Volume MMXVII Number 12

December 2017

Epiphany is a welcoming community, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to share the GRACE of God, the LOVE of Christ, and the HOPE of new life with ALL!

Entering Advent with Bruce Springsteen

Fifteen years ago or so, about this time of year, Bruce Springsteen--I call him Bruce though I’ve never been closer than fifty yards from him--closed his Greensboro concert set with a new song, “Land of Hope and Dreams”. The song is pure gospel, both in the “good news” sense and in musical style. It reminded of the Woody Guthrie standard, “This Train”, popularized in my youth by Peter, Paul, and Mary. It, too, uses the old gospel “train bound for glory” imagery that Springsteen borrows. But, the songs carry a radically different message from each other. “This Train” specifically excludes from the glory train gamblers, cigar smokers, and high-tone women, among others. “Land of Hope and Dreams”, on the other hand, is a vision of a place to which all are invited. Springsteen uses the old “all aboard” imagery to include all manner of folk we might not want to be on a glory-bound train with: gamblers, sinners, losers, whores, and lost souls. I like to think Bruce’s song is a rebuttal to “This Train,” (though in fact he’s more directly referencing Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready.”) The vision Bruce paints is a pretty good taste of the scriptural description of the Reign of God we hear about in Advent. The Advent readings acknowledge that we live in a world of corruption, “us’s and them’s”, death and despair. But they promise that God in Christ is working to bring among us a world that turns everything topsy-turvy. It's a world where, as Mary puts it in the Magnificat, the mighty are put down and the humble and meek are exalted, where the hungry are filled and the rich are sent away empty, and where a young peasant girl becomes the mother of the Lord of the universe. As a kid, I sang “This Train” around campfires dozens of times and never questioned that I was excluding from the glory train (on which I assumed I had a seat) people that Christ intended to be on it! My prayer this Advent is to be able to sing “Land of Hope and Dreams” and mean it.

My prayer is that when Christ turns things upside down in the world and in my life, welcoming the prostitute before the pastor and lifting up the poor at the expense of the rich like me, I can be glad. My prayer is that I can enter Advent on tiptoe, longing for the land of hope and dreams to be realized among us, and rejoicing to share a seat on the glory train with all those whom I have worked so hard to rise above.

Sunday, 12/3 First Sunday of Advent 8:45am Christmas Pageant 10am Worship 11:15am Advent Wreath Workshop

Wednesday, 12/6 Noon Communion & Healing 12:30pm Senior Advent Luncheon 6:15pm Advent Supper 7pm Evening Prayer

Sunday, 12/10 Second Sunday of Advent 8:45am Encounter:Faith 10am Worship

Wednesday, 12/13 6:15pm Advent Supper 7pm Evening Prayer

Thursday, 12/14 4pm EECC Program

Sunday 12/17 Third Sunday of Advent 8:45am Encounter:Faith 10am Worship

Wednesday, 12/20 6:15pm Advent Supper 7pm Evening Prayer

Sunday, 12/24 Christmas Eve No Encounter:Faith 10am Worship 5pm Candlelight Holy Communion 10pm Candlelight Holy Communion

Saturday, 1/6/18 7pm Epiphany Service

The Epiphany Readers will not meet in December. Our next meeting will be at 7:00pm on Thursday, January18, 2018. The book we will discuss will be Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah.

Judy Mountjoy

Holden Evening Prayer in Advent

Beginning Wednesday, December 6 and continuing for the following two Wednesdays, (the fourth Wednesday is after Christmas this year) we will gather for supper at 6:15 and join together in Holden Evening Prayer, supported by flute, bells, and keyboard. There will be a brief meditation and reflection on an Advent poem by theologian Walter Brueggemann and the themes of lament, longing, and hope. This is a wonderful and beautiful way to celebrate the Light that comes to our darkness. Please fill out a blue card in the pews or call the office if you plan to come to supper. Christmas Eve

There are three opportunities on Christmas Eve for celebrating the birth of Jesus.

Fourth Sunday of Advent, 10 am. Join us for our last service of Advent preparation with lighting of the Advent wreath and lessons and songs based on "O Come, O Come., Emmanuel."

Family Service at 5:00pm - This is a simple Communion service, with special elements for young worshipers. Pastor Doug will offer an extended telling of the Christmas story from Luke using song, with children invited into the chancel area for the telling and singing. Also, bring bells! There will be several points in the service where the ringing of bells - handbells, sleigh bells, dinner bells, whatever you can ring with your hand - will be invited and encouraged. Also, we will conclude with a traditional candle-lighting service. (Non-traditional glowing light sticks will be available for small children for whom an open flame is a challenge.)

Festival Service at 10:00pm – We celebrate the birth of Jesus with a festival liturgy, including special music, and the lighting of individual candles proclaiming the Light that is coming into the world.

Epiphany Service, Friday, January 6

The feast of the Epiphany is the namesake day for this congregation. Join us for worship at 7 pm on Saturday, January 6. This is a moving service of music and readings that includes the procession of the Magi (remember they didn’t actually come ‘til after Christmas!), the lighting of candles in the congregation, and display of the flags of the nations, symbolizing the moving of the light of Christ from Bethlehem into the whole wide world. Come and invite a friend.

General Operating Fund – September 2017

Income $ 36,891 Expense $ 38,834 Net for Month $ (1,942) Net for Year $ 3,752

ELCA Good (even Great!) Gifts

I want to put in a good word for the ELCA Good Gifts program that benefits communities in need in the U.S. and worldwide. If we believe that the coming of Christ is good news for the world, then let our actions, including our gift-giving, be a witness to that good news.

So check out the tree in the entry area decorated with animals of varying costs. Take an ornament, send a check or charge your card, (see the inside cover of the "Good Gifts" magazine for ways to give) and give a gift to a loved one AND a hungry family in one of 83 countries. Remember, no one you know is going to respond to your gift: "Oh, darn, not another pig." -- Pastor Doug

Epiphany’s “No Rehearsal” Christmas Pageant is back and you won’t want to miss it! Join us Sunday, December 3 at 8:45am in the fellowship hall. Enjoy some holiday goodies and Christmas carols as you watch the Christmas story unfold before you. And don’t forget to stay after worship on December 3 to make your very own family Advent wreath!

General Operating Fund – October 2017

Income $ 45,698 Expense $ 63,062 Net for Month $ (17,363) Net for Year $ (13,611)

Christmas is approaching! And we have so very much to be thankful for as we transition from November to December. The Council has been working with the Stewardship Committee as they guide our congregation through the annual pledging and planning process for 2018. They will continue to lead us in prayerful consideration for using our Time and Talents on December 10th during the Sunday worship service when we express our interest in committee and ministry team participation for next year. Please take a look at the new posters that are hanging in the narthex detailing our current committee structure, and be thinking about how your gifts can help our church. We sincerely thank the Stewardship team for all of their personal time, talent and efforts to lead us in supporting Epiphany’s mission with our financial and spiritual offerings. In tandem with our stewardship commitments, the Finance Committee has been hard at work preparing a recommendation for the congregation’s 2018 budget. They will be distributing this recommendation prior to the Annual Meeting which will take place on January 21st. More information about discussion items for the Annual Meeting will be shared in early January. As we enter the Advent season, we will again be treated to the no-rehearsal Christmas program on December 3rd during the Encounter: Faith Together hour at 8:45. Please plan to join in the fun and entertainment as both our youth and adults enact the joyous Christmas story. It will surely enhance the holiday spirit for everyone. Please continue to keep our Call Committee in your prayers. They have also been working hard at conducting interviews and evaluating potential pastoral candidates for Epiphany. We very much appreciate their time, their commitment, and their mindful judgment. We sincerely thank them for their ongoing efforts. God’s Peace, Comfort and Joy to you and yours during this season of beauty and wonder. Your Congregation Council

Each year, Americans spend over $300 billion on Christmas shopping. Imagine what would happen if we could redirect that spending toward the things that really matter, like putting an end to hunger. With ELCA Good Gifts, you can do just that. Choose from more than 50 charitable gifts to give in honor of loves ones - from goats to water wells, school uniforms to food for refugees. Start a new tradition by giving these gifts in honor of friends or loved ones this Christmas. Shop now by visiting ELCA.org/goodgifts or pick up a catalog at church by the ELCA Good Gifts Christmas Tree.

Calling All Ladies!

Ladies Night Out is back with our an-nual dinner and Christmas sock ex-change. Join us Thursday, December 14 at 6:30pm for dinner at River Birch Lodge, 3324 Robinhood Road. Just bring a pair of Christmas socks filled

with small goodies (chapstick, nail polish, gum, etc.) and enjoy a night out with the girls! Sign up sheet is in the narthex or contact Emily Phil-lips with questions.

All committee reports for the Annual Meeting booklet need to be submitted to Mickey by Monday, January 8th, in order to allow for production time prior to the meeting on January 21st, 2018.

Christmas Activities at EECC

Help EECC refresh the instructional library of books! Many of the books used in lessons in our EECC classrooms are worn and tired and out of date.

Find the white Christmas Tree and pluck a bookmark from its branches! Buy that book and place it on the table so everyone can see these classics and favorite titles! The children will continue to enjoy listening to their teacher read them aloud every day!

On December 14th, EECC will have its Christmas Program in the sanctuary and will follow up with its first annual CrockPot Cook-Off fellowship/fundraiser event in the Fellowship Hall. Feel free to attend both events. Nothing cuter than little ones singing those Christmas songs and reciting their lines!

Just FYI…The EECC Committee makes sure that all the teachers and assistants and staff members receive a card from our congregation on most holidays—including Christmas. It is important that the staff knows that we support them as they carry out the mission work of our church in the Sherwood community. It is important to the staff that we pray for them and the work they do. It is important to the students at EECC to know that they are part of a church family and that they hear stories of Jesus’s birth, life, and death. The Love that is the center of the Christmas story is spoken each and every day at EECC and is demonstrated and shared in so many ways!

FLYP

In case anyone has been wondering what the acronym FLYP on the calendar stands for, I have the answer! Historically, Epiphany has called our Middle School youth fellowship program FLY, which stands for Fellowship of Lutheran Youth. Since we have been meeting together with the Parkway Presbyterian youth for six months now, however, our name needed to change to reflect the commingled youth groups. The youth, Pastor Thom from Parkway and I got together and decided on FLYP, which stands for Fellowship of Lutheran Youth and Presbyterians. It is pronounced “flip,” to reflect the effervescence of Middle School youth! FLYP Christmas Service Project

This Advent Season, the Epiphany and Parkway Presbyterian Middle School Youth will be filling Christmas gift bags for all members of the families who regularly visit our Ibraham Food Pantry. We had a fast and furious evening of shopping at the Target store on University Parkway on Sunday, November 19, managing to fill three shopping carts full of such things as shampoo, rubber duckies, coloring books and candy! Over the next couple of weeks, FLYP will assemble the goodie bags to put in the Christmas food boxes, along with a card, ready for delivery to our Ibraham families on Saturday, December 16. 2018 National Youth Gathering Update

Epiphany youth did not have a November NYG meeting at Augsburg in November due to our churches' respective Consecration Sundays, but the 2nd installment towards our joint trip to Houston was paid on November 17. Our next NYG meeting at Augsburg will be held on December 17 and in January, David Thrasher and I will be leading the joint meeting. Your Sister in Christ, Charlotte

12/3, 3pm Wake Forest Lovefeast at 4:30pm. Meet at church at 3pm

Dinner will be provided at 6pm/6:15pm at the church. Need someone to bring dinner!

12/10, 6-7:30pm Regular Meeting

12/17, 11:15am Star Wars: The Last Jedi Movie. Meet in Parkway Presbyterian Narthex right after church. Bring $$ for lunch and movie snacks. 1:35pm- The Grand Movie Theater, 5601 University Pkwy

Parkway Pres will pay for $ tickets; NO Youth meeting in evening.

12/24 No Youth meeting. Christmas Eve Services

12/31 No Youth Meeting. Happy New Year! 1/7/18, 6-7:30pm Regular Meeting*

* NOTE: this meeting subject to change if a special event or activity arises.

We received notes of thanks from:

Crisis Control Ministries ELCA World Hunger

Lutheran Services Carolinas Ronald McDonald House

Samaritan Ministries

GIFT OF THE MONTH ITEMS FOR DECEMBER

CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY - Saltine crackers, sugar, flour, baking items

SAMARITAN MINISTRIES - Bib aprons, dish cloths, men’s warm winter gloves, socks, toboggans

RONALD McDONALD HOUSE - Single serve meals, snacks, fresh fruit, and breakfast items; milk, creamer; sugar; paper towels; disposable hot and cold cups; Preemie clothes and diapers.

TRINITY GLEN - Nail files, fingernail polish

TRINITY ELMS - Fronts of greeting cards, baby lotion, body wash, bath items, deodorant, snacks, note cards

IBRAHAM FOOD PANTRY - Shampoo, laundry soap, dish soap (all available at Dollar Tree)

EECC - WalMart 5 oz. cups (case) for $246 (3,000 cups)

Saturday, 11/4 Good morning Mickey! Just wanted to share the happy news that Travis returned home safely last night from his tour in Iraq! Emmie Lou recognized him right away and hasn’t left his side. Please thank the congregation for their prayers while he was away! Sarah Gerdes

I'm home, after a three month stay at a rehab facility, thanks to the Epiphany Builders. They built an amazing ramp to my house, which enabled me to get in the house. My thanks go out to them. Also, thanks and love go out to all that have welcomed me into my new church home. In Christ's love, Patti Deal

Stewardship is sometimes defined as “Everything you do after you say ‘I believe.’" All of us have been blessed with different gifts and talents. As we look at our congregation and its opportunities for ministry, one of the most important contributions we can make is our time and our gifts. On Sunday December 10th during Worship we will be distributing and collecting our Time & Talent sheets for 2018. There will be an opportunity for you to highlight areas of ministry in which you are cur-rently involved and wish to continue, as well as those you would like to join next year. We ask you to prayerfully consider the gifts and talents you have, and where you can contribute for the future of our congregation and community. So, the question becomes, "What do you do after you say ‘I believe?’”

I want to thank Epiphany congregation for your prayers, meals, and lovely cards during my knee replacement surgery. We appreciate our extended family caring for me during my recovery. The food was delicious and thank you for being a caring congregation. Blessings of peace, Martha Oldland

Clinton Moyer will present a 2-week study on David and Bathsheba, beginning December 10th at 8:45am.

December Servers Altar Guild Kathleen Tucker, Laura Spain, Kathy Knecht, Shelley Hood, Jean Darstein, Chris Schultz, Jennie Hinshaw

Congregational Care Becky Alson and Ann Shideler (meals) Laura Spain (cards)

Head Usher Larry Robins Children’s Church Lauren Saldaña and Denise Henry Assisting Ministers 12/3 Laurie Kenyon Woods 12/10 Arnold Herbison 12/17 Shelley Hood 12/24 Leann Pace 12/31 Deni Thrasher

Acolytes 12/3 Emily Matthews 12/10 Rachel Nicholson 12/17 Calvin Sherman 12/24 Julia Nicholson 12/31 Tyler Toborg

Lector 12/3 Leann Pace 12/10 Gretchen Pfitzner 12/17 Cory Phillips 12/24 Jackie Pierson 12/31 Lauren Saldaña

Communion 12/3 Arnold & Pat Herbison Assistants 12/10 Denise Henry / Dave Hinshaw / Shelley Hood 12/17 Elizabeth Horton / Chuck Kraft 12/24 Norm & Kathy Knecht / Gay Lande 12/31 Catherine & Jane Lyerly

Greeters 12/3 Ted & Michelle Toborg 12/10 Wayne & Debra Sloop 12/17 Cory & Emily Phillips 12/24 Martha Stahl and Evelyn Williams 12/31 John & Shelley Hood Open/Close Church 12/3 Mike Spain 12/10 Karl Florian 12/17 Jim Pierson 12/24 Jim Cochrane 12/31 Schuyler Darstein

Flowers 12/3 Arnold & Pat Herbison 12/10 Terry & Carolyn Wiley 12/17 Dan & Margaret Brock 12/24 Joe & Brenda Middleton 12/31 Ted & Michelle Toborg Sanctuary Light 12/3 Arnold & Pat Herbison 12/10 Bruce & Gay Lande 12/17 Susan Vestal 12/24 Joe & Brenda Middleton 12/31 Wendy Watson

December Birthdays

John Beeg 12/2 Barbara Coley 12/2 Mary Lee Hopp 12/2 Connie Queen 12/2 Kelly Lichtenhan 12/3 Ada Craft 12/5 Anderson Craft 12/5 Gwen Saunders 12/5 Kathy Baker 12/7 Jim Henricks 12/7 James Mothershed 12/7 Martha Stahl 12/9 Elinore Imboden 12/10 Al Baker 12/12 Margaret Brock 12/12 Dan Brock 12/15 Laura Wiley 12/15 Doug Kearney 12/16 Connie Siris 12/16 Dottie Peoples 12/18 Wendy Watson 12/20 Jonathan Lichtenhan 12/21 Charlene Wellborn 12/21 Sue Kraft 12/22 Emma Clark 12/24 Rodger Eckard 12/25 Polly Rector 12/25 Jim DuBois 12/26 Mitzi McLean 12/26 Lauren Robins 12/29 Dave Christensen 12/30 Jack Chapman 12/31 Grady Watson 12/31

December Baptisms

Jennie Hinshaw 12/1 Jane Stribling 12/3 Dave Hinshaw 12/7 Andrew Lichtenhan 12/7 Jim Lippard 12/8 Jaime Rabb 12/11 Lucie McCormick 12/14 Emily Stewart 12/17 Gus Phillips 12/19 Margaret Brock 12/24 Laura Canrobert 12/25 Brad Davis 12/26 Justin Siris 12/27 Joshua Golden 12/29 Erica Christensen 12/30 Patrick Mullane 12/30

Leaders of church & state, especially

Our Call Committee President Trump Bishops Elizabeth Eaton Governor Cooper Bishop Timothy Smith Mayor Joines Pastor Doug Kearney

Our sister congregation and our missionary in Mexico

The people of Mupini Parish, Namibia and Pastor David Brondos

Active duty military personnel

Jay Collette Randal Middleton Travis Gerdes Duncan Miller Tim Hawkins David Schultz

Active duty military personnel

Matt & Kristen Meckley at the baptism of their sons, Carter Thomas and Jackson Charles on November 19th.

Family & friends of the congregation in need

Rev. Partee Boliek Louis Bryant Reece Burdette Doug Callahan Ken Cannon Becki Carlisle Robert Fick Derrick Gilmore Eric Grush Jeff Grush Stephanie Hansen Kelly Hauser

Members in need

Sharen Bond Mary Lynn Chapman Patti Deal Bill Flichman

Our Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of

Joseph Graham Priscilla Mauney Dora Sparrow

Wayne Henderson Ray & Norma Henry Ralph Herbison Larry Hostetter Richard Jensen Mike Lucas Becky Marion Naomi Meckley Janet Miller Allison Morris Trey Morris Andy Motz

Marcella Murphy Robert & Mary Peak Nancy Richbourg Jane Ritchie Nora Schweitzer Rick Sells Alice Seppell Mike Slezak Dave Vamder Lugt Terry Wessinger Nicole Williams Linda Wood

Barbara Coley, Forest Heights Senior Living Community William Garris Marge Leister, Homestead Hills Helen Preston, Homestead Hills Verdell Thomas, Forsyth Court Martee Umberger, Trinity Elms

Bonnie Bryant Dottie Bush Joyce Kohfeldt Cole Lippard Virginia Schmitz Robert Walker

Jim Lippard Andy McMurray Martha Oldland Susan Pester

Gretchen Pfitzner Wanda Rabb Nancy Stenberg

Bruce & Gay Lande: New Address

Charlie Wiley: New Address

Please call the church office for information.

For victims of violence Still your children wander homeless; Still the hungry cry for bread; Still the captives long for freedom; Still in grief we mourn our dead. As you, Lord, in deep compassion Healed the sick and freed the soul, By your Spirit send your power To our world to make it whole. --Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service, ELW 712

Al & Pat Baker 12/2 Arnold & Pat Herbison 12/2 Don& Carole Witte 12/18 Joe & Brenda Middleton 12/22 Ryan & Laura Arens 12/28 Ted & Michelle Toborg 12/30

We wish you many more years of happiness!

My name is Michelle Toborg. My husband Ted and I joined Epiphany in 1998 after moving here from the Midwest. We have two children, Emily, who just started her freshman year at Chapel Hill and Tyler, who is a sophomore at West Forsyth. I have been involved as a

Sunday school teacher, congregational care committee member, youth leader elementary, middle school, and high school, previously on the Call Committee, church council member, communion assistant, greeter, and probably one of my favorites, given the children’s sermon on occasion. I work part-time as a physical therapist and love everything except the paperwork! In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family and fur babies, love being active and outside. I enjoy fitness, crafting, camping, and gardening (especially indoor out of the ordinary plants and all kinds of succulents).

Eliza Wren Pontow Great-granddaughter

of Janice Barnett Born 11/1/17

Aidan Matthew Walsh

Son of Matt & Lauren Kaluzne Walsh

1st grandchild for Patti Kaluzne Born 11/9/17

Wilson Grant Anderson

Son of Luther & Jessica Spurlock Anderson

Grandmother Debbie Spurlock Born 11/9/17

Wiley James Christensen

Daughter of Kenny & Ashley Christensen

Grandparents Dave & Debbie Christensen

Born 11/10/17

On November 17th, members of the EECC staff sponsored an “EECC Parents’ Night Out”. Over 30 children participated in what Ms. Lisa called “Epiphany After Dark”.

The children enjoyed chicken nuggets for dinner and enabled their parents to have a “kidless” evening (at least for 2 1/2 hours).

This service was provided by the EECC staff free of charge. Many thanks to our wonderful staff for going above and beyond.

We want to wish blessings for Bruce & Gay Lande who are moving to Holden Beach on December 6th. Come back and visit!

Epiphany After Dark Ms. Ronni and Ms. Delicia’s Group

Epiphany After Dark Ms. Lisa, Ms. Kathleen, and Ms. Sabrina’s Group

FLYP Shopping Night Target will never be the same!

Ramp at Patti Deal’s house. Built by Epiphany Builders.

Thankfulness in all things

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

Martin Rinkhart was a Lutheran pastor in Germany in the early 1600s. The Thirty Years’ War was raging throughout his ministry at Eilenberg, a tragic fallout from the Reformation we just commemorated that pitted not just theologies and pieties but weapons of war, Lutheran against Catholic. Eilenberg was a walled city, so thousands sought refuge there from the horrors of war. The resultant overcrowding caused both hunger and disease. In 1637 the Church Superintendent left, and the rampant plague took the lives of the two other pastors who had served the city with Rinkhart, leaving him alone to minister to this whole city. Church records show that, during the plague, Rinkhart sometimes buried 40-50 people per day. His wife also died of the plague. Rinkhart himself fell ill, but somehow he survived. The incredible part of this story is the legacy Rinkhart left us from this experience. In the middle of all this death and grief, Rinkhart composed the words to the hymn we still sing, “Now Thank We All our God”—not a pitiful lament, as he had every reason to do, but a joyous hymn of praise and thanksgiving. So it was with the early American pilgrims who lost half their number to cold and starvation the previous winter, then planted and reaped the following summer and fall and paused to give thanks for God’s abundant blessing, including the native people who welcomed and helped them. The sense that I am owed something—by you, by the country, by God—quickly evolves into the insatiable monster of entitlement. Gratitude, on the other hand, sees everything as a gift from God’s gracious hand. St. Paul exhorts the people of Thessalonica in the closing of his first letter to them to give thanks in all circumstances. Why? Because God wants us to be thankful people. God knows that grateful people are joyous people, while entitled people will never be satisfied. Ultimately, gratitude and the generosity that flows from it is God’s will for us in Christ. Thankful people are hopeful people, no matter the circumstances. There is always plenty to worry about, plenty beyond our control. We are called to pause, reflect realistically on where we find ourselves, and yet always find the gratitude that restores our hope and joy. Thanksgiving blessings to you and yours. Walking with you,

Bishop Tim

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany Silas Creek Parkway and Pennington Lane 5220 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem, NC 27106 336-765-6211

Ministers, All the People of Epiphany

Interim Pastor, Pastor Doug Kearney

Email: pastordoug@epiphanyws.org

Director of Music, Patryck Nuss

E-mail: music@epiphanyws.org

Youth & Family Coordinator, Charlo�e Disher

E-mail: youthandfamily@epiphanyws.org

Campus Ministry Coordinator, Laurie Kenyon Woods

E-mail: kenylf15@wfu.edu

Early Childhood Center Director, Lisa Nichols

E-mail: lisanichols@epiphanyws.org, 336-768-2140

Office Manager & Financial Secretary, Mickey Miller

E-mail: epiphanystaff@epiphanyws.org

Monthly STAR Newsle&er Editor,

E-mail: epiphanystaff@epiphanyws.org

Epiphany - Phone: 336-765-6211 Fax: 336-765-1754

Epiphany E-mail: epiphanystaff@epiphanyws.org

Web Site: www.epiphanyws.org

2017 Congregation Council

Julianne Golden, President

Karl Florian, Vice President

Marc Shideler, Treasurer

Charlene Wellborn, Secretary

Margaret Brock

Lewis Hardy

Joe Middleton

Cory Phillips

Santiago Saldaña

Chris Schultz

Ted Toborg

Pastor Doug Kearney

There are several NC Women of the ELCA events already scheduled for 2018. Complete information is not yet available but dates are set. Please consider participating in any and all that interest you. Remember scholarship funds are available for up to 50% of costs for events costing $50.00 or more.

NC Women of the ELCA One Day Retreat “Make a Joyful Noise”

February 10th,, 2018 (Weather date 2/17)

BOLD Women Sunday February 25, 2018

NC Women of the ELCA Spring Retreat “Bad Girls of the Bible” – Part 2

March 9 to 11, 2018 at Kure Beach Retreat Center

NC Women of the ELCA 31st Annual Gathering June 22 – 24, 2018 at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory

Events for Women of the ELCA – Epiphany Unit.

Nora Deal Circle – Advent Luncheon December 6, 2017 at church

Mary Martha Circle – Christmas Luncheon December 12, 2017 at church

Dorothy Circle – Christmas Party & Project December 12, 2017 at Jeanie Saphar’s home

For more information on these events check the WELCA bulletin Board in the Fellowship Hall or go to the NC Women of the ELCA website www.ncwelca.org

Sisters in Christ, Kathy Knecht, President Epiphany Unit NC Women of the ELCA