The Provincial Women's
Board presents:
Serving
and Sharing Newsletter
June 2017
“For we are God’s servants,
working together; you are God’s field, God’s building. …For no one can lay any
foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus
Christ.” I Corinthians 3: 9, 11My Dear Sisters,
It has been a wonderful Spring! Easter Morn was fantastically beautiful! As Moravians we prepare ourselves by walking with Jesus again through our Holy Week Readings. We struggle; we pray, and then on Easter Morn we are able to say, “The Lord is Risen! The Lord is Risen indeed!”! There was bright sun and beautiful flowers. Thank you dear ladies for adorning the graves of our loved ones in all of our God’s Acres.
And then the Spiritual Life Retreat !!!!!!!! What a blessing! Our own Sr. Carol Foltz tried to convince fifty-two sisters from 19 congregations of our province that we are “Saints” for the Lord as we discerned “Vocations for Everyone”. Using many scriptures from St. Paul’s writings we learned of the many gifts we have to share in our faith journey and our churches and communities. PLEASE plan to attend the retreat in 2018, April 27,28, 29. We have already begun to plan for this special time.
Our board will be honoring our past presidents of the PWB at a luncheon in June. Their leadership of this organization is greatly appreciated. Your leadership and involvement in your local congregation is greatly appreciated too. You do so much in the life of a congregation. Thank you!!! To God Be the Glory!
Blessings,
Mallie
Thoughts about the
Spiritual Life Retreat 2017
Once again a privilege and a blessing to be a part of the
Spiritual Retreat at Laurel Ridge this year. I was joined by four other
'Sisters' from Hope Moravian . From our arrival, the greetings from others is
always welcome....familiar faces- and some new ones. This began a weekend of
laughter, tears, and a wealth of sharing...a 'hug' around every corner..pure
Joy. We received such a blessing from Rev. Carol Foltz, making us smile, feel
loved, and be inspired. Thankful to receive spiritual inspiration...I know I want
to be a fountain-- Not a drain! The world did not change over the weekend, but
we did and came home changed - Thank you to all of those who worked to make
this such a "gift" to all of us.
Grace and Peace, Linda
KONNOAK HILLS WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP NEWS
Our Fellowship is being led this year by co-presidents,
Martha Johnson and Joanna Burns. We appreciate their leadership. We have three
active circles and each meets monthly and studies the Provincial Women’s Bible
Study.
The biggest project of the year at Konnoak Hills is making
chicken pies in March and October. With help from the Men’s Fellowship, we are
able to make over 1000 pies each time. Over a two day period, around 70 people
help with this project. We even have a 101 year old member, Regina Walters, who
crimps crust all day for two days. This project allows us to contribute to many
causes. We recently contributed to the
Unity Women’s Desk Capital Fund Drive.
The Women’s Fellowship is responsible for social events such
as Anniversary Dinner and other special congregational meals. We will recognize
our fathers with a special reception on Father’s Day. We have sold all of the cookbooks printed for
our 65th Anniversary, but are considering a reprint if there is enough
interest.
Submitted by Janet Doub
Christ Moravian Church The women of Christ Moravian Church had
three in attendance at the spring
retreat at Laurel
ridge. Many positive comments have been made and a
good time was had by all.
Also we are working on some new and exciting plans for our
fall bazaar. Details will be shared later as things come together.
Last but certainly not least, we have set a date for a
Festival of Tables, September 16th. We are working on details to have a
well known speaker and author that may not only speak at our FOT but in church
the next day as well. Details on that will also be shared as things are
confirmed. God is good, God is faithful!
Submitted by Rebecca Lanier
Friedland Women’s Fellowship:
Farmer’s Market:
Thursdays in July – July 6, 13, 20, 27
Specialties
will be: Hotdogs, Homemade Ice Cream,
and
July 13th – South Carolina Peaches
July 27th – Local Cantaloupes and Watermelons
Every Thursday – Moravian Fellowship
Featuring Homemade
Chicken Pies To take Home !!!
Mother, Daughter, Friends Banquet – June 13th with Focus on
Cooking and the Kitchen – Speaker will be Susan Swicegood Boswell from Davidson
County – This is a chance for all the women of our congregation to fellowship
together. We’re highlighting recipes from
our new cookbook that should be available soon.
Watch for an announcement.
We continue to cater High School (Glenn and East) Reunion
meals and sponsor youth and Bible School meals.
Everything stays very busy around our church and we are ready to assist
our congregation when necessary. Local
mission include Sunnyside and the SECU House.
Submitted by: Ann Stafford Dillon
MACEDONIA MORAVIAN -The Women’s Fellowship at Macedonia
Moravian Church is having a busy year. In February we made candles to be used
at our Christmas Eve Lovefeast Services.
Recipes were collected throughout the year from church
members and friends of members for the new Macedonia cookbook. We have begun
selling these cookbooks ($15.00) and will have them available for purchase at our
bazaar on Nov. 11.
In June our circles will provide meals for the VBS children
and volunteers. Helping with VBS is part of our outreach to the church and the
community.
Digging for Treasure (Parables Revealed) is the theme
for VBS which will be held June 26 – 29 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm beginning with
supper at 6:00 each night.
Beginning July 16 and continuing each Sunday evening until
August 6 Macedonia will have ADULT VBS. The evening will begin at 5:30
with supper.
Macedonia’s SAWDUSTERS group made a beautiful wine rack
which was donated then auctioned to raise money for the ARMF to help with the
Cuban Moravian Church. The wine rack brought $200.00 at the auction!
Macedonia will have a variety of worship services during
this summer. Traditional worship will be the 1st, 3rd, and 5th
Sundays. On the even Sundays we will have contemporary services including
gospel and mountain music. Another new feature is a reading component.
The congregation will be invited to read the book, The Shack. Each
Sunday Pastor Zach Dease will bring his message from the chapters in the book.
Oak Grove Women’s Fellowship COMMUNITY
MARKET
Sponsored by the Oak
Grove Women’s Fellowship
Saturday, September
23
8 am to 1pm
Oak Grove will supply the 10x10 space for 25.00. Seller will provide tables and be responsible
for their items and monies.
Everyone is welcome to rent a space so please pass the
word!!!
SAVE the Date:
Fall Celebration
will be at Bethania Church on Saturday, September 9, 2017.
Please plan to
join us as we share a morning of Study Book Review and Fellowship,
concluded with a wonderful luncheon by Bethania Moravian!
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Seminary Student Emergency Fund
Our
seminary students occasionally have unexpected financial needs and the
Provincial Women’s Board set up a Seminary Student Emergency Fund in
1985. The initial gift of $1000 has
been increased by gifts and pledges from the Women’s fellowships of our Province.
Students
from the Southern Province who have been approved by the PEC as candidates for ordination in the
Moravian Church; and Moravian
Theological Seminary students who are attending the Seminary under the
auspices of the Board of World Mission and who are supported entirely by
them may apply for this fund.
The
fund can be used to reimburse
approved candidates for ordination for medical, dental computer, auto repairs, etc. The students
can also apply for up to $250 per school year for textbooks and/or computer
software. This fund is also used to provide each student a
monetary gift at Christmas.
Each Fellowship may contribute to
this fund to help our brothers and sisters who have heard the call to serve
the Moravian Church.
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