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Moravian Music Sunday, May 6, 2012 The fifth Sunday of Easter, May 6, 2012, has been designated as Moravian Music Sunday. The purpose of this observance is to help all congregations become more familiar with our rich heritage of Moravian music. Music is an expression of faith, and thus continuing creativity is to be encouraged.
Christ Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Brother David Marcus has accepted the call to serve as pastor at Christ Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. He has served as associate pastor at New Philadelphia Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, NC for the past eleven years. Brother Marcus was installed at Christ on May 13, 2012.
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Brother Jim Newsom, Jr. requested and was given permission to retire from active ministry of the Moravian Church effective March 11, 2012. Brother Newsom graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned his M.Div. from Moravian Theological Seminary. He was ordained a deacon in the Moravian Church on June 29, 1975 at Konnoak Hills Moravian Church. He was consecrated a presbyter September 28, 1980. For the first five years of his ministry Brother Newsom served the Bethesda Moravian Church in Winston-Salem and for the following 30 years he served as pastor of the King Moravian Church in King, N.C. He participated in the founding of King Outreach Ministry, King Moravian Preschool, and Share the Blessing, the ecumenical Stokes County mission effort to improve housing for underprivileged families. We express deep appreciation to Jim for his faithful and dedicated service to the Moravian Church and wish him many blessings in retirement. The Moravian