Newsletter - Fairview Moravian Church

FAIRVIEW FAMILY NEWSLETTER
JANUARY 2015
6550 S il as Cr eek P ark way
W ins t on - Sal em , NC 2 7106
(336) 768 - 5629
www.fa irv i ewmor av ia nc hurc h.org
February 2015
Newsletter Deadline
January 18th, 2015
Inside this issue:
January Birthdays / W-F 2
News / Youth Corner
Notes from Lewis /
Fairview Friends
Schedule / Leadership
Focus 2015 / OCC
Totals
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Clothes Closet /
Valentine’s Day Party
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November 2014
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Treasurer’s Report /
Angel Tree / Thank You
January Calendar
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“Journey of Faith” —
Christian Weber
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Christian Weber Cont./ 8
2015 Days of Prayer
Schedule
Thank You / Greeters /
Shut-ins / Sympathy /
Baptisms
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Our Epiphany Journey
On January 6th, we
once again enter the
season of the church year
called
Epiphany.
Epiphany is symbolized by
the journey of the wise
men from the East who
traveled to see and
worship the child Jesus. It
reminds us that we are on
a spiritual journey that
includes worship, study,
service, giving, reconciling
and prayer. We are called
to follow the light of the
“bright and Morning
Star” that is Christ Jesus,
our Lord. … The
following poem is food-for
-thought as we journey
through Epiphany in
2015.
“Wise Men Change
Course” by
Marjorie
Dolle.
What was it like to travel
over desert and dune
Following an unknown
star on a quest with no
comfort or room?
Only a star to guide
them, based on a prophecy old.
Stopping at Herod’s
palace, they discovered
what scripture foretold.
Unctuous Herod was
charming to visitors seeking a king,
With evil intent to harming, it would be a terrible
thing.
Worship with Jesus the
baby, brought questing
spirit’s release
They changed the homeward route, with gifts of
love and peace.
Wise men through the
ages, have followed the
shining star.
Have dreams of a global
peace, and hope to end
hate and war.
Journeying with you
through the season
of Epiphany,
Pastor Scott
On to Bethlehem’s
manger, to worship Jesus
with gold,
Myrrh, and frankincense
too; in Matthew the story
is told.
Special Points of Interest:

Bible Study Resumes Wednesday,
January 7th
 Unity Prayer Watch — Thursday,
January 8th, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
 Congregational Birthday Party —
Saturday, January 10 th at 5:30
pm
 Valentine’s Day Party —
Saturday, February 14 th!
Unity Prayer Watch
Thursday, January 8th — 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Southern Province is participating in the worldwide Moravian Church
Unity Prayer Watch in 2015. Fairview will take part in this prayerful tradition
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 8th, 2015. Mark your
calendars and plan to take a 15-minute time slot to pray for special requests
that are provided for you. A sign-up sheet will be in the Parlor on Sundays through
January 4th, 2015, or until the time slots are full. The sign-up sheet will also be circulated
through our Sunday School classes. Thank you for praying for these special requests.
WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP NEWS
Our Annual Congregational
Birthday Party date is
Saturday, January10th.
Snow date is Saturday,
January 17th. We will
have dinner, birthday
cakes, and a Hat Parade
again this year with a
prize for the most original
hat, so mark your calendars and plan to attend.
those who ran the kitchen,
put out and priced the
decorations and baked
goods, sold the items, and
came to buy.
Reminders:
Hospice: Circle 2 –
Tuesday, January 13th
Circle Project for January:
TBA
Thank you also to those who
came and trimmed candles
for our Christmas Lovefeasts.
Executive Board Meeting:
Monday, January
26th - 10:30 a.m. in the
Conference Room
The Women’s Fellowship
was happy to place the
Christmas wreaths on the
doors and bows on the lamp
posts again this year.
The Executive Board
expresses their appreciation for all who helped
make our Holiday
Decoration, Chicken Pie
& Bake Sale a success. To
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January Birthdays
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The Executive Board
wishes you a New Year filled
with God’s Blessings.
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* * * REPORTING CHURCH COUNCIL * * *
Sunday, February 8th, 2015
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If you were a Committee Chair in 2014, or Secretary of the Weber Memorial SS Class, or
President of the Women’s Fellowship; Treasurer of MSMC, Friendship SS Class, or Fairview 14
Friends; or in charge of the Fairview Bus, you need to have your report to Church Council 15
ready and in the Church Office by Sunday, January 25th! It takes time to collect them, get
them copied, and ready to be given out in report form. Thanks for your help in this matter. 17
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“Lambs of God” Youth Corner
Our Fairview youth have been rather busy during the month of December!
They went on the bus to see the Tanglewood Christmas lights on December
16th. The girls sang Morning Star at the Dec 21st Christmas Candlelight
service, and they participated in the Christmas play. We have continued to
send cards to members that are sick, had surgery, or are shut-ins.
The youth will participate in worship with special music on January 4th. We are trying to
set a date to go visit shut-ins this month and are planning a lock-in at the church in January
(date not yet decided).
Mark your calendars — Souper Bowl Sunday will be February 1st! Our youth will be
collecting money to support a local ministry!
Submitted by Jennifer Church
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Billie Minish
Nancy Davis
Earlette Peek
Warren Boyer,
Nancy Manuel
Teri Crowe,
Karlynn Morgan,
Leslie Van Horn
Frances McGee
Susan Worsley,
Betty Zontelli
Mollie Schultz
Danny Ferguson,
Sarah Faircloth
Everett Freeman
Bill Davis,
Barbara Giesler,
Dorcas Hauser
Doris Bostian,
John Snyder
Pat Sapp
Michael Kimel
Tessa Canter
Jeanne Willard,
Larry Wright
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Cynthia Faircloth
Jolleen Johnson,
Lorena Gray
Lunch & Bible Study Resumes
On Wednesday, January 7th, we will resume our Lunch & Bible Study at Noon in the
Fellowship Hall. We will also resume the 6:00 p.m. Bible Study in the Conference
Room. Make plans to come and enjoy Bible Study and fellowship with other Fairview
members!
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Notes from Lewis
I would like to take
this opportunity to thank
everyone for the many
cards, gifts, goodies, and
other remembrances
during the Christmas
season. I am constantly
amazed at your kindness
and generosity!
I would also like to
take this opportunity to
express my appreciation to
our Chancel Choir. There
is probably not another
group in the church that
works any harder than the
choir. They rehearse at
least an hour each week,
and most weeks it is closer
to 1.5 hours. I can’t imagine our Sunday worship
services without the music
from the choir and the
accompaniment provided
by Nancy Morgan! The
choir worked very hard on
the Christmas cantata and
music for our Christmas
Lovefeasts and I think that
hard work certainly paid
off. Your remarks to me,
both spoken and written,
have been very uplifting
and I would encourage you
to share these thoughts
with the choir members as
you have opportunity. Let
them know how much
you appreciate their
contribution to our worship services each week
throughout the year.
Luckily this year the
weather wasn’t a factor
like it was in 2013! We
had a good attendance for
the cantata here at
Fairview and at Liberty
United Methodist
Church in Mocksville. It
is a real blessing to the
choir to see so many people
here to show their support
of all of their hard work.
Thank you for your attendance and your help in
publicizing this wonderful
time of worship!
It is such a blessing and
a privilege to serve with you
here at Fairview Moravian
Church and I look forward
to another year together. I
pray God’s richest blessings
on each of you in 2015!
Fairview Friends Fellowship Schedule
Thursday, January 22, 12:00 Noon
We will gather in the Fellowship Hall for a covered dish meal and then play White Elephant Bingo. This would be
a great time for you to get rid of some of those Christmas presents that you just don’t have much use for! Bring
these wrapped gifts and we will use them as our Bingo prizes. After all, one person’s trash is another person’s
treasure! Make your plans to be here for a great time of fellowship together. This would also be a great time to
invite someone new to join us for our Fairview Friends Fellowship!
Save the Date
Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 28th to attend Leadership Focus 2015, Be the Church:
Living Faith in a New Generation at Trinity Moravian Church, Winston-Salem. From fall 2014
through fall 2015 the Comenius Learning Series will focus on ways to be the church in a new generation,
using the 600th celebration of the legacy of John Hus as inspiration. Leadership Focus 2015
will include morning workshops followed by a mission blitz that will provide adults, youth, and children
an opportunity to partner with community organizations on a special afternoon project. Join them on this journey as
they explore ways to be the church in a new generation. Registration is now open.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD — SHOE BOX MINISTRY
We are happy to report that we have filled 124 Shoe Boxes. My heartfelt thanks to each of you for your
generosity and taking the time to choose the gifts for your boxes. We can rejoice in our deed of kindness,
knowing that the receiving of these filled shoe boxes will lead to the children hearing about Jesus.
Pat Sapp: OCC Coordinator
The Outreach and Special Events Committee
Happy, Happy, Happy 2015!
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We certainly ended 2014 on a positive note with Fairview's Amazing Grace Clothes Closet! Our grand opening on
October 11, 2014 was very successful, serving and helping six families. And we continued to grow with our openings on
November 8, 2014 and December 6, 2014 by serving and helping a total of 23 families! During the December opening we
helped many folks with toys, stuffed animals, dolls, children's books and games, puzzles, book bags, and all kinds of
Christmas goodies for Santa! Once again we could not have done this without the generous donations from our Fairview
family!
A young woman with two young children pulled into the Fairview parking lot one day during December. She
approached Janet and said that her daughter (she was about 8-years old) wanted to donate her coats to an organization that
would give them away. She asked if she could give her coats to our Clothes Closet instead of Goodwill, since Goodwill
sold their clothes. Janet of course took the coats, approximately 10, some never worn and others like brand new. They
now are hanging in our children's area in our Closet, waiting to be shared. This is truly what our mission is all about!
What a wonderful gift to her children for her to model giving to others!
Also, I have spoken with someone at Anthony's Plot and we are now on their resource list. And we are beginning to
post pictures on Fairview's Facebook page.
We are looking ahead to the New Year and thinking we may have to add another room to our Closet!
Our next opening will be Saturday, January 10, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to Noon. God's amazing grace continues to be
ever present at Fairview Moravian Church!
Much appreciation to each of YOU for your continued support and special thanks to our faithful Saturday volunteers!
May the New Year fill you with God's blessings and peace!
Kathy King, Amazing Grace Clothes Closet Coordinator
Winston-Salem's Winter Overflow Homeless Shelter
“City with Dwellings is a
cooperative group working to engage our whole
community in the effort
to end homelessness in
Winston-Salem.” Their
primary program is
operating the W-S winter
Overflow Shelter from
December 1st — March
31st. Each night there
are opportunities for
volunteering overnight,
bringing meals, extending hospitality or
driving a bus to transport
guests. Congregations
and individuals can also
give to this volunteer
based ministry by donating items for blessing
bags. Blessing bags contain essential toiletry
items and a pair of socks.
Following is a list of
needs that will be ongo-
ing through the shelter
season. If you collect
items please drop them
off at Anthony's Plot
anytime or the Board of
Cooperative Ministries
office at 500 South
Church Street. For
more information visit
citywithdwellings.org/
overflow/
Items Needed:
(travel size)
non-alcohol mouthwash,
hand sanitizer, small
packs of tissues,
deodorant, baby powder,
small packs of wipes,
hand warmers, Chap
Stick, toboggans,
undershirts, warm socks,
and adult size gloves
Join us in the Fellowship Hall on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14th, for a party! We would love
for you to invite your friends and family to this special occasion. This event will take the place of the
Mardi Gras Party this year. Come prepared to have a fun-filled evening. More to come in the February
2015 newsletter!
Souper Bowl Sunday is February 1st!
Our youth will be at the doors collecting money! Please
consider giving generously to this important ministry.
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A “Thank You” from Bob and Bonnie Sparrow…
We want to say a heart-felt thanks to our dieners and coffee makers — Fairview has one
of most efficient Lovefeasts around. Planning and work for next year has already begun.
We also thank our ushers, choir, band, nursery workers, office staff, bulletin stuffers,
candle makers, candle trimmers, and ALL who work diligently for a period of weeks prior to,
and after, our Christmas Candlelight Lovefeasts to make these services so meaningful to our
church members and to our wider community. A special thank you to Jacque Joyce for her
donation to cover the cost of the Christmas Eve meal!
Thank you Fairview friends for supporting the "Angel Tree" project. Because of your love
and generosity, 27 special children had a Merry Christmas. What a wonderful church
family we have here at Fairview!
Happy New Year!
Amy Mendenhall and Carolyn Neal
2014 Christmas Lovefeast Totals
Attendance: 973
Offering: $3,515.58
Donations were divided equally between Anthony’s Plot, Salvation Army, and Maggie Styers Missionary Chapter. Thanks
to everyone who helped make our Christmas Lovefeasts such a wonderful blessing to our community!
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FAIRVIEW MORAVIANS AND THEIR “JOURNEYS OF FAITH”
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— The Rev. Christian David Weber —
I recently talked with our own Chris Weber about his life-time journey of faith and the joys, the heartaches, and
the inspirations that he encountered along the way. Chris was born on Friday the 13th of May, 1927 at Catholic
Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the second son born to the Reverend Christian Otto Weber and
Dorothy Pfohl Weber.
In 1928, when Chris was just one year old and his brother Herbert was three, two prominent Fairview
Moravians, R.R. Kinney and Roland Bennett, traveled over 500 miles from Winston-Salem to Indianapolis, Indiana
where they met with Reverend Weber and extended to him an invitation to become Fairview’s pastor. Much to
everyone’s delight, he accepted the call.
Shortly after arriving in Winston-Salem, the Webers were blessed with a third son, Bruce. But then, when the young family had only
been in their new home a short time, tragedy struck. Dorothy suddenly died from blood poisoning. Infant Bruce was just six-weeks old,
Chris was twenty months, and Herbert was three- years old. Chris and his other brothers would carry the pain of this loss with them
their entire lives. During their early years, the brothers lived with their mother’s family. Later, they lived back with their father in a
rental house in Old Salem next to the large tin Coffee Pot on Main Street. Later, their father bought a house on Patterson Avenue,
which in time became the church’s parsonage.
Chris recalls the wonderful years of growing up at Fairview and how the Weber boys were often the highlight of the congregation’s
attention. To the brothers, not only was Fairview a place of worship and a sanctum of Christian learning, but also, it was a place of warm
fellowship and joy. There, the boys were nurtured and loved by the congregation. They all enjoyed playing and having fun all over the
church, including sneaking into the notorious dumb waiter and pulling themselves up and down.
“There were so many good people at Fairview,” Chris emphasized. He specifically remembered Helen Ford and the Cobb sisters who
taught in the cradle room (the nursery), and other great Sunday school teachers like Nita, Ardena, and Cletus (Blanton) Morgan. Fondly,
Chris recalls the strong impression that was made on him during the Wednesday night prayer services, which were then called the Season
of Prayer. As Chris’s faith grew, many of the prayers he heard would become forever embedded in his mind. Looking back on his life,
Chris can now point to three specific spiritual moments that helped to mold and motivate him to become the Christian leader that he is
today. The first of those spiritual moments occurred during a revival service where his father was preaching. His father had called for those
who accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior to step forward. Chris could not restrain himself. Overcoming his uncertainties, he stood up
and boldly walked up to the chancel where he solemnly gave his life to Jesus. “I meant it then and have never forgotten it,” Chris ardently
stated. A short while later, on Palm Sunday at Fairview, Chris at age eleven, came before the Fairview congregation to formally confirm
his faith in Jesus Christ.
The next year, to everyone’s shock and dismay, tragedy struck the family once again. Chris’s wonderful father, Christian O. Weber,
one of the greatest ministers Fairview has ever known, suffered a nose bleed at church during Holy Week. Three weeks later at age 48, he
died from a cerebral hemorrhage. Suddenly, the Weber sons were orphaned. Bruce was 10, Chris was 12, and Herbert was 14. Losing
their father was perhaps the most emotionally traumatizing event of the young brothers’ lives. They were left in shock and with grave
uncertainty about their future. Nevertheless, their family, the Fairview congregation, and their faith in Jesus Christ, which had been
instilled in them by their father, gave them the strength they needed to carry on.
Gradually, the brothers adjusted to their loss. They remained in Winston-Salem and completed their public school education with
Chris going from Central Elementary to North Elementary, then to R. J. Reynolds High School, graduating in 1944. He entered
Davidson College at age 17, but the war was still raging, so instead of continuing his studies, Chris enlisted in the Navy. He went
through basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, radio school at Michigan City, Illinois, radar school at Gulfport, Mississippi
and finally was stationed at the Naval Pier in Chicago, Illinois as an electronic technician. Chris will never forget a time when he was at a
U.S.O. event, and a Christian lady asked him if he were saved. Her inquiring words initiated a thought process upon which Chris would
deliberate for some time to come. Finally, after being honorably discharged in 1946, Chris returned to Davidson College, to complete
his major in physics.
Just after his sophomore year, Chris’s second great spiritual moment occurred during a Moravian Youth Conference in Brevard, NC.
During a quiet time as he pondered his future, he heard God speak to him, telling him that he should go into the ministry. But, an
intense wrestling match was going inside Chris’s head about what direction his life should take. Despite God’s words, Chris didn’t think
he wanted to be a minister. He asked God to reconsider.
“Chris,” I interrupted, “do you mean you tried to negotiate with God?” Chris smiled sheepishly and replied, “Uh, yes, you might say
I was in denial. I guess I was hardheaded. But don’t worry,” he hastened to add, “I soon succumbed to God’s wishes, and of course, God
was right.”
Of course, Chris’s ministerial heritage is unique. His mother’s great, great, great grandfather was the Reverend Christian Thomas
Pfhol who came to Salem in 1792. His mother’s cousin was the renowned Bishop J. Kenneth Pfhol. Of course, Chris’s father was a
minister, and by this time, his two brothers were already studying for the ministry. Furthermore, his paternal grandparents had been
Moravian missionaries in Alaska. In fact, all total, there had been at least eleven ministers in his lineage. So, of course, with such a
family lineage, it is natural that the ministry would become his chosen calling.
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After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson in 1949, Chris, as predicted, went to the Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. After graduation, he studied at the Moravian College in England, which is an affiliate of the University of
Manchester. Upon his return to the States, he served in various interim pastoral capacities until he received his first call to Oak
Grove Moravian Church. After six good years there, the PEC asked him to go to Florida to evaluate the possibility of introducing
Moravian churches in the Sunshine State. A short time later, Chris was called to minister to the Boca Raton Moravian Church,
which opened in July, 1962. The church grew and was well accepted.
Soon, a time came when a very nice lady with a beautiful smile visited the church. Her name was Dorothy Sohn, originally
from Long Island, New York. Although she was a Lutheran, Dorothy kept visiting Chris’s church. After a while, she and Chris
found themselves together on the church bowling team. The relationship went from bowling to courtship to love and on October
11th, 1963, Dorothy and Chris were married.
Chris experienced his third great spiritual moment in 1972 while attending a seminar on counseling at Lake Placid, Florida. One
evening as he sat in his car in the parking lot, he suddenly felt that the spirit of God had engulfed him. “It was like God was all
around me,” he explained. “It was like the Holy Spirit was washing away all of my anxieties and uncertainties. I became filled with
God’s love. It was wonderful and from that point on, my ministry was forever changed!”
In 1977, Chris and Dorothy moved to Winston Salem where Chris became the minister at Bethania Moravian Church. In 1989,
they returned to Florida where Chris assisted as a minister in a Lutheran Church in Jupiter and also at the Moravian Church in
Palm Beach. Finally, in 2003, after fifty years of service as a Christian minister, Chris retired. He and Dorothy returned to Winston
Salem and to Fairview where they were both very active members. Eventually, they moved to Salemtowne. Sadly, in 2006, after 43
happy years of marriage, Dorothy passed away.
Today, Chris remains at Salemtowne and attends Fairview where he is well loved and a highly respected Christian leader.
Although Chris is the last surviving Weber brother, the Weber name remains strong and is sometimes considered almost
synonymous with Fairview itself. Of course, our former minister Dr. Riddick Weber, is Chris’s nephew and the son of the Chris’
brother, the late Bruce Weber. Riddick served as Fairview’s pastor for 8 1/2 years and is now a professor at the Moravian Seminary.
Fairview was blessed when Christian Otto Weber accepted the call to Fairview back in 1928. We at Fairview owe Chris and all
of the Webers from Christian Otto Weber to C. Riddick Weber our deepest gratitude for their dedication to the Lord Jesus Christ
and to Fairview Moravian Church.
Chris, from the depths of our heart, the Fairview congregation is very thankful for your faithful service to Fairview, to the
Moravian Church, and to our Lord Jesus Christ. Please know that we love you greatly.
— Danny T. Ferguson
Moravian Church of America, Southern Province 2015 Days of Prayer
Ash Wednesday February 18 — Home Moravian Church
The Reverend Dr Dianne Lipsett, Professor of Religion — Salem College
10:00 AM Coffee Hour; 10:45 Music; 11:00 Worship, Nursery Provided
Sunday February 22 — Christ Moravian Church
The Reverend Dr. Daniel Crews; 4:00 PM Lovefeast, Nursery Provided
Wednesday February 25 — Trinity Moravian Church
The Reverend Peggy Haymes, Author, Counselor
11:00 Worship, Nursery Provided; Noon — Complimentary Luncheon
Wednesday March 4 — Ardmore Moravian Church
The Reverend Jon Boling; 9:45 Coffee Hour; 10:45 AM Meditation/Music; 11:00 Worship
Wednesday March 11 — Calvary Moravian Church
The Reverend Andrew Heil;
9:45 AM Coffee Hour; 10:45 AM Meditation/Music; 11:00 Worship, Nursery Provided
Wednesday March 18 — Fairview Moravian Church
The Rt. Rev. Wayne Burkette;
10:45 AM Music; 11:00 Worship with Communion; Noon — Complimentary Luncheon
Wednesday March 25 — Konnoak Hills Moravian Church
The Reverend Rick Sides; 11:00 AM Lovefeast
Palm Sunday, March 29 — Good Friday, April 3 — Easter Sunday, April 5
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November 2014
Sunnyside Ministry Report
Canned Food ............................. 188
Miscellaneous Food Item ........... 60
Collection Box ............................. $ 11.25
Thanksgiving Offering................. $319.00
Other Gifts .................................. $157.00
Monetary from Jewelry Sales ....... $ 48.00
Total ................................... $535.25
Thanks for your generosity in helping
families in need in our community!
Remember Our Members in Assisted Living
and Nursing Facilities
Brighton Gardens
Walter Tuttle - #353
Elms at Tanglewood
Emma Hubbard - #243
Independence Village
Lena Brann - #105
Oak Forest Rehab Center
Bob Van Horn - #408
Lunchtime Lecture
Salem Terrace Assisted Living
Geneva Wilson - #511
“The 250th Anniversary of Salem, Part 1” is the January
8th Lunchtime Lecture with Richard W. Starbuck,
Archivist, 12:15 p.m. at the Archie K. Davis Center, 457
S. Church St., W-S, NC. The lecture is free and you are
welcomed to bring a bag lunch!
Salemtowne Health Care
Dorothy Andrews - #117
Jacque Joyce - #121
Genoise Judd - #217
Salemtowne Assisted Living
Mary Bodenhamer - #3329
Limited Activity:
We want to thank those of you who gave us goodies,
gift cards, and gifts made from you very own hands
for Christmas! We are blessed to be a part of this
wonderful congregation!
We pray you will have a wonderful
Happy New Year !
Tootie Barbour; Peggy Bradford; Victor Cannon;
Hazel Coleman; Melvin and Betty Fulp; Norwood and
Henrietta Green; Sam Hardister, Jr.; Sam Hardister III;
June Highsmith; Doug Ivester; Gertrude Jones; Margie
Kane; Ann and David Marcus; Gene Martin; Frances
McGee; Lavenia Page; Ruby Pulliam; Rick Reheis; Pat
Thomason; Peg Van Horn, Evelyn Wright, and Helen
Wright.
Scott, Lewis, Janet, Dena, Robah, and Sharon
JANUARY
WORSHIP GREETERS
7th
14th
21st
28th
Cynthia Faircloth and Gene Wright
Matt Hubbard and Beth Whitehouse
Jody and Kimberly Brendle
Gary and Annie Harrold
Elder of the Month: Marshall Mathers
Trustee of the Month: Robert Rascoe
Stranger’s Graveyard Volunteers:
Doris Bostian and Billie Minish
The congregation expresses its sympathy to Sandra
Smith upon the death of her mother-in-law, Wilma
Smith, on December 7th, in Cullowhee, NC.
One of our members, Phil Bostian, passed away on
December 14th. We express our sympathy to his wife,
Doris; son, Stephen; daughter, Valinda, and the
extended Bostian family.
On Sunday, December 14th, we
welcomed into the Fairview
congregation by Sacrament of
Baptism, Amelia Katherine Hailey
and Meredith Glen Hailey,
daughters of Amy Hailey. Their
sponsor was Crystal Valentine.
Non-Profit Organization
US Postage Paid
Winston-Salem NC
Permit Number 119
Fairview Moravian Church
6550 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem NC 27106
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Colossians 3:16
January 2015 Newsletter
Fairview Moravian Church
Office: (336) 768-5629
Kitchen: (336) 768-1958
Fax: (336) 768-5637
Annual Congregational Birthday Party
Saturday, January 10th, 2015
5:30 p.m.
Fellowship Hall
E-mail: fmc@fairviewmoravianchurch.org
Website: www.fairviewmoravianchurch.org
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. to Noon
Staff & Ministry Areas of Fairview
Rev. Scott Venable, Pastor (682-4635)
Lewis Phillips, Music Director/Pastoral Assistant
(749-4682)
Janet Robbins, Administrative Assistant
Dena Todd, Treasurer
Robert Rascoe, Chair of Trustees
Danny Ferguson, Vice-Chair of Trustees
Amy Mendenhall, Vice-Chair of Elders
Robah Ogburn, Band Director
Nancy Morgan, Pianist
We will have delicious food and a birthday cake
for each month of the year! One of the exciting
new things we did last year was the Birthday Hat
Parade and it will be back again this year! So...get
out one of your old hats and start decorating!
Be sure to put this date on your calendar and
plan to come have a fun-filled evening with other
Fairview members! Snow date will be Saturday,
January 17th.
Sponsored by the Outreach & Special Events Committee