People in Wake Forest will be able to share in the annual Lovefeast in Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest University campus in Winston-Salem Sunday afternoon, Dec. 3, by joining others in the Wake Forest Historical Museum on North Main Street.
You will be able to watch the live stream of the Lovefeast and share the traditional sweet buns and Moravian coffee before lighting candles during the singing of the last hymn. This afternoon Lovefeast is the shorter of the two events planned in Winston-Salem.
You are asked to arrive by at least 4:15 p.m. but are invited to join the museum staff and docents for a tour of the museum and the next-door Calvin Jones House which has period holiday decorations.
The event is free but people are asked to register by Friday, Dec. 1. Register at https://secure.www.wfu.edu/event-registration/raleigh-lovefeast-gathering-2017-2766835551.
Moravian student Jane Sherrill Stroupe (’67) organized the first Wake Forest Lovefeast in December 1965. Two hundred students gathered to celebrate the traditional meal. Since then, the Wake Forest Lovefeast has grown to be the largest Moravian-style lovefeast in North America, and one of the favorite features of Wake Forest tradition.
The first lovefeast was served in Germany on August 13, 1727, following the renewal of the Moravian Church. The lovefeast is not to be confused with the sacrament of Holy Communion, but is styled after the common meal partaken in love and fellowship by the early church as described in the book of Acts. This simple service provides an ideal setting for breaking human and religious divides.
