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PFAFFTOWN CHRISTIAN CHURCH RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) 3323 Transou Rd. PO Box 130 Pfafftown NC 27040 Phone: 336- 924-9925 Fax: 336- 924-2501 E-mail: office@pfafftownchristian.org www.pfafftownchristian.org

Page 1: World Communion

Remembering our Saints

Connect Groups

Pfafftown on Mission this Autumn

Page 2: As Way Leads on to Way

Coats for Homeless Veterans

CROP Hunger Walk

Page 3: Remembering in Prayer

Notes from Tim

Page 4: Old Richmond Elementary

Chicken Pie Pick-up

Chicken Pie & other Workshops

Page 5: Fall Bazaar News

Halloween Festival

Page 6: Ministry Meetings

The Gathering

Servers for October

Schedule for Anna Wilson

Updates for Yearbook

Page 7: October Calendar

Church Staff

Rev. Gerald Thomas

Pastor

Rev. Tim Shoaf

Minister of Music & Programs

Volume 2, Number 5

October 2018

Inside the PCC Visitor

World Communion

There are few Sundays in our Christian

year which are more meaningful than World

Communion Sunday. On this day, our church

joins millions of other Christians of many

denominations around the world in sharing

this sacrament which symbolizes hope and

new life in Jesus Christ.

Since 1940, Christians have united each

year on the first Sunday in October to join

together in celebration of the Lord’s Supper.

In worship, people of the Christian faith

are affirming in word and deed the great love

Christ bestows to all people. Our lives find

meaning in His purpose; our hearts find

peace in His forgiveness; our spirits find

strength in His presence.

As we share in the Lord’s Supper on

Sunday October 7, we are affirming our

bond of love and hope which exists between

God and each one of us. I pray that you will

join with Christians all over the world on this

special Sunday and in offering your life to

the Living Christ.

- Tim

Connect Group

Sundays in October

9:45 am, Downstairs Fellowship Hall

So, What’s in a Letter?

In October, our group will explore Paul’s

powerful letter to the churches in the

region of Galatia. Each week, read the

listed chapters in advance of that Sunday’s

lesson. Paul’s “Letter to Freedom” is also

an impassioned confession of his deepest

hope for the people of his day---and of

ours.

October 7: Galatians.

Remember Letters?

October 14: Galatians 1 and 2.

Trust Me, You Can Trust Me.

October 21: Galatians 3 and 4.

The Rules Ain’t What They Used To Be.

October 28: Galatians 5 and 6.

Free to Care.

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Pfafftown On Mission this

Autumn!

Share the Food, Share the Good News

Thank you for your faithfulness to the needs

of our community through the Crisis Control

food pantry. This month we will collect boxed

brownie or cakes mix with frosting. We are

also gathering items for Thanksgiving

boxes. Please place your items in the box

outside the Downstairs Fellowship Hall.

If you have questions, contact:

Jackie Romanello.

Thank you!

Remembering our Saints

Sunday, November 4

If you have loved ones or friends

who have passed away since October 31,

2017, and would like to have their

names included in our memorial service

for All Saints Sunday Worship please

give the information to Jo Stanley or

Lynda Bryant or call/e-mail the church

office. Please submit your names no

later than Tuesday, October 23 to have

your loved one remembered in the

service. —The Worship Committee

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As Way Leads on to Way

Fertilizer House

In a generation where edible products are garnished at

the grocery store, it is nice to have grown up in a

community which produced foodstuffs. Kids in my

neighborhood knew milk did not come from a jug and

corn was not grown in a can. In my case, I not only

understood where the food came from, but knew where

the stuff to help it grow was housed. In a fertilizer

house.

The fertilizer house was a way point between the

fertilizer company and the farmers. My grandfather

housed bags of fertilizer and sold them to farmers in the

surrounding area. The fertilizer house was not so much a

house as a clapboard building, roofed with shake

shingles and tin and decorated with rows of deer antlers

from hunts long past. Up on pillars, as the wind

circulated in and around it, the sharp odor of guano and

other fertilizers burned your nostrils.

As farmers would pull their old pickups to the front

door, the bags of fertilizer were dropped in and billing

tickets signed. This took all of a few minutes. What nor-

mally took longer was the conversation. In the door of

the fertilizer house, my grandfather discussed with a

neighbor fortune and failure, health and illness, politics

and religion, and a menagerie of other things which made

us who we were.

When people drone on about the church being full of

hypocrites, liars, cheats, and, well, sinners—I think about

that old fertilizer house and the community gathered

there, and am reminded God does some gracious

work, even in houses and churches that are full of it.

–GT

Pfafftown Christian on Mission this Autumn

Continued from page 1

Coats for Homeless Veterans

Cold weather is on the horizon.

We are gathering coats to be

given to homeless veterans

through the VA Hospital.

Please bring new or softly used

coats and place them on the coatrack outside the

Downstairs Fellowship Hall. It would be wonderful

if each of our families would contribute a coat to a

veteran in need. Please bring your coats by the last

Sunday in October. Then we take them to the VA

Hospital.

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We’re Hoofing It Against Hunger!

2018 CROP Hunger Walk

Bailey Park’s Long Branch Trail

445 Patterson Avenue

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

1:30 p.m. – Registration

2:30 p.m. – Walking (1.66 miles)

See Marlene Thomas to sign up on Sunday mornings

or come by the office and sign up during the week.

You will receive an envelope to collect donations.

All envelopes due back by Sunday, October 14. We

will register our church after this deadline. After the

deadline, you may register individually by going by

the Crisis Control Center or on online at

www.cropwalkforsyth.org.

The purpose of the CROP Hunger Walk is to raise

money and awareness for the fight against hunger

locally and globally. Proceeds are shared with

Church World Service (CWS), Crisis Control

Ministry, and Sunnyside Ministry. Since 1979,

nearly a half-million dollars has gone to support

hunger alleviation programs in Forsyth County.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Elder’s Meeting,

7:00 pm DFH ______________

CWF

Tuesday, October 16

6:30 pm - DFH

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The Gathering Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Serving begins at 6pm

The Menu: :Veggie Beef Soup

Tossed Salad

Crackers and Rolls Apple Cake

Tea and Coffee

Sign up on the sheet is in the Narthex.

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Corrections to the 2018 - 2019 Yearbook The following address got deleted from the yearbook.

Dr. Kent and Joy Doub

3300 Dobbs Parish Lane

Pfafftown, NC 27040

Kent: drdoub@triad.rr.com

Joy: yadkinjoy@hotmail.com

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New Address:

Update it in your 2018-19 Yearbook

Hope, Sam & Jerimiah Poster

309 Sundance Drive

Temple, Texas, 76502

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Sunday Schedule for Anna Wilson

October 14 - Lynda Bryant

October 28 - Ann Fletcher

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Notes from Tim

It is no wonder that the Disciples asked Jesus to

teach them to pray. They saw strength, hope and

life which Jesus drew from those quiet moments

of communion with His Father God. And we ourselves

can find spiritual wholeness and power for living if we

spend more intentional time in prayer and communion

with the God who gives us life.

Edwin Brant Frost was for many years Director

of Yerkes Observatory in WiIliams Bay, Wisconsin.

For the last ten years of his life he was blind, yet

he continued at his post with the help of an assistant.

He was able to do this because he had lived with the

stars all his life. His entire career had been one long

time-exposure to the heavens.

Prayer is like that. In prayer, we time-expose our

littleness before the greatness of God. We let the light

from the far reaches of the heavenly places filter into

the dark corners of our days. We accustom ourselves

to looking up instead of looking down. We become at

home with the unseen.

All of this does something to us. For prayer lifts our

vision. It lengthens our outlook. It enlarges our

horizons. It overcomes our blindness. Prayer gets us

out from under the pressures of the day by surrounding

us with eternal things. Prayer builds up our confidence

in God's presence and love so that we are still certain

of Him even when the hard times come and the winds

of adversity blow fiercely against our lives.

Dr. E. Stanley Jones once wrote: "Prayer digs the

channels from the reservoir of God's boundless

resources to the tiny pools of our lives." May we carry

that thought in our heart in the coming days. It can

truly make a difference in everything we do and think

and feel.

God be with you.

Tim

Remembering in Prayer

Baptist Hospital: Lucas Todd Shelton: Scott Robertson

Salemtowne: Julie Tilley

Rose Tara: Vallie Cline

Brighton Gardens: Edna Williamson

Church Family: Bud Barker, John Grice,

Mary Ferguson, Ed Snuffer, Edith Sprinkle

Others: Jason Alexandar: Jack &Mary Groffs’ friend

Martha Blevins: Marlene Thomas’ family

Dot Burghardt: Michelle Clark’s grandmother

Haley Burns: Skip and Jo Stanley

Alice Carr: Gerald Thomas

Jennifer Durham: Irma & Fred Muetzel’s

granddaughter

Geraldine Edwards: Ann Fletcher’s aunt

Wy Elkins: Gerald’s Uncle

Jan Everton: Jo Stanley’s sister

June Fulton: Jill Robertson’s friend

Beth Haddock: Sharon Binkley’s mother

Elfi Haddock: Sharon Binkley’s sister-in-law

Corinne Hedrick: John Grice Cayden Kingsbury: Rodney Stilwell’s grandson

Chuck Kolstad: Evelyn Nifong’s son-in-law

Taylor Manion: Julie and Andy’s son

Beth Moore-McLean: Jane Hoover’s friend

Sue Miles: Jo Stanley’s friend

Louise Davis Moore

Angela Joy Neal: Gennie Romanello Sinclair

Woodrow Poteat: Marlene Thomas

Mikki Purcell Thomas: Gerald Thomas’

cousin

Darlene Stewart: Ann Fletcher’s sister

Joy Stokes: Jill Robertson’s sister

Emory and Ella Thomas: Gerald Thomas’ parents

Teresa Tyndale: Edith Sprinkle’s friend

Jina Wilson: Jill Robertsons’ friend

Judy West: Ann Fletcher’s cousin

Loved Ones in the Military:

Sgt. Samantha Goliat, OH, PRAN; Joshua

Hughes, Norfolk, VA.

Chase Lee, Guam; USS Key West;

Major. Hope Poster, NG, Texas;

Cpt. John G. Van Hoy IV, Fort Campbell, KY.

SERVERS

OCTOBER

2018

ELDERS: Dinah Myers, Betty

Simpson

DEACONS: Lorrie Bennett, Gerald Fletcher

Alan Fletcher, Robert Flynt

COMMUNION:

Lorrie Bennett, Jackie Romanello

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. Dear Congregation of Pfafftown Christian Church,

We simply cannot thank you enough for

helping us to begin the school on such a positive

note! The August 19th service, including the

blessing of school supplies, was so inspirational.

The children have really enjoyed those supplies!

And thank you for your prayers!

Sincerely,

Christina Organon

(Old Richmond School Counselor)

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support

of our students and school. Your school supply

donations will go a long way to supporting our

much needy students and families.

Best wishes,

Brian Brookshire, Principal

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ATTENTION: Chicken Pie Pick-up

If you ordered chicken pies from the September

21-22 Workshop you may pick them up from

Ann Fletcher after Sunday worship on Sunday,

September 23, or call her at 336-918-2147 to

make an appointment to pick them up during the

week. All pies need to be picked up no later than

Monday, October 15, so the freezers can be

available for the second Chicken Pie workshop.

Thank you!

CWF Chicken Pie

and Food Workshop Schedules

October 18, 19, 20

8:00 AM

Second Chicken Pie Workshop

These pies will be sold at the church bazaar

Nov. 10: 9am to 1pm

Thursday, Oct. 18 Set up for workshops

Friday, Oct. 19: Chicken Pie Workshop

Saturday, Oct.20: Chicken Pie Workshop

Workshop sign-up sheets are in the Narthex.

* Turketti

Thursday, October 4 @ 4:00 pm

Contact: Pat Millsaps

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* Lasagna

Saturday, October 6 @ 9:30 am

Contact: Cheryl Johnson

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*Twice Baked Potatoes

Monday, October 15 @ 11:00 am

Contacts: Cheryl Johnson and Betty Simpson

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* Sweet Potato Casserole

Tuesday, October 23 @ 9:00 am

Contact: Evelyn Nifong

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* Chili with Beans

Thursday, November 1 @ 10:00 am

Contact: Betty Kiger

__________________ * Vegetable Beef Soup Workshop

Friday, November 9 @ 8:00 am

Contact: Evelyn Nifong

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The contact person will have all supplies ready for the

workshop you are needed to help at the workshops. We

have sign-up sheets for the chicken pie workshops. Call the

contact person to help with other workshops. Many people

are needed! Many hands make for short work! Thanks.

We are getting closer and closer to Saturday,

November 10, the day of the Bazaar! The doors

will open at 9:00 am and close at 1:00pm. There is

still quite a bit of work for us to do. Check the bazaar

Workshop schedule on page 4 for food workshop

dates.

We need your help to make our food items:

chicken pies, turketti, lasagna, twice baked potatoes,

chess tarts, sweet potato casseroles, chili beans, and

vegetable beef soup.

Thanks in advance for the many pies, cakes and other

homemade goodies you provide.

Other activities that need your help:

Publicity, fliers, contacts with news outlets is being

handled by Dinah Myers. See her to get flyers to

distribute.

If you have baked items that cannot be brought in on

Friday, please have them at the church by 8:00 am

on Saturday morning.

Whew, that’s a lot! The best part, we do have a good

time working together to raise money and help our

friends in the community. So worth it!

Halloween

Fall Festival

and

Trunk or Treat

October 27, 2018

5:00 – 7:00 pm

Something fun and spooky is in the near future…...so

grab your best Halloween costume and come join us at

the church on Saturday. October 27, for a Fall Festival

and Trunk or Treat. . We had an outstanding turn-out

from the community for last year’s event and we want

to offer just as much fun and fellowship again this year.

We will have the “inflatable giant Slide,” Go Fishing,

Ghost Bowling, Witch's Toss, Face Painting, Corn Hole,

Ghostly Basketball, carnival booths and other games,

hotdogs and chips, popcorn, and cotton candy, etc.

Decorated Trunks will line the front parking lot.

This will be a free "Spooktacular" event for all children

including you "young-at-heart" kids. Our entire

community is invited!

The Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops will be

joining us and assisting with this year’s event, so we

can guarantee a ghoul old-time Halloween experience.

Your presence will help make this a true “hallowed”

event for the church and community as we celebrate

Halloween in a fun and safe way.

Please mark your calendars now! Invite your family

and friends to this special event for the children of our

church, Pfafftown, and surrounding communities.

Please call Lorrie Bennett, Jill Robertson, Cheryl

Johnson, Kitty Hunt or Tim Shoaf for more

information, to volunteer, to let us know you will

decorate your car for the Trunk or Treat event, or to

make a monetary donation for candy, supplies, etc. A

sign-up sheet is located in the Narthex. Thanks!

Fall Bazaar News