New Garden Friends Meeting is an inclusive, welcoming faith community in the tradition of the Religious Society of Friends. Our members and attenders represent a wide range of religious backgrounds and traditions. Grounded in more than 250 years of Quaker heritage, New Garden remains a vital Meeting for those who seek that of God in every person.
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall. Share in the longstanding New Garden Friends Meeting tradition of crafting hand-made holiday gifts. Meat and vegetarian chili are provided by the Miller’s, so no one needs to bring food. But, Friends often bring cash should they feel led to contribute. Also, there are occasionally craft items…
9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. / Friendship Hall. We invite refugees and non-profits to display their valuable work and offer us ways to give to friends and family by buying gifts and honor cards. This then helps refugees support themselves and organizations to help others. Lunch and treats will also be available for purchase. Those…
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / Kitchen and Friendship Hall / Bring your own cookie dough. Bake in the Meeting House kitchen. Hang out with Friends and decorate. Then share cookies for a spectacular holiday assortment.
We have currently received one bid on extensive tree work but we are hopeful that the past (preferred) tree person we used will soon place a bid. The City will repair the storm run-off ditch that crosses the front lawn where erosion has occurred. The repair work is backed up a couple of months, I’m…
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. / Join members of five churches in the Friendship Community Partnership at New Garden for a great time! We’ll have lunch, participate in table games, including a sweet potato “beauty” contest, and enjoy a talent/variety show. We’ll also have sweet potato dishes for sale – cakes, pies, breads, salads – anything…
9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. / Embassy Suites, 460N. Cherry Street, Winston-Salem, NC / Explore the effects of gentrification across the Triad through a fair housing lens. “The Many Faces of Gentrification” is an event sponsored by Winston-Salem Human Relations Commission/New Horizons Fair Housing Committee. Experts from Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem’s housing, municipal, non-profit, banking,…
The next North Carolina Fellowship of Friends meeting will be held at Springfield Friends Meeting, 555 East Springfield Road, High Point, NC 27263. Schedule:10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Committees and Working Groups / 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. All New Gardeners are invited to attend. Contact Kate Hood…
8:00 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting Graveyard. New Garden Friends Meeting’s annual Hallowe’en lantern tour of its historic graveyard is led by retired professor of Quaker Studies, Max L. Carter, and will include occasional “interpreters” of some of the people whose graves will be visited. Included on the tour will be stories of early…
A good amount of firewood will soon be available from trees that have fallen or are being taken down on the Meeting property. Contact: Linda Maynard (lindymaynard@gmail.com)
The NC A&T State Theatre Arts Program 2018-2019 Season begins with “Ruined” October 18-21 and 25-28, 2018 Thursday – Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. / Sundays at 3:00 p.m. at Paul Robeson Theatre on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University. From Lynn Nottage, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of such plays as “Fabulation” and “Intimate…
Rm. 109 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Karen Garraputa leads this book discussion group. Feel…
Rm. 111 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Join us as we continue our study of…
11:00 a.m. / Worship Room / Worship on November 18 will be about thanksgiving and…
Rm. 109 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Karen Garraputa leads this book discussion group. Feel…
Rm. 111 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Join us as we continue our study of…
Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. The topic for the third First Day Lunch…
Rm. 109 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Karen Garraputa leads this book discussion group. Feel…
Rm. 111 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Join us as we continue our study of…
