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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

February 2013

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

Lent is a 40-day liturgical season of the Church which begins on Ash

Wednesday and ends on Great Sabbath, the day before Resurrection

Sunday. Sundays are not counted in the 40 days, because each Sun-

day was considered a “little Easter” in the early Church. Sundays

were a joyful celebration of Christ’s resurrection. “Lent” is not men-

tioned in the Bible, but it has long been a tradition in the Christian

Church. The significance of the number “40” is thought to represent

the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness.

The theme of Lent is penitence and discipline. It is an intentional

time of humbling ourselves before God and taking a serious look at

where we are spiritually. We spend increased time in devotion,

study, prayer, and worship to help us draw closer to our Lord. We

also try to give more of ourselves in service to Christ. Sometimes we

give up things that are tempting to us to remind us of the temptation

Jesus faced in the wilderness.

Ash Wednesday is the first day in Lent. On this day, we focus on our

sinfulness and mortality. We mourn for our sins as we reflect on the

suffering and death of Jesus. “Ashes” are referred to many times in

the Old Testament as a sign of sorrow, mourning, humility, and re-

pentance. The symbolism of places ashes on the forehead in the sign

of a cross is to remind us of our mortality and that “you are dust, and

to dust you shall return.” (Genesis 3:19)

The most solemn week of Lent is Holy Week where we journey with

Christ in the events of His last week on earth. We celebrate the maj-

esty of Palm Sunday, gather with Jesus in the Upper on Maundy

Thursday, and stand at the foot of the cross on Good Friday.

We do all this during Lent to prepare ourselves for the resurrection of

Jesus on Easter Sunday. We cannot fully appreciate the joy and vic-

tory of Easter unless we first experience the fasting and temptation in

the wilderness and the pain and suffering of the cross on Good Fri-

day.

Please use this Lenten season to prepare yourself, draw closer to Je-

sus, journey with Him, and experience genuine spiritual renewal.

God bless and I’ll see you in church!

Matthew

2. Sally Barneycastle

3. Georgia Brown

Marlyn Wolfington

Eli Renigar

4. Marion Clark

Sara Wood

6. Horace Hester

Cheyenne Rogers

7. Leslie Hester

8. Baron Grindstaff

9. Jeffrey Vanhoy

14. Eric & Anita Linville

FEBRUARYFEBRUARY

10. Mike May

Jerry Hancock

14. Pam Ellis

17. Ethan May

18. Sharon Kerr

Patsy Sell

19. Bobby Wolfington

20. Charles Priddy

24. Tony Barkley

28. Carol Carter

Sue Smith

Building Campaign Memorials

and Honorariums In memory of:

L. S. Thomasson

Kate L. Thomasson

Charlie Dillon

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.

Dear Oak Grove,

Thank you to my Sunday School class for the fruit

basket. Thank you to the band for coming to play

for me. Thank everyone for cards and thank you

for remembering me.

Gary Hester

Dear Church Family,

The family of Charles Ray Dillon acknowledges

with grateful appreciation your kind expression

of sympathy. Sincere thanks and love to all who

prayed, visited, sent cards, brought him wonder-

ful fruit baskets and fed our family after Charlie’s

service. I cannot begin to touch each of you as we

have been. May 2013 be full of happiness and

serving our Savior.

Sister in Christ,

Judy Dillon

Dear Oak Grove,

Many thanks to all of you for the prayers, cards,

calls and concerns during my 25 days in the hospi-

tal. Your love and kindness mean so much.

God bless you all,

Clarence Sell & family

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Financial Update

The Board of Trustees last met on Tuesday,

January 13, 2013. Those present were Johnny

Vanhoy, Judy Dillon, Arnold Reeves, Patrick

Linville and Jeff Styers.

Financial reports were reviewed and approved.

Plans were made to have a professional clean

out the chimney on the church for safety reasons

due to the carbon monoxide problem back in De-

cember.

Appointments were made for 2013.

The next board meetings will take place on Tues-

day, February 12th.

ORDER YOUR EASTER LILY

NOW!

All orders are PREPAID

Deadline to order: March 14th

Lilies are $13.50 each

Please make checks payable to:

Oak Grove Moravian Church

MORAVIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA, SOUTHERN PROVINCE

2013 DAYS OF PRAYER

Wednesday HOME MORAVIAN CHURCH February 13 Sister Virginia “Ginny” Hege Tobiassen, Speaker 10:00 AM Coffee Hour 10:45 AM Music 11:00 AM Worship Nursery Provided Sunday CHRIST MORAVIAN CHURCH February 17 The Reverend Michael Fulp, Speaker 4:00 PM LOVEFEAST Wednesday TRINITY MORAVIAN CHURCH February 20 Sister Donna Hurt, DCE, Speaker 11:00 AM Worship 12:00 Noon Complimentary Luncheon Nursery Provided Wednesday ARDMORE MORAVIAN CHURCH February 27 The Reverend John Rainey, Speaker 9:45 AM Coffee Hour 10:45 AM Meditation/Music 11:00 AM Worship Nursery Available Wednesday CALVARY MORAVIAN CHURCH March 6 The Reverend John D. Rights, Speaker 9:45 AM Coffee Hour 10:45 AM Meditation/Music 11:00 AM Worship Nursery Provided Wednesday FAIRVIEW MORAVIAN CHURCH March 13 The Reverend Rick Sides, Speaker 10:45 AM Music 11:00 AM Worship with Communion 12:00 Noon Complimentary Luncheon Wednesday KONNOAK HILLS MORAVIAN CHURCH March 20 The Reverend Matthew Allen, Speaker 11:00 AM Lovefeast Sunday, March 24, Palm Sunday Friday, March 29, Good Friday Sunday, March 31, Easter

ACOLYTES 3. Kelsey Wolfington

10. Laura Kate Colona

17. Maggie Mounce

24. Chloe Wolfington

FLOWER CALENDAR

3. Matthew Allen

10. Kay Joyce

17. available (white flowers)

24. available

USHERS

Jody Colona

Gary McCracken

Jeff Styers

Eric Linville

CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY

DONATION

100% Fruit Juice

CD MINISTRY

3. Jane Farmer

10. Georgia Brown

17. Loretta Snow

24. Lib Westmoreland

NURSERY WORKERS

3. Eric & Anita Linville

10. Patrick & Carrie Linville

17. Jane Farmer & Bonnie Peddycord

24. Susan, Sarah & Laura Price

February Workers

2013 LENTEN SERVICES: Bread in the Wilderness

The schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, February 13

6:00 p.m. Supper

7:00 p.m. Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes

Sermon Title:

The Lesson of Abundant Grace

Rev. Matthew Allen

Wednesday, February 20

6:00 p.m. Supper

7:00 p.m. Lenten Service

Sermon Title:

The Lesson of the Sabbath

Rev. Roger Kimball

Wednesday, February 27

6:00 p.m. Supper

7:00 p.m. Lenten Service

Sermon Title:

The Lesson of the Hungry Heart

Rev. Dan Nelson

March 6 Rev. Roger Kimball

March 13 Rev. Dan Nelson

March 20 Rev. Matthew Allen

More information on the March sermons will be in the

March Newsletter.

Each Wednesday we will gather in the Fellowship Hall

for supper at 6:00 p.m. and in the Sanctuary for the ser-

vice at 7:00.

Job 8:21...he fill thy mouth with

laughing...

Here is a true excerpt / blooper

from a church bulletin:

Miss Charlene Mason sang “I

Will Not Pass This Way Again”,

giving obvious pleasure to the

congregation.

2013 Confirmation Class

It is exciting to have a large class of confirmands this year!

There are three Confirmation Retreats planned:

February 8-9, March 1-2 and March 8-9.

This year’s group includes:

Ally Wolfington Joseph Kidwell

Jadyn Hooker Matthew Armstrong

Gray Comer James Peddycord

Patrick McCracken

JOINT BOARD REPORT The Elders and Trustees met jointly for their first meeting of 2013 on Tuesday, January 9. Pastor Allen opened the meeting with prayer and read the Daily Text. New board members were welcomed and the minutes of the last meeting were approved. Ann Seivers has resigned from the Board of Elders and they will ap-point someone to complete her term for 2013. A called Church Council needs to be held this spring to elect our syn-od delegate for 2014 Synod. The meeting will be Sunday, April 21 after worship. Pastor Allen encouraged board members to attend Leadership Focus to be held on February 23 at Home Church.

BOARD OF ELDERS REPORT

The meeting opened with intercessory prayer. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved. Tammy Lewis was appointed to fill Ann Seivers’ unexpired term ending in 2013. Annual Appointments were made. Pastor Allen will meet with potential confirmands and their parents to discuss the requirements of the class and they can make the deci-sion to participate or not. Pastor Allen will teach an Inquirers Class for prospective members.

The Salvation Army of Winston-Salem and

the Moravian Churches of Staten Island

each received a donation from Oak Grove

in the amount of $419.00. Gracious

thanks to everyone who gave at our Christ-

mas Eve Lovefeast for these causes.

The next

Band Practice is Sunday,

February 10 at 9:00 a.m.

in the

Fellowship Hall.

SAVE THE DATE!

Ladies Night

Out

at Oak Grove is

Saturday,

April 20, 2013.

More details to

come in March.

Dec. 2012 Jan.-Dec.

Operating Income $ 21,528.00 $172,713.35

Operating Expenses $ 15,837.04 $162,138.12

Ahead (Behind) $ 5,690.96 $ 10,575.23

December

STEWARDSHIP

ATTENDANCE

2nd..…..116

9th..……94

16th..…102

23rd..…123

24th..…246

30th.…..82