CURRENT EVENTS & NEEDS
Lunch & Learn w/Kevin & Emily Boyd (InterVarsity) | Nov 8
Join us for lunch on November 8 with missional partners Kevin and Emily Boyd. This is an opportunity to learn more about their work with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and how you can support them.
Lunch is free-of-charge and will be served in the Fellowship Hall at 12:15 pm. If you plan to attend, please e-mail Amy Carlan with the number of participants from your household. You are also welcome to simply show up on November 8.
The Dwelling Fundraiser Gala | Nov 13
The Dwellings is hosting their annual Fundraiser Gala from 6:30 - 9:00 pm on November 13 at Augsburg Lutheran Church. The Gala is a great night of food, friendship, and the chance to support a ministry that does so much for the unhoused population of Winston Salem. For information about table sponsorship, tickets, or other ways you can support this vital ministry in our community, visit The Dwelling Fundraiser Gala.
Women's Shelter Volunteers Needed
The Bethesda Center, one of our community's year-round homeless shelters and the only year-round shelter that serves women, is closing on October 25. Beginning October 26, the emergency winter shelter, Our Lady of Salem, hosted at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, will open. This early opening will provide overnight accommodations for women displaced by The Bethesda Center's closure. Ways you can help:
Volunteer: Volunteers are needed nightly to help with hospitality, check-in, providing to-go bags, and to provide and serve dinner. Visit Our Lady of Salem Shelter for Women Volunteer Sign-up to learn more.
Donate Supplies: Nyquil liquid (no pills, generic brand is fine), Melatonin gummies, dryer sheets, disposable ear plugs, small laundry baskets, Clorox wipes, new women's underwear (all sizes), spray surface cleaner, and paper towels. Donations can be dropped off in the large cabinet in front of the church office at St. Timothy's (2575 Parkway Drive, Winston Salem).
To learn more or to make a financial donation, visit Our Lady of Salem.
World Relief Triad
World Relief Triad has a couple of opportunities to get involved and to learn more about their work with local refugees.
Teach English: World Relief Triad is offering free training on teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) this fall.
Dates: October 31, November 7, 14, and 21
Time: 9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Location: 2634 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, NC
For more information or to register, call 336-823-6276. Registration is required.
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Join the Conversation: Join with others to view a screening of Jesus Was a Migrant, a short documentary by Dr. Jemar Tisby.
Date: Thursday, October 29
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: First Baptist on Fifth (501 W 5th St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101)
The evening will include a viewing of the 30-minute documentary followed by a panel discussion with the film’s director, local immigrant pastors, and refugee and immigration policy experts. Come watch, ask questions, and engage in a meaningful conversation about faith, immigration, and how we can respond as a community. Movie snacks will be provided by local immigrant-owned businesses.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child is a ministry that sends shoeboxes full of gifts and needed supplies to children across the world. Children who receive boxes are also given the opportunity to take a class to learn about Jesus. Boxes and labels are available at the Engage Winston Salem tables located in the Fellowship Hall and Worship Center lobby.
Deadline for returning completed boxes: November 15.
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS
Amani Children's Foundation
Associates in Christian Counseling
City With Dwellings
The mission of City With Dwellings is to move folks from trauma and instability into healing and housing stability through person-centered street outreach, day services featuring problem-solving, resource navigation, and restorative activities, and peer-based supportive housing services.
To view opportunities to serve with City with Dwellings, please visit their website: https://www.citywithdwellings.org or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/citywithdwellings.
Crisis Control
Crisis Control assists people in crisis to meet essential life needs and to become self-sufficient. They engage hundreds of volunteers to interview potential clients, serve families shopping in their food pantry, help fill prescriptions in their pharmacy, and more.
El Buen Pastor
El Buen Pastor is a Spanish-speaking New Church Development and long-standing partner of First Presbyterian Church. Under the leadership of their pastor Jorge Vasquez, El Buen Pastor seeks to live on mission to show and share Jesus in the Spanish-speaking neighborhoods of Winston-Salem.
Forsyth Jail And Prison Ministries
Forsyth Jail and Prison uses Christ’s love and forgiveness to transform lives and break the cycle of crime and punishment. It has helped thousands of incarcerated men and women discover the true meaning of Christianity, and what it means to live as a Christian.
Hawley House
Hawley House is a Women’s Substance Abuse Recovery Facility that houses women for a period of 9-12 months and offers 6 months of aftercare for women ages 18 and older diagnosed with the disease of addiction. They are the only state-licensed residential substance abuse program for women in Forsyth County.
InterVarsity - Kevin and Emily Boyd
Since 1941, InterVarsity has established and advanced student-led, witnessing communities on college campuses across the country. Today, they are equipping students and faculty to follow Jesus with their whole lives — for the rest of their lives.
We are delighted to support Kevin and Emily Boyd who both serve on the National InterVarsity Staff. Kevin serves as the Associate National Director of Scripture Engagement and Emily serves as the Associate National Director of Theological Formation. Click below to learn more about InterVarsity and Kevin & Emily’s work.
Love Out Loud
Love Out Loud has built strong relationships to form a collective of Christ-centered churches (over 80), groups & individuals living out Christ’s call to love our neighbor. Together, they partner with other local community organizations (200+ non-profits and scores of market place and civic leaders) for the flourishing of our city.
Samaritan Ministries
Samaritan Ministries was founded in 1981 in partnership with First Presbyterian Church. They are an interdenominational, volunteer-based Christian ministry that serves Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Their Soup Kitchen, Samaritan Inn Shelter, and Project Cornerstone are open 365 days and nights a year to serve people in need.
The Soup Kitchen is always in need of volunteers to help prep, serve, and clean up:
Lunch and Dinner Shifts
Monday–Saturday Lunch: 9:00 AM–1:30 PM
Sunday Lunch: 10:00 AM–2:30 PM
Nightly Dinner: 5:00 PM–7:30 PM
Volunteer Information
- Individuals 13 years of age and older can volunteer during lunchtime with a registered adult. Volunteers must be 18 years or older to assist during dinner.
- We recommend signing up 1–2 weeks in advance as spots fill quickly.
- Consider adding your name to our volunteer "on-call" list.
- Groups wishing to volunteer should contact Arianna Moore directly to reserve a spot and receive a personalized group code.
Click here to sign up on the Samaritan Ministries website.
Questions? Contact Samaritan Ministries' volunteer coordinator, Arianna Moore, by email or phone.
Click here to view a printable flyer from Samaritan Ministries.
Second Harvest Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank serves 18 Northwest North Carolina counties as a vital source of food and support services for 460+ local food assistance programs. Through on-the-ground partners, they distribute nearly 34 million meals for food-insecure families.
Winston Salem Fellows
Winston Salem Freedom Schools
Winston Salem Street School
Winston Salem Street School is a private alternative high school serving the at-risk youth of the Greater Winston Salem area of North Carolina. It is designed to meet the needs of students who struggled in traditional schools due to academic or behavioral obstacles, many of whom were expelled or dropped out. The WSSS was specifically created to target these students and offers them the chance to earn a diploma recognized by the State of North Carolina.
World Relief Triad
Young Life & Younglives
Young Life introduces adolescents to Jesus Christ and helps them grow in their faith. It starts, not with a program, but with adults who are concerned enough about kids to go to them, on their turf and in their culture, building bridges of authentic friendship.
Since Young Life began in Forsyth county in 1957, we’ve grown to now offer:
Young Life (high school), WyldLife (middle school), Young Life College (college), Capernaum (special needs) and YoungLives (teen moms).
There are MANY ways to get involved: volunteer leader or mentor, YL committee, ministry support team, specific roles (driver, childcare worker, provide a meal), planning teams (BQT or Golf), etc. For more information, contact younglifefc@bellsouth.net or 336-725-1750.