The Marvelous Moravians are back in action! All are invited to attend our Fall Kick-off in the Fellowship Building on Tuesday, October 8, at 11 AM with a special presentation from Bishop Sam Gray with lunch to follow. A sign up sheet has been posted on the CHURCH FAMILY LIFE bulletin board or you may call the church office at 722-2007 to RSVP.
A great crowd ventured out on Wednesday at 8 am to the Stratford Station Grill. Following breakfast a group came to transport items from the garage in the church office to the Fellowship Building basement in preparation for the Women’s Fellowship upcoming Yard Sale. Thank you for your contribution of time today!
As we remember the victims of violence in Washington, DC today, may we reflect upon these words from the Moravian Book of Worship’s Intercessions In Time Of Crisis as we pray for the victims and their families today:
“God of mercy, of comfort, we come before you in this time of difficulty, mindful of human frailty and need, confused and struggling to find meaning in the face of suffering…..”
Church Interiors, Inc. has performed over 10,000 renovations and remodeling projects. They have renovated small chapels that seat less than 100 people to large sanctuaries & cathedrals that seat over 5,000, including those on Historical Registries. They begin work in our Fellowship Building next week. In 2014, they will begin work in our Sanctuary Building. To view samples of the new countertops, flooring and carpet that will be in our Fellowship Building
An exciting new ministry has come to Christ Church. Worship + 2 is a ministry that EVERYONE can become involved in! This ministry encourages our church members to be faithful in their worship attendance and to do two of the following things as well:
A wonderful crowd ventured out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to attend the dedication of our Church Labyrinth. Most people stayed to enjoy a wonderful picnic and ice cream social followed by a talent show from church members. We hope you enjoy the photo slideshow below.
The FUN began on Sunday! Our VBS experience hosted by Christ Moravian Church got underway last night. We continue through Wednesday and hope you will make plans to attend! There are opportunities for learning and mission for all ages. We hope you enjoy some of the photos of our church members that will be featured throughout the week below.
Mission Camp at Christ Church has come to a conclusion today. The youth of Christ Church have given to our congregation and the West Salem community a labyrinth that they built this week on our church campus. We plan to have a special dedication service in August. Many thanks to the youth and our adult volunteers who helped make this project possible. Not only do we appreciate this gift but the gift of those who gave of their time and talents this past week!
Mission Camp at Christ Church got underway Sunday night with a Pot Luck dinner with camp participants, parents, and leadership board members. Many thanks to those members of our church who have allowed the group to borrow items in helping them prepare this wonderful gift for our church and community. We hope you enjoy the slideshow showing this group and their progress over the past few days.
Youth Convocation is underway this week in the Piedmont Triad. High school age Moravian youth from all across North America are gathering together at Greensboro College. Please remember all who are participating in your thoughts and prayers this week. Alexis McCarn, Sarah Pace and Rebekah Wright from Christ Church are attending this week.
A great crowd ventured up to Laurel Ridge this morning from Christ Church. We enjoyed worship on the Eastern Overlook with our music led by our Grateful Choir followed by a great lunch catered by Laurel Ridge. We hope you enjoy some of the photos below. Many thanks to members of our Christian Education Committee at Christ Church who helped organize this event!
Please remember those affected by the deadly tornado that went through the state of Oklahoma yesterday. Remembering these words from our Moravian Book of Worship:
Despite the weather conditions, a great crowd from Christ Church came out to see the Winston Salem Dash take on the Potomac Nationals. Enjoy some photos below from today’s game which featured our very own Grateful Choir singing the national anthem.
Many thanks to our youth who led worship on Sunday, April 28th. We were all truly blessed by your music, sermon presentation and leadership in worship. In addition many thanks to our adult volunteers (Cyndy & Kiley Smith, Matt Pace and Sabrina Maksi) who helped to plan worship on Sunday as well and for our guest pianist, Martha Walker.
A great crowd ventured out on Saturday morning for a work day at Christ Church. We enjoyed a great breakfast and lunch courtesy of Sabrina Maksi. We appreciate all who came out to volunteer their time and talents in helping to keep our church campus so beautiful. We hope you enjoy the slideshow of our members hard at work!
We have a new brochure for Christ Church! If you are interested in viewing this brochure, please follow the link below to view in PDF format. Copies are available in the church office and in the sanctuary if you wish to distribute to others.
A great day was had by all who attended our Spring Fling on April 21st. Many thanks to all the youth and adult volunteers and those who came out to offer their support. Over $1,000 was raised for our youth. Congratulations!
A great crowd ventured out for our Women’s Fellowship Annual Festival of Tables fundraiser on Saturday, April 13th. Sister Donna Hurt, Christian Education Director at Home Moravian Church spoke to the group assembled about the Moravian Church and their ministry in Sierra Leone. If you would like to enjoy some photos from the event…
The Annual Youth Retreat will be at Brookside Lodge at Lake Junaluska from May 3-5. Reservations are $10 per family.Join the group for a weekend of family and fellowship in Western NC.
For more information, please see Cyndy and Kiley Smith, Matt Pace or Sabrina Maksi.
To make your reservation, please call the church office at 722-2007 or fill out the insert in the bulletin beginning Sunday, April 7th.
A great crowd came out Saturday to Christ Church to enjoy an Easter Egg Hunt, crafts, Easter Story and a great meal. Many thanks who all who helped make this great day of fun and fellowship possible. Enjoy the pictures below:
Many thanks to all the wonderful musicians, lay readers, ushers and dieners who participated in our Holy Week services at Christ Church throughout this week.
Many thanks to members of our Youth Group and Adult Volunteers at Christ Church who ventured out to God’s Acre to clean tombstones Friday morning. We appreciate all of your efforts today! To view a slideshow from their work today see below:
The Easter Sunrise Service (241st) begins at 6:30 AM in Old Salem. This year’s service will be officiated by The Rev. John Jackman, minister of Trinity Moravian Church. A radio broadcast of the service will also be carried by WSJS radio beginning at 6:30 AM.
Thank you for visiting our redesigned web site and ministry online! We encourage you to explore the drop down menus above and learn more about Christ Moravian Church.
Founded in 1896, the fellowship of Christ Moravian Church invites you to vist us for worship and encouragement Sunday mornings. Our mission statement is the following:
Christ Church seeks to be a caring congregation, worshiping God and encouraging one another, as we serve outside the walls of our congregation in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ.
We hope you will make plans to visit us soon. Together we can strive to follow our motto: “Loving to Serve-Serving to Love!”
New posts which highlight ministry, fellowship or service activities will appear here on the website as you open our page. Each post is added to a “category” representing a different ministry, group, committee or organization at Christ Moravian Church.
These categories are listed to the right. If you have something that you would like to include on the webpage, please contact the church office by phone or email Pastor Marcus at: pastor@christmoravianchurch.org
Our Marvelous Moravians had a great time on Tuesday! We enjoyed a wonderful presentation from The Rev. Rodney Stillwell, Senior Chaplain of the Forsyth County Jail and Prison Ministry. This time also included some “hands on” experience with clay along with a great BBQ lunch. We hope you enjoy some of these photos from our event!
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County CROP Walk produced the fifth largest amount among the 1400 CROP Walks in the nation in 2012. Congratulations to the followin Moravian congregations who received certificates of award at the 2012 CROP Hunger Walk Recognition Awards Reception on Tuesday evening:Christ Moravian 552% (#1!)
Youth from Christ and Calvary Moravian gathered together to help raise funds for World Vision through participation in the 30 hour famine. Every year, hundreds of thousands of students in the U.S. and around the world unite to do the Famine. They learn about hunger, raise funds to help the hungry, and then go hungry themselves. Many thanks to those church members who helped support this worthy cause with your contributions!
New meeting space has been created in the Church Offices of Christ Church! We have brought a conference table out of storage and have created a great meeting space in the room where our church copying machine is located. If any of our church groups would prefer to meet in a smaller space (for 12 people or less) rather than reserving the Fellowship Building, please feel free to contact the church office for details about how to reserve this space. Many thanks to Wayne Walker, John Chitty, NT Russell and Jeff Glance for assisting with this project.
The Marvelous Moravians gathered together on Tuesday, January 8th in our Fellowship Building. We had a wonderful program led by The Rev. Judy Knopf, pastor of Good Shepherd Moravian Church in Kernersville. Many thanks to our members who helped prepare the food for our wonderful lunch that followed our presentation. Our next event will be attending the Day of Prayer Service at Home Church on Wednesday, February 13th.
Many thanks to those who ventured out to deliver Christmas cards and sing carols to some of our elderly church members today! Thank you to all our church members who prepared Christmas cards and for our youth and adult volunteers who delivered them with their beautiful voices. Merry Christmas everyone!
We have some wonderful activities taking place during the season of Advent at Christ Church! Below are listed some of the activities that are taking place in the coming weeks. Click on “Advent Activities” below to download in PDF format this flier listing these activities .
Our youth led a wonderful program this year in worship called “Christmas Around the World.” Many thanks to Donna Tesh and all the adult volunteers who helped to coordinate the program. Enjoy some of the photos below from today’s program.
For over 20 years, Christ Church has led a Lovefeast service at Heritage Woods. This service took place earlier this week on Thursday, December 6th. Enjoy some of the photos from the service. Many thanks to our musicans, dieners, coffee makers and Pastor for helping lead this service.
Thanks to the generous contribution of a church member who wishes to remain anonymous, we have upgraded our sound system! We are no longer recording worship services on cassettes but on a digital media recorder. Following an editing process, these worship services are now available to church members on a compact disc (CD). We plan to deliver these CD’s to our members who are no longer able to attend worship and make available copies to any members by request. Simply contact the Church Office and a copy will be provided to you. Our first recording that will be available will be on Sunday, December 9th.
Many thanks to all who ventured out on Tuesday evening to help trim candles for our upcoming Christmas Lovefeast and Candle services later this month. People enjoyed a wonderful meal, a great time of fellowship and together trimmed over 800 candles. Enjoy some pictures below of the event on Tuesday.
We had a wonderful worship service at Christ Church on the first Sunday of the Advent Season. We hope you enjoy the slideshow from worship and some of the events following:
Many thanks to members who ventured out Saturday morning to help decorate our church for the Advent Season. Click on “Read more” below to enjoying the slideshow of these faithful workers giving of their time and talent. The Advent Season at Christ Church begins Sunday, December 2nd.
Church Council took place during worship on November 18, 2012. Our Council officially approved the move to a single board of church leadership.
In addition our 2013 Church Budget (click here to view our 2013 Mission and Ministry Budget ) was approved. We would also like to congratulate these following members for being elected to the following: Linda Hastings, Church Council Secretary, Chris Vogler, Central Trustee and Sabrina Maksi, Petersbrook RCC representative.
If you would like to review our amended rules and regulations, implementation plan for our Leadership Board you can view these items below.
Your phone calls are important to us. If you need to reach the Church office you can call our main number (336-722-2007) and this provides you the option to leave a general message. You will also be given different phone numbers to call to leave a voice mail directly with our Administrative Assistant or the Pastor. Those direct line phone numbers are listed below:
Administrative Assistant: 336-722-2004
Pastor: 336-283-7296
Whenever you leave a voice mail message on the Administrative Assistant or Pastor’s direct line, an automatic email is sent to their email address which includes a recording of your message. We hope you will take advantage of this new technology which we hope will make our office and your ability to contact us even more efficient!
We had a great turnout for our church work day on Saturday at Christ Church. Many thanks to all the members who came out to volunteer their time and talents. A lot was accomplished on Saturday. Pictured below is a slideshow of some of the activities taking place on Saturday.
Many thanks to those who ventured out to the Moravian Festival on Saturday from Christ Church. We had several members who participated in the 5K challenge, volunteered at our church booth and came out to support our Grateful Choir performance. Due to the inclement weather, the Grateful Choir performance was moved indoors and they did an outstanding job! Thank you again for all your support. Enjoy the images below of our Grateful Choir performing.
A great crowd gathered together Sunday afternoon for our annual Church Picnic and Ice Cream Social on the lawn. We enjoyed wonderful music from our Grateful Choir and a wonderful catered meal from Mountain Fried Chicken along with Homemade Ice Cream and dessert made by our members. Many thanks to our Youth Fellowship for helping to set up and for our members of our Christian Education Committee for planning this event along with cleaning up. Enjoy some photos from Youth Fellowship and Church Picnic and Ice Cream Social events in our slideshow:
Members of Christ Moravian will soon be concluding their week of service at Mission Camp at Laurel Ridge. Many thanks for keeping the following people in your thoughts and prayers this week as they have participated in Mission Camp.
We especially thank Matt and Jennifer Pace for their leadership and supervision. Pastor Marcus and his son, David III traveled up to Ennice, NC on Thursday and witnessed the group hard at work painting the outside of someone’s house. Enjoy the slideshow! We look forward to a full presentation from those who participated in the coming months.
Congratulations to Jeanie Rothrock who was awarded by the Moravian Music Foundation the James V. Salzwedel award for her leadership and contributions in music in a local congregation. The flowers in the sanctuary were given in honor of Jeanie this morning and a surprise reception was held following worship.
A great turnout for the Dash game from Christ Church on Sunday, June 3rd. Unfortunately the Dash lost the game but a fun time was had by all who attended!
Congratulations to our six confirmation students who joined Christ Church today on Pentecost Sunday. Many thanks to the Rev. Roger Kimball for his teaching the Confirmation Class.
A wonderful crowd gathered together to celebrate Mother’s Day and to welcome The Rev. Dr. David Allen Marcus, Jr. as our pastor. Many thanks to all who came to worship and those behind the scenes to help make this such a blessed day. On Sunday May 20th the Women’s Fellowship hosted a wonderful reception welcoming the Marcus family to Christ Church too. Below is a slideshow of some scenes from these past two Sundays.
A wonderful time was had by all who came out for our Festival of Tables celebration on Saturday, May 5th. Enjoy the slideshow below of that evening.
Many thanks to those who helped make Chicken Pies this morning at Christ Church. Enjoy the photo gallery of some of our faithful workers preparing pies.
The Annual Youth Retreat at Laurel Ridge was held May 4-6. All who attended had a wonderful time. Many thanks to all the adults and children who participated.
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