May 24, 2020 - New Garden Friends Meeting

Let Your Life Speak / Planned Giving Virtual Session / June 4

Community, Finance & Stewardship, News, Social ConcernsBy Tom Lassiter May 24, 2020

Join us for a virtual educational session about planned giving on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 10:30 am. This virtual ZOOM meeting will feature Mimi Blackwell, Planned Giving Program Manager for Friends Fiduciary Corporation. Planned Giving is an effective and meaningful way to leave your legacy for causes you are passionate about. Some planned giving vehicles provide options for life-long income or ways to support your loved ones. Mimi Blackwell is a veteran planned giving…

Virtual Food Drive Exceeds Goal

Community, Families, News, Social ConcernsBy Tom Lassiter May 24, 2020

Thank you, New Gardeners, for generously supporting our virtual food drive that was in place of the usual Spring Food Drive for Greensboro Urban Ministries. Filling pantry shelves at GUM is increasingly urgent now as the number of families needing assistance has grown due to loss of jobs and more meals are being eaten at home during the pandemic. $2,347 was raised, more than doubling our goal of $1,000. Thank you for your generous response!…

AmeriCorps Positions Open / Apply ASAP

Community, Families, News, Social ConcernsBy Tom Lassiter May 24, 2020

Greensboro AmeriCorps Positions Available for September 2020 – August 2021. The AmeriCorps Partnership to End Homelessness, located in Greensboro, is recruiting 4 full-time and 24 part-time AmeriCorps members to serve at agencies in the community who serve individuals currently experiencing homelessness or who are at-risk for becoming homeless. Our sites include The Servant Center, YWCA, Center for New North Carolinians, FaithAction International House, Greensboro Urban Ministry, Youth Focus, Backpack Beginnings, Peacehaven Community Farm, Triad Goodwill,…

Graveyard Tour Update / May 25

Art, Community, NewsBy Tom Lassiter May 24, 2020

For many years, it has been a custom at New Garden to have an “alternative” Memorial Day graveyard tour to highlight the many different ways Quakers have served and sacrificed in the cause of peace and justice. This year, owing to the coronavirus restrictions, there won’t be a group tour, but from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 25, Gertrude Beal and Max Carter will be under the porch roof at the meetinghouse to…

Finance & Stewardship Update / May 24

Community, Fellowship, Finance & Stewardship, News, Social ConcernsBy Tom Lassiter May 24, 2020

We continue to meet all the Meeting’s obligations including payroll, utilities, building care and our outreach to help other organizations and people in need. I was gratified to see the response to the request for support of the Urban Ministry Food Bank. We doubled our goal. However, contributions to the general budget are down this month. Normally we would have received contributions from over 140 families by this time of the year. There are only…

Online Worship / May 31

Fellowship, First Day, WorshipBy Tom Lassiter May 24, 2020

Quaker pastor and author Philip Gulley will lead New Garden’s digital Meeting for Worship at 11 a.m. on May 31. Join us for worship that day live on the New Garden Friends Meeting Facebook page or find the recording of the service on our website. That Sunday Margaret Webb will be leading worship digitally for Fairfield Friends Meeting (in Indiana) where Philip Gulley is the pastor. Phil Gulley is in his 36th year of pastoral…

Let Your Life Speak / Planned Giving Session / RSVP by May 28