Dear Friends, As you hopefully already know, we will have a special event for the Transition Team after Semi-Programmed Worship this week. There will be a carry-in lunch and members of the Transition Team will be facilitating conversations around queries. In worship and this event, the meeting will be reflecting on the “heritage” focus point. I am really looking forward to the ways the Transition Team is going to engage the meeting, and I have…
Can black people be racist? This is not for me to answer, but something that I have wondered about. In trying to find a definitive answer to this question I have become more confused. I think it depends on how you define “racism”. In the Pendle Hill Pamphlet that we all received in the mail during COVID isolation, author/scholar/activist Harold D. Weaver, Jr. says, “No”. According to Dr. Weaver, racism = power & discrimination/prejudice. Power…
The NCFF Anti-Racism Working Group will meet via Zoom on March 30 at 7pm to discuss the book To Drink From the Well. The book is in the New Garden Library, and Kate Seel ([email protected]) has an extra copy to give away. Contact Kate for the book and Margaret Rowlett ([email protected]) for the Zoom link.
Dear Friends, Last week, my family and I adventured to Philadelphia, PA for a quick visit with my “kid brother”. We did all the things you’re supposed to do in Philly. We went to LOVE park and admired a very “un-Quakerly” statue of William Penn atop City Hall. We went to Reading Market and ate Amish pastries. We checked out the Liberty Bell, and the oldest street in the country. And most importantly, we visited…
Have you moved, or changed phone numbers? Do you have a new email address? If so, please contact Valerie at the NGFM office. We have had several people move, relocate to Friends Homes, or leave the city. We would like to update our directory with current information in order to keep everyone in contact with each other. Please either email to [email protected] or call 336-292-5487 with your new information. Thank you, Valerie
9:00 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* • Worshipful Music: Andy Mock • Welcome: Ashley Wilcox • Announcements: Karen Garraputa • Congregational Hymn: • Reading: Ephesians 5:8-14 • Special Music: • Message: Children of Light, Ashley Wilcox • Silent Worship • Holding in the Light *Friends are also welcome to join the service online either through…