Adult Forum / September 11 This Sunday we will do a test run of hybrid Adult Forum in the parlor and on Zoom. The Zoom link will go out in Religious Education updates and information. Because this is a new format for us, we will have an open discussion, leaving space for potential technology mishaps. — Children are Welcome at Meeting for Worship All children are invited and encouraged to join us for Meeting for…
Join Friends in a Snow Camp Quaker tour of meeting houses and restored mills on October 22. This trip brings together our different Quaker branches who have expressed interest in our common roots at this time of celebration of our 350 years of originally being in North Carolina. Snow Camp, first settled by Quakers in 1749, and Cane Creek Friends Monthly Meeting, established in 1751, known as the “Mother of Meetings” in central N.C., as…
Bring food to enjoy with Friends on the lawn at the rise of Meeting 9/11/2022. For the first carry-out let’s make it as simple as possible. We need help setting up and breaking down folding tables, chairs, and trash cans outside where we used to hold worship. We will be asking for volunteers at the rise of meeting. Please contact Valerie in the office if you are able to provide lemonade and/or iced tea. Let’s…
A bit of history from AMERICAN ABOLITIONISTS KNOWLEDGE CARDS, created by the New York Historical Society: “. . . Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This law, which extended a 1793 statute, endowed slave owners with extensive rights to reclaim escaped slaves and established punishments for any who interfered. Citizens who assisted fugitives could be imprisoned for 6 months and fined $1000; federal officials who failed to arrest alleged runaways faced the same…