Welcoming Communities of Faith

Our region has a bounty of welcoming communities of faith.  Check our directory to find one near you.

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Abiding Savior Lutheran Church (ELCA)*

You are welcome. Your family, children, friends, spouses and partners are welcome. Your diversity and uniqueness are welcome.

801 Charlotte Hwy Fairview, North Carolina 28730    Web   Social   eMail
Agudas Israel Synagogue (Reform)*

Agudas Israel is the center for Jewish Living and the only synagogue in Henderson County & is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism.

Jewish (Reformed) 505 Glasgow Lane Hendersonville, North Carolina 28739    Web   Social   eMail
Asheville Friends*

We are an unprogrammed Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.

​Quaker - Friends 227 Edgewood Rd. Asheville, North Carolina 28804    Web   Social   eMail
Avalon Grove*

Our goal is to offer an inclusive, open-minded, non-judgmental church, where visitors of all faiths, races, and nationalities are welcome. Our goal is to offer an inclusive, open-minded, non-judgmental church, where visitors of all faiths, races, and nationalities are welcome.

Celtic Christian ​ 223 Dula Springs Road Weaverville, North Carolina 28787    Web   Social   eMail
Bahai Center*

The Bahá'i Faith is an independent and world embracing religion devoted to serving and uniting communities around the world.

Bahai 5 Ravenscroft Dr Asheville, North Carolina 28801    Web   Social   eMail
Boone Friends Meeting*

381 E. King Street Boone, North Carolina 28607    Web    
Boone Unitarian Universalist Fellowship*

We welcome all people and offer a liberal religious experience that embraces theological diversity and draws on multiple spiritual traditions.

Unitarian Universalist  381 E King St Boone, North Carolina 28607    Web   Social   eMail
Brevard Friends Meeting*

Brevard Friends Meeting is a group of Friends who join for silent worship on Sundays at 11:00 at Elk Haven Wellness Center

Quaker - Friends 100 Elks Club Rd Brevard, North Carolina 28712    Web   Social   eMail
Calvary*

Our worship is liturgical; that is, it follows ancient forms, involving the whole congregation but using modern language. Consisting of scripture, hymns, sermon, prayer, and celebration of the Holy Eucharist (also called the Holy Communion or the Lord’s Supper), our worship involves everyone.

​Episcopal  2840 Hendersonville Rd. Fletcher, North Carolina 28732    Web   Social   eMail
Cathedral of All Souls*

As an Episcopal church, we live by our baptismal covenant which calls us to “respect the dignity of every human being.” We lean into the words All Souls, so much so that we jokingly refer to ourselves as “All Sorts”. No matter who you are, where you come from, where you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here.

​Episcopal  9 Swan St. Biltmore Village Asheville, North Carolina 28803    Web   Social   eMail
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We have a lot of wonderful, welcoming organizations in Western North Carolina.  

Our pilot version of this database focuses on a few types of organizations (e.g., communities of faith).  However, our plan is to expand its features to accommodate a wide variety of organizations and businesses. 

  • Welcoming Groups: Groups that invite members who share some a common interest or need.  Examples: support and empowerment groups, shared interest groups, sports teams.
  • Welcoming Community Services: For organizations that provide specific support services.  Designed to hep users to locate providers of specific support service.
  • Welcoming Organizations: A general listing intended to include everything from employers and merchants to churches and schools.

Our intent is that organizations and groups maintain their own listing. However, to help things along, we have pre-populated some pages with listings.  If you find a listing for your organization and want to assume control of it, you need to complete two steps:

  1. Register on this website.  Where possible, do so with an email associated with the organization listed. (We need to confirm that you are authorized.)
  2. Send an email to [email protected] from your registered email address.  Tell us the listing you want us to transfer to you and let us know your role in the organization.  

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To keep this resource useful, we ask everyone to abide by the following.  Click on an item for more detail.

Only one person (other than us) can edit a listing for an organization.  If you need us to transfer control of a listing to someone else, do this in two steps:

  1. Make sure that they register on the site.  It is best if they use an email associated with your organization.
  2. Send an email to [email protected] requesting that we transfer control of a listing from one user to another.  Give both user names and emails.

Please code your listing to help our community find organizations that target them.  

We will remove a listing if there is sufficient evidence that the organization in question operates in a way that is incompatible with its posted listing or our focus on fostering a welcoming community. 

We welcome modest donations and immodest endowments. If active users and directory listers kick in a little something each year, we think that we can sustain and build this virtual center for the community.

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Tips suggested by users

  • Prepare. There is no save-and-resume button, so have all the information on hand. (But you can return to edit it.)
  • Recurring Events. Powerful, but a little confusing the first time:
    • To enter a meeting on the same date each month (e.g., the 5th), select “on the same day”. 
    • To enter a meeting on the same day and/or week (e.g., 1st Monday), select “on a different day”. 
  • Categories. As a rule, you will want to select at least three categories, one from each of the following.
    • Event Type
    • Target Audience
    • Welcoming Pages
  • Venues / Organizers.
    • Enter the name of the organizer and location. 
    • If it is already in the database, the calendar will populate your event with relevant contact and location information. 
    • If you have to add a new organizer or venue, please fill in all the fields.  It will help others.
  • Review. Once you submit an event, it will be reviewed before appearing on the calendar.

Help Us

We find the calendar pretty intuitive. Please use the feedback button to suggest tips to add here.

Give us feedback!  And, please be patient.

This is our pilot release.  We will assemble user feedback to guide our second release in 2020 Q2.

We encourage and welcome donations.

We welcome everything from modest donations to immodest endowments. If active users and directory listers kick in a little something each year, we think that we can sustain and build this virtual center for the community.

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This includes western North Carolina and nearby communities in contiguous states (e.g., eastern Tennessee, northwestern South Carolina, northern Georgia, southwestern Virginia. It also includes groups based outside the region that have a local presence.

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Why?  We don’t allow these because we don’t have the resources to monitor such links. You are welcome to link to pages on your site that include these. 

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