Home Moravian Outreach

Sunnyside provides financial aid for housing and utilities costs, operates a food pantry and clothing center, and also offers a scholarship program.

Many church members volunteer at Sunnyside. Opportunities include receptionist, data entry, interviewer, and Spanish interpreter. Our congregation frequently supports Sunnyside by holding food and clothing drives.

To learn more about Sunnyside, visit SunnysideMinistry

The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools program is a literacy and cultural enrichment program designed to serve children and youth in grades K-12 in communities where quality academic enrichment programming is limited, too expensive, or nonexistent. CDF Freedom Schools provide six-week summer and after-school enrichment through a research-based and multicultural curriculum.

Volunteer opportunities include providing lunches and snacks, supplies, reading with a student, leading or assisting with afternoon activities, and going on field trips.

To learn more about CDF Freedom Schools, visit WSFreedomSchools.

Diggs-Latham Elementary School

Home Moravian Church has been in partnership with Diggs-Latham, a public school located just twelve blocks from the church, since 2011. Volunteers provide tutoring and proctoring, help with special events, collect school supplies, hold fundraisers, and offer support to teachers throughout the school year. All on-site volunteers must be approved by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system. To learn more about Diggs-Latham, visit Diggs-Latham.

Diggs-Latham Holiday Store

Through the generosity of church members and their friends, we are able to provide a free holiday store for students and teachers at Diggs-Latham each Christmas. It is stocked with gently used or new items. Each student is given the opportunity to select a gift for an important adult in their life, which is then wrapped by one of our volunteers.

This annual walk fundraiser to alleviate hunger is sponsored by Church World Services (CWS) each October. Proceeds benefit our local organizations of Sunnyside Ministries and Crisis Control, as well as hunger needs throughout the world. Our own Board of World Mission often works in conjunction with CWS to get food to those most in need.

Home Moravian Church has always been a supporter of the CROP Hunger Walk with members walking and/or donating funds.

To learn more about the CROP Walk, visit CropWalkForsyth.

City with Dwellings, which began as a Moravian ecumenical effort in 2013, serves people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. It began by providing shelter to our neighbors experiencing homelessness through the Winter Overflow Shelters. It expanded to offer programming where neighbors are aided with accessing available services (housing, mental health, addiction, etc.). We currently support their programs by providing meals for their White Flag Shelter. For more Information visit CitywithDwellings.

How are City with Dwellings and The Dwelling Different/Alike?

The Dwelling and City with Dwellings share the same heart and the same population, even the same physical address, but they exist as two separate entities. City with Dwellings is the social service component. The Dwelling ministers to the soul.

This church is sponsored by the Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Moravian Church in America. Our congregation supports the ministry of The Dwelling through preparing and serving meals, collecting donations for the Shower Ministry and other programs, and providing financial support. To learn more, visit TheDwellingWS.

How are City with Dwellings and The Dwelling Different/Alike?

The Dwelling and City with Dwellings share the same heart and the same population, even the same physical address, but they exist as two separate entities. City with Dwellings is the social service component. The Dwelling ministers to the soul.

Samaritan Ministries provides food, shelter, and hope for homeless men through Christian love. They have a long-term residential recovery program serving men battling addiction and homelessness. Our church members, 18 years and older, volunteer at the Samaritan Inn two weekends a year by preparing and serving meals. This ministry is shared with other churches in Winston Salem.

For more information visit SamaritanForsyth.

The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is an interfaith ministry that promotes and supports successful aging by providing direct services, volunteer opportunities, and enrichment programs for older adults.

On the first Saturday in November, Home Moravian Church sponsors an evening program known as Saturday Night Fellowship. Downtown senior residents who live in low-income housing are our guests for the evening, where we provide a meal with devotions and entertainment in Fellowship Hall. To learn more about the Shepherd’s Center, visit ShepherdsCenter.

The Winston-Salem Street School (WSSS) is a private alternative high school serving local at-risk youth. It is designed to meet the needs of students who struggled in traditional schools due to academic or behavioral obstacles, many of whom were expelled or dropped out. The WSSS was specifically created to offer them the chance to earn a diploma recognized by the State of North Carolina.

Different groups within our church sign up to prepare and serve lunches for the students and teachers. Our church has also hosted their graduation ceremony in our sanctuary, followed by a reception for the past two years. To learn more about the Winston-Salem Street School, visit WSStreetSchool.

No one wants to be in the hospital at Christmas, so we offer a lovefeast bag to those patients on the cancer and palliative care units at Forsyth Medical Center. Our church children decorate the bags for us. The bags are then filled with the lovefeast items of a Moravian bun, juice, and a handmade Moravian star, then we deliver them to the hospital staff for distribution.

This annual day in September is designated for Moravian churches to stress the importance of service in the community in their worship service and to coordinate a service activity around this special date. Previous projects by our church have included placing markers in the St Philips graveyard, collecting welcome bags for SECU Family House, collecting personal items for The Dwelling and the Domestic Violence Shelter, and gardening at the Gateway Nature Preserve.

Sometimes the best way to help with a local concern is to offer financial support directly to an organization that is already doing excellent work in that particular area. We have a special budget within the church dedicated to that purpose. A sub-committee of the Home Missions Ministry Team meets annually to review candidate organizations and make recommendations to the Trustees on the distribution of those designated funds. Several examples of organizations in this category: Crisis Control, Senior Services, The Enrichment Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, Trinity Center, and the Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministry.