Family Camp is this weekend! We are scheduled to arrive at 5 p.m. on Friday and enjoy a “pitch-in” meal together. The rest of the weekend will be full of delicious food, fall crafts, baking, a pie-eating contest, bonfire and s’mores, and plenty of free time for walks, puzzles, and board games. Meeting for Worship is at the lake Sunday at 10 a.m. If you are interested in joining us Sunday morning, but are unable…
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Learn more about Quakerism and get to know other New Gardeners! Come and enjoy dinner with Friends, learn some basics about Quaker faith and practice, and enjoy worship together. People of all ages are welcome! For more information contact Margaret at ([email protected]) or 336-292-5487 or Karin at ([email protected]).
New Garden Friends Meeting Social Concerns Committee provides small grants to organizations for projects addressing priority issues through our Broader Concerns budget. Priorities for 2018, drawn from a Fall 2017 survey of New Gardeners include: peace and conflict prevention/resolution; poverty, homelessness, and hunger; youth engagement; environment and clean energy; social, racial, and economic justice and refugee crisis and immigrant rights. Worthy organizations advancing any of these priorities through programming or projects, should send a one…
Want to Do Something about Hunger in Greensboro? Volunteers are needed for a food drive on October 6. You can help end hunger in a very practical way by collecting food for the Greensboro Urban Ministry food pantry on Saturday, October 6, at Harris Teeter, across Friendly Avenue from New Garden Meeting. Contact Bill McNeil ([email protected]) or Betsy Jenson ([email protected]) if you can work an hour or two between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Help…
There are several upcoming opportunities to attend a two-day Racial Equity Workshop in Greensboro on September 24-25, 2018, and October 8-9, 2018. Workshops are designed to build the capacity of all persons in understanding and eliminating racial inequities, disparities and dis-proportionality within our society. The training is facilitated by the Racial Equity Institute. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. For additional information and registration forms, please contact Nora Jones at 336-271-6632 or by email at: ([email protected]).