This 2019 film starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell is based on the true story in Durham, NC of the encounter between the Grand Wizard of the Ku Kux Klan, C. P. Ellis, and black activist Ann Atwater. While co-chairing a series of meetings on school desegregation, the two found their preconceptions about each other challenged – and they grew to be lifelong friends.
The film is rated PG-13 and contains material that may be unsuitable for younger audiences. The screening will be followed by small group discussions to explore how working together with people who are different than ourselves can produce lasting change.
SCREENING & DISCUSSION Sunday, February 16, 2020 – 2:00 pm Trinity Moravian Church 220 East Sprague Street Winston-Salem, NC 27127
Sponsored by the Moravian Team for Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Reconciliation. Screening licensed through CVLI and through special arrangement with STX Entertainment.
The Trinity Board has created a new position, Young Adult Ministry Coordinator, for the year 2020, and has hired Madison White for that position. Madi is a Ministerial Candidate for the Southern Province, and is studying at Wake Forest Divinity School. She will also serve as intern for grad school requirements as a part of the position. Her role is to coordinate programs for younger adults and work with the leadership to create ministries that will be attractive to young adults and families in the community. Welcome, Madi!
Our Dec. Mtg. Will be on Tues. Dec.
10 at 6pm at the home of Sara Gentle for our
Christmas party
Starting in Jan, Our Meeting will be the first Sunday of each month thru May. At 12: 30 at the church. I will let you know if any month changes. Please Join us for Fun and Fellowship.
Thanksgiving Eve Lovefeast On Wednesday, November 26th, at 7:30 pm, we have invited several neighborhood congregations and groups, including St Philips Moravian Church, Central Terrace UMC, Pine Chapel Moravian Church, Anthony’s Plot, Estamos Unidos and others to come and join us for our annual Community Thanksgiving Eve service. This is an excellent service to invite friends and neighbors to attend – we will have posters and postcards available at the rear of the sanctuary that you can post or hand out. Your help will make this service a success! Please go out of your way to invite at least on other family to come and sit with you for this memorable service!
Our Next Blood Drive will be November 17th 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM In the New Fellowship Hall. Contact Jessica Tuttle for more information at jesscoletta@yahoo.com
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:
(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.
Trinity Moravian Church 220 East Sprague Street Winston-Salem NC 27127 336-724-5541
