New Garden Friends Meeting Scholarship Awards / 2023 – 2024

News, Youth

Each year New Garden Meeting awards scholarship assistance to undergraduate or graduate students from 5 established funds. Potential recipients must meet the criteria for one, or more, of the funds: New Garden members and attenders, or their families; first generation college students; those pursuing an education in the sciences; students attending Quaker colleges; students of color; LGBTQIA students. Applications are available from the Meeting office ([email protected]) and are due by May 31st. Students who received…

Transition Committee Intergenerational Meeting / April 23, 2023

News

New Garden Friends are invited to join the Transition Committee for an Intergenerational Meeting to gather search criteria for the Search Committee that will select the next Pastoral Minister of Meeting. The Committee is seeking input from all families and individuals concerning our hopes for our next Minister. A special part of the meeting will engage children in this process. This session will take place on Sunday, April 23, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at…

Alternatives to Violence Project In-Person Basic Workshop / June 9 – 11, 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) helps us explore the power we all have to change hostility and destructiveness into cooperation, community, and justice. Why? To discover new ways to reduce conflict in your world, your community, organization, or personal life. Enjoy a hands-on, fun, activity-based experience (no need to take notes!) in an intensive weekend workshop. People who’ve taken the training report they have connected deeply with others, laughed, shared, listened. They’ve experienced increased trust…

What Does Welcome Look Like? / April 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns

Church World Service Greensboro / April 2023 / Highlights & Updates / With your support CWS Greensboro has welcomed 54 refugees to Greensboro in 2023, with 15 more new neighbors arriving over the next few weeks!! Additionally, our case management and employment teams continue to provide support to Ukrainians in the Triad, with 41 clients served since the start of the war. We expect refugee arrival numbers to continue to increase throughout the year as…

Church World Services / Greensboro Partnership Appreciation Event / April 21, 2023

Community, News

The CWS team is so grateful for your continuous support, and we wanted to carve out a space to celebrate you and connect you with other community partners and team members you may not know! We’d love to have you join us on Friday April 21st, anytime between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at Oden Brewing Company. Have a drink (whether a cold beer or a coke!) and a small bite to eat on us.…