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Wedgewood is a liberal, culturally diverse, service-oriented, interfaith church in Charlotte, NC with members who are Progressive Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Pagans, Atheists, Agnostics, and many other faith journeys and perspectives. When we say everyone is welcome at Wedgewood, we mean EVERYONE! Join us as we try to change the world.
​Sunday, December 14th at Wedgewood:
“The Christmas Truce”
Reader's Theater Performance
Our traditional Readers Theater this year will be “The Christmas Truce.”
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The Christmas Truce refers to a series of unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front during World War I, beginning on Christmas Eve in 1914. Soldiers from opposing sides, primarily British and German troops, stepped out of their trenches to exchange greetings, sing carols, share food, and bury their dead. This spontaneous moment, sparked by the holiday spirit and basic human connection, offered a brief pause
in the violence even though commanders did not approve and fighting soon resumed.
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Peace can feel elusive in our world today. But if you attended our International Holiday Bazaar, with vendors from many cultures laughing together and sharing their beautiful crafts, you may have felt your hope renewed just as ours was.
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Join us this Sunday as we remember the story of “The Christmas Truce,” a powerful reminder that even in the darkest times, peace can break through.
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10:30am: Coffee & Conversation
11:00am: Sunday Service
12:00pm: After the Amen
What an incredible day at the 4th Annual International Holiday Bazaar!
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This year, we were thrilled to welcome our largest group of vendors yet, with seventeen artisans and organizations sharing their work, culture, and creativity. More than two hundred attendees joined us throughout the afternoon and, together, we raised over $1,300 for Refugee Support Services, supporting families who are building new lives in Charlotte.
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Events like the Bazaar reflect the heart of Wedgewood’s mission. We believe community is built through dignity, solidarity, and shared celebration. By uplifting refugee and immigrant artisans, we create spaces where people can tell their stories, sustain their livelihoods, and feel welcomed for who they are. Every purchase, every conversation, and every moment of connection is part of that work.
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Thank you to everyone who showed up, shopped, and supported our neighbors.
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See you next year!
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Our Neighbors Need Our Help!
Wedgewood is sponsoring a GoFundMe effort to support the children who have been directly impacted by recent Customs and Border Patrol and ICE actions in Charlotte.
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The recent CBP operation, along with ongoing heightened ICE activity, has caused devastating disruption for families across our city. Some children have had parents detained or deported. Others have caregivers who are “disappeared” with no confirmed information about their whereabouts. Many have missed significant time at school. All are experiencing fear, instability, and deep anxiety.
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This GoFundMe will create an emergency relief fund dedicated specifically to helping these children. With your support, we will work through trusted local organizations to provide urgent assistance that helps stabilize families, covers essential needs, and ensures that no child is left to navigate this crisis alone.
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Please consider donating to this urgent effort. Your generosity will help keep families safe, supported, and connected during an incredibly difficult moment for Charlotte’s immigrant community.
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Thank you for standing with our neighbors when it matters most.
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At Wedgewood, we believe in shared leadership and collective wisdom.
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As a small social justice church, we know our time and energy are precious, and we want to make sure we are focusing on the issues that matter most to you.
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This short survey, just 5 minutes, will help guide our work in the coming months. We promise there are no donation requests, only honest questions about what inspires you, challenges you, and helps you stay connected to Wedgewood’s mission.
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Your feedback will shape our services, events, and social justice actions moving forward.
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Thank you for helping us grow thoughtfully and stay rooted in purpose.
— The Wedgewood Leadership Team
The Wedgewood Social Justice Book Club
The Wedgewood Social Justice Book Club will resume on Thursday, January 15. We will begin reading our next book, Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman. Please read the first chapter before we gather again.
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We meet bi-weekly on Zoom, and Wedgewood members and non-members are always welcome. Whether you have joined us before or are thinking about attending for the first time, we look forward to beginning the new year in thoughtful community.
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We wish everyone a very Happy Holiday Season!
Community Resource
Directory
Across the Charlotte region, families are feeling the impact of the ongoing government shutdown and rising food insecurity. Food banks and community organizations are working around the clock, but the need continues to grow.
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Our Community Resource Directory connects neighbors to vital local resources, including free community meals, food pantries, and mutual aid programs, as well as opportunities to donate, volunteer, and support those doing the work on the front lines of hunger relief.
Click the link below to explore local food resources and find ways you can help.
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Mark Your Calendars:
Wedgewood Holiday Lunch Portofino’s Park Road
Instead of a Sunday Service, we will gather for good food, laughter, and connection as we celebrate the season together. This relaxed time of community is one of our favorite Wedgewood traditions, offering a chance to slow down, share stories, and enjoy the company of friends old and new.
At Wedgewood, we believe that faith is about showing up for one another and for the world around us. We are an open, affirming, and interfaith community that welcomes people from every background and belief system. Our mission is to practice compassion, seek justice, and build a world where everyone belongs. Gatherings like our Holiday Lunch reflect that spirit of inclusion and connection and remind us that community itself is sacred.
Whether you are deeply spiritual, questioning, or simply seeking a place to belong, you are welcome to join us.
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WHEN: Sunday, December 21 at 12:00 PM
WHERE: Portofino’s Park Road (5126 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209)
"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Wedgewood standing up for immigrants at the No Kings March on June 14, 2025​
Wedgewood Statement on Immigrant Rights
On Sunday, August 10th, Wedgewood proudly voted unanimously on a proposal affirming our support for the immigrant community.
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“Wedgewood believes that all immigrants, regardless of their status, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. We condemn the use of dehumanizing language, such as “alien” or “illegal.” We reject the deployment of paramilitary masked police forces with limited training and accountability that terrorize our immigrant communities. We strongly oppose the racist targeting of individuals based on their skin color or language. Wedgewood calls on our political representatives to redirect funds from militarizing the border to be used to increase the staffing of immigration courts and lawyers. This will allow every individual to be afforded the constitutional right to challenge their detention before a judge in a timely fashion. We consider seizing of individuals and imprisoning them without trial in foreign or domestic concentration camps to be a criminal act, and call for those responsible to be prosecuted. We condemn the deportation of individuals to countries that are suffering from war, starvation or rampant lawlessness. We advocate for a path to citizenship for the millions of immigrants living and working in the US.”
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Call to Action: We challenge you this week to reach out on behalf of our immigrant community. Contact the CMS school board about their recent to allow Ice to enter buildings, to speak with or arrest a student or staff member. Contact our state representatives about the bills that were just overridden to allow more cooperation between ICE and las enforcement. Contact all our representatives in DC.
Also remember to support our local immigrants any way that you can. Buy flowers and fruits and vegetables from the street vendors. They are risking their lives to be there. And give lots of hugs to all the people in this community affected by these abusive policies.
Statement on Israel and Palestine
Unanimously Approved by
Wedgewood Congregation
At the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Alliance of Baptists, of which Wedgewood is a member, a statement on Israel and Palestine was adopted. The statement has since been adopted by Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists, Baptist Peace Fellowship, Creation Justice Ministries, Freedom Center for Social Justice, Greenfaith, and Hearts United for Good. Wedgewood partners with all of these organizations. Many individual churches have also voted to adopt this official statement.
The statement has 4 main points:
“The Alliance has voted to call Israel an apartheid state. In this statement, 1) we affirm our commitment to freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinian people and all people; 2) we oppose all forms of racism, bigotry, discrimination and oppression, 3) we declare ourselves an apartheid-free community; and 4) we pledge to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s apartheid regime, settler colonialism and military occupation.”
You may read the statement in its entirety here by clicking the button below:
If you would like more background on the Palestinian experience, the Alliance of Baptists made a video that you can watch by clicking the second button below:
Land Acknowledgement
As a community that considers social justice to be a cornerstone of who we are, we would like to acknowledge that the land that Wedgewood is on the unceded land of the Xuali, known today as the Cheraw, as well as the Esaw, now known as the Catawba, and the Sugaree people.
