News and Events

May Events and Meetings

Wednesday Potluck Dinner

May 9th at 6:30 pm. Invite your neighbors, co-workers, and friends! If you would like to contribute a food item, look for the sign up on the table next to the piano in the Parish Hall.

May Food Pantry Donations

SALAD DRESSING (ANY TYPE), HAND LOTION (SAMPLE SIZE)

Please put your donations in the basket at the main entrance of the church or in the Donations Box in the Parish Kennedy Center. Deliveries are made on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. Many thanks to all parishioners who contribute every Sunday.

Job Search Support Group

Thursdays, 7 pm, Kennedy Parish Center Library. St. Anne's Job Search Support Group offers a safe place for the unemployed and underemployed to find emotional and practical support in a difficult time. The group offers a place to share experiences as well as real-world advice and strategy for finding employment.

May Pastoral Care Contact

David Linton is the Pastoral Care contact person for May. Please contact him at 399-0174 or by calling the church at 768-0174. When leaving a message at the church, the extension number for Pastoral Care is 6. For urgent needs that require immediate attention, you may call either the Rector at 918-9544, or the Pastoral Care contact person.

Adult and Youth Sunday School

Sunday School classes meet from 10-10:45 am. Visit the Adult and Youth Sunday School pages under the Christian Formation tab to learn more about Christian formation opportunities at St. Anne's for the young and young at heart!

Share the Love Pet Food Drive

John Lockwood is collecting pet food at St. Anne's for the Share the Love program run by Scott Morgan that collects and distributes pet food to people who cannot afford to feed themselves or their pets. Please put donated pet food in the designated tubs in the Narthex and Kennedy Parish Hall. This is an on-going ministry.

Community Clothes Closet

Please put your donations for the Unitarian Universalist Community Closet in the bin under the Outreach table in the Kennedy Parish Center. For a tax receipt, please see Beverly Gosnell, bgosnell@hotmail.com.

Village Gathering and Pie Auction Benefit raised $2,000 for ACS!

A lively group of drummers from Tam Tam Mandingue entertained us. Then we dined on delicious soups and salads before our auctioneer, Chuck Horney, regaled us with "pie" jokes and enticed the attendees in parting with hard cash for 20 some desserts. We were joined by staff and board members from Aids Care Service. A great time was had by all, including some youthful, enthusiastic bidders.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

The annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper was held Tuesday, February 21st from 5:30-7:30 pm. Proceeds will benefit St. Anne's youth programs.

Lenten Outreach Focus

The Outreach Committee has agreed to make our focus on raising money for Botswana and HIV/AIDS education—Bucks for Botswana, based on Sharita Womack's homily during our commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 4^th. Please look for more details in future bulletins and in the newsletter.

Epiphany Project: Prayers of the People

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at composing a Prayers of the People? Have you dabbled in writing prayers? Have you ever wondered about the form of corporate prayer in the Episcopal Church? If you have, then please consider contributing to this year's Epiphany Project. We are hoping to encourage members of the congregation to write prayers of the people for the season of Lent (and beyond). We'll concentrate our efforts during Epiphany (from now until February 22nd - Ash Wednesday). If interested, please either e-mail Lawrence (rector@stannes-ws.org) or call 768-0174, or sign-up in the Parish Hall.

Green St. UMC Welcome Table Dinner

We cooked and donated, delivered and served dinner to 80+ people at Green Street United Methodist Church for their Welcome Table Dinner on February 1. Everyone enjoyed a menu of chicken, noodle and veggie casserole, macaroni and cheese, salad, bread and dessert, all prepared and/or donated by Irene Burton, Paulette Davis, Janet Fox, Beverly Gosnell, Abby Harkey, Lori Hill, Joce Holthouser, Lynda Horney, Barbara Johnson, Catherine Johnson, Marie Linton, Cama Merritt, Martha Murphy, Carolyn Myracle, Jane North, Claudia Raber, Sandy Sheldon, Becky Sigrist, Christy Tongogara, Nancy Vaders, Mary Lynn Wigodsky, Emily Wilson, and Linda Winikoff. With the help of Barbara Johnson and Paige French, the food was transported to Green Street. And Paige, Barbara, Martha, Burnitt and Beverly enjoyed working together to set up and serve the food. Thanks very much to all of you for your hard work to make this dinner so successful

Inquirers'/New Members' Classes

So you want to know a little more about the Episcopal Church? Have questions about how St. Anne's works? Interested in the Sacrament of Confirmation or Reception or Reaffirmation? Are relatively new to this congregation or just want to hang out on a Sunday afternoon with some very interesting people? Well, then, you're in luck. Beginning the week of February 5th until the week of February 26th, our New Members'/Inquirers' class will meet. There will be two meeting each week - on Sundays from 12:30-2 pm and Wednesdays from 6:30-8 pm. You need only attend one. If interested, please contact Lawrence at rector@stannes-ws.org or by phone at 768-0174 by January 29th.

Presiding Bishop visits Winston-Salem!

The Most Reverend Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, paid an historic visit to Winston-Salem during the Diocesan Annual Convention, held at the Benton Convention Center and at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, January 20-21. Bishop Schori was the keynote speaker during Saturday's convention session, as well as the celebrant/preacher at the Friday evening Eucharist held at St. Paul's. In this photo (copyright 2012, Winston-Salem Journal; photo/Bruce Chapman; reproduced with permission) Bishop Katharine is congratulating members of Kids4Peace who were this year's recipients of the Bishop's Medal of Honor (Bishop Michael Curry is shown in the foreground). Also seen in the background are several members of St. Anne's choir, who participated in the service.

Blue Christmas Service

Thursday, December 22nd, 6:00 pm - A Eucharist to honor those who are suffering or have suffered loss. More information is available in a recent article in The Chronicle. Once at The Chronicle's website, click Archive in the upper right corner, then click on the December 1, 2011 edition, then under Select a Page, scroll down to B3.

An Extra Seat at the Table Stewardship Update

Our Fall Vestry Stewardship Luncheons have come to an end. Many thanks to everyone who attended. If you were unable to attend, any member of the Stewardship Committee, or Paige French, Treasurer, will gladly provide you with the information provided at the meetings.

If you have already returned your pledge card, thank you! If you have not, we hope you can help us successfully complete our stewardship effort by returning your pledge card as soon as possible. You may return it to the church office or simply place it in the collection plate on Sunday.

We are grateful for your prayerful consideration of support for the mission and ministries of St. Anne's!

Prodigals Community Dinner - November 14

On November 14th, St. Anne's will be providing dinner for the residents of Prodigals Community, a residential substance abuse treatment program in Winston-Salem. Sign-ups sheets for food contributions (and recipes!) are in the Parish Hall. Please support this important ministry in our community.

Samaritan Inn Overnight Host

Volunteer to be an overnight host at the Samaritan Ministries Homeless Shelter November 20, 21, or 22. Six volunteers are needed for each night. Information about volunteering and sign-up sheets are in the Parish Hall. Please plan to be a part of this very rewarding experience.

Join the St. Anne's CROP Walk Team

Join your St. Anne's family, as we continue our efforts to address the Millennium Development Goal to eradicate hunger, both locally and globally! To join the St. Anne's CROP Walk Team and/or make a donation, click here.

Date: Sunday, October 16, 2011
Place: LJVM Coliseum Annex
Time: Lunch for Walkers at St. Anne's - 12:30 pm
Registration at LJVM - 1:30 pm
2 mile walk - 2:30 pm (The route is quite level for easy walking conditions, and includes beautiful tree-lined Reynolds Boulevard!)

Join St. Anne's in W-S PRIDE 2011

On Saturday, October 15th, Equality Winston-Salem is sponsoring a festival and PRIDE parade in downtown Winston-Salem from 11 am - 5 pm. The PRIDE parade will begin at 4 pm. St. Anne's is participating as a member of Interfaith Voice, a consortium of 10 faith communities, who represent an affirming voice for the LGBTQ community. St. Anne's also will have an individual float in the PRIDE parade. For the parade route and additional information on W-S PRIDE 2011 click here.

Volunteers are needed to distribute information about St. Anne's at the Interfaith Voice booth, ride on the St. Anne's float, and walk in the march. To sign up, please contact Beverly Gosnell at bgosnell@hotmail.com.

Support Team Irene for the MS Tour to Tanglewood

Support St. Anne's Team Irene on its 8th annual Tour to Tanglewood on September 17-18! Our goal this year was to increase the number of riders on our team. We met our goal! The team now has seven riders. To make an online donation to the team click here.

OR you can write a check payable to the National MS Society designated for Team Irene and give it to Irene Burton or Stuart Winikoff to distribute among the team members. For more information go to the Team Irene page on our website.

2011 Botswana Diocesan Youth Exchange

Follow Sharita Womack and diocesan youth from July 14-28 as they travel to Botswana for a diocesan youth exchange. Click here for their blog!

Community Peace Garden Work Day

Members of all ages sipped ginger lemonade as they helped tend our beautiful and bountiful garden on Saturday, July 9. St. Anne's Community Peace Garden was cited in the article How Does Your Community Garden Grow? in the recent issue of The Disciple. Our garden was funded initially by an Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) grant and is featured as a resource in EPF's Nonviolence Toolkit for creative peacemaking. Many thanks to all who came out on Saturday to support this ongoing and important ministry. Click here for more photos and here for more information on the garden.

Welcome to Our New Interim Organist: Linda Kent

On Sunday, July 3rd, Linda Kent will begin as St. Anne's new interim organist. More information on Linda's impressive background can be found on the Music Ministry page. Welcome to St. Anne's, Linda!

2011 Youth Mission Trip: NC Tornado Recovery

On Monday, June 20th, group of youth and adults from St. Anne's travelled in a small caravan of pickup trucks to Raleigh, NC. They were headed there to help with recovery/relief work following the devastating tornadoes that had struck there on April 16. Their destination: Stony Brook Mobile Home Park, which had suffered some of the worst destruction that day, including the loss of several lives. Click here for the blog and here for photos of this important work of ministry.

Article on Father Lawrence in The Chronicle

Click here to access The Chronicle's website, then click the Archive box. Click on the June 16, 2011 edition. Go to Select a Page and drop down to B3, then B6.

Meet Our New Intern: Nick Meacham

We are delighted that Nick Meacham will be serving as a diocesan intern at St. Anne's from July 1 to early January 2012. Nick's internship is part of the diocesan discernment process for persons hearing the call to ordained ministry.

Born and raised in Birmingham, England, Nick became politically active in college, and at the age of 25 was elected to a council seat in the heart of the borough in which he was raised. In the summer of 2004, while visiting friends in Asheville, Nick met his wife, Ann, and moved to North Carolina shortly thereafter. His job with BioNetwork brought the two of them to Forsyth Tech and Winston-Salem. They have been attending St. Timothy's where Nick heard the call to ministry. Welcome to St. Anne's, Nick and Ann!

Celebration of New Ministry

St. Anne's, greet your new rector and his family! With those words, spoken by The Rt. Rev. Michael B.Curry, Bishop of the Diocese of NC, the Rev. Lawrence Womack officially became the new rector of St. Anne's Episcopal Church on Sunday, June 12th. Click here for photos.

Amy Jaffe Hunger Fund Collection

For this year's collection, we collected baby food for the Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem. Amy Jaffe is a former parishioner, now living in New York, whose passion to end hunger is celebrated annually with this fund in her honor. Thank you to everyone who participated in this important huger ministry.

Repairing the Brokenness: Faith Responses to U.S.-Sponsored Torture

As part of a nationwide observance of Torture Awareness Month, a program on faith responses to U.S. sponsored torture was held at St. Anne's on Wednesday, June 8th, 7:30 pm, immediately following the Pasta Supper. The program began with the video, Repairing the Brokenness, followed by a thought-provoking discussion facilitated by parishioner, Dr. Ken Hoglund, Professor of Religion at WFU.

Bread for the World Letter-Writing Campaign

Over 50 letters were written and mailed by St. Anne's parishioners as a result of the Outreach Committee's hosting of a Bread for the World Letter-Writing Campaign on Sunday, May 22, in the Kennedy Parish Hall. The focus of this year's campaign is to ask our legislators to make U.S. foreign assistance more effective in reducing hunger and poverty in a political environment that is deeply partisan. Many thanks to everyone who participated in this important hunger ministry.

Old Town School Book Drive

Again this year, St. Anne's partnered with other churches to provide every student at Old Town Elementary School with a new book to take home for the summer. St. Anne's provided books for Old Town's 100+ fifth graders. Many thanks to everyone who participated in this important literacy ministry!

Congratulations 2011 Graduates!

Congratulations and best wishes to all of our 2011 graduates: Andrew Vanard (Mt. Tabor HS), Kathryn Horney (Georgia Tech University), Christine Vanard (Lees-McRae College), Ben Winikoff (Wake Forest University) and Michael Elliot (UNC School of Law).

St. Anne's Welcome to the Womacks

THANK YOU, Ed and Emily Wilson, for so graciously hosting St. Anne's Welcome to the Womacks on Saturday, April 30th. The day was so successful that we ran out of name tags! Once again we experienced the sweet, sweet spirit in this place!

Spiritual Retreat

A Gracious Plenty: Experiencing God's Abundance was the theme of the spiritual retreat held at St. Anne's on April 1-2. Click here to view photos.

Chiapas Project

During Spring Break, parishioner, Jeanne Simonelli, delivered St. Anne's Outreach Committee's MDG grant to Chiapas (see related article below). Click here to view her blog while there.

St. Anne's Receives CROP Hunger Walk Awards

At the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County CROP Hunger Walk Recognition Awards Reception held Feb. 22nd, St. Anne's received an award for raising $4,170.25 for the 2010 CROP Walk. Special congratulations to parishioners, Bob and Beverly Gosnell and Donna Williams, who became members of the Golden Shoe Club for raising over $1000. Our own Judy House was 2010 Walk Recruitment Chair and is the 2011 Walk Planning Committee Chair.

St. Anne's Pie Auction Raises Over $1300 for AIDS Care Service

At its third annual Contra Dance and Pie Auction held Feb. 12th, St. Anne's raised over $1300 for AIDS Care Service. Hosted by the Parish Life and Outreach Committees, this I Said RED! event was an enjoyable evening for all, especially for those with winning pie bids.

St. Anne's Receives Green Grant

The Vestry has been informed that St. Anne's has received a Green grant in the amount of $5,000 from the North Carolina Episcopal Church Foundation, Inc. The Foundation's Green grants program has been in effect for two years and is designed to support projects that allow a church to reduce the consumption of energy and other natural resources required to operate a congregation's facilities. The grant will be used to assist us in replacing five exterior doors (two in the sanctuary, two in the Child Care facility, and those in the Narthex) with insulated, steel exterior doors that are virtually maintenance free and that will yield a significant reduction in energy consumption as well as electrical and natural gas costs.

Outreach Committee Receives MDG Grant

The Outreach Committee is delighted to announce that an MDG grant of $2,750 has been awarded to the committee by the Global Missions Committee of the Diocese of NC in support of our ongoing ministry in Chiapas, Mexico. Grants from the Global Missions Committee are awarded to churches in the diocese for established outreach projects that address one or more of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). This grant covers the costs of training materials and workshops for a Training Partnership in Maternal-Child Health, and addresses Millennium Development Goals #3,4,5, and 6, all related to health and empowerment. The Outreach Committee thanks committee member, Jeanne Simonelli, author of the grant, whose work in Chiapas through Wake Forest University has enlightened the entire congregation.