Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is proud to be a presenting partner for the Triad Cultural Arts Juneteenth Festival, the 14th Annual Freedom Celebration of the Triad, being held on Saturday, June 16, at Wake Forest Innovation Quarter....
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Clergy Resilience
Please join us for our next free clergy education event. Chaplain Dana Patrick, Staff Chaplain with the First Responder Chaplaincy program, will speak about “Clergy Resilience: Tools for the Trade.” Chaplain Patrick is an experienced minister, a resiliency...
Congregational Churn
By Chris Gambill One aspect of congregational life that doesn't always get a lot of discussion is what some businesses call the “churn rate.” The churn rate is slang for talking about how many individuals move into or out of a given system over a...
FaithHealth Fellows: 2018 Graduates
Pictured first row, Graylin Carlton and Dianne Horton; middle row, Brooks Johnson and Renee Rutherford; back row, Zack King and Anita Holmes; Melissa Stancil (not pictured) by Emily Viverette Congratulations to the second cohort of FaithHealth Fellows! On April...
HHS Partnership offers tools to address opioid crisis
By Heidi Christensen Drug addictions and abuse are among the most prevalent, complex and destructive illnesses in human society. They are found in every segment of our communities, regardless of race, religion and socioeconomic class as well as every walk of life:...
Wilkes student focuses senior project on breast cancer awareness
Wilkes Central High School senior Kelsey Call (pictured in center) chose to focus her senior project on breast cancer awareness because the disease had affected several members of her family. Her focus was to raise funds to help...
Empowerment Project & City with Dwellings: knowledge, passion & street smarts
Groups Develop Winning Formula for Working with Vulnerable Populations By Les Gura Most don’t see the most vulnerable people in the community or they choose to look away when they walk right past on the street. But two organizations in Winston-Salem are...
The Deep End of the Pool: An Adult Swim
By Gary Gunderson It's common in professional circles to warn young professionals to “stay in their lane,” borrowing from a swimming metaphor, where you can’t hurt people or embarrass yourself by wandering into someone else’s lane. It’s a way of telling someone to...
Collaboration for NC Medicaid Managed Care
Safety net clinics collectively served 351,000 Medicaid patients over a recent 12-month period and plowed the proceeds from those encounters back into serving another 485,480 people who are uninsured. By Tim Gallagher North Carolina has had a rich history of...
Powerful tools for caregivers class begins May 3
Upcoming Class Thursdays, May 3 - June 7, 10 am - Noon SECU Family House, 1970 Baldwin Lane, Winston-Salem Caring for an older relative or friend with a chronic illness such as dementia, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease or stroke can be stressful physically,...