CHRISTMAS CANTATA
The choir and children are excited to share the joy of the season and help us remember the true reason!!
CHURCH OFFICE will be CLOSED December 24-27. If you need to get in touch with someone at the Meetinghouse during this time, call Pastor Rodney at 336-687-6075.
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE—December 24 at 5:00pm ~ Please come and join us for a night of prayer, song, worship and togetherness as we celebrate the birth of our Lord. NURSERY will be available during this service.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE will meet next Sunday, December 29 after worship.
FEMAP (Friends Emergency Material Assistance Program) Address
To make donations to FEMAP, the address is: FEMAP c/o Springfield Friends Meeting, 555 East Springfield Rd., High Point, NC 27263
YOUNG FRIENDS—PreK to 12th grade
Young Friends will meet on Sunday, January 5, from 4:30-5:45pm
We look forward to a New Year and New Life in Jesus!!
Dropoff and pick up on FLC (Family Life Center) side.
Questions—feel free to reach out to Heather Thompson
KIDS' MINISTRY
The kids ministry sign up sheet is posted outside Rodney's office.
We have openings for Sunday School and Children’s church volunteers.
You can volunteer for Sunday School or Children’s Church OR both! THANKS!
To Our Archdale Friends Family:
We pray God’s blessing on you and your family this Christmas and we pray for the Light of Christ to shine on your life throughout the new year. We are blessed to work for you and with you in Christ Jesus. Rodney, Shelley, Charlene, Marlene, Linda
LOOKING FOR GIFT IDEAS FOR CHURCH FAMILY & FRIENDS?
ANNIVERSARY TUMBLERS and ORNAMENTS for SALE
We have a limited number of 24oz. tumblers (cups) and wooden Christmas ornaments with an image of the Meetinghouse on it that are wonderful keepsakes of our Meeting’s anniversary this year!
Each item is $10 each and if you would like to purchase one, see Herb Andrews. Make checks out to AFM.
ARCHDALE FRIENDS MEETING
100 Year Anniversary Notes
Music Ministry of Archdale Friends
“Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:19-20
Music has long been a part of the services of Archdale Friends Meeting. In the early days, different members would lead in the singing of hymns for the Sunday morning services. While no record can be found of when the first piano was used on Sunday mornings, we do know that Thomas and Nereus English donated the first organ to Archdale in 1948 in memory of their father, Professor N.C. English and in honor of their mother, Jennie Bouldin English. This organ was used until 1975 when it was replaced with a new one.
In the October 1964 Monthly Meeting minutes, pastor Isaac Harris was noted as stating that “a Choir Director would lighten his work load in the Meeting and that a good strong choir means as much as a lot of other things in the Meeting for Worship.” Joe Gamble was hired as the first paid Music Director in 1965.
Under Joe’s direction, the first midnight Christmas Eve service and Cantata was held. This candlelight service became not only an Archdale Friends tradition, but also one that the entire Archdale community embraced. The Music Directors that followed (listed below) continued with performing the Christmas Cantatas. Through the years, special Easter musical services have also been performed. In the 1980s, Elizabeth Ragan donated a set of handbells to Archdale, and these have been used periodically since then for various services.
Music ministers at Archdale Friends have been Joe Gamble, Dolores Farlow Robbins, Bud Triplett and Charlene Sullivan. Charlene has been with Archdale since 1998. Pianists and Organists have included Becky Ragan, Dolores Farlow Robbins, Elizabeth Ragan, Lana Cartner, Denise Warren, Carol Fifield and Charlene Sullivan.
