A Celebration of Hospitality and Light

March 2023 Newsletter

Spring is in the air. . .

The days are getting a bit longer, and we are as busy as ever at Welcome House! There is so much to celebrate. Families are rebuilding their lives and calling NC home. Our newest ESL class is made up of folks from Afghanistan, Morocco, Peru, Venezuela, South Korea, Russia, Czech Republic and Mexico. One of our dear friends from Afghanistan recently found a job. Our Circle of Friends Ministry is experiencing growth and deepening commitments.

The families we work with have been through long, bleak nights and seasons where there was precious little light or encouragement. In these early spring-like days we feel more sunlight on our faces and catch glimpses of the dawn breaking for our friends as well. In this work of hospitality, we are reminded every day that by God's grace there is rising to be had.

We have three Bible groups meeting regularly. Allowing the ancient words of the Gospels to illuminate our vastly different individual stories as we sit together is a treasure. One group is reading together the Gospel of Luke.

When Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, is finally freed and able to speak in Luke 1, he is filled with the Holy Spirit and proclaims: In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

May it ever be so!

Celebrating the Installation of Delores Stimpson

Delores Stimpson is appointed as the first Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Service Corp post-career field personnel and is leading Welcome House Network - Triangle West.

Delores Stimpson became manager of the Welcome House Community Network’s Triangle West region, which provides temporary residences for newly arriving refugees, Jan. 1. She serves through Global Service Corps, a CBF program that offers mission opportunities to young college graduates and post-career volunteers, who serve alongside field personnel. She will manage the ministries of Welcome Houses in Chapel Hill, Durham and Hillsborough.

Delores became affiliated with Welcome House when she helped Temple Baptist Church in Durham, her home congregation, open a house in 2020. Then she started coordinating work on the west side of the Research Triangle as a volunteer in 2022. We are delighted and excited to welcome Delores in this new role and consider ourselves to be very fortunate indeed!

Click Here to learn more about Delores' fascinating story shared by Marv Knox

Get your ticket to the CBFNC Hospitality and Housing Summit Today

EMBRACING OUR NEIGHBOR

Registration is Open

Join us for a Hospitality and Housing Summit on April 29 at Trinity Baptist in Raleigh from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The summit serves as a call to embrace our neighbors as our friends by following the best practices of community engagement, listening, learning and empowering local stakeholders. This day-long summit will feature speakers, networking and lots of fellowship. All CBFNC congregations and friends are invited to participate to learn more about creating a table of welcome.

Registration is $10 for those who would like lunch. Lunch will be provided by And Also with Cue and selections must be made on the registration form. You may attend the event at no cost if you do NOT want to purchase lunch.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Ways to support Welcome House Raleigh

Contributions to Welcome House Raleigh are given through the CBFNC website.

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A Note: In the drop down menu under Additional Information - "Where would you like to direct your gift?"

PLEASE CHOOSE "WELCOME HOUSE (WYATT MINISTRY)"

If you would like to mail your gift, kindly use this address:

CBFNC | 2640 Reynolda Road | Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Please indicate on your check: Welcome House Raleigh

If you would like to:

volunteer - perhaps join a Circle of Friends and be a support for new families for their first 6 months in Raleigh

donate groceries for a week for our families living in one of our Welcome Houses OR

learn more about how to strengthen your "hospitality muscles"

please visit our website and reach out to us.

Welcome House Raleigh is part of CBF North Carolina's Welcome House Community Network, a collaborative missions program of CBFNC, CBF field personnel, partner churches and individuals that provides hospitality ministry to vulnerable neighbors across the state.