September 2014, Serving and Sharing Newsletter

A newsletter from the Provincial Women's Board:

September 2014

A note from our President:

Dear Sisters in Christ,
As president of the Provincial Women for 2014-2016, I greet you.  The Board has a number of new members, who were elected at Synod, and we look forward to serving you in the coming years. I look forward to visiting in your churches and sharing in your activities.
Our Bible and Mission Studies will be previewed at that time. The Rev. Ginny Tobiassen will be our speaker.
It is also time to be thinking of the 12th Moravian Women's Conference which will be next June, 2015,  in North East, Maryland.  Go on line to moravianwomensconference.org for details. Scholarships are available on a first come basis . Apply as soon as possible.
I look forward to reading of your upcoming events in our newsletter.
May you have a blessed fall season.
Janet Doub

News from the Office

It is not too late; you can still submit your survey that can be found in the middle of your Bible Study book. We need your input and would love to hear new ideas about subjects and authors for future Bible and Mission Study Books. Mail it or email it to the office today!

The next “Serving and Sharing” Newsletter will be published on December 1, 2014. The submission deadline will be November 17, 2014. Please share with us your Advent events and success stories from the fall!

 

PRISON CAKE SCHEDULE

NOTE:  All cakes must be store bought, NOT homemade.  We need cakes to feed 70 to 80 people each week.

September 4    Enterprise

September 11  Christ

September 18  Christ

September 25  Clemmons

           

October 2        Clemmons

October 9        Fairview

October 16      Fairview

October 23      Home

October 30      Home

November 6   Enterprise

November 13 Friedland

November 20 Friedland

November 27 Thanksgiving (No Delivery)

           

December 4    Bethabara

December 11  Fulp

December 18  Fulp

December 25  Christmas (No Delivery)

Due to the large number of inmates attending these weekly meetings, please provide at least SIX store bought cakes each week.  Please notify Claudette Wood at the Chaplain’s office at 759-0063 to make certain that someone will be available to open the door at the Chapel when the cakes are delivered.

Please contact Frances Swing at 760-2624 or e-mail me at richardswing@bellsouth.net if you cannot deliver the cakes.

Thank you for your assistance with this wonderful ministry.

Fall Celebration 2014

On Saturday, September 6, 2014 79 women gathered at the beautiful Oak Grove Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for the Fall Celebration and Study Book Workshop. There were 19 churches represented at the event that is held each year for all women of the Southern Province. 
Reverend Judy Knopf led us in a moving worship service. 
Reverend Ginny Tobiassen led the Bible Study Workshop, presenting the book "Prayer Your Greatest Privilege" by Bishop Robert Iobst. As always Ginny spoke of many ideas to bring new life to this beloved book first published in 1986.
Reverend Patty Garner reviewed the mission book for this year: "Women in Mission, Making a Difference in our World" Volume II. She also shared with the attendees many heartwarming successes of the Unity Women's Desk.
The 2015 Budget for the Provincial Women's Board was presented and approved by the women present.
The women of the Oak Grove congregation prepared a delicious meal for the group. As the meal was being served Bishop Sam Gray and Armando Rusindo, President of the Moravian Church in Cuba arrived to bring greetings. He spoke of the decision he had to make when faced with holding a Women's Conference in Cuba or a meeting to approve the Book of Order for the newly formed group of churches. The room was soon filled with laughter, Christian fellowship and joy upon hearing of the successes of the Moravian brothers and sisters in Cuba.

GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE UNITY WOMEN’S DESK

It is hard to believe that we started the Unity Women’s Desk just three and a half years ago.  We have helped over 45 women and girls with scholarships, we’ve helped to start five new businesses, and we’ve sponsored numerous women’s conferences and seminars on issues of health, spiritual well-being, and vocational training for women.

Now there are two new exciting projects in the works:

1)      We will be offering a two-year scholarship to a Southern Province woman who is pursuing a career that will help improve the quality of life for women in our world.  The scholarship is available to Moravian women who are at least rising juniors in college or who are pursuing an advanced degree.  An application is available online at www.unitywomensdesk.org or from any Provincial Women’s Board member.  We want this generation of women to be working to make life better for the next generation of women. The recipient of the scholarship will be announced at the 12^th Moravian Women’s Conference next summer. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2015.

2)      Plans are now almost complete for the Fourth Unity Women’s Consultation, which will be held February 18-25, 2016 in Paramaribo, Suriname.  The theme will be, “Am I My Sister’s Keeper?”  Registration will begin in January 2015, but the selection process for two delegates from the Southern Province has already begun.  Applications for consideration to be one of the two delegates are available online at www.unitywomensdesk.org or from the Provincial Women’s Board.  The deadline for applying is November 15, 2014.

            The great news is that the Hotel Krasnapolsky in Paramaribo will hold 400 people so there will be enough room for any observers who would like to attend.  The purpose of the Consultation will be to strategize ways to improve the lives of our Moravian sisters around the world.  We will be looking at how to do this in the six areas of focus for the UWD:  Education, Violence against Women, Employment and Overcoming Poverty, Health Issues of Women and Children, Parenting for Justice, and Supporting Women in Ministry. Women with expertise in many areas will help us learn how to accomplish these objectives and ill guide us through the process of implementing the ideas that come from this Consultation.

            Registration forms will be available with the monthly Prayer List beginning in January and on our website.  If you would like more information about the Consultation, please check the website first and then write or call us if you have more questions. Please give this your prayerful consideration about attending.  We would love to see you in Paramaribo in 2016, where 70% of the Surinamese population claims to be Moravian!!

            Don’t forget that the Unity Women’s Desk is always available to speak to your Women’s Fellowship for general meetings, circle meetings, or Wednesday night programs.  We have so much good news to share.  Please give us an opportunity to do so.  We’d also love to have you visit our office at Cedarhyrst to see the lovely items that are being sent to us from around the world.

Blessings,

Patty Garner, Coordinator                                                                                                                                                          Unity Women’s Desk

459 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC  27101

www.unitywomensdesk.org         Unitywomen2011@gmail.com         336-725-6413                                                                                               

NEWS FROM YOU

Fairview

Fairview is having their annual Chicken Pie/Country Ham Supper on Saturday, September 27 from 4:00 to 6:45 p. m. in Fellowship Hall.  Tickets for adults are $10 and $4.00 for ages 3 to 10.

And on Saturday, November 22, we will have a Decorations/Chicken Pie and Bake Sale in Fellowship Hall from 8 a. m. to 12:00 noon. There will be decorations for Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Christ Church Women’s Fellowship

Our fellowship consists of monthly circle, quarterly circle and home circles. Some Women’s Fellowship do not meet in the summer months, however we continue to meet year round.

You will find our ladies making chicken pies quarterly and have no trouble in selling them. We are gratefully as our budget then allows us to be more benevolent.

July General Meeting was our election of officers for the upcoming year.  This gives our new officers a chance to attend the Provincial workshop and learn more about the total fellowship.

Annually we sponsor the Salemtowne birthday party in July supplying pound cakes and Dixie cups of ice cream. As we celebrate the July birthdays we sing and visit with them.  A hug is always good for all of us.

September is the month designated for us to supply cakes to the prison ministry twice for their services.

Our snack bags project is going well and will need to replenish the supply very soon.   We are trying to reach out to those less fortunate.

Thanks to a very diligent lady in our church, we will have fresh vegetables from her garden.  A community lunch will be offered at no cost to those wishing to attend.   We do hope to “Feed Our Sheep” as an outreach.

Mark your calendar for our Fall Festival – Sat., October 25^th 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at our fellowship building.  Chicken Pies will be one of the hot items.

Jo Brown, Pres.

Rural Hall

RURAL Hall Moravian Church would like to invite everyone to their Fall Breakfast/Bake Sale/ Vendor Fair/Raffle which will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 7:00a.m. until 10:30a.m.  The cost is $8.00 for adults and $3.00 for children 10 and under. We also would like to invite any one that maybe interested in a vendor table, to please contact Sara Tucker (336) 969-5689.  The cost to purchase a table to sell your items will be $25.00. Please come hungry for great food and fellowship with each other.  We look forward to seeing all or any of our fellow Moravians at the Breakfast.

Macedonia

Macedonia Moravian's bazaar is Saturday, November 8, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

 The Men's Fellowship will serve breakfast biscuits and the Women's Fellowship will have lunch for purchase. We will have baked goods, chicken pies, a silent auction, arts and crafts, and vendors selling a variety of great gift ideas.

Macedonia Moravian Church is located at 700 NC Hwy. 801 N in Advance, NC 27006.

Unity

The Women’s Fellowship of Unity Moravian Church in Lewisville, NC is planning a Bazaar for Saturday, October 25, 2014 to be held at the church.  There will be crafts, chicken pies and delicious bakery products made by our members, for sale.  In addition, there were so many vendors last year that tables filled our Fellowship Hall and overflowed to the Sunday School rooms and we expect the same for this year.  We are looking forward to our Bazaar this year and hope you will plan to attend.

CLEMMONS:

Fall “is in the air” at CMC and with Fall comes our many WF Projects.  We have just completed our “Empty Locker” project to provide school bags and school supplies for children @ Easton Elementary School.  On September 28^th, the WF will be hosting a dinner for “Friends of Laurel Ridge”.  In the month of October on Sunday the 19^th members of CMC will come together to honor our Music Director Mr. Jerry Jones for his 40 years of service.  The WF will provide decorations and a very delicious pot luck lunch.  Moving forward to November 1^st, WF will be assisting the Men’s Fellowship with their annual Port-A-Pit BQ to benefit our Church. Following this on November 15, brings the WF Annual Fall Bazaar.  Items for sale will be chicken pies; baked goods; knitted items; a cake raffle; candles; and items from our own County Store.  A variety of outside vendors will be there.  For those “early birds”, sausage biscuits will be available.  Come Early!!!!!      December 1^st is the date for our Christmas Pot Luck Dinner; Candle Trimming; and installation of WF 2015 Officers.  It is a special time of Fellowship & Preparation for the Beautiful Christmas Love Feasts. Following on Saturday December 6^th, we will be holding our “Gently Used Christmas Sale”.  Everything is at “Rock Bottom Prices”.

Come One!!!  Come ALL!!!  and Enjoy the Fellowship of the Fall & Winter Season with CMC.

Submitted By:   Gerri Mulcahy, President WF @ CMC

Yadkin View RCC

Yadkin View RCC invites women of the province to New Hope Moravian on March 7, 2014 for their women's event. More details to come soon.

Friedberg

The Women’s Fellowship of Friedberg Moravian Church invites you to their annual Fall Chicken Pie & Country Ham Supper and Bazaar on Saturday, November 1 from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. in the Family Life Center. You can dine-in or get take-out in the Fellowship Hall. The price of an adult dinner is $10.00 and a child’s dinner (10 & under) is $6.00. Sides include green beans and corn, sweet potatoes, Moravian slaw, turnips, pickles, rolls, and a delicious dessert of your choice; coffee, tea, and water for dine-in. The bazaar will offer frozen chicken pies, $10.00 for a 9” pie and $6.00 for a 6” pie; also crafts, plants, baked goods, a silent auction and more. Proceeds go toward outreach and mission projects. We hope to see you there!

Location: 2178 Friedberg Church Road * Winston-Salem, NC 27127 * 336-764-1830

Prayer List for the Unity Women’s Desk (partial)

September 2014

Give thanks and praise for the Moravian Music Foundation.  Several years ago, they produced a music CD of the Women’s Conference in Western Tanzania called “Tumfuate” (“Let us follow Him”).  After their expenses were met for the production of the CD, they pledged future sales to the Unity Women’s Desk.  Last month the sale proceeds enabled us to make a tuition grant for a woman to continue her education to become a pastor in Tanzania.  May the Lord be praised for this continuing blessing. 

Pray for women serving in ministry and others called by Christ but restrained by gender prejudice from serving.  May the Lord continue to call such women and may those who would deny them to opportunity to serve have a change of heart and accept whomever the Lord chooses to call to His service.

Pray for women who are victims of violence against them simply because they are women.  It is estimated that a woman is a victim of violence every two minutes.  May those who perpetuate such violence have a change of heart and see women as the gift of God that they truly are.

Pray for children as they return to school after a time of vacation.  Pray that they may learn respect for one another and for others around the world as they learn such subjects as reading, mathematics, history, and social studies.

Pray for those who are new to the Christian faith.  May each of us do our part to spread the Good News and to exhibit the love and compassion that our Lord has taught us.  

Paper copies of this newsletter will be available in the PWB office. Drop by to pick yours up today.

The next “Serving and Sharing” Newsletter will be published on December 1, 2014. The submission deadline will be November 17, 2014. Please share with us your Advent events and success stories from the fall!