that we have here, I have been blessed to partici-

pate in a great Vacation Bible School and have seen the wonderful

youth group and the amazing questions they ask. Yet even on a more

personal note I have come to be a part of many of your lives and have

celebrated your joys and have been with you in times of trials.

The amazing part of this is that the response from us on both of these

is the same. We need to thank God! In the good times we need to

count our blessings and understand that our God is the source of every

good thing that we enjoy and realize that He wants good for His people.

When life brings trials we need to understand that we are not by

ourselves, we are facing them along with many of our brothers and sis-

ters and understand that God has allowed them in our lives for a pur-

pose. It may be to teach us a valuable lesson, to grow our faith or to

empower our Christian witness, but they were allowed there for a rea-

son. While we may not understand that at the moment, the time will

come when we will. They have not overcome us and they will not be

allowed to. God is with us and is still the answer to every challenge we

face.

As the apostle Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 6:9-10 “As unknown and

yet well known; as dying and behold we live; as chastened and yet we

are not killed, as sorrowful and yet rejoicing, as poor yet making many

rich; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.”

We have not endured to this state as Paul did. Our own trials make

us as uncomfortable yet we can and should be thankful that our God

knows our situation and has not left us to fend for ourselves. Regard-

less of our situation in life now our proper response is to be thankful to

God. He will see us through..

God’s Blessings,

David

Oak Grove Moravian Church

120 Hammock Farm Road

Winston-Salem, NC 27105

336-595-8167

Fall Chicken/

Brunswick Stew

Saturday, November 14th

“Take-Out” 4:00 p.m.

$10.00 per Quart

“Eat-In” 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

$10.00 All You Can Eat

Children 5 and under FREE

Pecans***Pecans***Pecans

For Sale $10 per bag

See any member of the Willing Workers Circle

Newsletter Notes

From around the Southern Province

Home Church scheduled a “Guess Who’s Coming to Din-ner” weekend October 23-25 with guests and hosts meeting in homes but not knowing who is attending until they arrive. It’s a great way to meet Home’s newest members, and since 2013 that is 50 of them. Fifty! Why, that’s a small church worth. Where’s my name tag?

To help make it an even friendlier church, Olivet is join-ing the name tag bandwagon. That way we can get to know people other than the ones who always sit next to us in our “(un)official assigned seats.”

Update on Salem Congregation’s brick paver project in the old section of Salem God’s Acre: “They’re beautiful!” That observation was made for the walkways where the old as-phalt has been replaced by brick. They are certainly more lev-el, making them safer to walk upon when the job is finished. It’s a long process — never calculated how many miles of walkway the old section has. But it is slowly coming from the Sisters’ sections at the top of the hill toward the Moravian Archives and Moravian Music Foundation at the bot-tom.

Now hear this! Friedland has taken on a major sound

system renovation. Hope the sermons are now getting

through loud and clear. Otherwise, we can be Baptist and

have “altar calls” to the front pews of the sanctuary, rather

than our “(un)official assigned seats” in the back.

Richard W. Starbuck Moravian Archives

Address Corrections:

Your 2015 Directory has some incorrect

addresses. Please make the following

corrections in your directory:

Cassie Branch 27127

Willie Disher Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Helen Hammock 27101

Hayley Wolfington Was crowned 2015 Homecoming Queen

At Walkertown High School She was escorted by her father, Bobby Wolfington, Jr.

Congratulations!

There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board next to the

Men’s Bible Class to donate items for the Chicken and

Brunswick Stew.

Building Campaign Memorials

and Honorariums

In memory of:

Evelyn Fulp

September

STEWARDSHIP

September 2015 YTD

Operating Income $15,817.50 $116,079.92

Operating Expenses $10,680.69 $ 96,931.79

Ahead (Behind) $ 5,136.81 $ 19,148.13

ATTENDANCE

6…...82

13…...97

20…...92

27…..113

Thanksgiving Lovefeast

A Heart-Warming Way To Begin Your Holiday Season

Thursday, November 26th

7:00 a.m.

The next

Band Practices

are Sunday,

Nov. 8+22 at 9:00 a.m.

in the

Fellowship Hall.

10th Annual

Advent Family Night

Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served for supper

followed by activities for all ages.

Sunday, November 29th, 2015

Supper served at 5:00 p.m.

NovemberNovember

2. Ann Seivers

Benjamin Dunn

6. Patrick McCracken

8. Jack Vaughn

9. Todd Vanhoy

Jerry Ellegood

11. Jeremy Hancock

12. Mike Cain

13. Nancy McGlamery

14. Louise Hester

18. Carrie Linville

Frankie Marques

21. Vic Seivers

Jamie Burgess

22. Lynn Hester

30. Amy Styers

12. Jeff & Amy Styers

CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY

DONATION

Sugar or Whole Wheat Flour (2 lb bags)

NURSERY WORKERS

1. Patrick & Carrie Linville

8. Sarah & Michael Wood and Beth Dunn

15. Susan, Sarah & Laura Price

22. Hazel Beasley, Marion Clark & Hanna Smith

29. Jane Farmer & Nancy McGlamery

November Workers

FLOWER CALENDER

1. available

8. Trudy Whitney

15. available

22. Horn of Plenty

29. available

USHERS

Patrick Linville Johnny Vanhoy

Bill Beasley

GREETERS

1. Louise Whealton

8. Georgia Brown

15. Don Farmer

22. Hazel Beasley

29. Faye Gardner

ORDER YOUR POINSETTIA

NOW!

All orders are PREPAID, Cost: $12.00

Deadline to order: November 29

Poinsettias are $12.00 each

They will be on the altar December 13-24 &

may be picked up after Lovefeast on

Christmas Eve.

REMEMBER:

Indicate on your order form if you would

like your poinsettia donated

Please make checks payable to:

Oak Grove Moravian Church

Monday, November 30, 2015

6:30 P.M.

Everyone is Invited

for Candle Trimming &

Covered Dish Supper

JOINT BOARD REPORT 10-12-15

Joint Board met with 910members present. David Berrier opened with scrip-

ture and prayer. There were many compliments on how smoothly Church

Council went. Community Market raised $2,210.60 and $168.00 from break-

fast. Trustees will meet with a Provincial Financial Committee about 2016

Provincial Causes. 75 tickets were sold for the Chicken Pie Dinner. There are

potential new members that the pastor is talking with.

ELDERS REPORT 10-12-15

Advent Family Night is November 29th. The CEC suggests that a musically-

inclined person lead the Christmas caroling in December. A vote passed to

resume using the bulletin cover designed by Tom Dunn. There is a calendar

for Elders to begin assisting the pastor with visitation.

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.