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First Moravian (GA)
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Friedberg
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Holly Springs Comm.
Home
Hope
Hopewell
Immanuel-New Eden
Kernersville
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King of Kings
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Leaksville
Little Church on the Lane
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Mayodan
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Moravia
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New Covenant Fell. (Palm Beach)
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2004 Provincial Budget
Moravian Church in America
Southern Province

Total Budgets

Congregational Support

See what's behind the numbers

Attend one of the 2004 Provincial Budget Focus Group Meetings. Florida churches had a Focus Group Meeting with the Provincial Financial Board on Sunday, September 14 and the other scheduled meetings follow:

Raleigh Moravian, -October 7, 7:00 p.m.
Christ Moravian-October 21, 7:00 p.m.

This is your chance to have a detailed explanation of the 2004 budget. Get your questions answered from the Provincial Financial Board. We invite and encourage you to attend! Questions?- Contact Powell Winstead, interim treasurer, at pwinstead@mcsp.org or 336-722-7922.

(submitted by Powell Winstead)

Provincial Ties
Published monthly by:
Provincial Elders’ Conference, Southern Prov.
336-725-5811 336-723-1029 FAX
http://www.mcsp.org
Staff:
Robert E. Sawyer, President
Robert E. Hunter, Asst. To the President
Lynn Kale, Executive Asst.
Becky Honeycutt, Secretary

"BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT, FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." MATTHEW 5:3"

Our prayers are with...

Illness

Bobbie Blackburn, former PEC secretary, is a resident at Salemtowne, Phillips Health Care, Building 2000, Room 219.

Our prayers are with her.

Pastoral Changes

Brother Cedric Rodney has requested and been granted permission to retire from active ministry of the Moravian Church effective December 31, 2003. Brother Rodney was ordained a deacon on October 13, 1959 after emigrating to the US from Guyana where his home church was the Queenstown congregation . He was consecrated a presbyter on May 3, 1970. He served two pastorates in the C.M.E. (Christian Methodist Episcopal) Church and has also served a total of 27 years during two pastorates at St. Philips Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, NC. We express deep appreciation to Cedric and Mae for their faithful and dedicated service to the Moravian Church and wish for them many blessings in retirement.

God Bless You!

Births

Kyle Reese Sapp (Grandparents Carol and Don Griffin-Pastor Union Cross Moravian) was born August 18, 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC to Joel and Kristy Sapp.

Ella Christian Shelton (Grandparents Lillian and Tom Shelton-Pastor Friedberg Moravian) was born September 5 in Clearwater, FL to Tommy and Mara Shelton.

Congratulations!

The Moravian Church Southern Province is pleased to announce that Brother Angeltile Y. Musomba, Chair of the Unity Board, will be in Winston-Salem, NC and participating in the following events:

• November 13-presenting a lecture at Winston-Salem State University 9:45 am
• November 13-speaker at an educational program at the historic St. Philips Moravian Church in Old Salem 7:30pm
• November 16-guest preacher at St. Philips Moravian Church worship service
• November 16-bring greetings at the 250th Anniversary service at Wake Forest University-3pm
• November 18-guest speaker at Winston-Salem Rotary Club-12:30pm

Ordination Anniversaries
October

Congratulations and God Bless You!

The October PEC report will be included in the November Provincial Ties.

Prayer Day for World Mission - October 12, 2003

"The Lord Jesus Christ calls His Church into being so that it may serve Him on earth until He comes. The Unitas Fratrum is, therefore, aware of its being called in faith to serve humanity by proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It recognizes this call to be the source of its being and the inspiration of its service. As is the source, so is the aim and end of its being based upon the will of its Lord." (The Ground of the Unity)

On October 12 congregations are asked to remember in prayer and liturgies the ministry of the Board of World Mission. It is entrusted with the responsibility of understanding and administering Christ's mission to the world. Prayers are requested for our partner provinces - Alaska, Costa Rica, Eastern West Indies, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Labrador, Nicaragua, and Western Tanzania.

Current specific prayer concerns are as follows:

• Calling of the Exec. Director with applications being received now through 12/1/03 and selection by 2/28/04.
• The Propsom family's return to ministry in Labrador after speaking engagements this summer. Their house needed major clean-up due to water leakage and mold.
• Praise God for the help of Dr. Ned Wallace and the HIV/AIDS Task force.
• Mark Ebert who is organizing volunteers to assist the deferred maintenance of the Ahuas Clinic in Honduras-for more information go to www.moravianmission.com
• Sister Rosieta Burton, a recent MTS graduate, beginning her ministry in St. Kitts on 9/7.
• Moravians who minister around the world, such as those from the Dillingham Moravian Church serving as medical missionaries in New Guinea under Wycliffe and others setting up new clinics in Uzbekistan.

(submitted by Sheila Beaman)

Prayer Day for Children

In October of each year, in coordination with the Children's Defense Fund, national religious denominations and organizations have intentionally sought to focus more attention and resources to children's needs. For Christians, an important part of advocacy for children, who are vulnerable and powerless, is to seek God's will and guidance in prayer and meditation. Each year, in October, many churches and synagogues observe a Children's Sabbath. Some churches plan a day of worship, education and service with the entire faith community where they attend to one particular area of need in the lives of children. Some churches place their emphasis upon a specially design worship service which reflects upon God's word and our call to discipleship on behalf of God's children.

For more information or worship materials contact lmullen@mcsp.org or locate sample liturgies at www.moravianboardofce.org. (submitted by Lisa Mullen)

Raleigh Moravian Church celebrates its 50th Anniversary

October 5th will be the highlight of Raleigh Moravian's 50th anniversary year at its worship service and lunch. Their anniversary lovefeast on October 12 features hymns written by members of the Raleigh congregation.

The fine pipe organ in Raleigh's sanctuary has been making beautiful music for 100 years. In celebration of both anniversaries, the church will host a recital by John Mitchener on Friday evening, November 7 at 7:30 pm, with a reception following. Dr. Mitchener, current president of the Moravian Music Foundation, is Thomas S. Kenan Professor of Organ at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Associate Professor of Organ and College Organist at Salem College, and Organist at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. His program will include works by modern composer Margaret Vardell Sandresky as well as Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn and others. There will be a small admission charge to benefit the activities of Raleigh Moravian Church. For details, call the church at 919-787-4034 or check the website at- www.raleighmoravian.org. May God continue to bless you in mission and ministry!

Join Us at Laurel Ridge for Dinner and a Spectacular View

On Sunday afternoon, October 26th why not enjoy a drive in the mountains? Even better...how about a drive in the mountains, a walk around Laurel Ridge, and a delicious dinner at Higgins Lodge. Dinner will be served at 5:00 p.m. Bring your friends and neighbors. Please make reservations no later than Friday, October 17th. Cost is $7/person.

Laurel Ridge Youth Mission Camps

In the summer of 2003 a new and exciting program came to life at Laurel Ridge. We offered the first Laurel Ridge Youth Mission Camps. The camps were designed to offer Junior and Senior High youth opportunities for:

• Christian service to people in Appalachian counties near Laurel Ridge
• Interaction with people from other Moravian churches
• Living & working in Christian community

During the month of June, 66 youth and 20 adults served 15 families by:

• building 4 wheelchair ramps
• building/repairing 4 decks and 3 porches (with steps & railing)
• constructing handrails (lots of them)
• painting (indoor and outdoor) lots of it
• finishing (sheetrock & painting) a bedroom
• painting & hanging kitchen cabinet doors
• replacing a kitchen floor
• cleaning 5 yards
• washing windows of 3 homes
• folding clothes & cleaning toys for Cora's Charities & Alleghany Cares
• singing for a potluck lunch for the Department of Social Services
• singing everywhere we went

Participating congregations were Home, New Philadelphia, Raleigh, Advent, First Moravian of Greensboro, Holly Springs, and Kernersville. One 14-year-old participant said, "This has been great! I can't wait to come back in like 20 years and say I was in the first group." We're looking forward to seeing familiar faces as many 2003 participants are planning to return. We also hope that congregations in other Moravian provinces will participate in Laurel Ridge Youth Mission Camps 2004.

For information about Laurel Ridge Youth Mission Camp 2004 contact Debbie Good-Erickson at 1-336-359-2951.

But That's Not All…..

AAA (Adults in Action in Alleghany) became the very first Adult Mission Camp at Laurel Ridge. Fifteen adults attended the Mission Camp from Sept. 7th -11th. They completed three major construction projects, volunteered at Alleghany Cares, and visited families to deliver homemade sugarcake. In addition to their hard work, they enjoyed good fellowship, interesting evening programs, and spiritual renewal. Delicious food, a well-deserved good night's rest, and morning devotions prepared participants for their daily tasks which included building a wheelchair ramp, sheetrock work, replacing gutters, and folding clothes. AAA participants from Grace Moravian in Mt. Airy shared their mission experience with their congregation during worship on Sunday, September 21st . Future Adult Mission Camps are being planned for 2004.

(submitted by Debbie Good-Erickson)

Read a message from the Unity Board meeting on September 19, 2003 located in the What's New section.

The CROP Walk Prayers for World Hunger Relief

Where: At The Sunnyside Labyrinth Garden on the corner of Lomond and Haled Streets near the new traffic circle on Waughtown Street south of the NCSA campus.

When: Saturday, October 11, 2003, 10 am until 4 pm

Walk the seven circuit Sunnyside Flower Labyrinth as an aid to concentrated prayer about relief for desperate people all over the world and in our own communities who face hunger or starvation on a daily basis.

As you follow the curving path into the labyrinth, let go of the details of life so that you can quiet the mind, balance the body and calm the soul. Make an intentional effort to expect an answer to this question. How can I make a difference in the lives of my brothers and sisters (especially the children) all over the world who struggle daily for enough food to sustain productive life?

When you reach the center you will receive energy, insight and serenity through quiet prayer, reflection and meditation. Anticipate a sacred response to your questions about world hunger.

The walk out is a time to unify the body, mind and soul. Use this time as preparation for experiencing life with a new vision and purpose. Expect to make a difference as we all search for ways to end hunger all over the world.

Tips for using the labyrinth

Walk at your own pace. If you overtake the person in front of you, feel free to pass them.

If you meet someone, make room to pass safely. The labyrinth is only large enough to accommodate 4 walkers at the same time. Wait your turn and enter when it seems appropriate.

Although the labyrinth is a contemplative place, be aware of others and their positions. When passing, do not lose your way.

There are no hard and fast rules about conduct in a labyrinth. Most walkers prefer a quiet atmosphere. Keep in mind the needs of other walkers and act accordingly.

The CROP Walk Committee and Sunnyside Ministry welcome all of you and hope that your labyrinth experience is meaningful and enjoyable. Thank you for being a part of the search for hunger relief.

(submitted by Roma Combs)

Mark your calendar for the 22nd Moravian Music Festival

The 22nd Moravian Music Festival will be held July 2-8, 2006 at Capital University and Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio.

The festival, held every three to five years, alternates between Northern and Southern Provinces of the Moravian Church in America. This will be the first time since 1961 that the festival has been held in Ohio.

Dr. John V. Sinclair has accepted the invitation to return as festival conductor. The festival now has a permanent presence on the web at www.MoravianMusicFestival.org.

The information concerning the 21st festival (Winston-Salem, NC in June 2003) will soon be replaced by general information about Moravian Music Festivals and news of the next festival specifically.

David Blum, choir director at Church of the Redeemer Moravian Church in Dublin, Ohio and MMF board member, will be chairing the festival committee.

(submitted by David Blum)

Moravian Church in America
Northern and Southern Provinces

To: Congregations of the Northern and Southern Provinces

Date: August 25, 2003

Re: Interprovincial Ministry Convocation

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This memorandum is to alert you and your congregation to the fact that an Interprovincial Ministry Convocation will be held May 16-19, 2005 at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. In response to many requests this convocation, which is typically held every 5 to 7 years, will have a worship focus.

Indeed, the conference is now being called the Interprovincial Ministry Convocation. This means each congregation will be encouraged to send persons who are involved in worship planning. This might include persons in music leadership, worship team leaders, organists, and directors of music, in addition to pastors and Directors of Christian Education.

The anticipated cost of the event is $495.00 per person, including participation in a travel pool. It is anticipated this fee will be inclusive of program costs, room and board and transportation.

Mr. Jerry Jones of Lewisville, North Carolina, and a committee from the Southern Province are in charge of the program and will be planning an exciting and varied agenda for our days together. The logistics and site work are being accomplished by the Rev. David Wickmann and a committee from the Northern Province.

What do you need to do now?

First, think about the persons who might be considered for attendance. Contact them in the near future and ask them to reserve these dates on their calendars.

Second, add an appropriate amount to your congregational budget for 2005 to support these persons as they represent your congregation.

Third, pray for the conference and the planning committees in the Southern Province and the Northern Province.

NOTE: This Ministry Convocation was formerly called Interprovincial Ministers' Conference.

Newsletter Notes

Pine Chapel is opening a fund for the purchase of an organ. The vote of the elders and trustees was unanimous. Good thing too since they have the gentle persuasion of the choir director-organist. She is making do with a 1980 electric organ which has a button for automated rumba percussion accompaniment. Imagine: "Sing hallelujah (cha, cha, cha!) praise the Lord (cha, cha, cha!)." (Quick, pass the collection plate. Please!)

Now that it has dedicated its fine new tracker organ in the sanctuary, Kernersville has learned that the old organ in the historic chapel is rapidly deteriorating. Restoration and repair costs range from $20,000 to $70,000. Given the current economic crunch, Kernersville's trustees plan to wait till the old organ is unusable, then call on the Hammond organ that had been in the sanctuary for service in the chapel. Bet it doesn't have a rumba button.

Earlier this year Bethania completed Phase I (new parking lot, driveway, and new two-story building) of its ambitious building project. The cost for Phase I was $1.4 million plus $125,000 in preparation expenses. Since Bethania had to borrow $1.1 million to finish Phase I, the joint boards voted to postpone Phases II and III even though they would be much less expensive. But now a bequest of the late Margaret Chadwick Higgins, widow of Bishop George Higgins, has made it possible for Bethania to complete Phases II and III, which will entail extensive reworking of the "flat roofed building."

This item is from Konnoak Hills, so don't accuse the Archives of tooting its own horn. For those who have been enjoying the little "thumbnail" histories of the churches, Konnoak Hills suggests going on the Internet to the web site MoravianArchives.org. Click the "History" button, then "A Brief History of the Southern Province, Church by Church." Bingo! there are the thumbnail histories for all the churches (New Beginnings and Holly Springs will soon be there). Konnoak Hills also notes the "vast" collection of memoirs that is "one of the great features of the Archives." (At the moment we are up to the D's" in stuffing some 13,000(!) memoirs into

the "computer, making them easier to retrieve and preserving the original documents from wear and tear.)

Doug Rights at Olivet is on a streak - his third one for church attendance on Sundays. As a young boy, he relates, he collected a "whole string" of perfect attendance pins. (It's what preachers' sons do, you know.) Then when he was 11 the family toured Europe and were on a bus one Sunday. His second streak lasted 35 years till this summer when once again on a family tour of Europe he was on a bus on a Sunday. But Br. Rights is undaunted as he begins his third streak, and he suggests the rest of us can work on our "church-going" streaks as well. Hear, hear!

For those who insist on cutting through its parking lot, Union Cross is going to install speed bumps.

A big showdown council is scheduled at New Philadelphia. A generous donor has offered to buy the 1995 Moravian Book of Worship to be used in addition to the 1969 hymnal the congregation has now. Since a previous Church Council had voted not to buy the new hymnal, the donor agreed the question should be resubmitted to Council. The Joint Board is forwarding the question to Council "without prejudice," meaning the Board took no official stand. Pastor Worth Green writes, "I love the liturgies in the 1969 Hymnal, but see advantages to adding the new hymnal to our worship." Br. Green also says he is "sure that many" of the congregation "have an opinion on the matter." They will get to have their voices heard, then cast their vote at the Church Council on October 26. What if it's a tie?

(submitted by Richard Starbuck)

The James A. Gray Lecture Series at Winston-Salem State University

"Religion & Ethics in 21st Century America"

All lectures begin at 9:45 a.m. in Dillard Auditorium at the Anderson Center

For Your Calendar: October

Address Book

King Moravian Church
228 W Dalton Rd (not 230-parsonage)
King, NC 27021

Cedric Rodney: crodney@triad.rr.com

Cheryl & Denny Cottingham
1329 Delmont Dr
Kernersville, NC 27284

Deadline for November Issue of Provincial Ties is October 30.

Moravian Church in America, South
Provincial Elders’ Conference
Drawer O, Salem Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27108

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