A lunch conversation at West End Cafe became more than a meeting.It became a relationship.It became a lesson in local history.
And by Juneteenth, it became a $76,262 gift from members of Home Moravian Church to Triad Cultural Arts — enough to help the organization pay off a $75,000 bridge loan connected to the restoration of the historic Shotgun House Legacy Site in Happy Hill.
For Triad Cultural Arts Executive Director Abrea Armstrong and the Rev. Ginny Hege Tobiassen, pastor of Home Moravian Church, the gift represents something larger than a financial transaction. It is part of a growing effort among local Moravians to put faith into practice by confronting history, supporting neighbors and investing in work that helps repair long-standing inequities in Winston-Salem…