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We are located at the intersection of Skeet Club Rd and N. Main St. in North High Point, North Carolina
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Follow Bus-311 North but turn left on N. Main at the West side of town. Bear right at the Busy Bee BP station onto Skeet Club Rd. and right into the first driveway -- the church is on the corner.
Take US-311 South. Take the 311 High Point Exit. Turn right at the first light. At the next light, turn right onto N. Main. Bear right at the Busy Bee BP station onto Skeet Club Rd. and right into the first driveway -- the church is on the corner.
Head South on Wendover Ave. It becomes Skeet Club when you cross Eastchester Drive (NC 68). Follow Skeet Club to the end (approx 7 miles). The Church is the last driveway on the left (across from the Busy Bee BP station).
Back to TopOn January 1, 1964, a young and vibrant pastor by the name of Jack L. Davis began work in northern High Point as a mission developer of what was then the Board of American Missions of the Lutheran Church in America. Work brought results fairly rapidly because the first meeting of the planning committee occurred on February 27, on the church site, North Main Street at Skeet Club Road.
On that occasion, Pastor Davis said, "God has set before us a vision of what His Church is and what we might become. Part of that vision includes the completion of our building . . . a place where the hungry will come to feed on His Word. . . where the repentant will receive in the Holy Communion the strength to live for God . . . where young and old will come for Holy Baptism. . . where people will gather for worship, praise and thanksgiving to God for all His blessings, and to enjoy fellowship with Him and with other Christians . . . . We have two convictions: that it is God's will to see His people grow, and that God never asks us to do anything He does not also give the strength and ability to do."
The first Interest Meeting was on March 22 at Oakview Methodist Church. April 5, the first service was conducted at Oakview Elementary School with 102 present. In rapid succession: Sunday School began two weeks later, Charter Sunday was November 15 and the congregation was organized as St. Michael's Lutheran Church on December 20, 1964, with 61 adults and 50 children.
Being named after one of God's messengers, St. Michael Church has a commitment to mission. At the time the name was chosen, the church bulletin stated that just as the angels are messengers of God, we should also serve as "Messengers of God with the Good News of Jesus Christ."
The building designed by member and architect Norman Zimmerman was dedicated to "a specific high and holy purpose, the worship of God." on May 7, 1967. In 1984 the Founders Annex was added providing new office and conference space. It was dedicated in memory of Charter Members who had passed on.
Now a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Pastor Davis' dream remains the vision of our ministry – to be a community "where the hungry will come to feed on [God's] Word and where the repentant will receive in the Holy Communion the strength to live for God."
Back to TopOn February 1, 2006 we welcomed the Rev. Robert W. Busch as our new Interim Pastor. Rev. Robert W. Busch is a retired ELCA pastor who moved to the High Point area in October 2005 from Upstate New York. Pastor Busch received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosphy/Religion from Wagner College (1965) and a Masters of Divinity from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (1968). Pastor Busch was ordained in the Metropolitan New York Synod in 1968.
Over the next 37 years he served congregations in Queens, New York City; Vinton (Roanoke) Virginia; Tamaqua, Pennsylvania; and Albany, New York. In 1996 Pastor Busch was appointed an Interim Pastor of the Upstate New York Synod and served congregations in Hudson, Churchtown, Rochester, Buffalo (Eggertsville), Cobleskill, Oneonta, Amsterdam, and Gloversville, all in Upstate New York. After having served with fourteen congregations in four synods under eight bishops of the former LCA and present ELCA, he retired in early 2005.
Pastor Busch is 65 years old. He has three children: Matthew (the oldest) and his wife Dianne live in Virginia Beach; Jonathan (professional soccer goalkeeper) and his wife Nichol live outside Columbus, Ohio; and his daughter, Jaime (and husband Brad) live in Oak Ridge.
Pastor Busch may be contacted through the church office (336.869.2311) or at his home (336.882.8773). Church office hours are Wednesday and Friday mornings (9:30-12:30) or by appointment.
Pastor Busch celebrated his first service with St. Michael's on February 5, 2006.
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