We are so excited to welcome Juana Tobar Ortega, who is in sanctuary at St. Barnabas Church, and Lori Fernald Khamala from American Friends Service Committee as our guest speakers during Meeting for Worship at 11:00 a.m. on August 19! Worship will be intentionally bilingual (Spanish/English) and Juana Ortega will speak to us via Skype, so Friends should prepare for worship that day to be a little unusual (but beautiful!).
Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch & Learn will feature ‘Santuario’, a documentary film telling the story of Juana Tobar Ortega, an asylum seeker from Guatemala now living at Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church. The director of the film, Pilar Timpane, has offered us an opportunity to screen the 45-minute director’s cut of her film. With Juana living in sanctuary, ICE cannot come in, but Juana cannot leave to work or be at home…
6:00 p.m. / Friendship Hall It’s that time of year again, when New Gardeners show their potluck super powers to feed the young adult Friends from Guilford College. We provide dinner, and Friendship Meeting provides dessert. Please leave food in the kitchen before or as close to 5 p.m. as possible. We expect around at least 50 hungry students and staff. Contact: Karen Garraputa at ([email protected]) or 336-706-1715.
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. / Piedmont Friends Fellowship (PFF) and Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting (PFYM) will have a joint meeting at New Garden Friends Meeting on August 25 starting at 9 a.m. The joint meeting will be in the morning and separate meetings are in the afternoon. Bring your own lunch, refreshments will be provided.
North Carolina Fellowship of Friends (https://ncfriends.org/) will be holding its Annual Gathering at Quaker Lake Camp on August 18. All members and attenders at New Garden are most welcome and encouraged to attend. This new group – which was born when North Carolina Yearly Meeting split – is eager to build an inclusive and meaningful fellowship. Contact Kate Hood, ([email protected]) New Garden’s representative to NCFF, with questions. Cost Update: $12/person; children 12 and under eat…
We are so excited to welcome Juana Tobar Ortega, who is in sanctuary at St. Barnabas Church, and Lori Fernald Khamala from American Friends Service Committee as our guest speakers during Meeting for Worship on August 19! Worship will be intentionally bilingual (Spanish/English) and Juana Ortega will speak to us via Skype, so Friends should prepare for worship that day to be a little unusual (but beautiful!).