Sister Lauren Tripp is organizing another Chili Cook-Off, which will be held later in the afternoon on the same day as our Council meeting – from 3:00-6:00 pm. The last one was a huge success, we had eighteen very distinctive and creative expressions of “chili-ness,” we hope to have even more this year!
The proceeds from the Chili Cook Off will be divided equally between the general fund of Trinity Moravian Church and City with Dwellings (in honor of veterans who need overnight shelter in the winter months).

Chili entry fee: $5 Contact: Lauren Tripp laurenmarie0585@gmail.com
SIGN UP below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050444A9A62FA2FE3-chili

Bring on the Heat and your appetite. 🌶
We kindly ask for donations for the tasting. All are welcome, In all things LOVE! ❤

We are pleased to announce the appointment of  ROMAN BRADY as our new Director of Music.  He started September 12.  Long-term members know Roman, since he grew up at Trinity in the LOGOS program singing with the LOGOS Choir!  Please take a moment to extend a warm “Trinity welcome” to  Roman!  He is a graduate    of  Western Carolina University with a degree      in choral conducting, and serves as the chorus  teacher at East Forsyth High School.  He was     formerly music director at Macedonia Moravian Church, and has served on the Board    of the Board of World Mission and has been       active at Laurel Ridge.  He and his wife Ashley (who teaches chorus at North Davidson)  are  heavily involved in music in the “Moravian music scene.”

Thanks to the action of our Board and to a private donation, we are testing a new series of video ads and paid promotions on Facebook that integrate with new  features on our church website.  These are designed to target folks in a ten mile  radius of  the church, which encompasses most of Winston-Salem and surrounding communities.  You can see the ads by visiting our Facebook group or our You tube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFIDVO31jLyszmV4eS2dzg

(Sorry, we can’t set up a nice, easy-to-remember channel like www.youtube.com/TrinityMoravian  until we have 100 subscribers – so while you’re there, please subscribe!)New spots will be added as they are launched, and portions will be featured on a website.  The special funding we have will fund three months of tests, and in January the Board will review the response to (and effectiveness of) the campaign and decide how we will proceed in 2020.

The Sunnyside Halloween Trunk-or-Treat, held cooperatively with Anthony’s Plot and Central Terrace UMC, has been a very successful event the last few years, with 200+ children and their families turning out.  This year, we’re going to “crank it up another notch” with Halloween games in the Reich Fellowship Hall.  In keeping with our emphasis on “CONNECT!” we will have an opportunity to meet the parents, and ask them to sign up for our neighborhood events email list.

The event will be held in the Trinity parking lot on Thursday, October 31 –           Halloween night.  Donations of candy and school supplies are being sought; those who wish to participate are invited to come in costume and decorate their cars!  For more information, speak to Josh Hall or Kyle Wilson.

We are excited to announce that we have hired a new organist.  Matthew Cates, who has played as sub for two Sundays in July, was invited to apply for the job as permanent organist.  He will be serving under the direction of Oscar Hernandez, our Music Director. 

Matthew Cates is an avid pianist, organist, and composer. Having a deep love for French Romantic and Impressionist music, he frequently performs the works of Duruflé, Franck, Litaize, Vierne, and Widor. He studies currently at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with Dr. Timothy Olsen.

Composing frequently, he has written a number of works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano, organ, and voice, among other instruments. His works have been performed in North America and across Europe.

Matthew has studied and performed extensively in Europe as well. He’s seen extensive venues across the United States and Europe performing at the Washington National Cathedral, Duke University, Église de La Madeleine, Église Saint-Eustache de Paris, St. Bernard de La Chapelle, La Cathédrale Américaine de Paris and Notre Dame d’Auteuil, among others. He studied at L’Académie Internationale d’Orgue in Paris, France, where his teachers included Frédéric Blanc, Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard, François Espinasse, François-Henri Houbart, and Andrew Dewar.

In addition to his studies in Europe he has performed the complete works of Maurice Duruflé, and is a Maurice Duruflé scholar. Matthew has had the opportunity to be part of chamber groups and larger orchestra groups playing works such as his own “Chanson du Cœur”, Michael Daugherty’s “Bells for Stokowski”,and Vivaldi’s “Gloria”, as well as the opportunity to sing works such as Duruflé’s and Fauré’s Requiem.

He has won two superior prizes for piano performance, in the 2013, and 2014 ACSI piano competitions. His playing has been described in “The American Organist” as “technically and musically masterful. His love for the music is infectious.” (TAO July 2015). He placed 1st in the Seventh Annual UNCSA Organ Competition and Festival, and he also placed 1st, and won the prize for the interpretation of Bach in the 2018 ECU Organ Competition.

Sunday, August 18, 2019 | 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Friedland Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC

Celebrating a Community of Peace — Families are invited to come & participate in various activities that teach Moravian history!

Children’s Activities | 2:00pm
Storytelling | Sugar Cake Making | History of Friedland | Prayer Walk | Mission Project | Putz Making

Lovefeast | 4:00pm
Church bells and a Moravian band will call us to gather for a lively and engaging service!

Items Needed:
This year, we are making goody bags for the City With Dwellings: Community First Center! The center provides a place for the homeless to go during the spring and summer when the shelters are closed. We are asking congregations during the months of July and August to collect items to go in the bags. Simply bring the items by the BCM Office before August 15 or let us know by then what you are collecting and bring the day of the festival. These bags will be packed as one of the activities and then blessed during the lovefeast and delivered the next day to the center.

Suggested Items:

• travel size personal care items
• socks
• water bottles
• snacks (such as packages of crackers)
• pens
• notebooks
• coupons to fast food restaurants

It’s our annual block party for all of our neighbors! It’s a great time to:

• MEET the neighbors;
• MAKE Crafts;
• COMPETE in a Cookie Baking Contest;
• LISTEN to great Music;
• DANCE!;
• EAT delicious FOOD;
• PLAY fantastic games, and
• HAVE FUN!

You will have an AWESOME time! We also give out school supplies to the *neighborhood* kids. It is time to start looking for those school supply sales!

Donations may be brought directly to Anthony’s Plot Community or to your local participating church. If your church would like a donation box, please contact us by Facebook message to Anthony’s Plot Community.

School supplies needed this year include (*=most needed):

• Pencil pouches or boxes
• 3 ring binders (1 & 3 inch)
• *Erasers (stick or caps)
• Packs of loose leaf paper (wide & college rule)
• Glue sticks (no liquid, please)
• 2 Pocket folders with prongs
• Spiral notebooks
  • 1 subject (wide & college rule)
  • *3 & *5 subject (esp. college rule)
• Rulers
• Highlighters
• Scissors (blunt end aka “safety”)
• Index Cards
• Colored Pencils (12pk) or Markers (10pk)
• Packs of 10 pens

We also accept monetary donations for shoe vouchers and other expenses. Monetary donations may be mailed/brought directly to:

Anthony’s Plot Community – 2323 Sunnyside Ave. Winston-Salem, NC. 27127-3050

To volunteer, sign up at https://tinyurl.com/APBlockParty2019

We need Trinity members to volunteer to staff tables with info on LOGOS and other community-centered programs of the church!

The Church Board will be meeting for a special planning retreat on Saturday, August 10 from 10 am until 3 pm.  They will begin with a session with Laura Watson from the Moravian Ministries Foundation to discuss stewardship programs.  They will then have a discussion of a book they have all read, led by Jonathan Sidden.  The book, Connect! by Don Corder, outlines practical steps that have been used in many churches to connect to people in the community that are seeking a place to serve and connect in community, and effectively invite them and integrate them in the church community.  The afternoon session will focus on specifics of adapting Corder’s ideas to our specific circumstances, identifying areas that we need to refine and organize, and shaping our plan for intentional outreach.

We invite all lay leaders of the congregation to read Connect! as well. It is available on Amazon as a Kindle e-book, as a hardback, and on Audible as an audio book.  There is a loan copy in the church office that members may check out after all Board members have finished reading.

Mr. Dennis Keith Stanfield, 63, of Winston-Salem, died Wednesday, July 18, 2019, at Trellis Supportive Care, after a lengthy battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). He was born in Winston-Salem on October 14, 1955 to the late Charlotte Snider Stanfield and Elbert Graham Stanfield, Sr. Mr. Stanfield was a graduate of Parkland Senior High School (class of 1974) and went on to earn undergraduate degrees from Wake Forest University and High Point University, as well as a Masters in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He spent a varied career of thirty-five years working in the areas of Information Technology, Real Estate, and Finance. Employers of note include Sara Lee Corporation, Lowe’s Companies, Wake Forest University, and most recently, The Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, where he served as Provincial Treasurer. Mr. Stanfield was a licensed Certified Public Accountant and Real Estate Broker. Dennis was a lifelong member of Trinity Moravian Church, where he taught Sunday School, served on both the Board of Elders and Board of Trustees, played softball for decades, ushered, served at Lovefeasts, and played in the band. Music was his first love, and he recorded a number of contemporary Christian and country songs, many of which were performed in church. Dennis especially loved sports and being active outdoors. He loved nature, and especially the splendor of the North Carolina mountains. Preceding him in death are his parents and his two beloved dogs. Surviving are a brother, Elbert Graham (Gray) Stanfield, Jr. and wife Vicki, and his long-time girlfriend, Cindy Reavis of Kernersville. He is also survived by a nephew and niece, a number of cousins and friends, and many Moravian Brothers and Sisters in Christ. A celebration of his life was held on Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Trinity Moravian Church, with the Rev. Bill McElveen, the Rev. Russell Williams, and the Rt. Rev. Graham Rights officiating. Interment was at Salem Moravian Graveyard, with the Rev. Ginny Tobiassen officiating. Memorials may be made in his honor to Trinity Moravian Church, 220 East Sprague Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27127, or to Trellis Supportive Care, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103. Online condolences may be made at www.Hayworth-Miller.com.