Dear Friends, I hope you are all staying safe and warm during these cold winter days! As we come to the end of December, this is a time when many reflect on the year. What was good? What was hard? What do we want to bring with us and what would be better left behind? I have also been reflecting on my time so far at New Garden Friends Meeting. When I started in September,…
Saturday, January 7, from 9:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. will be a workday at the Parsonage! Our temporary refugee housing ministry is starting to take shape. Bring a lunch and a drink and join your Friends for a day of fellowship and service. We need able bodies to ride with a truck and move furniture and persons with some interior design sense to help arrange items in the parsonage rooms and kitchen. We will be…
We are asking for people to stay after worship on Sunday, January 1st to help take down the Christmas ornaments and creches and take them downstairs. Please let Karin know if you would like to help ([email protected]).
Friends, I have some other important advocacy work to tackle in 2023, and it is probably time for a different voice. This is my final CHALLENGING RACISM column for now. It is clearly the responsibility of white people to educate ourselves about ways to dismantle racism and then to take appropriate action. How do we do that effectively? Some ideas: • Read books and watch movies, documentaries, etc. about the experiences of people of color…
Somewhere around 30 people gathered for the Solstice Bonfire on December 21st. This is an annual tradition to celebrate the shortest day and longest night of the year. The gathering began with drumming, followed by a welcome and readings. Out of the silence, people added sticks to the fire in honor or memory of those lost during the last year. Others burned sticks to let go of concerns from the past year. Fortunately the bonfire…
View from the corner of West Friendly Avenue and Guilford College Road, December 27, 2022
9:45 a.m. Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Adult Forum (Zoom) 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Spiritual Disciplines (Zoom) 11 a.m. Semi-Programmed Meeting for Worship* • Music for the New Year: Andante espressivo from Trio in G Major . . . . C. Debussy (1862-1918) with Chloe Lindeman, violin, Lukas Waley-Majda, cello, Tim Lindeman, piano • Welcome: Ashley Wilcox • Announcements: Karen Garraputa • Congregational Hymn: • Reading: Matthew 2:1-12 • Special Music: Adagio…