Your RSVP Requested for MLK Weekend Events!
We look forward to once again honoring Dr. King’s life and prophetic vision and actions and we hope you will plan to join us for these special community events!
MLK Weekend Service Project
Saturday, January 13
9 am – 12 pm at Catawba Trail Farm (2080 Sawmill Creek Pkwy)
Members of Watts Street Baptist Church and St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church are invited to join together to volunteer and learn about the amazing mission of Catawba Trail Farm. We look forward to building relationships as we work together before we worship together on MLK Sunday. Be sure to dress warmly! All ages are welcome. Please RSVP to kelly@wattsstreet.org by Monday, January 8.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday at Watts Street!
Sunday, January 14
11 am in the WSBC Sanctuary
The service will be livestreamed here
We are honored to welcome Rev. Dr. Lynn Brinkley as our guest preacher. Dr. Brinkley is the associate director of the national Baptist Women in Ministry. She previously served as Director of Church, Alumni, and Student Relations at Campbell University Divinity School where she remains as an adjunct instructor. Dr. Brinkley is an ordained Baptist minister at First Baptist Church in Fayetteville. She serves as immediate past chair of the executive committee for Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty based in Washington, DC and serves on the Minister’s Division of the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. In July 2021, she began a 5-year term on the Commission on Race and Gender for the Baptist World Alliance.
We will be joined in worship by the congregation of St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church and community leaders from Durham. We invite all Watts Street members and friends to help us extend warm hospitality to our guests on this special day.
MLK Sunday Lunch and Discussion
Sunday, January 14
12 pm in the WSBC Fellowship Hall
After worship, all are invited to the fellowship hall for a catered lunch, table talk discussion, and a Q and A session with Dr. Brinkley.
Lunch reservations can be made on the REALM app or by contacting the church office (919-688-1366, office@wattsstreet.org) by Thursday, January 11.
When you make your reservation, please indicate your preference:
- baked chicken entrée
- vegetable plate
- attending the session but not eating
If you prefer to stay masked during the session but you would still like the meal, we will have take-out trays available.
Thanks to the WSBC Voices for Love in Action Mission Group for coordinating this event, as well as the St. John’s/WSBC joint service project at Catawba Trail Farm on Saturday, January 13.
January Minute for Mission
Sunday, January 14
The January Minute for Mission on MLK Sunday will support the Walltown Food Pantry. Checks should be made out to WSBC with “Walltown Food Pantry” noted in the memo line or consider the text giving or QR code options.