Adult Forum / April 5

First Day, Social Concerns

10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Meeting ID: 592 419 670 Password: 029068 Join Zoom Meeting; https://us02web.zoom.us/j/592419670?pwd=N0pQMzZJOFB6bTZzK1lha3EraDhXdz09   Join New Gardener, Zulfiya Tursinova to discuss, and learn more about Women’s livelihoods, agricultural reforms, and the environment in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. The transition from a Soviet centrally planned to a market-oriented economy posed new opportunities but also limitations in Central Asia since the collapse of the Soviet Union at the beginning of 1990’s. Climate change constrained…

Caring Friends Update

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

Caring Friends has been thrown a curve ball by this pandemic, but we didn’t let it stop us! Caring Friends has many volunteers who send cards, make calls, knit afghans, provide transportation, shop for groceries, and perform other acts of kindness for others in the New Garden Friends Meeting community. With the COVID-19 pandemic isolating us all, Caring Friends knew these circumstances would be particularly difficult for members and attenders who live alone. So we put…

Online worship comes to New Garden Friends Meeting

Community, Fellowship, News, Worship

Sunday, March 22, was another historic first for New Garden Friends Meeting. Margaret Webb, pastoral minister, led meeting for worship online. The format was quite familiar with a welcome, a reading, a hymn offered by music director Marc Alley, and a prepared message. But instead of gathering on benches in the Worship Room, members and attenders watched and listened from home, using the internet and Facebook to connect. The Worship Room was dark, and the…

The NCBAM Hope Line / A Spiritual Response to Isolation and Loneliness

News, Social Concerns

If you are 65 or older and feel isolated or lonely, North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministry wants to help! Social Isolation and Loneliness; many of North Carolina’s aging go weeks without speaking to another person. Others lack quality connections and feel lonely even in a crowd. Health professionals link social isolation and loneliness with numerous adverse health conditions. If you are 65+ and experiencing loneliness or isolation, please call 866.578.4673 Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m.…

Worship at New Garden Friends Meeting / March 22

Community, Fellowship, First Day, News, Worship

11:00 a.m. / The NG Covid-19 Working Group has discussed worship and has decided to close the Meetinghouse this Sunday and until it seems safe for us to gather again in person. You are invited to worship from home. Margaret Webb and Marc Alley will be providing a reading, song, and a prepared message via Facebook Live at 11 a.m. on Sunday. To see the video you should log into Facebook and go to the…