Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem We support and care for each other. Our worship services include time to share our joys and concerns and to contemplate how to give meaning to our lives.

Our mission is to foster spiritual growth, care for each other, protect and preserve the earth, and work for peace and justice. [Links to current activities: https://linktr.ee/UUFWS ] Because we are inclusive, we welcome people regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, disability or personal belief about God. We also provide social and enrichment opportunities whe

re lifelong friendships are made. Spiritual freedom means that we don't all believe alike. Your participation in our community will help you discover or deepen your unique spiritual path. We invite you to attend several worship services and discover the wide variety of topics we explore. Evolving wisdom means that we never stop learning. Religious education for adults and children is an integral part of our mission. By listening to each other and confronting new ideas, we develop a sense of wholeness and connectedness. Ethical action means it is necessary to act on our beliefs. Together we work to make a positive impact on our community and the wider world.

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - A Year of Bread & Roses6/14/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) + Annual Congregational Meet...
06/12/2026

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - A Year of Bread & Roses
6/14/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) + Annual Congregational Meeting following

We spent our year finding wisdom from stories of bread and roses. Finding sustenance, courage, beauty and joy from stories new and old. What from these do we take with us into our tomorrows? Let us carry the sustenance of our bread and the beauty of our roses with us.

Worship Leader: Rev. Kayla
Worship Associate: Geraldine Zurek

Question for Wondering:
What bread and roses have served us well this year, that we want to take into our tomorrows?

Don’t forget to join us at our Wonder-filled Coffee Hour after the service!

Our 10:30 AM Worship Service is offered both in person and online.

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom) for our 11:00 AM service, click here to register for the link to the service:
https://uufws.org/event/worship-service-2-5/

[Image is a photo of a rose on top of two homemade rounds of bread.]

Sunday FORUM: Conversations on Building Our Future6/14/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (Please Note earlier time)What will our congr...
06/12/2026

Sunday FORUM: Conversations on Building Our Future
6/14/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (Please Note earlier time)

What will our congregation’s home look like for the next 10-20 years? This summer we’re shaping that answer together — and gathering all the input we can from our Fellowship – in conversations big and small.

Join the UUFWS Facilities Planning Task Force at the June 14th Forum as they share the latest updates from our architect meetings, walk you through the long-term facility planning process, and lead a Q&A. This is the perfect moment to learn about the planning process ahead!

Our weekly Forum discussion group, offered both in person and online, is held every Sunday as part of our Adult Religious Education program. The topics vary every week. Visitors and guests are welcome.

If you are joining us IN PERSON: We meet in the Emerson/Thoreau rooms. (Enter the main doors, go left, through the double doors, turn right and continue down to the end of the hall.)

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom), click here to register for the link to the Forum:
https://uufws.org/event/forum-6-2-2/

[Image is a photo of several rolled up paper architectural drawings.]

Sunday FORUM: 75th Anniversary LGBTQ, "Remembering Stonewall and our Fellowship’s Response"6/7/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (Plea...
06/07/2026

Sunday FORUM: 75th Anniversary LGBTQ, "Remembering Stonewall and our Fellowship’s Response"
6/7/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (Please Note earlier time)

Frank and Gary will talk about the history of the LGBT civil rights movement and how our Fellowship responded to it.

Our weekly Forum discussion group, offered both in person and online, is held every Sunday as part of our Adult Religious Education program. The topics vary every week. Visitors and guests are welcome.

If you are joining us IN PERSON: We meet in the Emerson/Thoreau rooms.

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom), click here to register for the link to the Forum:
https://uufws.org/event/forum-6-7-26/

[Image is a photo of the Stonewall National Monument sign next to Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, during Pride Month. Rainbow and trans pride flags hang above the sign.]

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - In Conversation: Equity, Honeybees & Healing6/7/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) SINGLE S...
06/07/2026

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - In Conversation: Equity, Honeybees & Healing
6/7/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) SINGLE SERVICE ONLY

Worship Leader: Rev. Kayla & Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Worship Associate: Langdon Byrd

Join us for this conversational sermon between Rev. Kayla and Michelle Cassandra Johnson. Michelle recently facilitated our Listening Circles focused on our last settled ministry, and is also now a co-facilitator for our Restoration & Renewal group. She is an author, activist, spiritual teacher and practitioner, and racial equity consultant and trainer. She and Rev. Kayla will talk today about equity, healing, and of course, honeybees!

Don’t forget to join us at our Wonder-filled Coffee Hour after the service!

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom) for our 10:30 AM service, click here to register for the link to the service:
https://uufws.org/event/worship-service-2-3/

[Image is a photo of bees on their honeycombs.]

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - All Music Sunday5/31/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) SINGLE SERVICE ONLYThis year our Al...
05/31/2026

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - All Music Sunday
5/31/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) SINGLE SERVICE ONLY

This year our All Music Sunday tells the story of 19th-20th century Unitarian Universalism through song and the lives of four important yet lesser known leaders of our faith. Join the choir, Mignon Dobbins, Yong Im Federle and Rev. Kayla as we tell the tales of Mary Augusta Stafford (leader of The Iowa Sisterhood of our first women ministers), John Dietrich (Father of American Humanism), James McGee (Founder of a Black Humanist Unitarian Church) and Eugene Navias (leader in LGBTQ rights and religious education).

Be sure to stay after the service for a “Meet the Architects” meeting with the architects we have contracted with to draft a plan for our capital campaign project!

Worship Leaders: Mignon Dobbins & Rev. Kayla Parker
Worship Associate: Joy Irwin

Don’t forget to join us at our Wonder-filled Coffee Hour after the service!

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom) for our 11:00 AM service, click here to register for the link to the service:
https://uufws.org/event/worship-service-26-05-31/

[Image is a photo of musical notes with smiley faces hand drawn with chalk on a blackboard.]

Sunday FORUM: Covenant with Langdon Byrd (UU Covenant team) and Pam Lepley5/31/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (Please Note earlier ...
05/31/2026

Sunday FORUM: Covenant with Langdon Byrd (UU Covenant team) and Pam Lepley
5/31/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (Please Note earlier time)

Unitarian Universalism is a covenantal rather than a creedal faith. What does that mean? How doe we make and keep covenants? How to we repair them when broken?

Our weekly Forum discussion group, offered both in person and online, is held every Sunday as part of our Adult Religious Education program. The topics vary every week. Visitors and guests are welcome.

If you are joining us IN PERSON: We meet in the Emerson/Thoreau rooms.

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom), click here to register for the link to the Forum:
https://uufws.org/event/forum-2026-5-31/

[Image is a photo of a flame in a chalice encircled by two rings.]

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - The Ten Oxherding Pictures: “Enough” In Every Step of Enlightenment5/24/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online...
05/23/2026

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - The Ten Oxherding Pictures: “Enough” In Every Step of Enlightenment
5/24/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) SINGLE SERVICE ONLY

The Ten Oxherding Pictures are a Zen teaching tool to describe the path toward an enlightened or awakened mind. We will follow the narrative of the pictures to see how Enough shows up at each part of the journey to enlightenment.

Returning as our guest preacher is John Kernodle, a Zen Buddhist and the founder and director of Bridge and Refuge, a Buddhist aligned Spiritual Direction and Meditation Instruction Practice.

Worship Leader: John Kernodle
Worship Associate: Julie Palm

Questions for Wondering:
What is my heart needing now? my body? my spirit?
How can I fulfill these needs?

Don’t forget to join us at our Wonder-filled Coffee Hour after the service!

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom) for our 11:00 AM service, click here to register for the link to the service:
https://uufws.org/event/worship-service-2-2/

[Image is a sandstone carving representing one of The Zen Ox Herding Pictures.]

Sunday FORUM: The Story of Ruth with Rabbi Andrew Ettin5/24/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (PLEASE NOTE EARLIER TIME)The Book of Ru...
05/23/2026

Sunday FORUM: The Story of Ruth with Rabbi Andrew Ettin
5/24/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM (PLEASE NOTE EARLIER TIME)

The Book of Ruth unfolds “in the days when the judges ruled,” a turbulent period marked by famine and instability. Naomi, her husband Elimelech, and their two sons leave Bethlehem for Moab in search of food. Naomi, who loses her husband and sons while living in Moab decides to return home to Bethlehem. Her Moabite daughter‑in‑law Ruth refuses to leave her, pledging loyalty with the words, “Where you go, I will go.” To survive, Ruth gleans leftover grain in the fields of Boaz, a relative of Ruth’s husband who shows her protection and kindness. Naomi guides Ruth in seeking Boaz as a kinsman‑redeemer, and he honorably takes on this role, marries Ruth restoring their family’s future.

Our weekly Forum discussion group, offered both in person and online, is held every Sunday as part of our Adult Religious Education program. The topics vary every week. Visitors and guests are welcome.

If you are joining us IN PERSON: We meet in the Emerson/Thoreau rooms.

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom), click here to register for the link to the Forum:
https://uufws.org/event/forum-2026-05-24/

[Image is a close photo of ripening wheat stalks.]

Sunday FORUM: Two Years of Listening, Learning, and Leading: The Work of the Forsyth IAF Education Research Action Team ...
05/15/2026

Sunday FORUM: Two Years of Listening, Learning, and Leading: The Work of the Forsyth IAF Education Research Action Team with Shirley Simpson
5/17/26, 9:00 - 10:15 AM PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO EARLIER TIME

Over the past two years, the Forsyth IAF Education Research Action Team has been deeply engaged in listening to families, educators, and community members across Forsyth County to understand their experiences with public education. Through hundreds of conversations and small‑group meetings, the team identified consistent concerns around services for exceptional children and the need for stronger school counseling and student support. In response, they have developed concrete proposals aimed at strengthening EC services and expanding the capacity of school counselors to meet student needs.

This important work will be presented to community leaders at the Forsyth IAF Founding Assembly on June 14, where our county will come together to support meaningful, community‑driven improvements in public education.

Our weekly Forum discussion group, offered both in person and online, is held every Sunday as part of our Adult Religious Education program. The topics vary every week. Visitors and guests are welcome.

If you are joining us IN PERSON: We meet in the Emerson/Thoreau rooms.

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom), click here to register for the link to the Forum:
https://uufws.org/event/forum-2026-05-17/

[Image is a flyer for the IAF Founding Assembly on June 14.]

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - Celebrating 75 Years5/17/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) SINGLE SERVICE ONLY + Anniversa...
05/15/2026

SUNDAY’S TOPIC - Celebrating 75 Years
5/17/26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (online and in-person) SINGLE SERVICE ONLY + Anniversary Festival following!

Join us as we celebrate our 75th Anniversary of being the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem! This is our first 10:30 am only service of the year, and it will be followed by a free festival for all.

Join us at 10:30 to be inspired by the stories of our past and the wonder of our present moment. Then, we can celebrate together! There are spaces for however we want to celebrate, from water games and a band, to honoring those we’ve loved and lost.

Worship Leader: Rev. Kayla Parker
Worship Associate: Herman Schmid, Cindy Naylor

Questions for Wondering:
How can my invisible web be a net to fall upon when I need to fall?
How can my invisible web be a parachute, to launch me into the self and life of my dreams?
How can I invite it to support me in small and large ways every day?

Our 9:15 AM Sunday Worship Service is multigenerational and is offered in-person only. Our 11 AM Worship Service is offered both in person and online.

Don’t forget to join us at our Wonder-filled Coffee Hour after the service!

If you are joining us ONLINE (via Zoom) for our 11:00 AM service, click here to register for the link to the service:
https://uufws.org/event/worship-service-2026-05-17/

[Image is a flyer for our 75th anniversay festival which follows the 10:30 service.]

Address

4055 Robinhood Road
Winston-Salem, NC
27106

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 1pm
Sunday 9am - 1pm

Telephone

(336) 659-0331

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