Zach Wright Announcement

We are pleased to announce that Zach Wright is joining our New Philadelphia team as Director of Youth Ministry. Zach was “discovered” by the Youth Team, recommended to the Staff Resources Committee and approved by the Joint Board. Pastor Sam has met with him several times to discuss his vision for youth ministry. Zach’s ministry will be an answer to prayer since we know it will help to reinvigorate New Philadelphia’s Youth Ministry.

Zach is originally from Visalia, CA where there are more cows than there are people. He began his journey toward a vocational calling in youth ministry when he was just in middle school as his youth leader began to mentor him in ministry. Once he graduated from high school, he moved to southern California to attended Azusa Pacific University and focused his studies on a degree in youth ministry while also spending too much time at Disneyland. He quickly jumped into youth ministry by spending three summers working at Hume Lake Christian Camps and then went on to do an internship in youth ministry at Hope Chapel Maui in Hawaii. After that, he moved to North Carolina and continued his work in ministry by helping Hume Lake run a camp in Hawaii and then spent a summer at Summit Ministries in Colorado doing worldview training with youth. He now lives in Clemmons and is attending Liberty University online to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Religion with an emphasis in NextGen Ministry.

He is hoping to help NPMC build a foundational youth ministry that will help grow our youth to be ready for life after high school. Zach plans on helping bridge the gap between NPMC Youth and the rest of the church body so that the youth can see themselves not as the church of the future, but as part of the church today.

KEEPING CONNECTIONS: Because we are not able to meet together in person and we are sometimes using tools to connect that we are unfamiliar or even uncomfortable with, I am collecting questions and finding answers to some of your technology connection questions.

This can be an interactive column: you ask questions, but if you know answers too, share them! Send questions (and answers) to kehwindsor1@gmail.com.

Q: What is Zoom for listeners?

A: It’s a videoconference without the use of video for those members who do not have computers. They use phones to call Zoom on Sunday mornings and listen to the worship service together (but at their homes).

Q; Why is Zoom used for listening to the livestreamed worship?

A: It’s a video meeting platform used for connecting many people at once (up to 100 on our New Philadelphia account). More than 50 of our members do not use email, texting or computers, so it’s a way of connecting those members and allowing them to share the worship services while at home.*

Q: What is the number and information I can give to my neighbor who does not have a computer?

A: Call 1-312-626-6799. Put in Meeting ID: 964-800-685 and Passcode 796040

You can also join our group of listeners WITH video by following this link: https://zoom.us/j/964800685?pwd=ejJiTDN6L3pOdStpSFF2bVNGeDRVQT09

Q: Why is the number for Zoom in Chicago? Isn’t that a toll number?

A: The phone number is one of the toll numbers available from Zoom on New Philly’s Zoom Pro account. No toll-free numbers are available. If you want to call in and do not have a long distance plan, call Clyde for possible solutions.

Q: How can I help?

A: If you would like to host the Zoom for listeners one week or co-host to see how it works (while enjoying the worship service with a few friends), call or email Kay Windsor for more information (336-692-8529). If you already view the livestreamed worship, you could simply share your screen on Zoom and watch it as the group listens. And you have the company of others to share the service.

*Members call a toll number to Zoom, put in a meeting number and passcode, and they are connected to a member’s computer in Winston-Salem where the screen is shared with the Zoom listeners so they can hear the service. Before worship and after, the callers are able to ask questions, talk and check in with each other. It often feels like a small congregation meeting together. Or worshippers sitting near each other and giving a virtual right hand of fellowship.

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Please drop off items Monday-Friday (8/17-8/21) 10am-4pm under the portico near the church office. For a contactless option you may choose to ship items to the church: NPMC c/o Clyde Manning 4440 Country Club Rd Winston-Salem NC 27104   Thank you!

Imprints Cares School Supply Drive

This Sunday, August 16^th, we will celebrate the Festival of August 13th, often considered the spiritual birthday of the Moravian Church. As part of our worship, we will offer two different ways to share in Holy Communion:

The first will be as part of our 10:00 live-stream worship service. If you are planning to participate in Holy Communion please be ready with your own bread and your own cup. Feel free to use whatever type of bread and whatever kind of beverage that you prefer.

The second will be our Drive-In Holy Communion in the church parking lot. The service will begin at 12:00 noon (not later in the day as we had originally announced). Please plan to arrive no earlier than 11:30 a.m. When you arrive, go first to the portico (by the office entrance). There you will receive the communion elements and the Order of Worship. Be sure to park in the parking space so that you are facing toward Country Club Rd. You can also back into the spaces that are on the side nearest South Fork School.

Also, please make sure that there is an open space between your car and those on either side.  Please do not park in spaces that are marked with an X. And remain in your cars so that we can practice the proper social distancing and keep everyone safe and healthy.

We will be physically distanced but spiritually close to Christ and to each other.

The outdoor Lovefeast that had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon has been postponed.

Imprints Cares

The Joint Board of New Philadelphia Moravian Church has approved a request from Imprints Cares for the use of the Fellowship Hall, kitchen (limited use), Banquet Room and Bona Vita classroom to provide space for monitoring elementary school students for online classes, from August 17, 2020 until October 23, 2020, with possible renegotiation at the conclusion of that time period.

These portions of the building will be provided from 6:15 a.m. until 6:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. Imprints Cares will provide all staffing (including monitoring, cleaning, set-up, etc.). We have a Partnership Agreement that addresses issues of insurance and liability. We are consulting with Imprints Cares about the possibility for us to provide scholarships for students that we will identify.

Imprints Cares is a permitted business performing a valuable public service, allowing parents to work and facilitating the education of kids. They are doing this in a community we have committed to support and they are introducing new people to our church.  We are assisting them and furthering our goals without endangering our congregation or staff. We believe God is providing us with this opportunity to serve others even in the midst of these difficult times

A word from Pastor Sam:​Sunday, August 2

This Sunday, August 2nd, is the 9th Sunday after Pentecost. That’s not exactly a major festival on the church calendar! We celebrated our 174th Anniversary last Sunday and in a couple of weeks we will be celebrating the Festival of August 13th with Holy Communion and a S’moresLovefeast! But Sunday, August 2nd is part of what is called “Ordinary Time” in the church year.

That’s OK, because God seems to specialize in making the ordinary… extraordinary! God turns a tiny seed into a shrub that can take over a garden. God changes hearts and transforms lives. And on this “ordinary Sunday” we will see that Jesus not only turned a few loaves of bread and some fish into a banquet for thousands of people, he also helped his disciples discover the joy of serving others! And the amazing thing is that he can continue to work that miracle in us.

I’m an ordinary person. And my guess is that most of you would call yourselves that as well. But when we come into God’s presence in worship, and when we pray to God with “sincerity” and with open hearts and minds, God can do extraordinary things in us and through us… even on an “ordinary Sunday!”