We had a great group of Friends come out for a very productive work day at the Parsonage this past weekend. Thank you to everyone for your hard work and donations. The home is almost ready for our first family. We are still in need of some items for the house. If you have any to donate or would be interested in picking these items up, we’d be grateful. The ReStore has proven a wonderful…
I came across a book review that looks like a good read for myself and a good book for our Little Free Antiracist Library. It is entitled, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”. It is written by Heather McGhee, an African American woman who has coined an expression, “Drained Pool Politics”. She uses the drained pool as a metaphor for many policies and actions that white people…
Meeting for Worship members and attenders can use the link below to check current Guilford County Covid-19 status. Click on the link below and scroll down the page to view status. https://bit.ly/3f0Y4ra As determined in August at Monthly Meeting for Business; RED = Mask Required in Meeting YELLOW = Mask Recommended in Meeting GREEN = Mask Optional in Meeting If the Guilford County Covid status is Yellow or Green, Meeting will provide a “Mask Required“…
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* • Worshipful Music • Welcome: • Announcements: Karen Garraputa • Congregational Hymn: • Reading: Pew Card and 1 Corinthians 12:4-31 • Special Music: • Message: The Purpose of the Facing Bench, Alan Spiewak • Silent Worship • Holding in the Light *Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting
Please Note: The Office will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16th in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
Hi friends, this update comes from Jack and Quinn Finnegan in relation to our efforts to help those experiencing food shortage at Guilford College. Through our Quaker cupboard program we are asking for donations of items such as Ramen, pasta and sauce, nut butter, dried fruits, pop tarts, Gatorade, tortillas, chips, KIND bars, alternative shelf stable milks, other non perishable food items and hygiene products.
This January longtime Quaker activist George Lakey is coming to North Carolina to promote his new memoir Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice. He will also be sharing from his last book How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning. We invite you to join us for two virtual and in-person opportunities in the piedmont. • Tuesday, January 17 at 6pm Durham Friends Meeting 404 Alexander Dr. ––Registration required for attending in-person:…
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! This is a time for new beginnings and resolutions. I am looking forward to all of the things we will do together at New Garden Friends in 2023. In particular, I am excited to start work with the Transition Team. I will be meeting with them this week to finish up our orientation, and then we will begin working on the first focus point of the process, Heritage. This focus…
There will be a carry-in meal at the rise of Meeting this coming First Day, January 8th, followed by Meeting for Business at 1:00 p.m.
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…