This year marks 100 years that Watts Street Baptist Church has been in existence! Our anniversary theme of “THANKS and YES” is based on the quote by Dag Hammarskjöld, “For all that has been, THANKS. To all that shall be, YES.” During the month of May, our focus is THANKS and YES…Watts Street Missions and Community Connections! Watts Street Community Connections Day! Saturday, May ...
Creation Care Ministry Webinar: “Reducing Our Impact on God’s Creation”
Are you confused about what to recycle and where to take items? Are you unsure if a used light bulb from a bedside table, a battery from a remote control, a pair of worn shoes, or an empty pasta box goes in RECYCLE or GARBAGE? View the slides or watch the video from our 3-13-23 zoom webinar, “Reducing Our Impact on God’s Creation” sponsored by WSBC’s Creation Care Ministry. You will learn about ...
Green Lent Challenge
Three traditional practices promoted at WSBC that are taken up with renewed vigor during Lent are prayer (justice with God), fasting (justice toward self), and almsgiving and social action (justice toward neighbor). The Creation Care Ministry hopes you will add some creation care practices to your toolbox in order to deepen your Lenten experience. On Sunday, February 19th, the congregation ...
How to Help Earthquake Victims in Syria and Turkey
The earthquake in southern Turkey/northwest Syria this week is beyond our worst nightmares. In addition to offering our prayers, one way we can respond is by supporting the relief organizations listed below: (Most of these recommendations came from PBS.) UNICEF is on the ground in Turkey and Syria helping children and families in the aftermath of two devastating earthquakes. World ...
Environmental Justice Webinar
On September 12, 2022, the Watts Street Racial Equity Mission Group and Creation Care Ministries held a webinar to explore the impacts of environmental racism and how we can grab the near edge of this massive problem. Delphine Sellars joined as a guest to share about the work at Catawba Trail Farm. Hear about how to support this local justice work to restore the potential of our communities. A ...
Sounding the Call! 2022-2023 WSBC Mission Groups and Community Connections
We invite every member and friend of the congregation to prayerfully consider engaging with a Watts Street Mission Group this year, in ways big or small. You can learn about our 2022-2023 WSBC Mission Groups and Community Connections in this Missions Brochure. From there, we hope you will complete the WSBC Mission Groups and Community Connections Interest Form. Completed forms can be sent ...
Creation Care Webinar: Marching Toward a Waste-Free Durham!
Recommended Viewing! The video of "Marching Toward A Waste-Free Durham!", the April 7 Creation Care Ministry webinar, is now available to all. When frustration and lack of hope overwhelm us in our care of God’s creation, we feel powerless. But Crystal Dreisbach, CEO and Founder of Don’t Waste Durham, explains how we can help change Durham to a circular economy and be a part of the solution to ...
Creation Care Webinar on Rewilding
On March 21, 2022, our Creation Care Ministry sponsored a webinar on Rewilding. As David Attenborough says in his book A Life on our Planet, “Restoring biodiversity on Earth is the only way out of the crisis we have created. And that, in turn, means ‘rewilding’ the world, re-establishing the balance between the human world and the rest of nature, step by step.” During the webinar, we learned ...
Eviction Crisis in Durham: How You and Your Faith Community Can Make a Difference
Municipal programs to distribute Emergency Rental Assistance in Durham have stopped accepting new applications. Many new households are now at risk of being evicted. Tenants have a right to appeal their eviction which allows community lawyers to represent them to get a better outcome. However, to appeal, the tenant must pay an appeal bond set by the Court. Most people in eviction court do not ...
A Greener Lent
Join WSBC and other members of Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle in eating a plant-based diet for Lent 2022 starting on March 2 and ending on Easter Sunday. We can each do something to reduce global warming! Find out more and choose a level of participation at https://greenerlent.org/. While Lent is traditionally a time to give something up, we can choose to reframe this concept as a ...
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