Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship / May 30, 2021
9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. / Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship will take place outside the Worship Room in the grassy area between the covered porch and the parking lot.
Adult Forum / May 30, 2021
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. /Open Discussion. Please contact Karin Heller for information on how to participate.
Meeting for Worship / May 30, 2021
Sunday 11 a.m. / Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting
Meeting for Worship / May 23, 2021
Sunday 11 a.m. / Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting
Could You Be a Representative to Quaker House? / May 2021
New Garden Friends Meeting has relationships with other Quaker organizations that share our Quaker values and need our support. The Meeting supports these organizations with financial support and representatives who help guide the work of the organizations. One of these organizations is Quaker House. Based in Fayetteville, home of Ft. Bragg, Quaker House provides counseling and support to service members who are questioning their role in the military; educates them, their families, and the public…
Covid-19 Vaccine Information / May 19, 2021
Many friends joined our discussion at the rise of Meeting for Worship last Sunday to decide on further steps to open the Meeting House to in-person worship. The agenda for that meeting is attached, including recommendations of the COVID Medical Advisory Group for keeping us all safe as we move into the next phase and 3 options to consider for programmed Meeting for Worship, going forward. The feedback was quite helpful and the advisory group…
North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Antiracism Group Meeting / May 25, 2021
Tuesday, May 25, is the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. Our NCFF Antiracism group will meet that night at 7 p.m. In memory of Mr. Floyd and all of the other Black people who have been killed in police custody, we will share our grief and anguish along with our prayers of lament. An article shared by Frank Massey about the power of lament is at: https://tinyurl.com/2mfhpw48 We will also hear a…
Great Clean-Up for Greensboro Beautiful / May 2021
On Saturday May 1st, 10 folks from New Garden Friends Meeting met at Mitchell Park on Mitchell Ave (a very quiet wooded park none of us had visited before!) with trash bags, gloves and grabbers. Despite the prolific poison ivy, we managed to fill 6 bags in no time! Thanks to Tim Lindeman and Nancy Walker, John and Patricia Martinez, Dot Mason, Linda Whisnant, Charlie Cameron, Kate Seel, Janet Inmon, and CH Holcombe. Peace and…
Remembrance Project Summer Series / Starting May 20, 2021
Guilford County Community Remembrance Project is kicking off our virtual summer video and conversation series. We hope you will join us. Please register in advance for each meeting. Thursday May 20 / 7:00 p.m. / “We need to talk about an injustice” Register at: https://tinyurl.com/yrehz9a5 Thursday June 17 / 7:00 p.m. / “Racism has a cost for everyone” Register at: https://tinyurl.com/m55xpbp3 Thursday, July 15 / 7:00 p.m. / “How racism makes us sick” Register at:…
Western Friend Book Review of The Kendal Sparrow / June 2020
Western Friend, May / June 2020 Review of The Kendal Sparrow by Barbara Schell Luetke Reviewed by David Tucker Bold voices emerge from a nation wracked by years of war, political division and generational change: The origin of Early Friends was always a colorful tale. Barbara Schell Luetke uses Early Friends as a canvas on which to paint a coming-of-age portrait of individual convincement, ministry, and faithful struggle in her historical novel The Kendal Sparrow. The …