Adult Forum / Understanding the Case of Marcus Deon Smith / November 8, 2020

Community, First Day, News, Social Concerns

November 8, 2020 / 9:45 a.m. / Adult Forum livestream: Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting/ Understanding the Case of Marcus Deon Smith / Presenters; Marcia Foutch, Hester Petty, Lewis Pitts/Better. This forum will have four main parts: What happened to Marcus Smith September 8, 2018 and the community response. The legal case that the Smith family initiated and where it is currently. The creation of the Greensboro Justice Coalition, the demands sent to City Council and how…

Covid-19 Update / November 6, 2020

Community, Fellowship, News

NGFM’s Covid-19 Medical Advisory Group Recommendation; We had been hopeful that conditions for in-person meetings would improve before the holidays, but across the country the infection rates for Covid-19 are on the rise along with hospitalizations, positivity and death rates including those in Guilford County. We continue to recommend that New Garden Friends Meeting not sponsor in-person activities until local and state statistics provide reassurance that risk of viral transmission throughout our community is low. We recommend…

Advent Candle Lighting This Year / November 29, 2020

Holiday, News, Worship

Advent season is right around the corner and New Garden Friends Meeting is preparing to celebrate the Christmas season in new ways in light of the restriction brought by Covid-19. We will light advent candles each Sunday in advent from home. If you do not have an advent wreath at home, advent wreath kits will be available to pick up from outside New Garden Friends Meeting several weeks prior to the start of advent (Nov.…