Shepherd’s Center News / September 7, 2021
Shepherd’s Center will be offering Zoom and in- person classes starting September 24. Go to the website for information to register: www.shepctrg.org
Shepherd’s Center will be offering Zoom and in- person classes starting September 24. Go to the website for information to register: www.shepctrg.org
Join us for nationally renowned author, Dr. Adeeb Khalid’s guest talk “The Crossroads of History: Central Asia in the Modern Age” ZOOM lecture on September 22 from 6 – 7:15 p.m. Dr. Khalid is the author of “Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present.” All are welcome! Join at: https://tinyurl.com/kbex2vrj
10:00 a.m. / In-Person outdoors (weather permitting) on the grounds of our meeting house. Reading: Portions from 1 Corinthians 12 Message: The Holy Conjunction Authors referenced include: Elton Trueblood, Catherine Whitmore, Thomas Kelly, Barbara Frederickson, Summer Cushman, Nadia Bolz Weber Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting Meeting for Worship on Zoom: Check your email for a Zoom link, or contact [email protected] to receive a link. 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 Friendship Hall. 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 will…
“How to Be An Antiracist” Book Review… On Thursday, September 9 we will continue to review Abram X Kendi’s book, covering chapters 14 and 15, “Gender” and “Sexuality”, respectively. Sara White will be leading us in the discussion. Patricia Gutzwiller will be facilitating the Zoom connection and sending out the invitations. If you have not already been a part of this discussion and wish to join in, contact Patricia at ([email protected]) to receive a Zoom…
I wish our country’s history wasn’t tainted with slavery, Jim Crow, lynching, white privilege, etc. Wouldn’t it be great if we could just make those things go away by leaving the ugly part of our history out of school curriculum and never talking about any of that again? There are those in our country who believe we should not teach about racism because it might make our youth unpatriotic or make some feel ashamed of…
Final Summer Program Our final Summer Program session was rescheduled for Saturday, September 11, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. We will spend our time together outdoors (in the shade), masked, and 6 feet apart. Our theme is “Welcome and Community”. And while activities are geared towards children ages 3-12, All are welcome! Contact Karin Heller for more information. ([email protected])
A called meeting for NGFM was held 8/21/21 to discuss policies and protocols for protecting friends/ Friends from COVID. A summary and review of protocols followed by a number of questions were discussed. Friends were generally supportive of our current course. If COVID cases stay the same, we plan to continue meeting for semi-programmed worship out of doors until the weather becomes less hospitable. All are also reminded that our COVID subgroup will continue to meet…