UPDATE Year 1 Week 4

Walking it off after getting shot in the back by Anna Rose

A Wonderful Week To Be A Fellow...

NON-PROFIT OPEN HOUSE

Love Out Loud

The Fellows jumped in and served at Love Out Loud's Non-Profit Open House last Monday night. They did a great job greeting, networking, and working behind the scenes. 

The highlight for me was at the end of the portion when each non-profit shared about what they do and what they need, I had the opportunity to say, "We are the Winston-Salem Fellows, and we are not looking for volunteers, we are looking TO volunteer!" 

A truly great night. 

Thanks Chuck Spong for inviting us to work with you!

Unannounced spot check to Fleet Feet to find Sean Henderson hard at work!

The CENTER for CREATIVE LEADERSHIP

Back Row: Shannon Rainey, Sean Henderson, Rahel Tafese, Reese Schaffner, Ned Erickson
Front Row: Will Troxler, Dakota Lee, Campbell Andershon, Alex Loy, Christina Sandstedt, Camille Stogner, Jessica Kok, and Sara Beth Abbey

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we met alongside the Greensboro Fellows at the Center for Creative Leadership for a three day Leadership Intensive to kick off the program long course of study we will be undergoing over there.

The Greensboro Fellows

 It was three days full of tests and analysis: everything from good old Myers Briggs to the Fibor-B to StrengthsFinders, to SBI, and DAK, and a bunch of other acronyms.

The plan was for each Fellow to develop a Personal Growth Goal and Action Plan for the year. We got there eventually...

But the process was  enjoyable, and it is really exciting to think we will continue to build on what we learned. Thank you CCL and Tripp Graziano (Director of the Greensboro Fellows) for inviting us! It was a rich time.

LUMINEERS!

How about this for it being good to be a Fellow? On Thursday, The Fellows were given tickets to see one of my favorite bands, the Lumineers, in concert.

Unfortunately, the Fellows director had other responsibilities and was not able to chaperone. Insert tear.

Lumineers!

CLASS and FIELD TRIP!

The Fellows were understandably a little groggy Friday morning for class.

Good thing we had Ben Milner who always brings the heat. And on Friday, the man was on FIRE!

Two hours of class went by in a wink.

It was then off to Old Salem for a Field Trip with Kevin Frack. Kevin walked us (literally) through history from the founding of Old Salem to the merging with Winston to the establishment of St. Phillips (Winston's first black church). It was truly amazing to listen to this master weaver of story, weave history for us.

Afterward, we stayed for another hour debriefing all that we had absorbed that day.

A truly amazing day. Thanks Ben and Kevin...and Murf! who surprised us with his presence!

MENTOR HAPPY HOUR

Thanks to Mentor Coordinators Holly Heath and Charley Donohoe, we had an incredible evening event on Friday, when for the first time Mentors and Fellows met to exchange contact information and set a time to meet.

We decided to set the event as a Friday Happy Hour. I told Holly a couple bags of chips and a couple bottles would be fine - but she turned it into a feast!

Thanks Holly!

Holly and Charley

Good times were had by all...

Pre-Happy Hour Introductions

 Speaking of introductions:

Here are our Mentors!

FELLOW	MENTOR
Julia Lovett	Erin Pfeiffer
Campbell Anderson	John Gerstmeyer
Camille Stogner	Ginny Evans
Reese Shaffner	Jason Whitener
Jessica Kok	Scott Sewell
Alex Loy	Beverly Bradstock
Dakota Lee	Cooper Carter
Rahel Tafese	Susan Gladd
Will Troxler	Hardt Bing
Sean Henderson	Paul Allen
Christina Sanstedt	Michelle Schapira

What a gift!

I wish I could get mentored by these guys!

ADVENTURE PRINCESS CAMP

The theme this year was Color Wars. We got ten points if we let our Princess shoot us with a paintball. Guess which dad got shot first?

You got it, Slippery Fish.

OUCH!

It's for the kids.

A great and exhausting weekend. 

Lauren, Anna Rose, Georgia and Vivian beneath Sauratown Mountain

I sped home on Saturday morning to coach Dave Dave in his first soccer game.

A win! (not that we keep score or anything)

I'm looking forward to a quiet(er) weekend upcoming...

LOOKING FORWARD

Monday - Round Table
Wednesday - A Visit By Executive Director of the Fellows Initiative, Morna Comeau. She will be meeting with the Fellows, the Board, and our Churches while she is here.
Thursday - The Fellows are volunteering at SAM and Eggs for Samaritan Ministries and later at Speas Elementary for their uniform drive. Thursday night, my friend Madison Perry is heading into town to share about the Christian Study Center - PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND!

Prayer - Peace in the storm as the Ericksons head into another busy week.


THANKS ALL - Keep spreading the love and sharing the story!!!