Update. We’re all home, we’re all safe, and we’re all exhausted from an amazing
trip! Our group brings greetings to New Philadelphia from the Moravian Church in Nicaragua, after our nine-day mission trip. Again, many thanks to New Philadelphia for your prayers and encouragement.
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Our group had a wonderful week at Mission Camp, June 29-July 4! Twenty-seven youth and eleven adults spent the week serving with our neighbors in Ashe and Alleghany counties, while staying at Laurel Ridge Moravian Camp. We had five work teams assigned to various projects in the area. We extend our thanks to everyone who participated, and to the congregation for your tremendous support! Here are some pictures from the week:

Mission Camp pictures #1

Mission Camp pictures #2

Have you been thinking about learning to play a band instrument? Beginning Band is available for youth and adults and starts Tuesday Sept. 2nd at 6:30 pm and practice will be held in the Choir Room of Home Church. This is a service available for all Moravian churches and friends to share.
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The pastor visited Tweetsie on Friday, but much of the time he was thinking about our 162nd Anniversary, and about the epistle lesson, Romans 8:26-39.

Click the more link below to read the sermon.

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Interested in learning how the Franciscan order of monks began!? Read further in this month’s Parish paper.

We just received a wonderful Note from Sunnyside Ministry thanking us for the great work by our volunteers. A tip of the hat goes to all those who are already at Sunnyside. Here is a list of those volunteers that are currently active in alphabetical Order:

Peggy Barber, Linda Bovender, Marilou Bradley, Dede Bush, Tyler Bush, Jane Fowler, David Guthrie, Carol Hunter, Lou Ann Jackson, Elizabeth Neal, Annette Robinson, Melvin Robinson, Rita Taylor, Powell Winstead and Trudy Winstead.

If you are interested in volunteering or or in any way contributing to this vital outreach please check out sunnysideministry.org.

A Short History of the Moravian Church was written in 1957 by the Right Rev. Herbert Spaugh. It was initially updated in 1996 by the Rev. Dr. Worth Green, and revised several times since. Posted to the web immediately after its revision, it has been viewed by as many as 1,200 people in a single month. It is a work in progress. Please contact Dr. Green with any corrections or suggestions for improvement.

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