Please Recommend Friends for a Transition Team / October 20, 2022

News

Dear Friends, I missed you on Sunday, but I had a wonderful time in New York leading a workshop and preaching for a Congregational church (and seeing two shows on Broadway!). I will be bringing the message for Jamestown Friends Meeting this Sunday, but I am still here during the week. Please reach out if you have pastoral care needs. My email address is [email protected] and the office phone number is 336-292-5487. My office hours…

Guilfordians Invited to Event to Remember Bill Rogers / November 12, 2022

Community, News

Guilfordians are invited to gather at the College on Saturday, Nov. 12, in remembrance of Bill Rogers, the College’s sixth President. There is no cost for participating. Persons interested in attending should RSVP at this link by Nov. 1. Bill, who died July 15 at the age of 90, in several activities that day will be remembered by alumni, friends, faculty, and staff for his commitment to a Quaker-inspired liberal arts education at Guilford. During…

Religious Education Update / October 20, 2022

News, Religious Education

Hybrid Adult Forum October 23, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (parlor and Zoom): Bring a poem or meaningful reading to share. Art supplies will be available for those interested in responding creatively, or just listening and coloring. October 30 & November 6, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (parlor and Zoom): Bill McNeil will facilitate our Adult Forum time together as we share some of our favorite and most meaningful songs. We will listen together and respond. Please submit songs (title and…

North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Announcements / October 19, 2022

Community, News

The NCFF Antiracism Working Group will meet Wednesday, October 19, at 7:00 pm. Mary Nelle Smith and Patricia Gutzwiller have been hard at work preparing to lead our discussion of the book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzl. You do not have to read the book to participate! During the meeting, we will share a short video interview of the author along with other…

Africans Were Sought and Enslaved for Their Skills / October 20, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

If you’ve ever taken an Underground Railroad Tour with former Guilford College Bonner Program Director James Shields, you have probably heard him say that slaveholders were seeking Africans with skills, not just brute strength and stamina. This fact was reinforced when I recently read an article from Wrightsville Beach Magazine about Thalian Hall (a grand old theatre) in Wilmington, NC, after attending a delightful play there. 1855 was the year construction began, and it opened…