Rev.Dr.DanielCrews
C.DanielCrewswasborninWinston-Salemand
istheretiredArchivistoftheMoravianChurch,
SouthernProvince.HeholdsaBAdegreefrom
HighPointCollege;MAandPh.D.inEnglish
fromUNC-Greensboro;andPh.D.inhistorical
theologyfromtheUniversityofManchester,
England.Hehasalsodonepost-doctoralstudy
attheUniversityofPrague.Aftercomingtothe
Archivesin1991,hepublishednumerous
bookletsonvariousMoravianhistoricaland
theologicaltopics.Forthe550thAnniversaryof
theMoravianChurchhewroteFaith,Love,
Hope,ahistoryoftheearlyMoravianChurch.
WithcurrentArchivistRichardStarbuckhe
translatedandedited6volumesofRecordsof
theMoraviansamongtheCherokees.
TheMoravianCherokeeConnection
OurFocus:
Romans15:5(NIV)
MaytheGodwhogives
enduranceandencouragement
giveyouaspiritofunityamongyourselves
asyoufollowChristJesus.
Aspecialofferingwillbetakenfor
TheOaksIndianMissionChildren’sHome
nearTahlequah,Oklahoma.
BookswrittenbyDr.CrewsandDr.Hutton
willbeavailableforpurchaseatthisevent.
LocationandContactInformation
ClemmonsMoravianChurch
3535SpangenbergAvenue
POBox730
Clemmons,NC27012
Phone:336-766-6273
Email:[email protected]
Web:www.clemmonsmoravian.org
TheMoravianCherokee
Connection
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Gathering
Saturday,April9,2016
10:00-2:00PM
ClemmonsMoravianChurch
OtherSpeakers
Program
9:30-10:00Registration&Coffee
10:00 OpeningWorship
10:30 Rev.Dr.DanielCrews:“Moraviansand
Cherokee:AJourneytowardsRespect”
11:30 Lunch
12:00 Dr.JohnHutton:“SallieJaneandthe
WonderfulStories-ACherokeeStudentat
Salem”
1:00 CelesteHandy:“CurrentLifeand
CultureofNativeAmericans” 1:45-2:00Closing
Dr.JohnHuttonistheIvyMayHixsonProfessor
ofHumanitiesatSalemCollege,wherehehas
taughtArtHistorysince1990.Heattended
Princeton,theUniversityofLondonCourtauld
InstituteofArtandHarvard.Huttonhas
illustratedfivehistoricalchildren’sbooksinthe
SisterMausseriesforSalemAcademyand
College.HisnewestbookintheSisterMaus
seriesisaboutaCherokeegirlatSalemCollege.
HelivesinWinston-Salem,NCwithhiswifeand
threechildren.
TheMoravianCherokeeConnection
CelesteHandyisagraduateofSalemCollege
andhasworkedforeightyearsattheUniversity
ofNewMexicowithInterVarsityincampus
ministrytoNativeAmericans.WhileatUNM,
shealsoworkedpart-timeinthepublicschool
system.SheiscurrentlyinseminaryatDuke
UniversityandpastorsachurchinWakeForest,
NC.Celeste,whoisalsoofCherokeeheritage,
ispassionateaboutissuesfacingNative
Americanstoday.
In1801,theMoravianssentmissionariesto
workamongtheCherokeeatSpringplace
MissioninnorthGeorgia.WhentheU.S.
governmentorderedtheCherokeefromtheir
homeinGeorgiatoOklahoma,theMoravian
missionariesfoughtthemove.Whentheywere
overruled,themissionariesrefusedtotravel
withtheCherokeeonwhathasbecomeknown
astheTrailofTearsbecausetheyfeltthat
meanttheyapprovedoftheplan.Insteadthey
wenttoOklahomaaheadoftheCherokee,and
establishedamissiontheycalledNew
Springplace.TheMoravianskeptdiligent
recordsoftheirmissionaryworkwith
Cherokees.Dr.Crewshastranslatedthearchaic
GermanscriptintoEnglishsothatwemayhave
anaccountofthishistory.Theserecords
constitutetheonlyknownaccountofdailylife
intheCherokeenation.
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