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UPDATE Week of Dec 20

We had a great last week of our Fellows First Semester with festivities and special events and loving the city and some sweet intentional time together.

Party Time!

Thank you Tim and Julie Gupton for extravagantly hosting the annual Fellows Christmas Party 

This is Hef's shining moment as she led us in Reindeer Games and shenanigans

Meg brought the most surprising white elephant gift - a live fish!

Love Feast and Leader Lunch and Classes

We were all too in the moment to remember to take pictures for these sweet moments. But they are still worth mentioning. On Wednesday we had Leader Lunch with the one and only Nigel Alston to end our semester on an exclamation point. 

We had our annual Fellows Love Feast with Nigel reading the passages for us. Way better than Ned. Our buns were provided by Tammy Priest. Thanks Tammy!

Classes ended on a high note as well on Friday.  

Podcasts

Fellows Alum Mathu Gibson shared about his life on the Square Pizza Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/square-pizza/id1498572654?i=1000586732280

Ned was Interviewed by the Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber on theirs: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lewisville-clemmons-chamber-of-commerce-podcast/id1644408724?i=1000590107536

check them out!

Christmas for the City

It is hard to pick one highlight out of this week...but one of the many highlights was Christmas for the City. We had so much fun volunteering and participating in this community-wide event

Other News

Ned was able to be joined by Lia at the annual Christmas Rotary Lunch

David rocked out at the Band Concert

Ned got to party into the night in celebration of Keith and Emily's new store in Clemmons

It was easier to take a picture of Phillip Summers trying to get a picture of the neighborhood than to get a picture of the neighborhood as we passed out t-shirts to everyone.

Fellows Alum Kelly Martin is now Dr. Kelly Martin

and the world's newest physical therapist. 

Recruiting

We are also celebrating two new Fellows who have committed for next year!

Will Parker of Chattanooga, Tennessee

and Noah McClanahan of Hot Springs, Arkansas

Keep up the prayers y'all - we need 10 more!

Giving

thank you to all who support this mission financially. 

Here is how to join the club:

wsfellows.com/give

or send checks to PO Box 20514 WSNC 27120

Thanks!

Merry Christmas and More Photos































Thanks all! Keep sharing the story and spreading the love

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