Virtual Game Night / March 26, 2021
Please join us for another Virtual Game Night, Friday, March 26 , 6 – 7:30 p.m. A link will be sent out with Religious Education Updates on Thursday, March 25. Contact Karin Heller for more information.
Share Your Proposal for Funds by April 5, 2021
The Peace and Social Concerns Committee (PSCC) is seeking proposals for funds. Each spring and fall, New Garden provides small grants to organizations for projects that address the meeting’s priorities of peace, simplicity, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship of Earth. PSCC looks at all proposed organizations and projects for their antiracist value. If you know of an organization or project that could benefit from a small grant ($200 – $500), please have a representative of…
North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Spring Business Meeting / March 20, 2021
North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Spring Business Meeting (virtual) is March 20, 2021. For those interested in attending, please contact Frank Massey, Clerk to request a link. For advance materials go to: https://www.ncfriends.org/newsletters The materials needed are listed in the February 26, 2021 newsletter.
Meeting for Worship / March 21, 2021
Sunday 11 a.m. Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting Prepared messages are posted at: www.ngfm.org/media Reading: Mark 10:17-25 Message Title: Simplicity and Generosity
Quaker Relations Survey Update / March 16, 2021
We have opened the Quaker Relations Survey back up for our community so that we can continue to gather feedback from those that did not participate in February. Please use this link to access the survey so that we can better understand the impact our wider Quaker community has on NGFM. The link is: https://tinyurl.com/42heh4v4 The survey will be open for several weeks.
Peace & Social Concerns Notes / March 16, 2021
History Lunch Break: Ella Baker- Six Decades in the Making As the Sit-in Movement that was launched in Greensboro expanded, Ella Baker of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference invited student leaders to gather at Shaw University on an April weekend in 1960. There, she would help those students organize the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Dr. Lea E. Williams, author of We Who Believe in Freedom: The Life and Times of Ella Baker, joins us…
Covid-19 Vaccine Information / March 16, 2021
Encouragingly, vaccination rates are increasing and hospitalization rates are slightly lower in NC this week. Friends are encouraged to continue their vigilant use of masks, physical distancing and frequent hand sanitation in public especially as we are in the Spring Break season and as we continue to hear about more infectious viral variants. Friends are encouraged to carefully read the new CDC guidelines issued last week; go to: https://tinyurl.com/yyvb9n4t These primarily open up guidelines for…
Friends Committee on National Legislation Spring Lobby / March 20 – 22
Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Annual Spring Lobby for young adults will be virtual, March 20-22. Join hundreds of students, recent grads, Quakers, and young adults who will gather to learn and lobby. This year, we’ll be calling on Congress to demilitarize the police and end police violence. There will be scheduled programming on Saturday, March 20 and Sunday, March 21, followed by a day of action on Monday, March 22. Learn more and register…
Piedmont Friends Fellowship Spring Retreat / April 9 – 11
The Piedmont Friends Spring Retreat is coming up April 9, 10 and 11 and registration is now open! The theme of this free online event is “Cultivating the Garden of Diversity and Inclusion,” featuring a Saturday morning session with Niambi Jaha-Echols, author of “What Color is Your Soul?” An art activity for children and adults with childlike curiosity will be held on Saturday afternoon, followed by annual sessions of the Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting. Friends…