Attention: rising high school juniors and seniors! Are you interested in leadership, addressing the “ism’s”? NCCJ is recruiting for Anytown and and scholarships available. Students earn 40 hours towards required service learning hours. For more information, contact: Lizzie Biddle or Gertrude Beal.
Thanks to all the New Gardeners who contributed to our second virtual food drive for Greensboro Urban Ministries’ Food Pantry! The total collected was $932.00.
1:00 p.m. / virtual, via Zoom / AGENDA; Opening Silence Reading: “Spirit Voyaging” Dr. John Le Gay Brereton (1827-1886) Consent Agenda Approval of Proposed Schedule of Monthly Meetings, July 2021-July 2022. Minute of Appreciation for former Clerks: Tim Lindeman, Clerk of Meeting; Jane Foy, Clerk of Ministry and Council; Jim Lancaster, Recording Clerk. For their leadership and service in seamlessly continuing the meeting’s operations during the current pandemic and supporting virtual and hybrid worship during…
10:00 a.m. / In-Person outdoors (weather permitting) on the grounds of our meeting house. Reading: Britain Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice, Sections 10.03 and 21.23 Message Title: Extravagant Welcome Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting Prepared messages are posted at: www.ngfm.org/media
9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. / Those attending unprogrammed meetings for worship on Sundays from 9 – 9:45 a.m. are welcome to use the Meeting Room. Please follow the guidance below; Stay home if you have any symptoms of illness. Meet outdoors, if feasible, regardless of group size; please bring your own chairs. Reserve meeting room(s) in advance by calling the NGFM office at (336) 292-5487 or emailing [email protected] ; note the capacity of room(s) you…
It was shocking to learn from the New York Public Library African American Desk Reference list (1999) purchased recently about a number of African American inventors about whom I had never heard! Probably most of us knew about George Washington Carver inventing peanut butter (in 1896), but he’s the only one that I remember studying in school. Here’s another inventor of color, whom we can thank as we manage the heat this summer: Frederick McKinley…