“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.” MartinLuther King Jr.
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| Dakota, Will, and Bill Davis swapping stories |
RECRUITMENT UPDATE
We have our first Fellow for the 2017-18 Class!
Patrick McCarthy - a future Wake Forest Grad - is a fitting first round draft pick.
Dear Ned,
Brilliant! Love to hear that. That is great news. Thanks so much for all those kind words of affirmation - likewise to you! And for the rest of the Fellows administration and future Fellows who will be embarking on this journey with me next Fall - can't wait!
Welcome, Patrick. I can tell you are going to make next year a lot of fun.
This week, we have two more candidates arriving into town for final interviews, and I'm hoping for a couple more applications to roll in.
We will be at Wake Forest RUF Tuesday night and Raleigh Young Life on Sunday as well.
REMEMBER: You can recruit as well as anybody. Help us spread the word about this amazing program.
Here is a link to the website. wsfellows.com
A SPECIAL ROUND TABLE
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| The Fellows with my hero, Myrtie Davis |
I had been waiting for the perfect time to introduce the Fellows to two of my very favorite people in Winston-Salem - Bill and Myrtie Davis.
Time came Monday night.
As expected, Bill and Myrtie played host par excellence. Myrtie served up her world famous Chicken Casserole and her signature Ice Tea. All fourteen of us squeezed in around the dining room table and laughed and told stories and eventually segued into the living room where Campbell serenaded us on the piano and we sat around and read Scripture together.
What a treat.
Other cities can claim things they have over Winston-Salem - but no city has a better couple than Bill and Myrtie Davis. You two are my heroes.
An ACTION PACKED WEDNESDAY
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| Thanks Nathan, Darrell, Sherry, Roderick, Connie and others! |
YMCANWNC: The Fellows were met by basically the entire leadership of YMCA of Northwest North Carolina on Wednesday for Leader Lunch.
We had a little bit of technical difficulty, which proved to be a blessing because it forced us to talk more. I'll tell you, we are very fortunate to have such mindful, servant-hearted leaders in this city.
They love their jobs! And they did a heck of a job selling it. I think by the end of Leader Lunch, half of our Fellows, including me, wanted to quit what we were doing and come on staff at the YMCA!
Thanks guys!
You are an organization worth supporting (they did not pay me to write that...but it does currently happen to be the YMCA's Annual Giving Campaign)!
A Special Welcome: The Fellows were then surprised with a special drop in by our honorary twelfth Fellow, Sarabeth Abbey and her boyfriend Arturo from the Dominican Republic!
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| Meeting and Greeting in the YMCA parking lot |
Sarabeth is raising support this year to go on Young Life Staff in the DR and so was unable to commit to officially joining the Fellows - but she has been part of our community from the beginning. And we had heard of Arturo - but this was most of ours first opportunity to meet him!
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| Sarabeth is one of my favorite people |
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| Will and Arturo |
Mentor Prep: Afterward, the Fellows jumped in the Young Life van and we followed Bill McClain around East Winston to all the sites where we will begin our Mentoring and Tutoring this spring.
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| Bill at one of his mentoring locations |
Bill knows East Winston. And everywhere we went, it was like being the entourage for a celebrity. Mr. McClain - you have made an impact in this city! Thank you for inviting us to be a part of what you started.
Basketball! Wednesday night, the Fellows split, half going to the Wake Forest v. Miami game at LJVM (Go Wake!) and the other half cheering on the Rams of WSSU at the C.E. Gaines Center.
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| Go Rams! |
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| Go Deacs! (Special guest Leslie Rainey - a Falls Church Fellow!) |
Victories were had across the city.
CLASS
This Friday, we commenced a new class on Faith And Culture that will run through the spring semester. Dr. Clay Cooke is our professor, and if the rest of the class is as good as his first, we are in for a treat!
Thanks Clay! You are the man!
Unsanctioned Events: I had meetings the rest of the Friday, so I had to slip out and gave the Fellows a much appreciated afternoon off.
It was put to "good" use. A viewing of the inauguration turned into somewhat of a drinking game Bingo which somehow turned into an afternoon at the bowling alley. Ha! I sure do love these guys!
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| Heads Up! |
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| Bowling for 'Merica |
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| What else are you going to do on Inauguration Day? |
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| Good Form |
FINANCIAL UPDATE
January is a great time to start giving monthly.
Three ways of monthly giving:
- set up a monthly draft with your bank
- go to http://www.wsfellows.com/give/ Click on DONATE and follow the instructions
- or email winstonsalemfellows@gmail.com and we can set up a monthly credit card donation
Again, thank you all for supporting the Winston-Salem Fellows. Your contributions make it possible for us to provide this amazing opportunity to these men and women.
It is making an impact that will last.
Thanks.
OTHER NEWS
- We are mixing it up and having a special Guys and Girls Round Tables tonight.
- Tuesday, we have Wake Forest RUF
- Wednesday, we are having Leader Lunch with the one and only Charley Donohoe, a man with thirty-seven years of Career Coaching experience! Holy cow!
- Wednesday and Thursday, we are spending the night at Samaritan's Inn
- Friday, we have classes with Dr. Clay Cooke and Dr. Jack Wilkerson.
Ned will be finishing his certification in the Highlands Ability Battery! Hooray! (More on this next week)
- Sunday, we will be joining the Black Ministerial Alliance for a commissioning service for the G.I.D.E. program.
- Then, some Fellows will likely join me as we travel to Raleigh to promote the Fellows Program.
Big Week!
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