Piney Grove Happenings
January 2010
January 3- First Sunday, Epiphany- First Communion
January 10- Second Sunday, Sister Sylvella Robison will preach her initial sermon during morning worship. Our first church conference will be held immediately following morning worship.
January 17- MLK Sunday, January 18 Martin Luther King Day celebrated.
Saturday,January 30- "A Spirit of Excellence" Leadership Conference with Dr. Gail Hayes- 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM with lunch. Registration $10.00.
"But as it now is, He [Christ] has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is as much superior and more excellent [than the old] as the covenant (the agreement) of which He is the Mediator (the Arbiter, Agent) is superior and more excellent, [because] it is enacted and rests upon more important (sublimer, higher, and nobler) promises." Hebrews 8:6
December 2009
Watchnight Worship- 10:30 PM, Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Piney Grove. Pastors Barrington Ross and Joan Hopton, pastor of New Bethel Community AME Church will preach. Let have a Hallelujah time as we bring in the new year!
April 2009
April 6, members of the church will visit and fellowship with Sis. Gladys Dunn after morning worship.
Thursday, April 9-The Gospel Choir will meet at 7:00 PM and officers will be elected. The praise team will meet at 6:00 PM.
April 10- GOOD FRIDAY Worship- 12:00 Noon, Piney Grove AME Church "7 Stations of the Cross"
April 11- The YPDers will serve at the shelter. We need participants to provide food at the shelter by 11:30 AM. The menu is chicken (YPD will provide) macaroni and cheese, green beans, rolls and deserts . Also, bring a gift for our AME shelter brothers.
April 12- Resurrection Sunday (EASTER) - Sunrise Worship, 5:30 AM, Piney Grove will fellowship with Lincolnville AME Church, the Reverend Vernon Burns, Pastor, 6400 Chapel Hill Road, Raleigh, N.C. 27607. The Rev. Leotis Strong, Pastor of St. James Method AME will preach. Breakfast will be served.
Resurrection Worship at Piney Grove at 11:00 AM.
Sunday, April 19- The Women's Missionary Society will meet in the Fellowship Hall, we will begin at 1:15 PM. All society members should be in attendance. All officers please be prepared to give a report. Thank you, Sister Shawn Ross
April 26- Church Anniversary- CONFERENCE CLAIMS of $50 for each member are due.
/March 2009
March 7- The YPDer's will serve at the AME Shelter.
March 8- We will celebrate Family and Friends Day Talent at 3:00 PM at Piney Grove. We will have potluck dinner after 11 AM morning worship.
March 18,19,20- New Bethel Community AME Church, Rev. Joan Hopton, Pastor will hold a Spring Revial at Piney Grove AME. The Rev. Allonia Holmes, Pastor of Living Waters AME will be the guest revivalist each night at 7:00 PM. Come out and be revived!
March 29- MISSIONARY DAY at 11:00 AM, Dr. Debra Boyd,PhD, Global Missionary,and NCCU Foriegn Language Chair will be our guest speaker.
/September 2008
Sun. Sept. 14, Piney Grove Family welcomes our Friends from France Nouveau Alliance,(Pasteurs Jean Paul and Nene Buscunga,Sisters Laure and Jeanne) Lyon,France
Eglise Protestante Evangélique de Tremblay-en-France - Paris, France- The Rev. Jean-Baptiste Malembe, Preaching and Sister Claude
Sept. 14, Have you registered to vote?
The Women's Missionary Society is hosting a voters registration drive immediately following worship service. Sister Emilie is organizing this effort. Election Day Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Saturday, September 20 - Martha McCauley Area Meeting begins at 9:30AM
Saturday, September 20 - Youth choir practice begins at 12 noon. If you are unable to attend please contact Mr. Lassiter before Saturday.
Saturday, September 20 and 28 - NEW MEMBERS TRAINING 1-3 PM.
Sunday, September 21- The Lola Chavis WMS will meet at 1:30PM. Remember to check your email and/or voicemail for updates. Thank you
Tuesday, September 23 - Trustee Board will meet at 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 28, 9:30 AM - 2nd Quarterly Conference. All auxiliaries should submit written and accurate reports to the pastor by next
Sunday, September 21, 2008.
Tuesday, September 30, 7:00 PM- Steward Board Meeting
Sunday, October 5, 2008- Church Conference after morning worship
August 2008
Fall Revival and Homecoming- August 20-24, The church is asking each member to give $100 toward this effort.
REVIVAL: Wednesday-Friday, August 20-23, 2008- Preachers
Wednesday- Rev. James T. Taylor, Pastor of Union Bethel AME-Cary
Thursday- Rev. Carl Waden, Pastor of Mt. Pleasant Baptist- Raleigh
Friday- Rev. Kelvin Royster, Pastor of Macedonia AME- Roxboro
HOMECOMING: Sunday, August 24, 2008-
Morning 11 AM- Rev. Barrington B. Ross
DINNER
Afternoon 3 PM- Rev. Shirley DeCosta, Pastor of St. Mary's AME- Apex
July 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008-The Board of Stewards will meet at 7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall.
Wednesday, July 23, Noonday Prayer
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 7:00PM- Bible Study- I Samuel 9th Chapter.
Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM- We will have our First Quarterly Conference with Presiding Elder J. Bernard Wider. All Reports for the quarter are due now. Please submit your reports to the pastor immediately. barrington_ross@hotmail.com
Sunday, July 27, 2008- Fourth Sunday Worship at Piney Grove.
Sunday, July 27, 2008 to Wednesday, July 30, 2008- The Second Episcopal District will have our Youth Congress in Hampton, Virgina. Rev. Ross will facilitate a workshop on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9 AM and 10:30 on the topic, "Straight Up, You're Testing Me" for 12 and 13 year olds. Memory Verse: 1 Corinthian 10:13
June 2008
Sun., June 8, 2008- Church Conference
Wed., June 11, 2008- Homegoing Services for Ronald Deon Dunn (son of Sis. Nancy Dunn) at Albright Funeral Home, Apex, NC at 12:00 Noon (wake will be held at 11:30 AM)
Thurs, Fri., Sat., June 12,13,14- SED Planning Meeting, Sheraton RTP, Durham, N.C. hosted by St. Paul AME Church, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 11:00 AM- ACTS OF WELLNESS Colon Cancer Survey for 50+year olds at Piney Grove. Come out and Join us, refreshments will be served!
Thurs., Fri., Sat., June 26,27,28, 2008- Eastern District Conference, St. Matthews AME Church, Burlington, NC.
July 2008
AME Church General Conference, July 3-11, 2008, St. Louis, Mo.
SED YOUTH CONGRESS, July 20,21,22,23 (Sun.-Wed.)- Hampton, Va.
Embassy Suites Hotel- Hampton Convention Center