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Intuitive Decision Making

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Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 9:00am - 10:00am
Moderator: 
Grant Renier

Grant Renier will discuss Intuitive Decision Making and How it Dominates Our Lives.

Current Events

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Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 9:00am - 10:00am
Moderator: 
TBA

Discussion of current events

The 'Occupy' Movement

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Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 9:00am - 10:00am
Moderator: 
Ethan Smith

Ethan Smith from Occupy Winston Salem will discuss the nationwide "Occupy" movement.

Current Events

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Moderator: 
Bill Roberts

Discussion of current events led by Bill Roberts.

Marriage Equality

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Moderator: 
Frank Benedetti

Frank Benedetti will speak on "MARRIAGE EQUALITY: What is it, how did the idea evolve, is it Constitutional and why is it important to our UU values"?

Christian Dominionism cont'd

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Moderator: 
Janet Joyner

Janet Joyner will continue her series on Christian Dominionism with a session entitled "Faith Based Initiatives and the Technique of Duplicating to Undermine or Replace Institutions."

Planning for the Inevitable

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Moderator: 
Karen Cross

Karen Cross and colleagues from Hospice will lead a discussion entitled ADVANCED DIRECTIVES: PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE.  They will also have copies of necessary legal forms, etc. available for whomever needs them.

Anti-Family Amendment Workshop

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Location: 

Fellowship Hall, Kitchen

Interested in learning more about the effects of the Anti-Family Amendment that will be on the May 8th primary ballot?  Want to do something about it?  At this one-hour workshop, we’ll each work on our own elevator speech explaining why we, as UUs, oppose this amendment and find out how we can work individually and as a group to defeat this amendment. You are welcome to bring a bag dinner.

Anti-Family Amendment Workshop

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Location: 

Fellowship Hall, Kitchen

Interested in learning more about the effects of the Anti-Family Amendment that will be on the May 8th primary ballot?  Want to do something about it?  At this one-hour workshop, we’ll each work on our own elevator speech explaining why we, as UUs, oppose this amendment and find out how we can work individually and as a group to defeat this amendment. You are welcome to bring a bag lunch.

Clothing Closet

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Repeats every week on the first Saturday and on the third Saturday and on the fifth Saturday until Mon Feb 27 2012 except Sat Jan 21 2012, Sat Feb 04 2012, Sat Feb 18 2012.
Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: 

Foyer

Christian Dominionism, Part II

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Moderator: 
Janet Joyner

Janet Joyner will continue her series on Christian Dominionism is a session she's entitled: INCUBATING A REVOLUTION: Michael Farris, Ned Ryun and Home Schooling the Joshua Generation.

Serengeti Safari

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Moderator: 
Gus Preschle

Gus Preschle will talk about and share photos of his recent Africa trip in a session he's entitled: SERENGETI SAFARI: Wildlife, Geography and Culture of East Africa.

CHANGE Assembly of Celebration

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Location: 

Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1075 Shalimar Drive

CHANGE is turning 10! Join SAC and the UUFWS CHANGE Core Team at the Assembly of Celebration at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1075 Shalimar Drive, at 3:00 PM on December 4th to hear about CHANGE's current projects in foreclosures, homelessness, senior issues, parental engagement in our schools, and more, then stay for Food, Fun and Fellowship.

Book Discussion - Faithiest

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Location: 

Carswell Hall, Wake Forest University

Chris Stedman, Interfaith and Community Service Fellow for the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University, will speak on Monday, November 7th at 7 p.m. at the Annenburg Forum in Carswell Hall on the campus of Wake Forest University. His talk, Faithiest, will be on bridging the secular and religious divide. This event is sponsored by the Wake Forest University Chaplain's Office.

Occupy Winston-Salem General Assembly

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Location: 

Fellowship Hall, Kitchen

God, Reason and Politics

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Moderator: 
Fred Swan

Fred Swan will lecture of God, Reason and Politics.

Current Events

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Moderator: 
Ken Ostberg

Discussion of current events.

More Than a Movement: Shared Dreams

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Moderator: 
Panel Discussion

Wooten Gough, Silvia Rodriguez, Uriel Alberto, Lynette White, Martin Rodriguez and Moises Serrano will discuss their experiences as immigrants and their organization, El Cambio, in a session they have titled More Than A Movement: Shared Dreams.

Growing Up With Family Ties to the Political Left

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Moderator: 
Eleanor Stoller

Eleanor Stoller will discuss her recent sociological research in a presentation entitled Reds and Pinkanens: Growing Up With Family Ties to the Political Left.

Fellowship Budget & Stewardship

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Moderator: 
Shawn Angell/Stewardship Committee

Shawn Angell and the Stewardship Committee will lead a discussion of the Fellowship's budget and our annual stewardship campaign.

Current Events

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Moderator: 
Bill Roberts

Discussion of current events.

Christian Dominionism

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Moderator: 
Janet Joyner

Janet Joyner will lead an ongoing discussion on Christian Dominionism.  Origins of dominionism; abortion as a political wedge; The Moses generation as vanguard; Michael Farris and Ned Ryun, the home schooled foot soldiers of the Joshua generation; and creationism/intelligent design and The Center for Science and Culture.

Current State of the Real Estate Industry

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Moderator: 
Jane & Roxie Towns

Jane and Roxie Towns will lead a discussion on the current state of the real estate industry.

Book Review: Anatomy of an Epidemic

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Moderator: 
Steve Weston

Review of ANATOMY OF AN EPIDEMIC by Robert Whitaker.

Vigil for Equality

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Location: 

Grace Court Park

Interweave invites you to join Equality NC in a candlelight vigil which will draw attention to the growing numbers of North Carolinians who will be affected by the proposed anti-LGBT constitutional amendment. Simultaneous vigils will be held at locations across the state. Wear your Standing on the Side of Love shirts and pins and stand for the inherent worth and dignity of our LGBT friends and neighbors.

Current Economic Issues

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Moderator: 
Mike Stoller

Mike Stoller will lead a discussion of current economic issues.

In Memorial to the World Trade Center Tragedy

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Moderator: 
Robert Vorsteg, Imam Khalid Griggs, Janet Joyner

Robert Vorsteg will read his poem, THE TOWER AND THE MINARET
Imam Khalid Griggs from the Community Mosque of Winston-Salem will make remarks and take questions
Janet Joyner will discuss CHRISTIAN DOMINIONISM: Only Rising or Already Ascendent?

Current Events

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Moderator: 
John Cavello

Discussion of current events.

Dementia & Alzheimer's

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Moderator: 
Neil Cooper

Neil Cooper will discuss New Strategies for Treating Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

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