The House Committee is for YOU / March 2023

If you love a behind-the-scenes tour of a museum or concert hall, The House Committee is for you. If you love the fellowship and service of a workday with New Garden Friends, The House Committee is for you. If you love to use your skills to build ownership in our Meeting, The House Committee is for you. If you love to use your vision to advance the purpose of our Meetinghouse, The House Committee is…

Upcoming Quaker Consultations / March 8, 2023

Many Quaker meetings are changing. A lot of our numbers are smaller. What are some of the ways we might adjust? What does it look like to have faith and cherish our communities while also recognizing that our energy levels are getting low? Since summer 2021, Emily Provance (New York Yearly Meeting) has been working with a group of Friends from multiple yearly meetings, countries, and theological branches of Quakerism. The group has been exploring…

New Afghan Family / March 8, 2023

Waseem Shahzad and Hena Aimaq and their four children are the most recent (and ninth!) family under New Garden’s care. In Afghanistan, Waseem and Hena worked toward a free economy and social democracy. When this dream collapsed, the lives of the family suddenly were endangered. They fled to Pakistan. Two years later they were allowed to emigrate to the U.S. The children are learning English, adapting to our culture, and taking advantage of educational opportunities.…

Workshop on Quaker Ecology with Cherice Bock / March 14, 2023

Tuesday, March 14th, 7pm Eastern/ 4pm Pacific / Join Quaker ecotheologian, Cherice Bock in sharing about her newest book, A Quaker Ecology: Meditations on the Future of Friends. In our best moments, Friends have been in the middle of the action around the social justice issues of each time period, discerning to the best of their abilities the direction the Inward Light leads and speaking truth to power. In our own time, climate justice can…